Encourage One Another
Brian Fletcher
Ephesian 6:21-24
Intro: Last sermon in our series on Ephesians Remember, this is a letter written by the apostle Paul. He is writing from a prison in Rome. But its a ''letter'' written to friends and to a congregation of people and meant to be distributed to other congregations. Letters tend to be personal and we see here in the last couple of verses that the Ephesian church was probably concerned about Paul's well being and wanted to know how he was doing.
Paul says he will send someone, specifically, a man named Tychicus. Tychicus is mentioned 5 times in the New Testament and as Paul notes he is:
- A beloved brother
- Faithful minister in the Lord and a servant
- Tychicus is from the area of Ephesus and has already been a part of this church.
- Paul is sending him back there to encourage the believers and let them know how he is doing
Many times the verses at the beginning or end of letters are often overlooked. But they contain very important things for us to learn, and that is why they are a part of the Holy Scriptures.
READ PASSAGE: EPHESIANS 6:21-24
INTRO ILLUSTRATION: Life Together describes how Spring Run Pres was started.
We had a group of about 75 people and we created 4-5 Community Groups.
- We looked out for one another's needs
- We supported one another
- We had times of great joy and deep sorrow but it was Christ that held us all together.
- We were an encouraging body of people who loved one another and felt compelled to reach out to our community with the gospel.
I'm sure that we were a lot like the Ephesian church, we started meeting in a home, we needed to hear the truth of the the gospel to ground us and to show us our true identity, we needed constant encouragement to be unified in vision and mission, we were fighting the spiritual forces of the evil one. We tried to keep our eyes focused on Jesus and his gospel that had radically changed us and we knew Jesus was the answer to ...
Brian Fletcher
Ephesian 6:21-24
Intro: Last sermon in our series on Ephesians Remember, this is a letter written by the apostle Paul. He is writing from a prison in Rome. But its a ''letter'' written to friends and to a congregation of people and meant to be distributed to other congregations. Letters tend to be personal and we see here in the last couple of verses that the Ephesian church was probably concerned about Paul's well being and wanted to know how he was doing.
Paul says he will send someone, specifically, a man named Tychicus. Tychicus is mentioned 5 times in the New Testament and as Paul notes he is:
- A beloved brother
- Faithful minister in the Lord and a servant
- Tychicus is from the area of Ephesus and has already been a part of this church.
- Paul is sending him back there to encourage the believers and let them know how he is doing
Many times the verses at the beginning or end of letters are often overlooked. But they contain very important things for us to learn, and that is why they are a part of the Holy Scriptures.
READ PASSAGE: EPHESIANS 6:21-24
INTRO ILLUSTRATION: Life Together describes how Spring Run Pres was started.
We had a group of about 75 people and we created 4-5 Community Groups.
- We looked out for one another's needs
- We supported one another
- We had times of great joy and deep sorrow but it was Christ that held us all together.
- We were an encouraging body of people who loved one another and felt compelled to reach out to our community with the gospel.
I'm sure that we were a lot like the Ephesian church, we started meeting in a home, we needed to hear the truth of the the gospel to ground us and to show us our true identity, we needed constant encouragement to be unified in vision and mission, we were fighting the spiritual forces of the evil one. We tried to keep our eyes focused on Jesus and his gospel that had radically changed us and we knew Jesus was the answer to ...
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