Clyde Raynard - April 27, 2025 - The Glory of His Grace - Ephesians 1:4-6
Part 1 of Ephesians – What your calling is. (Who you are in Christ)
Our Motivation for A Worthy Walk – Ch 1-3
Part 2 of Ephesians – How to Walk Worthy. (Walking as Christ would walk)
The Manner of A Worthy Walk – Ch 4-6
Our Motivation for A Worthy Walk
The Father’s Plan 1:1-6
Verse 3 – To Bless Us (The Extensiveness of His Blessing)
The Praiseworthy God - “Blessed” (eulogetos) Rev. 4:13-14
The Personal God - “God AND Father…” John 20:17
The Prodigal God – EVERY spiritual Blessing
Not “A” spiritual blessing
Not “SOME” spiritual blessings
Not “MANY” spiritual blessings
But, EVERY spiritual blessing!
In Christ (The Ground of His Blessing)
The Father’s Plan 1:1-6
2 Thes. 2:13
Acts 16:31
2 Thessalonians 2:8-10
John 3:16-18
Acts 17:39
Acts 20:20-21
We are saved by freely trusting Christ as our Saviour.
John 6:37
Is it the Sovereignty of God at work, or the Free will of man?
YES!
Perplexing Things in The Bible – “By-Faith Understandings” aka: the IHNI File
The Hypostatic Union of Christ
The Trinity of God
The Sovereignty of God and The Free Will of Man
Simple Proof For Sovereignty and Free Will In Salvation
Statements Reasons
God Sovereignly chose us to be saved Eph 1:4, 1 Thess. 2:13, Etc.
Sinners must trust Christ as Saviour Acts 16:31, John 3:16, Etc.
God sovereignly chooses us AND we freely trust Him. GSS - God Says So
Bug-Busters
Choose a Side - (Sovereignty! or Free Will!)
or
Choose to Submit - Listen to God and believe ALL that He says.
(Even if you can’t fully explain or understand it.)
Does This Railroad Lead to Heaven
God’s “Railway to Heaven” runs on two tracks
– His Sovereignty and our free will.
Eliminate or emphasize either one and you have a train wreck
Ephesians 1:4 “…just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him.”
What did God do? “…He Chose us…”!
When did He do this? “…before the foundation of the world…”
Why did He do this? “…that we would be holy and blameless before Him.”
