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How Do the Easily Angered Become Tender? Ephesians 4:30–32, Part 4
2 december 2021
If you are a Christian, you are a new person. You are not what you were. You are fundamentally, profoundly, deeply new.
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The Fruit and Root of Bitterness: Ephesians 4:30–32, Part 3
30 november 2021
Whenever we get hurt, we become vulnerable to bitterness. But God calls us to be kind, tenderhearted, and forgiving.
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How Does the Spirit Seal Us for Eternity? Ephesians 4:30–32, Part 2
27 november 2021
God seals us with his Holy Spirit to ensure we make it home. And this sealing by the Spirit leads to a life of love on earth.
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Is God Above Being Grieved? Ephesians 4:30–32, Part 1
25 november 2021
What does it mean that God can be grieved? Isn’t he unable to feel human feelings?
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Giving Grace with Our Mouths: Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 8
23 november 2021
Keep your eyes on fellow Christians. Are they worn out, discouraged, downcast? Ask God for an upbuilding word.
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What Is the Christian Alternative to Stealing? Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 7
20 november 2021
What does stealing reveal about our hearts? It shows a lack of love for people and a lack of contentment in the Lord.
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How Not to Go to Bed Angry: Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 6
18 november 2021
Falling asleep with anger is an invitation to the devil to sow bitterness into your life and relationships.
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How Does Anger Give Place to the Devil? Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 5
16 november 2021
Going to bed angry is dangerous. It invites bitterness into your life, but more than that, it invites the devil.
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Does ‘Be Angry!’ Mean, ‘Make Sure You’re Angry’? Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 4
13 november 2021
When Paul says, “Be angry, and do not sin,” does that mean we should be angry?
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Don’t Lie to Christians, Because They Are You: Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 3
11 november 2021
He who loves the church loves himself because he’s a part of the church. Take care how you love your fellow members in Christ.
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Christian, Be Passionately Speaking Truth: Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 2
9 november 2021
If you don’t love the truth, you don’t love the gospel. If you love the gospel, you will love being a truthful person.
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Take Off the Old Uniform, Put On the New: Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 1
6 november 2021
Christ does not simply tell us to put off our old lives. He tells us to put on his character.
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Renewed in the Spirit of Our Mind: Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 9
4 november 2021
Our minds must have more than new ideas to be made new. It must have a new inclination, disposition, and ruling principle.
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Deceit Shaped the Old Self: Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 8
2 november 2021
Are you still living according to your old sinful life? Put to death old desires and be transformed by truth in Christ.
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How Does Truth Free Us from Sin? Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 7
30 oktober 2021
What can save us from our suicidal desires for sin? The truth as found in Christ.
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Why New Clothes in Christ? Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 6
28 oktober 2021
The Christian is not just one inwardly. We put on a new man, a new uniform, a new identity that others can see.
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How Do We ‘Learn Christ’? Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 5
26 oktober 2021
What does it mean to learn Christ? And if you were studying Ephesians for yourself, how would you answer a question like that from the Bible?
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What Happens to Desires Without God? Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 4
23 oktober 2021
The heart that loses God as its greatest desire becomes a cauldron of desires for sensuality.
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The Deepest Problem of Humanity: Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 3
21 oktober 2021
Underneath every rejection of Christianity is a hardness of heart and rebellion of life.
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What Is the Futility of the Human Mind? Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 2
19 oktober 2021
The reason God gave us reason was so that we might know God. When we refuse knowledge of him, we are left with futility.
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Christianity Is a Life to Be Lived: Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 1
16 oktober 2021
Christianity is not just a worldview to be believed in, but it is a way to live by.
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Unity in Truth by Love (Overview): Ephesians 4:1–16
14 oktober 2021
The church is the corporate representation of Christ to the world. This privilege is great, and the task of maturity is serious.
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Who Lives in the Church? Ephesians 4:15–16, Part 3
12 oktober 2021
In the church, the redeemed build one another up in love into the dwelling place of God.
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The Body Makes the Body Grow: Ephesians 4:15–16, Part 2
9 oktober 2021
Every part of the Church needs to function as God made us to function in order for the church to grow into maturity.
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All Christians Speak Truth to Grow the Body: Ephesians 4:15–16, Part 1
7 oktober 2021
Pastors and teachers are given to the church so that we might stop being children and grow up in Christ, so are you growing?
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How Not to Be Childlike: Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 10
5 oktober 2021
Immaturity in the Christian life is often exposed by us being easily swayed by new and false teaching.
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How Is the Church a Mature Man? Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 9
2 oktober 2021
In order for the church to stand mature before God, each child of God needs to grow up into Christian maturity.
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Why Do We Call Jesus the Son of God? Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 8
30 september 2021
We often say that Jesus is the “Son of God,” but what exactly does that name mean?
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Will We Find Unity Before Christ Comes? Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 7
28 september 2021
Right now, our faith is imperfect, our churches are imperfect, our love is imperfect. When Christ comes, the imperfect will be made perfect.
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Unity in Truth Understood and Embraced: Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 6
25 september 2021
When we only unify over an intellectual assent to truth, we miss out on the true beauty and benefit of biblical unity.
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How Do Saints Build the Body? Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 5
23 september 2021
When the pastors equip the saints and the saints do the work of ministry, the body of Christ builds itself up into maturity.
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Who Are the Ministers in the Church? Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 4
21 september 2021
Pastors have the challenging task of teaching and inspiring their people to maturity in the faith for the health of the church.
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Does Christ Put Pastors in Specific Churches? Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 3
18 september 2021
Is there a call to the ministry? Does God still appoint pastors to specific local churches?
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Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, and Teachers: Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 2
16 september 2021
Apostles and prophets are different from evangelists, shepherds, and teachers. Do you know how?
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Individualism and Solidarity in the Church: Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 1
14 september 2021
Who we each are in Christ, with our specific giftings, matters. And who we are as members of the wider church also matters. One does not cancel the other.
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How Does Christ Fill All Things? Ephesians 4:7–10, Part 4
11 september 2021
Christ fills all things by dying and giving grace and gifts to his church. He is the head, and we are the body. As he reigns, so will we.
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Did Jesus Descend into Hell? Ephesians 4:7–10, Part 3
9 september 2021
The same Jesus that came to earth, lived, taught, died, and rose, is the same Jesus interceding for us now in heaven.
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Was the Old Testament in Light of the New? Ephesians 4:7–10, Part 2
7 september 2021
When the Old Testament was written, was it written in light of what would be said in the New Testament?
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How Will Diversity Not Destroy Oneness? Ephesians 4:7–10, Part 1
4 september 2021
God gives different gifts in different measures to different people, and he gives them to unite us, not divide us.
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We Have a Father over All: Ephesians 4:1–6, Part 13
2 september 2021
We long to belong. We long to be secure. We long for purpose. We long for riches. And all of these are satisfied in God as our Father.
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Hope Created the Spirit-Filled Body: Ephesians 4:1–6, Part 12
31 augustus 2021
What do you do when you are reading a tough text and not getting much help from commentaries? John Piper models his approach from Ephesians 4:1–6.
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Keep the Unity That Cost Everything: Ephesians 4:1–6, Part 11
28 augustus 2021
We must be eager to keep the unity that Christ purchased with his own blood.
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Enduring One Another in Love: Ephesians 4:1–6, Part 10
24 augustus 2021
Do you have a quick temper? Do you get angry and find it hard to forgive? If Christ has saved you, he calls you to a long-suffering love.
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What Is Biblical Meekness? Ephesians 4:1–6, Part 9
21 augustus 2021
If biblical meekness does not just mean talking quietly or being soft, what does it mean?
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How to Pursue All Lowliness: Ephesians 4:1–6, Part 8
17 augustus 2021
Lowliness isn’t something that we should want just enough of to get by. We should desire “all humility” to glorify Christ.
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Why Is Lowliness Fitting for Our Calling? Ephesians 4:1–6, Part 7
14 augustus 2021
Lowliness is fitting for the Christian because our redemption cost Christ his life. This should level any and every thought of boasting.
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The Heart Traits Behind a Worthy Walk: Ephesians 4:1–6, Part 6
10 augustus 2021
A heart worthy of our calling is lowly, meek, long-suffering, and willing to endure others in love — in other words, it is a heart like Christ’s.
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Does God Help Us Walk in a Worthy Way? Ephesians 4:1–6, Part 5
7 augustus 2021
When we are commanded to walk worthily, are we ultimately responsible or does God do this in us?
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What Is Worthy Walking? Ephesians 4:1–6, Part 4
3 augustus 2021
What does it mean to walk worthily of our calling? Does it mean we finally become deserving of our salvation?
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What Is Our Infinitely Valuable Calling? Ephesians 4:1–6, Part 3
31 juli 2021
The hope of the Christian calling is precious beyond measure. We walk toward a glory we can’t rightly imagine.