2: God’s Grand, Christ Centered Plan – Teaching Plan
Key Thought: Paul’s opening makes Ephesians especially valuable in modeling how to worship God and praise Him for the many blessings He has provided.
July 8, 2023
1. Have a volunteer read Ephesians 1:7,8.
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
- What does redemption mean in these passages?
- Personal Application: What does it mean to you that through Christ’s sacrifice, you are forgiven and redeemed? Share your thoughts..
- Case Study: One of your relatives states, “How exalted are your communications? How does the content of your oral, written, or graphic communications reveal that your life has been touched and transformed by the grace of God?” How would you respond to your relative?
2. Have a volunteer read Ephesians 1:9,10.
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- Is God’s plan for the fullness of time, and how extensive is its reach?
- Personal Application: How can you celebrate that your redemption is part of an ultimate plan to unite all things in Christ? Share your thoughts
- Case Study: One of your friends states, “What choice ultimately decides whether a person has salvation in Christ or not?” How would you respond to your friend?
3. Have a volunteer read Ephesians 1:11,12.
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- Why is the idea of inheritance so important to Paul?
- Personal Application: What is the difference between working for something and inheritance? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Doesn’t Paul state here that we are predestined according to God’s will? Why don’t you believe in predestination?” How would you respond to your relative?
4. Have a volunteer read Ephesians 1:13,14.
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- What are the steps Paul gives in the conversion story of his readers?
- Personal Application: How does Paul reveal salvation by faith alone and not by works of the law? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.
(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).
