TALK 2: AMAZING LOVE – SALVATION IN EPHESIANS
© Rosemary Bardsley 2022
1. WHAT? BLESSED WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING
Ephesians 1:3-14
Every spiritual blessing
Chosen by God
Declared holy and blameless
Adopted as God’s children
Recipients of God’s free grace
Redeemed
Forgiven
God’s will revealed to us
Sealed with the Holy Spirit
2. WHERE? IN CHRIST
Ephesians 1:3 - 14
Blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ
Chosen in Christ
Holy and blameless in Christ
God’s grace freely given us in Christ
Redeemed in Christ
Forgiveness of sins in Christ
Sealed in Christ by the Holy Spirit
3. HOW MUCH? BEYOND MEASURE, BEYOND COMPARISON
1:7-8 – in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding
1:18 - the riches of his glorious inheritance
1:19 – his incomparably great power for us who believe
2:4 – God, who is rich in mercy …
2:7 – the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus
3:8 – the unsearchable riches of Christ
4. WHEN? WHEN WE WERE TOTALLY POWERLESS
2:1-3 Dead in transgressions an sins
Followed the ways of this world and the ruler of the kingdom of the air…
Gratifying the cravings of our flesh, following its desires and thoughts
2:12 Aliens to God’s promises
Without hope
Without God
5. HOW ?
Through Jesus Christ [1.5]
Through freely given grace [1:6]
Through union with Christ [2:5,6]
By grace [2:8]
By God’s creative power [2:10]
Through the blood of Christ [2:13]
Through the cross [2:16]
Through him [2:18]
6. WHY? BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT LOVE FOR US
2:4 – But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy …
2:7 – in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus
7. WHAT FOR?
3:18 – that you may have power … to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
2:7 – in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus
3:10 -11 – His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
3:20-21 – Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!