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We continue to explore the “gospel” that Paul delivered to the Galatians by reading what is recorded of his messages to those congregations and his parallel explanations in letter to other congregations. Today, we explore Ephesians 2-4 and its discussion of the “new man” and “old man.”
Thought Questions
Passages: Gal. 1:6-9; Eph. 2:10-18
What were the barriers between God and man and between Jew and Gentile?
What is the “new man” (Eph. 2:10-18; cf. Jer. 31:31-34)?
What kind of “identity markers” separated Jew and Gentile?
What is the “commonwealth of Israel”?
How do people join this commonwealth?
Do we leave the Torah behind when we come to Yeshua?
How has the pendulum swung in our understanding of the “new covenant” between the extremes of “everything is permissible” and legalism?
What is the “spirit of disobedience”? What is the “ministry of condemnation”?
Are the four recommendations for new believers in Acts 15 a part of the lists of “fruits of the Spirit” in the Apostolic Writings? Are those four recommendations the end of our spiritual walk?
Do we “leave our brains at the door” when we become believers? How do we “reason” with the Lord?
What do we learn from the fig tree (Matt. 7:2)?
How do we discern the thoughts in our head and the desires of our hearts?
What does Paul mean by saying we are not “under [the] law”? (Gal. 5:19-21; cf. Rom.13:8,10; Gal. 6:2) What “freedom” is discussed here? What is the “barrier of the dividing wall”? How does Yeshua gather those who are “far off”?
Reader: Bill K. Speaker: Jeff.