Summing Up All Things In Christ
The Lord's Day Morning July 31, 2005 Ephesians 1:8-10 “Summing Up All Things In Christ” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter one, as we continue to work our way through this great prayer. We have said several times that this first prayer, from verse 3-14 of Ephesians 1, is a prayer of praise, or doxology. It is directed to God. It is about God. And we have also said that it is life re-orienting. Understanding this prayer not only would change the way we pray, but understanding the truth of this prayer spoken about God, to God, for His glory would change our lives. And we've stressed this in several ways. The truths of this passage are great. In Ephesians 1:3, for instance, the great truth that every…