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Dec 29, 2019

The Order Is Everything

Passage: Ephesians 1:1-14

Speaker: Chip Reed

Series: General

Category: Grace Brevard

Keywords: identity, god, christ, trinity, spirit, purpose, resolutions, order

The book of Ephesians holds together like a water-tight chamber. To me it is the best summary of the Christian life in the NT. As I thought about preaching this week, I kept coming back to the book of Ephesians. Chapters 1-3 speak of our identity in Christ, while chapters 4-6 are a call to action. The order is important. Don’t miss that. Especially as we approach a new year where we are inclined to make lots of resolutions, and quickly fail to execute them by the first of February. So today we will look at chapter 1, to see how Paul describes our relationship with Jesus and how this is the FUEL for our actions, in the Christian’s life.

order of Worship

CALL TO WORSHIP: Ephesians 1:3-10

READING: Ephesians 1:11-14

MUSIC: 

  • BAND: Leader - Jeff Whisenant, Annette Lotz, Ella Lewison 
  • Praise the Lord Ye Heavens
  • Before the Throne of God Above
  • Only A Holy God
  • Remind Me Who I Am

PRAYER:  The Consecrated Life (from The Valley of Vision)  

LEADER:  O, Gracious God, it is your great will to make known the glory of Your Son.

ALL:  Let us stand in this great gospel. 

LEADER:  Center our hearts.  Renew our minds. Here is our duty.

ALL:  To know the love of Christ.  To consecrate our lives in gratitude and good works.

LEADER:  Holy Spirit work in us the grace and beauty of Christ.  

MESSAGE: Order is Everything!

CENTRAL TEXT: Ephesians 1:3-14

ILLUSTRATIONS: 

RESPONSE: Galatians 4:4-7

BENEDICTION: Ephesians 1:17-19

MEDIA:

QUOTES:

  • “The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.” - Tim Keller
  • “Every day you preach to yourself a gospel of your loneliness, inability, and lack of resources or you faithfully preach to yourself the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.” - Paul David Tripp
  • A human being is a creature of God with a nature designed by God to consciously display God’s greatness and his beauty and his worth. That’s what I think our fundamental identity is.” - John Piper
  • “Whenever God does something to you, he also intends to do something through you. Our work in the world is an extension and expression of God’s very identity.” - Jeff Vanderstelt

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