Gospel Clarity for our Relational Complexity:
Ephesians 1:15-23
“I think that the greatest need of the evangelical church today is for professing Christians really to know God.” –James Montgomery Boice
“First, knowing God is a matter of personal dealing…It is a matter of dealing with him as he opens up to you, and being dealt with by him as he takes knowledge of you…Second, knowing God is a matter of personal involvement, in mind, and will, and feeling…The believer rejoices when his God is honored and vindicated, and feels the acutest distress when he sees God flouted…Equally, the Christian feels shame and grief when convicted of having failed his Lord…Third, knowing God is a matter of grace. It is a relationship in which the initiative throughout is with God—as it must be, since God is so completely above us and we have so completely forfeited all claim on his favour by our sins.” –J.I. Packer, Knowing God
“The Gospel is not the ABCs of the Christian life, it is the A to Z of the Christian life.” -Tim Keller
“As I pray, I’ll measure your compassion by the cross and your power by the resurrection.” J.D. Greear, Gospel