The morning Manna will be provided at 6am. Thanks.

Studying Ephesians in the SSnet.org series Lesson 1, may the Holy Spirit be the speaker to your heart.

The Topic today is: “Ephesians is Trinity centered for Morning Manna of the Sabbath School Lesson Ephesians”.

The Opening Hymn will be 229 "Spirit of the Living God."

The Sabbath School Quarterly, downloadable from SSnet.org in the Teacher's Edition is on page 10.

The SSnet.org site allows anyone, anywhere to read the lesson in their own language. Choose your own language to see God speaking also to your heart.

Why do you not click on this now?

--- https://absg.adventist.org/pdf.php?file=2023:3Q:TE:PDFs:ETQ323_01.pdf

---Or try in alternative this one:  https://ssnet.org/lessons/23c/less01.html

---Our dear professor from Walla Walla summarized the lesson very well.

---Let us start from the bottom.

---Church in Ephesians is painted with four images: body, building temple, bride and soldier in the army.

---The top part of his explanation one can rephrase.

---Paul does not focus or center on Christ. Paul focus or center on the Trinity.

---Father, Son and Holy Spirit in Paul’s works are 100% equally involved in our salvation.

---How do we know that?

---“From God our Father…” Ephesians 1:2. Same in 1:3. Want to give all things to Christ (1:10). We were “sealed with the Holy Spirit” (1:13). Trusting in Christ (1:12). Jesus as Yahweh = Lord = Kurios in 1:15. Both Jesus the Lord and the Father (1:17). Father and Christ (1:20). Trinity mentioned in 2:18. This is probably enough to make the point. Right?

---Is it Christ (sola) centered? No. This jargon is a trendy phenomenon. It is said in the light of the past Ford controversies and focus on 1888 and Bible Conference of 1919. About Waggoner and Jones-nix and Ford-nix and putting eyes on those silent group sitting at the back benches of our churches. This is not necessary. Keep biblical. Not selective. Right?

---The habitation of God building is by the Holy Spirit (2:22).

---It is the Spirit that revealed all things to Paul by the words of the Apostles and by the Prophets of the Old Testament (3:5). Remember that Moses was also a prophet!

---In Ephesians 3:10 our professor missed the role of the church as a Theater for the Universe display of the power of God working in saints.

---Can you see why it is important to read the Bible hardcopy? With a smartphone one misses a lot.

---God created the human eye to see more than just 15cm wide.

---If you look at the Book you see both pages at the same time and your eyes roll and catch a word here and there. Then you can bring these words into a link that has meaning. This is how the Spirit works with His book.

---Are you on your way to the Bible Bookstore? When? Now.