Eulogy to our Father
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· 23 viewsAs we celebrate our fathers today, let us extol the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Introduction
Introduction
Today is Father’s Day. According to the dictionary, Father’s Day is “the third Sunday in June, a day on which fathers are particularly honored by their children, especially with gifts and greeting cards.”
Today is Father’s Day. According to the dictionary, Father’s Day is “the third Sunday in June, a day on which fathers are particularly honored by their children, especially with gifts and greeting cards.”
It’s a day for celebrating our fathers and showing them how much we love and care for them and how grateful we are for their love and the special influence they have exerted in our lives as their children.
It’s a day for celebrating our fathers and showing them how much we love and care for them and how grateful we are for their love and the special influence they have exerted in our lives as their children.
Though not everyone can celebrate this day as much as others can, I am so grateful for the father that the Lord has blessed me with. He has nurtured my life and brought me up in the way of the Lord, for which I am eternally grateful. Yesterday, my sister and I celebrated him by giving him a meal at his favorite restaurant and a special gift.
Though not everyone can celebrate this day as much as others can, I am so grateful for the father that the Lord has blessed me with. He has nurtured my life and brought me up in the way of the Lord, for which I am eternally grateful. Yesterday, my sister and I celebrated him by giving him a meal at his favorite restaurant and a special gift.
And so from DPCC we all want to say Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers listening today and let you know that we celebrate you as well in the Lord.
And so from DPCC we all want to say Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers listening today and let you know that we celebrate you as well in the Lord.
As we look at Ephesians 1:1-6 today we join in eulogy with the apostle Paul as we contemplate the marvelous person and work of our heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and find even greater cause for celebration today!
As we look at Ephesians 1:1-6 today we join in eulogy with the apostle Paul as we contemplate the marvelous person and work of our heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and find even greater cause for celebration today!
I. Praise God our Father!
I. Praise God our Father!
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
“blessed”
Definition of ‘blessed’: blessed, praised, praiseworthy, pertaining to being worth of praise or commendation.
Used exclusively of God and Christ in the New Testament!
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
“chose us”
BDAG Definition: ‘chose’: (2) to make a choice in accordance with significant preference: (c) w. indication of the purpose for which the choice is made
“before the foundation of the world”
purpose: that we should be holy and blameless before him.
5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
“predestined”
BDAG Definition: ‘predestined’: decide upon beforehand, predetermine, of God
29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.