Ephesians 4:17-24
Ephesians
A New Attitude
This sermon contrasts life without God—marked by futile thinking, darkness, and desperation—with the new life available through Christ, calling believers to put off the old self and reflect God's righteousness and holiness in daily conduct.
Ephesians 1:1-14
Ephesians
Chosen
This sermon examines how believers chosen and blessed by God are called to live as witnesses to Christ's lordship in a world at spiritual war between good and evil.
Ephesians 2:11-22
Ephesians
Family
Jesus breaks down the barriers that divide Jews and Gentiles, creating one unified family in him. Believers must remember their former separation, Christ's reconciling work, and their calling to demonstrate God's unity and love to the world.
Ephesians 3:1-13
Ephesians
God's Intention for the Church
The church's primary calling is to reveal God's wisdom to the heavenly realms by living as a unified, racially diverse community centered on Jesus rather than organizational maintenance or member preferences.
Ephesians 6:1-9
Ephesians
Household
This sermon explores biblical instruction for households—children obeying parents and parents nurturing children—within first-century Roman culture, calling believers to honor Christ through family relationships.
Ephesians 3:14-21
Ephesians
Inner Strength
This sermon examines Paul's prayer for inner strength rooted in God's greatness, Christ's love, and the Holy Spirit's power. Christians are called to mature by reflecting God's glory and priorities in a world that opposes His kingdom.
Ephesians 2:1-10
Ephesians
Life
God's grace transforms us from spiritual death to life in Christ, giving us purpose, forgiveness, and the power to live as God intended. The sermon contrasts worldly distractions with genuine fulfillment found only through responding to God's mercy.
Ephesians 4:7-16
Ephesians
Maturity
Paul teaches that spiritual maturity means prioritizing Christ over self and maintaining unity through the gifts God has distributed to every believer. The mature person discerns truth, resists selfish impulses, and works cooperatively as Christ's body.
Ephesians 1:15-23
Ephesians
Power
Paul's prayer for the Ephesians reveals God's true power and nature—a power that transcends earthly kingdoms and is presently available to believers who remain focused on spiritual reality rather than worldly distractions.
Ephesians 4:25-32
Ephesians
Speaking the Truth
This sermon examines practical ways the new self in Christ lives out righteousness through truthful speech, anger management, honest work, and kind words—each reflecting God's grace and character to others.
Ephesians 5:21-33 · Ezekiel 16:8-14
Ephesians
Submission and Love
This sermon examines how the marital relationship between husband and wife reflects the spiritual intimacy between Christ and the church, calling Spirit-filled husbands to sacrificial love and wives to respectful submission as demonstrations of their devotion to God.
Ephesians 4:1-6 · Ephesians 2:10
Ephesians
Unity
This sermon examines how believers maintain the unity God has already established through humility, gentleness, patience, and loving endurance, focusing on what draws the church together rather than what divides it.
Ephesians 1:1-14
Ephesians
Chosen
In the spiritual battle between good and evil, God has chosen and blessed his followers through Christ to live holy lives and praise him, anticipating the day when all things come under Jesus's lordship.
Ephesians 3:1-13
Ephesians
God's Purpose for the Church
The church's purpose is to reveal God's wisdom to the spiritual realm by embodying unity across all human divisions. This happens when believers ground their identity in Christ's cross rather than political or cultural preferences.
Ephesians 6:1-9
Ephesians
Household
Paul instructs children to obey their parents and fathers to nurture their children in the Lord's ways, grounding family relationships in Christ rather than worldly authority.
Ephesians 4:1-16 · John 17
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How to Keep Unity
While the Spirit establishes unity in the church, believers must actively maintain it through humility, gentleness, patience, and love—recognizing that all members are equally valued and saved by Christ's blood.
Ephesians 2:1-10
Ephesians
Life
God's generosity raises us from spiritual death to new life in Christ, giving us true identity, purpose, and freedom from sin through his grace—not through the empty promises of the world.
Ephesians 5:21-33 · Ezekiel 16:8-14
Ephesians
Submission and Love
This sermon examines how the marriage relationship between husbands and wives reflects the spiritual intimacy of Christ and the Church, calling believers to mutual submission and sacrificial love as signs of being filled with the Spirit.
Ephesians 4:17-24
Ephesians
A New Attitude
This sermon examines Paul's call to abandon pagan thinking and embrace a new attitude characterized by righteousness and holiness, reflecting God's character rather than worldly pursuits.
Ephesians 6:1-9 · Ephesians 5:21-33
Ephesians
Children and Parents
This sermon examines how followers of Jesus approach the relationships between children and parents, emphasizing obedience rooted in honoring Christ and parental leadership focused on nurturing children in God's ways rather than wielding authority for its own sake.
Ephesians 5:3-20
Ephesians
Children of Light
This sermon contrasts the darkness of life before Christ with the light of life after Christ, emphasizing that believers are called to live as children of light through goodness, righteousness, and truth—marked above all by thankfulness and praise.
Ephesians 1:3 · Ephesians 1:4
Ephesians
Christ's Church
The church is glorious not because of its members' perfection but because Christ gave his life for it. Believers must develop a biblical, Christ-centered view of the church universal rather than a denominational identity.
Ephesians 4:1-6
Ephesians
Essentials of Unity
This sermon examines how God has provided unity in the church through the Spirit and calls believers to maintain it through humility, gentleness, patience, and loving endurance rather than consumer preferences.
Ephesians 3:1-13
Ephesians
God's Intention for the Church
The church exists as a demonstration of God's wisdom to the spiritual realm by revealing his unity across all people. Believers must prioritize God's glory over personal preferences, building community through prayer, small groups, and self-denial.
Ephesians 3:7-12 · Ephesians 1:4
Ephesians
God's Plan Unfolded
God's plan before time began centers on Jesus bringing Jews and Gentiles together as one household. The church's primary purpose is to demonstrate God's multifaceted wisdom to spiritual forces in the heavenly realms, revealing a reconciliation that only God could accomplish.
Ephesians 6:10-20 · Ephesians 4:1
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God's Power Is at Work
Paul calls believers to stand firm in God's power by putting on the full armor of God and praying constantly, recognizing that the spiritual battle is already won through Christ.
Ephesians 1:3-6
Ephesians
He Chose Us
God, in his perfect planning before creation, chose to adopt us as his spiritual children through Jesus Christ, making us holy, blameless, and members of his family despite our sin.
Ephesians 4:25-32
Ephesians
Imitate God
Disciples of Jesus reflect God's nature through honest speech, quick reconciliation, honest work, uplifting words, and gracious attitudes. Believers are called to imitate God's character in their daily conduct.
Ephesians 1:15-23
Ephesians
Knowing God Better
Paul prays that believers will know God more intimately—not just facts about him—and understand the power available to them through Christ's resurrection, which addresses their past hope, present strength, and future security.
Ephesians 5:21-33
Ephesians
Serving in Marriage
This sermon examines mutual submission and service in marriage as rooted in Christ's example, arguing that changing selfish attitudes—not seeking escape routes—enables spouses to serve and submit to each other for God's glory.
Ephesians 3:14-21
Ephesians
The Power of Love
This sermon examines Paul's prayer for spiritual strengthening and examines how Christ's indwelling love enables believers to reflect God's character and treat one another with sacrificial, unconditional love.
Ephesians 2:11-22
Ephesians
What We Were Is Not What We Are
Through Christ, what was once lacking in us—access to God, citizenship, covenant promises, and hope—has been completed. We are called to remember our former separation, embrace the peace Christ accomplished through his blood, and live as God's unified family demonstrating reconciliation to the world.