A Living Hope and A Lavish Inheritance. Ephesians 1:15-19 I Peter 1:1-5

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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 A Living Hope and A Lavish Inheritance Ephesians 1:15-19 I Peter 1:1-5

3 Eph. 1: For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

4 18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

5 HOPE?

6 Probably will be replaced as starting QB this week not a chance of SB. Matt Schaub Houston Texans

7 Eli Manning

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9 HOPE: a favorable and confident expectation of good.

10 A Living Hope

11 Eph. 1:18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you.

12 I Peter 1:1-5 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood:

13 Grace and peace be yours in abundance. 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

14 A Living Hope I. By the Father Chosen

15 God s Elect:

16 God s Elect: Select, favorite, excellent

17 Chosen He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. I Peter 1:20

18 Chosen A Voice came from the cloud, saying, This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him. Luke 9:35

19 Favorite: Therefore, as God s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Col. 3:12

20 Excellent or Precious: See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in Him will never be put to shame. I Peter 2:6

21 What about

22 What about Whosoever will may come.

23 What about God is not willing that any perish but that all should come to eternal life.

24 What about All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

25 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.

26 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge (Prognwsis) of God the Father.

27 A Living Hope I. By the Father Chosen II. By the Spirit Sanctified

28 Sanctification: set apart for special use

29 Antinomy A A contradiction between two apparently equally valid principles or between inferences correctly drawn from such principles such as the nature of light being both particle and wave form.

30 A A fundamental and apparently irresolvable conflict or contradiction.

31 Lifeline Rope & Ring

32 Why did the Spirit sanctify you? Rom. 6:18-23 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness... What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!

33 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

34 A Living Hope I. By the Father Chosen II. By the Spirit Sanctified III. By the Son Purchased

35 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood. I Peter 1:3

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37 Questions 1. What is the reason which causes Paul to be so thankful for the Ephesians? 2. What is the connection between faith and love in v. 15 and how does that apply to us today? 3. If you have His glorious inheritance, what is found in His will? will?