today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

The early church made such a significant impact on the city of Ephesus

that the entire economic order was disruptive.

It turned the entire city on its head and threatened to put

idolatrous business, immoral business, out of business.

Imagine if a move of God swept through LA and the porn kings turned into making Jesus films. Welcome back to Summit Life, the Bible Teaching Ministry of Pastor, author, and apologist Jide Greer.

As always, I'm your host, Mallevitovich.

All right, tell me if this was your experience.

When we first give our lives to Christ,

most of us are pumped for this new adventure with God.

We just want to learn more, do more, and grow more.

But then the excitement slowly fades and reading our Bible and going to church just becomes part

of the routine.

We might even feel a little bit bored with our faith after a while. But hey, I'm here to tell you that's

not how it's supposed to be. Today, Pastor Jady describes the radical life God wants for

his children. You're joining us today as we kick off a new teaching series

through the book of Ephesions called Mystery and Clarity. Remember all of

Pastor J.D's teaching is available free of charge on our website at any time so you never have to miss a single program.

But you're here for day one in Ephesians so let's hear from Pastor JD now.

Let me begin our study of the book of Ephesians with a little Bible teaching

theory and that is that you can only understand a book of the Bible if you

understand why it was written. You see a lot of people try to study

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