Passage: Ephesians 5:1-2 There may no more beautiful description of what the Christian life should look like than our text for this morning’s sermon. Closely connected with last week’s passage, Paul now encourages the Ephesian church by painting a word picture of what he has been teaching them about putting off the old man and […]
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The New Self
Passage: Ephesians 4:25-32 By now, it should be clear to us that it matters greatly to God how we live. Our lives before and after trusting Christ should be radically different. After all, we have moved from death to live because of the grace of God, and you can’t get much more different than that. […]
Be Who You Are
Passage: Ephesians 4:22-24 As we have studied the fourth chapter of Ephesians, we have clearly seen the importance of a changed life. Christians are to walk in a manner worthy of our calling, not as unbelievers who walk in the futility of their thinking. This is part of what we have been taught in the […]
The School of Christ
Passage: Ephesians 4:20-21 Paul is being painfully careful and clear to emphasize the difference that being a follower of Christ should make in the manner in which we live. Last week, we looked at his description of the lifestyle each of us engaged in before Christ; a lifestyle characterized by futile thinking, spiritual ignorance, alienation […]
Terminal Paganitis
Passage: Ephesians 4:17-19 If Chapter 4 began a new focus in Paul’s letter to the Ephesian Christians, then v. 17 is the point where the rubber really starts to meet the road when it comes to living out the Christian life. After reminding his readers to walk in a manner worthy of their calling (4:1), […]
Growing Up
Passage: Ephesians 4:14-16 This morning, we conclude our time in this important section of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians where he explains the way the church was designed by God to function. Growth is the key theme here, but not in the way we normally talk about growth. Paul is not focused on numerical growth […]
Gifted to Serve
Passage: Ephesians 4:11-12 For several weeks, we have been looking at portions of this passage from Ephesians 4 regarding the equipping of the members of the local church for ministry. One objection typically raised by folks when they are asked to serve is that they do not feel equipped or qualified to do so. While […]
The Church as God Intended
Passage: Ephesians 4:11-13 Last Sunday, we began to look at one of the great passages in all of scripture concerning the way the church of Jesus Christ should operate. We will take the next two Sundays to dig a little deeper into this text and see how it should apply specifically to our church. This […]
Unity through Diversity
Passage: Ephesians 4:7-13 Having taken two weeks for Palm Sunday and Easter, we return this morning to our study in the book of Ephesians. When we last left off, Paul was emphasizing the unity that we have as Christians (one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all). […]
Dead and Alive
Passage: Romans 6:1-11 The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the key turning point in all of history. If Jesus was merely a man who was executed as an insurrectionist and whose body remains in a grave somewhere in Israel, then Christianity is a joke and all Christian churches should shut their doors. But since Christ […]