In the book of Ephesians, the Apostle Paul shows how the grace of God in Christ empowers the church to basic Christian living in a broken world. Paul’s profound expositions of God’s glorious grace and the practical implications of that grace provide pastors with countless reasons to preach through this epistle. Below are four for you to consider.
1. Ephesians is a treasure trove of God’s grace.
Paul begins this epistle by reveling in the breathtaking blessings of God for those who are in Christ. The imprisoned apostle invites the reader’s meditations back into God’s work in eternity past in order to explore the depth of God’s electing, sanctifying, loving, adopting, redeeming, forgiving, revealing, uniting, and lasting gifts of grace. God lavishes us with these gifts for our joy and for his glory.
Paul so longs for his readers to stand in awe of these blessings that he prays for our hearts to be opened to the hope, the inheritance, and the greatness of God’s power toward those who receive these gifts of grace. In fact, the opening chapter has so many gifts of grace to unwrap that Martyn Lloyd-Jones preached 35+ sermons on it alone! Pastor, it might not
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