Sharing a Fabulous Inheritance
Sharing a Fabulous Inheritance
Rev. Terry Smith
Text: Ephesians 1:6-14
信息：藉基督的救贖和聖靈的印記得著美好的基業
l. 爲什麽要給我們祝福 (1:6)
ll. 神如何賜福給我們 (1:7-14)
A. 救贖
1. 方法
2. 它的意義
3. 它的大量
B.我們的基業 (1:11-14)
1. 猶太人在基督裡
2. 在基督裡的外邦人
Living for Christ in A Fallen Word
Living for Christ in A Fallen Word
Rev. Terry Smith
Text: Ephesians 1:1-5
I. A Word about Ephesians
A. The writer and date of writing
B. Asia and Ephesus
C. Paul’s labors in Ephesus
II. A Word of Greeting (1:1, 2)
III. A Word of Thanksgiving (1:3-5)
A. God bestowed us with blessings.
B. God chose usIt is a gift from God. Eph 2:8-9
It is a loving act of God. (Isa 53:6)
The result is the sonship of God. (Rom 8:15)
Understanding election. (2 Thessalonians 2:13)
C. God predestinated us
D. God adopted us
Jesus taught that to See God Work in New Ways People Must Be Willing to do New Things
Jesus taught that to See God Work in New Ways People Must Be Willing to do New Things
Pastor Steve Calmes
Text: Mattew 14:29-31
1. Jesus knew that faith and obedience must be expressed in new actions for maturing believers.
2. Jesus honored people who risked shame, frustration and disappointment in coming to Him by faith.
3. Jesus knew that people who are not willing to change, risk losing everything.
4. Jesus remembered how His Father in heaven told Abram, (Gen. 12:1,2)
5. Jesus called the disciples out of their vocational and family security to become full time fishers of men. Matthew 4:19
6. Jesus knew how to motivate people to try new things. Luke 10:1, 16, 17
Jesus, Our Perfect High Priest
Jesus, Our Perfect High Priest
Rev. Terry Smith
Text: Hebrews 5:1-10
Theme: I’m Thankful for Jesus
I. Principles of the High Priesthood (5:1–4)
II. The Appointment of Christ as High Priest (5:5–6)
III. The Path of the Appointment (5:7-10)
A. Submission
B. Suffering
C. Salvation
神借自然界啟示人
神借自然界啟示人
Rev. P. Wilson
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Complete in Christ
Complete in Christ
Rev. Terry Smith
Text: Col. 2:8-15 (NASB)
I. Our Complete Savior (2:8-10)
A. His complete doctrine (v. 8)
Matthew 7:15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.”
B. His complete deity (v. 9)
Paul proclaimed that all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Christ.
John 10:30 “I and the Father are one.” John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “…He who has seen Me has seen the Father;”
C. His complete dominion (v. 10)
Because we are in Christ, we may draw upon Him as an inexhaustible source for whatever we need.
2 Peter 1:3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
II. Our Complete Salvation (2:11-15)
A. Complete acceptance (v. 11)
Only a cleansing of the heart makes sinners, whether Jews or Gentiles, acceptable to God.
Galatians 6:15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation.
B. Complete identification (vv. 12, 13a)
Identification with Christ’s burial and resurrection frees believers from slavery to sin and gives them a new life in Christ.
2 Cor. 5:17 Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
C. Complete forgiveness (vv. 13b, 14)
God pardoned our sins on the basis of His grace, not on the basis of our merit.
God has wiped away all of a believer’s trespasses because Jesus paid the debt with His blood.
D. Complete victory (v. 15)
Jesus defeated and disarmed the Devil at
Calvary and now leads His followers in triumphant victory.