Sermons on Ephesians

To start off the new year we are going (DV) to spend 5-6 weeks sprinting through the new testament book of Ephesians. Two encouragements:
1.) Seek to read Ephesians 1:1-2:10 prior to our gathering Sunday January 14
2.) Pray Paul's prayers for the Ephesian church for Christ Community Church. Hint: they are found in ch.1 and ch.3.

Paul’s readers (the Ephesian Church) are *in Christ Jesus*. This key expression of the letter thus occurs in its very first verse. To be ‘in Christ’ is to be personally and vitally united to Christ, as branches are to he vine and members to the body, and thereby also to Christ’s people. For it is impossible to be part of the Body without being related to both the Head and the members. Much of what the epistle later develops is already here in bud. According to the New Testament - and especially Paul - to be a Christian is in essence to be ‘in Christ’, one with him and with his people. --John Stott