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Pastor Garry Clark's PowerPoint presentation on the mystery of God's love for us, as explained in Ephesians Chapter Three. Discover how God's love has transformed us and made us a part of His body. DVD copies available.
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Welcome To Pastor Garry Clark’s PowerPoint presentation fromthe April 20thsermon: The Mystery Information on ordering a DVD copy of this sermonwill be available at the end of this presentation
THE WORDMYSTERYMEANS Something Not Readily Explained; Secrecy;A Story Based OnThe Solution Of A Criminal Case
Isn’t It A Mystery That Somehow You And Me (Who Were Dead In Trespasses And Sins) Are Now Made Alive In Christ?
Isn’t It A Mystery That Somehow You And Me (Believers In Jesus Christ) Are Now His Body And Temple?
Isn’t It A Mystery That Somehow You And Me (Gentiles – Foreigners And Strangers Of The Commonwealth Of Israel) Are No Longer Foreigners And Strangers, But Fellow Citizens Because Of The Blood Of Christ?
It’s A Mystery That God Would Choose, On Purpose, To Love Us
The Apostle PaulIs Writing To The Gentile Believers (Non-Jewish Believers) At The ChurchOf Ephesus
In Ephesians Chapter Three, Paul Gives Explanation Of The MYSTERY OF GOD’S LOVE FOR US
In A Mystery, You Usually Have A Who, A When, A WhatAnd A Why!
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… He Was In Prison When He Wrote This Letter To The Church At Ephesus
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Ephesians 3:1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… He Was Also Captured ByJesus Christ
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 9:1-61 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 9:1-62 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 9:1-63 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 9:1-65 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 9:1-66 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 9:13-1613 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 9:13-1614 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 9:13-1615 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… He Was Made A Special MinisterTo The Gentiles
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Ephesians 3:7-87 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Ephesians 3:7-88 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 22:18-2118 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 22:18-2119 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 22:18-2120 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
The Who Is The Apostle Paul… Acts 22:18-2121 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
The WhoIs You Too! “For You Gentiles” Ephesians 3:1-31 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward
The WhoIs You Too! “For You Gentiles” Ephesians 3:1-33 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words)
The WhoIs You Too! We Are Special To God, And By His Marvelous Grace, God Sent ASpecial Servant To UsTo Share The GoodNews Of Jesus Christ
The WhoIs You Too! 1 Corinthians 15:1-41 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
The WhoIs You Too! 1 Corinthians 15:1-42 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
The WhoIs You Too! 1 Corinthians 15:1-43 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
The WhoIs You Too! 1 Corinthians 15:1-44 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
The “Mystery” That Gentiles (Non-Jews)Were Redeemed By The Grace Of God, WasNOT Known By AnyOld Testament Saint
Ephesians 3:5Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
When DidThis Take Place? When Jesus Christ Died On The Cross And Rose From The Dead Hebrews 10:1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
When DidThis Take Place? When Jesus Christ Died On The Cross And Rose From The Dead Hebrews 10:4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
When DidThis Take Place? When Jesus Christ Died On The Cross And Rose From The Dead Hebrews 10:9-109 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
When DidThis Take Place? When Jesus Christ Died On The Cross And Rose From The Dead Hebrews 10:9-1010 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
When DidThis Take Place? When Jesus Christ Died On The Cross And Rose From The Dead Hebrews 10:12-2012 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;