{"id":3214,"date":"2025-10-19T18:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T23:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2025-10-19T18:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T23:35:18","slug":"lesson-8-faithful-saints-in-christ-jesus-ephesians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/lesson-8-faithful-saints-in-christ-jesus-ephesians\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 8: Faithful Saints in Christ Jesus: Ephesians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"955\" height=\"719\" src=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lesson-8-Ephesians-2-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3215\" srcset=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lesson-8-Ephesians-2-19.jpg 955w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lesson-8-Ephesians-2-19-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lesson-8-Ephesians-2-19-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u2014Ephesians 2:19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Verse Thought: <\/strong>Read the Key Verse. Use the following definitions to better understand this verse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Strangers<\/strong> means \u201c<em>not belonging to a Christian community; a stranger, not a Christian<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Foreigners<\/strong> means \u201c<em>a sojourner; one who dwells in a foreign country; a temporary dweller without a settled habitation where he resides<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fellowcitizens<\/strong> means \u201c<em>Gentile Christians<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Of the household<\/strong> means \u201c<em>one belonging to the church \u2013 the household of God<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emphasis: <\/strong>We are to understand that Christians are the \u201csaints,\u201d separated to the service of God, remembering how to live the new life in Christ and the importance of the armor to win the battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lesson Summary: <\/strong>In the letters of Paul we have studied so far, we have understood the <em><strong>teaching of doctrine<\/strong><\/em> (Romans), then <em><strong>correction for wrong living<\/strong><\/em> (Corinthians), and finally <em><strong>rectifying wrong doctrine<\/strong><\/em> that had permeated the church (Galatians). In this lesson, we will read as Paul revealed doctrinal truths, much deeper than his previous teachings \u2013 intended for growing Christians, ready for a deeper walk with Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul wrote Ephesians to the church at Ephesus, probably with the intent that it would be passed on to other churches to be read as well. It was written while Paul was imprisoned in Rome. On Paul\u2019s third missionary journey, he returned to this church and remained for about two or three years. Interestingly, Paul did not address wrong living or wrong doctrine in the letter to the church at Ephesus. Instead, he gave more instructions on how to live a life faithfully for Jesus. He helped them better understand the concept of the body of Christ, reminding them again that Christians are saved by grace through faith. Believers were no longer strangers, but fellow citizens with the Christian Jews who, together, are the building \u201cfitly framed together.\u201d Paul then presented them with the challenge to walk worthy, not as other Gentiles, but as God\u2019s workmanship \u2013 giving them exact teachings as to how to live the new life in Christ. He explained the family relations: as God\u2019s children, and reminding of the earthly family relations as well (as in children obeying their parents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul taught that there is a battle to be fought \u2013 not earthly, but spiritual. He revealed the spiritual armor needed to fight this battle, ending with one final action needed to win the battle \u2013 one often forgotten: <em><strong>prayer.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Y3Q3 &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y3Q3-Lesson-8-Questions.pdf\">Lesson 8 Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Y3Q3 &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y3Q3-Lesson-8-Childrens-Worksheets.pdf\">Lesson 8 Children&#8217;s Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are teaching this to children, the following is a craft idea to help them remember this lesson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"806\" src=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y3Q3-Lesson-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y3Q3-Lesson-8.png 787w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y3Q3-Lesson-8-293x300.png 293w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y3Q3-Lesson-8-768x787.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We made this to help us remember the Christian&#8217;s Armor: The Whole Armor of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Biblical-Path-Life-Three-Quarter\/dp\/B0DJG66NLW\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;sr=1-1\">The Biblical Path of Life &#8211; Year Three, Quarter Three<\/a><\/strong> is now available through Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Verse Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God. \u2014Ephesians 2:19 Key Verse Thought: Read the Key Verse. Use the following definitions to better understand this verse: Emphasis: We are to understand that Christians are the \u201csaints,\u201d separated to the service of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1413],"tags":[1424,448,759,277,909,937],"class_list":["post-3214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-three-quarter-three","tag-armor-of-god","tag-ephesians","tag-lesson-8","tag-paul","tag-quarter-three","tag-year-three"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3219,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions\/3219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}