Ephesians 1:15-23 CSB
I. IT’S THEN
15 This is why, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,16 I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers.
1 Peter 1:22 CSB – 22 Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly,
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II. and
17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.
1 Corinthians 2:10 CSB – 10 Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, since the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
John 17:3 NLT – 3 And this is the way to have eternal life–to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
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III. BEYOND
18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the mighty working of his strength.
2 Corinthians 3:4-6 CSB – 4 Such is the confidence we have through Christ before God. 5 It is not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God. 6 He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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IV. POWER
20 He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens 21 far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
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Colossians 1:16-18 KJV – 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.
22 And he subjected everything under his feet and appointed him as head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.
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Hebrews 1:1-4 KJV – 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Hebrews 7:22-28 CSB – 22 Because of this oath, Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant. 23 Now many have become Levitical priests, since they are prevented by death from remaining in office. 24 But because he remains forever, he holds his priesthood permanently. 25 Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them. 26 For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27 He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do — first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all time when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever.
“FROM PRAYER TO POWER, JESUS IS SUPREME”
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Community Life Group Questions
- What was one thing that stood out to you in today’s sermon?
- What are 2 things that stood out to Paul with the Ephesian church? What could we do to grow in either one of these things? (15-16)
- Paul also prayed that they would receive the spirit of 2 things, what are they? (17) What was the purpose of these two things? and why does that matter? (17)
- What are the 3 things that Paul also prayed for? why are these important? ((18-19)
- What is one of the benefits of Christ’s supremacy? (20-21) Who was this done for? Does this in any way give you confidence in the Christian life? (20-23)
- How can we pray for you?