Bible Question: What are the three Levels of Christianity in Ephesians? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Charity... Welcome to the forum! We get this question rather often on the forum. It must be a question asked in some Bible Study somewhere. I am not too impressed with whoever came up with those test questions, since Ephesians does not admit to "Levels of Christianity." (By the way the ideas of levels in Christianity is gnostic teaching, a heretical group that started with Greeks, infected some of the early church, and manifests itself in crisis of faith or pietistic teachers so common to this day.) Ephesians speaks of the Father's eternal purpose in which He chooses and predestines a people for Himself (Ephesians 1:3-6). People who are redeemed by the Son (vv7-12) and sealed by the Holy Spirit (vv13-14). In order to achieve this God has two problems to solve: (1) His chosen are dead (vv2:1-3) and must be made alive (vv4-6); and (2) His chosen are estranged from one another (vv11-12) and must be brought together (v13). These living and unified believers are brought together into a temple (v19-22), one made without hands, which we know of as the church of all the saints. Charity, if you want to do a serious study of Ephesians, then read, read, read. Do not depend on who ever is teaching you junk about "levels of Christianity." Just remember that the first three chapters are doctrine (things we are to believe) and the last three chapters are the application of those doctrines (things we are to do) in a Christian's daily life. In Him, Doc |
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