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Ephesians 4:9 · BSB
4:9 What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
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…them myself. However, I was blind to it. I needed somebody else to make those kind suggestions. This is the function of a passage like this inEphesians chapter 4. That believers have areas of their life that don't look right. They have parts of their life that they need to put off and put on things that are…
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…you persecuting me? The church is his body. He's intimately mysteriously. Identified with it, spiritually so. That's why Paul will go on to say inEphesians chapter 4, he calls Christians to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every…
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…for this. If I failed to comply, I would be the shortest-lived coach in school history. This is the kind of language that Paul is using inEphesians chapter 4. He's making an appeal to you to no longer walk like the Gentiles do. Now, Gentiles in Ephesians chapter 4 is just a broad term. And for our…
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…with Christ in his work to transform America. And that goes so great and so timely with my message today. You have your Bibles handy. Let's turn toEphesians chapter 4. We're going to be going over verses 11 through 16. We're going to unpack the Word of God. You know, I believe that God's going to take many of you…
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…of righteousness, which comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. So that his glory may be both revealed and recognized. Now inEphesians chapter 4, if you're taking notes, write this down, if he's Chapter 4, verses 23 through 32. It says this Ephesians chapter 4, verses 23 through 32. Now,…
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Ephesians chapter 4. This is the word of our Lord. It declares, and he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers to equip the…
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…and in our world. Our minds don't see the world as God has designed them. We don't think accurately. Okay? So, listen to how Paul describes it inEphesians chapter 4. Paul says this, Now I say to you and I testify on the Lord that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do. So that's another way of saying don't…
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…to grow into maturity. That's the point of the church. That's what the church is supposed to do. And he's saying it so many different ways inEphesians chapter 4. There's pastors and elders and teachers, and they're supposed to equip the saints to do the work of the ministry. You understand this? If the…
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…be making disciples. In order for our church culture to become a disciple-making church culture, this biblical truth that we're talking about fromEphesians chapter 4must be driven down to the bedrock of your being. You must be thoroughly convinced of this. And when we are all convinced of this, the grace flows…
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…When you are converted you are called into ministry. I am going to develop this next week in a sermon unto itself but I just want to point you toEphesians chapter 4real quick. I want to show you just a few things to whet your appetite. right. In Ephesians chapter 4 11 through 16 Paul is talking about Christian…
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…other churches, the church is doing better than ever at diversity. You know, why that is? I'm about to show you. This is a this is a passage fromEphesians chapter 4. It says get to it. Here there is one body and one Spirit just as you were called in one hope that belongs to your call one Lord, one faith. With…
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…There's just more of you here today, and it's wonderful. Oh, thank you for lifting your voices. If you would please turn your Bibles to the book ofEphesians, chapter 4. As you turn, allow me to pray for us as we begin. Father, we come to your word this morning. Giving thanks, giving praise and giving glory to your…
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…the church for the Great Commission on a global scale. So let's read together, you follow along as I read our text for this morning. It'sEphesians chapter 4. We're going to be on verses 11 through 16. And this is Paul writing to the faithful saints at the Church of Ephesus nearly 2,000 years ago. And he…
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…Christ over sin and death and hell. And we looked at spiritual gifts a few weeks ago, how Jesus distributed them as we were up in the beginning ofEphesians chapter 4. But this morning I want to talk about how Jesus now is growing his church through those gifts. Let me give you an outline: three levels of church…
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…us through his word. And in fact there's a beautiful phrase in the New Testament that captures this. There's an example of it in Ephesians 1.18 inEphesians chapter 4. Paul says, Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you and what are the riches of his…
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…part of your outline this morning. Jesus uses gifts to bring unity. Jesus gives gifts to the church to bring unity. That's what's happening inEphesians chapter 4, is that Paul is writing about the unity of the church. Chapter 4, verse 1, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have…
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…and I'm going to take you to a parallel text, it's a bit lengthy, so if you'll turn there with me, keep yourself marked in Philippians, go toEphesians chapter 4, I'm going to read you 16 verses, I'm going to do it with some haste, with a couple little comments, beginning in verse 1, Ephesians 4, Paul…
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…disciples are rooted in orthodoxy. When disciples are not rooted in orthodoxy, one of the ways that you can tell is what Paul talks about here inEphesians chapter 4. He says, here's a symptom of a believer who's immature because they don't have the right information. They're not rooted in orthodoxy. He says…
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…he didn't just preach, only preach Christ where Christ wasn't named. He would go back to churches and establish them in the faith. We read also inEphesians chapter 4another glance at his calling. Ephesians 4 12. He says, Apostles, pastors, prophets, teachers are given to the church in order to equip the saints…
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…you. You become a mature man. You get some muscle on you, son, and get into the world with some kind of maturity. That's what he's appealing for inEphesians chapter 4. So when you look at all three of these forms of unity in the New Testament, I want you to appreciate something about them right now that you…
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