First Baptist Church Wimberley Sermons First Baptist Church Wimberley

This section of Ephesians, among other things, is a review of marriage roles of the husband and spouse. And above all we see how important the role of the Holy Spirit is in our marriage relationships.

Ephesians 5:15-21 teaches us three things. We are to:

1. Stay awake (v. 15)
2. Walk in wisdom (vs. 15-18), and
3. Be filled with the Spirit (vs. 18-21).

There are four things we must consider as we walk in the light, according to Ephesians 5.3-14. They are:

1. Be satisfied in God, not the thing of the world (vs. 3-5)
2. Watch out for deceivers (vs. 6-7)
3. Bear fruit and please God (vs. 8-10), and
4. Expose the darkness (vs. 11-13).

Mark 16:6 says "'...Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; He is not here...'" In this Easter message Pastor Aaron brings out the following three points:

1) The resurrection gives vindication and victory
2) The resurrection shows faithfulness and fidelity
3) The resurrection reveals the power of redemption

In this Palm Sunday message, Pastor Aaron takes a text in Mark 15 and speaks to the shame of the cross, the suffering of the cross, and the salvation of the cross. Jesus "gave His life as a ransom for many," as it says in Mark 10. And from Romans 5 we know that "God demonstrated His love toward us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Have you responded to His great love for you?

Ephesians 5.1 encourages us to be "imitators of God, as beloved children." One way to do this is spoken about in the previous chapter (4.31), where it speaks of putting away the characteristics of the old life. The following verse (4.32) instructs us to walk in the new life by saying to "be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."