Fr. Mike

not only among those who are Jews who recognize that Jesus is truly the Messiah, but also among the Gentiles who came to believe in the one God and in Jesus Christ whom he has sent. And so what is happening is what's happened a bunch, which is I just see divisions, right?

not only among those who are Jews who recognize that Jesus is truly the Messiah, but also among the Gentiles who came to believe in the one God and in Jesus Christ whom he has sent. And so what is happening is what's happened a bunch, which is I just see divisions, right?

We have the Jewish Christians, we have the Gentile Christians, and we see this place of separation, this place of maybe us versus them, those people who Paul believed that you had to follow the law in order to follow Jesus and those who came to Christ directly as opposed to going through Judaism.

We have the Jewish Christians, we have the Gentile Christians, and we see this place of separation, this place of maybe us versus them, those people who Paul believed that you had to follow the law in order to follow Jesus and those who came to Christ directly as opposed to going through Judaism.

We have the Jewish Christians, we have the Gentile Christians, and we see this place of separation, this place of maybe us versus them, those people who Paul believed that you had to follow the law in order to follow Jesus and those who came to Christ directly as opposed to going through Judaism.

Paul's kind of one of his more primary points of the letter to the Ephesians is going to be, we're all coming from these different places and yet we're united in the one spirit, one baptism, one faith. one God and father of us all, you know, one Jesus Christ. And so this is going to be really incredible as Paul is talking about, here's all of the spiritual blessings that you've received.

Paul's kind of one of his more primary points of the letter to the Ephesians is going to be, we're all coming from these different places and yet we're united in the one spirit, one baptism, one faith. one God and father of us all, you know, one Jesus Christ. And so this is going to be really incredible as Paul is talking about, here's all of the spiritual blessings that you've received.

Paul's kind of one of his more primary points of the letter to the Ephesians is going to be, we're all coming from these different places and yet we're united in the one spirit, one baptism, one faith. one God and father of us all, you know, one Jesus Christ. And so this is going to be really incredible as Paul is talking about, here's all of the spiritual blessings that you've received.

I mean, this is, he's trying to point out the fact that they're united in Jesus by highlighting, okay, if you're a Jewish Christian, look how many blessings you have in your life. If you're a Gentile Christian, look at all the blessings you have in your life. It goes on in verse one, he says, Well, actually, let's go back up in chapter one, verse five.

I mean, this is, he's trying to point out the fact that they're united in Jesus by highlighting, okay, if you're a Jewish Christian, look how many blessings you have in your life. If you're a Gentile Christian, look at all the blessings you have in your life. It goes on in verse one, he says, Well, actually, let's go back up in chapter one, verse five.

I mean, this is, he's trying to point out the fact that they're united in Jesus by highlighting, okay, if you're a Jewish Christian, look how many blessings you have in your life. If you're a Gentile Christian, look at all the blessings you have in your life. It goes on in verse one, he says, Well, actually, let's go back up in chapter one, verse five.

He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the beloved. In him, we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us. And this is to the Gentile Christians and to the Jewish Christians.

He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the beloved. In him, we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us. And this is to the Gentile Christians and to the Jewish Christians.

He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the beloved. In him, we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us. And this is to the Gentile Christians and to the Jewish Christians.

Paul is making this absolutely clear. And that he has so much in store again in later on in chapter one, St. Paul says, and what is the immeasurable greatness of the power, his power in us who believe according to the workings of his great might, which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead is far above all rule and authority and power and dominion.

Paul is making this absolutely clear. And that he has so much in store again in later on in chapter one, St. Paul says, and what is the immeasurable greatness of the power, his power in us who believe according to the workings of his great might, which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead is far above all rule and authority and power and dominion.

Paul is making this absolutely clear. And that he has so much in store again in later on in chapter one, St. Paul says, and what is the immeasurable greatness of the power, his power in us who believe according to the workings of his great might, which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead is far above all rule and authority and power and dominion.

And gosh, it's just Paul's highlighting the fact that you've all were dead and now you're all alive in Jesus Christ. Whether you came from a Jewish tradition or you came from some kind of Greco-Roman Gentile tradition, you were dead and now you are alive. That's the highlight, the theme of the second half of chapter two. You are now one in Christ. Now, one of my favorite lines is St.

And gosh, it's just Paul's highlighting the fact that you've all were dead and now you're all alive in Jesus Christ. Whether you came from a Jewish tradition or you came from some kind of Greco-Roman Gentile tradition, you were dead and now you are alive. That's the highlight, the theme of the second half of chapter two. You are now one in Christ. Now, one of my favorite lines is St.

And gosh, it's just Paul's highlighting the fact that you've all were dead and now you're all alive in Jesus Christ. Whether you came from a Jewish tradition or you came from some kind of Greco-Roman Gentile tradition, you were dead and now you are alive. That's the highlight, the theme of the second half of chapter two. You are now one in Christ. Now, one of my favorite lines is St.