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Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai
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Everyone becomes members of the household of God.
—5
And here’s how it happens.
Ephesians 2:20-22 NKJV:
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Now we are being built up in the good works that were predestined so that we will become “the dwelling place of God.”
It is in Him, that is, in Christ that this is done.
The cornerstone is Jesus, and there was a plan in advance that the church would be built up with the apostles and prophets as the foundation.
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Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai
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Now, let’s move on to chapter 3.
There are two purposes for Paul’s service, and we will look at where they are written.
Who is Paul?
Ephesians 3:1 NKJV:
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles—
Prisoner can mean someone in a prison, but here it also has another meaning, a positive word that refers to a prisoner who serves God.
Ephesians 3:3 NKJV:
how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already,
Ephesians 3:5-6 NKJV:
which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,
“as I have briefly written already”
That is the content of Chapter 2, that Jews and Gentiles become joint heirs.
Normally, Jewish people thought that this was from the Jews, but this is the mystery of becoming joint heirs with the Gentiles.
Ephesians 3:8-11 NKJV:
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,
—7
How will He carry out the “eternal plan” that existed before the foundation of the world?
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Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai
“The Established Purpose of Christmas” 8
How will He carry out the “eternal plan” that existed before the foundation of the world?
It is through the church.
Paul, who worked within church, had two purposes.
Verse 8: “I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,”
One purpose is to tell the Gentiles that you too are in the grace of salvation, and there are unsearchable riches in Christ.
The other is “to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden”.
To make known how the mystery of God progresses.
This was Paul’s service.
Now we are in the church and are being saved as Gentiles.
And we are going to say to the Gentiles who are not yet believers and are not Jews that “When you believe, you will gain unsearchable riches of Christ. And you will truly know the mystery, the wonderful thing, hidden from the ages.” with the same feelings that Paul had and do it through church.
Verse 10: “to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church”,
The church – we are not yet complete, but this church will become such an entity to show God’s wisdom.
That is God’s eternal plan.
It means that God will accomplish that plan through the church.
Because Jesus was resurrected, the church has the authority that Jesus had, and God’s plan was to proceed with this from the church.
—8
Ephesians 3:12 NKJV:
in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.
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Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai
“The Established Purpose of Christmas” 8
How will He carry out the “eternal plan” that existed before the foundation of the world?
It is through the church.
Paul, who worked within church, had two purposes.
Verse 8: “I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,”
One purpose is to tell the Gentiles that you too are in the grace of salvation, and there are unsearchable riches in Christ.
The other is “to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden”.
To make known how the mystery of God progresses.
This was Paul’s service.
Now we are in the church and are being saved as Gentiles.
And we are going to say to the Gentiles who are not yet believers and are not Jews that “When you believe, you will gain unsearchable riches of Christ. And you will truly know the mystery, the wonderful thing, hidden from the ages.” with the same feelings that Paul had and do it through church.
Verse 10: “to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church”,
The church – we are not yet complete, but this church will become such an entity to show God’s wisdom.
That is God’s eternal plan.
It means that God will accomplish that plan through the church.
Because Jesus was resurrected, the church has the authority that Jesus had, and God’s plan was to proceed with this from the church.
—8
Ephesians 3:12 NKJV:
in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.
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Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai
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Ephesians 3:17 NKJV:
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Grounded in love.
That is how we will move forward.
We will move forward while strengthening our inner man.
And how will we become?
Ephesians 3:19 NKJV:
to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
We will know the love of Christ which passes knowledge. We will know agape love.
And by doing so, we will be filled with all the fullness of God.
This is our growth.
And it is also how we, the church, will be prepared.
—10
Ephesians 3:20-21 NKJV:
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai
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Ephesians 3:20-21 NKJV:
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
It is “according to the power that works in us”, it is not a power outside of you.
It’s fine if the person outside of you says, “I can’t give a message, I’m not good at evangelism. I can’t do it. I’m embarrassed.”
By the power of the inner man, you will become someone who cannot teach, but is able to teach.
That’s what will happen.
And it is “the church” and “in the church” so that to Him glory will happen “forever and ever.”
That’s because the church is one body, one united with Christ.
—11
So let’s look at what the church is.
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Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai
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So let’s look at what the church is.
If we were to give a title to Ephesians chapter 4, it would be “Calling.”
We should walk faithfully in our “calling” and do the work of the church.
Ephesians 4:1 NKJV:
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,
Go into the calling to which you are called.
If you are called to be a pastor, don’t become an evangelist.
You may not be called to be a pastor, but rather someone who is moving toward business, and then you should go there.
Know what God is calling you to and go there.
What should you pay attention to in order to walk and live in the way you are called?
Ephesians 4:2-3 NKJV:
with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
If we know the “calling” that God has called us to, and as a desire to continue to know it, we should have lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love.
One another means members of the church. We should bear with one another.
The church will not be built up if we say things like, “I hate that person, I don’t like that person.”
We have received agape love.
For us, who were enemies of God, Christ Jesus died.
The church is built up with Christ’s love of forgiveness, so we build up the church by forgiving one another with the feeling, “that person didn’t realize it.”
Verse 3, “the bond of peace”, “the unity of the Spirit”, we must not forget that we are building up as we do these.
—12
What did Jesus do when He died on the cross and was raised up from hell?
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Ena Christian Center
Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai
“The Established Purpose of Christmas” 1
As Galatians 3:13-14 states, we will be freed from the curse that began with Adam, and we will be freed from poverty, sickness, and the second death, but we know that there is more to it than that.
Today, I would like to focus on Ephesians, that God’s plan is condensed and written.
In Ephesians, Paul was speaking to the Gentiles.
Ephesians 1:3 NKJV:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
We know that we have all spiritual blessings.
When Adam and Eve sinned, the curse began, but how was it resolved in the long Old Testament?
We also know that God had a plan before Adam and Eve sinned.
Ephesians 1:4-5 NKJV:
just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
If we were to give a title to Ephesians chapter 1, it would be “God’s Plan.”
God’s plan is to make us holy and without blame through Christ, that is, in the flow of the New Testament, before the foundation of the world.
And this was “having predestined.”
Ephesians 1:7 “In Him”, in Christ.
“according to the riches of His grace”
We receive this riches of God’s grace.
God’s plan is to proceed through Christ and within it.
In the Old Testament, Jesus has not yet appeared, so even though God’s plan is there, the time has not yet come, so He waited.
We will look at the fullness of time for God’s plan to be fulfilled.
Ephesians 1:9-10 NKJV:
having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.
This plan, “having predestined”, this fullness of time, takes place in the New Testament.
In verse 9, “according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,” in His Son, Jesus.
As we read earlier in Ephesians 1:5, it says, “having predestined”.
“The fullness of the times”brought the birth of Jesus. Then it became the New Testament, and not only that, but it also had to reach the point where Jesus was crucified and resurrected.
Ephesians 1:11 NKJV:
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
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Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai
“The Established Purpose of Christmas” 2
Humans have acquired dominion over the earth, but God does not intend to complete everything on this earth, but planned to make us inheritors of His kingdom in the invisible world.
In the Old Testament, because of sin, no one could go to heaven because if they saw God, they died. They could not meet God in the kingdom of God.
But God makes it possible.
This is by becoming holy and without blame in Christ.
We will go to the kingdom of God wearing Christ.
We have been given the guarantee that we will receive that kingdom.
Ephesians 1:14 NKJV:
who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
We have received the Holy Spirit as that guarantee.
I Corinthians 12:3 NKJV:
Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
Also, as Romans 8:15 says, “For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
You have learned that you received a guarantee to be the same children of God as Jesus, who can call God the Father “Abba, Father.”
Ephesians 1:18 NKJV:
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
Let us have our hearts’ and spiritual eyes opened to know this.
God crucified Jesus, took all our sins upon Him, and then used His almighty power to raise Him from the dead, and sat Him at the right hand of God.
At that time, Jesus had a certain authority.
Ephesians 1:20-21 NKJV:
which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
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Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai
“The Established Purpose of Christmas” 3
After Jesus was crucified, died and rose from the dead, He was given all the authority of far above every name that is named.
What does this mean for us?
In the “predestined” plan, we become holy and without blame in Christ.
Originally, Jesus did not need to be crucified.
And in Christ, we gain far above all principality and power that surpasses all things in Christ.
The gathering of us is the church.
Ephesians 1:22-23 NKJV:
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
The “church” is in this plan of God.
The church is a gathering of us Christians, not a building.
Through this church, Jesus has the authority to further God’s plan, and gave Him to be head of the church.
And the church is the body of Christ.
Because we are the body of Christ, we are saved.
This was predestined.
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Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai
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Next, chapter 2.
The plan to save us, how was it done?
Ephesians 2:1 NKJV:
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
Such people are “by nature children of wrath” (Ephesians 2:3).
However, in the grace of Jesus Christ, we become sinless and receive salvation.
And not only that,
Ephesians 2:6 NKJV:
and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Jesus was born and crucified. Because of what Jesus did, we who believe in Christ are united with Christ and made to sit together in the heavenly places.
This is what He planned.
What will we need at that time?
Ephesians 2:8-9 NKJV:
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
We become this way “through faith.”
The faith is not the faith you believe in, but the faith you have received, that is, the faith of Jesus.
No one is saved by their own good works. We move into it with the faith we receive from God.
And while we are made holy and without blame in Christ, there is a plan for us.
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Ephesians 2:10 NKJV:
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
It was predestined that Jesus would be crucified.
And it was also predestined that we would be saved and do God’s work.
We must not only rejoice that Jesus came at Christmas, but also know that there is something that has been prepared for us beforehand.
What is it?
Ephesians 2:15 NKJV:
having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace,
These two are Jews and Gentiles.
The one who was close was the Jew, and the one who was far was the Gentile.
The plan was to make these two into a new man.
There is currently a war in Israel, but there is a plan for us and them to become one in Christ.
Jesus also spoke about these two things in other verses.
John 10:16 NKJV:
And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
This also mentions Gentiles and Jews.
This is part of God’s plan.
We will bring revival to Japan and the world, but we must not forget the revival in Israel.
This means that they will change from Judaism to Christianity.
However, in the prophecy of the Bible, only a part of them will change, not all of them.
The 144,000 Jews are the ones who will wait until the end and be saved.
I would like us to be firmly aware that we will be saved by something.
Ephesians 2:18 NKJV:
For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
It is through one Spirit, the Holy Spirit, that we have access to God.
This is because the Holy Spirit is the Spirit that can call God “Abba, Father.”
This can only be done through the Holy Spirit.
And including Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians, verse 19 says, “members of the household of God”.
Everyone becomes members of the household of God.
—5
And here’s how it happens.
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