We cannot escape being an example to other people; our only choice is what kind of example will we be?
The Bible is full of exhortations for Christians to become mature in Christ and live as a good example for others to imitate.
Category Archives: 49 Ephesians
Sermon: Made Alive (Ephesians 2:1-10)
Sunday’s 9am sermon ‘Made Alive’ (Ephesians 2:1-10) by Ken Noakes is now available: http://bit.ly/1LK3g6X
‘It is to this world; dead, enslaved, condemned and ignorant that God shows his love, mercy, grace and kindness.’ – Ken Noakes
Christian Marriage (Part 5)
To be a Christian is to be someone who recognizes, more sharply and clearly than our world, that the creation story is not the end.
As early as Genesis 4 we are introduced to Lamech who took more than one wife, even the great Abraham had more than one wife and also had concubines.The Old Testament accounts report polygamy but they never hold it up as an example to be imitated. By the end of Genesis we’ve seen adultery, incest, rape, homosexual rape, prostitution – quite a bit more than we really were bargaining on.
The fall has damaged all of our relationships, especially and profoundly the marriage relationship.
Sermon: ‘Marriage: Will It Complete Me?’
‘Marriage: Will It Complete Me?’ by Geoff Lin is now available: http://bit.ly/1KtR10O
Question: What does Ephesians 5:21-33 say about how men should relate to other women who are not their wives?
Thanks for the question.
Your question however is not really answered by the passage. Notice that Ephesians 5:21-33 is using an exclusive relationship to illustrate a point for the whole church. This passage is not saying ‘Women, submit to Men’ or ‘Men, love Women’. It is saying ‘Wives, submit to the husband you have married’ (my paraphrase) or ‘Husbands, love the wife you have married’ (my paraphrase again).
Sermon: Hot Topic – Sexuality: Chance or Choice?
‘Sexuality: Chance Or Choice?’ (Genesis 1:26-28; Ephesians 2:1-10 & 1 Corinthians 6:7-20) by Geoff Lin is now available: http://bit.ly/1KMkmH5
‘No such thing as “straight”; we are all crooked!’ – Geoff Lin
A Convenient Sinner?
I am a sinner and so are most people I know! I do not want to sin, I don’t aim to sin, yet despite my best efforts I do sin! Thank God for Jesus.
I have been thinking this week about my sin!
Cross Shaped Thankfulness
How are you so influenced by the gospel, that your ‘walk in the Spirit’ demonstrates your thankfulness?
Love that surpasses Knowledge!?
‘to know this love that surpasses knowledge’ – what a strange expression.
The Apostle Paul in closing his argument in Ephesian 3:19 makes this statement. I can understand how wonderful it is to ‘know love’, but how can you know something that ‘surpasses knowledge’?
Standing in the midst of Battle
Ephesians closes with the very colourful passage – a battle between the spiritual forces of evil and the Christian soldier who has put on the full armour of God (Ephesians 6).
In Ephesians, Christians have been told to sit, walk and stand!
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