Advent Week 4: LOVE "the Architecture of the Church"

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Sermon Notes
Sermon Series:  Ephesians
Sermon Scripture:  Ephesians 2:19-22

The Kingdom He Rules: We are Citizens of the Kingdom of God (2:19)

• The Big Idea: We have a place in God’s kingdom.
• We have a new status:
  • We are no longer ________________.
    • Strangers- foreigners with no rights.
    • Aliens- Those who live in a land but have no citizenship.
  • We are now fellow citizens with the ________________.
    • This kingdom is ________________.
    • This kingdom is ________________.

The Kingdom He Rules: We are Citizens of the Kingdom of God (2:19) ​continued

• We have a new significance:
  • The Church is designed for the spread of God’s ________________. (1 Peter 2:9)
  • The Church is the display of God’s ________________. (Ephesians 3:10)

The Family He Loves: We are Members of the Household of God (2:19)

• The Big Idea: We have a place at God’s table.
• We now have God as our ________________.
  • We have been ________________ by God. (Ephesians 1:5)
  • We now have ________________ to God.
• We now have the church as our ________________.
  • Christ is our big brother.
  • The saints are our ________________.

The Temple in Which He Dwells: We are Part of the Temple of God (2:20-22)

• The Big Idea: God now has a place in us.
• The foundation is ________________.
  • The church is built on the biblical teaching of the NT apostles and prophets.
  • The church stands or falls based on its faithfulness to God’s ________________.
• Christ is the ________________.
  • Jesus gives the church its ________________.
  • Jesus gives the church its ________________.
• The stones are all ________________. (1 Peter 2:5)
  • When we were spiritually dead, he made us alive and set us on a _________. (Eph. 2:6).
  • When we were spiritually distant, he brought us near and set us in his ________. (Eph. 2:21-22)
• God is making it ________________.
  • God makes the church grow in ________________.
  • God makes the church grow in ________________.
• The Spirit has come to ________________.
  • Because of his first coming, Christ is always with us. (Matthew 28:20)
  • Because of his second coming, we will always be with him. (Revelation 21:3)

“God came to dwell with us so he could one day dwell in us.”