Sermon Tone Analysis

Review

Part 1: - Redemption of the Gift (The gift of salvation, are we ready to receive it?)

Part 2: - Redemption of the sinner (Our redemption is only made possible by Christ Jesus)

Part 3: - Redemption of the Church (The Church only begins to reusable what it was intended for when we experience God Horizontally through the congregation.)We

often focus to much on the vertical when we are also called to focus in on the horizontal as the Gospel is expressed throughout our lives.

Intro

What if…?

This was different in my life / I could accomplish this or that / I had “this” in my life.God’s blessings as seen in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians: What if being a Christian is less about what I can do for God, and more about what God has done for me?

What if my purpose and identity weren’t built around the things I can produce but the things I have received?

What if God’s promise is true and I already have every spiritual blessing?

Maybe then… I could re-discover joy.

Opening Prayer

There has been a natural flow of events over the past two chapters...

Chapter one has highlighted the wealth of blessings that come from knowing God.

Chapter two develops a theme from there highlighting His purposes: To extend Grace to the dead in sin and to bring about reconciliation.

Ultimately bringing about the possibility for all to be in relationship with the living God, Jew, Gentile , ALL!

V2-4

Eph 3:2-

Eph

V10-11

Eph 3:10-11

Eph 3:

:18-

Eph 3:20-

Ephesians 3:9

φωτίσαι πάντας

and to enlighten everyone as to what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages by God, who created all things,

Instead of “to enlighten everyone,” some manuscripts do not include “everyone,” resulting in the general statement “to bring to light.”