Ephesians: The Lectio Continua Expository Commentary on the New Testament - Hardcover

Ian Hamilton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1601785410 ISBN 13: 9781601785411

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books, 2017

Synopsis

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul elaborates on, in a most wonderful way, the God-given, Christ-secured, Holy Spirit-applied privileges of the Christian life. Here, perhaps more than anywhere else in the New Testament, we are brought face to face with the "unsearchable riches of Christ" (3:8). Step by adoring step, Paul introduces us to the spiritual blessings that are the predestined, blood-bought privileges of all who have put their self-abandoning trust in Jesus Christ. His letter to the Ephesians is a spiritual Mount Everest, turning us away from ourselves and placing the spotlight of God's great salvation wholly on Christ.

Table of Contents:
1. Paul's greeting (1:1-2)
2. So great a salvation (1:3-7)
3. God's ultimate plan (1:8-10)
4. Spirit-sealed inheritance (1:11-14)
5. Prayer for the church (1:15-19)
6. The power that resides in the church (1:20-23)
7. What we all once were (2:1-3)
8. 'But God' (2:4-7)
9. Amazing grace (2:8-10)
10. Transforming unity (2:11-16)
11. The preaching Jesus (2:17-18)
12. No longer strangers (2:19-22)
13. Revealed mystery (3:1-6)
14. Unsearchable riches of Christ (3:7-13)
15. Prayer for strength (3:14-19)
16. Inevitable doxology (3:20-21)
17. Unity of the Spirit (4:1-6)
18. Christ's gifts (4:7-11)
19. Perfect manhood (4:12-16)
20. New life in Christ (4:17-24)
21. Living the life (4:25-32)
22. Be like God (5:1-2)
23. Live differently (5:3-16)
24. Filled with the Spirit (5:17-21)
25. Wives and husbands (5:22-24)
26. Husbands and wives (5:25-33)
27. Children and parents (6:1-3)
28. Fathers and children (6:4)
29. Bondservants and masters (6:5-9)
30. The enemy (6:10-12)
31. The whole armour of God (6:13-18)
32. Praying in the Spirit (6:18-20)
33. Greetings and grace (6:21-24)

About this title

About the Author

Ian Hamilton is minister to Cambridge Presbyterian Church in Cambridge England and author of The Erosion of Calvinist Orthodoxy.

Review

This promises to be a great resource for churches seeking to know the Word of God more fully. --Carl R. Trueman, Paul Woolley Professor of Church History, Westminster Theological Seminary, and pastor of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church (OPC), Ambler, Pennsylvania

There are so many fine commentaries available today, but it's great to have a reliable author you can turn to for solid Reformed reflections on Scripture. In this case, there are sixteen of them-friends and fellow shepherds who have given me great insight into God's Word over the years. I m looking forward eagerly to each one of these sermonic commentaries! --Michael S. Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology at Westminster Seminary California, host of the White Horse Inn radio show, editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation magazine

Those of us who have promoted and practiced lectio continua expository preaching through the years eagerly await the volumes announced in The Lectio Continua Expository Commentary on the New Testament. We are equally eager to read such a series written by pastors who have practiced the method in their churches. The international and interdenominational character of the series will only add to the richness of its insights. --T. David Gordon, professor of religion and Greek at Grove City College, author of Why Johnny Can t Preach (P&R, 2009)

Edition details

• Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1601785410
• ISBN 13: 9781601785411
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Joel R. Beeke, Jon D. Payne