Why Am I Here?

Ephesians 1:3-14

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition) defines the word “purpose” as: Something set up as an object or end to be attained.

You Have Been Placed on This Earth to Experience God’s Blessings:      vv. 3-5

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. ⁴For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love ⁵he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will

1.         A new creation .        2 Corinthians 5:17

2.         A new heart . Romans 5:1-5

3.         A new direction . Ephesians 2:19

We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. ²¹God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:20-21).

You Have Been Placed on this Earth to Fulfill God’s Plan:         vv. 6-11

to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. ⁷In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace ⁸that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. ⁹And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, ¹⁰to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.

¹¹In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,

1.         Chosen .       Ephesians 2:4-7

2. Redeemed . v. 7

3.   Rich .     Ephesians 2:14-17

Yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand (Isaiah 64:8).

You Have Been Placed on this Earth to Minister:

vv. 12-14

in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. ¹³And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possessionÑto the praise of his glory.

1.         Share the love of Christ.       1 John 3:1-3

2.         Share the Church of Christ.  Matthew 20:28

3.         Convey the hope of Christ.   Ephesians 2:10

4.         Demonstrate the joy of Christ.          Ephesians 3:17-19

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹and to know this love that surpasses knowledgeÑthat you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.