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The Greatest Story Ever Told

How To Read And Understand

EPHESIANS(Part 1)

Bible Bowl RulesMay 23 Bibles CLOSED! (ESV) Level 1 -- Qualifying Round

20 questions -- 15 seconds each Teams of three (any grade)

Level 2 -- Competition Round 20 questions -- 20 seconds each Top 5 teams from each grade

Level 3 -- Championship Round Top team from each grade

Prize: Team Trophy and $10 Gift Cards!

Big Words, Important Words Hermeneutics: The science and art of

biblical interpretation. General Hermeneutics: Study of rules that are

true for interpreting all of Scripture Special Hermeneutics: Study of rules that apply

when interpreting specific types of Scripture (Parables, prophecies, etc.)

Exegesis: Using hermeneutics to reach a correct understanding of Scripture.

Two Special Rules To Remember When Reading EPISTLES Letters with Limitations

Written to a specific audience Written to address specific needs and questions

The Question of Cultural Relativity Do some parts apply only to that culture? What parts are true for all people at all times?

Background Facts on Ephesians Author: Paul (writing as a prisoner in Rome)

Date: 62 AD

Audience: Churches in and near Ephesus (containing Jewish and Gentile Christians); Paul had spent three years preaching in Ephesus

Purpose for letter: Unspecified

Ephesus: A wealthy and influential port city famous for its practice of magic and worship of Artemis

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Ephesians 1-3:What God Does God chooses

God saves

God unites

God reveals

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God Chooses Paul for Apostleship

“an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God” (Ephesians 1:1)

“he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel” (Acts 9:15)

All Christians for Salvation and Adoption “he chose us in [Christ] before the foundation of the

world…” (Ephesians 1:4)

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Reflection:Ephesians 1:3-5 “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, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will…”

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God Saves Redeems Us From Slavery (Eph. 1:7) Gives Us An Inheritance (Eph. 1:11) Pardons Our Rebellion (Eph. 2:1-3) Gives Us New Life (Eph. 2:5)

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Reflection:Ephesians 2:1-5 “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in

which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience -- among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you have been saved…”

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God Unites Sinners with God

“remember that you were at that time separated from Christ,… strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world” (Ephesians 2:11-13)

Christians with Christians “For he himself is our peace, who has made us both

one…” (Ephesians 2:14)

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Reflection:Ephesians 2:13-16 “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were

far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross…”

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God Reveals The Mystery of the Gospel

“To me…this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God…” (Ephesians 3:8-9)

The Greatness of His Love “to know the love of Christ that surpasses

knowledge” (Ephesians 3:19)

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Reflection:Ephesians 3:14-19 “For this reason I bow my knees before the Father…

that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith -- that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

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See What God Has Done! God has united us to himself and to other

believers in the body of Christ…to the praise of his glorious grace

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