Where are we going… where have we been?
Growing Out and Growing Up
Ephesus
Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical)
Commiss ion Ephesu s
Commissi on Character Ephesu s
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Ephesu s
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion Ephesu s
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion Correction Ephesu s
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion Correction Call Ephesu s
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion Correction Call Challenge Ephesu s
Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical)
Commiss ion Ephesu s
Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical)
Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical)
Why is… so hard to unscramble?
Not believing what we read Why is so hard to unscramble?
Not rightly dividing the truth Why is so hard to unscramble?
2nd Timothy 2:15 – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth.”2nd Timothy 2:15 – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” Revelation 4:1 “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.”
TheRAPTURE IN FOR Jesus comes IN the clouds FOR His saints.
The Second Coming WITH WITH Jesus comes WITH the clouds WITH His saints.
TheRAPTURE IN FOR Jesus comes IN the clouds FOR His saints.
The Second Coming WITH WITH Jesus comes WITH the clouds WITH His saints.
Chapters 1-3 Chapters 4-19 Chapters Divisions:
“hast seen”-PAST “which are”- PRESENT “shall be”- FUTURE 3 Divisions:
“hast seen”-PAST- urch Age to Church Age to the Rapture 3 Divisions:
“which are”- PRESENT Tribulation to the Second Coming 3 Divisions:
The THEME of the 4-6… “SEALS” 7-11… “TRUMPETS” 12-14… “Anti-christ” 15-19… “VIALS” (bowls)
“shall be”-FUTURE- Millennium on into Eternity 3 Divisions:
“hast seen”-PAST “which are”- PRESENT “shall be”- FUTURE 3 Divisions:
Where are we going… where have we been?
Chapters 1-3 Chapters 4-19 Chapters Divisions:
Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical)
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BeautifulBeautiful Ephesu s
BeautifulBeautiful LargeLarge Ephesu s
BeautifulBeautiful LargeLarge Great portGreat port Ephesu s
BeautifulBeautiful LargeLarge Great portGreat port Center of BankingCenter of Banking Ephesu s
BeautifulBeautiful LargeLarge Great portGreat port Center of BankingCenter of Banking Marketpla ce of AsiaMarketpla ce of Asia Ephesu s
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Commiss ion Ephesu s
Commissi on Character Ephesu s
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Ephesu s HARD WORKINGHARD WORKING
Matthew 28:19-20 – “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Matthew 18:20 – “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Ephesu s HARD WORKINGHARD WORKING
Evangelism Evangelism Edification Edification
Luke 19:10 – “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Evangelism Evangelism
Acts 1:3 – “To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God ” Edification Edification
teach all nations Matthew 28:19-20 – “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Evangelism Evangelism Edification Edification
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Ephesu s HARD WORKINGHARD WORKING
Laodice a
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Ephesu s HARD WORKINGHARD WORKING
“ Stedfast”“ Stedfast” “Unmoveable”“Unmoveable” “Always Abounding in the Work of the Lord.”“Always Abounding in the Work of the Lord.”
Preach the word2nd Timothy 4:2 “ Preach the word ; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”
“ Stedfast”“ Stedfast” “Unmoveable”“Unmoveable” “Always Abounding in the Work of the Lord.”“Always Abounding in the Work of the Lord.”
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Ephesu s HARD WORKINGHARD WORKING
Hebrews 4:12-13 – “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Ephesu s HARD WORKINGHARD WORKING
Acts 20:27 – “For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:18 – “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation”
Commissio n Character Commenda tion Ephesu s HARD WORKINGHARD WORKING
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