The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace to You.

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here is Grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Ephesians chapter one is the text that we're looking at.

Through the years, obviously, over 50 years, there have been a couple of times when this church

went through the book of Ephesians.

But it is a book that needs to be brought to every new generation of Grace Church folks, and thus

we're looking at this book again in 2021.

It is a foundational book.

It's foundational in the sense that we saw last time, that it begins with sovereign election.

It is foundational in that it lays out the gospel and no uncertain terms thoroughly.

It is foundational as well that it defines how we live, sanctification.

It gives the structure for the church.

It informs us about all human relationships, marriage, family, even employment.

It tells us how to battle against the spiritual powers of hell.

It does all of that in just a very, very brief few chapters. So as we go through the book of

Ephesians, the reality is that this book, verse by verse, becomes a launching point for explaining

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