THE CHURCH - HUMANITY RENEWED || A SERIES THROUGH EPHESIANS

As God's renewed humanity, the church exists to proclaim the manifold wisdom of God that has been revealed in the unsearchable riches of Christ...in both word and deed.

3:7-12 || The Main Objective (An Introduction)

NOVEMBER 13, 2016
God has given His church one main objective. It remains the same in every age. He reveals it to us in the book of Ephesians.

1:1-6 || The God of All Grace (Part 1)

NOVEMBER 20, 2016
Everything we have, everything we are as God's renewed humanity, is a gift of His amazing grace.

1:7-14 || The God of All Grace (Part 2)

NOVEMBER 27, 2016
God has an eternal plan (to unite all things in Jesus) that He is bringing about in the church for the sake of His ultimate purpose: the praise of His glory. We find our purpose in Him.

1:15-23 || The Heart That Runs & The God That Reigns

DECEMBER 04, 2016
Paul prays for the church's ever-increasing knowledge of God...so that she may fulfill her purpose.

2:1-10 || But God

DECEMBER 11, 2016
Humanity is hopelessly fallen & unable to save itself. But God has moved in grace through Jesus Christ to change the game. The church is here to make that known.

2:11-22 || New Identity (Part 1)

DECEMBER 18, 2016
God not only saves individual people...He's created a whole new entity...a whole new people to make Him known: the church.

3:1-6 || New Identity (Part 2)

JANUARY 8, 2017
When Jesus completed His saving work on earth, God revealed the mystery of the plan He had hidden for ages...a plan that includes us.

3:1-13 || Revelation (Part 1)

JANUARY 15, 2017
God's covenants provide the framework for how we put the Bible together. But they not only reveal Scripture...they reveal God.

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3:8-11 || Revelation (Part 2)

JANUARY 22, 2017
The opening of Mark's gospel presents Jesus as the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy of the restoration of Israel and the new exodus...in this we see Jesus as our King, Savior, and Lord.

3:14-21 || Awareness, Dependence, & Awe

JANUARY 29, 2017
Paul's prayer helps bring our lives into focus as a people who now live under the lordship & love of Jesus Christ.

4:1-6 || Unity (Not Uniformity)

FEBRUARY 5, 2017
Paul's first command in Ephesians focuses on the defining characteristic of God's renewed humanity. Unity has been purchased for the church by Jesus Christ that she might fully reflect His glory.

4:7-16 || The Path To Being Like Jesus

FEBRUARY 12, 2017
Every single follower of Jesus has been gifted and called in a uniquely specific way to contribute to the growth of the body of Christ into the image of Christ through the Gospel.

4:17-24 || Liquidation

FEBRUARY 19, 2017
As renewed human beings, instead of thinking like we did before we knew Jesus, we must now think in a way that makes us increasingly more like Him.

4:25-5:2 || Redeemed Community

FEBRUARY 26, 2017
The love and kindness that God has poured out on us in Jesus Christ are the basis for leaving behind the lives we lived before we knew Him and embracing a new way of living as a part of His redeemed community, the church.

5:3-21 || Arise, Shine.

MARCH 5, 2017
As children of light we are called to shine into the darkness through Spirit-filled lives sincerely devoted to Christ.

5:22-33 || Cruciformed Marriage

MARCH 12, 2017
God’s purpose in redemption uniquely shapes the lives of Christian husbands and wives so that Christian marriage may clearly display the Gospel.

6:1-9 || Eternity Today

MARCH 19, 2017
The Gospel calls (and enables us to live) humble and faithful lives whose hope is found in Christ alone, regardless of their environment or status.

6:10-24 || Stand

MARCH 26, 2017
As the church of Jesus Christ, we are called to stand firm against the destructive schemes of the devil with the whole armor of God and the unshakeable confidence that comes through the Gospel.