Our sermon text, [esvignore]Ephesians 6:18[/esvignore], brings us nearly to the end of our study of Ephesians. We’ll learn from our verse what praying in the Spirit is, the times and places we are to pray, what kinds of prayers we should pray, and for whom our prayers should be directed. Ephesians 6:18 Our public reading…
Once again we visit the Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, in [esvignore]Ephesians 6:17[/esvignore]. We will learn about how the Sword of the Spirit overcomes four opponents: persecutors, false teachers, personal sin, and affliction. We will look at these four opponents from God’s perspective, seeing that Jesus Christ has already overcome them, and…
Our sermon this week will be an introduction to our last piece of military hardware in the Christian armory. This week, [esvignore]Ephesians 6:17[/esvignore] teaches us about the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. It is such a short statement, just a few words, a matter-of-fact command to take it up. What…
In this message we ask “Do you lead a happy life? Are you characterized by a life of general gladness and usually found with a smile on your face?” [esvignore]Ephesians 6:17[/esvignore] brings our study to the helmet of salvation. Here we discover that salvation is ultimately completed in glory, but here and now God has…
The one faith that is to be treasured is justifying faith, for it alone has the power to save and then defend us. This week we continue our study of the Full Armor of God with a message from [esvignore]Ephesians 6:16[/esvignore]. We will have much application in our sermon, including looking at the great treasure…
In this message we examine faith and ask why it is assigned to the shield in our armor kit in [esvignore]Ephesians 6:16[/esvignore]. Faith is the key necessity and means by which God’s grace saves us. It is the cord that binds us to Christ. In this message we also receive encouragement to insure that we…
Our sermon will be from [esvignore]Ephesians 6:15[/esvignore] again, we will learn about the peace that the gospel works between God and man. God the Spirit has used a military analogy by linking the Christian faith to armor, and the gospel serves as an everlasting peace treaty. We will see how the lack of the gospel…
Today we will visit [esvignore]Ephesians 6:15[/esvignore] as we move along in our study of the full armor of God. We learn about the feet shod with readiness provided by the gospel.Here we study the word and discover the piece of armor is an actual shoe with its implied functions. Christians should be active, and the…
Here will finish up studying the breastplate of righteousness in [esvignore]Ephesians 6:14[/esvignore] by looking at how to live the holy life. This will include important ways to practice holiness and 10 ways to maintain it. This message should be viewed as the application section of last week’s sermon, and perhaps it will step on some…
Our sermon text will be [esvignore]Ephesians 6:14[/esvignore]. We’ll examine the breastplate of righteousness. This is an important piece of armor so we’ll investigate the significance of righteousness this week, and next week we will learn how to apply it and maintain holy living. We will be treading through this section slowly to glean much from…