salvation
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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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What you wear says a lot about you. Have you ever noticed that we judge everyone around us, including ourselves, based on what they are wearing? You may be saying to yourself, “I would never do such a thing. I don’t care what people wear. I only see the person not their clothes.” Let’s test
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Imagine with me a carpenter’s shop for a moment. Look around and see all the tools at the disposal of the master carpenter. Each day, the carpenter comes in with his plan to build using a collection of tools. These tools without a carpenter won’t accomplish much. Now, imagine that these tools could talk. One
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If we were to take part in a survey about our feelings toward fried chicken livers, there would be a variety of answers to choose from. There would be the crowd, more than likely a small minority who can’t get enough of them. Another crowd would be the ones who think chicken livers are just
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Secondly, we must respond to God’s excellent sufficiency. Read Eph. 3:20 once again. Just for good measure, one more time. Now, we must see here as well that God is not only excellent in His ability but also His sufficiency. God is the only self-sufficient being. He is eternally self-existent and therefore eternally self-sufficient. God
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As we have been studying the book of Ephesians there has been a great deal of doctrinal truth that has been presented in the first three chapters. The doctrinal truth is to be transformational truth applied by faith in our daily walk. Throughout Ephesians, there has been a threefold theme of doctrine, doxology, and devotion.
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