The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the EphesiansFindlay, George G. (George Gillanders)
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The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Ephesians
Findlay, George G. (George Gillanders)
Bible. Ephesians -- Commentaries
Structure of the Paragraph--Grace an Experience--Christ the
Beloved--Forgiveness and its Price--The Value of
Forgiveness--Wisdom a Gift of Grace--The Gospel as an
intellectual Force--God’s Will the Goal of human
Thought--Sonship and Heritage--The Fulness of the Times--The
Christian Inventory of the Universe--Reconciliation and
Reconstitution--Gathering in and Gathering out 34
CHAPTER IV.
THE FINAL REDEMPTION.
Mutual Inheritance--Jewish and Gentile Heirs--Uses of the
Seal--The Stamp of Sanctity--Promise fulfilled and to be
fulfilled--Hearing and Believing--Salvation by the
Truth--Salvation for the Gentiles--Faith and the Holy
Spirit--The two Redemptions--The encumbered Property--The
Earnest of our consummate Life 50
CHAPTER V.
FOR THE EYES OF THE HEART.
Thanksgiving for the Readers--The God of Christ, the Father
of Glory--Christian Enlightenment--Seeing with the
Heart--What is our Hope?--God’s Wealth in Men--The true
Standard of Value--The Power of Christ’s Resurrection 65
THE DOCTRINE.
CHAPTER i. 20--iii. 13.
CHAPTER VI.
WHAT GOD WROUGHT IN THE CHRIST.
Prayer and Teaching--Historical Effect of Christ’s
Resurrection--The Stages of His Exaltation--Christianity
without Miracles--The efficient Cause of Christianity--The
perfect Resurrection--The First-begotten out of the
Dead--The Risen One, the Holy One--Resurrection and
Ascension--Ascension to Rule--Christ and the Angels--Christ
glorified God’s Gift to the Church--Christ the Fulness of
God 81
CHAPTER VII.
FROM DEATH TO LIFE.
Raised with Christ--Sin is Death--Jesus Christ in a dead
World--Alive in Body, dead in Spirit--Religious
Difficulties--Antipathy to God--The Power of the Air--God’s
Anger against Sinners--The Soul’s Awaking--Consciousness of
God--Fellowship in Salvation 95
CHAPTER VIII.
SAVED FOR AN END.
Beginning and End of God’s Plan--Mercy, Love, Kindness,
Grace and Gift--Not of Works--Boasting excluded--Evangelical
Assurance--In the heavenly Places--Grace a
Task-master--Creation and Redemption--The apostolic Church
and the coming Times 109
CHAPTER IX.
THE FAR AND NEAR.
Wherefore remember!--Sudden and gradual Conversion--The
Gentile World: Godless, hopeless, Christless--Away with the
Atheists!--The double Pessimism--The Uncircumcision--Nigh in
the Blood of Christ--Reunion in Guilt and in Pardon 120
CHAPTER X.
THE DOUBLE RECONCILIATION.
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