sermon 05 02 10

Cody

Jesus has come to…reverse the bad news- the fall of

mankindoverpower sin and deathbring a new heaven and a new earth- a

new world order.

In Christwe have spiritual life,we have every spiritual blessing,we have the call to be his people,we are able to be holy and blameless

in his sight in love,

God’s chosen peopleHoly- set apart to God and

His waysBlameless- set apart away

from the world & its ways…in love- to love as He loves

In Christwe have adoption into God’s family,we have redemption from sin through

his blood,we have forgiveness of sins, we have freedom from guilt,

In Christwe have the revealed secret of the

purposes of God, Jesus the Headwe have the gospel of your salvation,we are marked in him with the seal of

the Holy Spirit, a guarantee of our inheritance in the age that is here and is coming.

Ephesians 1:15For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

Ephesians 1:15For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

Ephesians 1:15For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

True faith in Christ leads

unavoidably to love for others!

Ephesians 1:16For this reason …I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

What is Paul asking for that they don’t already

have in Christ?

Ephesians 1:17 I keep asking that the God

of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

Ephesians 1:18-19a I pray also that the eyes of your

heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

Ephesians 1:18-19a I pray also that the eyes of your

heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

Ephesians 1:18-19a I pray also that the eyes of your

heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

Ephesians 1:18-19a I pray also that the eyes of your

heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

“the wealth of the glory of his

inheritance in the holy ones”

Ephesians 1:18-19a I pray also that the eyes of your

heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

Ephesians 1:19b-20a That power is like the

working of his mighty strength, 20which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead…

Ephesians 1:20b-21 …seated him at his right hand

in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.

Ephesians 1:22-23 22And God placed all things

under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

Ephesians 1:22-23 22And God placed all things

under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

Deeper!