Ephesians1: Safe & Secure!

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1 Peace to the brothers, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Ephesians 6:23-24

2 Ephesians1:11-14 Safe & Secure!

3 Eph. 1:11-14 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 hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.

4 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, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God s possession to the praise of his glory.

5 Safe & Secure?

6 "CRISIS Opportunity

7 "CRISIS Turning Point

8 Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (KJV) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him (NIV)

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14 Rom. 8:28-39 / Eph. 1: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

15 30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. 31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

16 5 Undeniable Truths 5 Unanswerable Questions 1. If God is for us, who can be against us? 2. How will He not also give us all things? 3. Who will bring any charge? 4. Who is he that condemns, Jesus? 5. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

17 1. If God is for us who can be against us? 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 hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. Eph. 1:11-12

18 1. If God is for us who can be against us? 28 We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

19 2. How will He not also along with Him, give us all things? And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Eph. 1:13a

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21 2. How will He not also along with Him, give us all things? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?

22 Rom. 8:28 28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

23 3. Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

24 3. Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit? Eph. 1:13b

25 4. Who is he that condemns, Christ Jesus? Christ Jesus died more than that was raised to life is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.

26 Reasons Christ will not condemn us: He died for us proves his love He arose proves sacrifice was enough He ascended proves God approved He intercedes proves our case will never go unheard or be out-argued by Satan

27 Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

28 Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through hi, because he always lives to intercede for them.

29 Theodore Roosevelt It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena If he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

30 4. Who is he that condemns, Christ Jesus? And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. The Holy Spirit is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God s possession Eph. 1:14a

31 5. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 35Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written: For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

32 5. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

33 to the praise of his glory.

34 Questions to Ponder: 1. What is God s purpose for you according to v ? 2. How do you reconcile the fact that God has predestined you to live for His glory with your own ability to make choices? 3. Using business logic, what does it mean for the Holy Spirit to be a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance?

35 Peace to the brothers, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Ephesians 6:23-24