The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 52 : God’s Purpose and Freedom of Access to God  (3:11-12)

While God acts differ in the dispensations, there is only one eternal purpose  –  God’s purpose formed from eternity past  –  Is Paul referring to God ‘conceiving, forming a purpose’ or ‘achieving, executing a purpose’?  –  Christ, the grounds for the believers’ access  –  We enter with boldness, not brashness  –  Direct, confident access to God Himself  –  We can trust God hears even when ‘the heavens are brass’  –  We approach best when Christ is central