In many, many ways the Christian church has changed since the days of Paul. Yet, we do share some characteristics. For example, we need to improve Christian education. While visiting Ephesus, Paul discovered that they lacked some theological grounding that he considered important. I'm trying to imagine some Paul showing up in my congregation and asking seemingly simple questions that could well expose our, well, our not-knowing what Paul thought we should have already learned.
This Sunday is the day that we call Baptism of the Lord and on which we remember our own baptism. Paul's first question was one of precedence: Do you receive the Holy Spirit first, or must you believe first before the Spirit settles on you?" Their answer was either truthful or clever or disappointing: "We didn't even know there was a Spirit."
Christian educators, do the people you serve even know there is a Spirit?
I don't know what to do with verse 6.
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