AWR360° Japan – Three Amazing Women of Prayer—and Action! Ep.4 #awr #evangelism #bible #short Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyvUsuwCNc4
Sunday: We Are Blessed in Christ
Someone has described Ephesians as the Alps of the New Testament. Paul, our mountaineering guide, takes us on a rapid ascent in Ephesians 1:1-23. We are quickly breathless and amazed at the view from the summit.
Reflect on Ephesians 1:1-23. What especially inspires you? What peaks do you see?
Image © Lars Justinen Goodsalt.com
Ephesians 1:3-14 functions like a map at a mountain’s summit that identifies the peaks on the horizon, as Paul orients us to our blessed place in the vast landscape of the plan of salvation. The scenery covers the full span of salvation history, from eternity past, through God’s grace-filled actions in Christ, to eternity future. God’s redemption of believers reflects divine initiatives taken “before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4), which are now being worked out in our lives (see Ephesians 1:7-8, Ephesians 1:13-14, ). These pre-creation strategies will be fully accomplished at the end of time (Ephesians 1:9-10, ). Then, “all things,” both “in heaven” and “on earth” will be gathered together or united in Christ, and God’s plan for “the fullness of time” (ESV) will be fulfilled (Ephesians 1:10). Then, we will experience fully God’s mysterious plan (Ephesians 1:9). In the present, we may be certain that the Christ-centered salvation in which we stand is an important part of God’s wide-reaching plan for the redemption of “all things.”
Being on a mountaintop inspires thanksgiving. In Ephesians 1:15-19, Paul gives thanks to God as he prays that believers may experience the salvation God has planned for them. We find ourselves on another steep climb as he points us upward to the risen, ascended, exalted Christ, who rules over every imaginable power for all time (Ephesians 1:20-23).
Through the grace of God expressed in Christ Jesus, we may live this day on the mountaintop!
| Ephesians 1:4 tells us that Christ “chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love” (NKJV). Think about what that means. Chosen in Him before the world existed! What great hope should this offer you in regard to God’s desire for you to be saved? |
Amen!
(0)
(0)The post Sunday: We Are Blessed in Christ appeared first on Sabbath School Net.
Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/sunday-we-are-blessed-in-christ/
¿Por qué Dios no llamó a los mayores?
Todos sabemos que existe una costumbre cultural muy arraigada según la cual el primogénito asume la autoridad y los bienes de la familia. Esto se ha demostrado a lo largo de la historia en muchos casos, y todavía se ve en las familias reales de hoy: el rey del Reino Unido es Carlos, no Andrés. […] Source: https://atoday.org/por-que-dios-no-llamo-a-los-mayores/
How I Finally Was Convinced that God Likes Men the Best
by Loren Seibold | 22 September 2023 I didn’t start out with any particular objection to women being pastors. Before I got to college, the idea had never crossed my mind. In our little country church in North Dakota I’d not seen any women pastors. We did have some extraordinary women, though, who shaped my […] Source: https://atoday.org/how-the-womens-ordination-debate-shaped-my-theology-2/
God keeps to His promises Ep.2 #shorts #awr #awr
Do you feel alone and think that you have no one to turn to? #awr #evangelism #bible Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O2pXq8gKaE
