Devotionals June 8 – July 7, 2022: In Christ: The Message of Ephesians

What is the church? Do you remember the answer to this question from your Essentials catechism book? “The church is the elect body of Christ, which is revealed on earth as the gathering of elect believers and their seed.”[1] The epistle of Paul to the Ephesians elaborates on this basic truth by presenting us with several more descriptive terms for the church. In chapter 1 we are reminded that the church is a body (vv. 22–23), a picture that is further described in chapter 4 and various other...