Living Through Christ
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So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.
Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.
Uplifting Encouragement
Tychicus is sent with a specific purpose
-Not simply a messenger, but he was sent with a Godly mission to encourage the church at Ephesus
b. A call to be encouragers
-Through faith we can encourage others and be encouraged by God working though others.
-God uses our story/experiences to build up people around. us
2. Grace And Peace
-Paul gives a closing, but there is so much more
a. Both come from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
b. Experienced through Faith in Jesus.
i. General revelation
For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
ii. Specific Revelation
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
3. Incorruptible Love
a. God loves completely
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
b. Human love fails
c. Love Through God’s Strength
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
i. See others as God sees them.
i. see others as God sees them.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,