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"ADOPTED" by Michele Hershberger
BIBLE STUDY SESSION 110
  • Forgiveness of our trespasses
  • Lavished the richness of his grace on us
  • We can know the mystery, with all wisdom and insight
  • We have an inheritance
  • We can live to the praise of his glory
  • Marked with the seal of the Spirit

Come back as a large group and compare lists. Ask: How do you think the believers in Ephesus felt when they first read these words?

Give a mini-lecture on the church at Ephesus. (See Insights from Scripture for help on this). Without going into detail, you may want to tell the youth that this letter might be more of a broad address to a variety of congregations and people groups instead of a letter to just one congregation. But even given that, there are some important common issues facing these early congregations. Perhaps the biggest issue was whether or not—or how—to include Gentiles into the people of God. They would have questions similar to these questions:
  • Do we as Jews allow Gentiles to become followers of Jesus?
  • Do Gentiles have to become Jewish and follow Jewish Law before they can become believers?
  • How can culturally unclean people (Gentiles) become Christians?
  • Can we as Jewish believers accept the fact that we too have been adopted?


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