Category: Ephesians 4
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The Holy Spirit has a Dirty Job
(Ephesians 4:28-32) The Holy Spirit has a dirty job. He has to dwell within the people of God for the purpose of transforming us into the image of Jesus Christ. But consider the nature of that job. It is the ultimate janitorial role. A major cleanup of the passions, lusts, desires and sinful attitudes of…
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Anger is Not Sin
(Ephesians 4:26-27) One of the great questions to be understood by Christians is what is and is not sin? There are a multitude of things that people call sin, but are they really sin? Today I want to look at this issue to try and nail down some aspects of what is and isn’t sin,…
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Speak the Truth
(Ephesians 4:25) There is one thing that people all over the world despise, whether Christians or not, and that is a liar. Everybody universally hates lies and liars because they cannot be trusted. This scripture today exhorts those in Christ to turn away from falsehoods and lies and to speak the truth always with those…
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Renewal in the Spirit
(Ephesians 4:22-24) At the most basic level, Christianity is about change. We are called to change from the old manner of life driven by sin and the passions and lusts of human nature, to be changed into the image of Jesus Christ. We are being called to a renewal in the Spirit so that our…
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Where is the Truth?
(Ephesians 4:20-21) In a world that is intent on shifting blame, covering up, hiding and denying what is right, it becomes more and more difficult to find the truth. Too often the media are biased on important issues and report only what they, their managers, sponsors or owners want to hear and they leave out…
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Living Futile Lives
(Ephesians 4:17-19) A life without living in the presence of the Lord is a futile life. Every person in this world who chooses to reject the call of God is living in futility. They do not understand that this life is not the “main game,” it is just a taste of what is possible. But…
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Built Up In Love
(Ephesians 4:15-16) The work of the ministry gifts given by God is to develop the church and the individual members of the church so that they grow together in harmony into the maturity of Jesus Christ. I discussed the ministry gifts and some of these matters in my last few posts. What we now see…
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Growing in Christ
(Ephesians 4:14) In my last two posts I looked at the ministry gifts given to the Church by God. I considered “what” those gifts are and how they worked in the Church. I also looked at the reason God gave these gifts, which was to bring Christians to maturity in Christ. God wants His people…
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Maturity in Christ
(Ephesians 4:11-13) This post extends the message of the last post where we looked at the five ministry gifts given by God to the church. God gave gifts to the members of the church so that the church would grow and mature. Those who receive these gifts work together with God to bring about the…
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God’s Ministry Gifts
(Ephesians 4:8-11) When Jesus died, He returned to the Father. His death was not the end of His ministry because we see after He left that the Apostles carried on the next phase of the work, which was to spread the gospel across the earth. Jesus had trained His early disciples to do this work,…
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One God
(Ephesians 4:4-7) There is one stand out fact that pervades both Judaism and Christianity, and that is that they are both monotheistic religions. That is, they both worship one God and this scripture reemphasises this fact. There is only one God and this scripture extends that knowledge even further. 4 There is one body and…
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A Life Worthy of Christ
(Ephesians 4:1-3) As Christians we are called to change our lives in many ways. Right from the very beginning of our walk with Christ when we first repent, the change commences. Indeed the word “repent” translated from the Greek word “metanoia” means to “change your thinking.” And that is the essence of our call to…
