📍(NOTES B)📍 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 4️⃣ WEEK 1️⃣4️⃣PART 1️⃣ 📍LIVING OUT THE NEW LIFESTYLE📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●CHARACTERISTICS OF CHURCH UNITY● •Christian humility • How You Act.• •Bearing with one another inlove• •Patience • Preserving the unity of the Spirit• With Bishop Worrell Hylton December 17, 2024 ●How You Act. Verse 2 says: “With all humility.” “Humility” is lowliness of mind. It is the opposite of pride that thinks more highly of itself than it should. Philippians 2:8 says Christ “humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross.” To be like Christ is to live with all humility. Philippians 2:3 says, “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than ourselves.” In addition to Christian humility, Paul says "gentleness" or "meekness" is another characteristic of unity. Gentleness” This "meek" or "gentle" person does not go off in extremes, is balanced, and under control. He has every instinct and every passion under the control of the Holy Spirit in meekness. Meekness is not weakness. It is strength under control. Matthew 11:29 says, “I am gentle and lowly in heart.” The Greek word describes a horse, medicine, or wind. A tame horse wins races and battles. A wild horse is dangerous. The proper dosage of medicine can heal disease or ease pain. An overdose can kill you. A soothing wind relieves and refreshes. Hurricane-force winds knock down your house. We are to live a life worthy of our calling by being humble, gentle and patient. ●Patience We must preserve church unity by being patient. If we practice tolerance with fellow believers we would cause less dissension, frustration and friction in the body. How You React. “with patience.” “Patience” is longsuffering. Patient people are not short-tempered, thin-skinned, or easily offended. 1 Thessalonians 5:14 says, “Be patient with them all.” It is most helpful to remind ourselves how patient God is with us (1 Pet. 3:20). God is extremely patient with us. "You are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love . . ." (Nehemiah 9:17b NET). God’s patience is long-suffering with us. It is an expression of his love. Thank God judgment did not come before he saved us. God is patient with us. His patience led to our salvation (1 Tim. 1:16). Exodus 34:6 says, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.” Our responsibility is to preserve the unity in the church with all humility, gentleness, patience, and "bearing with one another in love." ●Bearing with one another in love You could express the same idea as "putting up with one another in love." The outworking of this attitude is seeking the highest good of the other person. It is the opposite of manipulating people to achieve our goals. Manipulation and under the table tricks never accomplish long lasting results. The negative baggage is never worth the good accomplished. No one likes to be around a manipulator. You always feel like you "have been had." You are left with a "dirty" "used" feeling. Unity is not the resultant behavior. ●A better way is found in Romans 12:14-21. The apostle Paul wrote, "Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited. Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people. ● If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people. Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord. ●Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" Verse 2 says, “Bearing with one another in love.” “Bearing” means to permit, endure, or suffer. ●Christian love is marked by fellowship, forgiveness, and forbearance●. ● Arrogance, pride, selfishness promotes contention, hostility and grieves the Holy Spirit. ●Contention among the brethren ought to be avoided like the aids virus. ●●Romans 15:1 says, “We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failing of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”●● ●●Galatians 6:2 says, “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” The apostle sums up these characteristics of unity saying make "every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" (Eph. 4:3 NET).●●

📍(NOTES A)📍 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 4️⃣ WEEK 1️⃣4️⃣PART 1️⃣ 📍LIVING OUT THE NEW LIFESTYLE📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●CHARACTERISTICS OF CHURCH UNITY● •Christian humility • How You Act.• •Bearing with one another inlove• •Patience • Preserving the unity of the Spirit• With Bishop Worrell Hylton December 17, 2024 LIVING OUT THE NEW LIFESTYLE Ephesians 4 INTRODUCTION ●In the previous chapters Paul tells us that the Spirit seals us and guarantees our inheritance until we acquire possession of it (1:13-14)●. Paul spent three whole chapters saying that the believers are seated with Christ in heavenly places. This is referred to as our positional relationship with Christ, He then tells the believers how they should now WALK. Paul begins chapter 4 by encouraging believers ●to deal with one another in humility and gentleness and patience in order to "maintain the unity".● ●What unity is Paul talking about?● In the previous chapter Paul explains that both Jews and Gentiles are fellow members of God’s household, as such we are united in one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God. This is the foundation of our unity. ●Paul therefore appeal to the believers to walk in a manner worthy of the gospel by relating to one another in ways that preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.● Paul lays out in detail the great purpose of God in the world, that "He might gather together in one all things in Christ" (1:10). In it he speaks of the abolition of the law, the enmity, the wall of separation between Jews and Gentiles, and the creation of "one new man from the two" (2:14-15). ●For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ [note: this is spiritual baptism, not water baptism] have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Gal 3:26-28)● After his great prayer and doxology in Ephesians 3:14-21, Paul stresses church unity. It is an appeal to live in a manner worthy of the gospel. What we believe should affect our daily life style. ■Motivation for the worthy walk■ Eph 4:1 Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called Our passage starts with 'therefore'. So what is this 'therefore', there for? ●He was chained to an elite Roman soldier because it was God’s will for him to be there.● He never says he is a prisoner of Nero, or the Roman government, or as the result of Jewish religious leaders’ persecution. He is "the prisoner of the Lord." That brings eternity into the picture. He lives above his circumstances. He is there because God had called him to be a missionary to the Gentiles. As a result of the imprisonment the gospel was reaching the elite in the Roman Empire (Phil. 1:12-14). With each rotation of guards a different soldier would have the experience of being chained to this little converted Jew. Paul then tells the believers to walk in a manner that is worthy of their calling and the position that the Lord has placed them in. What does a life that’s worthy of the call of God look like? ●The word “worthy” has the idea of weight balanced on a scale. The point of verse 1: “Walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.” “Worthy” refers to balancing scales.● ■Our position in Christ is on one side of the scale. ■Our practice as Christians is on the other side of the scale The idea is, on the one side is the glorious gospel of God’s grace towards us in Christ Jesus. On the other side, our godly conduct should match this high calling, especially in loving behavior that preserves the unity of the Spirit. Paul appeals to the believers to watch their behavior. "I . . . urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called" (4:1 NET). Live like a child of God should live. Live in a manner and life style in which you are conformed to Christ. Put into daily practice your eternal position in Christ. You were dead in your sins and Christ has raised you from the dead and lives within you. Live out your calling as one in whom God dwells ■CHARACTERISTICS OF CHURCH UNITY■ Eph 4:2 With all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love There is no unity in the church without true humility. Arrogance and self-interests destroy any chances of unity. The first things mentioned concerning a walk worthy of your calling are the following attributes - 'humility, gentleness, patience, tolerance'. ●Christian humility● Christian humility is based on undeserved grace. Let’s face it; humility is not a worldly virtue. Paul appealed to the Philippians to "be of the same mind, having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose. ●Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.● ***Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of other as well. You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had . . ." (Philippians 2:2-5 NET). ●True humility comes through absolute dependence on Christ. The Christian life is not in our own strength, but the life of Christ lived in us. ●Walking worthy of your calling? ● “Calling” and “called” refers to the divine call to salvation.

● (NOTES E) ● Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening Bible Study Series; Book Of Ephesians Ch3 Week 13 PART 3 ●The Revelation Of God’s Mystery● ●God’s Purpose was a Mystery Hidden● ●God’s Purpose was to make His Wisdom known to the church● ●PRAYER FOR THE EPHESIANS● ●The 3 Purposes of Prayer for Strength● ●GOD IS ABLE● With Bishop Worrell Hylton December 12, 2024 GOD IS (ABLE) ■This word means God has the power, skill or means to accomplish what He has determined to do. ■ The message of Ephesians 3:20 is that God can do all we ask and more than we can imagine. ■So don't limit your prayers, pray big prayers. Pray bold. Lean into God and see what he can do. ■ Have you ever wondered about God’s ability? Ever asked, “Can God make a rock so big that He can’t pick it up?” Or, “What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” ■Abraham and Sarah were physically beyond the ability to conceive children. Even when they were younger, Sarah had been unable to conceive. When Sarah laughed at the idea that she would conceive, the Lord confronted her with the rhetorical question (Gen. 18:14), “Is anything too difficult for the Lord?”In response to God’s promise, she did conceive Isaac. Later, when God asked Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice, Abraham obeyed because (Heb. 11:19), ■ “He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead….” Nothing is impossible for the Lord! ■God directed Moses and the Israelites to leave Egypt by a route where they had the Red Sea in front of them and the pursuing Egyptian army behind them. They had no human means of escape. In that impossible situation, Moses told the panicked people (Exod. 14:13), “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today….” The Lord miraculously opened the sea so that the Israelites could pass through, but He closed the sea over the Egyptian army. ■ Nothing is impossible with God! ■Elisha was surrounded by the army of the king of Aram, with horses and chariots that had come to take him captive. When his panicked servant told him that they were surrounded by this hostile army, Elisha calmly answered (2 Kings 6:16), “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”Then he prayed (2 Kings 6:17), ‘“O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.’ And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” Nothing is impossible with God! Later, when the same king had surrounded Samaria, the famine was so bad that women were eating their own children in order to survive. Elisha predicted that the very next day the famine would be completely lifted. The royal officer of the king of Israel retorted (2 Kings 7:2), “Behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?”Elisha responded by predicting that official’s death, but affirmed that the famine would end, according to the word of the Lord. The following day the Lord caused the invading army to hear the sound of chariots and horses, so that they panicked and fled, leaving all of their supplies behind. In their haste to plunder the camp of the Aramean army, the people of Samaria trampled to death the king’s official, exactly as Elisha had predicted. ■ Nothing is impossible with God! Job 42:2 - I know that you can do anything. And that no purpose of yours can’t be stopped. What test or trial are you facing? Do you believe God can do anything, and that nothing can stop His purposes from being fulfilled? It’s one thing to believe in God’s ability when all is well, but quite another when, like Job, you’ve lost everything and your world is falling apart. Jeremiah 32:17 - There is nothing to hard for you. (Almighty God, you have made the heavens and the earth by your almighty power) Luke 1:37 - ■For with God nothing shall be impossible. (Mary was going to have a baby. Mary said how can this be? I know no man) ■

● (NOTES D) ● Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening Bible Study Series; Book Of Ephesians Ch3 Week 13 PART 3 ●The Revelation Of God’s Mystery● ●God’s Purpose was a Mystery Hidden● ●God’s Purpose was to make His Wisdom known to the church● ●PRAYER FOR THE EPHESIANS● ●The 3 Purposes of Prayer for Strength● ●GOD IS ABLE● With Bishop Worrell Hylton December 12, 2024 After Solomon prayed for the dedication of the temple, the scriptures tell us that the glory of the Lord filled the temple and the people were overcome by the glory of God ( I Kings 8:12, 13). ■If we are the temple of God, if we have Christ, God wants to fill us with His presence. We will need to have our lives cleansed by the Spirit before Christ will dwell in our hearts■. Here we see that God strengthens our inner spirit through the power given to us by the Holy Spirit. ■The purpose of our spiritual power is not to use it for our glory, but to bring God glory. Matthew 5:16 says to “let your light shine before men so that they can see your good works and GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.” ■ Together with all the Lord’s holy people, we need to grasp how wide and long and high and deep the love of Christ is. ■The focal point of the prayer is that we would experience the love of Christ that changes us more than any knowledge can. ■ The Apostle Paul prays that believers would be able to comprehend the vastness and fullness of Christ's love, which extends beyond any human measure, encompassing all dimensions of life - breadth, length, height, and depth; essentially meaning to fully understand and experience the limitless nature of God's love for them. The Greek word translated as “comprehend” or “understand” implies more than a mental understanding. It literally means “to take hold of something and make it one’s own.” In order for the Ephesian Christians to truly understand the “love that surpasses knowledge,” they needed to go beyond hearsay. This kind of comprehension is experiential. It requires us to take hold of a truth and define ourselves by it. ■Paul was encouraging them- and all saints everywhere-to meditate on what it means to be fully loved by God for the sake of Christ■ He wanted them to grasp God’s love in all its fullness; to know “how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” ■God’s love is all-encompassing, far exceeding our ability to comprehend. Its breadth and length and height and depth are staggering. It requires meditation, soul-searching, and honesty in order to draw near enough to God to comprehend His nature (James 4:8). ■ And that was what Paul urged them, and all Christians, to do: consider the breadth and length and height and depth of the love of Christ for His church. ■Later in his epistle, Paul again alludes to the love of Christ when he urges husbands to love their wives in the same way Christ loves the church ■ Paul’s use of dimensional language to describe the love of Christ suggests a vastness to Christ's love. The Redeemer's love for His people is so great, of such magnitude, as to be almost beyond comprehension. The four-fold description of length-width-height depth carries with it shades of Psalm 103:11-12, which also uses dimensional language: ■"For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." ■ ■There is absolutely nothing at all that can separate us from the love of God in Christ (Romans 8:38-39). When we learn to bask in that love (1 John 3:1), celebrate His delight in us (Psalm 37:23), and rest in His faithfulness (Psalm 136:1), we enjoy relationship, not religion. ■ Only a relational God could love us so much that we can barely comprehend the breadth and length and height and depth of it. ■EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL WE CAN ASK OR THINK■ Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.- Ephesians 3:20-21 These last two verses of this chapter are a “doxology.” The word “doxology” comes from the Greek words “doxa” and “logos.” The word “doxa” refers to “the kingly majesty which belongs to God as supreme ruler, majesty in the sense of God’s absolute perfection of the deity.” It speaks of “splendor, brightness, magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace, and majesty.” ■Paul exalts God's limitless power, declaring that He is able to do "exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think," emphasizing that this power is actively working within believers, and therefore, all glory should be given to Him throughout all generations; ■ The apostle Paul expresses his confidence that God is able to answer the prayers and fulfill the expectations of His worshippers in ways that they might not think possible. His answers may even exceed what they might expect or hope for. ■In Ephesians 3:20, Paul used a unique term to express God’s superabundant ability to work beyond our prayers, thoughts, and even dreams.--- English translations of the term include “immeasurably more” (NIV), “exceedingly abundantly above all” (KJV), “infinitely more” (NLT), “above and beyond” (HCSB), and “far more abundantly beyond all” (NASB).

● (NOTES C) ● Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening Bible Study Series; Book Of Ephesians Ch3 Week 13 PART 3 ●The Revelation Of God’s Mystery● ●God’s Purpose was a Mystery Hidden● ●God’s Purpose was to make His Wisdom known to the church● ●PRAYER FOR THE EPHESIANS● ●The 3 Purposes of Prayer for Strength● ●GOD IS ABLE● With Bishop Worrell Hylton December 12, 2024 -- The riches of the glory of God are seen most vividly in the death and resurrection of Jesus for sinners. -- The riches of His grace encompass what God did for us, and --The riches of His glory is what He wants to do through us. --• The riches of His grace are what he did in the past, but those of His glory are what He does in the present and will do in the future. ■How great are God’s riches? They are as great as His generosity. ■ In other words, if we want to know how extensive His glorious riches are, we need to grasp a hold of how massive His grace is. When we are rooted and established in God’s love, we are able to fully experience the power of His Spirit within us. This power enables us to overcome challenges, resist temptation, and live a life that is pleasing to God. 1. The first purpose of the prayer (v 16) tells us that the instrument of the divine filling is the Spirit and His power. Paul is praying that we will be given strength to bear the fullness of God. Only in Christ is this possible. The work of the Spirit is to strengthen the believers in their inner being. The Spirit gives spiritual power to us to use to expand God's kingdom. 2. The Second purpose ( 17a) is that we may know the fullness of God by the indwelling Christ. Knowing God is second to no other knowledge. ■Willful ignorance derails one from God■: “because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man - and birds and four footed animals and creeping things. ■Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves” (Rom.1:21-24) ■. ■We need to know God personally (salvation); increasingly (sanctification); and perfectly (glorification) -Acts 4:12, Philippians 3:10 and 1 Corinthians 13:9-12 respectively. ■ At the heart of Ephesians is the message of God’s love for us. In Ephesians 3:16-17, Paul writes, “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love.” 3. The Third purpose for this prayer is that we may know the fullness of God as we are rooted and grounded in God's love. To fully understand the power of Ephesians, it is important to dive deeper into the meaning of Ephesians 3:16-17. ■The phrase “out of his glorious riches” refers to the abundance of God’s love and grace. It is from this abundance that we are strengthened with power through the Holy Spirit. ■ ■ This power is not physical strength, but rather spiritual strength that comes from having Christ dwell in our hearts through faith■. Rooting refers to plants which are being grown. A root spreads out. Trees that have deep roots can withstand gale force winds and not be blown over. ■We need to send our roots deep so that the storms of life will not topple us. ■ ■We do not like to go through difficult times but these should be times to send our roots deep into the word of God to cling on to its truths so that we will remain strong and steadfast. ■ The second picture that is alluded to here is the picture of a great skyscrapers or building standing tall, that has been built to withstand those powerful winds without it coming crashing down because of the wind. ■Your roots and foundations must be pushed deep into the word so that when difficulties come you will be victorious and know how to fight the enemy■. When the floods come, we need to have our roots and foundation dug deep because the soil may be washed away and then we too will be destroyed. ■The purpose for us to be strengthened by the Holy Spirit is so that Christ will live in our hearts■.

● (NOTES B) ● Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening Bible Study Series; Book Of Ephesians Ch3 Week 13 PART 3 ●The Revelation Of God’s Mystery● ●God’s Purpose was a Mystery Hidden● ●God’s Purpose was to make His Wisdom known to the church● ●PRAYER FOR THE EPHESIANS● ●The 3 Purposes of Prayer for Strength● ●GOD IS ABLE● With Bishop Worrell Hylton December 12, 2024 ■GOD’S PURPOSE IS TO MAKE HIS WISDOM KNOWN THROUGH THE CHURCH.■ “The church thus appears to be God’s pilot scheme for the reconciled universe of the future, the mystery of God’s will ‘to be administered in the fullness of the times,’ when ‘the things in heaven and the things on earth’ are to be brought together in Christ (Eph. 1:9-10).” Paul adds that the church, created by God’s reconciling the Jews and Gentiles into one body, is God’s agency to help bring about the final reconciliation. John MacArthur explains ■ “Every sinner who repents and turns to Christ adds another spiritual stone to God’s temple, another member to His Body, and becomes another forgiven and cleansed sinner who is made eternally one with every other forgiven and cleansed sinner■.” What Paul is driving home is to elevate our understanding of the importance of the church in God’s eternal purpose, so that we will give it the proper priority in our lives. He wants us to understand that ■the church is not just a nice place to drop by on Sundays if you’re not doing anything more interesting! The church is God’s vehicle for making known His manifold wisdom, not only on earth, but also to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. ■ I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory. Because we are at the center of God’s eternal purpose, we must pray and not lose heart in our trials (3:12-13). Prayer is the primary means by which the church exercises God’s authority and brings about His rule on earth over the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. This is reinforced in 6:18-20, where immediately after telling us to ■put on God’s full armor so that we can stand against the devil, ■ Paul calls us to prayer for all the saints, that the gospel may go forward. This means that our focus in prayer should be, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10). Prayer is to help advance God’s eternal purpose in Christ through His church. Also, note Paul’s emphasis on the boldness and confident access that we have in prayer through Christ. “Of all the blessings of Christian salvation none is greater than this, that we have access to God in prayer.” “Boldness” means that we can come before God without fear of rejection or penalty. “Confidence” implies familiarity. How is this possible? Paul mentions it twice: “in whom,” and “through faith in Him.” It is only in Christ and through faith in Christ that we can approach God’s holy presence to ask Him for what we need to further His kingdom. ■Prayeris our means of seeing God’s eternal purpose enacted on earth■. I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory. ■Paul’s focus was not on himself, even though he was the one in prison, but on these Ephesian believers■. He didn’t want them to become discouraged on account of his trials, because they would result in the Ephesians’ ultimate glory. In Romans 8:18 Paul wrote, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” As he goes on to share in that chapter, God works all things together for our good, using even the trials to conform us to the image of Jesus Christ. So even if persecution comes against us, we should not become discouraged, but rather remember that we are at the center of God’s eternal purpose. Our good and ultimate glory are included in His purpose. ■PRAYER FOR THE EPHESIANS■ 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ■The action here is of Paul bowing before God in worship and adoration, but also in supplication for the Ephesian believers. ■ ■Bowingindicates a submission to God, a willingness to come under His authority and command■. Have you ever fallen on your face before the Lord because you got a glimpse of great (shikina) glory of God. Paul is not praying for himself to receive this gift of being able to see God's glory, but he is praying for others to get a glimpse of the glory of God. • Riches” comes from the Greek word - ploo-tos, which means riches, wealth, abundance, fulness, enriched. • Glory comes from the word tēs doxēs, which means: blessing, magnificence, excellence, preeminence, majesty, absolute perfection, visible and tangible brightness, condition, the glorious condition of blessedness into which believers shall enter. • Kavod - the Hebrew word for “glory,” means weight or something substantial. The idea represents something that has substance and is worthy of honor rather than shame and contempt. To fully understand the power of Ephesians, it is important to dive deeper into the meaning of Ephesians 3:16-17. ■The phrase “out of his glorious riches” refers to the abundance of God’s love and grace. It is from this abundance that we are strengthened with power through the Holy Spirit■. ■This power is not physical strength, but rather spiritual strength that comes from having Christ dwell in our hearts through faith. ■

● (NOTES A) ● Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening Bible Study Series; Book Of Ephesians Ch3 Week 13 PART 3 ●The Revelation Of God’s Mystery● ●God’s Purpose was a Mystery Hidden● ●God’s Purpose was to make His Wisdom known to the church● ●PRAYER FOR THE EPHESIANS● ●The 3 Purposes of Prayer for Strength● ●GOD IS ABLE● With Bishop Worrell Hylton December 12, 2024 ■God’s purpose was a mystery hidden for ages, but now brought to light through Paul.■ “Mystery,”as we have seen, refers to something that was previously unknown, but now has been revealed. “The mystery of Christ” (3:4) refers to God’s eternal plan to sum up all things in Christ, the Savior (1:9-10). But, one application of this mystery was the previously hidden aspect of God’s uniting the Jews and Gentiles on equal standing in the one body of Christ (3:6). The Old Testament predicted the salvation of many Gentiles, but it did not reveal that God would unite them as one body with the Jews in the church, seat them with Christ in the heavenly places, and display His manifold wisdom through them throughout the ages. “Why did God hide this truth for thousands of years?” the answer is, “Because He so willed.” He is the Sovereign of the universe, and as the Sovereign, He has the right to do as he pleases. Paul tells us in Galatians 4:4, “But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son….”He has a purpose and nothing can thwart it. Although His purpose was hidden for ages, now it has been revealed. God’s purpose was carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord. “Carried out” translates the Greek tense of the verb, “to do.” It points to an accomplished action. God’s purpose was accomplished through Christ Jesus our Lord through His death and resurrection. It was at the cross, that God demonstrated His manifold wisdom and glory in a way that no other plan would have shown. God’s sending His own Son to bear the penalty that we deserve displays His wisdom, love, and justice in ways that would not have been seen otherwise. His wisdom is displayed in choosing a person who is both divine and human, because no other person could have fulfilled the role of mediator and substitute for our sin. He had to be infinitely holy and apart from all sin. He had to be a person infinitely dear to the Father, to give infinite value to His sacrifice. No created person, whether man or angel, would have been fit for this task. Only Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, qualified. His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms. God’s purpose is to make known His manifold wisdom to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. The heavenly rulers and authorities are angelic beings, and Paul may be thinking more specifically of those angelic beings gone bad - Satan and his demons. But how does the creation of the church show forth the Lord’s glory and wisdom to these evil creatures? It is shown through the fellowship between Christian Jews and Christian Gentiles, Some scholars think that Ephesians 3:10 refers only to the holy angels, some think it refers to the fallen angels, and some to both. I think it probably refers to both. (The fallen angels are referred to by the same terms in 6:12; in 1:21, it probably includes both.) To the fallen angels, the church, which exists because of Christ’s triumph at the cross, displays God’s wisdom and reminds them of their impending doom. The fallen angels thought that they had triumphed at the cross, but God displayed His wisdom by using that very means to gain ultimate and final victory (Col. 2:15). The word translated “manifold” in Ephesians 3:10 means “many and varied; having many features and forms; wrought in various colors; diversified, intricate, complex, many-sided.” God’s wisdom in His extraordinary plan of salvation, as seen in the new and mysterious creation of the church, is a multi-faceted, diverse, rich, and beautiful community of believers. There is no other human co-op like it in the world. ■The Bible reveals the manifold wisdom of God as unsearchable, deep, and beyond measure (Isaiah 40:28; Psalm 92:5; 147:5) ■. James describes it as “wisdom from above,” which is “first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere” (James 3:17, NLT).

💥(NOTES C)💥 ✅️Prayer is the primary means by which the church exercises God’s authority and brings about His rule on earth over the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. This is reinforced in 6:18-20, where immediately after telling us to put on God’s full armor so that we can stand against the devil, Paul calls us to prayer for all the saints, that the gospel may go forward.✅️ ◾️This means that our focus in prayer should be, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10). Prayer is to help advance God’s eternal purpose in Christ through His church.◾️ Also, note Paul’s emphasis on the boldness and confident access that we have in prayer through Christ. “Of all the blessings of Christian salvation none is greater than this, that we have access to God in prayer.” ◾️“Boldness” m◾️eans that we can come before God without fear of rejection or penalty. “Confidence” implies familiarity. How is this possible? Paul mentions it twice: “in whom,” and “through faith in Him.” ◾️It is only in Christ and through faith in Christ that we can approach God’s holy presence to ask Him for what we need to further His kingdom. Prayer is our means of seeing God’s eternal purpose enacted on earth.◾️ ◾️I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.◾️ Paul’s focus was not on himself, even though he was the one in prison, but on these Ephesian believers. He didn’t want them to become discouraged on account of his trials, because they would result in the Ephesians’ ultimate glory. In Romans 8:18 Paul wrote, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” As he goes on to share in that chapter, ◾️God works all things together for our good, using even the trials to conform us to the image of Jesus Christ. So even if persecution comes against us, we should not become discouraged, but rather remember that we are at the center of God’s eternal purpose. Our good and ultimate glory are included in His purpose.◾️

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 3️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 1️⃣2️⃣PART 2️⃣ 📍THE REVELATION OF GOD'S MYSTERY ●Dispensation ● •special sphere of blessing •The time of its election• •constitution is unique •manifestation was deferred• ● Divine Revelation ● ● God's Purpose Unthwarted ● With Bishop Worrell Hylton December 3, 2024 ■GOD'S ETERNAL PURPOSE UNTHWARTED■ Ephesians 1:9-12: “He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.” ◾️God’s eternal purpose is to sum up all things in Christ. He is the centerpiece of history. All of the Old Testament looks forward to Christ. All of the New Testament testifies of Him. All of history will climax when He returns in power and glory to reign.◾️ ◾️ Since He is the head of His body, the church, it is central to God’s purpose. It is in the church that God is bringing together both Jews and Gentiles, reconciling them to one another and to Himself through the cross (2:11-22). ◾️ ◾️Paul says (3:8) that his ministry, in addition to preaching to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, is also (3:9) “to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things.”◾️ God wanted Adam and Eve to reflect His image to “the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places,” that is, to the angels, both good and evil. ◾️Behind the scenes of human history is this cosmic spiritual battle between the forces of good and evil. God’s purpose for man (male and female) was to rule on earth and reflect His image. That purpose is being recovered by the new creation, the church (2:15).◾️ ' ... for to create in himself of the two, one new man, so making peace' (Eph. 2:15,). ◾️In this new company there is an equality of membership never known before. Even when writing the epistle to the Romans, Paul speaks of 'the Jew first'. But in the new company we have an entirely new constitution:◾️ ■God’s purpose was a mystery hidden for ages, but now brought to light through Paul.■ “Mystery,” as we have seen, refers to something that was previously unknown, but now has been revealed. “The mystery of Christ” (3:4) refers to God’s eternal plan to sum up all things in Christ, the Savior (1:9-10). ◾️But, one application of this mystery was the previously hidden aspect of God’s uniting the Jews and Gentiles on equal standing in the one body of Christ (3:6). The Old Testament predicted the salvation of many Gentiles, but it did not reveal that God would unite them as one body with the Jews in the church, seat them with Christ in the heavenly places, and display His manifold wisdom through them throughout the ages.◾️ “Why did God hide this truth for thousands of years?” the answer is, “Because He so willed.” He is the Sovereign of the universe, and as the Sovereign, He has the right to do as he pleases. Paul tells us in Galatians 4:4, “But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son….”He has a purpose and nothing can thwart it. Although His purpose was hidden for ages, now it has been revealed. ■God’s purpose was carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.■ ◾️“Carried out” translates the Greek tense of the verb, “to do.” It points to an accomplished action.◾️ ◾️ God’s purpose was accomplished through Christ Jesus our Lord through His death and resurrection. It was at the cross, that God demonstrated His manifold wisdom and glory in a way that no other plan would have shown.◾️ God’s sending His own Son to bear the penalty that we deserve displays His wisdom, love, and justice in ways that would not have been seen otherwise. ◾️His wisdom is displayed in choosing a person who is both divine and human, because no other person could have fulfilled the role of mediator and substitute for our sin. He had to be infinitely holy and apart from all sin. He had to be a person infinitely dear to the Father, to give infinite value to His sacrifice.◾️ ◾️ No created person, whether man or angel, would have been fit for this task. Only Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, qualified. ◾️ ◾️His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms◾️ ◾️God’s purpose is to make known His manifold wisdom to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. The heavenly rulers and authorities are angelic beings, and Paul may be thinking more specifically of those angelic beings gone bad - Satan and his demons. But how does the creation of the church show forth the Lord’s glory and wisdom to these evil creatures? It is shown through the fellowship between Christian Jews and Christian Gentiles.◾️ Some scholars think that Ephesians 3:10 refers only to the holy angels, some think it refers to the fallen angels, and some to both. I think it probably refers to both. ◾️(The fallen angels are referred to by the same terms in 6:12; in 1:21, it probably includes both.) To the fallen angels, the church, which exists because of Christ’s triumph at the cross, displays God’s wisdom and reminds them of their impending doom. The fallen angels thought that they had triumphed at the cross, but God displayed His wisdom by using that very means to gain ultimate and final victory (Col. 2:15).◾️ ◾️The word translated “manifold” in Ephesians 3:10 means “many and varied; having many features and forms; wrought in various colors; diversified, intricate, complex, many-sided.”◾️ 💥God’s wisdom in His extraordinary plan of salvation, as seen in the new and mysterious creation of the church, is a multi-faceted, diverse, rich, and beautiful community of believers. There is no other human co-op like it in the world.💥 The Bible reveals the manifold wisdom of God as unsearchable, deep, and beyond measure (Isaiah 40:28; Psalm 92:5; 147:5). James describes it as “wisdom from above,” which is “first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere” (James 3:17, NLT). ■God’s purpose is to make His wisdom known through the church.■ ◾️“The church thus appears to be God’s pilot scheme for the reconciled universe of the future, the mystery of God’s will ‘to be administered in the fullness of the times,’ when ‘the things in heaven and the things on earth’ are to be brought together in Christ (Eph. 1:9-10).”◾️ ◾️Paul adds that the church, created by God’s reconciling the Jews and Gentiles into one body, is God’s agency to help bring about the final reconciliation. John MacArthur explains “Every sinner who repents and turns to Christ adds another spiritual stone to God’s temple, another member to His Body, and becomes another forgiven and cleansed sinner who is made eternally one with every other forgiven and cleansed sinner.”◾️ What Paul is driving home is to elevate our understanding of the importance of the church in God’s eternal purpose, so that we will give it the proper priority in our lives. ◾️He wants us to understand that the church is not just a nice place to drop by on Sundays if you’re not doing anything more interesting! The church is God’s vehicle for making known His manifold wisdom, not only on earth, but also to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.◾️ I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory. Because we are at the center of God’s eternal purpose, we must pray and not lose heart in our trials (3:12-13).

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 3️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 1️⃣2️⃣PART 2️⃣ 📍THE REVELATION OF GOD'S MYSTERY ●Dispensation ● •special sphere of blessing •The time of its election• •constitution is unique •manifestation was deferred• ● Divine Revelation ● ● God's Purpose Unthwarted ● With Bishop Worrell Hylton December 3, 2024 ●Dispensation of Grace● ▪What is it?▪ ◾️The dispensation of Grace is the time period when Jesus provides a way of salvation by his paying for the sins of the world.◾️ The time is from his death on the cross until the rapture. During the age of Grace, a person only needs to believe Jesus is the Son of God, that he died and was resurrected. ◾️The dispensation of grace started at the resurrection of Jesus Christ and continues today. It is the new covenant in Christ's blood (Luke 22:20). This is also called the "age of grace" or the "church age,"◾️ The atonement was provided on the cross, once for all, for any who would believe: During this dispensation, we also have a Comforter with us, the Holy Spirit of God, who indwells believers (John 14:16-26). Dispensationalists believe that the Church Age will end with the rapture of the Church. ●DIVINE REVELATION● By revelation He made known unto me the mystery ... that the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel: whereof I was made a minister ... to make all men see what is the fellowship (dispensation R.V.) of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid (has been hidden since the ages) in God' (Eph. 3:3,6,7,9). ◾️Paul tells us that God revealed to him a “mystery” to be given to people of this age (dispensation).◾️ 1. The three mysteries include the dispensation of the fullness of times (see Ephesians 1:9-10), 2. the Gentiles becoming fellow heirs in Christ through the gospel (Ephesians 3:3-6), and 3. marital living and stewardship (Ephesians 5:31-32. ◾️A mystery, is often perceived as distant, odd, or as unknowable, whereas a secret never implies that the information is unknowable. Paul later teaches that it was by revelation that the mysteries were made known to him (Ephesians 3:3).◾️ ' ... For His body's sake, which is the church: whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil (complete) the Word of God; even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints' (Col. 1:24-26). 'Praying ... for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds' (Eph. 6:18-20). If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me toward you. ◾️Paul was entrusted with the stewardship of the grace of God toward the Gentiles - another way of saying that he was made an Apostle to the Gentiles by the will of God (Ephesians 1:1).◾️ Paul launches into a description of how God chose him to reveal mysteries, to proclaim the Way to the Gentiles, and to herald the removal of that middle wall of separation between the Jews and the Gentiles. ◾️Paul was entrusted, by God, with the administration (dispensation) of the Message of God’s grace to the Gentiles.◾️ It would seem that Paul never overcame the awe that he felt at being called by God to be a minister of the Gospel, and being named an Apostle is a testimony to the effectual grace of God in a life (particularly in light of his purpose for going to Damascus, Acts 9:1-2). How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words... Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; ◾️Israel's hope (Acts 28:20) and Israel's signs (28:1-9) did not cease with Matthew 28 or Acts 2, but remained to the end of the Acts. Till then, the Gentile believer had been but a wild olive graft into the stock of Israel.◾️ ◾️In Acts 28, the Israelite stock is cut down; the axe, so long laid to the root of the tree, does its work. A new dispensation with new terms is ushered in - the dispensation of the grace of God for the Gentiles committed to Paul the prisoner of the Lord (Eph. 3:1).◾️ ■Its special sphere of blessing.■ This church has a unique sphere of blessing. Israel's inheritance is the land of promise; Abraham and those who walk in the steps of his overcoming faith look forward to the Heavenly City; it is reserved for the church of the One Body to be blessed in heavenly places. These heavenly places are at the right hand of God, far above all (Eph. 1:20,21); the church of the One Body is spoken of, not merely as attaining that high place, or standing there, or serving there but the unspeakable blessings of these would be actually 'seated together' there at the right hand of God. Nothing like this had ever been made known before. ■The time of its election is unique.■ Three times in Scripture do we read the words, 'Before the foundation of the world'. Two of these passages speak of Christ, John 17:24 and 1 Peter 1:20. The other reference speaks of the election of the church of the One Body 'before the foundation of the world'. The etymology of the word 'foundation', katabole, and its usage elsewhere (2 Cor. 4:9; 2 Sam. 20:15 etc.) lead us to adopt the rendering, 'Before the overthrow of the world'. Linking this passage with Genesis 1:1 and 2, and, by the analogy of faith, with Ezekiel 28, we discover that before the judgment upon Satan and his angels which involved the original earth in chaos, this church with its heavenly destiny was chosen. ■The time of its manifestation was deferred.■ This Dispensation is called the dispensation of the mystery. We are told that it was 'hidden in God' from the ages and the generations, and was only made known when Israel failed and were temporarily set aside. This revelation completes the Word of God. Nothing further is to be expected, judging from the record of the rest of Scripture this dispensation of the mystery is a parenthesis in the outworking of the purpose of the ages, but from the standpoint of Him Who knows the end from the beginning, and worketh all things after the counsel of His will, the church of the One Body and its dispensation fall into their predestined place, and complete the whole. ■Its constitution is unique.■ The Gentile members of this church were told to remember that once they were hopeless, Christless, Godless and aliens from the commonwealth of Israel. This church was no development, adjustment, or evolution of the company that was formed during the Acts but was a new creation.

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 3⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 1⃣1⃣PART 1⃣ 📍THE REVELATION OF GOD'S MYSTERY ● INTRODUCTION ● ●Pauls Ministry to the Gentiles ● ●God Uses Unlikely People● ●Paul The Prisoner of Christ● ●Dispensation Of Grace ● With Bishop Worrell Hylton November 26, 2024 ●THE DISPENSATION OF GRACE ● ■Dispensationalism is a theological system for describing how God interacts with people in different periods of history, called dispensations■. There are seven dispensations. The dispensation of grace is the sixth dispensation. 1. The first dispensations is the dispensation of of innocence (face-to-face interaction between God and man), conscience (humans expected to follow their God-given consciences), human government (human institutions to enforce God's expectations), promise (focus on God's promise to Abraham and his descendants), and Law (focus on Israel and God's provision through rules and laws). *****Dispensation of Grace***** What is it? The dispensation of Grace is the time period when Jesus provides a way of salvation by his paying for the sins of the world. The time is from his death on the cross until the rapture. During the age of Grace, a person only needs to believe Jesus is the Son of God, that he died and was resurrected. The dispensation of grace started at the resurrection of Jesus Christ and continues today. It is the new covenant in Christ's blood (Luke 22:20). This is also called the "age of grace" or the "church age," The atonement was provided on the cross, once for all, for any who would believe: During this dispensation, we also have a Comforter with us, the Holy Spirit of God, who indwells believers (John 14:16-26). Dispensationalists believe that the Church Age will end with the rapture of the Church. ●DIVINE REVELATION● By revelation He made known unto me the mystery ... that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel: whereof I was made a minister ... to make all men see what is the fellowship (dispensation R.V.) of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid (has been hidden since the ages) in God' (Eph. 3:3,6,7,9). Paul tells us that God revealed to him a “mystery” to be given to people of this age (dispensation). ●The three mysteries include the dispensation of the fullness of times (see Ephesians 1:9-10), the Gentiles becoming fellow heirs in Christ through the gospel (Ephesians 3:3-6), and marital living and stewardship (Ephesians 5:31-32. ● ●A mystery, is often perceived as distant, odd, or as unknowable, whereas a secret never implies that the information is unknowable. Paul later teaches that it was by revelation that the mysteries were made known to him (Ephesians 3:3)●. ' ... For His body's sake, which is the church: whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil (complete) the Word of God; even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints' (Col. 1:24-26). 'Praying ... for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds' (Eph. 6:18-20). If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me toward you. Paul was entrusted with the stewardship of the grace of God toward the Gentiles - another way of saying that he was made an Apostle to the Gentiles by the will of God (Ephesians 1:1).Paul launches into a description of how God chose him to reveal mysteries, to proclaim the Way to the Gentiles, and to herald the removal of that middle wall of separation between the Jews and the Gentiles. ●Paul was entrusted, by God, with the administration (dispensation) of the Message of God’s grace to the Gentiles●. It would seem that Paul never overcame the awe that he felt at being called by God to be a minister of the Gospel, and being named an Apostle is a testimony to the effectual grace of God in a life (particularly in light of his purpose for going to Damascus, Acts 9:1-2). How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words... Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; Israel's hope (Acts 28:20) and Israel's signs (28:1-9) did not cease with Matthew 28 or Acts 2, but remained to the end of the Acts. Till then, the Gentile believer had been but a wild olive graft into the stock of Israel. ●In Acts 28, the Israelite stock is cut down; the axe, so long laid to the root of the tree, does its work. A new dispensation with new terms is ushered in - the dispensation of the grace of God for the Gentiles committed to Paul the prisoner of the Lord (Eph. 3:1).●

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 3⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 1⃣1⃣PART 1⃣ 📍THE REVELATION OF GOD'S MYSTERY ● INTRODUCTION ● ●Pauls Ministry to the Gentiles ● ●God Uses Unlikely People● ●Paul The Prisoner of Christ● ●Dispensation Of Grace ● With Bishop Worrell Hylton November 26, 2024 The Revelation Of God’s Mystery Ephesians Chapter 3 INTRODUCTION In Ephesians chapters 1 and 2, Paul has shared a lot of theology and deep truth regarding salvation, the Church, and the availability of salvation to the Gentiles. Now, Paul is going to get a little more personal. The key word within our present text is mystery, which Paul has already used once before in this letter. Clarifying and expounding upon the themes of chapter two, the apostle now presents to us what is the long-hidden mystery of Christ. The third chapter of Paul's Letter to the Ephesians has two main sections. The first section speaks of the "mystery" of Christ revealed (3:1-13). The mystery is the unfolding of the full purposes of God in Christ revealed to us in the proclamation of the gospel. ■ A significant aspect of this proclamation is that Jewish and Gentile Christians are fellow-heirs to God's inheritance, joint-members of the one Body of Christ, and fellow-partakers of the promise of Christ in the gospel (3:1-6).■ And now this mystery is being revealed through the Church, even as Paul has revealed it to the Church; the Church is like a mirror in which the principalities and powers see the glory of God (3:7-13). ●THE MINISTRY THAT PAUL HAD TO THE GENTILES (vs. 1-2●). Ephesians 3:1-5 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles- if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets Our text begins with the words for this reason, which obviously connect back to the previous matters discussed in chapter two, namely, the reconciliation of Jews and Gentiles into one people of God, the church. Paul had just been writing that ■the Gentiles who believe in Jesus-are now “fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God” (2:19■). He is still speaking of this theme in the section before us; but in a much more personal way. ■God uses unlikely people■ He writes, “For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles-”During his Roman imprisonment Paul was under house arrest. In the day he was free to move around the house with the supervision of soldiers, but every night he was chained to a soldier to make sure he did not escape before his trial before Caesar. Yet he saw himself as the prisoner of Jesus Christ. The Apostle, called to minister to the Gentiles (Acts 9:15) who were once far off, with the news that they were now made nigh by the blood of Christ, was in prison because of the Message that he had for the Gentiles. In Jerusalem, as Paul made his defense before the Roman captain and the Jews who sought to kill him, the Jews were attentive until he declared his God-given mandate to go to the Gentiles: “And he [the Lord] said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentile. ■Paul's conversion came by the power of God with Christ blinding him and demanding to know why Paul was persecuting Him. His ministry was then marked by power. ■ God not only granted him saving grace; Paul was also given the grace of preaching to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God. Preaching Christ means disclosing the mystery of God’s will that has been revealed to us. For you Gentiles: The entire reason he was under arrest and awaiting trial was because of his missionary efforts on behalf of the Gentiles. Paul suffered for the very truth he would explain to the Ephesians, and this did not make him back down one bit.■ The last thing Paul wanted was people to feel sorry for him because he was imprisoned. He wanted his readers to realize that it was a benefit for them that he was a prisoner.■ You have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you: The word dispensation speaks of the “implemented strategy” of God’s plan in the church. The scriptural meaning of the word “church.” comes from the Greek word “ekklesia”which means “to call out of,”or an assembly of “called out ones.” . ■God has ushered in a new dispensation, called the 'dispensation of the grace of God to the Gentiles, and the 'dispensation of the mystery'. We believe that this new dispensation was revealed by God to Paul the prisoner, and that its teaching is to be found in his prison epistles alone.■

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 2⃣ WEEK 🔟PART 4⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ● Jesus Is Our Peace●●Who you Are● ●A Temple to the Lord●●Conclusion● With Bishop Worrell Hylton November 19, 2024 ●Who You Are (2:19-22)● Finally, as a result of the work of God on our behalf, Jews and Gentiles are being built up into a temple in which God Himself dwells (verses 19-22). Gentiles are no longer strangers, they are citizens. They are no longer strangers; they are members of God’s own household (verse 19). God no longer dwells in a building made with human hands, He dwells in the church, of which Jesus Christ is the head. ●There are three images that are used in this section to describe who we are through the blood of Jesus●. ▪1. ●The first image is that we are fellow citizens. Now we are no longer strangers. We are not outsiders anymore.● The idea is that we were foreigners without any rights. I saw this many times when living in San Diego. Americans would take day trips to Mexico. Everyone wants to go to Tijuana and I don’t know why. But there was a problem with going there that most did not think about. Being an American has no power there. You are a foreigner. You are in another country and you are not afforded the rights given to Americans here when on Mexican soil. So many had difficulties getting back across because of this. Being of another nationality does not afford you any privileges here. In fact, it prevents you from enjoying the rights and privileges that we experience here. This is the idea. You were foreigners. You have no rights or privileges to the kingdom of God. ●But now you are citizens. Through Christ you now belong, with full rights and privileges. You are citizens with the saints. You are on equal footing with the saints of the past like Abraham, Moses, and David. Galatians 3:26-29 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.● 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise. ▪2. Not only this, you are members of the household of God. This is the second image of who we are in Christ. ●The church building is not the household of God. Together as Christians we belong to the household of God. You are full family members with God as your Father.● There is no greater household to belong to in life. There is no better family to be joined to. We had no access to God at all. Now we belong to God’s house through the blood of Christ. This calls for us to look at one another differently as well. We are the family of God.● We are joined together and must love one another and act toward one another like family. This family is the most important family that we have. We must not only see our responsibility to one another as family in God’s house, but desire to be joined together.● In Ephesians 4:16 Paul describes how we as the body are to be joined and held together. It is a privilege that we have been brought together in Christ. We must not see our time together as duty but a joy. Yet too few see the joy of joining ourselves together as family. ▪ 3. The third image of who we are and what we belong to, is a holy temple. ●When Gentiles became Christians they were immediately placed on a firm foundation. The foundation of this glorious house to which we belong is the apostles and prophets. We are built upon them because it is their writings and teachings through the Holy Spirit moving them to speak and write the very words of God that we have responded to.● This is the access we have in the one Spirit to the Father. We will talk more about this concept in the next lesson. The basis of this whole structure is Jesus. Jesus is the cornerstone. He is the stone by which every stone in the foundation and structure must be aligned and measured. Jesus is the most important stone in the whole building. ●We are joined into a holy temple. The temple was the place where the presence of God dwelled. He was not actually in the temple, but the temple represented that God was there, blessing his people, providing for his people, and protecting his people.● Verse 22 makes the point explicitly clear. We are built together into the dwelling place for God. God was far away to the Gentiles but now he is with you. Being a temple to the Lord is not a self-centered concept. I think this has happened in teaching about the temple far too often. The point is not that this is an individualized idea where we stand independently because we are a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. Remember that the point is that we are joined together corporately. Paul is telling Gentiles who they are together in Christ. The temple is not a selfish concept but is the place where God and humanity meet. The temple was the place where the people could turn to God. The temple was the place where they could offer their sacrifices to God. ●The temple was the place where people repented and moved closer to God. Friends, we together collectively are to be that temple.● We are to be the place where people come and meet God because he is with us. ●We are to operate in such a way so that the world will meet God through us. It is an indescribable privilege given to us that we are built into a holy temple to the Lord. The world needs to find God through us and everything we do is to reveal God, draw people to God, and point people to go to God.● What we do must reflect our love for Christ and represent ourselves as a temple to the Lord. The apostles and prophets laid the foundation for the church, and now it is continuing to be built up, completed just before our Lord establishes His kingdom on earth. There are not two walls, one Jewish and the other Gentile. The walls are made up of Jewish and Gentile saints, made one in Christ. ●CONCLUSION● If this text teaches us anything, it is that ▪God has created something entirely new and unexpected in the birth of the church. Jews are no longer distinguished from Gentiles.▪ ▪Gentiles need not become Jews to be saved and to enter into the blessings which God promised Abraham. The church is a new entity, born by the death, burial, resurrection and ascension of its Head, Jesus Christ. Everyone who believes in Christ is a part of His body.▪ We are not just reconciled to God, all believers are reconciled to each other as well. To become a Christian is to be born into a family, into His body, the church. There is no such thing as an autonomous Christian. It was never imagined that a Christian would live out his life as a saint in isolation. The shed blood of Jesus Christ not only joins us to God, but it joins every Christian to every other saint. ●Racism and discrimination cannot be tolerated in the church of Jesus Christ. In Christ, every believer has an equal standing before God. There are no “first-class” or “second-class” Christians, only those who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ.●

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 2⃣ WEEK 🔟PART 4⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ● Jesus Is Our Peace● ●Who you Are● ●A Temple to the Lord●●Conclusion● With Bishop Worrell Hylton November 19, 2024 ●JESUS IS OUR PEACE● For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one, and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances … (Ephesians 2:14-15a). ▪Jesus is our peace. Notice that it is not that Jesus simply brought peace. He himself is our peace. The “he himself” is emphatic.▪ It is not simply the message he proclaimed or the message proclaimed about him. It is he himself. Jesus is our peace. ▪1. The first aspect of the peace in Jesus is in that he creates peace between Jew and Gentile believers by making them both one people. There were two groups of people but in Christ they have now become one people.▪ The division between the two is broken down by his flesh. What caused this separation? Paul identifies it as “the law of commandments expressed in ordinances.” Paul is referring to the Law of Moses. It was the Mosaic regulations that caused the division to occur. The ordinances found in the Law of Moses are what set Israel apart from the world (feasts, sacrifices, food laws, etc). ●Christ has abolished the Law of Moses, the Old Testament, the Ten Commandments. The law lost its power and is now rendered inoperative by Christ. Now there is one people in Christ and under his covenant. A new race has been formed●. In verse 15. this group is called a new humanity or new people. In verse 16. this group is called “one body.” * ▪Back in Ephesians 1:22-23 Paul called this one new body, “the church.” This is why there is peace. The Law of Moses is now the old law, rendered inoperative by the cross, so that we can now belong together as one body, one people, one group of saved people, the church.▪ ▪2. The second aspect of peace is also important to notice. Not only are Jews and Gentiles reconciled into one body as believers, but we are also now reconciled to God. Jews and Gentiles both needed a way to at peace with God. Verse 16 points out through Christ nullifying the Law of Moses, he is able to reconcile us both to God. Both Jews and Gentiles needed peace with God. Gentiles needed peace with God because they were far off and had no relationship with God in the first place. ●The Jews needed peace because God had brought them near and given them the Law but they broke that covenant.● ●We need peace with God. The first three verses of chapter 2 told us that we are children of wrath. Verses 11-12 reminded us that we were separated, alienated, strangers, without hope, and without God! But Jesus came and preached peace to all (2:17).● Jesus did not preach peace by saying everyone is okay just as they are. He preached peace by declaring that everyone needs to come to him to be reconciled to God. The cross became the defining moment so that the Law could be nailed to it. Jesus’ death, his blood which we remember every Sunday, established a covenant of peace rather than a covenant of hostility. This is the message the apostles are preaching, according to Paul and Peter. Peter says that the message God sent to ●Israel was the message of the good news of peace through Jesus (Acts 10:36). Verse 18 tells us that we all have equal access to the Father. There is no special privilege to one group over the other.● Paul has been clear that there are not two groups but one. Any doctrine that teaches otherwise, suggesting one group has a greater status or privilege, is completely false! The one body receives equal access and equal privilege to the Father. It is the same Spirit, one Spirit, for equal access and equal reconciliation

💥(NOTES C)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening Bible Study Week 9 Part 3️⃣ Series: Book Of Ephesians Ch 2️⃣ 📍You Are Saved and Eternally Secured 📍 ●We Are His Workmanship ●Where We Were ●The uncircumcision With Bishop Worrell Hylton November 12, 2024 ●To be an unbelieving Gentile also meant that one was a stranger to the covenants of God, the covenants by which God promised to bless His people.● First and foremost among these covenants was the Abrahamic Covenant: 1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you; 2 And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; 3 And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Genesis 12:1-3). ●God purposed and promised to bless all the nations of the earth, but this blessing was only through the “seed of Abraham” and only to those who blessed him. To be a Gentile was to be a stranger to God’s covenants.● 4. Fourth, the Gentiles had no hope. The desperate condition of unsaved Gentiles is now summed up by two phrases, “without hope,” and “without God in the world.” Godless and hopeless; this is what the we Gentiles are without faith in Christ. Without access to the covenants and promises, there was no hope for the Gentiles to live under like the hope under which Israel lived. The Gentiles are outside the sphere of God’s people and covenant and there was no hope directly given to them that this condition would ever change. They did not share in the hope of salvation. They did not share in the hope of being able to have a relationship with the Lord. ●For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony borne at the proper time (1 Timothy 2:5-6).● 5. Fifth, the Gentiles were without God in the world. The Gentiles were ignorant of the true and living God and did not believe in him (cf. Galatians 4:8). There was no way for the Gentiles to have a true relationship with God. Gentiles were pagans, believing in many deities and devoted themselves to their worship. Israel had the relationship with God. The Gentiles did not have such a relationship. ●Throughout the Bible we see that the greatest privilege for a people is to be near to God and the greatest curse is to be banished from his presence.● What God Did In Christ (2:13-18) 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. . The first three verses of chapter 2 declared our sinfulness and our expectation of wrath. But God intervened. ●You were separated, without hope, and without God. “But now in Christ Jesus” all of that has changed. In Christ Jesus a dramatic change has occurred. Now you have been brought near by the blood of Christ.● Jesus is the meeting point with God for all of humanity. Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come (2 Corinthians 5:17). We are brought near to God because of the blood of Jesus. We see the high cost of bringing us close to God - Jesus’ death. Paul is announcing the seemingly impossible: the Gentiles who were excluded from the promises of God have been brought near by the blood of Christ. In the Old Testament times, a Gentile usually expressed faith in the Messiah by identifying with the Jews. We can think of women like Ruth, who left her family and people and went with Naomi to the land of Israel, where she later married Boaz. We know of Rahab, the Canaanite woman who placed her faith in the God of Israel, and who became an Israelite. Both Ruth and Rahab were women who became part of the messianic line (see Matthew 1:4-5). “The Gentiles were called the uncircumcision by those who laid claim to that circumcision which is a physical and man-made thing. This was the first of the great divisions. The Law raised a barrier between Jews and Gentiles. The cross of Jesus Christ was a monumental event. We know that when our Lord died on the cross of Calvary, the veil of the temple was rent from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51), symbolizing the fact that the barrier between men and God had been removed. But Paul goes on to tell us that the separating wall was also removed, the wall which separated Jewish believers from Gentile believers: JESUS IS OUR PEACE For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one, and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances … (Ephesians 2:14-15a). ●Jesus is our peace. Notice that it is not that Jesus simply brought peace. He himself is our peace. The “he himself” is emphatic. It is not simply the message he proclaimed or the message proclaimed about him. It is he himself.● Jesus is our peace. ●The first aspect of the peace in Jesus is in that he creates peace between Jew and Gentile believers by making them both one people. ●

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening Bible Study Week 9 Part 3️⃣ Series: Book Of Ephesians Ch 2️⃣ 📍You Are Saved and Eternally Secured 📍 ●We Are His Workmanship ●Where We Were ●The uncircumcision With Bishop Worrell Hylton November 12, 2024 What was your television made to do? What do you want your television to do? Do you want to your television to be a table? Do you wish that your television was a rug? The television was made with a purpose and our only desire is for our television to fulfill its purpose. We would not be happy if the television became upset with its purpose and tried to be a pillow instead. The television brings us joy when it does what it was made to do. ●We bring joy to the Father when we simply do what God has created us to do. God saved us and he wants us to do what he created us to do in the first place. You were created to walk in good works. You are God’s handiwork. You are his workmanship.● God has constructed you to be something so useful and valuable to him. Do not despise that purpose. Be what you are supposed to be. This is why you are on this earth. You are saved for good works. God’s joy is that you rejoice in fulfilling your purpose to love and serve him. Where We Were (2:11-12) Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: Paul begins by urging us to remember our former condition in our transgressions and sins. ●Before, when we were “dead” in our sins, we were dominated by the world, the flesh, and the Devil. We still battle with these same three forces, which wage war on our spiritual lives.● We cannot forget because the struggle continues on. Twice, he says that we must remember in verses 11 and 12. ●We need to know what it means to be a Gentile. You were called “the uncircumcision” by the Jews.● Paul’s words in verse 11 make it clear that the external distinctions of circumcision is the basis for the discrimination of Jews against the Gentiles. ●This slanderous term was used to speak of them as sinful heathens.● Verse 12 sums up, in Paul’s terms, what it meant to be an unbelieving Gentile. If being separated from Christ is the essence of the Gentile’s pitiable condition, Paul fills in some additional details in the remainder of verse 12. Verse 12 goes on to explain five privileges that the Gentiles did not have before Christ. These disadvantages are to be remembered so they can fully appreciate the many spiritual blessings. 1. First, you were without Christ. There was no hope for a Savior to save them. There was no basis for them to look for a Messiah. In general, the Gentiles knew nothing about the anticipated Messiah nor did they care to learn. 2. Second, you were excluded from the citizenship of Israel. Israel was the privileged community chosen by God as the recipients of the promise. The special privileges of God came to Israel, not to the Gentiles. Specific blessings were not poured out to the Gentiles. 3. Third, you were strangers to the covenants of promise. The plural “covenants” is unusual in the scriptures but likely refers to at least the Abrahamic and Davidic covenants. The Gentiles had no relationship or access to the covenant God made with Israel. The Gentiles were not entitled to the benefits of the covenant community

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening Bible Study Week 9 Part 3️⃣ Series: Book Of Ephesians Ch 2️⃣ 📍You Are Saved and Eternally Secured 📍 ●We Are His Workmanship ●Where We Were ●The uncircumcision With Bishop Worrell Hylton November 12, 2024 We Are His Workmanship (2:10) We now come to a statement of our identity. We are God’s workmanship. ●The word translated “workmanship” was a word used in those times for the work of a craftsman.● God determined that we would be made by him in Christ for good works so that we would walk in those good works. Good works is why we are here. ●These good works do not save us, as Paul already carefully pointed out. These works are the evidence that we are God’s workmanship. God’s intention is that our salvation will result in acts of service. ●We are not saved for our own benefit. We are not saved to live a self-centered life. We are saved to serve Christ.● ●We have been created by God with great intention. We are created for good works. We are created to walk in good works.● We were not created to walk in sins and trespasses. We were not created to follow the course of this world. We were not created to carry out the desires of our body and mind. We were created for something more glorious - crafted by God for good works. ●Each of us has an important job description given by the eternal Creator. You are not a salesman. You are his workmanship. You are not here for your earthly occupation. You are here for good works. Every good work we do is simply fulfilling our God-given purpose.●

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 8 PART 2️⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ● God Rich in Mercy● ●Gods Great Love● ●Saved by Grace Through Faith● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 29, 2024 ●It Is By Grace that You Have Been Saved.● ●Why Did God Do This? (2:7) The Praise of the Glory of His Grace (2:7-10) 7 ●in order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, that no one should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.● Verse 7 tells us why God did this. ●“To show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” The surpassing wealth of God’s grace must be put on display.● The primary purpose of God for sending His Son to die in the sinner’s place, was not to produce the happiness of the sinner, saved by grace, but rather the demonstration of the grace of God for all eternity. God wants to show for all future ages and for all eternity the depths of his grace. ●Sinners who deserve nothing but God’s wrath become the trophies of God’s grace. We are a display case for the amazing grace of God.● Those who are joined to Jesus are the recipients of this wealth of mercy and grace. Understanding these things should cause worship to explode from our hearts and from our mouths. This should be the fountain that pours from our heart rivers of joy and desire in God. This is what drives us to serve the Lord. This is what drives us to obedience. This is what changes everything about how we live. ●We are saved by the mercy and grace of God. Live for God.● ●You Are Saved By Grace Through Faith (2:8)● I think it should cause us to pause when we see Paul repeat this point in such a short amount of space. Go back to verse 5 where Paul says, “By grace you have been saved.” In verse 8 Paul is compelled to say it again to us. You have been saved by grace. It is a point that apparently is easy to forget. It is worth Paul repeating because we forget that we stand where we are only by the grace of God. God delivers people who are dead in sins and eternally separated from him through Christ. ●We do not deliver ourselves. In fact, notice that Paul presses this into our minds in verse 8. “And this is not your own doing.” Some translations say, “This is not of yourselves.”● It is important to ask what the “this” is referring to. Paul is referring to salvation by grace. ●This deliverance does not come from inside of us. We did not activate this salvation. Before the foundation of the world, God chose us to be holy, blameless, and adopted to be his children. Before any person was created God prepared a means of deliverance from our sins so that we could be in a relationship with him.● This salvation is God’s gift, and not compensation for our efforts. And this is so that we will not boast, but will rather give glory to God. One cannot boast because of what we have done, but only in what He has done. But in verse 8 Paul adds an important component. We are saved by grace through faith. There is a requirement on our part. ●There is a condition given to the world for deliverance for sins. If you want to be saved by grace, there must be the response of faith.● Turn to Ephesians 4:1 where ●Paul urges his readers to walk in a manner worthy of the calling●. ●●These first three chapters of Ephesians describe the calling we have been given. ●●The final three chapters describe how to walk in worthiness of that calling. Paul wants to emphasize the necessity of faith while at the same time pressing the fact that salvation’s origin is God, not humanity. But still there must be the response of faith. But ●what does it mean that we are saved by grace through faith? What is God asking us to do? In the most simple definition, faith is about trust. God wants us to trust him.● Trust is an interesting thing. We like to think that we trust someone. But the only way we exhibit trust is by doing what they tell us to do when we are unsure of the results. Trust is not found through agreement. ●Trust, true faith, is forged when I don’t believe what you are telling me or I am at the very least uncertain about what you are telling me to do, but I do it anyway. This is where we stand before Christ.● Being saved by grace through faith means that● I will trust in the Lord to such a degree that I will do anything he asks.● There are so many actions that God asks us to do that show tremendous faith in him. From turning the other cheek to putting the interests of others ahead of ourselves, we see that the Christian life is a life of faith. We are exposed to this from the very first steps. Listen to how the apostle Peter explains baptism. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 3:21 ESV)

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 8 PART 2️⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ● God Rich in Mercy● God's Great Love● ●Saved by Grace Through Faith● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 29, 2024 ●GOD’S RICH MERCY COMES TO OUR RESCUE (2:4-6)● 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.● 6 ●And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.● You notice, in this chapter, the remarkable change of subject which commences at the 4th verse. “But God…” These are the two greatest words. "But God..."--our salvation hangs entirely on those two words. We were dead, but God! We were enslaved to sin, but God! We were trapped, but God! We were self-destructing, but God! We were lost in sin, but God! I could not change, you could not change, "but God..."! Hallelujah! "But God who is...Being rich in mercy...● The words, “But God …” are a beacon of light and hope in a sea of despair. ●The condition of men in sin is not hopeless or terminal, because God has come to the rescue of fallen men through His provision in Jesus Christ. "The contrast between human impoverishment and divine abundance could not be more striking. God is not only merciful; he is “rich in mercy” (Ephesians 2:4). The Greek word for “rich” means that God abounds in mercy. As ●Jeremiah testified, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23, ESV).● In other words, ●God’s mercy is overwhelmingly generous. We do not deserve it, yet He continues to give it. How great is our God! A good definition of "mercy" would be: "to help one afflicted or seeking aid, to bring help to the wretched."● ●Mercy is the outward manifestation of pity.● The verb signifies a feeling of sympathy with the misery of another, especially when manifested in action. Our text says that Yahweh is "rich" in mercy. The word "rich" is plousios, which means: "abundant." Our God is abundant in mercy. Immeasurable love and abundant mercy came to the aide of the wretched sinner. ●Even when we were dead in trespasses and sins, God was still merciful to us “because of his great love for us” ●(Ephesians 2:4). ●GOD’S GREAT LOVE● ●God’s love is there for us while we were His enemies, while we were still dead in our sins and transgressions: Romans 5:5-8 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.● ●6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us●. Divine grace was not bestowed on us because we were so worthy, or because God found anything good in us, but because of the goodness which is in God Himself. God’s love is more than sentimental feelings; it is a love that moved Him to action: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16, ESV; cf. Romans 5:8). ●God loved us so much that He gave His only Son for us. Now, that is true and unconditional love!● Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, ●"The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;● ●What is the immeasurable greatness of his power? “But God made us alive together with Christ.” Paul said that the immeasurable greatness of his power was toward us. We were dead but God made us alive with Christ. God exerts the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us 1. First, because he is rich in mercy.● God has a wealth of mercy. He is not sporadic in his mercy. He is rich in his mercy. 2. Second, God did this because of his great love with which he loved us. ●His great love is what caused the action of mercy toward us. Even though we were dead in our sins, God acted mercifully because he has great love for us. The power that raised Christ from the dead raises us from death to life. “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.” God acted out of his own generosity and not out of any obligation. God saved you. You cannot save yourself because you are dead in your sins. What does the text say that we did to contribute to this salvation? Nothing, except that we walked in sins and needed saving. Verse 5 says he made us alive. You have been saved. ●You have been raised up and have been seated with Christ (2:6). You did not make yourself alive. He made us alive. You did not save yourself. He saved you. You did not raise yourself up from the dead. He raised you.● You did not seat yourself with Christ. He seated you with Christ. All past tense and all done by God’s power, not our own. What an amazing God! Rather than being dead, God has made us alive and placed us in a position to receive every spiritual benefit and blessing. We deserve wrath and he gives us life and mercy.

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 2⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 8 PART 2⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ● God Rich in Mercy● ●Gods Great Love● ●Saved by Grace Through Faith● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 29, 2024 ●It Is By Grace that You Have Been Saved.● ●Why Did God Do This? (2:7) The Praise of the Glory of His Grace (2:7-10) 7 ●in order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, that no one should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.● Verse 7 tells us why God did this. ●“To show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” The surpassing wealth of God’s grace must be put on display.● The primary purpose of God for sending His Son to die in the sinner’s place, was not to produce the happiness of the sinner, saved by grace, but rather the demonstration of the grace of God for all eternity. God wants to show for all future ages and for all eternity the depths of his grace. ●Sinners who deserve nothing but God’s wrath become the trophies of God’s grace. We are a display case for the amazing grace of God.● Those who are joined to Jesus are the recipients of this wealth of mercy and grace. Understanding these things should cause worship to explode from our hearts and from our mouths. This should be the fountain that pours from our heart rivers of joy and desire in God. This is what drives us to serve the Lord. This is what drives us to obedience. This is what changes everything about how we live. ●We are saved by the mercy and grace of God. Live for God.● ●You Are Saved By Grace Through Faith (2:8)● I think it should cause us to pause when we see Paul repeat this point in such a short amount of space. Go back to verse 5 where Paul says, “By grace you have been saved.” In verse 8 Paul is compelled to say it again to us. You have been saved by grace. It is a point that apparently is easy to forget. It is worth Paul repeating because we forget that we stand where we are only by the grace of God. God delivers people who are dead in sins and eternally separated from him through Christ. ●We do not deliver ourselves. In fact, notice that Paul presses this into our minds in verse 8. “And this is not your own doing.” Some translations say, “This is not of yourselves.”● It is important to ask what the “this” is referring to. Paul is referring to salvation by grace. ●This deliverance does not come from inside of us. We did not activate this salvation. Before the foundation of the world, God chose us to be holy, blameless, and adopted to be his children. Before any person was created God prepared a means of deliverance from our sins so that we could be in a relationship with him.● This salvation is God’s gift, and not compensation for our efforts. And this is so that we will not boast, but will rather give glory to God. One cannot boast because of what we have done, but only in what He has done. But in verse 8 Paul adds an important component. We are saved by grace through faith. There is a requirement on our part. ●There is a condition given to the world for deliverance for sins. If you want to be saved by grace, there must be the response of faith.● Turn to Ephesians 4:1 where ●Paul urges his readers to walk in a manner worthy of the calling●. ●●These first three chapters of Ephesians describe the calling we have been given. ●●The final three chapters describe how to walk in worthiness of that calling. Paul wants to emphasize the necessity of faith while at the same time pressing the fact that salvation’s origin is God, not humanity. But still there must be the response of faith. But ●what does it mean that we are saved by grace through faith? What is God asking us to do? In the most simple definition, faith is about trust. God wants us to trust him.● Trust is an interesting thing. We like to think that we trust someone. But the only way we exhibit trust is by doing what they tell us to do when we are unsure of the results. Trust is not found through agreement. ●Trust, true faith, is forged when I don’t believe what you are telling me or I am at the very least uncertain about what you are telling me to do, but I do it anyway. This is where we stand before Christ.● Being saved by grace through faith means that● I will trust in the Lord to such a degree that I will do anything he asks.● There are so many actions that God asks us to do that show tremendous faith in him. From turning the other cheek to putting the interests of others ahead of ourselves, we see that the Christian life is a life of faith. We are exposed to this from the very first steps. Listen to how the apostle Peter explains baptism. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 3:21 ESV)

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 2⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 8 PART 2⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ● God Rich in Mercy● ●Gods Great Love● ●Saved by Grace Through Faith● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 29, 2024 ●GOD’S RICH MERCY COMES TO OUR RESCUE (2:4-6)● 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.● 6 ●And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.● You notice, in this chapter, the remarkable change of subject which commences at the 4th verse. “But God…” These are the two greatest words. "But God..."--our salvation hangs entirely on those two words. We were dead, but God! We were enslaved to sin, but God! We were trapped, but God! We were self-destructing, but God! We were lost in sin, but God! I could not change, you could not change, "but God..."! Hallelujah! "But God who is...Being rich in mercy...● The words, “But God …” are a beacon of light and hope in a sea of despair. ●The condition of men in sin is not hopeless or terminal, because God has come to the rescue of fallen men through His provision in Jesus Christ. "The contrast between human impoverishment and divine abundance could not be more striking. God is not only merciful; he is “rich in mercy” (Ephesians 2:4). The Greek word for “rich” means that God abounds in mercy. As ●Jeremiah testified, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23, ESV).● In other words, ●God’s mercy is overwhelmingly generous. We do not deserve it, yet He continues to give it. How great is our God! A good definition of "mercy" would be: "to help one afflicted or seeking aid, to bring help to the wretched."● ●Mercy is the outward manifestation of pity.● The verb signifies a feeling of sympathy with the misery of another, especially when manifested in action. Our text says that Yahweh is "rich" in mercy. The word "rich" is plousios, which means: "abundant." Our God is abundant in mercy. Immeasurable love and abundant mercy came to the aide of the wretched sinner. ●Even when we were dead in trespasses and sins, God was still merciful to us “because of his great love for us” ●(Ephesians 2:4). ●GOD’S GREAT LOVE● ●God’s love is there for us while we were His enemies, while we were still dead in our sins and transgressions: Romans 5:5-8 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.● ●6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us●. Divine grace was not bestowed on us because we were so worthy, or because God found anything good in us, but because of the goodness which is in God Himself. God’s love is more than sentimental feelings; it is a love that moved Him to action: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16, ESV; cf. Romans 5:8). ●God loved us so much that He gave His only Son for us. Now, that is true and unconditional love!● Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, ●"The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;● ●What is the immeasurable greatness of his power? “But God made us alive together with Christ.” Paul said that the immeasurable greatness of his power was toward us. We were dead but God made us alive with Christ. God exerts the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us 1. First, because he is rich in mercy.● God has a wealth of mercy. He is not sporadic in his mercy. He is rich in his mercy. 2. Second, God did this because of his great love with which he loved us. ●His great love is what caused the action of mercy toward us. Even though we were dead in our sins, God acted mercifully because he has great love for us. The power that raised Christ from the dead raises us from death to life. “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.” God acted out of his own generosity and not out of any obligation. God saved you. You cannot save yourself because you are dead in your sins. What does the text say that we did to contribute to this salvation? Nothing, except that we walked in sins and needed saving. Verse 5 says he made us alive. You have been saved. ●You have been raised up and have been seated with Christ (2:6). You did not make yourself alive. He made us alive. You did not save yourself. He saved you. You did not raise yourself up from the dead. He raised you.● You did not seat yourself with Christ. He seated you with Christ. All past tense and all done by God’s power, not our own. What an amazing God! Rather than being dead, God has made us alive and placed us in a position to receive every spiritual benefit and blessing. We deserve wrath and he gives us life and mercy.

💥(NOTES C)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 2️⃣ ✅ WEEK 7 PART 1️⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●The Human Dilema● ●A LIFE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST● (Fleshly Gratifcation) Sins of Religion (Sorcery) Sins of Enmity (Anger) Sins of Sensuality (Sexual Immorality ) ●God's Rich Mercy Comes to our Rescue● ●God's Great Love● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 22, 2024 GOD’S RICH MERCY COMES TO OUR RESCUE (2:4-6) 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. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, You notice, in this chapter, the remarkable change of subject which commences at the 4th verse. “But God…” These are the two greatest words. "But God..."--our salvation hangs entirely on those two words. We were dead, but God! We were enslaved to sin, but God! We were trapped, but God! We were self-destructing, but God! We were lost in sin, but God! I could not change, you could not change, "but God..."! Hallelujah! "But God who is...Being rich in mercy... The words, “But God …” are a beacon of light and hope in a sea of despair. The condition of men in sin is not hopeless or terminal, because God has come to the rescue of fallen men through His provision in Jesus Christ. "The contrast between human impoverishment and divine abundance could not be more striking. God is not only merciful; he is “rich in mercy” (Ephesians 2:4). The Greek word for “rich” means that God abounds in mercy. As Jeremiah testified, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23, ESV). In other words, God’s mercy is overwhelmingly generous. We do not deserve it, yet He continues to give it. How great is our God! A good definition of "mercy" would be: "to help one afflicted or seeking aid, to bring help to the wretched." Mercy is the outward manifestation of pity. The verb signifies a feeling of sympathy with the misery of another, especially when manifested in action. Our text says that Yahweh is "rich" in mercy. The word "rich" is plousios, which means: "abundant." Our God is abundant in mercy. Immeasurable love and abundant mercy came to the aide of the wretched sinner. Even when we were dead in trespasses and sins, God was still merciful to us “because of his great love for us” (Ephesians 2:4). GOD’S GREAT LOVE God’s love for us while we were His enemies, while we were still dead in our sins and transgressions: Romans 5:5-8 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Divine grace was not bestowed on us because we were so worthy, or because God found anything good in us, but because of the goodness which is in God Himself. God’s love is more than sentimental feelings; it is a love that moved Him to action: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16, ESV; cf. Romans 5:8). God loved us so much that He gave His only Son for us. Now, that is true and unconditional love! Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; What is the immeasurable greatness of his power? “But God made us alive together with Christ.” Paul said that the immeasurable greatness of his power was toward us. We were dead but God made us alive with Christ. God exerts the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us First, because he is rich in mercy. God has a wealth of mercy. He is not sporadic in his mercy. He is rich in his mercy. Second, God did this because of his great love with which he loved us. His great love is what caused the action of mercy toward us. Even though we were dead in our sins, God acted mercifully because he has great love for us. The power that raised Christ from the dead raises us from death to life. “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.” God acted out of his own generosity and not out of any obligation. God saved you. You cannot save yourself because you are dead in your sins. What does the text say that we did to contribute to this salvation? Nothing, except that we walked in sins and needed saving. Verse 5 says he made us alive. You have been saved. You have been raised up and have been seated with Christ (2:6). You did not make yourself alive. He made us alive. You did not save yourself. He saved you. You did not raise yourself up from the dead. He raised you. You did not seat yourself with Christ. He seated you with Christ. All past tense and all done by God’s power, not our own. What an amazing God! Rather than being dead, God has made us alive and placed us in a position to receive every spiritual benefit and blessing. We deserve wrath and he gives us life and mercy.

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 2️⃣ ✅ WEEK 7 PART 1️⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●The Human Dilema● ●A LIFE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST● (Fleshly Gratifcation) Sins of Religion (Sorcery) Sins of Enmity (Anger)Sins of Sensuality (Sexual Immorality ) ●God's Rich Mercy Comes to our Rescue● ●God's Great Love● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 22, 2024 LIFE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST All who are outside of Christ live under the power of the world, the devil, and the flesh. This is further pictured as “following the course of this world.” Paul says that these Gentiles “formerly walked according to the course of this world.” This means that we are living by and following the standards of the world. We are only concerned with the activities and values of this present age and not concerned with God and eternal values. “The world” is the organized system under the control of Satan that is opposed to God. The main operating principle of the world system is self-seeking and independence from God. The apostle John strongly warns (1 John 2:15-17), “Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world A Look Into The Mirror Of Our Past Life Paul says that they formerly lived “according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.” He is referring to Satan, who is over all of the fallen angels (demons) who followed him in his rebellion against God. We were following the prince of the power of the air. First, it’s imperative that we understand the meaning of the words in this phrase, prince of the power of the air” or “ruler of the kingdom of the air.” A key word to understand is “power/kingdom.” The word translated “power/kingdom” (ἐξουσία) is usually translated into English as “authority,” but in this context carries the idea of “area of authority,” i.e. jurisdiction, domain. So the phrase is referring to Satan in terms of his domain, in terms of his jurisdiction, the realm over which he has power. Paul is not saying that all unbelievers are demon-possessed. But he is saying that Satan and his evil forces actively work in this world through unbelievers. Do you know what we are doing when we follow the values of the world? Do you know what we are doing when we live by the standards of this present age? You are following Satan! You are not being smart. You are not being wise. You are not “with the times.” You are not a modern thinker. You are following Satan. Satan is the ruler of this age. To conform to the ways and the thinking of this world is to conform to the ways of Satan. He is the one now at works in the sons of disobedience. What we see in this world is governed by Satan. Look carefully at what Paul says. Paul says that Satan is the one who is working in these people. Satan is behind the evil ways in government. Satan is behind the evil ways in your neighbor. Satan is behind the evil ways in you. We should know this to be the truth. What do the scriptures say happened when Judas betrayed Jesus? Now by the time of supper, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray Him. (John 13:2 HCSB) Who put that idea in his heart? Satan did. Am I the only one who has had sinful ideas and sinful thoughts and wondered where in the world that came from? Satan did it. He is attacking you. He is putting these ideas in you. The world acts on these ideas. Satan is at work in the sons of disobedience. By living independently of God, with no fear of God in their hearts, they are inadvertently furthering Satan’s evil plans to usurp God’s sovereignty. The Life of Fleshly Gratification Notice in verse 3, “ All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.” , Paul adds (2:3), “ We too refers to religious Jews, including Paul. “The flesh” refers to “human nature as conditioned by the fall” All of us live among the people of the world gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. We all live for pleasure, seek power and wealth and temporal happiness. Live for now and don't think about eternal or spiritual matters or what happens after death. We just live to please our human nature. Paul tells us that the works of the flesh are obvious. Sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, adultery and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the likes.” This is a diagnosis of the human heart, it’s a diagnosis of the human life. It is corrupted by all kinds of sins: Sins of sensuality, sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery. Sins of religion, such as sorcery and idolatry. Sins of relationships, such as enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissension, factions, and envy; eight of them. And then, sins of dissipated living or lack of self-control, so that’s drunkenness and orgies. unbelievers are totally dominated by the desires of the flesh. In Romans 8:6-8, Paul states, “For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” This includes, of course, sensual desires and living according to what feels good at the moment. But it also includes what Paul here calls the desires of the mind. This includes such sins as pride and selfish ambition. Now consider how Paul ends this. “And were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” Without God, we choose the wrong path. We are children of disobedience. We are children of wrath. We are simply worthy of wrath. We are destined to wrath. We are deserving of wrath. We are dead and we are doomed. All who are outside of Christ are by nature under God’s wrath against sin. Paul goes even deeper in analyzing the condition of man apart from God. The problem is not just behavior or even thoughts, but our basic nature. We are born alienated from God, in rebellion against Him. This is why unbelievers cannot exercise their “free will” to believe the gospel: they do not have a nature that is inclined toward God. Paul says that those apart from Christ are “by nature children of wrath.” This Hebrew expression means that they are characterized by being under God’s holy wrath against sin.

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 7 PART 1️⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●The Human Dilema● ●A LIFE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST● (Fleshly Gratifcation) Sins of Religion (Sorcery) Sins of Enmity (Anger) Sins of Sensuality (Sexual Immorality ) ●God's Rich Mercy Comes to our Rescue● ●God's Great Love● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 22, 2024 You Are Saved And Eternally Secured Ephesians Ch2: PART 1 INTRODUCTION In chapter 1, the apostle Paul begins with an extended exclamation of praise to God who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ (1:3). He unfolds those blessings by showing that the Father chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world (1:4-6). The Son redeemed us through His blood and made known to us the mystery of His will for the ages, the summing up of all things in Christ (1:7-12). And God sealed us with the Holy Spirit of promise (1:13-14). God graciously lavished these blessings upon us, all to the praise of the glory of His grace (1:6, 12, 14). The first word in the second chapter of Ephesians is “And.” Why would there be a chapter break in the middle of a thought? Paul has prayed for these Ephesians Christians that they would have a spirit of wisdom and revelation so that the eyes of their hearts would be enlightened. Paul wants them to have spiritual perception and their spiritual senses awakened so that they would know the hope to which they were called, the riches of his glorious inheritance, and the immeasurable greatness of his power (1:18-19). Paul is describing where the immeasurable greatness of the Father’s power is seen. It is first seen in the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus (1:20-21). Chapter 2 of Ephesians describes where else we see the immeasurable greatness of his power. The Human Dilemma Eph.2:1-3 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. Paul knew that we will never praise and glorify God as we should if we lose sight of the depths of sin from which He saved us. We will not be filled with gratitude for our salvation if we forget where we were and still would be if God had not reached down to us with His abundant grace. So, in chapter 2 Paul shows what God has done for us individually. All who are outside of Christ are spiritually dead, living under the power of the world, the devil, and the flesh, by nature under God’s wrath against sin God wants you to see yourself in the mirror of Ephesians 2:1-3, so that you will be on guard against the deadly power of indwelling sin and so that you will thank God every day for saving you from the eternal consequences of sin. All who are outside of Christ are spiritually dead, walking in their trespasses and sins. In trespasses and sins: The idea behind the word trespasses is that we have crossed a line, challenging God’s boundaries. The idea behind the word sins is that we have missed a mark, the perfect standards of God. Trespasses speak of man as a rebel, sins speak of man as a failure. “Before God we are both rebels and failures.” Paul wants his readers to know who you are and your condition. You were dead. To be dead in sin is to be in a state of moral and spiritual bondage. Death speaks of complete and utter weakness. In the natural, when a person doesn't even have the strength to take another breath, they die. Well the Bible declares that all unbelievers are spiritually dead. They have no spiritual life in them. Utter spiritual weakness. Death also speaks of separation. Physical death is the separation of the spirit & soul from the body and spiritual death is the separation of the human being from God. By nature we are slaves to sin. To be dead in sin, is clear and positive evidence that there is neither aptitude nor power remaining for the performance of any spiritual action. Those who are dead in sin are incapable of doing anything good, of comprehending the things of God, or of believing in Jesus for eternal life. In order to do these things, the person who is dead in sin must first be regenerated by God, and only then can they believe in Jesus or obey God in any way. In Romans 7:15-20, those who are spiritually dead are separated from God and cannot fellowship with Him as they were meant to. If left in that condition, the spiritually dead experience 'the second death' as Revelation tells us which is eternal separation from God will be our eternal experience. We are talking serious stuff here. I hope we have begun to grasp the significance of the first chapter of Ephesians. For us to be redeemed means that we were previously enslaved to sin with no hope of freedom. For us to be adopted means that we were previously separated from God with no rights or relationship to God and his family. For us to be heirs means that we were previously separated from the blessings of God, a covenant relationship with God, and were not part of his kingdom at all. The apostle Paul presses this image even deeper. You were dead. This is a serious spiritual condition. The dead have no power to bring themselves back to life. It is true that spiritual death includes being separated or alienated from God. But the very picture of being dead and the need for God to impart new life strongly implies a lack of ability on the part of the dead sinner to do anything to effect his own resurrection. When Jesus cried out (John 11:43), “Lazarus, come forth,” Lazarus didn’t exercise his free will to come back from the dead! He arose because Jesus imparted life to him. That miracle was a picture of what Jesus had said earlier of spiritual life (John 5:21). Jesus also stated the inability of sinners to come to Him. In John 6:44, Jesus said, “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.” In case we missed it, Jesus repeats (John 6:65), “For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.” The words, “no one can,” in those two verses means that they are unable to come apart from God’s powerful intervention. They are spiritually dead until God imparts new life. Using the analogy of blindness rather than death, Paul states of those who are perishing (2 Cor. 4:4), “in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” Blind people do not have free will to see. Rather, they are incapable of seeing. So spiritual death includes being separated from the holy God because of our sin, but it also includes being spiritually incapable of responding favorably to the truth of the gospel unless God raises us from spiritual death to spiritual life. This is further underscored by the description of unbelievers as “sons of disobedience” (2:2). “Sons of” is a Hebrew expression that means, “characterized by.” To pick one word to describe those who are spiritually dead, they are disobedient toward God. They may be moral, law-abiding, decent people, humanly speaking. But in their hearts, they are not in submission to God. As Paul sums up the depravity of the human race (Rom. 3:18), “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

💥(NOTES C) Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 WEEK 6 PART 6️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 💥Conclusion ●Everything Under Christ ● ●🔹️DUNAMIS🔹️ God's Immeasurable, Limitless Power● ●Believers Seated With Christ● (•Positional Relationship Giving Them Authority•) ●Victory In Christ (Overcoming Fear)● **Ref.--Joshua Ch10 With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 15, 2024 THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST IN EVERYTHING 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church. The word used in the text for Head is means anything supreme, chief, prominent. The power that raised Christ from the dead, that seated Christ at the right hand of God, that gave Christ supremacy over all rulers and authorities, over all powers and dominions, over ever title that can be given throughout all eternity, that placed all things under Christ and that appointed Christ as the head over everything, this power, is for the church. This power is given to the church! He has supremacy in everything-over the dead and the living, the earthly and the heavenly, the physical and the spiritual. ●1. Jesus has the Authority, Dominion, and headship which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. ●2. Psalm 8.6: You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet… ●3. Psalm 145.13: Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations. ●4. Daniel 4.3: How great are His signs, And how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And His dominion is from generation to generation. ●5. 1 Peter 4.11: … that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. ●6. Col 2.9-10: For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Col 1.18: And He is the head of the body, the church … that in all things He may have the preeminence. Jesus is supreme over all. Scripture says that God gave Jesus “as head over all things to the church, which is his body” (Ephesians 1:22-23). Christ is Lord of all. He is also King of kings-sovereign over every earthly authority (1 Timothy 6:15; Revelation 17:14; 19:16) In other words, the Sovereign Ruler of the universe in whom all the fullness of deity dwells Jesus is head “over every power and authority” and “head of every man” (1 Cor. 11:3), but is uniquely Head to the church in His affection for her. Sovereign power merges with infinite love in you, His church. ●Christ, as the Head of the church, fills the church with blessings. In Christ dwells the fullness, and from His fullness, He fills us to overflowing. We just need to use what He has given to us.● Jesus is head of the Church because of his primary role in our creation and our redemption. Jesus founded the Church. He brought forth the Church and gave it life through his death and resurrection. ●Christ has never abandoned, to finite man, his role as Head of the church. It is not man’s position to “take the reins” and redesign any aspect of Christ’s church, including the form and structure of its leadership. Christ is the Head of his church. He is the Chief Shepherd (1 Pet 5:4). He is the Bridegroom (Eph 5:25-27); He is divine (John 10:27-30). He is infinite and eternal (John 1:1-5; Isa 40:6-31). Man is finite and fallen (Ps 90). Christ gave specific instructions to the apostles on the structure of church leadership. Pastors, and Elders and deacons are servants of Christ. They tend to the flock of Christ’s sheep (John 21:17) and will give an account to God the judge for their service (Heb 13:17).● ●CONCLUSION How do you get to know someone? Can you read biographical information or historical data about him? These things will help you know a lot about the person, but you will not know him. God wants us to know him, not to know about him. If you want to get to know someone then you have to spend time with that person. There are three glorious things that God wants you to know for your walk with him. But we need to pray for and seek to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation. I am asking you to desire the word of God. I am asking you to desire soaking on God’s word. Without that spirit, you will not enjoy studying God’s word, nor Bible classes, nor worship, nor preaching, or anything else that is tied to God. You will not come to love the Lord the way he wants you to because you have not experienced this deep knowledge of him. Let the knowledge of the Lord change your life. ●Know the hope to which you have been called. Know the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Know the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us as seen through the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus. Let yourself experience the joy and wealth of knowing Christ. Make it your goal to get to know him.● ●8. Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise (v.13) The Promise of the Holy Spirit that was prophesied about by Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Joel, John the Baptist and Jesus has been made available to you in Christ today! ●9. 13. You Know the Hope of His Calling (v.18) His calling over your life is the basket you can put all of your eggs in. It’s an anchor. It’s a rock. It will never end in vain. ●10. You are the Riches of His Inheritance (v.18) You are of great value to Jesus. As Christ brought you back to God, God gives you back to Jesus as His inheritance. You are valuable in Christ, you are the ●righteousness of God in Christ. You are His eternal reward that He cherishes. 11. The Exceeding Greatness of His Power (v.19-20) Paul says the exceeding greatness of His power is toward you who believe. What kind of power of this? It is the same power that raised Christ from the dead! It is the same power that conquered sin, death and hell. In Christ, this same power is present in your life today!

💥(NOTES B) Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 6 PART 6️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 💥Conclusion ●Everything Under Christ ● ●🔹️DUNAMIS🔹️ God's Immeasurable, Limitless Power● ●Believers Seated With Christ● (•Positional Relationship Giving Them Authority•) ●Victory In Christ (Overcoming Fear)● **Ref.--Joshua Ch10 With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 15, 2024 ●YOUR POSITION IN CHRIST In this section we shall be looking at points that answer the following questions: • How does Jesus' seating in the highest position in the universe affect you, the believer? • What is your position because you're in Christ? Read Ephesians 2:1,2,4-6 According to Ephesians 2:6, believers are seated with Christ in heavenly places. Joint-seating with Christ is "far above" all principalities and powers of darkness. ●Evil spirits can't influence the believer who has joint-seating with Christ far above all principality and power!● ●Our seating and reigning with Christ in heavenly places is a position of authority, honor, and triumph-not failure, depression, and defeat.● ●THE BELIEVERS SEATING WITH CHRIST far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to com ●As a believer, your seating with Christ is part of your inheritance now. This is where you are already seated because when Jesus was seated in triumph, you were seated with Him. Jesus’ victory over death, and his triumph over the grave become yours, so is the exaltation of Christ.● ●The word "hath" in verse 6 is past tense: God has already raised you up together and made you sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus in a position of honor and triumph.● You rule and reign with Christ in this life now-if you'll just exercise your rightful authority. Therefore, your position in Christ far above principalities and powers has already been accomplished. But you need to exercise the authority that belongs to you in that position of reigning with Christ over principalities and powers before it will profit you. ●Our position as believers is also one of joint-seating with Christ in heavenly places. That may not always be our circumstance, but that is our position.● ● If you want to rise above your circumstances, take advantage of your position in Christ.● Look at this passage in Weymouth's translation Ephesians 2:4-6 (Weymouth): “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the intense love which He bestowed on us, Caused us, dead though we were through our offences, to live with Christ-it is by grace that you have been saved-raised us with him from the dead, and enthroned us with him in the heavenly realms as being in Christ Jesus.” God enthroned us with Jesus in the heavenly realms. ●Does that sound like a Church that's defeated and is still having to do battle to gain mastery over Satan? No, God designed the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ to be triumphant because we are sharers and partakers of Christ's victory over Satan.● Because the believer is in Christ, when Christ sat down, the believer sat down with Him far above principalities and powers. The Church, the Body of Christ, is in Christ. The body is connected to the head. Jesus is the Head of His Body-the Church. ●If Jesus the Head triumphed over the devil, is the Body of Christ to be any less triumphant since we are in Christ? Of course not! It is our legal right to enjoy joint-seating with Christ in heavenly places in a position of authority and triumph far above all principalities and powers. If you will take advantage of your joint-seating with Christ, you will begin to triumph in life!● ●Believers don't have to try to be seated far above principalities and powers with Christ. They don't have to pray through to be seated with Christ in heavenly places. They don't have to struggle through to attain that position, or fight through demons to be seated in a place of victory with Christ far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.● The believer's position and seating in Christ is a fact. It has already happened. That position was attained for us through our Lord Jesus Christ. Now all we have to do is enjoy the rights and privileges that already belong to us as joint-heirs with Christ. Read Ephesians 1:15-23. ● ALL THINGS UNDER OUR FEET ●God put everything under Christ’s feet and that includes every name that is named. The KJV of verse 21 has “far above every name that is named.”● Whatever name we want to put in there is under Christ’s feet. Everything going on in our country and world right is a name that has to be under his feet. He is higher than all powers and all authorities in this world. ●We are his body, so everything is under our feet too.● The phrase “everything under his feet” also refers to a custom in the Old Testament. There was a victory in a battle in Joshua 10 where Joshua and Israel were fighting a group of five kings. When they won the battle, Joshua told the captains to come and put their feet on the necks of the kings to symbolize their complete defeat, Joshua 10:24-25 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. ●And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the L●ORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.● God put all things under Christ’s feet and that means he has won the victory for us and we have the victory. We should take that exhortation that Joshua made personally and fear not, nor be dismayed!●

💥(NOTES A) Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 6 PART 6️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 💥Conclusion ●Everything Under Christ ● ●🔹️DUNAMIS🔹️ God's Immeasurable, Limitless Power● ●Believers Seated With Christ● (•Positional Relationship Giving Them Authority•) ●Victory In Christ (Overcoming Fear)● **Ref.--Joshua Ch10 With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 15, 2024 (3) TO KNOW WHAT IS THE IMMEASURABLE GREATNESS OF HIS POWER TOWARD US WHO BELIEVE. ●There is another promise that Satan will soon be crushed under our feet. Romans 16:20 KJV And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. ●God raised Jesus from the dead and then seated him at his right hand. That is when all things became under his feet. There is another promise that Satan will soon be crushed under our feet.● ●God wants you to know his power. How much power does God have? Notice how his power is described. It is the “immeasurable greatness of his power.”● ●The word “greatness” is the Greek word megethos, a form of mega, meaning great. However, as megethos, this word would be better translated vast. This means that the power Paul is describing is boundless, immense, limitless, measureless, and vast. One could say that it is so mighty that it is simply beyond human ability to measure.● ●The word “power” is from the well-known Greek word dunamis, which describes power or ability. But very often, the word dunamis was also used to depict the assembled forces of an army whose combined strength enabled them to achieve unchallenged victories.● These troops were so strong that they simply could not be resisted. But in addition, the Greek word dunamis can also describe the power that is inherent in a certain aspect of nature. ●For example, the power in a hurricane would be described as dunamis power, because it is a power so mighty that it is impossible to resist or impossible to defeat.● ●So when Paul used these three words to describe the power of God that works in us - huperballo, megethos, dunamis - he was piling image on top of image to show how irresistible is the power that works in us who believe. This power is so mighty it can neither be measured nor resisted. There is simply no human power in existence to compare to it!● The apostle Paul went on to say that it is the same “…mighty power, which he [God] wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead….” ●Paul was making it emphatically clear that no power has ever equaled or rivaled the power that was required for Christ’s resurrection. It was the greatest manifestation of power that the universe has ever witnessed. It literally seized Jesus from death’s grip, raised Him back into His body, and then continued to lift Him up through demonic principalities, powers, might, and dominion until He was seated at His throne at the right hand of the Father.● No power in hell or on earth, and no principality or power in the heavens, was able to resist this demonstration of divine energy. What a thrill to realize that God doesn’t just put a small dose of power inside us who believe. He has placed the power of His Son’s resurrection in us! It is a power that utterly eclipses any other power. It is full, boundless, measureless energy - so mighty that no evil power can resist it. And to think God has made it available to those who believe! Now that is something for you to think about! ●Notice verse 22 carefully. God put all things under Christ’s feet and gave him. God gave him to the church (us) as head over all things. The church has authority and power to overcome all opposition because he is our leader and head. He is Lord of all. We are filled with and filled by Christ.● ●Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.● Philippians 2:9-11 “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him [Jesus], and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things [beings] in heaven, and things [beings] in earth, and things [beings] under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Ephesians 1:19-22 “And what is the exceeding greatness of his power.... Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church.” ●God not only gave Jesus a name which is above every name, but at the name of Jesus every being in all three worlds-Heaven, earth, and hell-must bow and confess Jesus' Lordship and dominion. God also seated Jesus in the highest position in the universe, at His own right hand, and made Him head over all things (v.22). Note that these verses don't say, "God raised Jesus from the dead and set Him above all principality, power, might, and dominion." They say that God set Jesus "far above" all principality, power, might, dominion, and every name that is named.●

💥NOTES (C)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●Now; turn with me to 1 Corinthians 15. In our present state of being-in these frail bodies of ours-we couldn’t possibly experience the fulfillment of this hope. But as a part of His call, God promises to transform these bodies of ours so that we will experience the fulfillment of this hope. In 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, Paul wrote; Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”● The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:50-58). And then, turn with me to 2 Corinthians 4.● The struggles and trials that we look upon in these still-frail bodies-the pains and sicknesses and weaknesses we suffer-may seem at times to discourage us and distract us from this hope. But Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18;● ●Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).● Paul was praying for his readers in Ephesus (1) that they would know-down to the deepest level of their hearts-this hope of God’s calling. If you turn to Colossians 1, you find that he wrote a similar thing to the believers in the city of Colossae. He prayed for those believers to know it too. He even thanked God for what was ahead for them; saying; We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel … For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light (Colossians 1:3-5, 9-13). (2) To know what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Second, we are to know the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. We looked at this in the last lesson. We are God’s inheritance. God wants you to know the wealth and richness of what it means to be God’s inheritance. Know what it means to be the people of God. We must appreciate the value God places on us as part of his inheritance. We cannot begin to name all the riches of being God’s people. But let us consider a few rich blessings. Being in God’s family means that we will see Jesus face to face. It means that we will be in the presence of God. It means that we will be in the comfort of God. It means that we will be joined with the disciples of Jesus who have gone on before us. It means rest from our labors. It means every pain in this life will be resolved. It means seeing the reward of all we have been striving toward. Being the people of God just has no end to its vast wealth and blessings to us. We are valuable to God because he purchased us in order to inherit us. We look for Christ’s return when he comes to get his saints. God doesn’t need us. God wants us. (3) To know what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe. God wants you to know his power. How much power does God have? Notice how his power is described. It is the “immeasurable greatness of his power.” The word “greatness” is the Greek word megethos, a form of mega, meaning great. However, as megethos, this word would be better translated vast. This means that the power Paul is describing is boundless, immense, limitless, measureless, and vast. One could say that it is so mighty that it is simply beyond human ability to measure.

💥NOTES (B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●1. WHAT EXACTLY IS MEANT BY THE WORD ‘HOPE’?● ●When we use the word “hope” in our ordinary conversations of life, we’re usually saying that we desire and long for something to happen●. We don’t necessarily have the certainty that it will happen, when we say things like, “I sure hope that my check will come in the mail soon;” or, “I’m hoping to hear good news from the doctor later this week.” ●Hope, in this sense, is a verb. It’s something we do●. But the “hope” that Paul is talking about in our passage isn’t like that, he isn’t speaking of the act of ‘hoping’ with the vague sense that it might or might not happen. This hope doesn’t have any uncertainty about it at all. Paul is not using the word as a verb but as a noun-a thing that is. ●Paul speaks of this thing as “the hope” of God’s calling; and so, by “hope” Paul meant the sure and certain expectation of the complete fulfillment of the promise that God has made for all those that He calls into a relationship by faith with Christ-a certainty upon which we can entrust our entire life and eternity.● There is no uncertainty whatsoever to this thing that is our “hope”. It is absolutely sure and certain. Now; Paul called it the “hope” of God’s “calling”. And so, a second question we need to ask is … ●2. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT IT IS BASED ON GOD’S ‘CALL’?● When we first heard the gospel of Jesus, we heard a ‘call’ from God. It was as if He said, “Look! I have loved you so much that I have sent My Son Jesus into the world. He was born into the human family for you, and He died on the cross to pay for your sins. Now; place your faith in Him and come. Enter into a relationship with Me through Him.” And when you heard that call, you believed, and you placed your faith in Jesus, and you came. That’s a kind of call from God that theologians sometimes refer to as the general call; or the gospel call. But there’s another kind of call that theologians often refer to as the effectual call of God. It’s a call by which ●God sovereignly and graciously draws a sinner to Himself and does for them everything that He has purposed to do for them in Christ from eternity. It’s called effectual because, in it, God accomplishes everything, and brings into effect all He intended to do for the salvation of the sinner.● We find this kind of call mentioned in Romans 8:30; where we’re told that whom God predestined He also called, and whom He called He also justified, and whom He justified He also glorified-with God doing all the work of accomplishing His call from beginning to end. ●The kind of call that Paul is speaking of when he speaks of “the hope of His calling” is that kind of ‘call’. It’s God’s effectual call to the sure and certain expectation that He will completely fulfill all that He has purposed to do for us in Christ. And the reason that it’s important that our hope is based on His call is because it gives us the confidence that it will be completely fulfilled-and all because it is dependent upon Him and not on us.●●Our hope, then, is based on God’s effectual call; and it cannot fail to be effectual because He Himself cannot fail.● ●HOW DOES THE APOSTLE PAUL DESCRIBE THIS HOPE TO WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CALLED?● Turn with me first to the Book of Romans. Romans tells us much of what God has done to bring us into this hope. And in Romans 8:18-25, Paul wrote; For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but ●we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance (Romans 8:18-25).● ●The present sufferings were not worthy to be compared with the hope that we have in Christ. Paul was certain of this, because the God who will fulfill this hope in us is all-powerful; and is able to make all things in this created universe serve the cause of this hope.● ●He said in Romans 8:28-30- And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified (Romans 8:28-30)●.

💥NOTES (A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●How Do We Obtain This Inheritance? ● (1:13) Paul does not leave us to wonder how the Ephesians came to access and participate in these glorious blessings. Go back to verse 13. Paul begins, “when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.” The word of truth is the means to your salvation. Faith comes by hearing the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). It is the gospel that will produce your salvation. Deep faith comes from hearing the word of Christ. True, saving belief will only come from hearing the voice of God. ●The gospel must be your power.● The gospel must be your strength. The gospel must be central to your life.● This is why every sermon is from the word of God. This is why every study is examining the scriptures. The word of truth is what saves us. Studying anything else is a vain pursuit. I was at a church on vacation that for its Sunday morning Bible study in the auditorium was studying the movie, Courageous and applying to the principles found in the scriptures. Friends, this is studying the wrong thing. I do not care how spiritual a movie or book may be, we do not study C.S. Lewis or Tolkien, or some other writer. God’s word is the only word that gives life. His word is the only word that saves. ●His word must be all that we want to hear and believe. ● ●The Down Payment ● (1:14) who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession-to the praise of his glory. Paul further reminds his readers that the Spirit “is the guarantee of our inheritance.” “Guarantee” is used only three times in the NT, each by Paul in reference to the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5; cf. Rom. 8:23). In the ancient world, ●a “guarantee” (arrabōn) functioned as a down payment given to someone providing a service with the expectation that full payment would be made after the service was performed●. ●God has given his people the Holy Spirit with the expectation and assurance that a full inheritance will follow (cf. 2 Cor. 5:5)●. That is, the presence of God’s Spirit will not be undone but will endure “until we acquire possession of inheritance” (Eph. 1:14; cf. 4:30). In verse 13 13-14, “You were sealed with the Holy Spirit so as to guarantee that they will receive their promised inheritance. Notice that the scripture says in verse 14 that this is the down payment (HCSB, NET) or pledge (NASB, NRSV) or deposit (NIV) of our inheritance. This is the first installment of the full inheritance to come. And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” (Acts 2:38-39 ESV) ●Israel was God’s inheritance. They were his prized possession with all the privileges and blessings of being his people. However, they lost this inheritance because of their faithlessness and disobedience.● This is what Peter is promising to those who will come to Christ. Acts 2:38-39 says that your sins will be forgiven and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit when you are cut to the heart, repent, and are baptized. 15 “And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 ‘But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; 17 rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’ (Acts 26:15-18 NASB) ●Paul was sent to the Gentiles to open their eyes Access to the Father and all the blessings in Christ are just the first taste of all that God will give, there is so much more to come when Christ returns.● ●Now what is this knowledge supposed to do in us? ● Notice how verse 14 ends: “to the praise of his glory.” God has brought you into his inheritance and made you belong to him so that you would live to the praise of his glory. When we glorify ourselves, we are stealing glory away from God. You are part of the glorious inheritance. Live to the praise of his glory. ●Thanksgiving and Prayer● 15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength Paul begins by praising the Ephesians Christians for their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love for all the saints. ●Paul is praying that they are going to have “good eyes” when they read what he is writing. He wants them to read in such a way so that God’s glory and will is revealed to them. They must have a disposition of wisdom. They must have a spirit of revelation. They must be ready to receive the word with insight and perception. Paul is saying don’t want you to read with darkened hearts.● I want the eyes of your heart to be enlightened. Notice that this insight is found in the knowledge of him. Paul is calling for these Christians to not just know the facts. He is calling for a deeper knowledge and truly experience their Lord. Every word has a purpose and meaning for us to examine. Do not just roll over the words. Read with a spirit of wisdom and revelation. Read with perception. Read with insight. Listen to every word from God. Slow down and meditate on one verse and just let it soak your heart. Let the light of Christ pour into your heart. ●Let God turn the light bulb on in your mind and heart. Paul is telling Christians that we need our spiritual faculties awakened.● ●What God Wants You To Know (1:18-23)● Paul wants our hearts enlightened so that we can know three things. This is what God wants us to know. (1) To know what is the hope to which he has called you. God wants us to have an expanded awareness of the full implications of His calling in our lives. You need to know the hope that God has called you to.

💥NOTES (D)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●The word “power” is from the well-known Greek word dunamis, which describes power or ability.● But very often, the word dunamis was also used to depict the assembled forces of an army whose combined strength enabled them to achieve unchallenged victories. ●These troops were so strong that they simply could not be resisted. But in addition, ●the Greek word dunamis can also describe the power that is inherent in a certain aspect of nature. For example, the power in a hurricane would be described as dunamis power, because it is a power so mighty that it is impossible to resist or impossible to defeat.● ●So when Paul used these three words to describe the power of God that works in us - huperballo, megethos, dunamis - he was piling image on top of image to show how irresistible is the power that works in us who believe. This power is so mighty it can neither be measured nor resisted. There is simply no human power in existence to compare to it!● The apostle Paul went on to say that ●it is the same “…mighty power, which he [God] wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead….” Paul was making it emphatically clear that no power has ever equaled or rivaled the power that was required for Christ’s resurrection.● It was the greatest manifestation of power that the universe has ever witnessed. It literally seized Jesus from death’s grip, raised Him back into His body, and then continued to lift Him up through demonic principalities, powers, might, and dominion until He was seated at His throne at the right hand of the Father. No power in hell or on earth, and no principality or power in the heavens, was able to resist this demonstration of divine energy. ●What a thrill to realize that God doesn’t just put a small dose of power inside us who believe. He has placed the power of His Son’s resurrection in us! It is a power that utterly eclipses any other power. It is full, boundless, measureless energy - so mighty that no evil power can resist it. And to think God has made it available to those who believe!● Now that is something for you to think about! Notice verse 22 carefully. God put all things under Christ’s feet and gave him. God gave him to the church (us) as head over all things. The church has authority and power to overcome all opposition because he is our leader and head. He is Lord of all. We are filled with and filled by Christ. ●Conclusion● How do you get to know someone? Can you read biographical information or historical data about him? These things will help you know a lot about the person, but you will not know him. ●God wants us to know him, not to know about him.● If you want to get to know someone then you have to spend time with that person. There are three glorious things that God wants you to know for your walk with him. But we need to pray for and seek to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation. I am asking you to desire the word of God. I am asking you to ●desire soaking on God’s word. Without that spirit, you will not enjoy studying God’s word, nor Bible classes, nor worship, nor preaching, or anything else that is tied to God. You will not come to love the Lord the way he wants you to because you have not experienced this deep knowledge of him.● ● Let the knowledge of the Lord change your life. Know the hope to which you have been called. Know the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Know the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us as seen through the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus. ●Let yourself experience the joy and wealth of knowing Christ. Make it your goal to get to know him.● Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise (v.13) The Promise of the Holy Spirit that was prophesied about by Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Joel, John the Baptist and Jesus has been made available to you in Christ today! ***9. You Know the Hope of His Calling (v.18) His calling over your life is the basket you can put all of your eggs in. It’s an anchor. It’s a rock. It will never end in vain. ***10. You are the Riches of His Inheritance (v.18) You are of great value to Jesus. As Christ brought you back to God, God gives you back to Jesus as His inheritance. You are valuable in Christ, you are the righteousness of God in Christ. You are His eternal reward that He cherishes. ***11. The Exceeding Greatness of His Power (v.19-20) Paul says the exceeding greatness of His power is toward you who believe. What kind of power of this? It is the same power that raised Christ from the dead! It is the same power that conquered sin, death and hell. In Christ, this same power is present in your life today!

💥NOTES (C)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●Now; turn with me to 1 Corinthians 15. In our present state of being-in these frail bodies of ours-we couldn’t possibly experience the fulfillment of this hope. But as a part of His call, God promises to transform these bodies of ours so that we will experience the fulfillment of this hope. In 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, Paul wrote; Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”● The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:50-58). And then, turn with me to 2 Corinthians 4.● The struggles and trials that we look upon in these still-frail bodies-the pains and sicknesses and weaknesses we suffer-may seem at times to discourage us and distract us from this hope. But Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18;● ●Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).● Paul was praying for his readers in Ephesus (1) that they would know-down to the deepest level of their hearts-this hope of God’s calling. If you turn to Colossians 1, you find that he wrote a similar thing to the believers in the city of Colossae. He prayed for those believers to know it too. He even thanked God for what was ahead for them; saying; We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel … For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light (Colossians 1:3-5, 9-13). (2) To know what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Second, we are to know the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. We looked at this in the last lesson. We are God’s inheritance. God wants you to know the wealth and richness of what it means to be God’s inheritance. Know what it means to be the people of God. We must appreciate the value God places on us as part of his inheritance. We cannot begin to name all the riches of being God’s people. But let us consider a few rich blessings. Being in God’s family means that we will see Jesus face to face. It means that we will be in the presence of God. It means that we will be in the comfort of God. It means that we will be joined with the disciples of Jesus who have gone on before us. It means rest from our labors. It means every pain in this life will be resolved. It means seeing the reward of all we have been striving toward. Being the people of God just has no end to its vast wealth and blessings to us. We are valuable to God because he purchased us in order to inherit us. We look for Christ’s return when he comes to get his saints. God doesn’t need us. God wants us. (3) To know what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe. God wants you to know his power. How much power does God have? Notice how his power is described. It is the “immeasurable greatness of his power.” The word “greatness” is the Greek word megethos, a form of mega, meaning great. However, as megethos, this word would be better translated vast. This means that the power Paul is describing is boundless, immense, limitless, measureless, and vast. One could say that it is so mighty that it is simply beyond human ability to measure.

💥NOTES (B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●1. WHAT EXACTLY IS MEANT BY THE WORD ‘HOPE’?● ●When we use the word “hope” in our ordinary conversations of life, we’re usually saying that we desire and long for something to happen●. We don’t necessarily have the certainty that it will happen, when we say things like, “I sure hope that my check will come in the mail soon;” or, “I’m hoping to hear good news from the doctor later this week.” ●Hope, in this sense, is a verb. It’s something we do●. But the “hope” that Paul is talking about in our passage isn’t like that, he isn’t speaking of the act of ‘hoping’ with the vague sense that it might or might not happen. This hope doesn’t have any uncertainty about it at all. Paul is not using the word as a verb but as a noun-a thing that is. ●Paul speaks of this thing as “the hope” of God’s calling; and so, by “hope” Paul meant the sure and certain expectation of the complete fulfillment of the promise that God has made for all those that He calls into a relationship by faith with Christ-a certainty upon which we can entrust our entire life and eternity.● There is no uncertainty whatsoever to this thing that is our “hope”. It is absolutely sure and certain. Now; Paul called it the “hope” of God’s “calling”. And so, a second question we need to ask is … ●2. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT IT IS BASED ON GOD’S ‘CALL’?● When we first heard the gospel of Jesus, we heard a ‘call’ from God. It was as if He said, “Look! I have loved you so much that I have sent My Son Jesus into the world. He was born into the human family for you, and He died on the cross to pay for your sins. Now; place your faith in Him and come. Enter into a relationship with Me through Him.” And when you heard that call, you believed, and you placed your faith in Jesus, and you came. That’s a kind of call from God that theologians sometimes refer to as the general call; or the gospel call. But there’s another kind of call that theologians often refer to as the effectual call of God. It’s a call by which ●God sovereignly and graciously draws a sinner to Himself and does for them everything that He has purposed to do for them in Christ from eternity. It’s called effectual because, in it, God accomplishes everything, and brings into effect all He intended to do for the salvation of the sinner.● We find this kind of call mentioned in Romans 8:30; where we’re told that whom God predestined He also called, and whom He called He also justified, and whom He justified He also glorified-with God doing all the work of accomplishing His call from beginning to end. ●The kind of call that Paul is speaking of when he speaks of “the hope of His calling” is that kind of ‘call’. It’s God’s effectual call to the sure and certain expectation that He will completely fulfill all that He has purposed to do for us in Christ. And the reason that it’s important that our hope is based on His call is because it gives us the confidence that it will be completely fulfilled-and all because it is dependent upon Him and not on us.●●Our hope, then, is based on God’s effectual call; and it cannot fail to be effectual because He Himself cannot fail.● ●HOW DOES THE APOSTLE PAUL DESCRIBE THIS HOPE TO WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CALLED?● Turn with me first to the Book of Romans. Romans tells us much of what God has done to bring us into this hope. And in Romans 8:18-25, Paul wrote; For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but ●we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance (Romans 8:18-25).● ●The present sufferings were not worthy to be compared with the hope that we have in Christ. Paul was certain of this, because the God who will fulfill this hope in us is all-powerful; and is able to make all things in this created universe serve the cause of this hope.● ●He said in Romans 8:28-30- And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified (Romans 8:28-30)●.

💥NOTES (A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●How Do We Obtain This Inheritance? ● (1:13) Paul does not leave us to wonder how the Ephesians came to access and participate in these glorious blessings. Go back to verse 13. Paul begins, “when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.” The word of truth is the means to your salvation. Faith comes by hearing the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). It is the gospel that will produce your salvation. Deep faith comes from hearing the word of Christ. True, saving belief will only come from hearing the voice of God. ●The gospel must be your power.● The gospel must be your strength. The gospel must be central to your life.● This is why every sermon is from the word of God. This is why every study is examining the scriptures. The word of truth is what saves us. Studying anything else is a vain pursuit. I was at a church on vacation that for its Sunday morning Bible study in the auditorium was studying the movie, Courageous and applying to the principles found in the scriptures. Friends, this is studying the wrong thing. I do not care how spiritual a movie or book may be, we do not study C.S. Lewis or Tolkien, or some other writer. God’s word is the only word that gives life. His word is the only word that saves. ●His word must be all that we want to hear and believe. ● ●The Down Payment ● (1:14) who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession-to the praise of his glory. Paul further reminds his readers that the Spirit “is the guarantee of our inheritance.” “Guarantee” is used only three times in the NT, each by Paul in reference to the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5; cf. Rom. 8:23). In the ancient world, ●a “guarantee” (arrabōn) functioned as a down payment given to someone providing a service with the expectation that full payment would be made after the service was performed●. ●God has given his people the Holy Spirit with the expectation and assurance that a full inheritance will follow (cf. 2 Cor. 5:5)●. That is, the presence of God’s Spirit will not be undone but will endure “until we acquire possession of inheritance” (Eph. 1:14; cf. 4:30). In verse 13 13-14, “You were sealed with the Holy Spirit so as to guarantee that they will receive their promised inheritance. Notice that the scripture says in verse 14 that this is the down payment (HCSB, NET) or pledge (NASB, NRSV) or deposit (NIV) of our inheritance. This is the first installment of the full inheritance to come. And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” (Acts 2:38-39 ESV) ●Israel was God’s inheritance. They were his prized possession with all the privileges and blessings of being his people. However, they lost this inheritance because of their faithlessness and disobedience.● This is what Peter is promising to those who will come to Christ. Acts 2:38-39 says that your sins will be forgiven and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit when you are cut to the heart, repent, and are baptized. 15 “And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 ‘But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; 17 rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’ (Acts 26:15-18 NASB) ●Paul was sent to the Gentiles to open their eyes Access to the Father and all the blessings in Christ are just the first taste of all that God will give, there is so much more to come when Christ returns.● ●Now what is this knowledge supposed to do in us? ● Notice how verse 14 ends: “to the praise of his glory.” God has brought you into his inheritance and made you belong to him so that you would live to the praise of his glory. When we glorify ourselves, we are stealing glory away from God. You are part of the glorious inheritance. Live to the praise of his glory. ●Thanksgiving and Prayer● 15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength Paul begins by praising the Ephesians Christians for their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love for all the saints. ●Paul is praying that they are going to have “good eyes” when they read what he is writing. He wants them to read in such a way so that God’s glory and will is revealed to them. They must have a disposition of wisdom. They must have a spirit of revelation. They must be ready to receive the word with insight and perception. Paul is saying don’t want you to read with darkened hearts.● I want the eyes of your heart to be enlightened. Notice that this insight is found in the knowledge of him. Paul is calling for these Christians to not just know the facts. He is calling for a deeper knowledge and truly experience their Lord. Every word has a purpose and meaning for us to examine. Do not just roll over the words. Read with a spirit of wisdom and revelation. Read with perception. Read with insight. Listen to every word from God. Slow down and meditate on one verse and just let it soak your heart. Let the light of Christ pour into your heart. ●Let God turn the light bulb on in your mind and heart. Paul is telling Christians that we need our spiritual faculties awakened.● ●What God Wants You To Know (1:18-23)● Paul wants our hearts enlightened so that we can know three things. This is what God wants us to know. (1) To know what is the hope to which he has called you. God wants us to have an expanded awareness of the full implications of His calling in our lives. You need to know the hope that God has called you to.

💥(NOTES C)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 4PART 4️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings ● We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Wealth & Riches Of His Grace● ●The Blessing Of Wisdom & Insight ● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 1, 2024 -You Also- (1:13) ■Now, are the Gentiles left out of the inheritance?■ Are Gentiles excluded from being heirs of this great inheritance and having the blessings of God dispensed to them? Look at verse 13.■ “In him you also….” The Gentiles, who were previously excluded, are now also included in these promises through the death of Jesus.■ Notice Paul says that you also “were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.” Is Paul describing something different? Is this a different blessing being described to the Gentile Christians? Not at all and there are many reasons why. First, Paul said, “you also.” ■What Jewish Christians have received so also the Gentile Christians have received.■ Second, the Holy Spirit is the “guarantee of our inheritance.” The inheritance is what we have been talking about in this section. Go back to verse 11: “In him, you have obtained an inheritance.” ■Paul is declaring that Jews and Gentiles have equal access to this inheritance.■ You also are able to be counted as God’s chosen people and prized possession. -How Do We Obtain This Inheritance?- (1:13) Paul does not leave us to wonder how the Ephesians came to access and participate in these glorious blessings. Go back to verse 13. Paul begins,■ “when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.”■ The word of truth is the means to your salvation. Faith comes by hearing the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). It is the gospel that will produce your salvation. ■Deep faith comes from hearing the word of Christ. True, saving belief will only come from hearing the voice of God. The gospel must be your power.■ The gospel must be your strength. The gospel must be central to your life. This is why every sermon is from the word of God. This is why every study is examining the scriptures. The word of truth is what saves us. Studying anything else is a vain pursuit. I was at a church on vacation that for its Sunday morning Bible study in the auditorium was studying the movie, Courageous and applying to the principles found in the scriptures. Friends, this is studying the wrong thing. I do not care how spiritual a movie or book may be, we do not study C.S. Lewis or Tolkien, or some other writer. ■God’s word is the only word that gives life. His word is the only word that saves. His word must be all that we want to hear and believe.■

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 4PART 4️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 💥NOTES IN THE COMMENTS 💥 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Wealth & Riches Of His Grace● ●The Blessing Of Wisdom & Insight ● ●All Things In Christ ● ●Obtained An Eternal Inheritance● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 1, 2024 9. Made Known to You the Mystery of His Will (v.9) In a fallen world of war, suffering, and disease; a sinful world where bad things happen to good people; ■God has revealed His solution to us. He wrapped-up every answer to every aspect of the human condition in Christ and He gave it to us.■ 10. Obtained An Eternal Inheritance (v.11 In our last lesson we learned that we have been redeemed by the blood of Christ. ▪️The debt of our sins has been paid. You can either pay for your sins or you can let Christ pay for your sins.▪️▪️ Our redemption and debt removal have caused us to be heirs of God’s inheritance. We are obtaining a portion of God’s inheritance. It is important not to think of the inheritance as heaven▪️. It is easy to read about receiving an inheritance from God and think that the author is speaking about our hope for heaven. But that is not the point of this text. We need to look back into the scriptures and the promises of God to understand what Paul means when he says that we have obtained an inheritance. But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day. (Deuteronomy 4:20 ESV) For they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm. (Deuteronomy 9:29 ESV) When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance and divided the human race, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the people of Israel. But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob, His own inheritance. (Deuteronomy 32:8-9 HCSB) Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance. (Psalm 33:12 NIV) I want us to see that being God’s people was the inheritance. ▪️Israel was regarded as the Lord’s inheritance and portion. What made Israel special over the Gentiles? God’s relationship with Israel made them special and distinct.▪️ God would provide, protect, defend, and bless Israel in ways that the Gentiles would never experience. However, the scriptures show Israel being set into slavery because of their disobedience and lack of faith.▪️ But through Christ, people can have the privilege of being God’s inheritance▪️. ▪️How do we have this inheritance? It was not by our actions again. Notice that verse 11 declares that we have been predestined to this inheritance.▪️ God was going to have a people who would be his possession that he would bless and they would praise him. All of the blessings of God have been restored. ■You are his chosen people. You are his valuable possession.■ Your joy and hope are not in you but in God who values you. You belong to God and that means something glorious. God has made it possible through the cross for us to belong to him. No one questions God when it comes to this. Everyone likes to question God and his goodness. But no one stops to think about how God can look at us with our mountain of debt of sins, forgive us, and make us heirs of his glorious inheritance. No one! God has solved a problem for us. We must stand in awe of this truth. ■We cannot lose sight of the beauty of belonging to God, and being the people of God, God is with us, he is our God and we are his people. Our sins make this impossible but with God all things are possible.■ -The First To Hope In Christ- (1:12) Let’s look at what this accomplishes by examining verse 12. ■”God made us to be his inheritance “so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.”■ For the first time, ■ the apostle Paul speaks of two different groups: the Jewish Christians and the Gentile Christians.■ He will talk about this distinction more in chapter 2. But those who were “the first to hope in Christ” are the Jews who we read about hearing the gospel in the first nine chapters of the book of Acts. The gospel message was proclaimed first in Jerusalem and Judea. The message was to first go to the Jews.■ Through Christ, the Jews are able to receive this inheritance. But notice what this was to cause: so that they would be to the praise of his glory.■ The Jews, who were shown in the scriptures to be violators of God’s covenant and lawbreakers, are now put into a relationship with the Father and made heirs of God’s blessings and promises through the death of Christ so that their lives would be to the praise of God’s glory.

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 4PART 4️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 💥NOTES IN THE COMMENTS 💥 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Wealth & Riches Of His Grace● ●The Blessing Of Wisdom & Insight ● ●All Things In Christ ● ●Obtained An Eternal Inheritance● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 1, 2024 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● 8. Riches of His Grace Abound To You (v.7- Grace means “unmerited favor.” Abound means “to have in abundance.” In Christ, there is an abundant measure of unmerited favor flowing to your life like a river that will last from here into the never-ending depths of eternity. -The Blessing of Wisdom and Insight- (1:8-9) But there is another great blessing in Christ. Remember that Paul began this letter by telling us that God is worthy of praise because he has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms. Here is another one of those blessings. ◾️God has made known to us the mystery of his will in all wisdom and insight. God not only forgives our debt, but gives us what we need to understand him and his will and to live life according to that will.▪️We can understand God’s will. Paul will explain how that came about in chapter 3. It is not the purpose of Paul to explain right now how we can understand the mystery of God’s will. ▪️Paul wants to know that it is possible. We can come to know God.▪️ -All Things In Christ- (1:10) These things have a glorious purpose. God has forgiven our trespasses and made known his will in all wisdom and insight to us. ▪️God delighted in laying out his plans, first to redeem his people and second to reveal to them the mystery of his will. All of this was according to his purpose in Christ.▪️ God’s delight and God’s glory are always for our good. This was all part of God’s glorious plan. What was the purpose? ▪️ The purpose was “to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.” God redeems people in order to gather all things to himself.▪️Before God made the heavens and earth, he developed a long range plan for humanity. Christ is the focal point of that plan. ▪️All things are summed up in Christ. Everything, whether on earth or in heaven, comes together in Christ. Every being in heaven and earth is to willfully and joyfully submit to Christ.▪️ 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. 10 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. 11▪️ Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.▪️ (Hebrews 2:9-11 NIV) Can you believe that Jesus calls us family, brothers, and sisters, and is not ashamed to do so? Have you had family members that you were ashamed of because of their actions? What have you done that you are ashamed of? ▪️God had predetermined that he would bring humans into his family, call them his sons and daughters, which Jesus as our brother. ▪️ Oh, the depths of God’s love that are displayed so that we would praise his glory because of his grace toward us. ▪️God elected you and predestined you to adoption so that you would bring praise and honor to him. All that we do is to be for the praise of his glory.▪️ His grace is poured into our lives to display his glory. ■It was God’s purpose to decide beforehand that he would adopt humans to be his children. He has selected you to be His son or daughter. You are a part of His family. He is your Father.■ Many times, when parents adopt a child, they go through a selection process for deciding on who they will adopt and who they won’t adopt. ■God already went through His decision-making process about you a long time ago and decided to adopt you as one of His children.■

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣✅ WEEK 2 PART 2️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●Holy and Blameless (v.4) ● ●In His Love (v.4) ● ●Predestined to Adoption (v.5) ● ●Accepted in to the Beloved● ●The Basis Of Adoption● With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 17, 2024 ●5. Accepted in the Beloved (v.6) You are not rejected. You are not an outcast. You are not unworthy of approval. The Creator of the universe accepts you in Christ. You have been relationally reconciled in Christ and are pleasing to God. You might not have health in all of your relationships right now, but, in Christ, there is nothing between you and God today. Paul says that we were predestined for adoption as his children. Adoption carries so many significant truths. ●First, the one adopting pays a great price. The cost for our adoption to become children of God was the blood of Jesus. His blood is the means that secured our adoption. The highest price that could ever be conceived, the death of the Son of God, was what was necessary to adopt us. ●Second, the one being adopted cannot will the adoption to happen. If God did not want to adopt us sinners as his children, then we could not have been adopted. Third, adoption means you are part of a new, permanent family. There is nothing temporary about adoption. You are given all the rights and privileges of the family. It is as if you are born into the family by blood once you are adopted. God signed the adoption papers for you with the blood of Christ. Your identity is secured in this new family. Before we could do anything, before we even existed, God chose to adopt us. ●THE BASIS OF ADOPTION● ●Why did God do this for us? Notice the beginning of the sentence which is found at the end of verse 4: “In love he predestined us for adoption.” The basis of our adoption is his own love for us. Can we begin to see and try to understand the depths of God’s love for us? Can we try to get our minds around the idea that God is acting for us, like a parent on the basis of love? ●God’s love for you is deeper than you have for your own children.● ●God has chosen to adopt you. Listen to how the apostle John proclaimed this desire for our hearts.● See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! (1 John 3:1 NIV) Do we see this love? ●The second reason God predestined us for adoption was because of “the purpose of his will.●” I think the NKJV has a good interpretation, “according to the good pleasure of his will.” Our adoption was the plan of God and that plan came from his own good pleasure. This is what God desired to do and God accomplished that will. ●Salvation is not some accident or afterthought on the part of God. His purpose and desire was always to draw you to himself. God wanted you to be his child.●

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣✅ WEEK 2 PART 2️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●Holy and Blameless (v.4) ● ●In His Love (v.4) ● ●Predestined to Adoption (v.5) ● ●Accepted in to the Beloved● ●The Basis Of Adoption● With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 17, 2024 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● God made a promise to open the doors of access to the whole world to belong in relationship to him. But our election calls for us to continue in faith toward the one who called us. ●2. Holy and Blameless (v.4) This is the second heavenly blessing. Notice how this fits what Paul goes on to teach. He does not end the sentence that he just chose people. ●Notice that he chose us to be holy and blameless before him. God has not elected us to remain sinners. The process does not stop with the election. God has not selected us to continue in sin. God has called us to be holy. Israel was called to be holy and blameless and now we are that chosen people (Deuteronomy 18:13; Exodus 19:6). ●Therefore, the test of our election is the holiness of our lives. We do not belong to the elect if we are not living holy lives before him. ●Notice that the apostle Paul, in a parallel text, makes the same point to the Colossians: And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. (Colossians 1:21-23 ESV)● ●In Christ, you are holy and blameless. This means you are fit to serve Him and worship Him despite your shortcomings.● God enjoys you when you approach Him and He gladly moves through your life to touch others, not because of your own righteousness, but because of the righteousness of Christ that has been imputed or attributed to you. ●The apostle Peter puts it this way. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:10-11 NIV) ●The apostle Paul instructed the Corinthians in the same manner. Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet the test! (2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV) ●We have been called/elected/chosen to be holy and blameless before him. This happens by continuing firmly in the faith and not shifting away from the gospel which called us. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. (Ephesians 1:4-6 ESV) ●3. . In His Love (v.4) In Christ you stand in agape or unconditional love. You cannot earn it. Today, you are unconditionally loved in Christ. Have you received it? Make the following confession today, “Jesus, I receive your unconditional love.” ●4. Predestined to Adoption (v.5) God has predetermined to call you His own in Christ. -Predestined- The word “predestined” means what it sounds like - “to decide beforehand, mark out beforehand, to determine beforehand.” God decided in advance. I want us to stop and think about this statement for a minute. ●People want to know the purpose of their lives. Why are we here?● ●God has a purpose for you and every human being before you were ever created. That purpose is to be adopted as his children through Jesus Christ. Our destiny is to enter the family of God so that we might become children of God. God created you to belong to the family in Christ.● ●We were predestined to belong to Jesus. That is what you have been called to. God chose us to be in Christ and decided to bring us into relationship with himself through adoption. To state this another way: God determined in advance that those who are in Christ would be his people.●

💥NOTES (B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Ephesians Ch1 WEEK 1 PART 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●Themes & Doctrines Of Christianity ● ●Your Identity in Christ● ●Apostles Anointed • Saints Set Apart● ●positional sanctification) & (progressive sanctification)● ●15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ (Apostle Paul) ●Chosen before the foundation of the world With Bishop Worrell Hylton September 10, 2024 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ Ephesians Chapter 1 ●TO THE SAINTS WHO ARE IN EPHESUS: Paul described the Ephesian believers as ●God’s holy people (NIV) or saints. It doesn’t mean we are perfect. To be means that you are no longer defined by your sin, but by the righteousness of Christ.● The Greek word ‘hagios‘ translated as saint, means “set apart and dedicated as holy unto the LORD.” That is what we are as Christians (see 1 Peter 2:9,10). ●God's people are holy because of the imputed righteousness of Jesus (cf. Romans 4; II Cor. 5:21). God set us apart as his own "treasured possession" to be a "holy nation" through which God make himself known to the world. ● ●In the New Testament, believers in Jesus Christ are referred to as "saints" or "holy people" because they are set apart by God as the bride of Christ. ● ●A saint is simply a sinner who has discovered the marvelous grace of God through Christ Jesus.● Paul refers to the believers as “those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus.” ●To be sanctified means, “to be made clean, to be separated and set apart for a purpose.”● 1 Corinthians 6:11: “And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” Hebrews 10:10: “We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all.” We are called “to be saints together will all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” ●The word “Sanctify” and “saint” come from the same root word in Greek. Saint is the noun form of sanctified. When you are saved, you are immediately set apart because you now belong to Christ.● It is God's will that we live holy lives (cf. 1:4; 2:10; 4:1; 5:27; Col. 1:22; 3:12; Matt. 5:48). ●Believers are both declared holy (positional sanctification) ●and called to lifestyle holiness (progressive sanctification). Justification and sanctification must be affirmed together! Ephesians 1:3 "Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:" ●Spiritual blessings are invisible blessings; heavenly gifts that are invisible and intangible, and yet they alone, are able to completely satisfy our souls.● Ephesians 1:4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. ●Paul gave us 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ.● ●1. Chosen Before the Foundation of the World (v.4) Notice that this is the first blessing in Christ from the heavenly places that we have received. “He chose us in him before the foundation of the world.” We are chosen by God before He said, let there be light. ●To know you’ve been chosen before the foundation of the world is to know that your life matters. Your existence isn’t an accident or by-product of natural selection. God has been thinking about your destiny before He ever said, “Let there be light.●” ●The imagery of being chosen comes from the Old Testament. Israel was chosen by God. Listen to how Moses describes the selection of Israel in Deuteronomy 7. “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:6-8 ESV)● ●There was nothing that Israel did to warrant their selection as God’s people. God simply said, “You are my people” and therefore Israel was set apart from the world to be his people. They were not chosen by God for who they were or what they had done.● In Ephesians 1:3. Paul says that we were chosen to be a holy and blameless people. Moses says the same to Israel that they are a holy people to the Lord, chosen to be his treasured possession. Before the foundation of the world. Paul says that “we were chosen in him before the foundation of the world.” This tells us that our election cannot be based on our actions. God chose us before the creation. Before the worlds were established, we were selected. Before anything was ever made and before any human walked the earth, God says that he chose us in Christ. ●Before anyone was made, God decided that he was going to have you as one of those who would belong to him and therefore, He sets you apart for him.● ● Election means that the existence of the people of God can be explained only on the basis of God’s character, plan, and action, not on some quality in the people who are chosen.● The initiative is always based on God’s grace. Before the foundation of the world were laid, God had determined that all who believed in his Son should be saved. For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. (Isaiah 14:1 ESV) But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; 9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off”; 10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (Isaiah 41:8-10 ESV). ●Only two men, Joshua and Caleb, were granted access to the promised land and did not perish in that desert.● The people were elected by God, but few showed themselves to be the offspring of Abraham. ●In the beginning, only the people who had the heritage of being Israelites had access. But even though Israel was elected by God, many of them were not truly God’s people. Then God made a promise to open the doors of access to the whole world to belong in relationship to him.● 💥 But our election calls for us to continue in faith toward the one who called us.💥

💥NOTES (A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Ephesians Ch1 WEEK 1 PART 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●Themes & Doctrines Of Christianity ● ●Your Identity in Christ● ●Apostles Anointed • Saints Set Apart● ●positional sanctification) & (progressive sanctification)● ●15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ (Apostle Paul) ●Chosen before the foundation of the world With Bishop Worrell Hylton September 10, 2024 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ Ephesians Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ●Ephesus was a wealthy port city in the Roman province of Asia. It was a center of learning and was near several key land routes. The apostle Paul wrote this letter to the churches in Ephesus and the surrounding region c. A.D. 62 while imprisoned in Rome (Acts 28). During this time, he also wrote Colossians and Philemon. All three letters were sent with Tychicus and Onesimus. Ephesians offers general instruction in the truths of God’s redemptive work in Christ; the unity of the church among diverse peoples; and proper conduct in the church, the home, and the world. ●Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is different compared to many of the other New Testament letters he wrote. Like Romans, Ephesians was not written so much to address problems in a particular church; more so, it was written to explain some of the great themes and doctrines of Christianity● ●The great themes and doctrines of Christianity● I. All people are by nature spiritually dead. They disobey God’s law and are ruled by Satan (1:7; 2:1-3, 5, 11-12). II. God predestined his people to redemption and holiness in Christ (1:3-14; 2:4, 8-9). III. God’s rich mercy in Christ has saved sinners. This free gift is by grace through faith alone (1:7-8; 2:4-14). IV. Jesus’ saving work was part of redeeming a fallen creation for God. For this, he deserves glory, honor, and authority in this age and the next (1:15-23; 3:1-13). V. Jesus unites Jews and Gentiles into his one body, the church, as a new creation (1:23; 2:10-22; 3:1-21; 4:1-6). VI. Christ’s people are saved to new lives of holiness in thought, word, and deed. They must reject their old, sinful lifestyles (4:1-3, 17-32; 5:1-20). VII. Holiness in life includes submission to proper authorities, in home and family life, and those in authority must care for those in submission to them (5:21-6:9). VIII. Jesus has given powerful gifts to his church. These bring unity, maturity, and defense against the devil and his allies (4:7-16; 6:10-19). ●YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST● As followers of Christ, it is extremely vital that we know and understand our identity in Christ. ●YOU ARE A SAINT Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus: 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul "an apostle". ●The term "apostle" comes from the Greek verb "to send" (apostellō). ●This is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew term "messiah" (see Special Topic at Col. 1:1; cf. Dan. 9:25-26; John 1:41; 4:25), which meant "an anointed one" (cf. Matt. 1:16). It implies "one called and equipped by God for a specific task."● ●In the OT three groups of leaders: priests, kings, and prophets were anointed.● Paul says he is an Apostle "by the will of God", Paul was convinced that God had chosen him to be an Apostle. This special sense of calling began at his Damascus road conversion (cf. Acts 9; 22; 26). This was also a theological way of asserting his apostolic authority.

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣✅ WEEK 2 PART 2️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●Holy and Blameless (v.4) ● ●In His Love (v.4) ● ●Predestined to Adoption (v.5) ● ●Accepted in to the Beloved● ●The Basis Of Adoption● With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 17, 2024 ●5. Accepted in the Beloved (v.6) You are not rejected. You are not an outcast. You are not unworthy of approval. The Creator of the universe accepts you in Christ. You have been relationally reconciled in Christ and are pleasing to God. You might not have health in all of your relationships right now, but, in Christ, there is nothing between you and God today. Paul says that we were predestined for adoption as his children. Adoption carries so many significant truths. ●First, the one adopting pays a great price. The cost for our adoption to become children of God was the blood of Jesus. His blood is the means that secured our adoption. The highest price that could ever be conceived, the death of the Son of God, was what was necessary to adopt us. ●Second, the one being adopted cannot will the adoption to happen. If God did not want to adopt us sinners as his children, then we could not have been adopted. Third, adoption means you are part of a new, permanent family. There is nothing temporary about adoption. You are given all the rights and privileges of the family. It is as if you are born into the family by blood once you are adopted. God signed the adoption papers for you with the blood of Christ. Your identity is secured in this new family. Before we could do anything, before we even existed, God chose to adopt us. ●THE BASIS OF ADOPTION● ●Why did God do this for us? Notice the beginning of the sentence which is found at the end of verse 4: “In love he predestined us for adoption.” The basis of our adoption is his own love for us. Can we begin to see and try to understand the depths of God’s love for us? Can we try to get our minds around the idea that God is acting for us, like a parent on the basis of love? ●God’s love for you is deeper than you have for your own children.● ●God has chosen to adopt you. Listen to how the apostle John proclaimed this desire for our hearts.● See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! (1 John 3:1 NIV) Do we see this love? ●The second reason God predestined us for adoption was because of “the purpose of his will.●” I think the NKJV has a good interpretation, “according to the good pleasure of his will.” Our adoption was the plan of God and that plan came from his own good pleasure. This is what God desired to do and God accomplished that will. ●Salvation is not some accident or afterthought on the part of God. His purpose and desire was always to draw you to himself. God wanted you to be his child.●

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣✅ WEEK 2 PART 2️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●Holy and Blameless (v.4) ● ●In His Love (v.4) ● ●Predestined to Adoption (v.5) ● ●Accepted in to the Beloved● ●The Basis Of Adoption● With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 17, 2024 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● God made a promise to open the doors of access to the whole world to belong in relationship to him. But our election calls for us to continue in faith toward the one who called us. ●2. Holy and Blameless (v.4) This is the second heavenly blessing. Notice how this fits what Paul goes on to teach. He does not end the sentence that he just chose people. ●Notice that he chose us to be holy and blameless before him. God has not elected us to remain sinners. The process does not stop with the election. God has not selected us to continue in sin. God has called us to be holy. Israel was called to be holy and blameless and now we are that chosen people (Deuteronomy 18:13; Exodus 19:6). ●Therefore, the test of our election is the holiness of our lives. We do not belong to the elect if we are not living holy lives before him. ●Notice that the apostle Paul, in a parallel text, makes the same point to the Colossians: And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. (Colossians 1:21-23 ESV)● ●In Christ, you are holy and blameless. This means you are fit to serve Him and worship Him despite your shortcomings.● God enjoys you when you approach Him and He gladly moves through your life to touch others, not because of your own righteousness, but because of the righteousness of Christ that has been imputed or attributed to you. ●The apostle Peter puts it this way. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:10-11 NIV) ●The apostle Paul instructed the Corinthians in the same manner. Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet the test! (2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV) ●We have been called/elected/chosen to be holy and blameless before him. This happens by continuing firmly in the faith and not shifting away from the gospel which called us. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. (Ephesians 1:4-6 ESV) ●3. . In His Love (v.4) In Christ you stand in agape or unconditional love. You cannot earn it. Today, you are unconditionally loved in Christ. Have you received it? Make the following confession today, “Jesus, I receive your unconditional love.” ●4. Predestined to Adoption (v.5) God has predetermined to call you His own in Christ. -Predestined- The word “predestined” means what it sounds like - “to decide beforehand, mark out beforehand, to determine beforehand.” God decided in advance. I want us to stop and think about this statement for a minute. ●People want to know the purpose of their lives. Why are we here?● ●God has a purpose for you and every human being before you were ever created. That purpose is to be adopted as his children through Jesus Christ. Our destiny is to enter the family of God so that we might become children of God. God created you to belong to the family in Christ.● ●We were predestined to belong to Jesus. That is what you have been called to. God chose us to be in Christ and decided to bring us into relationship with himself through adoption. To state this another way: God determined in advance that those who are in Christ would be his people.●

💥NOTES (B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Ephesians Ch1 WEEK 1 PART 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●Themes & Doctrines Of Christianity ● ●Your Identity in Christ● ●Apostles Anointed • Saints Set Apart● ●positional sanctification) & (progressive sanctification)● ●15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ (Apostle Paul) ●Chosen before the foundation of the world With Bishop Worrell Hylton September 10, 2024 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ Ephesians Chapter 1 ●TO THE SAINTS WHO ARE IN EPHESUS: Paul described the Ephesian believers as ●God’s holy people (NIV) or saints. It doesn’t mean we are perfect. To be means that you are no longer defined by your sin, but by the righteousness of Christ.● The Greek word ‘hagios‘ translated as saint, means “set apart and dedicated as holy unto the LORD.” That is what we are as Christians (see 1 Peter 2:9,10). ●God's people are holy because of the imputed righteousness of Jesus (cf. Romans 4; II Cor. 5:21). God set us apart as his own "treasured possession" to be a "holy nation" through which God make himself known to the world. ● ●In the New Testament, believers in Jesus Christ are referred to as "saints" or "holy people" because they are set apart by God as the bride of Christ. ● ●A saint is simply a sinner who has discovered the marvelous grace of God through Christ Jesus.● Paul refers to the believers as “those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus.” ●To be sanctified means, “to be made clean, to be separated and set apart for a purpose.”● 1 Corinthians 6:11: “And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” Hebrews 10:10: “We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all.” We are called “to be saints together will all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” ●The word “Sanctify” and “saint” come from the same root word in Greek. Saint is the noun form of sanctified. When you are saved, you are immediately set apart because you now belong to Christ.● It is God's will that we live holy lives (cf. 1:4; 2:10; 4:1; 5:27; Col. 1:22; 3:12; Matt. 5:48). ●Believers are both declared holy (positional sanctification) ●and called to lifestyle holiness (progressive sanctification). Justification and sanctification must be affirmed together! Ephesians 1:3 "Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:" ●Spiritual blessings are invisible blessings; heavenly gifts that are invisible and intangible, and yet they alone, are able to completely satisfy our souls.● Ephesians 1:4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. ●Paul gave us 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ.● ●1. Chosen Before the Foundation of the World (v.4) Notice that this is the first blessing in Christ from the heavenly places that we have received. “He chose us in him before the foundation of the world.” We are chosen by God before He said, let there be light. ●To know you’ve been chosen before the foundation of the world is to know that your life matters. Your existence isn’t an accident or by-product of natural selection. God has been thinking about your destiny before He ever said, “Let there be light.●” ●The imagery of being chosen comes from the Old Testament. Israel was chosen by God. Listen to how Moses describes the selection of Israel in Deuteronomy 7. “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:6-8 ESV)● ●There was nothing that Israel did to warrant their selection as God’s people. God simply said, “You are my people” and therefore Israel was set apart from the world to be his people. They were not chosen by God for who they were or what they had done.● In Ephesians 1:3. Paul says that we were chosen to be a holy and blameless people. Moses says the same to Israel that they are a holy people to the Lord, chosen to be his treasured possession. Before the foundation of the world. Paul says that “we were chosen in him before the foundation of the world.” This tells us that our election cannot be based on our actions. God chose us before the creation. Before the worlds were established, we were selected. Before anything was ever made and before any human walked the earth, God says that he chose us in Christ. ●Before anyone was made, God decided that he was going to have you as one of those who would belong to him and therefore, He sets you apart for him.● ● Election means that the existence of the people of God can be explained only on the basis of God’s character, plan, and action, not on some quality in the people who are chosen.● The initiative is always based on God’s grace. Before the foundation of the world were laid, God had determined that all who believed in his Son should be saved. For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. (Isaiah 14:1 ESV) But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; 9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off”; 10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (Isaiah 41:8-10 ESV). ●Only two men, Joshua and Caleb, were granted access to the promised land and did not perish in that desert.● The people were elected by God, but few showed themselves to be the offspring of Abraham. ●In the beginning, only the people who had the heritage of being Israelites had access. But even though Israel was elected by God, many of them were not truly God’s people. Then God made a promise to open the doors of access to the whole world to belong in relationship to him.● 💥 But our election calls for us to continue in faith toward the one who called us.💥

💥NOTES (A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Ephesians Ch1 WEEK 1 PART 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●Themes & Doctrines Of Christianity ● ●Your Identity in Christ● ●Apostles Anointed • Saints Set Apart● ●positional sanctification) & (progressive sanctification)● ●15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ (Apostle Paul) ●Chosen before the foundation of the world With Bishop Worrell Hylton September 10, 2024 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ Ephesians Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ●Ephesus was a wealthy port city in the Roman province of Asia. It was a center of learning and was near several key land routes. The apostle Paul wrote this letter to the churches in Ephesus and the surrounding region c. A.D. 62 while imprisoned in Rome (Acts 28). During this time, he also wrote Colossians and Philemon. All three letters were sent with Tychicus and Onesimus. Ephesians offers general instruction in the truths of God’s redemptive work in Christ; the unity of the church among diverse peoples; and proper conduct in the church, the home, and the world. ●Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is different compared to many of the other New Testament letters he wrote. Like Romans, Ephesians was not written so much to address problems in a particular church; more so, it was written to explain some of the great themes and doctrines of Christianity● ●The great themes and doctrines of Christianity● I. All people are by nature spiritually dead. They disobey God’s law and are ruled by Satan (1:7; 2:1-3, 5, 11-12). II. God predestined his people to redemption and holiness in Christ (1:3-14; 2:4, 8-9). III. God’s rich mercy in Christ has saved sinners. This free gift is by grace through faith alone (1:7-8; 2:4-14). IV. Jesus’ saving work was part of redeeming a fallen creation for God. For this, he deserves glory, honor, and authority in this age and the next (1:15-23; 3:1-13). V. Jesus unites Jews and Gentiles into his one body, the church, as a new creation (1:23; 2:10-22; 3:1-21; 4:1-6). VI. Christ’s people are saved to new lives of holiness in thought, word, and deed. They must reject their old, sinful lifestyles (4:1-3, 17-32; 5:1-20). VII. Holiness in life includes submission to proper authorities, in home and family life, and those in authority must care for those in submission to them (5:21-6:9). VIII. Jesus has given powerful gifts to his church. These bring unity, maturity, and defense against the devil and his allies (4:7-16; 6:10-19). ●YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST● As followers of Christ, it is extremely vital that we know and understand our identity in Christ. ●YOU ARE A SAINT Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus: 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul "an apostle". ●The term "apostle" comes from the Greek verb "to send" (apostellō). ●This is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew term "messiah" (see Special Topic at Col. 1:1; cf. Dan. 9:25-26; John 1:41; 4:25), which meant "an anointed one" (cf. Matt. 1:16). It implies "one called and equipped by God for a specific task."● ●In the OT three groups of leaders: priests, kings, and prophets were anointed.● Paul says he is an Apostle "by the will of God", Paul was convinced that God had chosen him to be an Apostle. This special sense of calling began at his Damascus road conversion (cf. Acts 9; 22; 26). This was also a theological way of asserting his apostolic authority.

PART 3️⃣ 💥NOTES F💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 35 PART 3️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●Israel’s Time Of Trouble ●Israel’s Distress ●Conclusion ● Who Will & Won’t Inherit the Kingdom of Christ ●Our Reward Based on our Motives with the Gospel With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 3, 2024 🔰Chapter 12: 📖QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS📖 2️⃣ ■(5) In verse 4, what was Daniel commanded to do, and why? Verse 4 is puzzling. In the first half of the verse, Daniel is told to seal up the book of revelation he has received and to conceal the words he has been told. These words have been given for the benefit of those who live in the end time. The last half of the verse describes the end times as having a great increase in knowledge but lacking stability or direction. The increase of knowledge in the last days will not produce righteousness nor will it serve as a guiding light. The revelation Daniel has been given will do so for those who have insight. The Book of Daniel will be a guiding light for those with insight in the last days. ■(6) What is the difference between the “insight” of verses 3 and 10 and the “knowledge” of verse 4? The answer to this question comes more from inference than from direct statements in this text. A number of other biblical texts speak to this matter. As I understand it, “insight” comes only to believers, who have and heed the Word of God, and who also benefit from the ministry of the Holy Spirit. “Knowledge” is that information available to all, which most often does not originate from Scripture or from the Spirit. “Insight” is that God-given understanding of what is happening, and how this is being used of God to achieve His overall plan and purpose. Knowledge is the assimilation of facts and information, but without the ability to see beyond that which is material, physical, and temporal to that which is spiritual and eternal. A brilliant scientist may have great knowledge, while a manual laborer with little education may have great God-given insight. Knowledge has given us the atomic bomb and a vast arsenal of lethal weapons, but it has not given us world peace. ■(7) What is the message of verses 5-7? Why the emphasis of these three verses? What was to happen during the time specified, and why? The question raised relates to the length of time God’s people will suffer in the tribulation period. It is not raised by Daniel but by one of the angels. It is answered, as I understand it, by our glorified Lord who is described in Daniel 10:5-6. The Lord swears by “Him who lives forever.” Our hope of resurrection rests with the God who lives forever. The emphasis is not so much on the length of this time of suffering but on its purpose. Its purpose is to “shatter the power of the holy people,” so that they will cease to trust in themselves and will turn to God. ■(8) In verses 8-13, what is Daniel’s question, why is it asked, and how is it answered? The question Daniel asked inquired as to the outcome of all these amazing and perplexing events (which he calls “wonders”). The outcome of this suffering (as with all suffering and adversity) is two-fold. Some will be purged and purified, prepared for the glory of God’s coming kingdom. Some will be undaunted by it, continuing on in their sin until the time of their judgment. This is consistent with the teaching of 2 Thessalonians 2:11-13 and Revelation 22:11. ■(9) What is the relationship between the doctrine of the resurrection and prophecy? Prophecy is the declaration of God’s purposes and promises. Some prophecies have already been fulfilled, giving us hope and confidence that the remainder of His promises will also be fulfilled. Some prophecy may be fulfilled in our own lifetime. But most of the prophecies which remain unfulfilled will likely be fulfilled after our death. 💥●●The doctrine of the resurrection of the dead is fundamental to the Christian’s hope and to the literal fulfillment of the prophecies of God. The resurrection of our Lord is the “first-fruits” of the full and final resurrection of all men, who will receive rewards or recompense from the Righteous Judge. Without the resurrection, there is no prophetic hope. It is little wonder that the Book of Daniel concludes with this comforting doctrine and that God assures Daniel of the truth of this doctrine shortly before his death.●●💥

PART 3️⃣ 💥NOTES E💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 35 PART 3️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●Israel’s Time Of Trouble ●Israel’s Distress ●Conclusion ● Who Will & Won’t Inherit the Kingdom of Christ ●Our Reward Based on our Motives with the Gospel With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 3, 2024 🔰Chapter 12: 📖QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS📖 (1) How does the time period in which Michael arises (12:1) relate to the preceding context? What is the relationship between Michael and the time of distress referred to in verse 1? According to Daniel 12:1, it is “at that time” that Michael arises. From chapter 11 we know that that “time” is the period of the end time (11:40) when the “king of the North” engages the “king of the South” militarily, and when the “king of the North” is very successful. Rumors from the East and the North reach him, and he becomes very hostile and aggressive, destroying and annihilating many (11:44). At this time, the “king of the North” will encamp his troops between the seas and the “beautiful Holy Mountain” (11:45), and then Michael will arise. In the first half of verse 1, we are told that Michael arises. In the second half of this same verse, we are told that the time of Israel’s great tribulation begins. It is almost unavoidable to conclude that Michael’s rising is the reason for the commencement of the Great Tribulation. Just as the angel’s “rising” (so to speak) in response to Daniel’s prayer precipitated angelic conflict (10:12-13), so Michael’s “rising” precipitates the heavenly and earthly conflict of the Tribulation. In a similar way, our Lord’s coming to earth also precipitated demonic opposition and conflict. ■(2) According to verse 1, who will be rescued, and from what will they be rescued? Is there any clue in the text as to how will they be rescued? In verse 1, Daniel is specifically assured that “his people” (literally “your people”) would be rescued. This statement is then given the additional clarification, “everyone who is found written in the book.” There are some who take this to mean that the tribulation affects only the Jews and that only believing Jews will be rescued. While this is possible, other biblical texts may inform us that it is only the believer, Jew or Gentile, who is a true Israelite (see Romans 4:16; Galatians 3:29). The “rescue” of verse 1 seems to be described largely in terms of the resurrection in verses 2 and 3. It would seem that many will be put to death because of their faith in Messiah, and that the rescue of these can only be by means of resurrection. There is another aspect of divine rescue in that the Messiah will come and will defeat and destroy the “king of the North” and His opponents, but this does not seem to be the focus of this chapter. ■(3) Compare Daniel 12:2 with Hebrews 11:13-16, 39-40. What was the hope of the Old Testament saint? Does the hope of the Old Testament saint differ substantially from that of the New Testament believer? In Hebrews 11, the faith of the Old Testament saint is spoken of as a resurrection faith. Every Old Testament saint died without having received the promise, and thus they came to understand by faith that the greatest blessings promised by God were not earthly, but heavenly, not temporal, but eternal, and that they would receive these promised blessings after their death at the resurrection. The resurrection faith of the Old Testament saint can be seen in Genesis 22:1-20 (especially verse 5); Job 19:25-26; Psalm 16:9-10; Isaiah 26:19; Hosea 13:14. ■(4) What is the hope described in Daniel 12:3? This verse describes the believer’s hope of heavenly rewards. Those who have insight, and by it are encouraged to “let their lights shine” in the midst of opposition and persecution, will shine even more brightly in heaven. Heavenly rewards are here, as elsewhere, linked to earthly faithfulness and service.

PART 3️⃣ 💥NOTES D💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 35 PART 3️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●Israel’s Time Of Trouble ●Israel’s Distress ●Conclusion ● Who Will & Won’t Inherit the Kingdom of Christ ●Our Reward Based on our Motives with the Gospel With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 3, 2024 ●●The prophet Daniel was indeed a godly man. From the first time we are introduced to him as a young lad in chapter 1 to the time of his approaching death in chapter 12, Daniel was a man who was faithful to his God. He faced death on several occasions, but he did not deny his faith or convictions. He prayed for his people, and for their restoration, only to learn that the day of Israel’s restoration was a distant one, one that would come long after his death.●● ●●In God’s final revelation to this great prophet, He spelled out the way in which the triumph of evil men, and the suffering of the saints and the holy people, contributed to the fulfillment of God’s plans and promises. Beyond this, He assured Daniel that he, along with all mankind, would be raised from the dead to receive either eternal life or eternal contempt. The resurrection of the dead was a logical necessity, in order for divine prophecy to be fulfilled. The resurrection of the dead is the truth which God withheld in Daniel until the final chapter.●● The certain hope of the resurrection of the dead is the basis for godly living, even in times when godliness brings persecution. ●●The saints are encouraged to live godly lives because they know that even if they are killed for their faith, God will raise them from the dead to give them their allotted portion at the end of the age.●● They are also encouraged when they see wicked men persecuting the righteous and seemingly getting away with it, for these men will be raised from the dead as well to stand before the Sovereign God of the universe and to give account. What better truth to end the prophecy of Daniel than that of the resurrection from the dead! For the saint, the doctrine of the resurrection is the basis for our hope. For the sinner, the doctrine of the resurrection is the basis for fear and for repentance. When you face the reality of death, my friend, will it be with hope or with fear? The answer to this question has much to suggest concerning your relationship with Jesus Christ. May you trust in Him for eternal life, before and beyond the grave. 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26). 8 But what does it say? “THE WORLD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART” -that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; 10 for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation (Romans 10:8-10). 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? 33 Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies; 34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Just as it is written, “FOR THY SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.” 37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:31-39).

PART 3️⃣ 💥NOTES C💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 35 PART 3️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●Israel’s Time Of Trouble ●Israel’s Distress ●Conclusion ● Who Will & Won’t Inherit the Kingdom of Christ ●Our Reward Based on our Motives with the Gospel With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 3, 2024 ●●13 All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. 15 And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them; 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac; and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; 18 it was he to whom it was said, “IN ISAAC YOUR SEED SHALL BE CALLED.” 19 He considered that God is able to raise men even from the dead; from which he also received him back as a type. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. 21 By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones (Hebrews 11:13-22). While the Old Testament saints trusted in God to raise them from the dead, so that they could receive the promised blessings, they did not grasp as fully that their resurrection from the dead would be the result of the death and resurrection of Messiah. This was promised in the Old Testament and declared to be fulfilled in the New: 7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth. 8. By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living, For the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due? 9. His grave was assigned to be with wicked men, Yet with a rich man in His death; Although He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth. 10. But the LORD was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. 11. As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities. 12.Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors (Isaiah 53:7-12). 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely. 10 For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt Thou allow Thy Holy One to see the pit (Psalm 16:9-10). 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of his death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection (Romans 6:5). 14 Since then the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; and might deliver those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives (Hebrews 2:14-15).