The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Ephesians — John Shaqi
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
The Jewish War--The two Parties in the Church--The Jewish
Enmity typical--The new Christian Humanity--The Church in
the first Century and the nineteenth--Hindrances to Unity:
external, internal--The Ground of Reconciliation--Enemies of
God--The Atonement of the Cross--Moral Communism--Personal
Faith--The Fraternization of Mankind 131
CHAPTER XI.
GOD’S TEMPLE IN HUMANITY.
The Divine Occupant--The Service of Man and of God--One
Temple and many Buildings--The Variety of the apostolic
Church--The primitive Catholicism--Church and Dissent--Union
by Approximation--Our Lord’s Prayer for Unity--The apostolic
Basis--The Builder Spirit--The sure Foundation Stone 143
CHAPTER XII.
THE SECRET OF THE AGES.
St Paul’s Style of Composition--Christ the Mystery of
God--Christ in the Old Testament--The Exploration of
Christ--The Portion of the Gentiles in Israel--The Organs of
the new Revelation--The unique Office and Influence of the
Apostle Paul 155
CHAPTER XIII.
EARTH TEACHING HEAVEN.
Christ the Bond of Angels and Men--Our Lord and
theirs--Jesus of Nazareth the Lord of the Ages--The Reality
of the Angels--Their Interest in the Church--The Peculiarity
of the human Problem--The Docility of the heavenly
Potentates--The angelic Standpoint--The Grandeur of
Christianity inspires Courage 167
_PRAYER AND PRAISE._
CHAPTER iii. 14-21.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE COMPREHENSION OF CHRIST.
Contents of St Paul’s Prayer--The Father of Angels and of
Men--Strength of Spirit and of the Spirit--Christ abiding in
the Heart--Christ and the Christ--Christ’s Claim on the
Intellect--Neglect of Theology--Dimensions of God’s
Building--Strength to grasp the Magnitude of
Christianity--The true Broad Churchman 183
CHAPTER XV.
KNOWING THE UNKNOWABLE.
Knowledge in the Growth--Paul’s Study of the Love of
Christ--Christ’s manifested Love--God’s Fulness our
final Aim--The Fulness more than Love--Praise out-soaring
Prayer--God’s Gifts beyond our Requests--The
Divine Power immanent in Men--The Inspirer of Prayer
its Fulfiller--The Union of the Church and Christ in
God’s Praise--The eternal Glory 197
_THE EXHORTATION.
ON CHURCH LIFE._
CHAPTER iv. 1-16.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE FUNDAMENTAL UNITIES.
The Prisoner in the Lord--The Foes of Church Peace:
Low-mindedness, Ambition, Resentfulness--The Basis of Unity:
sevenfold, threefold--One Body despite Divisions--One Spirit
makes one Body--Unity of Life and Hope--One Lord in all
Churches--Baptism a Sign of Christ’s Rule, the Seal of a
corporate Life--The one God, and the many 213
CHAPTER XVII.
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