Sermon Notes 4/30 – Ephesians 1-10

vs1-10 – Paul teaches about our condition to our position

vs1-3 speak of our condition before salvation

Dead – the sin nature ruled

Disobedient – belonged to the kingdom of darkness

Depraved – the flesh dominated us

Doomed – under the wrath of God

verse 4 – BUT GOD – speaks of Divine Intervention

1 Corinthians 10:13  – the Divine Intervention of God’s Faithfulness

v13 – No Temptation – Every believer will be tempted

temptation – means to solicit a person to do evil

Being tempted is not sin.  Giving into temptation is…

No Temptation is stronger than the Lord’s strength and power in us

1 John 4:4 – “Greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world”

Choose to say no to all temptations……….

Common to Man – v13 – the temptations we all face are common to all humanity

Hebrews 4:15 – Jesus was tempted in every way we are, but He never sinned

BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL……..

faithful – means loyal…constant…free from error…always right…responsible…reliable

The faithfulness of God never changes……..

        ***Our situations, pressure and hard times do not change the faithfulness of God

***The Lord doesn’t fix every situation quickly because He uses those situations to fix us………

—The Lord Gives Us A Promise..

The Lord will never allow or permit us to be tempted beyond what we are able to handle

             We will be able to bear it – means to endure/persist/keep moving forward

             We will be able to escape the temptation – temptations will not last forever