Eph 1:15- What does being a son/daughter of the King look like?

In Ephesians 1:15, Paul says "Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God's people everywhere, I have not stopped thanking God for you"

Simple enough verse? Absolutely

Read it before? For me, I read over it at least 30 times before.

Anything profound stick out? Not at first glance.

Good thing Jesus likes to reveal more of His character and purpose to us daily.

When beginning to study Ephesians tonight, I learned that long sentences were typical in Paul's writing.

So what?

I learned that the interwoven nature of these sentences reflects the interconnectedness of their ideas.

Paul isn't just spouting off revelation after revelation. We need to read through this text knowing that each thing he is says is very connected to the next thought.

Verses 15-23 is a single complex sentence in Greek.

Let's revisit verse 15

"Ever since I heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God's people everywhere, I have not stopped thanking God for you"

Paul links faith in Jesus Christ with love for God's people. Personal faith in Christ brings salvation, and salvation is expressed by a life of LOVE.

Faith in what Jesus did on the cross and in the resurrection,brings us into a relationship with the Father. In this relationship, we are now called sons and daughters instead of slaves. Children look like their Father. We are called to look like our Father.

What does our Father look like? L O V E

Do you look like your Father to the world around you?

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*Stay tuned for more from Ephesians...there is so much meat in here, it's AWESOME!