3. Glory for God means _________________________ for you.

Living Beyond Yourself (verses 4,5,6,9,11,12)

A Study Through Ephesians
Part 4 – Chosen for his Glory
Ephesians 1:3-14
Ephesians 2:1-10 - … 4 But because of his great love for us,
God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even
when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you
have been saved ... 8 For it is by grace you have been
saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the
gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10
For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do
good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

God wants his children to feel _______________ in his ___________ “Though our_________________________ come and go,
God’s love for us does not.”
C.S. Lewis
1. God wants his people to feel secure in his love - not
__________________________ (verses 3,5,6,12,14)
Those Troubling Verses
“God is most __________________________ in us
1 Corinthians 10:12 - "Let anyone who thinks that he stands take
when we are most ____________________________ in him.”
heed lest he fall." Also 15:2, "I preached to you the gospel . . .
John Piper
by which you are saved if you hold it fast—unless you believed
in vain."

2 Corinthians 13:5 - "Examine yourself to see whether you are

2. God's _____________ sets the groundwork. His ______________
is the goal.
God's decisive steps to magnify His glory forever
• _________________________ (verse 4)
• _________________________ (verse 7)
holding to your faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that
Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail to meet the test!"
Colossians 1:21–23 - "You who were estranged . . . Christ has
reconciled . . . in order to present you holy and blameless . . .
provided that you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast,
not shifting from the hope of the gospel."

• ______________________ by the Holy Spirit (verses 13,14)

God threatens our security in
1 John 4:13-16 - We know that we live in him and he in _________________________ but ____________
us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we
have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to
be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges
that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in
God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has
for us.