2. Discovering our Identity
Who are we?
Discovering our Identity
as the People of God
Ephesians 1:1-14
“All Things in Christ”

3. “All Things in Christ” Dear God,
Thank you that you have blessed me in the spiritual realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
“All Things in Christ”

4. “All Things in Christ” Dear God,
Thank you, too, that you chose me before the creation of the world to be blameless and holy in your sight.
“All Things in Christ”

5. “All Things in Christ” Dear God,
Thank you that you predestined me to be adopted as your son through Jesus Christ.
“All Things in Christ”

6. “All Things in Christ” Dear God,
Thank you also that I have redemption through his blood, and the forgiveness of my sins.
“All Things in Christ”

7. “All Things in Christ” Dear God,
Thank you that you have included me in Christ, and that you have marked me with the seal of the Holy Spirit.
“All Things in Christ”

8. “All Things in Christ” Dear God,
These things are just what I always wanted.
Hope we can meet up sometime in 2011.
Love, Steve
“All Things in Christ”

9. “All Things in Christ”

10. “All Things in Christ”

11. And he made known to us the mystery of his will...
... to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
“All Things in Christ”

12. ...in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation
“All Things in Christ”

13. “All Things in Christ” A new society “in Christ”
Knows no racial boundaries
Already experiences what God plans for the cosmos
“All Things in Christ”

14. “All Things in Christ” Dear God,
Thank you that you are calling us to be part of your new society in Christ.
“All Things in Christ”

15. “All Things in Christ” Dear God,
Give us the wisdom to know what that means for us, here at St John's.
“All Things in Christ”

16. “All Things in Christ” Dear God,
Give us the love and compassion to extend the invitation of belonging to all without distinction.
“All Things in Christ”

17. “All Things in Christ” Dear God,
Give us the passion to live our shared life in a way which shows that Christ is our head.
“All Things in Christ”

18. Discovering our Identity
Who are we?
Discovering our Identity
as the People of God
Ephesians 1:1-14
“All Things in Christ”