God’s New Family: An Exposition of Ephesians(LVII) The Full Armor of God (1): Our Struggle is not against flesh and blood

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God’s New Family: An Exposition of…

The Lord's Day Evening October 8, 2006 Ephesians 6:10-12Our Struggle is Not Against Flesh and Blood Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. Please be seated. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 6, and as you do so I would remind you that we've come to a new section — the final section of this book as we study it together. We've recently worked through a section that began in Ephesians 5:22 and stretched all the way to Ephesians 6:9, dealing with God's household rules pertaining to the relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, even householders and servants. And now in this final section, the Apostle Paul gives a stirring exhortation to the Ephesian Christians and to us, and it has to do with setting in context all that he…

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…

Preach the Word

The Lord's Day Morning May 29, 2005 II Timothy 4:1-4“Preach the Word” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to II Timothy, chapter four. Last week we were in II Timothy 3, and looking especially at those glorious verses in which the Apostle Paul describes the nature, the character of Scripture as divinely inspired, as God-breathed, as profitable for reproof and correction, and training in righteousness; as sufficient for equipping us for the…

Not Ashamed and Holding Fast

The Lord's Day Morning March 13, 2005 II Timothy 1:12-18 “Not Ashamed and Holding Fast” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. It's inspiring to think that Christians have been using those words for 900 years to express their praise to the Lord Jesus Christ, and that the words that we had the privilege to hear read and which we sung back to God have been used by believers for 3,000 years to express their praise to God. If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn with me to II Timothy,…

What Elders Are For

The Lord's Day Morning November 28, 2004 Titus 1:5-9 “What Elders Are For” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Titus, chapter one. We’re continuing to work through these three small letters called the Pastoral Epistles, First and Second Timothy and Titus; letters written from an apostle, evangelist, pastor and theologian–Paul–to two young men who were church planters and local church pastors. We’re working through these…

Guard What God Has Given You

The Lord's Day Morning November 14, 2004 I Timothy 6:20-21 “Guard What God Has Given You” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to First Timothy, chapter six, and the twentieth verse. We have been working our way through First Timothy. It's the first of the Pastoral Epistles: I Timothy, II Timothy, and Titus are those pastoral letters written by Paul to early churches in Asia Minor to two young ministers, those who were faithful in…

The Contradiction of Ungodliness

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Jude, the little book right at the end of the New Testament, just before the book of Revelation. We’re in the third of five studies in this book, and we come now to the heart of the book's pastoral concern. From Jude 5 down to about Jude 23, Jude gives us both a negative and a positive pastoral assessment of the situation. Last week when we were looking at the introduction of his main thesis and concern in Jude 3 and 4, we saw…

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