THE CHURCH'S GREAT NEED: TO KNOW GOD (4)
Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23
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The Church's Great Need: To Know God (4)
Series: Ephesians
Robert Dawson
Ephesians 1: 15-23
Most of us know that when you overload an electrical circuit it trips and circuit-breaker and everything shuts down. That circuit simply cannot keep up with the demand. I have found that my brain functions like that circuit-breaker. Too much new information to process at one time and the switch flips and it all goes dark, information overload!!
- You may have experienced it that first day on a new job. The training videos. The tours of the work place. The hands-on training and the training manuals. I remember going to work for La-Z-Boy furniture while in seminary and they handed me a three-ring binder that was about 3-4 inches thick and filled with information and they told me to go home and learn the different types of furniture in the catalog and the corresponding model numbers that went with them. Fade to black.
- If not the first day on the new job, how about the first day of class dealing with an unfamiliar subject. New terms, new concepts and equations never seen. Mental shut-down approaching.
We can only process so much, especially at one time! At this early point in Paul's letter to the Ephesians, I think the warning light was flashing, the lights were blinking, and the mental overload was around the corner. In that one very long, very rich and spiritually weighty sentence, verses 3-14, Paul turned on a theological fire hydrant and invited them to come have a drink.
- He has already mentioned the call of God, the grace of God and the peace of God.
- He has pointed to the abundant spiritual blessings and heritage we have been given, all to help us shape our identity in Christ.
- We have been chosen by God before the foundation of the world.
- We have been predestined to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ.
- We have been redeemed through the blood of Christ and our sins forgiven.
- We have been given a perfect future.
- We have been given a ...
Series: Ephesians
Robert Dawson
Ephesians 1: 15-23
Most of us know that when you overload an electrical circuit it trips and circuit-breaker and everything shuts down. That circuit simply cannot keep up with the demand. I have found that my brain functions like that circuit-breaker. Too much new information to process at one time and the switch flips and it all goes dark, information overload!!
- You may have experienced it that first day on a new job. The training videos. The tours of the work place. The hands-on training and the training manuals. I remember going to work for La-Z-Boy furniture while in seminary and they handed me a three-ring binder that was about 3-4 inches thick and filled with information and they told me to go home and learn the different types of furniture in the catalog and the corresponding model numbers that went with them. Fade to black.
- If not the first day on the new job, how about the first day of class dealing with an unfamiliar subject. New terms, new concepts and equations never seen. Mental shut-down approaching.
We can only process so much, especially at one time! At this early point in Paul's letter to the Ephesians, I think the warning light was flashing, the lights were blinking, and the mental overload was around the corner. In that one very long, very rich and spiritually weighty sentence, verses 3-14, Paul turned on a theological fire hydrant and invited them to come have a drink.
- He has already mentioned the call of God, the grace of God and the peace of God.
- He has pointed to the abundant spiritual blessings and heritage we have been given, all to help us shape our identity in Christ.
- We have been chosen by God before the foundation of the world.
- We have been predestined to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ.
- We have been redeemed through the blood of Christ and our sins forgiven.
- We have been given a perfect future.
- We have been given a ...
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