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Ephesians 4

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…

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…

Stealing and Work, and the Glory of God

The Lord's Day Morning May 14, 2006 Ephesians 4:28 “Stealing and Work, and the Glory of God” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. As you take your Bibles and turn with me to Ephesians 4, I want to say I've had a number of very encouraging conversations during the course of this week. In fact, this study in this book, this chapter of Ephesians, has provoked more discussion with members of the congregation than any series I can remember in some time now. People have been deeply affected by working through this, and I'm appreciative of that, your sharing with me your thoughts and your input and your questions. It's been very, very uplifting and encouraging to me. And today we come to yet another one of these specific exhortations, and we may think that whereas truth-telling and…

Talk, Edification, the Holy Spirit, and the Glory of…

The Lord's Day Morning May 21, 2006 Ephesians 4:29-30 “Talk, Edification, the Holy Spirit, 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 4. In this whole passage from Ephesians 4:17, running all the way to Ephesians 5:4, Paul is calling us to live like Christians: to live out the grace of God in our lives, and, in so doing, to promote the unity that God has created in the body, and indeed, to promote His glory…

Bitterness, Forgiveness, and Being Like God

The Lord's Day Morning May 28, 2006 Ephesians 4:31-5:2 “Bitterness, Forgiveness, and Being Like God” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter four. We finally come to the end of this chapter, but Paul's line of thought continues on into chapter five. In fact, this section from Ephesians 4:25 doesn't really end until about Ephesians 5:4. The same train of thought continues. The Apostle Paul has been calling on…

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