Study 1 Spiritual Blessings in Christ
Series 2 Study 1 SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN CHRIST (Scripture Portion: Ephesians l: 1 – 14) The apostle Paul spent three years in Ephesus (Acts 19; and 20: 17-38), and as a result of his ministry a church was established in that city. Ten years later, from his prison in Rome, Paul wrote this Epistle and sent it by Tychicus to the Christians there. Ephesians is a thrilling book because it tells us how we (or anyone) can become a Christian and how God wants us to live the Christian life. Chapters l – 3 tell us of our Wealth in Christ ; and chapters 4 – 6 tell us of our Walk in Christ. The Key Verse to the first three chapters is 1: 3, which introduces the theme of this first study. In the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, God has made over to the believer His whole estate of spiritual wealth. Without Christ, and apart from Him, we have nothing, we are nothing and we can do nothing (John 15: 5); but, as believers, God says to us – Luke l5: 3l. How rich we are – yet how few of us realise