{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fa7aa575c-0109-4f23-9996-0001f12a0234","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"In Love (Ephesians 1:4-5) \u2013\u00a0Study 11\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/a7aa575c-0109-4f23-9996-0001f12a0234\"></iframe>","title":"In Love (Ephesians 1:4-5) \u2013\u00a0Study 11","description":"Deeper Christian Bible Study in Ephesians \u2022 Study 11\n\nLove. \n\nBiblically, it's more than an emotion or feeling.\n\nLove is a Person (Jesus \u2013 see 1 John 4:8, 16) and it's an action (Cross \u2013 see Romans 5:8).\n\nBetween verses four and five of Ephesians 1, Paul inserts the phrase \"in love.\" \n\nScholars argue whether the phrase \"in love\" goes with the statement made in Ephesians 1:4 (\"you were chosen before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him IN LOVE\") or whether it refers to God's position in predestining us unto adoption in Ephesians 1:5.\n\nIn this expositional study in Ephesians, Nathan Johnson discusses this dilemma and gives his conclusion \u2026 and in so doing discusses what it means for God to always act from the nature of love and calls us to do the same.\n\nDownload the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperchristian.com/ephesians-study-011/","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/13f50a77-6838-4221-97bd-fa64960b5aea/dc-ephesians-podcast-cover-zacha-2.jpg"}