Ephesians 81-82_15 Ephesians 2:15-18
Ephesians 1981-82 Corps Teachings. Lesson 12: Ephesians 2:15-18. EPHESIANS 2:15-18 January 27, 1982 We’re still in the Book of Ephesians, you know…chapter two, and tonight we begin with verse 15. “Having abolished in his flesh the enmity…,” this is King James. (Thanks honey, sit, sit, right there. Did they turn the air conditioner off? All it takes is a switch back there. It’ll help you; back there too, I suppose, huh? Good, you fellas figure it out. My girls are putting their coats on, biting their fingernails {girls laugh}, freezing. Can’t have that happening to our girls.) I’m in verse 15. Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; The Research Department gave me a tremendous piece of work on the words “enmity” and “ordinances” in here of verse 15. The word “ordinances” they said is an interesting term. In the Greek it is the word dogma, ordinances. It’s only used five times in the New Testament. The question arises as to whether the word “ordinances” refers to God’s law in the Old Testament or if it refers to legal precepts which were added to the law. And of course, those legal precepts were included in what is known as the Talmud. But I do not believe that this is true in this section that it was the Old Testament law that Jesus Christ dealt with on the cross. These…this word “enmity,” the enmity by his flesh—they’re the first words in verse 15 according to the Greek and Aramaic, and they are set in opposition with the middle wall of partition, the middle wall of partition of verse 14 that I taught you in our last session about. Christ broke down the middle wall which made Judean and Gentile enemies. That middle wall is what made them enemies. Christ broke it down. Similarly the veil in the Temple separated both groups, both Gentiles and Judeans, from God but very specifically Israel. “By his flesh” Christ abolished that which made
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Tweet Topic: logospedia Format: AUDIO Publication Date: 1981-82 Victor Paul Wierwille was a Bible scholar and teacher for over four decades. By means of Dr. Wierwille's dynamic teaching of the accuracy and integrity of God's Word, foundational class and advanced class graduates of Power for Abundant Living have learned that the one great requirement for every student of the Bible is to rightly divide the Word of Truth. Thus, his presentation of the Word of God was designed for students who desire the in-depth-accuracy of God’s Word. In his many years of research, Dr. Wierwille studied with such men as Karl Barth, E. Stanley Jones, Glenn Clark, Bishop K.C. Pillai, and George M. Lamsa. His formal training included Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology degrees from Mission House (Lakeland) College and Seminary. He studied at the University of Chicago and at Princeton Theological Seminar