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"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." --Ephesians 2:10.

Sermon Outline

God fashions broken people into a masterpiece displaying His wisdom through Jesus.

  1. Glorious Up-Cycle: Although we were dead in our sins, God made us alive with Christ and the believer in Jesus is a new creation—an original masterpiece.
  2. Glorious Purpose: God is shaping the believer into the image of Christ to do good works.
  3. Glorious Church: God’s reveals His grand masterpiece, the church, by uniting believers in Christ.

    4. Take-Home Applications

    • Read Ephesians and underline every time you see the phrase “In Christ” or “In Him”
    • Confess your selfishness: How do you disregard the purpose for which you were created and live for yourself?
    • Confess your pride: How do you try to do the work God prepared for you while attempting to maintain control of your own plans?
    • Spend time with the Lord allowing Him to chisel away selfish, prideful thinking and shape you into the image of His Son—Jesus. (Rom 12:2)
    • Confess your worth
    • Ask God to reveal His glorious purpose for you
      • Use the spiritual gift survey to find the ways God has prepared for you. 
      • What are God’s commands for you?
      • What has God made you passionate about?
      • Write a personal purpose/vision statement: How would you want people to think of you in 3-5 years?
      • Fill in the blanks with the words from the Bible references (download a printable version by clicking here)
        • I have been_________________with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms (Eph 1:3)
        • He_________________me in Christ to be holy and blameless (Eph 1:4)
        • I am_________________with His glorious grace (Eph 1:6)
        • I have_________________through His blood (Eph 1:7)
        • In Him all things will be_________________(Eph 1:10)
        • I have obtained an_________________in Christ(1:11)
        • I have been_________________with the promised Holy Spirit (Eph 1:13)
        • I am_________________up with Christ and_________________with Him in the heavenly places (Eph 2:6)
        • He shows the immeasurable_________________of his grace in kindness toward me (Eph 2:7)
        • I can be _________ in the Lord (Eph 6:10)
        • I have been made_________________in Christ (Eph 2:5)
        • I am created for good_________________(Eph 2:10)
        • I who once was far off have been brought __________ (Eph 2:13)
        • I have_________________through Jesus in one Spirit to the Father (Eph 2:18)
        • I am joined_________________with the church to grow into a holy temple in the Lord (Eph 2:21)
        • I am being built_________________with the church into a dwelling place for God (Eph 2:22)
        • I can have_________________and access with confidence (Eph 3:12)

          • Scripture References

          • Genesis 1:27
          • 1 Corinthians 13:6
          • 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
          • Ephesians 2:1-10
          • Ephesians 3:6; 9-10
          • Ephesians 4:29
          • Romans 3:23
          • Romans 12:2
          • 2 Corinthians 5:17-18


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