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Ephesians Explained Part 13 (Be Strong in the Lord)
Paul closes the letter with a final charge: be strong in the Lord and in the might of His strength. The church is to put on the full armor of God in order to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
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Ephesians Explained Part 12 (One Master in Heaven)
Paul continues the household code under the heading of being subject to one another in the fear of Christ, now addressing bondservants and masters in the first-century household. Slaves are commanded to obey their masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the integrity of their heart, as
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Ephesians Explained Part 10 (Christ and the Church)
Paul applies the Spirit-filled life to the household, beginning with marriage. Wives are to be subject to their own husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. This submission is not universal to all men, nor
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Ephesians Explained Part 9 (Walk In Love and Light)
Paul continues the call to walk worthy of our calling by commanding the church to be imitators of God as beloved children and to walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up as an offering and sacrifice to God. Sexual immorality, impurity, and greed must not
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Ephesians Explained Part 8 (Put Off The Old Self)
Paul continues the call to walk worthy of our calling by drawing a sharp contrast between the former way of life and the new reality in Christ. The Gentiles walk in the futility of their mind, darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God through the hardness of their
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Ephesians Explained Part 7 (Walk Worthy of Your Calling)
Paul begins the second half of the letter with a strong “therefore.” Because of everything God has already done for us in Christ, he urges the church to walk in a manner worthy of the calling they have received. That walk is marked by humility, gentleness, patience, and bearing with
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Ephesians Explained Part 6 (The Love of Christ)
Paul resumes the prayer he began earlier in the chapter and bows his knees before the Father. He asks that the church would be strengthened with power through the Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in their hearts through faith. Rooted and grounded in love, the
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Ephesians Explained Part 5 (The Mystery of the Gospel)
Paul continues from the creation of the one new man and reveals the long-hidden mystery: that the Gentiles are now fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. This truth was given to him by revelation so that he
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Ephesians Explained Part 4 (One New Man)
Paul calls the Gentile believers to remember their former condition: without Christ, alienated from the people of God, strangers to the covenants, having no hope, and without God in the world. Then comes the great reversal. In Christ Jesus those who were far off have been brought near by His
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Ephesians Explained Part 3 (Saved By Grace Alone)
Paul paints the stark reality of our natural condition: dead in trespasses and sins, walking according to the course of this world, enslaved to the flesh, and by nature children of wrath. Then come the two most powerful words in Scripture: “But God.” Rich in mercy and great in love,
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Ephesians Explained Part 2 (The Supremacy of Christ)
Paul has just laid out the incredible spiritual blessings we have in Christ. Now he prays that the eyes of our hearts would be opened to truly know three things: the hope to which God has called us, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and the immeasurable
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Ephesians Explained Part 1 (Every Spiritual Blessing In Christ)
Paul opens his letter to the Ephesians with one long, overflowing doxology of praise. In these first fourteen verses he unpacks the incredible spiritual blessings that belong to every believer in Christ: chosen by the Father before the foundation of the world, redeemed and forgiven through the blood of the
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Spiritual Warfare Part 3 (The Full Armor of God)
After identifying the true nature of the battle and the roots of temptation, we examine a passage in Ephesians, where Paul explains to the church how to stand firm against these forces. In Ephesians 6, we are told to put on the full armor of God: the belt of truth,
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Spiritual Warfare Part 2 (The 3 Roots of Temptation)
Building on last week’s foundation in 2 Corinthians 10, this message examines where temptation actually comes from. John identifies three roots that fuel every sinful desire: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. From the Garden of Eden to the temptations of
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Spiritual Warfare Part 1 (Destroying Strongholds)
Many believers today think of spiritual warfare primarily as a battle against demons, territorial spirits, and breaking strongholds over people, families, or cities. But in 2 Corinthians 10, Paul describes something different. Though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. Our weapons have
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You Meant It For Evil Part 7 (But God Meant It For Good)
After Jacob’s death, Joseph’s brothers fear he will finally seek revenge for the evil they committed against him years earlier. Instead, Joseph weeps, comforts them, and speaks the now-famous words: “You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be
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You Meant It For Evil Part 6 (Forgiven)
After years of testing his brothers, Joseph finally reveals himself and speaks words of comfort instead of revenge. The same men who betrayed him, sold him into slavery, and lied to their father for twenty years now stand before him in fear. Yet Joseph extends full forgiveness, comforts them, and
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You Meant It For Evil Part 5 (He Took My Place)
Joseph’s brothers, who once hated him and sold him into slavery, now stand before him in Egypt during the famine. What began as cold selfishness slowly turns into conviction as they confess their guilt for what they did to Joseph years earlier. The transformation reaches its peak when Judah offers
