30 August 2015 Ps Andrew Harper - Ephesians Pt 4

30 August 2015 Ps Andrew Harper - Ephesians Pt 4

Eph 1:15-22 - Prayer for friends and family to have open eyes and hearts. To come to God, (Devine knowledge).

:19 - Great and mighty power of God.

 - We should be praying regularly, because there is a constant spiritual battle going on. Save our friends and family who don't yet know god.

 - The Spiritual realm is real, even though we can't see it.

:20 - His body, (church) is named into Eternity.

:23 - God gives his all for his body/ church.

 - Church - ( a Christian body of saints). We are called to be part of his body.

 - If we disconnect ourselves from his body/church, and stay home rather than connecting with a church, we can become ineffective, and lost.

 - Even though most people don't think they're bad, we are only made clean through Christ. Sin is still rife in the world. Most of the people doing evil in the world are doing it because they believe they are righteous, and everyone else is evil!

 - Goodness and niceness aren't enough to save us.

Eph2:1 - We are saved from sin.

 - The source to spiritual life is God. until we accept Christ, we remain spiritually dead/unsaved.

Jn 3:16- The basis of the Gospel.

Eph2:1 - We were dead in sin, until he made us alive.

*Trespass = Things we don't do right.

* Sin = Choices we  make that separate us from God.

 - We become saved from sin, once we live in God. And sin drops away from our lives, because we learn how to make better decisions.

 - If we remain disconnected from Christ, we are more likely to continue in our sin.