Greetings (1:1-2):
o Christians
are holy ones.
Every Blessing (1:3):
o Christ is
the treasure in whom we have every heavenly treasure.
Election (1:4a):
o Before the
beginning of the world, God selected us for His blessing!
o We were
chosen to be a holy spectacle before God for His own pleasure.
Adoption (1:4b-6):
o We are
naturally not God's children.
o God brought
near to Himself sinners who should have been shunned.
Grace (1:7-8a):
o We were
released from our sins ("forgiveness") through the blood of God's
beloved.
o The Father
gave up what was most precious to Him to lavish on us His grace.
Revelation (1:8b-10):
o Jesus is
the main point for the existence of everything.
o There is no
better person for whom the universe should exist than our dear Savior.
Possession & Pledge (1:11-14):
o We are to
praise God and give voice to His great worth.
o The Spirit
sanctifies us until we're glorified.
Prayer (1:15-16):
o We should
have a clear view of whom we pray to.
Understanding (1:17-18):
o We should
pray for knowledge of God that is beyond rote or head-knowledge but a true
perspective of who He is in the core of our being.
o We are to
know the future hope for which God called us.
o We are to
know the value God places in us as His own "inheritance."
o Resurrection Power (1:19-20a):
o We are to
know the power of God in our lives.
o God's power
that energizes us spiritually is the impressive power with which He raised
Christ Jesus from the dead.
Exaltation Power (1:20b-23):
o By His
power, God places Jesus "far above" all the angels and everything
else, both in this world and the one to come.
o Christ is
our head, and we submit to Him!
Spiritual Death (2:1-2a):
o God
exercised His power to deliver us from our prior spiritual condition of
spiritual death, a life of sin.
Satan & the Flesh (2:2b-3):
o The devil
actively works to steer this world toward sin against God.
o We all were
once bent on carrying out the desires of our flesh and our godless mind.
Grace (2:4+5b):
o Our
trespasses and sins were against God.
o We were
repulsive rebels.
o God should
have sent us to hell but He instead loved us.
God's Saving Acts (2:5a+6):
o God raised
us up and made us spiritually alive.
o God gave to
us an exalted position before Him.
Ultimate Purpose (2:7-9):
o God saved
us to put on display the riches of His grace.
o Without
Christ there is no regeneration, no calling, no sanctification and no
glorification.
Good Works (2:10):
o God saved
us for works of service and sanctification.
o God planned
for us to execute and walk in these good works.