1. An Epistle of Effectual Grace Concluding the Book of Ephesians Twin City Fellowship Ryan Habbena January 6, 2008

2. A Plea for Prayer Ephesians 6:19-20 And pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

3. Answered Prayer 2 Timothy 4:17-18 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion's mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

4. Comfort from Tychicus Ephesians 6:21-22 But that you also may know about my circumstances, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known to you. I have sent him to you for this purpose, so that you may know about us, and that he may comfort your hearts.

5. A Fitting Benediction Ephesians 6:23-24 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.

6. An Epistle of Effectual Grace Ephesians 1:18-19 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.

7. Understanding the Power of Effectual Grace Point #1 God, in his grace, loved you and chose you before the foundation of the world. God, in his grace, loved you and chose you before the foundation of the world. Ephesians 1:3-4: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him In love He predestined us...

8. Understanding the Power of Effectual Grace Point #2 God has given you spiritual life by grace, through faith. God has given you spiritual life by grace, through faith. Ephesians 2:4-5 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)

9. Understanding the Power of Effectual Grace Point #3 God has made you a co-heir of the Kingdom through the cross. God has made you a co-heir of the Kingdom through the cross. Ephesians 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household.

10. Understanding the Power of Effectual Grace Point #4 God’s grace compels us to walk worthy of our calling. God’s grace compels us to walk worthy of our calling. Ephesians 4:1 I... implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called. 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.

11. Understanding the Power of Effectual Grace Point #5 God’s grace compels us to pray and preach the Gospel. God’s grace compels us to pray and preach the Gospel. Ephesians 6:18-19 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.

12. Remember Who You Were and Who You Are Ephesians 2:12-13 Remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

13. Remember Why You Are In Christ Ephesians 2:1-4 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. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God... 1 Corinthians 15:10 “But by the grace of God I am what I am”

14. Remember the Promise of God’s Eternal Kindness Ephesians 2:6-7 [He] raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.