The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 68 : One God and Father of All  (4:6)

Climax of Paul’s ‘unity affirmations’  –  Correlates to the Jewish ‘shema’  –  How does Paul mean when he says God is the Father of all?  –  Note the Trinity  –  Is ‘over all and through all and in all’ masculine or neuter references?  –  The three propositions: God’s transcendent, sovereign rule over all, God’s pervasive universal presence, and the immanence of God  –  How this relates to unity  –  Appendix: ‘The Fatherhood of God’