Eternal City Church Sunday Sermons

In these verses of Ephesians, we see that God has given those who are his insight into the mystery of his predetermined will and has given those who are his a living seal or stamp marking them out as his. In addition, we who are his have a downpayment or deposit guaranteeing our future imperishable inheritance.

We who are Christians have been chosen by God the Father before the foundation of the world for redemption. This redemption is a freedom from sin and full forgiveness of our trespasses against God. Jesus, the second person of the Trinity has accomplished this redemption for us, Jesus is all we need.

In these several verses, Paul reveals God's purpose to save people from their sin into adoption as sons and daughters. This salvation was purposed and planned from before the foundation of the world, into eternity future. This is a great mystery we cannot fully comprehend, however, we can get a sense of God's glory and marvelous power in these three verses of scripture.

In these two verses of Ephesians one, we encounter an astonishing declaration of an immaterial spiritual realm and that God has chosen for himself whom he will save. God is committed to making Christians really and actually "holy and blameless" for all eternity.

The book of Ephesians is one of the most glorious displays and outworkings of the gospel. In this introductory message we look specifically at our identity "in Christ."

We all either know someone, or we ourselves wrestle with addictions. God's word does not leave us in the dark with a way out of our enslaving desires. We need God's wisdom for addictions.

We are made in the image of an emotional God, therefore, we must be emotional beings. In this message, we get a depth of understanding about our emotional life and the emotional life of God, along with some practical help for processing our emotions.

Violence is a reality we cannot avoid living in a fallen world; it confronts us every time we turn on the news or open up our social media accounts. God has told us in his word that with wisdom we can personally steer away from doing violence and recognize into rejoicing that it took a very violent act to reconcile us back into God's favor, blessing and love.

The good news of Jesus is present but veiled in the Old Testament. In this message, PJ helps us to clearly see Jesus in Proverbs, and the rest of the Old Testament. All Christians need Jesus more than we realize, this message will serve as an alarm clock for the spiritually sleepy.

If you struggle with anxiety, fear, anger, or panic over not having control of your world, you need the life-giving understanding of God's sovereignty over yours, and others choices. We have far less control than we think we do. If God would enable us to rest in his perfect plan and control of the world, we would be more at peace in this seemingly out of control world.