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  1. …pastors. Pastors, don't say anything. It means what? Okay, I will not say this one too. You will check your notes. You are making my work easy.Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11. We have received grace. Hallelujah. So epignosis means accurate knowledge. Amen.…

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  2. …21, 19. Romans 11, verse 13. Romans 11, 13. Romans 12, verse 7. Romans 12, verse 7. Romans 12, verse 7. Romans 15, verse 31. Romans 15, verse 31.Ephesians 4, verse 12. Ephesians 4, verse 12, which we know. Colossians 4, verse 17. Colossians 4, verse 17. Colossians 4, verse 17. We're ready, right? 1 Timothy 1,…

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  3. …God of this world invariably blinds their heart. So you see exchange in scriptures mind and heart sometimes is mind sometimes is heart. Let's seeEphesians 4 verse 17Ephesians 4 verse 17 and verse 18 So the believer is one who has clearly, you know receive that light of the glorious gospel I Say therefore and…

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  4. …upon your own bed and be still. New American Standard puts it this way Tremble and do not sin. Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still.Ephesians chapter 4, verse 26, Paul quotes Psalm 4:4. When he says, Do not sin in your anger, do not allow the sun to go down upon your anger and give the devil a foothold.…

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  5. …it could follow Christ? Look at Ephesians chapter 4, and notice if you would verse 22. You say I was in Ephesians 3. That was my old man talking.Ephesians 4, verse 22. That ye put off concerning the former conversation, the what? Say it, the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lust, and be…

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  6. …place, the image of the bride here in Ephesians one, it's the body. And I'll further develop this imagery in Ephesians chapter 4. Just listenEphesians 4 verse 15, Paul writes rather speaking the truth and love. We are to grow up into every way, into Him who is the head into Christ. From whom the whole body…

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  7. …consistently right from the inception was faith. Right from inception was what? Was faith from the beginning. Hallelujah. So we now can forgiveEphesians 4 verse 32we forgive because we have been forgiven okay we forgive because God has forgiven us and be kind to one another tender -hearted forgiving one…

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  8. …is that you forgive. If you don't forgive, then you don't receive forgiveness. Okay? But in the epistles, let us see the scriptures as, let's seeEphesians 4 verse 31. After redemption, Ephesians 4 verse 31 and 32, we'll see a change. rough, anger, clamour and evil -speaking be put away from you with all malice…

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  9. …in anger? Is it right ever for a Christian to be indignant? The apostle Paul says yes. And the apostle Paul commands us in the book of Ephesians.Ephesians 4 verse 26, he says, Be angry and do not sin. You know, those are two commands. Be angry. That is an imperative, church. That is a command. It says, Be angry.…

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  10. …we tell you? Didn't we warn you? Why are you even listening? But because you thought that was the truth and nothing but the truth. Praise God! InEphesians 4, verse 14, it says, They say that you should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried away by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men and…

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  11. …in the bulletin, or if you have a Bible, you might like to read it there. Let's follow along together as we hear God Himself speak. The reading isEphesians chapter 4, verses 25 through 32. Therefore put away having put away falsehood. Let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry…

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  12. All right, if y'all would remain standing for the reading of God's Word, we're going to be looking atEphesians 4 verses 25 to 32. Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Be angry and do…

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  13. …are continuing our series and our mission and our ministry priorities here as a church ! here in the month of January. And this morning we are inEphesians chapter 4 verses 11 through 16. If you were in the Grow Class Hour, you got a little preview of this, but if not, either way we'll do this together this morning. So Ephesians…

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  14. …to Ephesians 51 and 2. Let's hear the Word of God reading, of course, as we've said often from the King James Bible, Ephesians chapter 5, verse 20,Ephesians 4, verse 24. Let's hear the Word of God, and that you put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away…

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  15. …from God. Because we are obliged to what? To forgive. Hallelujah. We are obliged to forgive. At all costs, we must what? We must forgive.Ephesians 4 verse 32. Ephesians 4, 32. Ephesians 4, 32. He says, be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has done what? He…

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  16. …not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. Praise the Lord.Ephesians chapter 4, verse 32. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another. Even as God in Christ forgave you. Let's also lastly look at continuing in…

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  17. …we see here and then. And as I said earlier, what enables, the renewing of our mind, the renewing of our mind is very important in our walk. InEphesians 4 verse 23, the instruction is be renewed in the spirit of your mind. Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. What it means is that our love for God, our love…

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  18. …selfish with our lives, our heart, our love, and our care. We are to be generous the way generous was for us. Even forgiveness, think about this.Ephesians chapter 4, verse 32says this. Be kind to one another. And then it says, be gracious and loving to one another. And then it says this: forgiving one another as God for…

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  19. …that a communication has been happening before. The DF4, right? The communication has to have been happening before the DF4. I want us to go toEphesians 4, verse 17. We're going to be taking a long reading from 17 to the end, which is 32. So I will read from the NLT, it says, With the Lord's authority I say…

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  20. …to see another word that confirms to us that, you know, that takeaway is present. You know, this one now is done. Let's see another word that's inEphesians 4 verse 32. Ephesians 4 verse 32. Ephesians 4 verse 32. It says, And be kind to one another. Tenderhearted, forgiving one another. Even as God in Christ…

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  21. …these letters around the same time and sent them by courier to these two far apart churches. So, Paul's teaching these guys something valuable. So,Ephesians chapter 4, verse 22. He's going to shed a little bit of light on what he was just talking about in Colossians 3. Let's go see what he's telling the Ephesians. Verse…

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  22. …something has happened and it has helped you to bring you back to God or to make you refocus. Praise the Lord. You are called out once. Hallelujah.Ephesians chapter 4, verse 4 to 6. It said there is one body and one spirit. just as you are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. One God and Father…

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  23. …That is poimen. The word is a noun called poimen. P -O -I -M -E -N. A shepherd. It means a shepherd. And it is the same exact word that appears inEphesians chapter 4 verse 11. So, we are going to see that these same men who are called overseers, bishops, are the same men that are called pastors. It is the same. It's the…

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  24. …yet. But what's clear is the principle. The principle is that ministry is not just for a few leaders. Every believer has a role. It is clear inEphesians 4:11-13, and I found it interesting when I went from being a Christian businessman to being a vocational minister pastor, that the ministry that I loved as…

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  25. …your witness. But God gives us armor for a reason. He wants us to stand, but not only stand to stand daily not just once paul actually saysephesians chapter 4 verse 14listen he says then we will no longer be infants tossed about and back and forth by the waves and blown here and there by every wind of teaching.…

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  26. …we'll know that which is not sound. Praise the Lord. Because there is soundness in you. It is truth that can sell what a lie is. Praise the Lord.Ephesians chapter 4 verse 14. He said that you should no longer be children tossed through and through and carried away by every wind of doctrine, by the trickiness of men, in…

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  27. …mature in knowledge. That we begin to We begin to take responsibilities. Responsibility is a product of growth. And growth comes by knowledge. SoEphesians 4 verse 14. That we will not be children. Ephesians 4 verse 14. That we should no longer be children. The previous scripture we see, it says as to regards to…

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  28. …work of ministry. For us to do the will of God, the church is where we are trained. And later on, we see in his epistles to this same church, InEphesians chapter 4 verse 1, Ephesians chapter 4 verse 1, when Paul was writing an epistle to this same church, from verse 1, let's read verse 1 to 13. It says, with long…

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  29. …14. 1 Corinthians chapter 12, field chapter 14. Gatherings and meetings. Those instructions of God to the church were instructions for meetings.Ephesians chapter 4, verse 11 to 13, the gifts are for meetings. Pastors for meetings, apostles for meetings, evangelists for meetings, prophets for meetings. Philippians chapter 1,…

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  30. …Right? And that's an important aspect of unity that Paul and others bring us to. Right? In order to make unity amongst the church family, based onEphesians 4, verse 2, it says, be completely humble. Right? We have to show humility because our thoughts, ideas, hopes are not necessarily everyone else's thoughts,…

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  31. …speaking to God's people, that word sometime means in the past. There was a time when you were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works.Ephesians 4 verse 18having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of the heart.…

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  32. …questioning right now, I'm not sure I'm included in the list of people of whom you're speaking about, even though I'm a Christian. Well, look atEphesians 4:1, and hear what Paul has to say there. Lead a life worthy of your calling to which you have been called by God. This is all of us. This isn't a few…

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  33. …receive edification. What is edification? Right? Something that is for upbuilding. Right? Something that is for upbuilding. What do you call it?Ephesians 4 verse 11. Let's go. Ephesians 4 verse 11. Ephesians 4 verse 11. And he gave the apostles and the prophets and the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers to…

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  34. …there. In fact, the church is designed to equip us to do the vision that Jesus is casting in this moment. Ephesians chapter 4. The Bible says this.Ephesians chapter 4, verse 11. He gave gifts to the church and he goes on to describe for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, of the building of the body…

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  35. …instead of the calling of God within the circumference or within Christ's identity. Are we together? Hallelujah. Are you there? Look at verse 11.Ephesians chapter 4, verse 11. Oh, thank you, media team. Now everybody have to look at his Bible now. Amen. Verse 11. And he himself gave some to be apostles. Now we have…

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  36. …And that is our relationship with our Creator. That has to be put right first, that vertical relationship. So what is it that really unites us?Ephesians 4 verse 3tells us this, it is the unity of the Spirit. And that oil that runs down upon Aaron depicts something incredible. It's a picture of the Holy…

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  37. …great love. And power. On me. Without measure. Full. And boundless. Drawing out. My heart. To thee. I started this sermon. By having you look at.Ephesians 4 verse 1. The next. Logical step. In what he's writing. To the church. Which is to walk. In a manner worthy. Of your calling. But notice. What's in between.…

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  38. …And secondly, please, please, write a book and let us in on the secret, because we all get angry with our kids, don't we? But God has a message InEphesians, chapter 4, verse 26,. He says be angry and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your wrath. Now, god doesn't say it's wrong to be angry, but what he does say is…

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  39. …powerful verse and see if we can answer that question with God's help. Who are you? So I just want to tackle one verse today. It's from the book ofEphesians chapter 4, verse 16. First Century, Christian wrote these words. He said, from him, It's from Jesus Christ. The whole body that's referenced to all Christians, the…

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  40. …let Satan distract with division. And then thirdly, gospel maturity. Quickly, our last point here, gospel maturity. Look down at verse 13. Back inEphesians chapter 4, verse 13. Until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God's Son. So remember, He equipped us differently. He calls us to unity. And then…

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  41. …me love this person and help me know how to do that, if you're not forgiving people in relationships as he has forgiven you, as we're commanded inEphesians 4, verse 32, if we're not working through those things, if I've not entrusted him in helping me design these relationships, then when I get in a crisis in a…

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  42. …remember how my father punished me when I was little, I thought so many times, I'm gonna kill you. I'm gonna kill my father. God tells us today inEphesians 4:31, let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you. Jonah and his frustration and unstable emotions sit down to…

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  43. …his kingdom more than anything else, and that by going to Christ once again today, you will have that, that life is yours. Let's pray. Amen. fromEphesians chapter 4, verse 22. Lord, help us to put off our old self, which belongs to our former manner of life. That old life has been corrupted, our desires have been…

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  44. …Elders are called to Shepherd and deacons are called to serve. Every Christian is called to build up the church and I want you to look with me atEphesians 4 verse 11, As I told you of First Timothy is Paul writing to one of the pastor's of the Ephesian church and Ephesians is Paul writing to the church itself.…

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  45. …of Bishop and the elder or the same thing, pastors are given the churches as a gift to bring members into spiritual maturity. And we find that inEphesians chapter 4, verse 11, through 16, if you want to write that down, and go back and look at it later, I'm not going to read it tonight. Well I am going to quote fairly…

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  46. …There are many gifts given to the church in the gospel, but the one that was under attack here in Crete is the gift of unity. The gift of unity.Ephesians chapter 4 verses 1 through 3. Paul says, I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called with all…

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  47. …me. I give them eternal life." catch this "and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand." Man, that's good news, isn't it?Ephesians 4:30, Paul says, "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." When you give your life to Christ,…

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  1. …my goodness, realize the enemy is after your commanded blessing. He's after our corporate blessing. He's after our corporate blessing. Go over toEphesians chapter 4. Ephesians chapter 4. talks about how that unity is preserved with the bond of peace. I want you to see this because we can have peace in the midst…

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  2. …I received this yesterday. We were in Austin doing some fun things with some friends, and just on my car, I received this that today's prayer, it'sEphesians chapter 4. And someone decided the way that I'm gonna glorify God is I'm gonna spend my money to print these out, and then on Saturday, on my day off, I'm…

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  3. …to be nothing. Christianity is the most reasonable faith. Paul reasoned with them from the scriptures. And it turns a whole city upside down. InEphesians chapters 4, 5 and 6. Paul is going to preach to the church in the city of Ephesus that Christ is your head. He is your savior. You are his body. Paul's going…

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  4. …an habitation of God through the Spirit. But he also likens it to a church as the house of God. It's fitly framed together. And notice if you wouldEphesians chapter 4, a couple of chapters over, Ephesians chapter 4. Old material to some, new material to some, reiteration to some who forgot about it a little bit.…

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  5. …happened. He's already overtaken. We don't want you to do that in the sun. Service is a product of maturity. You know something? That's why I readEphesians chapter 4, sir. That word, sir, when you read from 13, 14, 15, 16, where the body, every part of the body begins to contribute to the child. That is when…

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  6. …without being engaged and invested in the body of Christ. It is by definition created in the moment of your salvation. There's a third list.Ephesians chapter 4. Now, this list is written differently than the others. The others are all things that we do. In Ephesians chapter 4, the Bible says he gave gifts…

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  7. …for God. Brethren, our lives are supposed to count for something. He says, so arm yourself likewise with that same mind. Look at if you would haveEphesians chapter 4. Now, just about this time, you're going to say, I'm tired of turning to the scriptures. Don't get tired yet. Ephesians chapter 4. Arm yourselves…

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  8. …after week after week. And unfortunately, they're not really drawing closer to God because there's nobody to teach them. Look if you would at uhEphesians chapter 4. Another childlike action. Ephesians chapter 4. Not my opinion, though. Ephesians 4. Stay with me. Look what he says to us as children. Now we're…

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  9. …your new? Look if you would at Ephesians chapter 3. Ephesians 3, second scripture reference, six to go. Ephesians chapter 3. I'm sorry. Let's go toEphesians chapter 4. That's a better one. Ephesians 3, good too. But Ephesians 4, better for this one. Ephesians chapter 4. You know what? I don't want to use…

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  10. …You are rooted, you will grow in Him by understanding who He is. That's why this text almost is closely related, this verse particularly, withEphesians chapter 4. Do you understand? If you read, you will see that it's talking about knitting together. How do you do that? It says so that you will not become…

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  11. …or family, temple or dwelling place, the image of the bride here in Ephesians one, it's the body. And I'll further develop this imagery inEphesians chapter 4. Just listen Ephesians 4 verse 15, Paul writes rather speaking the truth and love. We are to grow up into every way, into Him who is the head into…

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  12. …of opposition, right? And people can be stirred up and used in this way to oppose the work of God. If you think about what Scripture says, uh inEphesians chapter 4, one of the verses we talk about a lot here at church, the Bible says that pastors and teachers and others are given to the church to equip the…

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  13. …truth. It doesn't matter what you call it. A lie is a lie if it's not the truth, and it is of the devil, right? And it's of the old sinful nature.Ephesians chapter 4in verse 22 through 25, it talks about that. So lying is of darkness. It's of this world and we must put it off and put on the new man, which is…

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  14. …and be crazy with you all together #3 to change your world, you must examine yourself, engage the right people #3 establish integrity. Turn over toEphesians chapter 4. You must have integrity. If you want to have an impact. You have to be consistent. You can't be one thing when you're around the people at church…

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  15. …ultimate goal is not to just get out and play for the sake of playing. The ultimate goal is to become more like Christ in every way. Turn over toEphesians chapter 4, and I don't mean this to sound disrespectful in any way, but he's our head coach. He understands the team. He knows what the team needs more than…

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  16. …and manifests itself in the church. Here is how spiritual leaders and the membership of the church should function. Remember what he says inEphesians chapter 4and in verse 11 and 12. And he gave some apostles that's to his church, and some prophets and some evangelists and some pastors and teachers. What…

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  17. …colon there. If we have critical complaining attitudes, I'm not filled with the Spirit because he's grieved by those things, right? You go back toEphesians chapter 4, Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Verse 30, let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and evil speaking. That all has to do with your…

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  18. …going to cover this pretty quickly because we've talked a lot about this, but putting off the old man and putting on the new man, let's go over toEphesians chapter 4. He describes this in Ephesians, and then he tells us how to take off the old man and how to put on the new man. But I want to bring it home a…

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  19. …to one another out of reverence for Christ. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Please be seated. This morning in the sermon looking atEphesians chapter 4this morning, I said that a part of the text was a direct quote from Psalm 4. And after the service, dear friends, came up to me afterwards was…

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  20. …David Gibson. That's smart. Thank you, Thank you. I want to invite you to stand with me for the reading of God's Word. We're going to read fromEphesians chapter 4for our scripture reading. You'll find it printed in the bulletin, or if you have a Bible, you might like to read it there. Let's follow along…

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  21. …morning is going to be the. Wardrobe. Of fellowship and Sunday evening is going to be the. Walk. Of fellowship. So I want to invite you to turn toEphesians chapter 4. Think it's printed in inside the little bulletin that's on your on your tables. You can read it from there with me, or if you have a Bible, you…

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  22. …all the other passages about sanctification? And I think it's a great question if there were, in fact, let's turn over to Hebrews, sorry, Hebrews,Ephesians chapter 4, Ephesians chapter 4. If there were such a key, the New Testament epistles would present that key very clearly and it would be presented as the one…

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  23. …goals. And they need to understand their game plan. And of course, that isn't just true for youth sports. As we open up the word this morning toEphesians chapter 4, we see that that is also true for the church. It is true for our church here at Seawee Bay. For us to thrive, for a church to be successful, we…

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  24. …Relationship and fellowship, standing and walk. So practice, fellowship and walk all has something to do with me. The keyword here is walk.Ephesians chapter 4and verse #1 I therefore the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. What is that? That's…

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  25. …songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. So the music must be spiritual and non worldly and sound. Why don't you turn over toEphesians chapter 4? I'm going to give you 2 more verses that you can write down. I'll read them to you. James chapter 4 and verse #4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses,…

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  26. …but he's in sin anyway? Well, he's out of fellowship with the Lord. 2 The sinning believer grieves the Holy Spirit that lives in him. Let's go toEphesians chapter 4. Ephesians chapter 4. Now this whole part here, this whole third part of the eternal security is, is under the assumption that you know Christ as…

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  27. …everywhere. We're searching for all kinds of stuff. We're trying this, we're trying that. God warned us that what it would be like. For example, inEphesians chapter 4, the Bible says that we're to equip the saints for the work of ministry to the building of the body of Christ. That is going from knowledge to…

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  28. …a case. So the question we have to ask is, well then why is Jonah's anger so wrong? How does righteous anger turn into unrighteous anger? Book ofEphesians chapter 4. Apostle Paul says be angry and do not sin. Be angry to do not sin. So how do we do that? How can we be angry and yet not sin? Well, I think we…

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  29. …him. Now, that was a lot all at once. Verses 12 through 17. He's teaching us a lot here. It's like drinking from a fire hose. Let's go over toEphesians chapter 4. Turn back just a few pages. Ephesians chapter 4. A couple years ago, we did a study through Ephesians. By the way, there's a lot of similarities…

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  30. …and God's eternal work and who the church is and how we have new life in Christ, a new identity and new purpose and new power. And starting inEphesians chapter 4, now Paul is shifting a little from that kind of big theological vision to practical matters of everyday life. Paul explores the... the character…

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  31. …sense to weaken you or to destroy you, not to break you, but they're actually designed to strengthen you. Remember Paul says this in Ephesians andEphesians chapter 4, and he tells us this in the verse 14. Ephesians 4 and 14. Listen to these words, Ephesians 4 and 14. He tells us that we henceforth be no more…

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  32. …it least. And if He's done that for us, then surely, of all people, Christians ought to be quick to forgive others. This is what Paul tells us inEphesians chapter 4. He says, Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you. Abram shows Lot here, unmerited forgiveness.…

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  33. …I am coming. I have something to share. And it's called spiritual gift. Remember, he told them the goal. That they might be established. RememberEphesians chapter 4? It talks about the ministry gifts there. That they are for what? For equipping. Are we together? For what? For equipping. On to what? The work of…

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  34. …wants to use. Your talk. To build up. Not to tear down. So. Let's look at what he has to say about it. Ephesians. Gives us a great passage on this.Ephesians chapter 4. Let no corrupting talk. Come out of your mouths. But only. Such as is good for. What does that say? Building up. Let's do it again. Only such as…

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  35. …scriptures. If you go back, let me just show those references one more time. The first is two scriptures in Ephesians. This is what it looks like.Ephesians chapter 4says this that in the church we are to equip the saints for the work of the ministry to build the body of Christ till we all come to the full…

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  36. …ourselves as better than anyone else. Or as exempt from any criticism ourselves or judgment ourselves. The Bible has something to say about this.Ephesians chapter 4and verse 15. We will speak the truth in love growing in every way more and more like Christ. That's how you become more like Jesus when you speak…

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  37. …in church and leave. Nowhere. It is not there. In fact, the church is designed to equip us to do the vision that Jesus is casting in this moment.Ephesians chapter 4. The Bible says this. Ephesians chapter 4, verse 11. He gave gifts to the church and he goes on to describe for the equipping of the saints, for…

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  38. …you to join me on my mission, in your life, in your world. Jesus indeed gives us gifts. He gives gifts to his disciples. We read in the book ofEphesians, chapter 4, about that, specifically, that when Jesus went to heaven after his ascension, he says in verse 7, but grace was given to each one of us according…

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  39. …or a people candidate of what? Deception. Let me point to you a word from the epistles that says something very close to that. Are we together?Ephesians chapter 4. Ephesians chapter 4. You remember I told you I love you, so those of us, just follow me. That's how we come to the understanding of scriptures.…

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  40. …would you bring non-believers to faith and would you bring believers to maturity? That's what we're called to do, church. Listen to this image fromEphesians chapter 4. It says, He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for…

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  41. …Be obedient children, and don't go back to the desires of that ignorant way of thinking. That's going to lead you where you don't want to go.Ephesians chapter 4sheds a little more light on this. Verse 22, down through verse 24, put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires.…

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  42. …pursuit of what is already yours in Christ. You hear that? And so we're called to put off the old man and to put on the new man, as we're told inEphesians chapter 4. And this is the tension between the already and the not yet, isn't it? In Christ, if you're in Christ, you are already a new creation. The old is…

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  43. …is it right. To be angry. About what God. Wants to do. Now. Let's don't just take. Charles Spurgeon's word for it. Let's look at the scriptures.Ephesians chapter 4. We'll be done in just a moment. Ephesians chapter 4. In verse 26. Don't sin. By letting anger. Control you. Y'all. You want to see people sinning.…

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  44. …gave him up for us all. How will he not also along with him give us all things? Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Paul says in I believeEphesians chapter 4that in Christ we have boldness and access with confidence to the throne of God in Christ. Christian, by God's grace we have God's ear. We can call…

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  45. …but are we grasping this truth of God's standard? Failure to seek truth, failure to grasp truth, failure to live truth, failure to live truth. InEphesians chapter 4, Paul is alluding to the very thing we just talked about in Romans 1. He urges the church, they're at Ephesus, to no longer walk as the Gentiles…

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  46. …by Jesus and by the truth is a culture that lies and pushes against us. That's what he's talking about here. And he warns us of the same thing inEphesians chapter 4as we saw last week. Same warning. And so how does that work? Satan's lies, his temptations, they come into us, they tug at those things about us.…

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  47. …is to deal with it in a God-honoring manner. Deal with it, turn it into a useful tool and don't allow it to be a destructive weapon. Later, inEphesians, chapter 4, in verse 31, paul writes let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, evil speaking be put away from you. With all malice, be kind to one another,…

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  48. …you ought to become one. Right now. It's more important than ever before to understand what you believe and why you believe it. Paul, writing inEphesians, chapter 4, he says Until we all attain to the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so…

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  49. …people of the unifying work of Jesus if they themselves are divided with one another? Unity was important to Jesus. Unity was important to Paul.Ephesians chapter 4. He says, I therefore, a prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility…

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  50. …joy comes from Him. Today, I've been trying to teach you Ephesians 4 verse 16. Long-Time church people, Bible Scholars know what comes beforeEphesians chapter 4. Ephesians chapters one. Two and three. And you know, Paul talks about a ton in Ephesians 1 through 3. And he gushes with one of the longest…

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  51. …they are blown wherever the wind blows them. And if you think I'm stretching a point, then I would invite you to write in the margin of your BibleEphesians chapter 4, which says that in Scripture, the role of pastors and leaders in the church and all of that, we are gifted to the church for the purpose of what?…

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  52. …series. We will break next Sunday for Christmas Eve and do a more Christmas-themed sermon next Sunday. But we are continuing on in our series inEphesians chapter 4. All right. And this is a big Sunday in our series in Ephesians. We go from part 1 to part 2. All right. So the first chapter, the first three…

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  53. …in the pews. You'll look just like everybody else. But inside, you're dead. You're dead. What does the Bible have to say about this? Later on inEphesians chapter 4, they are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God. Boy, that's a hard phrase to wrap your head around. God is life, is he…

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  54. …and so they made sure that the early church was not just big, but big and strong. And maybe the apostle Paul summarized this idea of best andEphesians chapter 4. He wrote these words. So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, they evangelists the pastors and teachers. The leaders that we all think…

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  55. …more and more stepped up to serve the church, stop just being big and it became big and strong. Essentially, what the apostle Paul teaches us inEphesians chapter 4, Of today's text says this. So Christ to himself, gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors, and the teachers, these high…

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  56. …today, Life in the Father's House. And for this series, we've been using different passages. So we'll be preaching through these first 16 verses ofEphesians chapter 4today. As I read this, you can follow along for yourself. Keep in mind that this is God's very own word for you, his people. We believe, we confess…

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  57. …I'm reading into different passages. Both have to do with the church in Ephesus. The first is first, Timothy 3 and then I'll be reading andEphesians chapter 4. First Timothy 3 beginning in verse 1, Paul writes the saying is trustworthy. If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task,…

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  58. …of the Son of God to mature manhood to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ so that we may no longer be children, as Paul says inEphesians chapter 4. You know, I love being a dad. It's one of the greatest things that's ever happened to me, but I have learned that fatherhood is a lot more than…

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  59. …us individually and all of us corporately would grow to reflect the glory of God. And this is, I believe, the charge that Paul gives to pastors inEphesians chapter 4. This, I hope, is a familiar passage to you by now, but Paul says, He, Christ, gave the shepherds and teachers, that is the pastors, to equip the…

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  60. …Fourth, and finally, if we are to be devoted to good works, we must each take personal responsibility. Personal responsibility. Paul says inEphesians chapter 4, when each part of the body, when each member of the body is working properly, every joint, every bone, at work, in its place, doing its job, then…

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