Be Strong in the Lord

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William Klock discusses the conclusion of St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians, emphasizing the church's role in God's new creation and the call to embody the new humanity in Christ.

Be Strong in the Lord Ephesians 6:10-24 by William Klock   We’ve made it all the way to the end of St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. For just over five chapters, Paul’s been explaining how the church is God’s means of taking what Jesus has done in his death and resurrection and turning it into God’s new creation. He’s shown us how, in Jesus and the Spirit, he’s given us back the vocation that Adam rejected. We’ve been restored to our position as stewards of God’s presence and God’s wisdom and God’s glory for the sake of the world. Even more than that, as Adam was placed in God’s garden-temple, through the gift of God’s indwelling Spirit, you and I—the church—have now become God’s temple. And as Jesus has been raised from death to go be the new Adam, so in him and in the power of the Spirit, you and I are now called to put off the old, corrupt, lie-based way of being human and to put on the new humanity exemplified by Jesus. And if we will be faithful to be fruitful and to multiply—whether by having our own children and raising them in the wisdom of the Lord or through our proclamation and living out of the gospel that brings others to the Messiah—Brother and Sisters, the…

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Host: William Klock

Topics covered

• Ephesians
• church
• new creation
• God's presence
• spiritual growth

Keywords

• Ephesians 6
• Paul
• church
• new humanity
• God's glory
• spirituality
• Christianity

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Books & works: Ephesians

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