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We continue through Paul's letter to the Ephesian churches this morning with Paul's exhortation section. Contra our fragmented and hyper-politicized world, the church of Jesus is supposed to be a united body of believers in the gospel -last week on 4-1-16-.-This morning he continues to speak to us in our world of anything goes that we don't live like the world -negatively- but live as the new creations in Christ that God has made us -positively-. --DON'T LIVE LIKE THE OLD, FALLEN WORLD -VV. 17-19- Futility-Darkness-Alienated-Heard-Hearted-Callous-Sensuality-Impurity--BUT LIVE LIKE THE NEW CREATION -VV. 20-24--You learned, heard, - were taught -3 past tenses- the truth in Jesus--You put off -past tense- your old self --man- - Adam---You put on -past tense- your new self --man- - Christ---...-RE--CREATED AFTER THE LIKENESS OF GOD IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS -Gen. 1-26-27---Be renewed -present tense-

We continue through Paul's letter to the Ephesian churches this-morning with Paul's opening exhortation of the second half of the letter. Here is such a relevant word for us in our hyper-partisan, fragmented world. The church of Jesus is supposed to be a-united body of believers in the gospel. --WE ARE CALLED TO UNITY -VV. 1-3--THE CONFESSION OF OUR UNITY -VV. 4-6--THE DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR UNITY -VV. 7-13--WE ARE TO GROW IN UNITY -VV. 14-16-

We continue our survey of the Bible with the prophecy of Isaiah. He's sometimes called -the gospel of the Old Testament.- He's also the longest of the prophets, so we'll zero in on a couple prophesies this evening. looked at. His message is one of judgment and hope- two great themes of the Bible.

We continue through Paul's letter to the Ephesian churches with Paul's pray at the conclusion of his praise to God for all the spiritual blessings we have in Christ. In this section, we also learn how to pray. --PRAY TO THE GOD OF ALL LIFE - POWER -V. 14-15--PETITION THE GOD OF ALL LIFE - POWER -V. 16-19- -PRAISE THE GOD OF ALL LIFE - POWER -VV. 20-21-

We continue through Paul's letter to the Ephesian churches with-Paul's conclusion to his argument that the Gentiles -non-Jews- are full members of the people of God. This was God's ancient mystery that's now revealed through the apostle's ministry. --GOD'S MYSTERY -VV. 1-6-- -PAUL'S MINISTRY -VV. 7-13-