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A Reason to Rejoice (part 2)

November 19, 2017 Speaker: David Steele Series: The Book of Ephesians

Passage: Ephesians 1:3–4

A REASON TO REJOICE

Ephesians 1:3-4

 

Intro – How Free is Free?
1. Spiritual ______________ (Eph. 2:1).
2. Spiritual _________________ (John 3:3; 1 Cor. 2:14).
3. Spiritual _________________ (John 6:44; 63-65).
4. Spiritual __________________ (Eph. 2:11-12).
5. Spiritual __________________ (John 8:43-47).
6. Spiritual __________________ (John 8:34; 44-45).

II. PILLAR # 2: THE __________________ OF ELECTION
A. THE BASIS IN SCRIPTURE
1. An undeniable reality (Deut. 7:7-8; Acts 13:47-49;
2 Thess. 2:13).

B. THE BOTTOM LINE OF ELECTION
1. Bachar (OT) - ____________________________
2. Eklégomai (NT) - _________________________
3. Always tied to a ______________ (Col. 3:12-13).
4. A ________________ act of God (Rom. 9:14-18).

III. PILLAR # 3: THE ______________ OF ELECTION
A. CHOSEN BY THE FATHER
1. The elect were _______________ by the Father.

B. CHOSEN IN HIM
1. God chose us in _______________.

C. CHOSEN IN ETERNITY PAST
1. All of God’s elect were chosen before the
______________________ of the world (John
17:24; 1 Pet. 1:20; Rev. 13:8).

IV. PILLAR # 4: THE __________________ OF ELECTION
A. CHOSEN FOR A PURPOSE
1. For ______________________
2. To be ___________________

V. PILLAR # 5: THE PRAISE THAT ELECTION
___________________
A. CHOSEN TO DECLARE HIS PRAISE
1. Election sparks supernatural praise!

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