Paul points out our equipping from the Holy Spirit for the battle ahead. We are in a spiritual battle and God provides the “armor.” Paul starts out with a warning. He plainly explains that we are in a spiritual battle that is raging all around us. But we don’t have to be afraid. We live […]
Paul is addressing his last group regarding authority in our reading today. He is addressing masters and bondservants. This is not roles that many of us come into contact with today so I want to look at it as employer and employee. I was curious about the term “bondservant” so I googled it (of course). […]
Paul continues his focus on practical Christian living. In our reading today Paul is focusing on the parent child relationship. He shares what a healthy relationship looks like. Paul addresses the children first. I’m wondering if there were children present during the reading of this letter or if their parents conveyed his message to them. […]
Paul is continuing with the practical application of the Christian life. He addresses how husbands and wives are to cherish and treat one another. Paul first addresses the wife in her role of a helpmeet for her husband. We wives are told to submit to our husbands, just as the church submits to Christ. This […]
Paul is moving from the excitement of the “pep rally” to the practical walking out of the relationship with the awesome God we met there. It’s time for the rubber to meet the road in our Christian walk. When I was reading our passage I was thinking about darkness and light. I was thinking about […]
