Sermon Tone Analysis
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Ephesians
Retrospect
Stats
• Began March 14, 2021
• By my count, this will be our 62nd sermon (not
including lessons taught in adult Sunday
School)
• Since we began, Covid vaccinations became a
thing, two Olympics were held (Tokyo & Beijing),
Russia invaded the Ukraine, Roe v. Wade was
overturned, and Elon Musk bought Twitter.
“Knowing” in Ephesians
• Three concepts: Knowledge; Wisdom;
Comprehension
• Best examples:
1. 1:17-18, “… may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of
revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of
your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the
hope to which he has called you …”
2. 3:18-19, “may have the strength to comprehend with
all the saints what is the breadth and length and height
and depth, and to know the love of Christ that
surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the
fullness of God.”
Knowing who you are
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We are adopted as sons (1:5)
We are the body of Christ (1:23)
We were dead (2:1ff)
We are His workmanship
We are fellow citizens (2:19)
We are fellow heirs with Jesus Christ (3:16)
We are light (5:8)
Knowing what you have
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You have the lavished riches of His grace (1:7)
You have obtained an inheritance (1:11)
You have the Holy Spirit of God (1:13-14)
You have glorious riches and immeasurable
greatness of power (1:19)
• You have Christ as head-over-all
• You have the immeasurable riches of His grace
(2:7)
• You have a gracious gift for service (4:7)
Knowing transformation
• Considering who you are and what you have,
Paul expects transformation:
• To speak the truth in love (4:25)
• To be kind, tenderhearted and forgiving (4:32)
• To walk in love as Christ gave Himself in love (5:12)
• To speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and
spiritual songs (5:19)
• To live out our roles in a Christ-like way (5:22ff)
• To fight for God’s glory (6:10ff)
Conclusion: top-down faith
• Top-down faith gives our lives cosmic purpose.
• Top-down faith means that every decision
begins with who we are and what we have.
• Top-down faith means that we fight sin with an
all new perspective.
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