Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Outline
- Attributes of God the Father
- Attributes of God’s Grace
- Attributes of God the Son
- Attributes of God the Spirit
- Who we are
- I. The Calling of the Church 1:1-3:21
Outline
| Ephesians | |
|---|---|
| I. The Calling of the Church | (vs. 1:1-3:21) |
| A. Praise for God’s Redemptive Work | (vs. 1:1-14) |
| B. Prayer for an Understanding of God’s Grace | (vs. 1:15-23) |
| C. Salvation Because of God’s Grace | (vs. 2:1-10) |
| D. Jew and Gentile Reconciled Because of God’s Grace | (vs. 2:11-22) |
| E. Paul, A Steward of the Gospel of God’s Grace | (vs. 3:1-13) |
| F. Prayer for Power and Understanding | (vs. 3:14-21) |
| II. The Conduct of the Church | (vs. 4:1-6:20) |
| A. In Unity | (vs. 4:1-16) |
| B. In Righteousness | (vs. 4:17-5:14) |
| C. In the Spirit’s Control | (vs. 5:15-21) |
| D. In Marriage | (vs. 5:22-33) |
| E. In His Household | (vs. 6:1-9) |
| F. In Spiritual Warfare | (vs. 6:10-20) |
| III. Conclusion | (vs. 6:21-24) |
Attributes of God the Father
- vs. Ch. 1:3 - Blessed
- vs. Ch. 1:5 - Kind
- vs. Ch. 1:6 - gracious
Attributes of God’s Grace
- vs. Ch. 1:2 - Grace and Peace from God the Father and Lord Jesus Christ
- vs. Ch. 1:6 - glory of His grace, freely bestowed
- vs. Ch. 1:7 - redemption and forgiveness, riches of His grace, lavished upon us
Attributes of God the Son
- vs. Ch. 1:2 - Lord
- vs. Ch. 1:3 - Blesses
- vs. Ch. 1:4 - Loving
- vs. Ch. 1:5 - Experiences pleasure according to His will
- vs. Ch. 1:6 - praiseworthy, glorious, gracious
Attributes of God the Spirit
- vs. Ch. 1:13 - Holy Spirit of the promise
Who we are
(Who is David L. Haines)
- vs. Ch. 1:1 - saint, faithful
- vs. Ch. 1:3 - blessed, in Christ
- vs. Ch. 1:4 - Chosen, holy, and blameless
- vs. Ch. 1:5 - predestined, adopted to Jesus Christ
- vs. Ch. 1:6 - the Beloved
- vs. Ch. 1:7 - Redeemed and Forgiven
- vs. Ch. 1:9 - made known the mystery of His will
- vs. Ch. 1:11 - Obtained an Inheritance, Predestined
- vs. Ch. 1:13 - sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise
- vs. Ch. 1:17 - spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him
I. The Calling of the Church 1:1-3:21
the first three chapters are one long prayer, culminating in the great doxology at the end of chapter 3. There is in fact nothing like this in all Paul’s letters. This is the language of lyrical prayer
Ephesians Chapter 1
In Chapter 1, Paul praises God for His redemptive work, highlighting the spiritual blessings believers have in Christ, including adoption, redemption, and the sealing of the Holy Spirit (vv. 1–14).
He prays that they may grow in wisdom, understanding the hope of their calling, the riches of their inheritance, and the greatness of God’s power toward them (vv. 15–23).
Christ is presented as the exalted head over all things, seated at God’s right hand (vv. 20–23),
Believers should praise God for His grace, trust in Christ’s redemption, and seek wisdom to know Him more (vv. 3, 7, 17–18).
Chapter 1:3-6
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in the Beloved.”
Romans 8:29-30
”For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters; 30and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.”
Chapter 1:7-8
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us.
Chapter 1:8b-10 - “Fullness of the times”
In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He set forth in Him, regarding His plan of the fullness of the times, to bring all things together in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.
Philippians 2:10-11
so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father
Colossians 1:15-20
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation: for by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.