MESSAGES

In chapter1, Paul spoke of spiritual blessings, and at the beginning of chapter 2, he referred to our situation before we were saved. The Gentiles who didn’t know God and were following the ways of this world, and the Jews, who were God’s chosen people but were...

Paul prayed for the Christians in Ephesus that their spiritual eyes would be opened. As we learned last week, we have been given wonderful spiritual blessings. However, if we do not see them, we cannot live in the reality. The work of the Spirit of wisdom and...

The main theme of Paul's letter to the Ephesians is “Christians, be rich in Christ!” Paul teaches how we Christians are richly blessed. We may sometimes lament our smallness and powerlessness. The percentage of Christians in Japan is less than 1% of the total...

Today’s sermon summary “Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.” This is a verse that sums up the message of the entire book of Galatians. The legalistic teachers made their case by using circumcision, the foundation of...

Christ has set us free from the curse of the law in order that we might have freedom. Paul teaches us to use that freedom to practice love, not to use it to satisfy the desires of our sinful nature. We who are saved have received the Holy Spirit as a gift. The Holy...