Scripture Reference: Ephesians 2:1-10
Having set out that heaven and earth will be reunited through God’s work through the church, Paul turns to how the world will be healed in YOU, a Christian. Turns out, he has to animate the “bad news” of the Gospel before we can really understand the “good news” of his grace, to be in union with Christ!

Sermon Points:

• Man is Dead
• God is Gracious

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 1:15-23
As the apostle Paul writes his letter to the Ephesian church, he is overwhelmed with gratitude and tells them how he is praying for them. In Paul’s prayer we see the unlocking of a mystery. What is most needed in all of our lives is NOT necessarily a chance in circumstances. No, what is most needed is to have the eyes of our heart enlightened so that we live according to what is unseen but real.

Sermon Points:

• Knowledge (vs. 17)
• Hope (vs. vs. 18)
• Inheritance (vs. 18)
• Power (vs. 19)
• Church (vs. 22-23)

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 1:4,5,11
Watch lovers speak to each other and invariably the talk turns to other-worldly themes. We instinctively know that we were made to be loved outside of time. Paul is excited to say that a huge blessing of being “in Christ” is the knowledge that it was true before we were ever born.

Sermon Points:

• The Doctrine
• The Objections
• The Blessings

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 1:3-14
The more overwhelming the site you’re describing, the more words you’ll throw at it to try to sum it up to those who’ll listen. Paul sits down to contemplate the blessings God’s people have in Christ and what follows is a litany of keywords about the Christian’s spiritual status in one long run-on sentence of pure joy.

Sermon Points:

• Adoption
• Redemption
• Inheritance