SERMONS BY PASTOR JIM NORMAN

EPHESIANS 1:1-14 AUG. 27, 2003

" DO YOU KNOW HOW RICH YOU ARE? "

MANY ARE RICH IN MONEY, NOT MERCY! YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY EARTHLY WEALTH, BUT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE JESUS YOU HAVE IT ALL.

THE SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD ARE RICH IN BLESSINGS!

* BLESSINGS FROM GOD THE FATHER VRS 4-6

HE HAS ADOPTED US- VRS 5 HE CLAIMS US, HE CROWNS US       

WE BECOME A CHILD OF THE KING!

SOME ARE BORN INTO THE ROYAL FAMILY.

SOME ARE BORN INTO THE FIRST FAMILY.

SOME ARE BORN INTO A RICH FAMILY.

I'M GLAD I'M BORN INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD!

(JOHN 6:37 )

HE HAS ACCEPTED US- VRS 6 HE ACCEPTS US THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS.

HE WILL NOT ACCEPT US THROUGH CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.

HE WILL NOT ACCEPT US THROUGH CHURCH BAPTISM.

ONLY WHEN WE ARE COVERED BY THE BLOOD. 

*BLESSINGS FROM GOD THE SON VRS 7- 12

(MATTHEW 6:33) (PSALM 103:12)

HE HAS REDEEMED US VRS 7

HE TOOK US WHEN WE HAD NO VALUE AND REDEEMED US. HE PURCHASED  US WITH HIS OWN BLOOD.

HE HAS REVEALED GOD'S WILL TO US VRS 8- 10 HIS WILL IS TO SEEK AND SAVE THAT WHICH WAS LOST.

(LUKE 19:10)

* BLESSINGS FROM GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT   VRS 13- 14

HE HAS SEALED US VRS 13

HE HAS PUT HIS KINGLY SEAL ON US AND NO ONE ELSE CAN OPEN IT.      THE EARNEST MONEY HAS BEEN PUT DOWN. IT WAS PAID AT CALVERY.      (EPESIANS 4:30)

HE HAS STIRRED US (ROMANS 8:9)

WE ARE ONLY RICH  IF WE KNOW JESUS IN THE FREE PARDON OF SIN, IF WE DO NOT KNOW HIM AS LORD AND SAVOUR WE ARE NOT RICH, AND IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MUCH YOU MAY HAVE IN THIS PHYSICAL WALK OF LIFE.

IF YOU HAVE JESUS YOU HAVE IT ALL, IF YOU HAVE NOT JESUS AND YET POSSES ALL OF THIS WORLDS GOODS, YOU HAVE NOTHING.