December 15

Letter to the Ephesians -- Ephesians 1:1-2 -- Revelation of God's Mystery -- Ephesians 1:3-23, 2:1-22, 3:1-21; Exhortation Regarding the Church -- Ephesians 4:1-16; Exhortation Regarding Personal Righteousness -- Ephesians 4:17-32, 5:1-20; Exhortation Regarding Relationships -- Ephesians 5:21-33, 6:1-9; Exhortation Regarding Relationship with God -- Ephesians 6:10-24

Ah, Jesus is not a big church.

"And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge -- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." [Ephesians 3:17-19]

What surpasses knowledge?  What is it that Paul prays for this congregation to have?  Great programs?  A great building?  A great preacher and song leader and worship service?  

"I pray that you, being rooted and established in a big church building, may have a powerful preacher, together with a large staff, that grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the sermon necessary to know the Truth that surpasses the Truth that the church down the street is preaching -- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of self-satisfaction."  Ah, but that's not what it says.

To quote the Beatles, "All we need is love, love.  All we really need is love."