Why So Assured?

Ephesians 6:23-24

About the Sermon

This sermon is our second in a two-part series, Battling the Prodigal’s Suspicion: Resting in the Assurance of the Father’s Love. As we learned in the previous sermon, Paul's letter to the Ephesian church was tailor-made to address our tendency to doubt the Father's love for us. That's why he ends his letter with these words, a summary of his letter: "Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible" (Eph. 6:23, 24).

About the Series

When the prodigal son decided to return to his father in Luke 15, Jesus highlights the fact that the son was suspicious that his father still loved him as a father (v. 19). In his book Children of the Living God, Sinclair Ferguson argues that Luke 15 teaches us that “the reality of the love of God for us is often the last thing in the world to dawn upon us” (27). Dan Cruver helps us consider how Paul’s letter to the Ephesians addresses this very problem in this two-part series from Ephesians 6:23, Battling the Prodigal’s Suspicion: Resting in the Assurance of the Father’s Love.
When the prodigal son decided to return to his father in Luke 15, Jesus highlights the fact that the son was suspicious that his father still loved him as a father (v. 19). In his book Children of the Living God, Sinclair Ferguson argues that Luke 15 teaches us that “the reality of the love of God for us is often the last thing in the world to dawn upon us” (27). Dan Cruver helps us consider how Paul’s letter to the Ephesians addresses this very problem in this two-part series from Ephesians 6:23, Battling the Prodigal’s Suspicion: Resting in the Assurance of the Father’s Love.

Sermons in the Series