Joy of Living Bible study on the book of Ephesians

2. Holiday Market
Friday, November 8th – Saturday, November 9th
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Donations – Rachel Tooks and Sandy Rickon
Volunteers – Pam Gohlke and Lois Andrews
Prayer – Everyone
Postcards - Everyone

4. Do you see how this fact elevates your
identity as a child of God? We are not
afterthoughts in God’s plan. There are
no second-class citizens in the body of
Christ. We are all chosen of the Father,
selected as members of His eternal
family. He has chosen us to be holy
and blameless. These truths are so
revolutionary we are afraid to believe
them! We can scarcely believe that
these truths literally apply to us!

6. “Observe, it is not redemption through
his power, it is through his blood. It is not
redemption through his love, it is
through his blood.”
C.H. Spurgeon - 1891

12. God showered his kindness on us—this is
also called God’s “grace.” This is his
voluntary and loving favor given to those
he saves. We can’t earn salvation, nor do
we deserve it. No religious, intellectual, or
moral effort can gain it, because it comes
only from God’s mercy and love. Without
God’s grace, no person can be saved. To
receive it, we must acknowledge that we
cannot save ourselves, that only God can
save us, and that our only way to receive
this loving favor is through faith in Christ.

14. Grace, what have you done?
Murdered for me on that cross
Accused in absence of wrong
My sin washed away in your blood
Too much to make sense of it all
I know that your love breaks my fall
The scandal of grace,
you died in my place
So my soul will live
Scandal of Grace, Hillsong United

17. God was not intentionally keeping his
mysterious plan a secret, but his plan for the
world could not be fully understood until
Christ rose from the dead. His purpose for
sending Christ was to unite Jews and Gentiles
in one body with Christ as the head. Many
people still do not understand God’s plan; but
at the right time, he will bring us together to
be with him forever. Then everyone will
understand. On that day, all people will bow to
Jesus as Lord, either because they love him or
because they fear his power.

19. And let us not be immoral, as some of them
were, and twenty-three thousand died in a
single day. And let us not put Christ to the test,
as some of them did, and were destroyed by
snakes. And do not complain, as some of them
did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
These things happened to them as examples
and were written f for our instruction, on
whom the ends of the ages have come.
1Corinthians 10:8-11

22. God’s purpose is to offer salvation to the
world, just as he planned to do long ago. God is
sovereign; he is in charge. When your life
seems chaotic, rest in this truth: Jesus is Lord,
and God is in control. God’s purpose to save
you cannot be thwarted, no matter what evil
Satan may bring.
Life Application Bible Commentary