I – The Work of Sin
II – The Work of God
III – The Work of the Follower of Jesus Christ
I – The Work of Sin
1.Sin leads us to walk according to this world
2.Sin leads us to walk according to the devil
3.Sin leads us to walk according to our own desires
We have 3 enemies: The world, the devil and the flesh (desires)
1 John 2:15-17 (NKJV)
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world.
17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
II - The Work of God
Colossians 2:13-15 (NKJV)
13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
a) The New State: God made us alive together with Christ
b) The New Walk: God raided us up together with Christ
c) The New Authority: God made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus
Heavenly Places
The Greek word “epouranios” (heavenly places) appears 5 times in Ephesians. Let’s take a look in each one of the verses:
Ephesians 1:3 (NKJV)
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,
Ephesians 1:19-20 (NKJV)
Ephesians 1:19-20 (NKJV)
19 … His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
Ephesians 2:6 (NKJV)
6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Ephesians 3:10 (NKJV)
10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,
6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Ephesians 3:10 (NKJV)
10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,
Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV) 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
1.It is where Jesus is seated with power
2.It is where we are also, seated with Jesus
3.It is where we have all the blessings
4.It is where the Church manifests the manifold wisdom of God to the principalities and authorities
5. It is where we wrestle against our enemy.
III - The Work of the Follower of Jesus Christ
1.It is where Jesus is seated with power
2.It is where we are also, seated with Jesus
3.It is where we have all the blessings
4.It is where the Church manifests the manifold wisdom of God to the principalities and authorities
5. It is where we wrestle against our enemy.
III - The Work of the Follower of Jesus Christ
1.To walk according to the life given by Jesus
2.To walk according to the grace of God by faith
3.To walk in good works
GOOD WORKS
1.Do not save, but are the result of the new life in Christ
2.Are a powerful testimony of what Jesus has done in us and through us.
3.Are done by faith, waiting for only one kind of reward: one that comes from God.
2.To walk according to the grace of God by faith
3.To walk in good works
GOOD WORKS
1.Do not save, but are the result of the new life in Christ
2.Are a powerful testimony of what Jesus has done in us and through us.
3.Are done by faith, waiting for only one kind of reward: one that comes from God.
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