The God We Worship

Dennis Tuuri

Outline: Ephesians 1:1-2:10 The God We Worship Sermon Notes for March 4, 2007 by Pastor Dennis R. Tuuri Intro: Acts 17:5-9 A Topsy-turvy World – What Happened? Where Are the Calvinists? by Keith Drury, 3/5/96 The Not-So-Conservative Religious Right - by Zachary Gappa The Feminization of American Culture by Ann Douglas Question: Who’s In Charge Here? The Nature of God: Transcendent and Uninvolved? Immanent in Fallen Man? Answer – The God of the Fathers (Dort) and the God the Bible Is!! 1:1 By the will of God (church-splitting words!) Ps. 115:3; 135:5,6; Job 23:13; Eph. 1:11; Dnl. 4:35; Matt. 11:26 1:4 before the foundation of the World Jer.49:20; Jer.50:45; Rom.8:28; 9:11 ; Isa.46:10,11; Eph.3:11; Acts 4:28; 2Tim. 1:9 Jer. 4:28; 23:20; 30:24; 1Sam. 15:29 1:5 according to the good pleasure of His will 1:11 who works all things according to the counsel of His will, Luke 14:28-30; Eph. 1:11; Ps. 33:11 “Chance” - Prov.16:33; Jonah 1:7; Acts 1:24-26 Hairs on Our Head (Matt. 10:29-30) Calamities (Isa. 45:7; Ecc. 7:14) Physical Handicaps (Exo. 4:11) Evil Men In Power (Exo. 9:16 ; 4:21 ; Rom. 9:18 ) Response to the Gospel Message (Acts 13:48; 1Peter 2:8; Rom. 9:16) 1:14 to the praise of His glory Application to Salvation 2:1, 5 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins… 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ 2:7 He might show the exceeding riches of His grace. 2:10 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him that we should be holy and without blame before Him Conclusion: Walking in Comfort and Hope 1:2 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:3 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 1:4b-6 in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. 1:7 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 1:11 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 1:15 15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 2:4 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 1:18,19 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power.