Christ Over All

When it comes to the book of Ephesians, we can quickly, and often errantly, jump to the commands of chapters 4-6 without first being informed, equipped, challenged, and comforted with the works of Christ on our behalf that enable us to rise in obedience to the commands of chapters 4-6.

N.T. Wright is an Anglican Bishop and a New Testament scholar. He is famous for saying many things, but the thing that he has said that has sparked this particular article is the following: “Wherever St Paul went, there was either a riot or a revival. Wherever I go, they serve tea.”

The apostle Paul takes up the same theme with unmistakable clarity. For him, the children of Abraham are not those who share Abraham’s bloodline, but those who share his faith-line of Abraham. He writes that “those of faith are the sons of Abraham” (Galatians 3:7) and that “not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel” (Romans 9:6).