Tag Archives: Accomplished By Christ

When I Think of All This

  • What is Paul thinking of?
  • Is it important?
    • Eph 3:1 Eph 3:14 Repeated thought! Important?
    • We are blessed with every spiritual blessing Eph 1:3
      • Because we are united with Christ.
    • God Chose us to be holy and without fault in His eyes ( We are innocent) 1:4
    • God has adopted us 1:5
      • Through Christ Jesus
      • It gave Him pleasure
    • He is rich in kindness and grace
      • He purchased our freedom with the blood of Christ
      • forgave our sins
      • Showered His kindness on us
        • along with wisdom
        • and understanding
    • We are under the authority of Christ 1:10
    • We received an inheritance 1:11
    • God makes everything work according to HIs plan.
    • We are identified as His own 1:13
    • He has given us His Spirit
    • We are guaranteed this inheritance.
    • He purchase us so that we can praise and glorify Him.
  • This is our identity.
    • Understand the power of this
    • Paul is praying that we understand this
    • That we understand the implications of who we are because of who’s we are.
  • Christ is now the authority of everything
    • Both in this world
    • and in the one to come.
  • We are made compete in Christ
  • Chapter 2
  • We are alive with Christ
  • We are free from sin
    • We used to be under the power of sin
    • now we are free
    • We used to obey Satan
    • Now we can obey Christ
  • We are seated in the heavenly realms with Christ 2:6
    • Because we are united with Christ
  • We are an eternal testimony of God’s great mercy and kindness
  • We are saved totally by God’s gracious gift. We can not save ourselves
  • We are citizens with the people of Israel (True Jews, sons of Abraham)
  • We have been brought near to God
  • We believers, globally are one with each other and with Christ
  • The Law is done away with. 2:15
  • We are reconciled to God with all believers 2:16
  • We are members of God’s family 2:19
  • We are God’s house 2:20

3:14-21

  • Paul is praying that we would truly understand and receive all of this
    • That we would be empowered by the Spirit of God
    • From His unlimited resources
    • Through His Spirit
  • That we would understand the Love of God for us
    • How great it is
    • That we would experience it
    • Then we would be made complete
      • With the fullness of life
      • and the power that comes from God
  • God wants us to understand who we are
  • God wants us to understand Who’s we are
  • God gets all the glory for what He does in and through us
  • If we don’t understand who we are we can’t bring glory to God
  • If we understand who we are and walk that:
    • What would we do
    • How would we behave
    • what would life be like?