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THE VICTORIOUS LIFEEphesians 2:4-10
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The Need For Victory…
Ephesians 2:2 …you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
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Remember Paul’s Earnest Prayer?
Eph. 1:18-19 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know: The hope of His calling, The riches of the glory of His
inheritance in the saints, The surpassing greatness of His power
toward us who believe.
Your Position:
Hope
Glory
Power
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Remember Paul’s Earnest Prayer?
Eph. 1:18-19 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know: The hope of His calling, The riches of the glory of His
inheritance in the saints, The surpassing greatness of His power
toward us who believe.
Your Position:
Hope
Glory
Power
The Obstacles
Spiritually Dead
Course of this Kosmos
The ‘prince..of this air’
Ephesians 2:1-2 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
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A Victorious Life Means…
The Obstacle
sSpiritually
DeadCourse of
this Kosmos
The ‘prince..of
this air’
Your Position:
Hope
GloryPowe
r
Must understand
this… In order to get there…
HUGE Gap
• Obstacles• Weakness
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!
The starting point of it all
Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!
The starting point of it all He wants a love relationship
with you!
because of His great love with which He loved us…
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!
The starting point of it all He wants a love relationship
with you! Which requires His mercy and
graceMercy: He sees our miseryGrace: he has compassion for our faults.
But God, being rich in mercy…by grace you have been saved
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!
The starting point of it all He wants a love relationship
with you! Which requires His mercy and
grace NOT a business relationship
We are helpless: spiritually-deadEph. 2:5 “even when we were dead in our transgressions”
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!
The starting point of it all He wants a love relationship
with you! Which requires His mercy and
grace NOT a business relationship
We are helpless: spiritually-deadNobody is “too helpless…”
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!
No longer afraid of death
Ephesians 2:5 …made us alive together with Christ
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!
No longer afraid of death No longer afraid of God
Ephesians 2:5 …made us alive together with Christ
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!
No longer afraid of death No longer afraid of God
Ephesians 2:5 …made us alive together with Christ
Romans 4:17 God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!
No longer afraid of death No longer afraid of God “Enlivened together with
Christ”Eph. 2:5 …made us alive together with Christ
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!
No longer afraid of death No longer afraid of God “Enlivened together with
Christ”Eph. 2:5 …made us alive together with Christ
New Birth
Begins QuietlyPeace, Joy,
etc.New Outlook
New RelationsCan’t ‘go
back’A new humanity
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUT
Jesus did not stay in the tomb…
Ephesians 2:6 and raised us up with Him,
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUT
Jesus did not stay in the tomb…
Ephesians 2:6 and raised us up with Him,
Resurrection Life Means:Re-entering
lifeNew
principles
New power
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUTResting in Jesus Christ
Eph. 2:6 and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUTResting in Jesus Christ
Resting Is:
He Won!Confiden
cePatience!
Eph. 2:6 and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUTResting in Jesus Christ
Resting Is:
He Won!Confiden
cePatience!
Eph. 2:6 and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUTResting in Jesus Christ
Resting Is:
He Won!Confiden
cePatience!
Eph. 2:6 and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUTResting in Jesus Christ
This isHope
Power
Glory
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUTResting in Jesus Christ
We NEED:
Hope
Power
Glory
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A Victorious Life Means…God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUTResting in Jesus Christ
We NEED:
Hope
Power
Glory
How’s YoursDoing?
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A Victorious Life Isn’t About Me
God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUTResting in Jesus ChristEphesians 2:7 (NASB) so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
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A Victorious Life Isn’t About Me
God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUTResting in Jesus ChristEphesians 2:7 …so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
For PurposeLasting
Purpose!
Purpose
Now!
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A Victorious Life Isn’t About Me
God Loves You!Made Alive!Raised Up & OUTResting in Jesus ChristEphesians 2:7 …so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
For PurposeLasting
Purpose!
Purpose
Now!
Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
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A Victorious Life Is GRACEGod’s Grace
Is:Hope
Power
Glory
Purpose
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NASB) For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
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A Victorious Life Is GRACEGod’s Grace Is:
Hope
Power
Glory
Purpose
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NASB) For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
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