Ian just got done preaching out of Ephesians 3:1-7 and explained how God’s power makes the Son known through the Spirit’s work in us. He spent time examining exactly what Paul says about God’s calling and covered three important points.

1. Paul’s calling was steeping in Christ’s grace (1-3)
2. The Spirit always reveals calling (4-5)
3. Our calling is as limited as our Gospel (6-7)

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Ephesians 3

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—² assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, ³ how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. ⁴ When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, ⁵ which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. ⁶ This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Stephen just got done preaching out of Ephesians 2:19-22 and how in God’s household we’re aliens becoming children; we’re sinners becoming saints and strangers becoming family. He spent time examining exactly what Paul says about God’s household and covered three important points.

1. God’s household doesn’t make sense
2. God’s household is empowered by the revealed and resurrected Jesus
3. God’s household is where God dwells

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Ian have walked us through Ephesians 2:14-18 and examined the reality that Jesus is peace, so now we can rest in him. He walked us through two supporting ideas:

1. Through the Cross we are One with Peace 
2. God’s Plan was for a Church of Peace 

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Ephesians 2:14-18

¹⁴ For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility ¹⁵ by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, ¹⁶ and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. ¹⁷ And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. ¹⁸ For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

Stephen has just finished walking us through Ephesians 2:11-13 where we looked at how Jesus’ blood brings the alienated and hopeless near. He walked us through how the text was calling us to remember two things:

1. Remember you were alienated Gentiles
2. Remember you were hopeless without God

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Ephesians 1:15-19 (ESV)

15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might

Ian spent this morning walking us through Ephesians 1:13-14 and it’s main idea: The gospel saves us, the Spirit seals us, and the Father is glorified by us. Here supported that main idea with three important truths to remember.

1. Salvation is the first step… not the last
2. The God who seals us is often ignored by us
3. Our guarantee inheritance is through God’s guaranteed glory

Take time this week in Community Group to flesh out some of these ideas.

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Ephesians 1:13-14 (ESV)

13) In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14) who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.