Pastor Joe Sugrue - Grace and Truth Podcast

Wednesday September 5, 2018

Ephesians: Prescript (1:1-2) - Grace to you! (part 2)

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 [believers] in Christ Jesus:

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

"Grace to you" xa/ri$ u(mi=n (charis humin).

Charis - God's conduct towards sinful man, through Christ, in spontaneous favor without obligation on man's part.

Fallen man can discern some good and desire it, so long as it doesn't interfere with good for himself, meaning the desire...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1877

Sunday September 2, 2018

Title: Ephesians: Prescript (1:1-2) - Grace to you! (part 2)

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:

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are ... and believers (those who have entrusted the salvation of their souls) in Christ Jesus.

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

"Grace to you" xa/ri$ u(mi=n (charis humin).

Charis - God's conduct towards sinful man, through Christ, in spontaneous favor without obligation on man's...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1876

Friday August 31, 2018

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:

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are ... and believers (those who have entrusted the salvation of their souls) in Christ Jesus.

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

Classical use of charis to Greek speakers:

Art: a thing that gives joy to the beholder.

Ethics: a favor done without thought of reward.

Noble: an act beyond expectation.

Charis was also...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1875

Thursday August 30, 2018

Ephesians: Prescript (1:1-2) - Qualifications of an apostle and how they apply to all believers, part 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 our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Establishing the writer, we turn to the recipients.

"saints" - hagios = holy or set apart unto God's purpose. Used 14 times in the letter.

A careful study of this word is of great importance to a believer's understanding of the revelation of the New...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1874

Wednesday August 29, 2018

Qualifications of an apostle:

1. They must have seen and heard the Lord.

2. They must have been immediately called and chosen to that office by Christ himself. This was the case with every one of them

3. Infallible inspiration was also essentially necessary to that office.

4. Another qualification was the power of working miracles ([Mar 16:20]; Act 2:43), such as speaking with diverse tongues, curing the lame, etc. (1Co 12:8-11).

These were the credentials of their divine mission. 'Truly,' says Paul, 'the signs of an...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1873

Tuesday August 28, 2018

Qualifications of an apostle:

1. They must have seen and heard the Lord.

1Co 9:1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?

2. They must have been immediately called and chosen to that office by Christ himself. This was the case with every one of them

Gal 1:1

Paul, an apostle (not sent from men, nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),

Luk 6:13

And when day came, He called His disciples to Him; and chose twelve of them, whom He...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1872

Sunday August 26, 2018

Qualifications of an apostle:

1. They must have seen and heard the Lord.

1Co 9:1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?

Last time we noted that the apostles had to be champions of faith in a very short period of time. Christ rose from the dead and fifty days later the church would begin. Attacks and opposition to the church would begin immediately and the pillars of the church, the apostles, could not afford years for the hardening of their foundation.

Mat 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent out [appostello] after instructing them, saying, "Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans;...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1871

Friday August 24, 2018

Ephesians: Prescript (1:1-2) - Who is an apostle?

The prescript (1:1-2)

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 1:1 Paul, an apostle

"apostle" - a)po/stol$ (apostolos) = one sent forth with orders, a delegate, a messenger.

Apostle occurs once as a descriptive designation of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Heb 3:1 Therefore, holy...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1870

Thursday August 23, 2018

The prescript (1:1-2)

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 1:1 Paul, an apostle

"apostle" - a)po/stol$ (apostolos) = one sent forth with orders, a delegate, a messenger.

Last time we noted the drastic change of Saul of Tarsus to Paul. He asked the high priest, likely Caiaphas, to be an apostle for him and take his letters of introduction and arrest warrants to Damascus.

We noted the conflicts that like...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1869

Wednesday August 22, 2018

Ephesians: Prescript (1:1-2) - Who is an apostle?

The prescript (1:1-2)

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 1:1 Paul, an apostle

"apostle" - a)po/stol$ (apostolos) = one sent forth with orders, a delegate, a messenger.

Can men change? Can an evil, sinful, and vicious heart be turned to a heart of soft wax that loves and knows the strength of true freedom...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1868