An Exegesis on Ephesians 2:1-10
Introduction:
Paul gives an important description of salvation and what it's concept sustains for an individual. The meaning of the passages within Ephesians was to institute identity of Gentile believers as a fragment of the universal body of Christ. In preceding this Paul must first construct the specifications of the Gentile as an individual, his proclamations of salvation that convert the individual and at that moment incorporates that person in the body of Christ. Apostle Paul declares that salvation through Christ changes the whole being of an individuals’ identity and places them in current position of a new bond with God as active part of the universal of Christ. The intent of the gospel is to present …show more content…
The process of transfiguration should influence our hearts and minds to adore God and faithfully live our lives out in a manner that is pleasing toward him. Without Christ we were doomed to struggle through life with the elements of disobedience which ultimately lead us to death itself. “We are looking for what God is saying and not what our culture is saying. We must look to the details of the text and its historical setting to determine the answer, not to our own culture-driven pre-understanding.” (Hayes, 2012, p. 144).
Historical Cultural Context
The New Testament letters of Ephesians were written by Apostle Paul, who was imprisoned during his time of authorship. His manuscripts are believed to be notification letters intended to be read by the community of Gentile believers in south-western Asia Minor. The scriptures of Ephesians seem to have not have been established in reason of a specific topic, so these letters seem to not be limited to the audience. Apostle Paul directed his messages to a large community of believers in Asia Minor, with the …show more content…
Christ’s obedient death on the cross satisfied justice and exhausted God’s wrath against us. And by that, God “raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places.” Though we are presently located on earth, we have been saved a place at the right hand of the Father in Christ. Paul’s point is that our salvation should not be appreciated as merely a change in status or intellectual thought, such as being saved isn’t just a matter of agreeing with the gospel. Salvation is a change of spiritual position before God. By His work, we have been moved, spiritually speaking, from our prior position as sons and daughters of the devil to our new state as sons and daughters of God alive in Christ. Our new state is irreversible, because nothing can tear us away from
Introduction:
Paul gives an important description of salvation and what it's concept sustains for an individual. The meaning of the passages within Ephesians was to institute identity of Gentile believers as a fragment of the universal body of Christ. In preceding this Paul must first construct the specifications of the Gentile as an individual, his proclamations of salvation that convert the individual and at that moment incorporates that person in the body of Christ. Apostle Paul declares that salvation through Christ changes the whole being of an individuals’ identity and places them in current position of a new bond with God as active part of the universal of Christ. The intent of the gospel is to present …show more content…
The process of transfiguration should influence our hearts and minds to adore God and faithfully live our lives out in a manner that is pleasing toward him. Without Christ we were doomed to struggle through life with the elements of disobedience which ultimately lead us to death itself. “We are looking for what God is saying and not what our culture is saying. We must look to the details of the text and its historical setting to determine the answer, not to our own culture-driven pre-understanding.” (Hayes, 2012, p. 144).
Historical Cultural Context
The New Testament letters of Ephesians were written by Apostle Paul, who was imprisoned during his time of authorship. His manuscripts are believed to be notification letters intended to be read by the community of Gentile believers in south-western Asia Minor. The scriptures of Ephesians seem to have not have been established in reason of a specific topic, so these letters seem to not be limited to the audience. Apostle Paul directed his messages to a large community of believers in Asia Minor, with the …show more content…
Christ’s obedient death on the cross satisfied justice and exhausted God’s wrath against us. And by that, God “raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places.” Though we are presently located on earth, we have been saved a place at the right hand of the Father in Christ. Paul’s point is that our salvation should not be appreciated as merely a change in status or intellectual thought, such as being saved isn’t just a matter of agreeing with the gospel. Salvation is a change of spiritual position before God. By His work, we have been moved, spiritually speaking, from our prior position as sons and daughters of the devil to our new state as sons and daughters of God alive in Christ. Our new state is irreversible, because nothing can tear us away from