Blessed & Hope-Filled

June 23, 2024 | Ephesians 1.11-14 | Rob Collis

From the very beginning of his letter to the church in Ephesus, the Apostle Paul’s writing and imagination is steeped in God’s activity in Jesus Christ. And he wants us to get caught up in that with him. As we continue our series going through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, Rob preaches from Ephesians 1.11-14.

As he finishes unpacking the longest sentence in the New Testament, looks at the third blessing Paul identifies – that we have been given a future blessing, having been sealed by the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of our inheritance in God’s Kingdom. And this means we can take heart, and not despair for how things seem in the world around us, because we have received a living and assured hope – a hope that has been proven by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and which has been guaranteed to us by the sending of the Holy Spirit.