Ephesians 81-82_09 Ephesians 1:6-9
Ephesians 1981-82 Corps Teachings. Lesson 6: Ephesians 1:6-9. EPHESIANS 1:6-9 October 28, 1981 Tonight Ephesians chapter 1. I’m graceful for the weeks that Rev. Cummins held forth the Book of Proverbs while we were in Central and South America and in the Latin American countries. I’m thankful tonight to be able to go back to the work of Ephesians with you. We had finished the fifth verse of the first chapter the last time I taught the Corps on Ephesians. So tonight we begin with verse 6 of chapter 1. In the King James it reads: Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. “To the praise of the glory of his grace”—This word “to” is the word eis (e-i-s), and this expresses the purpose, to the purpose of or to the end of. And the word “glory” is the Greek word doxa (d-o-x-a) meaning brilliance or brightness; it’s a key word in Ephesians. And the word “glory” is usually associated with the word “grace” also, because it indicates that in which grace resplendently displays itself. And I love that word resplendently—brightness. The word “glory,” doxa (d-o-x-a), denotes the greatest of all recognition, Corps, not only of the predestinated son himself, but the appearance of that which attracts attention, and that’s the manifested power in a believer’s life. That is evidenced as one’s life cannot stand to look directly in the brightness of the sun because of its brilliance, yet, for brief moments you squint at it. So is God’s grace, Corps, brighter and a more brilliant glory. You can just squint at God’s grace for a little bit and then [snaps]...you know, it’s all over with because it—the grace of God is so magnanimous, so big. It’s alway—also interesting to note that slaves manumitted by the owner’s will as free men wore what is called a cap of liberty, and as emancipated slaves they attended the funeral of their emancipator, and these slaves were referred to as the praise of his glory. The liberty cap may be seen wo
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in giving us the wisdom and understanding of God’s grace, glory, remission of sin, forgiveness of sins, yes, the whole sacred secret, the mystery of God’s will which before this time God kept to himself only, but now down to us by and through the accomplished work of His son, Jesus Christ. That’s why I said I could have gone with the word “finished” there also, but I chose the word “accomplished.” “…now down to us by and through the accomplished,” that which he accomplished which is finished, “work of His son, Jesus Christ.” Now just sit back and let me read to you the translation and just enjoy the beauty of it in your own heart and life and just sense the in-depth greatness of this record from Ephesians. Ephesians 1:5-9 Expanded translation 5 And in love, God marked us branded him unto Himself, even placed us as his adopted sons by Jesus Christ according to that which pleased God’s int