Will Vaus

Listen for God’s word to you from Ephesians 1:15-23…   For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit   of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength   he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in...

  Sometimes I miss some of the old late night television shows like Johnny Carson and David Letterman. I especially miss Letterman's Top Ten Lists. Today we are going to examine Paul's Top Ten List. At the beginning of Ephesians he lists the top ten things God has done for us in Christ. Listen for God’s word to you from Ephesians 1:3-14…   Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he  predestined us for adoption to sonship   through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace   that he lavished o...

We are continuing our series entitled: “General Electric Power Company”. You might well wonder: what does General Electric Power Company have to do with the Bible? It is an acronym and mnemonic device to help Bible readers remember the order of four of Paul’s letters: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians, G.E.P.C. At the beginning of the year, we looked at Galatians and talked about “Plugging into the Power of Grace”. Now we are going to investigate Ephesians and how to “Plug into the Power of Love”. So, listen for God’s word to you from Ephesians 1 as we begin to explore this wonderful letter together…   Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.   Author   Who is the author of this letter?  The author identifies himself as Paul and the early church universally recognized this letter as an aut...