Sermons on Ephesians (Page 3)
But that conversation is too scary!
There are zero good reasons not to reconcile with a brother… immediately. Ephesians 4:3 – “being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” Matthew 5:23-24 -“Therefore, if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there…
The Supreme Result: Love
If you see and you are humble, you will love. Ephesians 4:2 – “with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,“
The Supreme Virtue: Humility
The very first ingredient to living in a worthy manner: Be completely humble! Ephesians 4:2 – “with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love“
The Supreme Imperative: See!
God’s heart – I love you. I opened your eyes. Now look at Me! Ephesians 4:1 – Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
Protecting New Life from Divisive Influences in American Media
Do not let pagan media dictate what we are passionate about and damage our unity. Ephesians 4:3 – being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Retreat ’21: Martyrdom
With God there is nothing but strength. Without God there is nothing but weakness. Ephesians 3:14-21 – “When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his…
Hot Coals on Lucifer’s Head
The purpose of the Church is to humiliate Satan. Ephesians 3: 10-13 – God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord. Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come…
Revolution is Revolting
Adding anything to the Gospel makes it the opposite of “Revolutionary”. Ephesians 2:11-16, Acts 5:33-42, Galatians 2:11-13 – Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called “uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts. In those days you were living…
The Universal Evil of this Dark World
There is nothing good but God. Ephesians 2:1-10 – And although you were dead in your offenses and sins, in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the domain of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience, among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the…