The Whole Family of God

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The Whole Family of God

“Out from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named”

Ephesians 3:15

1. The interpretation that is _________________
   1. That if the following be true: 
      1. The words “of our Lord Jesus Christ” are _______ part of verse 14 
      2. That “pas” = all – without the article would mean ____________
   2. Thus:
      1. It talks of the various orders of ___________________ beings in heaven and earth
      2. It concludes that through _____________ God is the ______________ Father of all     created beings, therefore: 
         1.  _______ are in His family
         2. All in the family on earth can be in His family in ____________
         3. That __________ man is in God's family as brothers in ________ & _____________
   3.  The heresy of this view:
      1. Man's generations go through sinful ________ who was a creation of God
      2. All men are creations of ______ and thus under Adam's _______ and under his ____
      3. It beings man into God's family without coming through ___________
2. The interpretation that _______________ the believer
   1. The examination of the text: 
      1. of whom” - Gk = out of whom – thus, a direct reference to ________
      2. The source of the naming of the family is from _______________
      3. “family” - Gk = a ________________ term for descendants of the ________ father, both immediate (___________) and remote (______________) 
      4.  “whole” - Gk. = all -  “every” is without the definite article but the context deals only with the _____ family of those who are _________ by _________
      5. “every” means every believer either _________ or in ___________
   2. The interpretation of the text:
      1. God's _______________ as our “Father” is seen as: 
         1. Coming through our relationship to __________ - Jn. 1:12: Rom. 8:15b
         2. Coming through the Father's ______________ - Eph. 1:5
         3. Thus, only those who are ______ _________ and ____________ are members of the family and can call God - ______________
      2. The ___________ of the believer's brotherhood
         1. The family (v.15) is the __________ (v.21) and the one _________ (4:4) which has one ___________ (4:6) but its members are recognized as distinct __________ (4:7)
         2. Our family relationship is through _________________ - Eph. 2:16, 19 
      3. The reception of a new __________
         1. We are named after __________ = Christians
         2. We receive a new name – Rev. 2:17; 3:12

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