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“When we forget about the Spirit, we really are forgetting God...There is a big gap between what we read in Scripture about the Holy Spirit and how most believers and churches operate today.”
Francis Chan
Main Idea: The Holy Spirit guarantees God’s current presence and future blessing in our lives.
1. Signed - Signed with Good News. Verse 13a
2. Sealed - Sealed as God’s Possession. Verse 13b
“whoever believes in me as the scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive.”
(John 7:38-39)
3. Delivered - Delivered to Receive our Inheritance. Verse 14
Join us as we continue on a transformative journey through the pages of Ephesians. We will discover God’s plan for the world, the church, and God’s plan for you.
Ephesians uncovers for us the profound riches of God’s grace, the blessings of salvation, and how mankind can live in unity. We hope that as we walk through Ephesians: God’s Plan for All People, we will be ignited with a passion for God’s Word and empowered to live by faith.
As the new people of God, Christians / Saints have experienced the abundance of God's good pleasure in His Providing all insight and wisdom.
This spiritual blessing from the Father reveals to us God's secret plan, - that at the fullness of times, God will restore harmony to all Creation by uniting, in Christ, all things in Heaven and on Earth.
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 1:3
Main Idea: Live in and enjoy the blessing of redemption
1. In Him: WHO of redemption
Colossians 1:13-14, “He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves. We have redemption, the forgiveness of sins, in Him.”
2. By His Blood: HOW of redemption
Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God."
3. According to the riches of His Grace: WHAT of redemption.
Big idea: Our adoption is in and through Christ alone, we must live according to the purpose of His will.
Conforming to the image of Jesus Christ the Son of Man
Confidence in our blessed assurance
Committed to the Beloved Family
1. Chosen Unconditionally
2. Chosen to be blameless
3. Chosen to be holy
4. Chosen in Him
5. Chosen in His presence
1. Grace: Proof of God’s love.
2. Peace: Product of God’s Grace.
3. Praise: Bless God because, by His Grace, we have Peace.
Blessing:
#1 God chose you in him before the foundation of the world. Verse 4
#2 Adopted you to himself according to the purpose of his will. Verse 5
#3 Redemption and forgiveness of our trespasses, because of the riches of his grace. Verse 7
#4 Inheritance. Verse 11
#5 Sealed with the Holy Spirit which is the guarantee of your inheritance. Verse 13
Main Idea: God's Word has the power to transform our lives, cities, and the world.
1. God uses SUBMITTED hands to accomplish His plans. Verse 8-12
Ways Paul Proclaimed:
1. Bold
2. Reasoned
3. Persuasive
4. Consistent
2. God uses COMPETING hands to accomplish His plans. Verse 13-17
Main Idea: Jesus being alive gives us reason to rejoice.
1. Jesus is Alive
Hymn: I serve a risen Savior
I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today
I know that He is living, whatever men may say
I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer
And just the time I need Him, He’s always near
Refrain:
He lives, he lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way.
He lives, he lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know he lives?
He lives within my heart.
2. Jesus is Accessible
3. Jesus is more than an Acquaintance. He is our Brother.
Big Idea: Because of God’s infinite authority we are sent out to the nations to make disciples.
John 17:18 (ESV): “As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.”
John 17:20–21 (ESV): “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”
Central Idea: FORGIVEN PEOPLE FORGIVE.
Because God has forgiven us, we forgive others.
1. The What of Forgiveness
2. The Why of Forgiveness
Reason #1: Jesus commands us to.
"Forgiveness is not an emotional response but an act of obedience to God."
Reason #2: God is OUR Father
3. The How of Forgiveness.
Luke 23:34: "Father, forgive them for they do not know what they do."
The following audio is from Downtown Church, a Kingdom focused, Gospel-centered, multi-ethnic, multi-class ministry in Memphis, TN. This week we continue our series, "Marks of a Disciple." Drawing from 2 Timothy, Dr. Julian Russell explains the importance of knowing God's Word and how to defend it. For more information, visit downtownchurch.com.
Main Idea: “God’s word answers life’s key questions.”
Question #1 PROVISION: Will God Provide? Verse 3-4
Question #2 POWER: Is God Able? Verse 5-7
Question #3 Purpose: Who will you Worship? Verse 8-10
Whatever you live for is who and what you worship. What you worship defines your life’s purpose.
Benefits of God’s Word:
1. Teaches Our Identity and Position
2. Teaches Truth and Protects us from Deception.
Guest Speaker Jason Cook from Fellowship Bible Church - Roswell, GA
Know who God is
Experience God
1 – Speech about the Lord as Shepherd (vv 1-3)
1a – Speech to the Lord as Shepherd (v4)
2a – Speech to the Lord as Dinner Host (v5)
2 – Speech about the Lord as Host (v6)
1. Know who God is
2. Experience God
Pray about who God is
Pray to God in need
Pray for and with others
Big Idea: We must live as godly people so that know we are disciples of Christ.
1. Dependent upon Christ alone vv 5-8
2. Hide God’s Word In Your Heart vv 9-11
3. Love One Another vv 12-13
Bottom Line: Following Jesus is free but requires a complete willingness to suffer for and with Jesus.
1. “Following Jesus requires you to do hard & unpleasant things” V 23
Self Denial means:
Submitting your natural/fleshly demands of the body to God’s Word so that you don’t give in to sin.
Self-denial means removing oneself as the center of existence and recognizing Jesus Christ as one’s new and true center.
Colossians 3:5-8:
2. Following Jesus requires constant self-reflection V 57-58
3. Following Jesus requires focusing on God’s kingdom. V. 59-62
1. Jesus' Pursuit
2. Jesus' Promise
Jesus has a vision of who you are to BE and a purpose that you are to DO.
Follow Jesus:
1. INTENTIONAL in spiritual growth
2. TRUST His will for your life
3. OBEY His commands
4. READ His word to know his character
1 Corinthians 4:14-16 "Therefore I urge you to imitate me. 17 For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus.
3. Jesus' Purpose
1. Live the gospel
2. Live in unity
3. Live in confidence
Big Idea: When God reveals who He is, it forms our understanding of who we are thus we must walk in truth.
(The truth will set you free)
#1 walk in fellowship with God v.6
#2 walk in the light v.7
#3 walk not in deception v.8
#4 walk in confession v.9
#5 walk in righteousness v.10
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