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God's Marvelous Plan

November 21, 2021 • Andrew Bloemker • Ephesians 3

Ephesians 3, Paul tells us about God's plan for our lives through the work God has done in our lives. As Christians, we are saved, we have been made new, and we proclaim this good news of God's grace to others. Paul is encouraging the Ephesians to proclaim this good news, and this message is also to us!

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Identity in Christ

November 7, 2021 • Ben Farleigh • Ephesians 1:3–14

Ephesians 1:3-14 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. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

Made Alive in Christ

November 14, 2021 • Matt Farrar • Ephesians 2

Ephesians 2:1-10 is the passage we are looking at today. Join us as we read about how we were once dead in our transgressions but through Christ, we have been made alive!

Unity in the Body of Christ

November 28, 2021 • Jeff Michael • Ephesians 4:1–7

Ephesians 4:1-7 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.