Perhaps when you heard the sermon title, “What Does it Mean to be Saved?” you thought, “Oh no, this is going to be like taking a college graduate back to kindergarten! Why do you need to talk about something as basic as salvation?” There are several reasons that I want to focus...
Ephesians 4:7-10 (NASB)“But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it says, “WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN.” (Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean exc...
Ephesians 4:17-24(TLV)“So I tell you this, indeed I insist on it in The LORD — walk no longer as the pagans do, stumbling around in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance in them due to the...
Faith without works is dead because it does not reveal the transforming work of the Holy Spirit manifested in the fruit of righteousness in a person’s life (Ephesians 5:8-10; Philippians 1:9-11). (excerpt by Joel Ryan, "What Does James 2:26 Mean by 'Faith Without Works is Dead...
Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.Acts 15:18that have been known for ages.’Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan ...
(John 10:1-18, Ephesians 4:11-14, 1 Timothy 3:1-7) Prophecy The divine strength or ability to boldly speak and bring clarity to scriptural and doctrinal truth, in some case foretelling God’s plan. Speak God’s word to others, or more appropriately to be open for God to speak God...
The phrase "walk by faith, not by sight" is a common saying among Christians, but what does it actually mean? Our faith is reasonable, but there are aspects of the gospel we accept on faith and are unable to see. What are these invisible things? And what is the walk of faith?
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen” (Ephesians 4:29). If you are engaged in gossip, I don’t think you can do this. ...
Ephesians 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ Examples of Unity Exodus 17:12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under...
2 Corinthians 13:10This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down. Ephesians 4:12, 16, 29to equip the saints for works of mini...