EPHESIANS - Be Imitators Of GOD
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”
Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-14
EPHESIANS - Putting On The New Self
"But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness."
Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-32
EPHESIANS - Unity In The Body
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it says,
“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.”
In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are 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 joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16
EPHESIANS - Fix Your Eyes On Christ
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21
EPHESIANS - Suffering For The Gospel
“So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.” How can we walk through suffering for the Gospel in a similar manner to Paul, not losing heart, but enduring with joy and confidence? Sean Eppers walks us through this in the beginning Ephesians 3.
Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-13
EPHESIANS - We Are One In Christ
“But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility.” The Gospel unifies sinners under the blood of Jesus and His work on the cross.
Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22
EPHESIANS - What's So Amazing About Grace?
Sean Eppers reminds us that apart from Christ, we were dead in our sin. But because of the work of Jesus at the cross, and the grace of the Father, we are now alive!
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10
EPHESIANS - What Should We Pray For?
Sean Eppers continues in the first chapter of Ephesians, answering the question: “What should we pray for?”
Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23
EPHESIANS - Adoption & Election
Sean Eppers guides us through a worship-filled passage regarding our adoption and election by the Father.
Scripture: Ephesians 1:4-13
EPHESIANS - A Heavenly Perspective
Sean Eppers begins our Ephesians series by examining Paul's intro to this letter. Paul writes with a massive, heavenly perspective that Christians should desire to see life through as we remember what God has done for us.
Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-3
Comparison vs. Contentment
Listen as our friend, Jeff Mangum, the Teaching Pastor at The Austin Stone Community Church, teaches us what learned contentment in Christ looks like for the believer.
Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16
Encouraging The Family Of God
Josh Agnew reminds us that we are a family and are called to build one another up in love.
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:11-28
Jesus' Gospel
Sean Eppers unpacks Jesus’ gospel call and why it still matters to us today.
Scripture: Mark 1:14-18