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God of All BlessingEphesians 1

In Christ 34Lord 22Love 16Grace 11Body 11Church 9

Ephesians’ Divisions

1:1-3:21 Christian Wealth4:1-6:9 Christian Walk6:10-6:24 Christian Warfare

Ephesians 1:1-14 Divisions

1-6 Selected7-12 Saved 13-14 Sealed

1-6 Selected

Divisions

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in

Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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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

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4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and

blameless in his sight

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5 In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus

Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will

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6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the

One he loves

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James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not

change like shifting shadows.

Principle

Application Questions

How will God’s Innumerable Blessings change the way you live?

Application Prayer

I Adore You Everlasting Creator and FatherI Confess I have loved Your gifts more than YouThanks for personally selecting & adopting meI Pray for Power to stand for Truth at all cost

7-12 Saved

Divisions

7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of

God’s grace

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8 that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding

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Present salvation does not remove The presence of sin in life

But the power of sin over life

Principle

Application Questions

How will you deal with the sins you are struggling with?

[Our] weapons have divine power to demolish strongholds [and] every

pretension […] against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to

make it obedient to Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5

Application Prayer

I Adore You Risen & Exalted Lamb of GodI Confess prayer has become an empty ritualThank You for Your Infinite Love & Sacrifice

I Pray I will love the lost & forgive my enemies

13-14 Sealed

Divisions

13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the

gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with

a seal, the promised Holy Spirit

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14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to

the praise of his glory.

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God seals sinnersNot just to be our Help in life

But to be our LIFE

Principle

Application Questions

How will you start living to the praise of His Glory?

Application Prayer

I Adore You my Holy & Promised OneI Confess I live too independently of You

Thank You for securing me & indwelling meI Pray I may abide in You & bear eternal fruit

Ephesians 1:1-14 Divisions

1-6 Selected by the Father7-12 Saved by the Son13-14 Sealed by the Spirit

Blessed in Christ

Before Time, the Father chose usAt the right Time, Jesus purchased us

For All Time, the Spirit sealed us

Blessings in Christ

God has blessed us (3), chosen us (4), adopted us (5), favored us (6), redeemed us (7), forgiven us (7), revealed His Will

to us (8-9), united us (10), sealed us (13), enriched us with an inheritance (14)

God of All Blessing

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