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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. GRACE BE TO YOU AND PEACE.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Paul begins here the opening salutation to the church.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Verse one is like addressing the envelope.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Up in the left hand corner he puts his name and title.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. The envelope is addressed to the saints in Ephesus and the faithful in Christ Jesus.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. He now begins his letter with a common salutation at least among the apostles.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Paul begins all of his letters with this salutation. There is only a slight variation and that is in his letters to Timothy and Titus, where he adds mercy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Peter uses it in his letters.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. John uses it in his third letter.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. They are called the Siamese twins of the New Testament in that you so often find them coupled together.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. They are a combination of the Greek and Hebrew common greetings.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The Greek "Charis" was used much like the Hawaiian word "aloha," that is, it was used when meeting or departing.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. The word means rejoice, or that which causes joy or pleasure.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">2. When used in a greeting it had the idea of every kind of favor, blessing, good.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. The Hebrews to the present day use the word "shalom," in the same fashion. The word of course means peace.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. When used in the scriptures you will note that the word grace always precedes the word peace. I believe that this is by design for you can never truly know the peace of God until you have known His grace.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. There are two ways by which men seek to approach God, by works or by grace.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Grace and works as a means of approach to God are mutually exclusive.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. A true experience of the grace of God will produce fruit in a person's life, and a part of that fruit is peace.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. For years I sought by works to receive the grace of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. I wanted to earn His blessings and favor.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. I worked hard to develop my relationship with Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. As long as I was seeking to relate to God on the basis of my goodness and good works, my relationship was tenuous.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. There were times I felt very close to God because I had some commendable thing for Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Most often I felt alienated because of some nagging sin in my life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. If I had driven on the freeway without getting frustrated and angry. I hadn't honked my horn or shaken my fist at some stupid driver I felt free to commune with God and even ask a favor or blessing.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. But if I had lost my temper and laid on the horn, then I felt like turning around and going home, no sense even going to church tonight for God, certainly will not want to speak to me much less bless me.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. I relate to God on the basis of His goodness, or my goodness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Note how broken that relationship often is if it is based on my goodness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Yet it is unbroken if I relate to Him on His goodness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. Thus as I relate to God on the basis of His grace, the result in my own life is peace.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. THIS GRACE AND PEACE COMES FROM GOD THE FATHER, AND OUR LORD JESUS CRIST.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. In learning of the nature of God we realize that one of the foremost of all His traits is His graciousness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. God said in Ex.22:27 "For I am gracious."</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Exd',33,19);">EXO 33:19</a> And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom will shew mercy</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('2Ki',13,23);">2KI 13:23</a> And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Neh',9,17);">NEH 9:17</a> but thou [art] a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',86,15);">PSA 86:15</a> But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',111,4);">PSA 111:4</a> He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD [is] gracious and full of compassion.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',112,4);">PSA 112:4</a> Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',116,5);">PSA 116:5</a> Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God [is] merciful</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',145,8);">PSA 145:8</a> The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Joe',2,13);">JOE 2:13</a> And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Jon',4,2);">JON 4:2</a> And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. It is the desire of Paul that they be the beneficiaries of this grace.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. His second desire is that they might experience the peace of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Paul uses the phrase the God of peace, 4 times in his epistles, and if he is indeed the author of Hebrews, 5 times.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Isaiah prophesied that the name of the Son that would be given would be Wonderful Counselor, The Mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Jesus said to His disciples, "Peace I leave with you, My peace, I give unto you, not as the world giveth give I unto you, let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. A troubled heart and a fearful heart is not a heart of peace.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT LORD JESUS CHRIST IS NOT HIS FIRST, MIDDLE, AND LAST NAME.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Lord is not a name at all, but a title. It is much like and synonymous with the title of God. It is the one that rules over your life. The one that you have chosen to serve. Elijah cried to the people choose ye this day whom you will serve, if Jehovah is God then serve Him, but if Baal be god, then serve him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The title lord signifies relationship. If Jesus is my Lord, then I am His servant.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. It means that I am obedient to Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. He said that there were many who said Lord, Lord, that would never enter the kingdom of heaven.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. He questioned, "Why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and yet you do not the things that I command you?"</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Mal',1,6);">MAL 1:6</a> A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I [be] a father, where [is] mine honour? and if I [be] a master, where [is] my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Jesus is His name. It is one of the compound names of Jehovah that declares what God has become to us.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Jesus is Greek for the Hebrew name Joshua which is a contraction of Jehoshua, which is the first name that Moses gave to his servant, it was later contracted to Joshua.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. The name describes His mission. He said that He had come to seek and to save those who were lost.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. The angel said to Joseph, "Thou shalt call His name Jesus for He shall save His people from their sins."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Christ is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word "mashiach" which means anointed and was used concerning the priest or king for they were anointed with oil when inaugurated into their office. The English word is Messiah.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',2,2);">PSA 2:2</a> The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. When Peter said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." he was saying you are the Messiah.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. The High Priest commanded Him, "Tell us plainly, are you the Christ the Son of God." The question was "are you the Messiah?"</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Martha said to Him, "I believe that you are the Christ the Son of God." She was saying you are the Messiah.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Grace and peace come to us from the Father and His Son, our Lord, Jesus, the Messiah.</div>
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