Walking the Walk (9 of 17)
Series: WHO AM I?
Tim Badal
Ephesians 4:1-16
Open your Bibles to the book of Ephesians. We're going to be in Ephesians 4. We're at the 50-yard line in our series we've entitled "Who Am I?" We're looking at this New Testament book, this letter written to the church at Ephesus. They were a group of first-century believers who needed to know the answer to the question: who am I?
In the first three chapters, the first half of the book, we have been taught over and over again about our position and the great privileges we have as followers of Jesus Christ. We've been told that although we were sinners and far from God, that in His infinite grace and mercy, He showers us with the forgiveness we need through the person and work of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary. We praise God for that. We sing, "O, what He has done. All glory and honor to the Son of God." We're going to remember that sacrifice later in our service through the communion service.
That's not all God has done for us in Christ. Yes, we have redemption. Yes, we have the forgiveness of sin. But the Bible tells us in Ephesians 1 through 3 that we also have received an inheritance, that God has opened up the coffers of heaven, the goodness and grace of heaven, and He's bestowing this upon us each and every moment of our days. Then one day when we see our Savior and Lord face to face, we will receive the full measure of that inheritance.
Now, as we have learned these things in the first three chapters, a question comes that begins to gnaw at us. "If I'm a person who identifies myself in Christ-meaning I center my life on the person of Jesus Christ, He's my all in all, He's everything to me-then how should I talk? How should I act? How should I love? How should I serve? What should my practice look like? Now that I know what it is that I profess, what should my behavior look like?"
At the 50-yard line of this book, we've already seen all that we are in Christ ...
Series: WHO AM I?
Tim Badal
Ephesians 4:1-16
Open your Bibles to the book of Ephesians. We're going to be in Ephesians 4. We're at the 50-yard line in our series we've entitled "Who Am I?" We're looking at this New Testament book, this letter written to the church at Ephesus. They were a group of first-century believers who needed to know the answer to the question: who am I?
In the first three chapters, the first half of the book, we have been taught over and over again about our position and the great privileges we have as followers of Jesus Christ. We've been told that although we were sinners and far from God, that in His infinite grace and mercy, He showers us with the forgiveness we need through the person and work of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary. We praise God for that. We sing, "O, what He has done. All glory and honor to the Son of God." We're going to remember that sacrifice later in our service through the communion service.
That's not all God has done for us in Christ. Yes, we have redemption. Yes, we have the forgiveness of sin. But the Bible tells us in Ephesians 1 through 3 that we also have received an inheritance, that God has opened up the coffers of heaven, the goodness and grace of heaven, and He's bestowing this upon us each and every moment of our days. Then one day when we see our Savior and Lord face to face, we will receive the full measure of that inheritance.
Now, as we have learned these things in the first three chapters, a question comes that begins to gnaw at us. "If I'm a person who identifies myself in Christ-meaning I center my life on the person of Jesus Christ, He's my all in all, He's everything to me-then how should I talk? How should I act? How should I love? How should I serve? What should my practice look like? Now that I know what it is that I profess, what should my behavior look like?"
At the 50-yard line of this book, we've already seen all that we are in Christ ...
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