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