Sermons From Ephesians - Executable Outlines

Mark A. Copeland
3. We, too, should have “boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him”, knowing that...
a. We are part of God’s “eternal purpose” being carried out!
b. We who are Gentiles are but a demonstration of that wonderful “mystery of Christ”, in which
Gentiles can be:
1) “fellow heirs”
2) “of the same body”
3) “partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel”
-- with the faithful of Israel (such as Peter, Paul, and many others who have accepted Jesus as
the Messiah)
Are you in this “body”, which we learn in Ep 1:22-23 is the church of Jesus Christ? The Lord adds the
saved to His church (cf. Ac 2:47). How can one be saved and thus “added” by the Lord to His
church? Consider carefully Ac 2:36-41...
Sermons From Ephesians 38