a study:. introduction to chapter 1 verses 1, 2: greetings verses 3-14: one very long, run-on...

Abundant Living

A Study:

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Introduction to Chapter 1

• Verses 1, 2: Greetings • Verses 3-14: One very long, run-on

sentence…• Paul just can’t stop talking; it’s too

exciting, this abundant life in Christ.

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I. I Have Been Redeemed

• Ephesians 1:7• “In Him we have redemption through

His blood.”

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I. I Have Been Redeemed

• Agorazo: to purchase• Exagorazo: to purchase out• Lutro-o: to release or set free

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I. I Have Been Redeemed

• Our position in Christ is first and foremost that we are redeemed and forgiven.

• Redemption literally means “payment of ransom.”

• Romans 3:23• I Peter 1:18, 19

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II. I Have Been Forgiven

• Ephesians 1:7• The penalty for your sin is gone,

washed away by the blood of Jesus.• Psalm 103:12• Hebrews 8:12

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III. I Have the Riches of God’s Grace

• Ephesians 1:7• “…riches of His grace.”• Riches means “abundant and

precious.”• Our forgiveness is

based solely on the riches of God’s grace!

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III. I Have the Riches of God’s Grace

• Ephesians 2:8, 9• I John 1:9• Note: Ephesians 1:7c – “according to

the riches of His grace.”

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IV. I Have Been Shown the Mystery of His Will

• Ephesians 1:8-10• God has a plan…• History is moving towards a goal.• The answer to the mystery is Jesus.• He is the perfect

seed of the woman.

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IV. I Have Been Shown the Mystery of His Will

• His death overthrew the devil and his angels

• Through His blood, we have entered into a greater and more perfect covenant.

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IV. I Have Been Shown the Mystery of His Will

• He is Prophet, Priest and King.• And we have entered into His

Kingdom through faith.

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Abundant Living!

• You stand to inherit…everything!!!• You are not only infinitely wealthy,

you are eternally wealthy.

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Abundant Living!

• Nothing can destroy it.– No stock market dive can disolve it.– No recession can deflate it.– No-one can defraud you of it.

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Abundant Living!

• Nothing can destroy it.– If you are a Christ-follower, you are

God’s possession, and everything God has is yours.

– You are richer than you think!

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Abundant Living!

• How can I enjoy these riches?– Give it away– Share – See people come to Christ– Release forgiveness– Help others discover God’d will for their

lives.

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SCRIPTURES (New King James Version)

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Ephesians 11 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

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Ephesians 16 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

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Ephesians 111 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. 13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

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Ephesians 115 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

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Ephesians 119 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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Ephesians 1:1, 21 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Ephesians 1:3-143 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace,

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Ephesians 1:3-148 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

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Ephesians 1:3-1413 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

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Ephesians 1:77 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

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Romans 3:2323 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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I Peter 1:18, 1918 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

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Ephesians 1:77 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

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Psalm 103:1212 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

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Hebrews 8:1212 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

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Ephesians 1:77 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

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Ephesians 2:8, 98 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

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I John 1:99 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Ephesians 1:7c7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

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Ephesians 1:8-108 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.