EPHESIANS WEEK 4 - PTR. ALVIN GUTIERREZ - 630PM EVENING-SERVICE
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The passage from Ephesians 1:3-14 describes the many spiritual blessings that Christians receive through faith in Christ. It discusses how God chose believers before creation to be holy, predestined them for adoption as sons, provided redemption and forgiveness of sins through Christ's blood, and sealed believers with the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of their inheritance. The overall message is that God lavishes his grace upon Christians, blessing them with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
EPHESIANS WEEK 4 - PTR. ALVIN GUTIERREZ - 630PM EVENING-SERVICE
- 3. EPHESIANS 1:3-14 3 Praise 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. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
- 4. EPHESIANS 1:3-14 5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
- 5. EPHESIANS 1:3-14 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding
- 6. EPHESIANS 1:3-14 9 he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
- 7. EPHESIANS 1:1-14 11 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, 12 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
- 8. EPHESIANS 1:3-14 13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.
- 9. WORKERS’ ETHIC • You only get what you deserve. BLESSING • If you’re to get anything, then you’ve got to give something, you’ve got to pay back, you’ve got to earn it, you’ve got to make it even. • You get something you didn’t work for. • You get something you don’t have to pay back.
- 12. EPHESIANS 1:3 3 Praise 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.
- 13. Jesus goes to the cross, takes our place, so that we could take his place.
- 14. We’re blessed in Christ, because if we have faith in Christ. We have salvation in Christ, we have new life in Christ. We stand in the position of Christ, and we receive the blessings of Christ.
- 16. EPHESIANS 1:4 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
- 17. You don’t need to be perfect, Christ is your perfection.
- 18. You don’t need to live a perfect life, Christ already has in your place.
- 19. If you are a Christian, you are positionally holy. God sees you in the place of Christ, and out of your positional holiness, you can live practical holiness.
- 20. Because you are holy, you can live holy. Because Christ has made you holy, you can live holy like Christ.
- 21. Christ is our holiness and He makes you holy.
- 22. If your identity is in Christ and that he has made you holy, that changes your activity and the decisions you make in your life.
- 24. EPHESIANS 1:4-5 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—
- 25. What that means is that your destiny is predetermined in love.
- 27. What that means is that your destiny is predetermined in love.
- 28. You chose hell, God chose heaven. You chose damnation, God chose salvation. You chose to run from God, and God chose to run after you, so he came as Jesus Christ. In love he predestined us.
- 29. What it means is it doesn’t matter how bad you are, God could save you. It doesn’t matter where you live, God could save you. It doesn’t matter who you are, or what you’ve done, or what you’ve failed to do. It doesn’t matter how rebellious you are, how religious you are, how ridiculous you are. God could love you, save you, pick you, bless you in Christ.
- 31. EPHESIANS 1:4-5 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—
- 32. Some of you don’t have family. We want church to be your family. Some of you don’t have a father. We want God to be your Father. Some of you, your birth and the family you were born into, it’s discouraging. We want you to be born again into the family of God.
- 33. You’re adopted. If you’re in Christ, you’re adopted. You have a Father named God who loves you. You have a Father named God who listens to you. You have a Father named God who blesses you.
- 35. EPHESIANS 1:7 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
- 36. When he says that we have redemption through his blood, that our faith is to be in the blood of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, who takes away the sins of the world.
- 37. And if we are in Christ and we have trusted in Christ’s death in our place for our sins, the wrath of God passes over us, and we are redeemed from our addictions and slaveries to worship him in freedom with a new life.
- 38. Whatever has mastered you, whatever rules over you, Jesus has come to free you, and by the grace of God, you can walk with him in a brand-new life.
- 40. EPHESIANS 1:7 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
- 41. If you are in Christ, you’re forgiven. You’re forgiven. You’re forgiven for everything you’ve done in your past, and you’re forgiven for anything you’ll do in your future. You’re forgiven. You’re forgiven.
- 42. It means we don’t need to pay God back. It means we don’t need to suffer. It means we don’t need to do anything because Christ has done everything. When he died on the cross, he paid the full debt for our sin. And when he says that we’re forgiven, we’re forgiven.
- 44. EPHESIANS 1:7-10 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding
- 45. EPHESIANS 1:7-10 9 he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
- 46. Common grace helps in this life, but it’s only special grace that is of any help after this life. Common grace is for all people, but special grace is exclusively for God’s people. And so if you are in Christ, you are doubly blessed.
- 47. And if you look at these; holiness, predestination, adoption, redemption, forgiveness, it’s all about Grace. And then there’s this empowering grace that makes you strong to live a new life like Christ, and with Christ, and for Christ, and through Christ.
- 49. EPHESIANS 1:11-14 11 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, 12 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
- 50. EPHESIANS 1:3-14 13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.
- 51. We belong to the Lord, we belong to God. If you’re a Christian, you belong to God. Your life is not your own. You’ve been bought with a price. You belong to the Lord. And he has put his seal upon you as his possession, and that seal is the Holy Spirit.
- 52. It’s not the life you live for God, it’s the life of God lived through you.
- 53. It’s Jesus sending the Holy Spirit to cause you to become a new person in Christ, and to live by the power of the Holy Spirit. That doesn’t mean there won’t be effort on your behalf, but it’s Holy Spirit- enabled, grace-empowered effort. And it’s God’s life for you, it’s God’s life in you, it’s God’s life through you by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- 54. Once you receive the Holy Spirit, you are marked and sealed as God’s possession. He causes you to be born again with a new nature, as a new person, with a new heart, and a new mind, and a new identity to live by a new power, to live for a new Lord. And that’s only the beginning, and he will keep you to the end. The Holy Spirit keeps you.
- 55. CONCLUSION
- 56. Look at how great God is. Look at all that God has done. Look at all that God still promises to do. To live for the praise of his glorious grace is not to think God does all of this so that people could see us as glorious.
- 57. God does all of this so that I might tell everyone how glorious he is, how loving he is, how generous he is, how compassionate he is, how merciful he is, how kind he is, how long-suffering he is, how affectionate he is, how wonderful my master is.