"Super Bold!" | Ephesians 6:18-20 Bible Study ✞-word Puzzle 2.7.24

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  1. 3. We are to be ____ for Christ, proclaiming the message of reconciliation, imploring that people be reconciled back to God the Father through Christ (2 Cor 5:20; Eph 6:20).
  2. 4. How people respond to Christ’s messengers reflects how they respond to Christ's ____. How one receives someone the Savior sends (cf. Ac 26:17-18) reflects how one receives the Sender (Mt 10:14-15, 40-42; 25:40; Jn 13:20).
  3. 9. Though we are already victorious in Christ (Eph 2:6), we still struggle against ____ beings that are not merely flesh and blood (Eph 6:12). Since we are in ___ warfare, we must use ___ weapons.
  4. 10. Christ triumphed over all evil spiritual powers on the cross (Col 2:15). And He was resurrected and exalted over all such evil spiritual beings (Eph 1:19-23). We who are in Christ have also been raised with Christ (Eph 2:6). Thus, we can sing, “___ today is mine!”
  5. 11. Though our relationship with the Father was damaged due to our sin, in which we alienated ourselves from Him (Col 1:21), Christ made it possible to be ____ back to God (2 Cor 5:18-19).
  6. 12. We ought to pray that we can be clear (Col 4:3-4), unashamed (Mk 8:38), fearless, faithful, super ____ ambassadors when God opens our mouth to proclaim His message (Eph 6:19-20; cf. Ac 27:23-24) – whether people listen or refuse to listen (Eze 3:27).
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  1. 1. Though Paul was an ambassador for Christ in ____ (Eph 6:20), he prays for the Gospel to be unchained (cf. 2 Tim 2:8-9). We need to pray for unity in the Christian community. For, in this wicked world, there’s no diplomatic immunity, and Christian ambassadors can be persecuted with impunity.
  2. 2. We are to put on the full armor of God through Spirit-led ____, on all occasions with all kinds of ____ and petition (Eph 6:18; cf. Eph 2:18; Rom 8:26-27; Php 4:6).
  3. 5. Ambassadors for Christ ought to be armed and ____ed. We must put on godly characteristics like ___ (cf. Is 11:4-5, 49:2, 52:7, 59:17; Ps 35:1-3, 140:7), putting on the full ___ of God (Eph 6:10-17).
  4. 6. We must ___ and pray with perseverance, praying that all God’s holy people resist temptation and stand firm in the faith (Eph 6:18; cf. Mk 14:38; 1 Cor 16:13; Col 4:2; Ac 20:28-31; 1 Pet 5:8-9).
  5. 7. (Two words) Since Christ paid our ___ ____ on the cross, He made the way for reconciliation to the Father, who can therefore justly not count our transgressions against us (2 Cor 5:19; Col 2:13-14).
  6. 8. The ____ of the Gospel is that all who come to Christ in faith(fulness) are united as a new race of humanity – no matter their background. In Christ, both Jews and Gentiles are reconciled in one body (Eph 3:2-6, 7-11; 2:14-16).