WELCOME to our brand-new teaching series: No Longer Strangers.

For six weeks, we’ll take a deep dive into Ephesians.

If you were with us last year, we did a teaching series on 1 Corinthians,

with the title, MESSY SAINTS. These two letters—1 Corinthians and Ephesians—belong to the same group of letters St. Paul wrote when the early Church was spreading in the first century.

Some Bible scholars call Ephesians the Queen of the Epistles, the masterpiece of Paul’s theology. Ephesians declares God’s cosmic, eternal plan from the very beginning of history to its ultimate completion.

And what is that cosmic plan? The unity of everything under Jesus.

The key message of Talk 1 is: God Has a Plan.

WELCOME to Talk 2 of our new Feast Talk series: No Longer Strangers.

Talk 1 explored the first chapter of the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, where he opened with a majestic hymn of praise celebrating the Father’s glorious Plan. He recalled how God wanted to bless the entire world, starting with the family of Abraham. Through Jesus, that small circle has burst wide open. What was once exclusive to one ethnic group—the Jews—has now extended to everyone—Jews and Gentiles alike. That means everyone can now belong to God’s House.

Talk 2 starts the second chapter of Ephesians.

Paul preaches the same message in two parts, with each part looking at the same story but using a different lens.

The first part—verses 1 to 10—takes on a more meta view—retelling the entire history of the world from a cosmic perspective.

The second part—verses 11 to 22—is more micro—retelling the same history of humanity—but from a Gentile vs. Jewish perspective. 

The key message of Talk 2: You belong to God’s House.