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The weekly Sunday morning sermon delivered by Rev. James Wiles

Ephesians 3:1

 “For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—“

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1. The context of his imprisonment

2. The cause of his imprisonment

3. The controller of his imprisonment

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Ephesians 2:19-22

“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.”

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1. The metaphors Paul uses

   - The metaphor of a belonging

   - The metaphor of a birth

   - The metaphor of a building

2. The message Paul shares

   - There is a message of salvation.

   - There is a message of security.

   - There is a message of success.

3. The miracle Paul describes

   - The miracle in our redemption

   - The miracle in our rehabilitation

   - The miracle in His residence

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Genesis 22:1-13 ESV

“After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.” And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together. When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.”

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1. Giving your child back to God is a confirmation of your love for God.

2. Giving your child back to God is a clarification of ownership.

3. Giving you child back to God is a commitment to raise your child God’s way.

4. Giving your child back to God is a claiming of God’s best plan and promises for your child’s life.

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Ephesians 2:14-18

“For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.”

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1. What Jesus destroyed

   - He destroyed a social wall.

   - He destroyed a spiritual wall.

2. What Jesus did

   - He accomplished our reconciliation.

   - He accomplished our redemption.

3. What Jesus delivered

   - He delivered a message of peace.

   - He delivered a message of permission.

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Ephesians 2:11-13 ESV

“Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.”

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1. The power of this destruction

2. The place of this destruction

3. The price of this destruction

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Ephesians 2:10 ESV

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

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1. A Word about workmanship

2. A Word about works

3. A Word about our walk

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Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

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1. The way of salvation

   - The negative side of salvation

   - The positive side of salvation

2. The wonder of salvation

   - The wonder of His grace

   - The wonder of His gift

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Ephesians 2:4-7 ESV

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”

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1. Divine Intervention

   - God’s intervention is personal.

   - God’s intervention is precious.

   - God’s intervention is profound.

2. Divine Identification

   - We are identified with Him in His ressurection.

   - We are identified with Him in His acension.

   - We are identified with Him in His position.

3. Divine Intentions

   - God intends to reveal the riches of His grace to us.

   - God intends to reveal the riches of His grace through us.

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2 Chronicles 7:12-16 ESV 

“Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.” 

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1. My people must pray. 

2. My people must sacrifice. 

3. My people must be righteous. 

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Ephesians 2:1-3

“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.”

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1. Sinners are deceived.

   - By the progression of this world

   - By the prince of this world

2. Sinners are depraved.

   - They are depraved in their appetites.

   - They are depraved in their actions.

3. Sinners are doomed.

   - Doomed because of a sinful disposition

   - Doomed because of a sovereign decree

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