💥NOTES (B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●1. WHAT EXACTLY IS MEANT BY THE WORD ‘HOPE’?● ●When we use the word “hope” in our ordinary conversations of life, we’re usually saying that we desire and long for something to happen●. We don’t necessarily have the certainty that it will happen, when we say things like, “I sure hope that my check will come in the mail soon;” or, “I’m hoping to hear good news from the doctor later this week.” ●Hope, in this sense, is a verb. It’s something we do●. But the “hope” that Paul is talking about in our passage isn’t like that, he isn’t speaking of the act of ‘hoping’ with the vague sense that it might or might not happen. This hope doesn’t have any uncertainty about it at all. Paul is not using the word as a verb but as a noun-a thing that is. ●Paul speaks of this thing as “the hope” of God’s calling; and so, by “hope” Paul meant the sure and certain expectation of the complete fulfillment of the promise that God has made for all those that He calls into a relationship by faith with Christ-a certainty upon which we can entrust our entire life and eternity.● There is no uncertainty whatsoever to this thing that is our “hope”. It is absolutely sure and certain. Now; Paul called it the “hope” of God’s “calling”. And so, a second question we need to ask is … ●2. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT IT IS BASED ON GOD’S ‘CALL’?● When we first heard the gospel of Jesus, we heard a ‘call’ from God. It was as if He said, “Look! I have loved you so much that I have sent My Son Jesus into the world. He was born into the human family for you, and He died on the cross to pay for your sins. Now; place your faith in Him and come. Enter into a relationship with Me through Him.” And when you heard that call, you believed, and you placed your faith in Jesus, and you came. That’s a kind of call from God that theologians sometimes refer to as the general call; or the gospel call. But there’s another kind of call that theologians often refer to as the effectual call of God. It’s a call by which ●God sovereignly and graciously draws a sinner to Himself and does for them everything that He has purposed to do for them in Christ from eternity. It’s called effectual because, in it, God accomplishes everything, and brings into effect all He intended to do for the salvation of the sinner.● We find this kind of call mentioned in Romans 8:30; where we’re told that whom God predestined He also called, and whom He called He also justified, and whom He justified He also glorified-with God doing all the work of accomplishing His call from beginning to end. ●The kind of call that Paul is speaking of when he speaks of “the hope of His calling” is that kind of ‘call’. It’s God’s effectual call to the sure and certain expectation that He will completely fulfill all that He has purposed to do for us in Christ. And the reason that it’s important that our hope is based on His call is because it gives us the confidence that it will be completely fulfilled-and all because it is dependent upon Him and not on us.●●Our hope, then, is based on God’s effectual call; and it cannot fail to be effectual because He Himself cannot fail.● ●HOW DOES THE APOSTLE PAUL DESCRIBE THIS HOPE TO WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CALLED?● Turn with me first to the Book of Romans. Romans tells us much of what God has done to bring us into this hope. And in Romans 8:18-25, Paul wrote; For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but ●we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance (Romans 8:18-25).● ●The present sufferings were not worthy to be compared with the hope that we have in Christ. Paul was certain of this, because the God who will fulfill this hope in us is all-powerful; and is able to make all things in this created universe serve the cause of this hope.● ●He said in Romans 8:28-30- And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified (Romans 8:28-30)●.
💥NOTES (D)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●The word “power” is from the well-known Greek word dunamis, which describes power or ability.● But very often, the word dunamis was also used to depict the assembled forces of an army whose combined strength enabled them to achieve unchallenged victories. ●These troops were so strong that they simply could not be resisted. But in addition, ●the Greek word dunamis can also describe the power that is inherent in a certain aspect of nature. For example, the power in a hurricane would be described as dunamis power, because it is a power so mighty that it is impossible to resist or impossible to defeat.● ●So when Paul used these three words to describe the power of God that works in us - huperballo, megethos, dunamis - he was piling image on top of image to show how irresistible is the power that works in us who believe. This power is so mighty it can neither be measured nor resisted. There is simply no human power in existence to compare to it!● The apostle Paul went on to say that ●it is the same “…mighty power, which he [God] wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead….” Paul was making it emphatically clear that no power has ever equaled or rivaled the power that was required for Christ’s resurrection.● It was the greatest manifestation of power that the universe has ever witnessed. It literally seized Jesus from death’s grip, raised Him back into His body, and then continued to lift Him up through demonic principalities, powers, might, and dominion until He was seated at His throne at the right hand of the Father. No power in hell or on earth, and no principality or power in the heavens, was able to resist this demonstration of divine energy. ●What a thrill to realize that God doesn’t just put a small dose of power inside us who believe. He has placed the power of His Son’s resurrection in us! It is a power that utterly eclipses any other power. It is full, boundless, measureless energy - so mighty that no evil power can resist it. And to think God has made it available to those who believe!● Now that is something for you to think about! Notice verse 22 carefully. God put all things under Christ’s feet and gave him. God gave him to the church (us) as head over all things. The church has authority and power to overcome all opposition because he is our leader and head. He is Lord of all. We are filled with and filled by Christ. ●Conclusion● How do you get to know someone? Can you read biographical information or historical data about him? These things will help you know a lot about the person, but you will not know him. ●God wants us to know him, not to know about him.● If you want to get to know someone then you have to spend time with that person. There are three glorious things that God wants you to know for your walk with him. But we need to pray for and seek to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation. I am asking you to desire the word of God. I am asking you to ●desire soaking on God’s word. Without that spirit, you will not enjoy studying God’s word, nor Bible classes, nor worship, nor preaching, or anything else that is tied to God. You will not come to love the Lord the way he wants you to because you have not experienced this deep knowledge of him.● ● Let the knowledge of the Lord change your life. Know the hope to which you have been called. Know the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Know the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us as seen through the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus. ●Let yourself experience the joy and wealth of knowing Christ. Make it your goal to get to know him.● Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise (v.13) The Promise of the Holy Spirit that was prophesied about by Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Joel, John the Baptist and Jesus has been made available to you in Christ today! ***9. You Know the Hope of His Calling (v.18) His calling over your life is the basket you can put all of your eggs in. It’s an anchor. It’s a rock. It will never end in vain. ***10. You are the Riches of His Inheritance (v.18) You are of great value to Jesus. As Christ brought you back to God, God gives you back to Jesus as His inheritance. You are valuable in Christ, you are the righteousness of God in Christ. You are His eternal reward that He cherishes. ***11. The Exceeding Greatness of His Power (v.19-20) Paul says the exceeding greatness of His power is toward you who believe. What kind of power of this? It is the same power that raised Christ from the dead! It is the same power that conquered sin, death and hell. In Christ, this same power is present in your life today!
💥NOTES (A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●How Do We Obtain This Inheritance? ● (1:13) Paul does not leave us to wonder how the Ephesians came to access and participate in these glorious blessings. Go back to verse 13. Paul begins, “when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.” The word of truth is the means to your salvation. Faith comes by hearing the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). It is the gospel that will produce your salvation. Deep faith comes from hearing the word of Christ. True, saving belief will only come from hearing the voice of God. ●The gospel must be your power.● The gospel must be your strength. The gospel must be central to your life.● This is why every sermon is from the word of God. This is why every study is examining the scriptures. The word of truth is what saves us. Studying anything else is a vain pursuit. I was at a church on vacation that for its Sunday morning Bible study in the auditorium was studying the movie, Courageous and applying to the principles found in the scriptures. Friends, this is studying the wrong thing. I do not care how spiritual a movie or book may be, we do not study C.S. Lewis or Tolkien, or some other writer. God’s word is the only word that gives life. His word is the only word that saves. ●His word must be all that we want to hear and believe. ● ●The Down Payment ● (1:14) who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession-to the praise of his glory. Paul further reminds his readers that the Spirit “is the guarantee of our inheritance.” “Guarantee” is used only three times in the NT, each by Paul in reference to the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5; cf. Rom. 8:23). In the ancient world, ●a “guarantee” (arrabōn) functioned as a down payment given to someone providing a service with the expectation that full payment would be made after the service was performed●. ●God has given his people the Holy Spirit with the expectation and assurance that a full inheritance will follow (cf. 2 Cor. 5:5)●. That is, the presence of God’s Spirit will not be undone but will endure “until we acquire possession of inheritance” (Eph. 1:14; cf. 4:30). In verse 13 13-14, “You were sealed with the Holy Spirit so as to guarantee that they will receive their promised inheritance. Notice that the scripture says in verse 14 that this is the down payment (HCSB, NET) or pledge (NASB, NRSV) or deposit (NIV) of our inheritance. This is the first installment of the full inheritance to come. And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” (Acts 2:38-39 ESV) ●Israel was God’s inheritance. They were his prized possession with all the privileges and blessings of being his people. However, they lost this inheritance because of their faithlessness and disobedience.● This is what Peter is promising to those who will come to Christ. Acts 2:38-39 says that your sins will be forgiven and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit when you are cut to the heart, repent, and are baptized. 15 “And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 ‘But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; 17 rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’ (Acts 26:15-18 NASB) ●Paul was sent to the Gentiles to open their eyes Access to the Father and all the blessings in Christ are just the first taste of all that God will give, there is so much more to come when Christ returns.● ●Now what is this knowledge supposed to do in us? ● Notice how verse 14 ends: “to the praise of his glory.” God has brought you into his inheritance and made you belong to him so that you would live to the praise of his glory. When we glorify ourselves, we are stealing glory away from God. You are part of the glorious inheritance. Live to the praise of his glory. ●Thanksgiving and Prayer● 15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength Paul begins by praising the Ephesians Christians for their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love for all the saints. ●Paul is praying that they are going to have “good eyes” when they read what he is writing. He wants them to read in such a way so that God’s glory and will is revealed to them. They must have a disposition of wisdom. They must have a spirit of revelation. They must be ready to receive the word with insight and perception. Paul is saying don’t want you to read with darkened hearts.● I want the eyes of your heart to be enlightened. Notice that this insight is found in the knowledge of him. Paul is calling for these Christians to not just know the facts. He is calling for a deeper knowledge and truly experience their Lord. Every word has a purpose and meaning for us to examine. Do not just roll over the words. Read with a spirit of wisdom and revelation. Read with perception. Read with insight. Listen to every word from God. Slow down and meditate on one verse and just let it soak your heart. Let the light of Christ pour into your heart. ●Let God turn the light bulb on in your mind and heart. Paul is telling Christians that we need our spiritual faculties awakened.● ●What God Wants You To Know (1:18-23)● Paul wants our hearts enlightened so that we can know three things. This is what God wants us to know. (1) To know what is the hope to which he has called you. God wants us to have an expanded awareness of the full implications of His calling in our lives. You need to know the hope that God has called you to.
💥NOTES (C)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●Now; turn with me to 1 Corinthians 15. In our present state of being-in these frail bodies of ours-we couldn’t possibly experience the fulfillment of this hope. But as a part of His call, God promises to transform these bodies of ours so that we will experience the fulfillment of this hope. In 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, Paul wrote; Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”● The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:50-58). And then, turn with me to 2 Corinthians 4.● The struggles and trials that we look upon in these still-frail bodies-the pains and sicknesses and weaknesses we suffer-may seem at times to discourage us and distract us from this hope. But Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18;● ●Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).● Paul was praying for his readers in Ephesus (1) that they would know-down to the deepest level of their hearts-this hope of God’s calling. If you turn to Colossians 1, you find that he wrote a similar thing to the believers in the city of Colossae. He prayed for those believers to know it too. He even thanked God for what was ahead for them; saying; We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel … For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light (Colossians 1:3-5, 9-13). (2) To know what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Second, we are to know the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. We looked at this in the last lesson. We are God’s inheritance. God wants you to know the wealth and richness of what it means to be God’s inheritance. Know what it means to be the people of God. We must appreciate the value God places on us as part of his inheritance. We cannot begin to name all the riches of being God’s people. But let us consider a few rich blessings. Being in God’s family means that we will see Jesus face to face. It means that we will be in the presence of God. It means that we will be in the comfort of God. It means that we will be joined with the disciples of Jesus who have gone on before us. It means rest from our labors. It means every pain in this life will be resolved. It means seeing the reward of all we have been striving toward. Being the people of God just has no end to its vast wealth and blessings to us. We are valuable to God because he purchased us in order to inherit us. We look for Christ’s return when he comes to get his saints. God doesn’t need us. God wants us. (3) To know what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe. God wants you to know his power. How much power does God have? Notice how his power is described. It is the “immeasurable greatness of his power.” The word “greatness” is the Greek word megethos, a form of mega, meaning great. However, as megethos, this word would be better translated vast. This means that the power Paul is describing is boundless, immense, limitless, measureless, and vast. One could say that it is so mighty that it is simply beyond human ability to measure.
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Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center
Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY
SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅
WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣
📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍
●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual
Blessings We Have In Christ Continues●
●The Down Payment ●
●Hearing the Word of Truth●
●What God Wants You To Have & Know ●
●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise●
●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power●
With Bishop Worrell Hylton
October 8, 2024
●1. WHAT EXACTLY IS MEANT BY THE WORD ‘HOPE’?●
●When we use the word “hope” in our ordinary conversations of life, we’re usually saying that we desire and long for something to happen●. We don’t necessarily have the certainty that it will happen, when we say things like, “I sure hope that my check will come in the mail soon;” or, “I’m hoping to hear good news from the doctor later this week.” ●Hope, in this sense, is a verb. It’s something we do●.
But the “hope” that Paul is talking about in our passage isn’t like that, he isn’t speaking of the act of ‘hoping’ with the vague sense that it might or might not happen. This hope doesn’t have any uncertainty about it at all. Paul is not using the word as a verb but as a noun-a thing that is.
●Paul speaks of this thing as “the hope” of God’s calling; and so, by “hope” Paul meant the sure and certain expectation of the complete fulfillment of the promise that God has made for all those that He calls into a relationship by faith with Christ-a certainty upon which we can entrust our entire life and eternity.●
There is no uncertainty whatsoever to this thing that is our “hope”. It is absolutely sure and certain.
Now; Paul called it the “hope” of God’s “calling”. And so, a second question we need to ask is …
●2. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT IT IS BASED ON GOD’S ‘CALL’?●
When we first heard the gospel of Jesus, we heard a ‘call’ from God. It was as if He said, “Look! I have loved you so much that I have sent My Son Jesus into the world. He was born into the human family for you, and He died on the cross to pay for your sins. Now; place your faith in Him and come. Enter into a relationship with Me through Him.” And when you heard that call, you believed, and you placed your faith in Jesus, and you came. That’s a kind of call from God that theologians sometimes refer to as the general call; or the gospel call.
But there’s another kind of call that theologians often refer to as the effectual call of God. It’s a call by which ●God sovereignly and graciously draws a sinner to Himself and does for them everything that He has purposed to do for them in Christ from eternity. It’s called effectual because, in it, God accomplishes everything, and brings into effect all He intended to do for the salvation of the sinner.● We find this kind of call mentioned in Romans 8:30; where we’re told that whom God predestined He also called, and whom He called He also justified, and whom He justified He also glorified-with God doing all the work of accomplishing His call from beginning to end.
●The kind of call that Paul is speaking of when he speaks of “the hope of His calling” is that kind of ‘call’. It’s God’s effectual call to the sure and certain expectation that He will completely fulfill all that He has purposed to do for us in Christ. And the reason that it’s important that our hope is based on His call is because it gives us the confidence that it will be completely fulfilled-and all because it is dependent upon Him and not on us.●●Our hope, then, is based on God’s effectual call; and it cannot fail to be effectual because He Himself cannot fail.●
●HOW DOES THE APOSTLE PAUL DESCRIBE THIS HOPE TO WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CALLED?●
Turn with me first to the Book of Romans. Romans tells us much of what God has done to bring us into this hope. And in Romans 8:18-25, Paul wrote; For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but ●we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance (Romans 8:18-25).●
●The present sufferings were not worthy to be compared with the hope that we have in Christ. Paul was certain of this, because the God who will fulfill this hope in us is all-powerful; and is able to make all things in this created universe serve the cause of this hope.●
●He said in Romans 8:28-30- And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified (Romans 8:28-30)●.
💥NOTES (D)💥
Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center
Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY
SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅
WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣
📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍
●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual
Blessings We Have In Christ Continues●
●The Down Payment ●
●Hearing the Word of Truth●
●What God Wants You To Have & Know ●
●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise●
●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power●
With Bishop Worrell Hylton
October 8, 2024
●The word “power” is from the well-known Greek word dunamis, which describes power or ability.● But very often, the word dunamis was also used to depict the assembled forces of an army whose combined strength enabled them to achieve unchallenged victories. ●These troops were so strong that they simply could not be resisted. But in addition, ●the Greek word dunamis can also describe the power that is inherent in a certain aspect of nature. For example, the power in a hurricane would be described as dunamis power, because it is a power so mighty that it is impossible to resist or impossible to defeat.●
●So when Paul used these three words to describe the power of God that works in us - huperballo, megethos, dunamis - he was piling image on top of image to show how irresistible is the power that works in us who believe. This power is so mighty it can neither be measured nor resisted. There is simply no human power in existence to compare to it!●
The apostle Paul went on to say that ●it is the same “…mighty power, which he [God] wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead….” Paul was making it emphatically clear that no power has ever equaled or rivaled the power that was required for Christ’s resurrection.●
It was the greatest manifestation of power that the universe has ever witnessed. It literally seized Jesus from death’s grip, raised Him back into His body, and then continued to lift Him up through demonic principalities, powers, might, and dominion until He was seated at His throne at the right hand of the Father. No power in hell or on earth, and no principality or power in the heavens, was able to resist this demonstration of divine energy. ●What a thrill to realize that God doesn’t just put a small dose of power inside us who believe. He has placed the power of His Son’s resurrection in us! It is a power that utterly eclipses any other power. It is full, boundless, measureless energy - so mighty that no evil power can resist it. And to think God has made it available to those who believe!● Now that is something for you to think about!
Notice verse 22 carefully. God put all things under Christ’s feet and gave him. God gave him to the church (us) as head over all things. The church has authority and power to overcome all opposition because he is our leader and head. He is Lord of all. We are filled with and filled by Christ.
●Conclusion●
How do you get to know someone? Can you read biographical information or historical data about him? These things will help you know a lot about the person, but you will not know him. ●God wants us to know him, not to know about him.● If you want to get to know someone then you have to spend time with that person. There are three glorious things that God wants you to know for your walk with him. But we need to pray for and seek to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation. I am asking you to desire the word of God. I am asking you to ●desire soaking on God’s word. Without that spirit, you will not enjoy studying God’s word, nor Bible classes, nor worship, nor preaching, or anything else that is tied to God. You will not come to love the Lord the way he wants you to because you have not experienced this deep knowledge of him.●
● Let the knowledge of the Lord change your life. Know the hope to which you have been called. Know the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Know the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us as seen through the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus. ●Let yourself experience the joy and wealth of knowing Christ. Make it your goal to get to know him.● Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise (v.13) The Promise of the Holy Spirit that was prophesied about by Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Joel, John the Baptist and Jesus has been made available to you in Christ today!
***9. You Know the Hope of His Calling (v.18) His calling over your life is the basket you can put all of your eggs in. It’s an anchor. It’s a rock. It will never end in vain.
***10. You are the Riches of His Inheritance (v.18) You are of great value to Jesus. As Christ brought you back to God, God gives you back to Jesus as His inheritance. You are valuable in Christ, you are the righteousness of God in Christ. You are His eternal reward that He cherishes.
***11. The Exceeding Greatness of His Power (v.19-20) Paul says the exceeding greatness of His power is toward you who believe. What kind of power of this? It is the same power that raised Christ from the dead! It is the same power that conquered sin, death and hell. In Christ, this same power is present in your life today!
💥NOTES (A)💥
Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center
Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY
SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅
WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣
📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍
●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual
Blessings We Have In Christ Continues●
●The Down Payment ●
●Hearing the Word of Truth●
●What God Wants You To Have & Know ●
●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise●
●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power●
With Bishop Worrell Hylton
October 8, 2024
●How Do We Obtain This Inheritance? ●
(1:13) Paul does not leave us to wonder how the Ephesians came to access and participate in these glorious blessings. Go back to verse 13. Paul begins, “when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.” The word of truth is the means to your salvation. Faith comes by hearing the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). It is the gospel that will produce your salvation. Deep faith comes from hearing the word of Christ. True, saving belief will only come from hearing the voice of God. ●The gospel must be your power.● The gospel must be your strength. The gospel must be central to your life.● This is why every sermon is from the word of God. This is why every study is examining the scriptures. The word of truth is what saves us. Studying anything else is a vain pursuit. I was at a church on vacation that for its Sunday morning Bible study in the auditorium was studying the movie, Courageous and applying to the principles found in the scriptures. Friends, this is studying the wrong thing. I do not care how spiritual a movie or book may be, we do not study C.S. Lewis or Tolkien, or some other writer. God’s word is the only word that gives life. His word is the only word that saves. ●His word must be all that we want to hear and believe. ●
●The Down Payment ●
(1:14) who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession-to the praise of his glory. Paul further reminds his readers that the Spirit “is the guarantee of our inheritance.” “Guarantee” is used only three times in the NT, each by Paul in reference to the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5; cf. Rom. 8:23). In the ancient world, ●a “guarantee” (arrabōn) functioned as a down payment given to someone providing a service with the expectation that full payment would be made after the service was performed●. ●God has given his people the Holy Spirit with the expectation and assurance that a full inheritance will follow (cf. 2 Cor. 5:5)●. That is, the presence of God’s Spirit will not be undone but will endure “until we acquire possession of inheritance” (Eph. 1:14; cf. 4:30).
In verse 13 13-14, “You were sealed with the Holy Spirit so as to guarantee that they will receive their promised inheritance. Notice that the scripture says in verse 14 that this is the down payment (HCSB, NET) or pledge (NASB, NRSV) or deposit (NIV) of our inheritance. This is the first installment of the full inheritance to come. And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” (Acts 2:38-39 ESV)
●Israel was God’s inheritance. They were his prized possession with all the privileges and blessings of being his people. However, they lost this inheritance because of their faithlessness and disobedience.● This is what Peter is promising to those who will come to Christ. Acts 2:38-39 says that your sins will be forgiven and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit when you are cut to the heart, repent, and are baptized. 15 “And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 ‘But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; 17 rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’ (Acts 26:15-18 NASB) ●Paul was sent to the Gentiles to open their eyes Access to the Father and all the blessings in Christ are just the first taste of all that God will give, there is so much more to come when Christ returns.●
●Now what is this knowledge supposed to do in us? ●
Notice how verse 14 ends: “to the praise of his glory.” God has brought you into his inheritance and made you belong to him so that you would live to the praise of his glory. When we glorify ourselves, we are stealing glory away from God. You are part of the glorious inheritance. Live to the praise of his glory.
●Thanksgiving and Prayer●
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength Paul begins by praising the Ephesians Christians for their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love for all the saints.
●Paul is praying that they are going to have “good eyes” when they read what he is writing. He wants them to read in such a way so that God’s glory and will is revealed to them. They must have a disposition of wisdom. They must have a spirit of revelation. They must be ready to receive the word with insight and perception.
Paul is saying don’t want you to read with darkened hearts.● I want the eyes of your heart to be enlightened. Notice that this insight is found in the knowledge of him. Paul is calling for these Christians to not just know the facts. He is calling for a deeper knowledge and truly experience their Lord.
Every word has a purpose and meaning for us to examine. Do not just roll over the words. Read with a spirit of wisdom and revelation. Read with perception. Read with insight. Listen to every word from God. Slow down and meditate on one verse and just let it soak your heart. Let the light of Christ pour into your heart. ●Let God turn the light bulb on in your mind and heart. Paul is telling Christians that we need our spiritual faculties awakened.●
●What God Wants You To Know (1:18-23)●
Paul wants our hearts enlightened so that we can know three things. This is what God wants us to know.
(1) To know what is the hope to which he has called you.
God wants us to have an expanded awareness of the full implications of His calling in our lives. You need to know the hope that God has called you to.
💥NOTES (C)💥
Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center
Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY
SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅
WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣
📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍
●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual
Blessings We Have In Christ Continues●
●The Down Payment ●
●Hearing the Word of Truth●
●What God Wants You To Have & Know ●
●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise●
●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power●
With Bishop Worrell Hylton
October 8, 2024
●Now; turn with me to 1 Corinthians 15. In our present state of being-in these frail bodies of ours-we couldn’t possibly experience the fulfillment of this hope. But as a part of His call, God promises to transform these bodies of ours so that we will experience the fulfillment of this hope. In 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, Paul wrote;
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”●
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:50-58).
And then, turn with me to 2 Corinthians 4.● The struggles and trials that we look upon in these still-frail bodies-the pains and sicknesses and weaknesses we suffer-may seem at times to discourage us and distract us from this hope. But Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18;●
●Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).●
Paul was praying for his readers in Ephesus
(1) that they would know-down to the deepest level of their hearts-this hope of God’s calling. If you turn to Colossians 1, you find that he wrote a similar thing to the believers in the city of Colossae. He prayed for those believers to know it too. He even thanked God for what was ahead for them; saying; We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel …
For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light (Colossians 1:3-5, 9-13).
(2) To know what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.
Second, we are to know the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. We looked at this in the last lesson. We are God’s inheritance. God wants you to know the wealth and richness of what it means to be God’s inheritance. Know what it means to be the people of God. We must appreciate the value God places on us as part of his inheritance. We cannot begin to name all the riches of being God’s people. But let us consider a few rich blessings. Being in God’s family means that we will see Jesus face to face. It means that we will be in the presence of God. It means that we will be in the comfort of God. It means that we will be joined with the disciples of Jesus who have gone on before us. It means rest from our labors. It means every pain in this life will be resolved. It means seeing the reward of all we have been striving toward. Being the people of God just has no end to its vast wealth and blessings to us. We are valuable to God because he purchased us in order to inherit us. We look for Christ’s return when he comes to get his saints. God doesn’t need us. God wants us.
(3) To know what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe.
God wants you to know his power. How much power does God have? Notice how his power is described. It is the “immeasurable greatness of his power.”
The word “greatness” is the Greek word megethos, a form of mega, meaning great. However, as megethos, this word would be better translated vast. This means that the power Paul is describing is boundless, immense, limitless, measureless, and vast. One could say that it is so mighty that it is simply beyond human ability to measure.