sunday school lesson 2009 07 26
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July 26th, 2009
Announcements• bcbc-sundayschool@googlegroups.com• Class Ministry Team Meetings
– Grow Team – July 30th
– Serve Team – August 13th
• New Care Group Assignments• First class “Grow” function August 15th
• Women’s Ministry Fall Retreat Oct 2&3
Focal Passage
Ephesians 1:3-14Verses 3-6
Verses 7-12Verses 13-14
Ephesians 1:3-6Praise be to the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he
chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus
Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in
the One he loves.
Ephesians 1:7-12In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's
grace 8that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. 9And he[a] made known to us the mystery of
his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in
Christ, 10to be put into effect when the times will have reached their
fulfillment -
Ephesians 1:7-12to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the
purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:13-14And you also were included in Christ
when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him
with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14who is a deposit
guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are
God's possession—to the praise of his glory.
The Work of the Father
• A pep talk• Gives us spiritual blessings• Chose us to be holy or set apart• Predestined• Adopted• Gives us grace to live our lives
The Work of the Son• Redemption through his blood• Forgiveness of sins through God’s
grace• Wisdom and understanding• Helps us to know God’s will• Bring everything together in Christ• Predestined inheritance• Hope and praise God for his glory
The Work of the Spirit
• Seals our salvation• Marks us as belonging to God• Downpayment• Bring praise
The Work of the TrinityPlanning
AccomplishingSecuring
Salvation
What I mean is this. An ordinary simple Christian kneels down to say his prayers. He is trying to get into
touch with God. But if he is a Christian he knows that what is
prompting him to pray is also God: God, so to speak, inside him. But he
also knows that all his real knowledge of God comes through
Christ, the Man who was God - that Christ is standing beside him,
helping him to pray, praying for him.
You see what is happening. God is the thing to which he is praying the goal he is trying to reach. God is also the
thing inside him which is pushing him on - the motive power. God is
also the road or bridge along which he is being pushed to that goal. So that the whole threefold life of the
three-personal Being is actually going on in that ordinary little
bedroom where an ordinary man is saying his prayers.
- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Homework
•How you would explain the doctrine of the trinity to someone who wasn’t familiar with it?
•Reflect on how the Trinity impacts your prayer life.
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