Blessing and Union Plan

Formation Thread

1. Sermon 1 Ephesians 1:1-2:10

   Blessing, Election, and Union with Christ

   Teach believers to begin Christian self-understanding with their God-given identity in Christ.

2. Sermon 2 Ephesians 2:11-3:21

   The One New Humanity and the Revealed Mystery

   Teach believers to remember both their former distance and their present nearness in Christ.

3. Sermon 3 Ephesians 4:1-5:21

   Walk Worthy, New Life, and Spirit-Filled Conduct

   Teach believers to ask whether their conduct matches the gospel calling they have received.

4. Sermon 4 Ephesians 5:22-6:24

   Households, Prayer, and Spiritual Warfare

   Teach marriage as discipleship under the Lord, not merely relationship management.

Sermon Sequence

1. 1
   Sermon 1 Ephesians 1:1-2:10

   Blessing, Election, and Union with Christ

   Paul begins with God's saving blessing in Christ and the church's identity as His workmanship.

   Formation

   Teach believers to begin Christian self-understanding with their God-given identity in Christ.

   Prayer for this passage

   Father, teach us to receive our identity from Your grace and not from ourselves. Anchor us in Christ Jesus, make us faithful as Your holy people, and let Your peace rule our hearts and our life together. Keep us under the authority of Your Word and form us into a church that lives from grace, through Christ, and for Your glory, in Jesus' name.

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   Sermon 2 Ephesians 2:11-3:21

   The One New Humanity and the Revealed Mystery

   The gospel creates one new people and reveals God's long-hidden purpose in Christ.

   Formation

   Teach believers to remember both their former distance and their present nearness in Christ.

   Prayer for this passage

   Father, we were once far off, without Christ, without covenant hope, and without God in the world. But now, in Christ Jesus, You have brought us near by His blood. Keep us humble, grateful, and cross-centered. Teach us to treasure the nearness You have given, to welcome others through the gospel, and to live as a people whose unity is purchased by Christ. Make us faithful witnesses to those still far off, in Jesus' name.

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   Sermon 3 Ephesians 4:1-5:21

   Walk Worthy, New Life, and Spirit-Filled Conduct

   Unity, holiness, speech, relationships, and Spirit-filled living show what gospel maturity looks like.

   Formation

   Teach believers to ask whether their conduct matches the gospel calling they have received.

   Prayer for this passage

   Father, You have called us in Christ and made us one body by Your Spirit. Teach us to walk worthy of that calling. Clothe us with humility, gentleness, patience, and forbearing love. Make us eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Keep us from pride, harshness, impatience, resentment, and division. Unite us under one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of all. Let our life together display the gospel we confess, in Jesus’ name.

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   Sermon 4 Ephesians 5:22-6:24

   Households, Prayer, and Spiritual Warfare

   Marriage, family, work, prayer, and armor belong together in the church's public witness and hidden battle.

   Formation

   Teach marriage as discipleship under the Lord, not merely relationship management.

   Prayer for this passage

   Lord Jesus Christ, You loved the church and gave Yourself up for her. Teach our homes to reflect Your gospel. Make husbands sacrificial, gentle, faithful, nourishing, and cherishing in love. Make wives faithful, respectful, wise, and Lord-conscious in their response. Cleanse our homes by Your word. Remove selfishness, harshness, fear, resentment, passivity, manipulation, and pride. Let our marriages point to the profound mystery of Christ and the church. Keep us under Your lordship and fill us with Your Spirit, in Jesus' name.

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