---How our sin affects our souls is important.How our sin affects this community and the body of Christ is important. Paul has reminded us in just about every verse of this chapter so far.But our sin also has a bigger and more profound affect. And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by him…

Introduction Please turn in your bibles to: Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another. Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger, and don’t give the devil an opportunity. Let the thief no longer steal. Instead,…

Introduction Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to live worthy of the calling you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just…

Begin with For this reason I kneel before the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in your inner being through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.…

Three sections in today’s passage. Ephesians 2:11-13 reminds us of our previous state and the promises of God, although Paul takes a different perspective. Ephesians 2:14-18 focuses on Christ’s reconciling work. How is is that we gentiles now get to partake and participate in the promises of God. And…