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Delve into Ephesians 1:11-14 and discover the profound aspects of God's grace in securing our inheritance, showcasing His power, pre-eminence, and the guarantee, reason, richness, reality, and reward of our faith. Explore the goal of our inheritance with a glimpse of what's to come, a deposit guarantee, covenant love, and the promise of a bright future in Christ.
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Amazing Grace ... The future is bright! Ephesians 1:11-14
Amazing Grace ... The future is bright! • 1:11-12 the ground of our inheritance • God’s predestination ... ‘having been predestined according to the plan of him’ • God’s power ... ‘who works out everything’ • God’s pre-eminence ... ‘that we ... might be for the praise of his glory’
Amazing Grace ... The future is bright! • 1:13 the guarantee of our inheritance • we are secure ... ‘you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit’ • the reason for our faith • the richness of our faith • the reality of our faith • the reward of our faith
Amazing Grace ... The future is bright! • 1:14 the goal of our inheritance • we have no doubts ... ‘who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until ...’ • a foretaste of all that is to come • an engagement ring – covenant love • the first instalment – a down-payment
Amazing Grace ... The future is bright ... the future is Christ!