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Each time that I study, but especially preach Eph. 6:10-18 I experience a weightiness in the text that burdens my heart. Preaching about standing against the enemy of Christ, the Church, and the Christian’s walk is exhausting. It is frightening. It is burdensome. It is tiresome. But it is necessary. There is a different burden
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All of life is centered around relationships. There is the vertical relationship between God and man. There are horizontal relationships between mankind. Ultimately, everything in life comes down to whether you are right with God or not so that you can be right with your fellow man. The book of Ephesians shows us our
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All of life is about relationships. Ephesians has shown that we must understand our relationship with God in order to properly live not only in relation to Him, but to the world around us including both those who are in Christ and unsaved world. God established His relationship with Adam in the Garden, then establishes
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Third, we need to be Spirit filled to worship. Eph. 5:18-20 says, “18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the
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Imagine waking up one morning to the car of your dreams sitting in your driveway. It is brand new. Not just new off of the showroom, but it went from the showroom to the custom shop where it was decked out with all the bells and whistles. Quickly it was then sent over to the
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I want you to close your eyes. Keep them closed. If they are closed, then you shouldn’t be reading this. Ok, now open your eyes. What did you see when your eyes were closed? Well, if you weren’t peeking like I’m sure that you were (how else would you have made it this far?), then
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I can’t think of anything more positive or practical in our life than walking in the likeness and love of God. However, the positive gives way to the negative. Eph. 5:1-2 describes those in Christ and encourages us and exhorts us to live accordingly to our position of being in Him. Eph. 5:3-7 will be
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Now, let’s get to the positive side of this passage. If we are to walk worthy, it is not enough to know how to not walk worthy. We must see the positive commands that are given and the motivation behind a worthy walk in Christ. Like the previous thoughts on how to not walk worthy,
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C.S. Lewis wrote, “There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counter-claimed by Satan.” Satan is always seeking to counteract the work of God in the lives of believers and the Church as a whole Body. Just as God has a desire for you
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Second, let’s look at who we are. Eph. 4:20-21 says, “20 But ye have not so learned Christ;21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:” Many Christians are unsettled and do not grow in maturity, unity, or walk worthy of their salvation because they
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