Evaluation of the Talk

1. Did the student have a clear message? What was it? Was it the message of the Bible passage?

Yes

“God’s message to His people is grace and peace in Jesus Christ. By God’s great saving grace towards us we possess peace with Him through Christ. As we comprehend the greatness of His saving grace toward us and others, we will possess a heavenly peace on earth, one with another in Christ.”

This is a great summary of the message of the book of Ephesians, and it captures the theme of peace with one another in Christ found in this text.

2. Were the teaching points clear? What were they? Did they come out of the Bible passage?

Yes

Alienated from the Jews - vs 11

Alienated from God - vs 12

Alienated from God - vs 12

Brought Near - vs 13

B

Have Peace - vs 14

Made one new man - vs 15

Members in One body to God - vs 16

Yes

3. How was the passage related to its immediate context? How was it related to the wider biblical context?

Immediate context

Based on our salvation as taught in chapter 1 and chapter 2, therefore remember that from which God saved you and that to which God saved you

We gentiles were by nature children of wrath

Wider contexrt

- promise for all who are far off…whom the Lord calls to Himself

- law written on our hearts

4. How well did the shape of the talk reflect the emphasis of the text?

very well, it followed the argument and logic of the text

5. How did the message of the talk relate to the Gospel?

By Christ’s blood we have been reconciled to God and now have peace with Him. Believe upon Him and enter into this peace

6. Was the introduction engaging? Was it a good way into the message of the passage?

Yes

Yes, you effectively framed the argument for unity and against division that is found in the text and brought it into the modern church context

7. Were the illustrations effective? What were they? Did they illustrate the point being made?

MacArthur quote - Remember! - yes

Jesus made a path/way/gate for us who were far off to come to Him - yes

Child asleep in the car put in his bed by his father- God brought us home - yes

Why do the famous and successful struggle and have no peace? - yes

Hug wife, not her shadow - we celebrate Him who is to come - yes

New life of a baby - father and mother come together and make a new life

8. What was the application in the talk? Did it come from the text?

If we are a division of people and disunity than we either don’t know Christ or we don’t understand Christ

We must seek to understand Christ who has established our peace with God and with one another

9. How well was the talk delivered? Did it reflect the tone of the passage? Was it compelling?

very well

Overall Assessment

your tone matched the tone of the text in both celebrating our new realities in Christ as well as arguing against division

10. What was the best feature of the talk overall?

Your argument for unity and against division was very effective and was a faithful exposition of Paul’s argument in this text.

“If you don’t have Christ, you don’t have peace” - this exposition on verse 14 was very effective and helpful

If I reject you then I am rejecting Him

I thought that your illustrations were very effective

11. What could be done to improve?

In your conclusion you added this sentence to your main point that you stated in your introduction…I believe that this captured the message of the passage well and it would have been helpful to include that in your introduction.

It might be helpful to add transition sentences as you move from point to point and move from your body to your conclusion.