Anger and the Glory of God

The Lord's Day Morning May 7, 2006 Ephesians 4:26-27 “Anger and the Glory of God” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter four, as we continue to work our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul. Let me remind you that from Ephesians 4:17 to the end of the chapter, the Apostle Paul is pursuing essentially the same message, repeated and applied specifically to various areas of the Christian life. And the message is this: Christians, having been saved by the grace of God… Christians, having been made new creations through the finished work of Jesus Christ and the application of that work to us by the Holy Spirit, who has caused us to die to the old man and to live to the newness of life as new…

Truth, Anger, and Theft (1)(Bulletin) Lying and the…

The Lord's Day Morning April 30, 2006 Ephesians 4:25-28 “Lying and the Glory of God” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Please take your Bibles in hand, and turn with me to Ephesians 4. We’re continuing to work through this great passage together, and you’ll remember that last week the Apostle Paul was exhorting us not to live as if we were not Christians, not to live like the world, not to live like those who don't trust in Christ, not to live like those who have not cast themselves upon the mercy of the Lord, trusting in the promises of God that were gained for us and realized for us in the person and work of Jesus Christ, finished on the cross of Calvary and in His resurrection. He wants us not to live like the world. He wants us to live distinctively as Christians, and so he…

Walk Like A Gentile?

The Lord's Day Morning April 23, 2006 Ephesians 4:17-24 “Walk Like a Gentile?” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter four, as we continue our way through this great letter. Jesus emphasized to His disciples that they were to be in this world, but not of it. He said to them on one occasion that they were to be salt and light in this world, and that their light was not to be hidden nor was their salt to lose its saltiness, because their very distinctness from the world was precisely the way He planned for them to be a blessing to the world. That call for believers to be distinctive is a call which is heard throughout the New Testament, and it's heard in this passage today. It's a call for Christians to…

Jesus Is Alive, and As a Result

The Lord's Day Morning Easter Sunday April 16, 2006 Ephesians 4:14-16 “Jesus Is Alive, and As a Result…” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter four, as we continue to make our way through this great book together. This morning I want to concentrate for a few moments on what the Apostle Paul says ought to be the result of Christ's resurrection power at work in us. You will remember that at the end of Ephesians…

Why Christ Gifted the Church

The Lord's Day Morning April 9, 2006Communion Sunday Ephesians 4:11-13 “Why Christ Gifted the Church” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Please open your Bibles to Ephesians, chapter four, as we continue working our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul to the church of Ephesus, and to us, since “all Scripture is given by inspiration and is profitable for our reproof and correction, and training in righteousness.” We have described this discussion of church unity that has dominated…

To Each One Grace Was Given

The Lord's Day Morning April 2, 2006 Ephesians 4:7-13 “To Each One Grace Was Given” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 4, as we continue to make our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul to the Christians in Ephesus and to us. Let me remind you, if you have the outline in front of you, of where we've been — and even if you don't have the outline in front of you, let me remind you of where we've…

One Body, Spirit, Hope, Lord, Faith, Baptism, God and…

The Lord's Day Morning March 26, 2006 Ephesians 4:4-6 “One Body, Spirit, Hope, Lord, Faith, Baptism, God and Father (3)” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 4 as we continue to work our way through this great book…and we see God's kindness to us in knowing what we need before we know what we need. We've been looking at Paul's exhortation in Ephesians 4:1-3 to live out our calling as Christians by loving the…

One Body, Spirit, Hope, Lord, Faith, Baptism, God and…

The Lord's Day Morning March 19, 2006 Ephesians 4:4-6 “One Body, Spirit, Hope, Lord, Faith, Baptism, God and Father” (Pt. 2) Dr. J. Ligon Duncan II …For several months now, and starting in Ephesians 4 just a few weeks ago, we emphasized on a number of occasions that whereas in Ephesians 1-3 the Apostle Paul has described what God has done in bringing believing Jew and Gentile into one body in Jesus Christ, and that in chapters 4-6 he's now going to tell us how we ought to live…

One Body, Spirit, Hope, Lord, Faith, Baptism, God and…

The Lord's Day Morning March 12, 2006 Ephesians 4:4-6 “One Body, Spirit, Hope, Lord, Faith, Baptism, God and Father” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter four. I'm going to read verses 4-6 today, but we're only going to get through verse 4. Let me remind you again that in this book the Apostle Paul has spent three chapters telling us what we are in Jesus Christ. And this is important for the Apostle Paul,…

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