Sunday Sermons

As we come to the end of Ephesians 3, we see Paul reach what feels like a finale, even though we are only halfway through the book. This finale consists of a prayer that places a high call on the Ephesians, followed by exuberant praise for God’s limitless power.

As we embark upon the third chapter of Ephesians, we come across what appears as a thoughtful tangent of Paul regarding the mystery of God’s plan and the role the church plays in revealing this mystery to others.

Last week, in Ephesians 2:1-10 we saw where we would be apart from the grace of God to make us alive and able to live for him. As we turn our focus to verses 11-22, we see another transformational blessing that is found only through Christ, and reconciles us not only to God, but also to one another.

Ephesians 2:1-10 may be one of the most well-known and well-loved passages of the Bible –and for good reason. But, as familiar as we may be with the passage, we often live in a way that demonstrates how easily we can forget the amazing truth found within these verses.

After recounting an abundant list of blessings for which we should praise God (1:3-14), Paul now asks Him for something else: to give the saints in Ephesus crucial spiritual insight into who God is and the power that he has demonstrated.

Over the past few weeks we have explored some of the abundant spiritual blessings that we have in Christ. While the past weeks have explored blessings God granted in the past for his people, this week Paul turns our attention to how future blessing is also reason to praise God today and every day.

This week we continue to explore the abundant and lavish blessings bestowed on the Church in Christ Jesus. Last week, we praised God for the blessing of being chosen. This week we turn our focus toward the amazing blessing of being redeemed and why it is integral to God’s plan “to unite all things in Christ.”

The letter to the Ephesians begins with an explosion of blessing. We see how God has abundantly blessed his people with spiritual benefits in Christ, while also recognizing that our response to this immeasurable blessing should be our blessing and praise of God.

As we embark upon a new series in the book of Ephesians, we start with the initial two-verse greeting of the epistle. However, a closer look reveals that these two verses are much more than simple greeting formalities. They set the tone and give us insight into the entire epistle.

This week we examine the final lines of The Apostles’ Creed. We turn our focus from what has been, and is, to what will be. As we finish this series, consider how what we verbally say that we believe must then translate into an action-filled testimony of those beliefs in our daily life.