Ephesians (15)

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Honesty

We know from this chapter that God intends for us to grow into maturity in Christ. We have been made new, according to the likeness of Jesus Christ, but as we talked about last week, we need to work on learning these new ways and…

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Make the Change

In Ephesians so far we have seen the amazing love and kindness of God toward us. We are not the same people we were before we heard and believed the Gospel, and we have so many more wonderful things to look forward to than we…

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Means to Maturity

We’ve seen the great things God has done for us, and Paul’s first and key application is that we should all walk in humility and gentleness. We should dwell in such humility together that we do all we can to maintain the unity of the…

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A Worthy Life

For the past several weeks, we’ve been seeing what great things God has done for us. Beginning with the amazing blessings of Chapter 1, then the context of our sin and separation as Gentiles in Chapters 2 and 3. Paul’s prayers in Chapter 1 and…

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Least Made Glorious

It’s hard for us to understand what it’s like to grow up without hope and without God in this world, but the Gentiles of old understood. God had come near through the Gospel. Jesus’ death and resurrection were not for the Jews only, but also…

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