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Know the Hope of Your Calling

• Ephesians 118

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What God Has Given Us

• 1 Corinthians 1313 mentions three things that
  are permanent faith, hope, and love
• Spiritual gifts were temporary v.8-10
• The parts ended when the complete had been given
  v.10
• Even in the beginning, Gods concern was that the
  church have faith, hope, and love
• Colossians 15, 1 Thessalonians 13

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Ephesians 115-16

• Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in
  the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
  do not cease to give thanks for you, making
  mention of you in my prayers
• What is missing?
• It is what Paul prays that the Ephesians would
  come to understand

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Ephesians 117-19a

• that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
  Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of
  wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
  the eyes of your understanding being enlightened
  that you may know what is the hope of His
  calling, what are the riches of the glory of His
  inheritance in the saints, and what is the
  exceeding greatness of His power toward us who
  believe,

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Hope

• Faith stands under hope Hebrews 111
• Hope stands on faith
• Expectation of hope based on promise
• Strength of hope stands on faith in 2 things
• The willingness of promise maker to keep his word
• The ability of promise maker to keep his word

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Pauls Petition for the Ephesians

• that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
  Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of
  wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
  the eyes of your understanding being enlightened
  that you may know what is the hope of His
  calling, what are the riches of the glory of His
  inheritance in the saints, and what is the
  exceeding greatness of His power toward us who
  believe,

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Pauls Petition for the Ephesians

• In order to know the hope of your calling,
• You need to know the riches of glory of Gods
  inheritance in the saints

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Ephesians 118

• The riches - the value
• Of glory not material value
• Of His inheritance not our inheritance in
  Heaven
• In the saints we are His inheritance
• Paraphrase God wants us to know how special we
  are to Him
• We are all that will be left of creation Heb.
  1228

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Pauls Petition for the Ephesians

• In order to know the hope of your calling,
• You need to know the riches of glory of Gods
  inheritance in the saints

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Pauls Petition for the Ephesians

• In order to know the hope of your calling,
• You need to know the riches of glory of Gods
  inheritance in the saints
• faith in Gods willingness to keep His promise

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Pauls Petition for the Ephesians

• In order to know the hope of your calling,
• You need to know the riches of glory of Gods
  inheritance in the saints
• faith in Gods willingness to keep His promise
• and

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Pauls Petition for the Ephesians

• In order to know the hope of your calling,
• You need to know the riches of glory of Gods
  inheritance in the saints
• faith in Gods willingness to keep His promise
• and
• 2. You need to know the greatness of Gods power
  that works toward you

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Pauls Petition for the Ephesians

• In order to know the hope of your calling,
• You need to know the riches of glory of Gods
  inheritance in the saints
• faith in Gods willingness to keep His promise
• and
• 2. You need to know the greatness of Gods power
  that works toward you
• faith in Gods ability to keep His promise

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Pauls Epistle to the Ephesians

• Paul proceeds to answer that prayer by writing
  the first three chapters of Ephesians
• 1-3 Know the Hope of Your Calling
• Information to assure us of Gods love
• Information to assure us of Gods power
• 4-6 Walk Worthily of the Calling
• How to live based upon the calling
• You must know it in order to live by it

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Know the Hope of Your CallingEphesians 1-3

• 13-14 praise
• 115-23 prayer
• 21-13 past to present
• 214-18 peace
• 219-313 plan
• 314-21 petition
• All of it emphasizes Gods willingness
• 119-23 and 320 describes Gods power

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Know the Greatness of His PowerEphesians 119

• exceeding greatness of His power
• Super-mega dynamite
• according to the working of His mighty power
• Active energy of His strong power
• The greatest example is the resurrection and
  exaltation of Christ v.20-23

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Know the Greatness of His PowerEphesians 320

• God is able to do what we ask
• God is able to do what we ask or think
• God is able to do all that we ask or think
• God is able to do above all we ask or think
• God is able to do abundantly above all we ask or
  think
• God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above
  all that we ask or think

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Know the Love of ChristEphesians 319

• God has blessed us 13-14 v.4 1 John 31
• God has saved us 21-13 v.4 Titus 31-7
• God has provided the means of reconciliation with
  Him 214-18 Romans 55-11
• God tells us of His intention 31-13 Romans
  828-38
• What more can God do to prove His love for us
  than to give the greatest gift and tell us it is
  because He loves us?

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Walk Worthily of the CallingEphesians 41

• Walk in unity 41-16
• Walk not like the Gentiles 417-32
• Walk in love 51-7
• Walk in light 58-14
• Walk in wisdom 515-21
• Relationship rules to apply to our walk 522-69
• Fight with faith 610-20

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God Wants You

• To be strengthened by the Spirit in your heart
• To make your heart a home for Christ by faith
• To know His love for you 1 John 416
• To experience Gods love so that it is a
  life-changing experience Romans 24
• To be raised with Christ 24 Colossians 212
• (Faith raises us after we are buried in baptism)
• To walk worthily of the calling 41, Rom. 64