Open Bible Church of Kingsville Sermons

SERMON NOTES – July 6, 2025Series: Ephesians: God’s Plan to Reconcile All Things in ChristText: Ephesians 2:11-18Topic: Peace With God and His PeopleAttribute: Praise Christ as our Peace!GOD’S IM: “I only have one people! If you are in Christ, you are reconciled with and united to one another.”Notes: R_________________ (vs. 11-12)O_____________ (vs. 13-18)Colossians 2:11 and 16+17IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE:1) There is only one people of God and they are all saved the same way!Repent of the ways you fall short of viewing and treating people and groups of people based on physical distinctions, and learn to view and treat people in light of the Gospel! 2) Seek restoration and peace with one another.If the Gospel is big enough to cover our sins with God, then it is certainly big enough to cover our sins against one another!  We must strive for unity, peace, reconciliation, and restoration in our personal lives and relationships, especially with fellow believers in Christ. 3) Proclaim peace to those who are far off and those who are near.Preach Christ and His peace to anyone and everyone you can, and by God’s grace, He will bring many into the body of Christ!Music and word rights reserved. CCLI License

SERMON NOTES – June 29, 2025Series: Ephesians: God’s Plan to Reconcile All Things in ChristText: EphesiansTopic: Grace AloneAttribute: Praise Christ as the One who Works for us! Music and word rights reserved. CCLI License

We will be streaming our service live this week. SERMON NOTES – June 22, 2025Series: Ephesians: God’s Plan to Reconcile All Things in ChristText: Ephesians 2:8-9Topic: Grace AloneAttribute: Praise Christ as the One who Works for us! GOD’S IM: “There is nothing you can do to earn, deserve, or pay Me back for your salvation. It is all My grace! Rest, rely, and delight in My grace through faith!”Notes: G_____________ (vs. 8a)F_____________ (vs. 8a)Genesis 15:6Habakkuk 2:4Acts 16:31Romans 4:5Not Y_______ & Not your W____________ (vs. 8b-9)IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE:1) Accept God’s gracious gift of salvation by faith!Grab hold of Christ and the gift of salvation He has won and offers you through faith!  True faith is not just a one-time decision. It is the ongoing posture of your heart and the way you live life.2) Rest and Delight in Christ! Rest in knowing that everything you need for salvation, God has already provided in Christ! Delight and rejoice in Christ and His work instead of your own. Matthew 11:28-30Music and word rights reserved. CCLI License

ON NOTES – June 15, 2025Series: Ephesians: God’s Plan to Reconcile All Things in ChristText: Ephesians 2:1-7Topic: What is Wrong with the WorldAttribute: Praise the Holy Spirit as the Omnipotent OneGOD’S IM: “Set your mind on the glorious future I have for you, My child, and live in and experience My resurrection, ascension, and sovereign power at work in your present life!”Notes: IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE:1) Pray asking the Lord to show you your faith and how that is being lived out in love for all the saints.  2) But God. May those words often be on our lips.  Let us spend time contemplating the riches of God’s grace, mercy, kindness.  Let us get an accurate picture of who God is. Because he is that, we are desperately loved.3) Remind yourself of what you will be experiencing for all of eternity. It is not you doing something for God.  It is God showing you His kindness and love because of Jesus.  It is all about Christ, and not about us.Music and word rights reserved. CCLI License

SERMON NOTES – June 8, 2025Series: Ephesians: God’s Plan to Reconcile All Things in ChristText: Ephesians 1:18-23Topic: Hope, Riches, and PowerAttribute: Praise the Holy Spirit as the Omnipotent OneGOD’S IM: “Set your mind on the glorious future I have for you, My child, and live in and experience My resurrection, ascension, and sovereign power at work in your present life!”Notes: H_____________ (vs. 18a)R_____________ (vs. 18b)Ephesians 1:11-12Ephesians 1:7-8P_____________ (vs. 19) R_____________ Power (vs. 20a) A_____________ Power (vs. 20b-21) S_____________ Power (vs. 22-23)IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE:1) Do you know what is the hope to which God has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and the immeasurable greatness of His power?The only way you can really know these truths is to know the God they flow from, intimately and personally!  2) Reconsider your view of the Christian life and the church.Reconsider your view of the Christian life and the church in light of the hope to which God has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance, and the immeasurable greatness of His power toward you because of your union with Christ! 3) Tap into the divine power that is available to you!Knowing and growing in relationship with God through prayer and hearing the Word of God connect God’s people to Christ’s extraordinary power. Build these habits into your life and watch Christ begin to powerfully work in and through you!Music and word rights reserved. CCLI License

SERMON NOTES — June 1, 2025Series: Ephesians: Riches in Christ Text: Ephesians 1:15-19Topic: Prayer 3.0God’s IM: I have a special reward for all who will come seeking to know me better through prayer — and that is you get Me.Notes:1. The who of prayer2. The why of prayer 3. The what of prayer John 17:3 Ephesians 2:7IMPLICATION FOR LIFE RESPONSE1. Pray asking the Lord to show you your faith and how that is being lived out in love for all the saints. 2. Pray and ask the Lord that you might see traces of grace in the lives of others as you remember those whom God has used to bless your life.3. Pray that God would open the eyes of your heart so that you might come to know God through the reading of His Word, through sermons and other means of grace. It takes a work of the Spirit for that to happen. Rejoice when it does. That is a powerful prayer.Music and word rights reserved. CCLI License

SERMON NOTES – May 25, 2025Series: Ephesians: God’s Plan to Reconcile All Things in ChristText: Ephesians 1:11-14Topic: God’s People’s InheritanceAttribute: Praise the Holy Spirit as the One Who Unites You to Christ GOD’S IM: “The Holy Spirit marks you as Mine and guarantees you all the benefits of being Mine!” Notes: P_____________ (vs. 11)1 Peter 2:9P_____________ (vs. 12)Ephesians 1:3 and 1:6John 15:26 and 16:13-14P_____________ (vs. 13-14)IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE:1) If you are in Christ, you have the Holy Spirit indwelling you and your salvation is secure.If you are in Christ, you have been chosen by the Father, redeemed and forgiven by the Son, and sealed with the Holy Spirit. There is nothing that you did to earn or deserve this, and therefore, there is nothing you can do to lose or diminish it! It is irrevocable because it is based on the character and work of an unchanging and perfect God. 2) You can begin to experience the blessings of God's salvation now, while you wait for more in the future.Paul’s heart is that you experience all the joys and blessings that the Father planned, Jesus won, and the Holy Spirit applies in your present life while also living with the hope, promise, and assurance that more is coming in the future! 3) Praise the Lord! Join with Paul in praise to the triune God for His glorious salvation!Music and word rights reserved. CCLI License

SERMON NOTES — May 18, 2025Series: Ephesians: Riches in Christ Text: Ephesians 1:7-10Topic: A Tsunami of GraceGod’s IM: I am the One who has started this conversation so listen well to the grace and peace I am bringing to you.Notes:1. In him2. Redemption through his blood3. Forgiveness of our trespasses Luke 4:184. According to the riches of His grace 1 Corinthians 3:21-235. Lavished Genesis 7:116. In all wisdom and insight7. Making known to us the mystery of His will Luke 10:21 John 15:158. According to His purpose9. Set forth in Christ10. As a plan for the fullness of time11. To unite all things in him. Romans 13:9IMPLICATION FOR LIFE RESPONSE1) He forgives all that is guilty within you and he also unites all that is fractured in you.2) So let us take heart and once again be overwhelmed by this tsunami of God’s grace. Music and word rights reserved. CCLI License

We will be streaming our service live this week. SERMON NOTES – May 11, 2025Series: Ephesians: God’s Plan to Reconcile All Things in ChristText: Ephesians 1:3-6Topic: Blessed by God to Bless GodAttribute: Praise Christ as the One Who Gives Us Every Spiritual BlessingGOD’S IM: “I have blessed you in Christ with every spiritual blessing so that you may be an instrument of blessing and praise to Me!”Notes: B_____________ (vs. 3)C_____________ (vs. 4)A_____________ (vs. 5)P_____________ (vs. 6)IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE:1) Have you really experienced God’s blessings in Jesus Christ?Start living as a child of God, enjoying and experiencing all the blessings He gives His children in Christ Jesus! 2) Bless and praise the Lord!God made you, saved you, has blessed you, is currently blessing you, and will bless you for all eternity so that you can bless and praise Him. So, live your life to bless and praise the Lord! Music and word rights reserved. CCLI License

SERMON NOTES — May 4, 2025Series: Ephesians: Riches in Christ Text: Ephesians 1:1-2Topic: A Conversation StarterGod’s IM: I am the One who has started this conversation, so listen well to the grace and peace I am bringing to you.Notes:How is your soul?1. The instrument (1:1a)2. The individuals (1:1b)3. The initiator (1:2)IMPLICATION FOR LIFE RESPONSE1. You are who you are this morning by the will of God. Regardless of the circumstances you find yourself in, God has you there for a reason and purpose. Your identity is bound up in the Lord your God. 2. You are a saint. You are faithful. So start speaking rightly to yourself. It is what God has declared about you. Now live out who you are in Christ. 3. What you think about God is the most important thing about you. He does not judge you on your merits, but on the work of Christ on the cross. Receive today his grace and peace for your life. Come to the Lord’s table this morning, knowing your sins are forgiven and you have peace with God.Music and word rights reserved. CCLI License