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He Is Our Peace

The Lord's Day Morning November 13, 2005 Ephesians 2:14-18 “He Is Our Peace” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter two. The last time we were together in this letter was on October 23, and we were in verses 11-13. Let me remind you of what Paul was telling us there. Paul was, for the second time in this chapter, reminding us of what we were like apart from Jesus Christ. He was giving us a reprise of “The Way We Were.” You remember in verses 1 and 2 in Ephesians 2 he says ‘Let me tell you how you formerly were. You were dead. That's how I will describe you: you were dead. You were spiritually dead. You were walking like a dead man to the things of God. You were living in this world in a worldly way,…

The Whole Body Together

The Lord's Day Morning May 1, 2005 Ephesians 2:21-22 “The Whole Body Together” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Please turn with me to the second chapter of Paul's letter to the Ephesians, and from this section that we are about to read. And as we work through this passage together this morning, I want to draw your attention to four descriptions of the church, because in those descriptions Paul is telling you something of God's agenda for His people; that is, what God intends to make of His people. And this is vitally connected to this challenge that the elders have made to us as a congregation about expanding this house of worship. First, I want to draw your attention to verse 19, where Paul speaks of us as “fellow-citizens.” Now, that's the image of a kingdom, and I want…

My tribulations on your behalf are for your glory

The Lord's Day Morning January 1, 2006 Ephesians 3:7-13 “My Tribulations on Your Behalf are for Your Glory” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III As we return to Ephesians in the New Year, and I couldn't have picked a better passage to start with. We’re going to concentrate especially on Ephesians 3:8-13 this morning, but I want you to remember what we saw when we studied Ephesians 3:1-6, in part because we said the Apostle Paul was “fixin’ to pray”, and he interrupts himself in Ephesians 3:1 before he “commences to pray” for you, to give you a word of encouragement. He knows that the Ephesian Christians are distressed about his imprisonment, the persecution that he is experiencing on behalf of the church of the Lord Jesus Christ because of his preaching of the gospel, and some…

Praying to Our Father

The Lord's Day Morning January 8, 2006 Communion Sunday Ephesians 3:14-16a “Praying to Our Father” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 3 as we continue to make our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul. We’re going to be looking at verses 14-16 today, but I'd ask you to look at verse 1 first, because we've said all along that the Apostle Paul began this chapter getting ready to pray for the…

What to Pray For One Another (3)

The Lord's Day Morning January 29, 2006 Ephesians 3:18-19 “What to Pray For One Another (3)” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter three, as we continue to work our way through this great prayer in verses 14-19. We’re going to read all of 3:14-19, and we're going to be focusing on verses 18-19. I have given you an outline of the passage, and I have recounted some of the points that we have concentrated on in…

What to Pray For One Another

The Lord's Day Morning January 15, 2006 Ephesians 3:16b-17 “What to Pray For One Another” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III When we were together last, we were looking at verses 14-16 — to be precise, verses 14 to 16a. We only got half way through verse 16, and we said there that we learned why Paul was praying the prayer; we learned a little bit about to whom Paul was praying the prayer, what Paul thought about this God to whom he was praying; we learned how Paul prayed the prayer, and we…

What to Pray For One Another (2)

The Lord's Day Morning January 22, 2006 Ephesians 3:16b-19 “What to Pray For One Another (2)” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 3. We've been looking at this prayer in Ephesians 3:14-19 for a number of weeks now. We spent the first message in this passage looking just at Paul's words of rationale as to why he was praying. You see those words, “For this reason I pray…for this reason I bow my knees to the…

To God Be the Glory

The Lord's Day Morning February 5, 2006 Ephesians 3:20-21 “To God Be the Glory” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 3 as we continue to work our way through this great prayer. I'd remind you of a couple of things. One is that this book begins with a doxology. We studied it in Ephesians 3:1-14, so the whole book begins with an ascription of praise to God, and this prayer that we've been studying for a number of…

Walking Worthy of Our Calling (2)

The Lord's Day Morning March 5, 2006 Ephesians 4:1-3 “Walking Worthy of Our Calling (2)” 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 study in this book. It's been three weeks or so since we've been in this passage together. We've returned to the “scene of the crime” where last I finished one point and one word of the second verse, and today what I want to do is pick up where we…