Ephesians Overview

Sermon Summary

In this opening message on Ephesians, we explore Paul’s sweeping announcement that the New Creation has already begun. The King has been crowned. Heaven and earth are being reunited. A new humanity has been formed. And through the church, God is displaying His wisdom to the world. God is making us new so that we can renew the world.

Reflection Materials

Discussion Q’s (for the grown-ups)

1. When you hear that “the government of the world has changed,” what does that stir in you?

2. How does Ephesians challenge a purely individual view of salvation?

3. What would it look like for our church to visibly display the New Creation?

4. Where do you most feel the tension between the “old self” and the “new self”?

5. How does the idea that Christ has been given as head “to the church” shape how you view the local church?

Personal Reflection

• Where am I still living as though death reigns?

• What “old patterns” am I being called to put off?

• How might my home become a place where heaven is experienced?

Family Follow Up Prompts

(Short and usable at dinner)

• What does it mean that Jesus is King right now?

• Why do you think God wants heaven and earth to be united?

• What does it look like in our home to “put on the new self”?

• How can our family help spread new life this week?

Prayer Prompts

• Thank God for the coronation of Christ.

• Confess specific “old self” patterns.

• Ask God to make your home a preview of the New Creation.

• Pray that your church would visibly display God’s wisdom.

• Ask for courage to live under Christ’s reign in public spaces.