“Gather Up”
The letter to the church at Ephesus was written to a community of Christ followers by Paul. Paul was writing to shape their identities in the gospel. He was so excited about writing to them about Jesus that he started his letter with a single, huge, sentence that contains seven verbs: blessed,chose, destined, bestowed, lavished, made known, and gather up. …as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. (Ephesians 1:10) “Gather up” is the seventh and final verb of the “rocket verbs” in the opening chapter of Ephesians. This verb wrapsRead More →