Ephesians

Returning to Ephesians after a break, this message unpacks Paul's prayer that Christ would dwell continually in believers' hearts through the Spirit's strengthening, so that what they believe is worked out into how they live.

Indwelling of ChristBelief and Behavior

Ephesians 3 continues the mystery made known by showing Paul's ministry as a gift of grace and the church as a display of God's manifold wisdom. The revealed mystery strengthens believers to see gospel suffering and Gentile inclusion in

Manifold WisdomGospel SufferingEternal Purpose

Ephesians 3 begins Paul's explanation of the mystery that Gentiles are included in God's saving plan through Christ. Paul is shown as a prisoner and steward entrusted to make that mystery known to the church.

Gentile InclusionMystery of the GospelPaul as Steward

Returning to Ephesians 2, this message shows that Paul's preaching to the Gentiles began not with good news but with the bad news of their hostility toward God, so that they might receive the far greater riches of true peace with God than

Peace with GodGospel Confrontation

Working through Ephesians 2:14-16, the message shows how Christ tore down the dividing wall between Jew and Gentile by fulfilling the law's demands, and calls the church to walk in humility and gratitude for the privilege of being made one

Jew and Gentile Made OneNew CovenantUnity in Christ

Ephesians 2 shows Gentiles once alienated from God and His covenant promises being brought near by the blood of Christ. The gospel creates humility, forgiveness, and unity because Christ alone reconciles sinners to God and to one another.

Gentile InclusionReconciliation in ChristChurch Unity

Ephesians 2 teaches that sinners are spiritually dead and must be made alive by God, not merely trained into religious behavior. The message presses parents and the church to practice the doctrine of the new birth rather than trusting

New BirthSpiritual DeathParenting

Ephesians 2 teaches that God makes dead sinners alive in Christ and creates them for good works prepared by Him. The message calls believers to find those purposes in the life of the local church through confidence, commitment, service, and

Made AliveGood WorksLocal Church Purpose

Ephesians 2 moves from spiritual death to the mercy of God, showing that salvation is His powerful work of making sinners alive with Christ. The only hope for those dead in sin is to look to Christ and be saved by grace.

Spiritual DeathMade AliveSaving Grace

Working through Ephesians 2:1-3, the sermon describes unconverted humanity as spiritually dead, enslaved to the world, the devil, and the flesh, and by nature under God's wrath just like the rest of mankind. It presses hearers to see their

Spiritual DeadnessChildren of Wrath