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YOUR WHY PT 2 (8)
by Brian Mills
Scripture: Ephesians 4:17, Ephesians 4:19, Ephesiens 4:18, Ephesiens 4:20
Title: Your Why Pt 2 (8)
Series: Ephesians
Author: Brian Mills
Text: Ephesians 4:17-24
I love studying Ephesians.
I mean we are taking a look into one of the greatest churches of the 1st Century.
A church that had a teaching team built of guys like... Paul (who founded the church), Apollos, Timothy, and John all pastored the church in different seasons
Let me just teach you this history about the church...
- Paul visited the city on his second missionary journey (Acts 18:19).
- After planting the church, Paul put a couple named Pricilla and Aquila in charge of the church. Then a man named Apollos joined the leadership team as the main teacher.
- Years later, Paul returned to the city of Ephesus on his third missionary journey and stayed in the city for three years, which was the longest time Paul spent with any of his church plants (Acts 19:8-10).
- Timothy comes on the scene to be a teaching pastor (Timothy was the Pastor of Ephesus when Paul would have written 1st and 2nd Timothy)
- Then many believe John came to pastor it.
Pretty impressive lineup
So think about it.... Ephesus had some of the best teaching, the best blessings, and the best leaders that a church could ever have.
But even though they had the best teaching from the best teachers, it appears that they never heeded the warning advice of Paul to hold on to what they were taught and stay away from false teachers.
Remember what Revelation says.... Rev 2:4 [NIV] Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.
They stop personally walking it out
They stopped personally living out their faith
They stopped personally growing in their faith...
Why lean into the book of Ephesians and be challenged with YOUR WALK?
Because not only do we see the victory of living out our faith and the impact it can make.... We also see in Ephesus the result of rejecting it and being, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown her ...
Series: Ephesians
Author: Brian Mills
Text: Ephesians 4:17-24
I love studying Ephesians.
I mean we are taking a look into one of the greatest churches of the 1st Century.
A church that had a teaching team built of guys like... Paul (who founded the church), Apollos, Timothy, and John all pastored the church in different seasons
Let me just teach you this history about the church...
- Paul visited the city on his second missionary journey (Acts 18:19).
- After planting the church, Paul put a couple named Pricilla and Aquila in charge of the church. Then a man named Apollos joined the leadership team as the main teacher.
- Years later, Paul returned to the city of Ephesus on his third missionary journey and stayed in the city for three years, which was the longest time Paul spent with any of his church plants (Acts 19:8-10).
- Timothy comes on the scene to be a teaching pastor (Timothy was the Pastor of Ephesus when Paul would have written 1st and 2nd Timothy)
- Then many believe John came to pastor it.
Pretty impressive lineup
So think about it.... Ephesus had some of the best teaching, the best blessings, and the best leaders that a church could ever have.
But even though they had the best teaching from the best teachers, it appears that they never heeded the warning advice of Paul to hold on to what they were taught and stay away from false teachers.
Remember what Revelation says.... Rev 2:4 [NIV] Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.
They stop personally walking it out
They stopped personally living out their faith
They stopped personally growing in their faith...
Why lean into the book of Ephesians and be challenged with YOUR WALK?
Because not only do we see the victory of living out our faith and the impact it can make.... We also see in Ephesus the result of rejecting it and being, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown her ...
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