February 23rd, 2014
Position -> Kneeling - Ephesians 3:14-15
Pray . . . Does God Hear? - Ephesians 3:16a
- King David - Psalm 5:1-3
- King Solomon - 2 Chronicles 7:14
- King Jesus - Matthew 6:5-6
Six Dynamic Prayer Requests - Ephesians 3:16-19
- Strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being.
- That Christ may dwell in your hears through faith.
- Be rooted and established in love . . may have power.
- To grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.
- To know this love that surpasses knowledge.
- Filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
John 7:37-38 <-> Ephesians 5:18
What is God able to Do? - Ephesians 3:20-21
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February 16th, 2014
Prisoner - Ephesians 3:1
Types of Affliction (from Mark Driscoll)
- Adamic - because of Adam's sin, we are born into a fallen world.
- Punishment - God judges unbelievers and punishes them for their sin.
- Consequential - we suffer because of what we sow.
- Demonic - schemes/flaming arrows (Ephesians 6:12, 16)
- Victim - suffering brought on by being sinned against.
- Collective - a result of being part of a people (race/country)
- Disciplinary - God chastens believers in order to mature them
- Vicarious - those in Christ suffer because the ungodly oppose them
- Empathetic - suffering that comes when someone we love is hurting.
- Testimonial 0 suffering that is a demonstration of the gospel.
- Providential - some suffer to teach a lesson about God so that worship increases.
- Preventative - suffering that warns us of greater suffering to happen if we ignore God's warning.
- Mysterious - sometimes God, in his providence, has not chosen to reveal why we are afflicted.
- Apocalyptic - suffering that will signal the end of the age. (Revelation)
The Mystery - Ephesians 3:2-6
The Gentiles >>> Through the Gospel >>> Heirs with Israel (The Jews) >>> One Body >>> Sharing the Promise in Christ Jesus
Sin >>> The Gospel >>> New Identity (Image bearer of a Holy God, In Christ, A Saint, Blessed, An Heir, Alive, Reconciled, Afflicted)
God's Intent - Ephesians 3:10-11
God's Intent >>> Through the Church >>> The Manifold Wisdom of God >>> Be Knows to the Rulers & Authorities in the Heavenly Realms >>> According to His Eternal Purpose
Approaching God - Ephesians 3:12 - 13
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February 9th, 2014
Outside Looking In - Ephesians 2:11-12
Tearing Down Walls - Ephesians 2:13-15 & Galatians 3:28
Reconciliation: Enemies Becoming Friends - Ephesians 2:16-18, Romans 5:6-11, Colossians 1:19-22
Big 'C' Little 'c' What Begins with 'C'? Church - Ephesians 2:19-22
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February 2nd, 2014
I was dead - Ephesians 2:1 / Genesis 2:16-17 / Genesis 3:19 / 1 Corinthians 15:22
Three enemies of the soul - Ephesians 2:2-3
- The world
- The flesh
- The devil
He made me alive again - Ephesians 2:4-6
God's warm affections in Christ
- Great Love
- Mercy
- Grace
- Kindness
God's initiatives toward me in Christ
- Made me alive
- Saved me
- Raised me
- Seated me
The truth shall set you free - John 17:17 / John 8:32
Our way in - Ephesians 2:8-9
Expression of life - Ephesians 2:10
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