Aim: To marvel at and praise the just Judge who saves (some) sinners.
Doctrine: Gospel grace does not nullify, but rather amplifies God's righteous judgment of sin. This is a battle of kingdoms, and a war of words.
Exegesis: The inherent knowledge of every regenerate churchman: that unrepentant sinners are not (yet) joined to Christ (v. 5); that the world lies about the truth of God (and His condemnation of sin) (v. 6); that true believers are not to cavort with deceivers, idolaters, and adulterers (v. 7).
Further application: How the church is to think about God's judgment: know that it falls on all sin, and, yet, be grateful that Jesus bore it for all those who savingly believe.
Key verse: v. 5 ''For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.''
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Mark Henninger
Dose of Reality Series in Ephesians (2008-10) Redeemer Presbyterian...
Rev. Mark Henninger is a retired, ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa (B.A.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div). He is married to his wife, Lesley, and together they have one daughter and...
