United To Christ’s Love — A Prayer (Ephesians 3:14-16)
4 Minutes / 700 Words
Nate HoldridgeAugust 2, 2018
United To God’s Plan — Enjoy It (Ephesians 3.11-13)
3 Minutes / 600 Words
Nate HoldridgeJuly 26, 2018
United To God’s Plan — Serve The Mystery (Ephesians 3:7-8)
3 Minutes / 600 Words
Nate HoldridgeJuly 12, 2018
United To God’s Plan — A Revealed Mystery (Ephesians 3:6)
600 Words / 4 Minutes
Nate HoldridgeJuly 5, 2018
United To God’s Plan — Personally (Ephesians 3:1-5)
4 Minutes / 800 Words
Nate HoldridgeJune 28, 2018
United To One Another — What We Are (Ephesians 2.19-22)
Paul has previously demonstrated how the Gentile world was outside God’s program, looking in on what He was doing with Israel. The promises and covenants and hope attached to the…
Nate HoldridgeJune 21, 2018
United To One Another — What Christ Did-Three Things (Ephesians 2.14-18)
Beautifully, Christ has killed the hostility, breaking down the wall of division by His blood. Gentiles can now be brought near by His blood. There is no level of divide…
Nate HoldridgeJune 14, 2018
United To One Another — What Christ Did- Destroyed The Hostlility (Ephesians 2:13-16)
who were once far off” — have been brought near by the blood of Christ. It is the blood of Christ at Calvary which levels the field, for none gain…
Nate HoldridgeJune 7, 2018
United To One Another — We Were Outside God’s Program (Ephesians 2:11-12)
Paul went on to detail three disadvantages the nations (the non-Jewish world) were under before Christ came and died on His cross. He attached an exhortation to these disadvantages —…
Nate HoldridgeMay 31, 2018
United To One Another — What We Were, Ephesians 2:11-12
Paul believed sin caused double alienation. In his view, sin divides us from God and one another. The entirety of Ephesians 2 demonstrates how God has dealt with that double…
Nate HoldridgeMay 24, 2018
United To God — What We Are (His Workmanship), Ephesians 2:10
Paul has taught us what we were in our past life, along with what God has done to give us new life (Ephesians 2:1-9). Next, he shows us what we…
Nate HoldridgeMay 17, 2018
United To God — How God Did It, Ephesians 2:8-9
We have taken time to learn why and how God worked to save His people, but how did God perform this gracious salvation? We’ve seen what we were and what…
Nate HoldridgeMay 10, 2018
United To God — What God Did, Ephesians 2.5-6
We have now observed why God saved us, but what did God do to rescue us from our previous condition? Spiritually dead, followers in every way, and under the judgment…
Nate HoldridgeMay 3, 2018
United To God — Why God Did It, Ephesians 2.4-5
Up to this point in our passage, Paul has explained to us the utter lostness of humanity (see Ephesians 2:1-3). We were dead. We were followers. We were children of…
Nate HoldridgeApril 26, 2018
What We Were: Under Wrath, Ephesians 2:3
The opposite of God’s wrath is not God’s love, but God's apathy, and God cannot be apathetic. His wrath flows from His love, for He hates what sin does to…
Nate HoldridgeApril 19, 2018
What We Were — Followers — Ephesians 2:2-3
Perhaps, when thinking of that old life of spiritual deadness, believers might remember themselves as brimming with originality. But it would be wrong to think this way, for our past…
Nate HoldridgeApril 12, 2018
United To Life — What We Were- Spiritually Dead — Ephesians 2:1-2
Paul had prayed for the Ephesian church — and us — to know three things. He longed for us to know the hope of our calling, the riches of our…
Nate HoldridgeApril 5, 2018
United To The Power Of Christ, Ephesians 1:20-23
Of the three realities Paul longed for the church to realize, this last one seems to have pressed most deeply upon his heart, which is why he expanded upon it…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 29, 2018
Know God’s Power, Ephesians 1:19
The third, and final, request of Paul in this opening prayer is for the church to know the profound power of God “toward us who believe.” To add emphasis and color…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 22, 2018
United To Reality — His Calling, Ephesians 1:18-19
Paul continued his prayer for revelation with three specific requests. Three realities stood out in Paul’s mind. He believed that, if the church knows these realities — deeply, inwardly — the…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 8, 2018
United To Reality — Through Enlightenment, Ephesians 1:15-18
When the Syrian army encamped against Elisha’s home, his servant saw them first. Trembling, he ran to Elisha. Elisha exhorted him, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with…
Nate HoldridgeMarch 1, 2018
United To Blessings — Location And Purpose, Ephesians 1:3-14
Before moving to the next portion of Paul’s letter, we must ask two questions of the blessings Paul has already spoken of (see Ephesians 1:3-14). First, where are they located?…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 22, 2018
United To Blessings — From The Spirit, Ephesians 1:13-14
Each of the blessings Paul lists in Ephesians 1:3-14 can only be understood from a spiritual vantage point, for they are spiritual blessings. Fortunately, one of the greatest blessings God…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 15, 2018
United To Blessings — From The Son, Ephesians 1:7-12
Next, Paul moves from the spiritual blessings from God the Father to the spiritual blessings from God the Son. The first blessing believers have received from the Son is that…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 8, 2018
United To Blessings — From The Father, Ephesians 1:4-6
Here, Paul runs on with his sentence of praise regarding the blessings which come from God. He first focuses on blessings from God the Father, next the Son, and finally…
Nate HoldridgeFebruary 1, 2018
United To Blessings — Spiritual Blessings, Ephesians 1:3
Paul begins Ephesians with a long song of praise to God, for praise is what is meant by the word “blessed.” God is to be blessed. Paul aims to worship. His…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 25, 2018
The Author, Ephesians 1:1-2
Paul was custom made by God to bridge the Old Testament Scriptures to the New Testament church. He was called “the apostle to the Gentiles.” Billions of non-Jews have been blessed…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 18, 2018
The Heart Of Ephesians
Before his death, Moses had to sing. Before the people of Israel embarked on their journey into the Promised Land, Moses wrote and recited a song for them. He knew…
Nate HoldridgeJanuary 11, 2018