Key Point: Living in dependence on transitory wealth is arrogant, but living in dependence on God leads to true fulfillment.

1. Every person is rich (v 17a)

2. The lifestyle of bad stewards (v 17b)

3. The lifestyle of good stewards (vv 17c-19)

Key point: Thankfulness and unthankfulness towards Jesus and His work are seen in pursuing obeying Him or rejecting Him.

1. Jesus and His work demand a response (vv 1-13)

2. The response of unthankfulness (vv 14-17)

3. The response of thankfulness (vv 15b, 18-20)

Key point: Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is our Redeemer.

1. Long ago God spoke the promise of redemption through the prophets (v 1)

2. In these last days God has spoken the promise of redemption through His Son, Jesus the Christ (vv 2-3a)

3. Jesus the promised Redeemer has accomplished our redemption (v 3b)

4. Christ is supreme! (vv 3c-4)

Key Point: Our relationships in the church give evidence to the truth of the Gospel in our lives.

1. A faithful servant commended for walking in the truth (vv 1-8)

2. A warning not to be distracted by opposition in the church (vv 9-10)

3. A charge to stay focused on the Gospel to keep walking in the truth (vv 11-15)

Key Point: God wants His people to pray for Jesus and the gospel to be the singular focus of all people.

1. Our involvement in God’s desire (vv 1-3)

2. God’s desire revealed (v 4)

3. Only Jesus is qualified to achieve God’s desire (vv 5-6)

4. God’s desire should define our lives (v 7)

Key point: God calls us to encourage one another by sharing the gospel's impact on our lives.

1. Personal Knowledge is Encouraging (v 21)

2. Corporate Knowledge is Encouraging (v 22)

3. God is THE Source of Real Encouragement (vv 23-24)

Key Point: God calls us to rely on His strength when the devil seeks to disrupt us in proclaiming the gospel.

1. Depend on God's strength (v 10)

2. Stand firm against the devil's schemes (vv 11-13)

3. Stand firm in the Armor of God (vv 14-16)

4. Pray in the Spirit (vv 17-20)

Key Point: God calls us to impact the culture with the gospel through our relationships because He changed us with the gospel.

1. Displaying the gospel as receiving workers (vv 5-8)

2. Displaying the gospel as giving workers (v 9)

Key Point: God calls us to practice our oneness in Christ within our marriages and families. The church should be known for this.

1. Wives displaying the gospel (vv 22-24, 33b)

2. Husbands displaying the gospel (vv 25-31, 33a)

3. Families displaying the gospel (6:1-4)

Key Point: God calls us to live distinctively different in our gathered corporate practice because we are in the Lord Jesus Christ.

1. God calls us to protect the identity of the church (vv 3-6)

2. God calls us to protect the purity of the church (vv 7-14)

3. God calls us to live wisely together (vv 15-21)