When i first preached this passage years ago, i followed the view that ephesians 1. Through the agency of my friend, walt pearson, i was privi. The sunday before we begin the saturday night service. Jehovahs witnesses, jesus and the holy trinity walter martin the holy spirit. The first three chapters are about who we are in christ. Its easy to read pauls marvellous statement about gods power and yet feel that it is all very remote it is all far removed from daily life and experience. This is part 15 of a versebyverse bible study series in ephesians. Hope sabbath school 1celebrating years hope channel. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Bible verse powerpoint slides for ephesians revelation bible, lord of hosts, lamentations.
The unfathomable riches of christ for all peoples, above all powers, through the church. New testament commentary, exposition of ephesians, william hendriksen, baker book house, pp. God is at work in his people v 20 this god of power is the same god who is at work in his people. The foolishness of preaching or the preaching of foolishness. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his spirit.
Historical background concerning the work in ephesus can be found in ac 18. In his dignified british manner he replied, madam, can. The paperback bible presents the bible by the book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations. Campbell morgan, after he spoke and asked, do you think we should pray for even the little things in our lives, or just for the big things. Ephesians 3 commentary the sermon bible commentary. Up to this point, the book of ephesians has been one long theological exhalation. God can do anything, you knowfar more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams. But the mention of himself as the prisoner of jesus. One of the dangers of preachers and sermons is that if something makes a great illustration, it continues to be used whether it is. Able describes that which has sufficient or necessary power, means, skill, or resources to accomplish an objective. This book speaks of the great spiritual wealth we possess in him.
Joe that was just too small for his fumbly fingers. In teaching and preaching we often emphasize christs ministry of redemption, and his ministry of training in the lives of these few men. The next three chapters are about how we are to live. Pearson who was the director of breath of life ministries. In literary form, the first part of ephesians chapters is marked by the language of prayer and praise and has a lofty, almost hymnic tone about it. Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. Open your bible, if you will, to ephesians chapter 3 because this morning were going to look at the second great prayer that i direct your attention to in this epistle. When we go back a couple of chapters to ephesians 1 we see the most awesome display of the power paul is talking about in your text. Pdf this article presents an exegesis of ephesians 4. The working preacher team believes that god uses good biblical preaching to change lives. We summarise the remainder of ephesians chapter 3 in the following way. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, read verse in new international version. None of us are worthy to be gods servants, but god has not only saved us by grace, but he has chosen to use us by grace.
That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms. This audio sermon and transcript is entitled our mindblowing god, and is from the ministry of david legge, a christian preacher and bible teacher from belfast, northern ireland. I chose this book, in part, because it is my favorite epistle of paul, but mostly because of what its about. Sermons from ephesians introduction to the epistle 1. That is a statement or a phrase that combines seemingly absurd opposites. But paul is actually saying that our own experience of gods power demonstrates that he. Ephesians is variously seen as a wisdom discourse,11 baptismal homily,12 ephesian liturgy. To create a sense of hope and expectancy that we cannot even imagine what god might be pleased to do through our church for his glory and the good of this city and the hidden peoples if we ventured more on his power. The first three chapters of ephesians are a theological goldmine.
Restrainer of evil chuck smith the person of the holy spirit chuck smith third person of the trinity chuck smith the holy spirit in the believer, pt. Paul has emptied the contents of his soul as he has revealed mysteries that were hidden from. They accept the entire gospel commission of matthew 28. Ephesians 3 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this 12 volume, chapter by chapter commentary of 4,800 sermon outlines and 24,000 homiletic references. Sermons from ephesians the revelation of the mystery 3. We are currently working our way through the wonderful epistle of paul to the ephesians. Our great and awesome god is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask. Grab your bible and open it up to the letter to the ephesians.
Informative sermon by pastor walter pearson jr delivered from the word of god. The word able refers to the power one has by virtue of inherent ability and resources. There are notes on individual verses below the outline and a set of questions for when the material is used in groups. We have enlisted hundreds of friends biblical scholars, theologians, homileticians and pastors dedicated to the craft of biblical preaching to provide you timely, compelling and trustworthy content. And i think that we see three ways in this text that paul thinks that happens. The following statements are taken from official documents, newspapers and magazines widely read during their day. Sermons on ephesians first presbyterian church, jackson. Please use these sermons as the lord leads, but nothing on this site may be used for profit without my expressed, written permission. This precious book reveals to us the riches of gods grace in jesus christ. Working preacher is a ministry brought to you by luther seminary.
This section is a transitional section of the book. Of all his sermons, i rank this one as my favorite. He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his spirit deeply and gently within us. But he did not have the motor coordination to do what he wanted to do on a part of the g. Well ask for things like your current marital status, whether you already have children in the home, your employment history, and your basic contact information. Revelation biblelord of hostslamentationszephaniah 3 ephesians 2bible. Here is how verse 20 reads in the new king james version. Paul has emptied the contents of his soul as he has revealed mysteries that were hidden from the foundation of the world. If you have your bibles, id invite you to turn with me to ephesians, chapter one, as we continue making our way through this great letter of the apostle paul to the church at ephesus and to you and me, because we know that every word. Sermons from ephesians 3 praying for your prodigal ephesians 1. Mar 16, 2008 am today, with gods blessing, well start up a new series of sermons, this one through ephesians. The new testament begins with the gospelsmatthew, mark, luke, and johnwhich tell the story of jesus, and then we have the book of actswhich tells the story of the first generation of jesusfollowers.
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