Pastor Joe Sugrue - Grace and Truth Podcast

Wednesday September 19,2018

Ephesians; 1:3 - the Trinity

Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

The blessings originate from heaven and are themselves heavenly over and above anything earthly. They were given to you before the foundation of the world.

Eph 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love

Eph 1:5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,...

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Tuesday, September 18th

The listeners of the mystery are given the ability to listen more and to understand it more and these alone are suited for authority in the kingdom of heaven.

Eph 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and who are faithful in Christ Jesus:

Eph 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Eph 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him.

As we must take this section in chunks, I...

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Sunday September 16, 2018

Title: Ephesians: The eulogia (1:3), part 3.

Now, since the mystery is revealed to the believer and not the world that will not believe in Christ, it is imperative that the believer listen. If he listens, more listening ability will be given to him.

Mar 4:24 And He was saying to them, "Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it shall be measured to you; and more shall be given you besides.

Mar 4:25 "For whoever has, to him shall more be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him."

The unbeliever does not have any understanding of the mystery. We may also conclude that the believer who...

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Friday september 14, 2018

Eph 1:3-14 - the eulogia (noun) = a blessing bestowed. "Blessed be (eulogetos, adj.) the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed (eulogeo, verb) us with all blessing (eulogia, noun) in the heavenlies in Christ.

From the salutation, Paul launches into a eulogia, or declaration of blessing.

This was also common in the OT, as we saw. The Hebrew word is berakhah, meaning worthy of praise, as is a good definition of euologia.

In both Testaments, often when God is praised it is followed by a reason. We saw several examples of this in both Testaments. This leads us to understand that we cannot praise what we don't know or don't understand.

The story of the presentation and rejection of the...

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Thursday September 13, 2018

Title: Ephesians: The eulogia (1:3).

Eph 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and who are faithful in Christ Jesus:

Eph 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God...

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Wednesday September 12, 2018

Ephesians: Prescript (1:1-2) - Jesus says, "Peace to you." (part 4) and the intro to the eulogia (1:3).

Eirene is called the very peace of God, Php 4:7, and of Christ, Col 3:15.

Phi 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

Phi 4:5 Let your forbearing spirit [epieikes: gentleness, sweet reasonableness] be known to all men. The Lord is near.

Phi 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Phi 4:7 And the peace of God,...

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Tuesday September 11, 2018

Scripture closely connects sin to sorrow and distress and also connect righteousness and the gospel to peace.

Last time we concluded this point in a passage in Isa 57. "There is no peace for the wicked," says God. The creature who rejects his Creator and fights his Creator will search for peace in vain.

Eph 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and who are faithful in Christ Jesus:

Eph 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace and peace are bookends to this letter. The church is to be full of both and reveal both to the world that the world may see and believe.

Eph 6:23 Peace be to the...

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Sunday September 9, 2018

Title: Ephesians: Prescript (1:1-2) - Jesus says, "Peace to you." (part 2)

Scripture closely connects sin to sorrow and distress and also connect righteousness and the gospel to peace.

I return to this point that we finished with on Friday for the purpose of reminder and completion. The message of Isaiah is as pertinent to the Jews in the 7th century B.C. as it is to us today. Israel was given a choice and so is everyone in the present world. Yeshua is known everywhere, He is proclaimed to the four corners of the earth just as He instructed His disciples to do.

The proclamation of Christ is life in Him through His sacrifice on the cross. The gospel is the good news of life through Him alone. The unbeliever sins against the gospel and essentially...

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Friday September 7, 2018

Prayer is a source of peace that is beyond human comprehension.

Php 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

Php 4:5 Let your forbearing spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near.

Php 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Using it as a salutation, Paul, Peter, and John desire peace for all as God does. It is a wellbeing in the soul which is realized in and through Christ, and which is the object of saving promise...

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Thursday September 6, 2018

"The word especially denotes God's grace and favor towards mankind or to any individual, which, as a free act, excludes merit, and is not hindered by guilt, but forgives sin; it thus stands out in contrast with erga (work), nomos (law), hamartia (sin)." [Cremer]

Man's problem before God - his inability to do any of God's works, follow God's law, and his ability to sin prolifically. Grace cuts through it all. No matter how sinful, lawbreaking, and useless a man is, grace stands at the doorstep of his soul and bids him to dine with God in righteousness.

Not every man accepts the invitation, but the invitation delivered to every man is grace.

It is called grace as denoting the relation and conduct of God towards sinful...

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