“In Christ, Part Four” | November 21, 2021

I.     “God’s Treasured Possession”
Notes:

Ephesians 1:11-12; 6, 12, 14; Php 1:11
Joshua 14:1-5; Jos 13:33
Numbers 8:17-19; Ex 13:2; 2 Cor 5:15-21
Ephesians 1:3-10
Ephesians 1:11-12; Matt 5:18-22; Lk 5:1-11; Jn 1:35-51
Romans 9:1-16; Ro 2:28-29; 4:17-18; 8:15, 28; Ex 4:22
Ephesians 4:6; Col 1:16-19; Gal 4:23-31; Gen 17:21; Genesis 18:10-14; 25:21-23; Mal 1:2-3; Ex 33:19; Nu 16:5
2 Timothy 2:19-20; Jn 1:12-13
John 17:1-10; 8:42-44; 2 Thess 2:10
 

II.     “You Also”
Notes:

Ephesians 1:13; 2 Tim 2:15; Eph 4:30; Ac 15:7-9
John 16:7-11; Jn 14:16-18; 15:26-27
John 17:20-23; Jn 4:39; Ro 10:14-15
 

 III.     “Firstborn Assurance”
Notes:
 
Ephesians 1:13-14; 2 Cor 1:21-22; Ac 20:32
Numbers 3:12-13
John 17:24-26; 2 Tim 2:11-13; Jn 2:26; 10:15
Colossians 1:12-15; 1 Thess 1:10; Eph 1:6-7; Ps 89:27
Romans 8:29-30
Hebrews 12:22-24; Ex 4:22; Lk 10:20; Gal 4:26; Jude 1:14
Revelation 14:1
1 Peter 2:4-10; Is 28:16; Mal 3:17; Ro 12:1-2; 9:22-24
1 Corinthians 3:9; Eph 2:20-22; Heb 3:4-6; Jude 1:4
Ephesians 1:14c

Greek Word Study:
Word: Logos: log’-os; something said (including the thought); (by implication) a topic (subject of discourse); Syn. rhema: word, utterance. Also, aggelia: message, announcement.
Truth: alethia: al-ay’-thi-a: truth; - noun from alethes: true. What is not concealed, but open and known; hence truth. Spoken of what is true in itself, purity from all error or falsehood; “the word of truth,” - the true doctrine. (Eph 1:13)
So Paul specifically writes when you heard the ‘Message of the True Doctrine’ –then further qualifies it with ‘…the gospel of your salvation…’:
Gospel: euaggelion: yoo-ang-ghel-ee’-on: a good message, i.e. the gospel: -gospel. Noun from euaggelos (n.f.), bringing good news, which is from eu’ (good) and aggello (n.f.) to proclaim, tell. In the NT, spoken only of the glad tidings of Christ and His Salvation, the gospel. In the writings of Paul, the gospel plan of salvation, its doctrines, declarations, precepts, and promises. (Eph 1:13)
Salvation: soteria: so-tay-ree’-ah: rescue or safety, (physically or morally): - salvation, save, strength. Noun from soter, a savior, deliverer; in the Christian sense, soteria is deliverance from sin and its consequences and admission to Eternal Life with blessedness in the kingdom of Christ. (Eph 1:13)
Believed: pisteuo: pist-yoo’-o: ; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to a person or thing), (by implication) to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well-being to Christ)
Sealed: sphragizo: sphrag-id’-zo: (from signet): to stamp (as w/a signet ring or private mark): signet; the stamp impressed (as a mark of genuineness)
Promise: eppagelia: ep-ang-el-ee’-ah: an announcement of divine assurance of good; from epagello: to make promise. Particularly a promise given (Eph 1:13)
Guarantee: arrhabon:: ar-hrab-ohn’: of Hebrew origin: a pledge: earnest money, a pledge; In NT, used (metaphorically) spoken of the privileges of Christians in this life - especially the gift of the Holy Spirit, as being an earnest pledge of future bliss in the Messiah’s Kingdom (Eph 1:14)