Ephesians 1:1-2

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Ephesians 11-2
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 2 Grace to you and
peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
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Ephesians 11-2

• Pauls Authority (1a)
• Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of
  God

apostle one who is sent out a
representative an ambassador
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Acts 121-22
21 Therefore it is necessary that of the men who
have accompanied us all the time that the Lord
Jesus went in and out among us 22 beginning
with the baptism of John until the day that He
was taken up from us one of these must become a
witness with us of His resurrection.
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Ephesians 11-2

• Pauls Authority (1a)
• Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of
  God

• The work of an Apostle includes
• preaching the gospel (?1 Corinthians 117?),
• teaching and praying (Acts 64),
• performing miracles to authenticate their
  message (2 Corinthians 1212?),
• building up other leaders of the church (?Acts
  1423), and
• writing the Word of God (?Ephesians 11?).

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2 Corinthians 520
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God were making an appeal through us we
beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to
God.
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Matthew 2819-20
19 Go having been sent out therefore and make
disciples learners/followers of Jesus of all
the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit your
authority, 20 teaching them to observe all that
I commanded you your mission and lo, I am with
you always, even to the end of the age your
confidence.
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Ephesians 11-2

• Pauls Authority (1a)
• Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of
  God

by the will of God Gods idea, Gods choice,
Gods purpose, Gods intent Gods desire
Note 1 Timothy 112-16
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Ephesians 11-2

• Pauls Audience (1b)
• To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are
  faithful in Christ Jesus

• Saints holy ones set apart ones
• To be a saint is about who God sees you as (holy)
  but also what God expects (holiness)

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Sanctified made holy

• By Gods eternal decree
• Ephesians 14 - just as He chose us in Him before
  the foundation of the world, that we would be
  holy and blameless before Him
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• By the blood of Christs atonement
• Hebrews 1014 - For by one offering He has
  perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
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• By the grace and power of God the Holy Spirit in
  the new birth
• 1 Corinthians 69-11 - 9 Or do you not know that
  the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of
  God? Do not be deceived neither fornicators, nor
  idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
  homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous,
  nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will
  inherit the kingdom of God. 11 Such were some of
  you but you were washed, but you were
  sanctified, but you were justified in the name of
  the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our
  God.

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Ephesians 11-2

• Pauls Audience (1b)
• To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are
  faithful in Christ Jesus

• Saints holy ones set apart ones
• Faithful in Christ Jesus living out what they
  believe.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creature the old things passed away behold, new
things have come. (2 Corinthians 517)
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Ephesians 11-2

• Pauls Acknowledgement (2a)
• Grace to you and peace.

• grace Gods undeserved, unmerited favor

Let your speech always be with grace, as though
seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you
should respond to each person. (Colossians 46)
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Ephesians 11-2

• Pauls Acknowledgement (2a)
• Grace to you and peace.

• grace Gods undeserved, unmerited favor
• peace well-being from God.

grace is the fountain of which peace is the
stream - MacArthur
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ (Romans 51)
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Ephesians 11-2

• Pauls Agent (2b)
• from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

• God our Father
• The Lord Jesus Christ

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though He was rich, yet for your sake He
became poor, so that you through His poverty
might become rich. (2 Corinthians 89)
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How Do I Live Like A Rich Man In Christ?

• Remind yourself daily that you are a sinner saved
  by Gods life-transforming, saving grace.
• Ephesians 24-7
• 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His
  great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we
  were dead in our transgressions, made us alive
  together with Christ (by grace you have been
  saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated
  us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ
  Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might
  show the surpassing riches of His grace in
  kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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How Do I Live Like A Rich Man In Christ?

• Wash yourself daily in the Word of God. Make
  sure you are spending adequate time filling your
  mind with the truth of God.
• Ephesians 525-26
• 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also
  loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26
  so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed
  her by the washing of water with the word

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How Do I Live Like A Rich Man In Christ?

• Intentionally speak to others of the work and
  glories of Christ.
• Ephesians 424-25
• 24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness
  of God has been created in righteousness and
  holiness of the truth. 25 Therefore, laying aside
  falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS
  NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another.

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