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Chuck Smith Sermon Notes
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Sermons regarding Ephesians
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1757.html"><b>Sermon 1757: Ephesians 1:1 </b></a>
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<br> Intro. The book falls into three natural divisions. Ruth Paxon sees it as the wealth of the believer. Chapters 1-3. The walk of the believer chapter 4:1 to 6:9. And the warfare of the believer. 6:10 to end. Watchman Nee saw it as the position of the believer, seated together in Christ Chapter 1-3; our walk 4:1-6:9 and our stand 6:10 to end.
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<br>I. "PAUL AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST BY TH...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1253.html"><b>Sermon 1253: Ephesians 1:2 </b></a>
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<br> I. GRACE BE TO YOU AND PEACE.
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<br>A. Paul begins here the opening salutation to the church.
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<br>1. Verse one is like addressing the envelope.
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<br>a. Up in the left hand corner he puts his name and title.
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<br>b. The envelope is addressed to the saints in Ephesus and the faithful in Christ Jesus.
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<br>2. He now begins his letter with a common salutation at least among the apostles.
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<br>a. Paul begins al...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1254.html"><b>Sermon 1254: Ephesians 1:3a</b></a>
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<br> I. BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
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<br>A. One thing that Jesus constantly declared was that God was His Father.
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<br>1. This was also asserted in the prophesies of the Messiah.
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<br>a. For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.
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<br>b. Ps. 2:7 I will declare the decree, the Lord hath said unto Me, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee.
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<br>c. God promised Da...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1255.html"><b>Sermon 1255: Ephesians 1:3b</b></a>
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<br> I. "THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN LOVE."
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<br>A. We have been chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world for what purpose?
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<br>1. That we should be holy and without blame before Him.
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<br>a. "Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before His presence with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior be glory and honor,...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1760.html"><b>Sermon 1760: Ephesians 1:3c</b></a>
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<br> I. "THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN LOVE."
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<br>A. We have been chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world for what purpose?
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<br>1. That we should be holy and without blame before Him.
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<br>a. "Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before His presence with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior be glory and honor,...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1256.html"><b>Sermon 1256: Ephesians 1:6 </b></a>
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<br> I. "ACCORDING TO THE GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS WILL."
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<br>A. This is God acting in His sovereign capacity.
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<br>1. As God He does what He pleases, and no one has the right to challenge His actions.
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<br>2. Because He is God His acts do not need to be challenged for He is good thus His acts are right.
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<br>DNL 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth [are] reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1257.html"><b>Sermon 1257: Ephesians 1:7 </b></a>
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<br> Intro. As Paul is listing the spiritual blessings that we have received in Christ, He now speaks of the redemption through His blood.
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<br>I. THE WORD REDEEM.
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<br>A. To buy back; repurchase. To get or win back. To liberate by payment; ransom.
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<br>B. How used in the Old Testament.
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<br>1. The redemption of the first born.
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<br>EXO 13:11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of t...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1258.html"><b>Sermon 1258: Ephesians 1:7b </b></a>
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<br> I. THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
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<br>A. This is man's greatest need.
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<br>1. Without the forgiveness of our sins we are hopelessly doomed to eternal destruction and separation from God.
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<br>2. God has already passed His sentence upon the sinner.
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<br>a. The wages of sin is death.
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<br>b. The soul that sinneth shall surely die.
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<br>c. God said to Adam, in the day that you eat, you shall surely die.
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<br>3. Even i...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1259.html"><b>Sermon 1259: Ephesians 1:8 </b></a>
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<br> Intro. The forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace wherein He has abounded toward us.
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<br>I. THE ABUNDANCE OF HIS GRACE.
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<br>A. In the previous verse Paul speaks of the riches of His grace, and now in verse 8 he mentions the abundance of His grace.
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<br>B. Let it be noted that the grace of God is sufficient to cover all our sins, or any other difficulty that we might be havin...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1260.html"><b>Sermon 1260: Ephesians 1:9 </b></a>
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<br> I. HAVING MADE KNOWN UNTO US THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL.
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<br>A. What is Paul referring to as the mystery of His will?
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<br>1. In chapter 3:3 he again refers to God having made known unto him, by revelation, the mystery of His will, which Paul said he had referred in a few words.
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<br>2. In chapter 3 he goes on to explain just what that mystery is. "That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1261.html"><b>Sermon 1261: Ephesians 1:11 </b></a>
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<br> I. IN WHOM WE HAVE AN INHERITANCE.
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<br>A. Through Jesus Christ you have become a child of God, and thus an heir of God.
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<br>ROM 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.
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<br>1. We have a glorious inheritance.
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<br>a. When I was a child my aunt was a housekeeper for a very wealthy family...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1262.html"><b>Sermon 1262: Ephesians 1:13 </b></a>
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<br> Intro. We are talking about our trusting in Christ.
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<br>I. "IN WHOM YOU ALSO TRUSTED AFTER YOU HEARD THE WORD OF TRUTH."
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<br>A. Paul asked in his epistle to the Romans, "How can they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?"
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<br>1. The hearing of the word of truth is the first step.
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<br>2. The trusting in the word, that it is truth is the second step.
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<br>B. Paul went on to explain that faith t...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1263.html"><b>Sermon 1263: Ephesians 1:15 </b></a>
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<br> I. "WHEREFORE AFTER I HEARD OF YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD, JESUS, AND YOUR LOVE TO ALL THE SAINTS."
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<br>A. Fourteen times faith and love are listed together as the characteristics of a child of God.
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<br>B. Eleven times faith and charity are listed together.
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<br>C. Faith in Jesus as Lord will be manifested by a love for the saints.
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<br>1. Jesus told the disciples that the sign to the world that they...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1264.html"><b>Sermon 1264: Ephesians 1:17 </b></a>
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<br> I. THAT THE GOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF GLORY.
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<br>A. Great is the mystery of Godliness, God was manifested in the flesh.
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<br>1. Here is one of the mysteries, where the Father of glory is called the God of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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<br>2. In John 14 Jesus said to His disciples, "If you loved Me you would rejoice, for I said that I go unto the Father, for the Father is greater th...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1758.html"><b>Sermon 1758: Ephesians 1:17b </b></a>
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<br> "KNOWING GOD"
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<br>Intro. When I hear a person say, "Oh my God." I am tempted to ask, "And just who might that be?" The Bible tells us that the gods of the heathen are many. It recognizes that there are many things that can govern a man's life. There is only one true, eternal God, the Creator of all. In second Chronicles it says that for a long time Israel had been without the true God....
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1265.html"><b>Sermon 1265: Ephesians 1:18 </b></a>
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<br> Ephesians 1:18
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<br>I. THAT THE EYES OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING BEING ENLIGHTENED.
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<br>A. He has just prayed that God would give to them the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.
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<br>B. He desires that they be aware of the spiritual dimension.
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<br>1. We have the case of Elisha when the Syrian army was sent to Dothan to take him captive.
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<br>2KI 6:15 And when the servant of the man of ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1759.html"><b>Sermon 1759: Ephesians 1:19 </b></a>
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<br> I. PAUL'S PRAYER FOR THE EPHESIANS IS FOR THE MOST PART A PRAYER FOR KNOWLEDGE.
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<br>A. The knowledge of God.
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<br>B. The knowledge of the hope of their calling.
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<br>C. Knowledge of the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.
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<br>D. This final request is that they might know the exceeding greatness of His power to us who believe according to the working of His mighty power.
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<br>E. To k...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1267.html"><b>Sermon 1267: Ephesians 1:20 </b></a>
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<br> I. AND SET HIM AT HIS OWN RIGHT HAND IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES.
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<br>A. Not only was Jesus raised from the dead by that mighty power that is available to us as believers, but God has set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places.
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<br>1. Jesus Christ today is at the right hand of the Father in glory.
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<br>a. This was prophesied in the psalms.
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<br> I. "NOT ONLY IN THIS WORLD, BUT THE WORLD TO COME."
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<br>A. People are sorely mistaken thinking that this world is all there is.
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<br>1. Paul said that if our hope in Christ was in this world only, we are of all men most miserable.
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<br>2. This world is far from an ideal place to live.
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<br>3. It could be much better than it is, but this present world is being controlled by the prince of darkness, ...
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<br> Intro. This whole section chapters 1-3 is dealing with the spiritual blessings that we have in Christ Jesus. One of the greatest of all the spiritual blessings is the grace that has been bestowed upon us through Jesus Christ. It is only through grace that any or all of these blessings come.
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<br>I. PAUL IS WANTING HERE IN CHAPTER TWO TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE GRACE OF GOD.
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<br> Intro. Paul has painted the black backdrop of your life before meeting Jesus Christ. Dead unto God because of your trespasses and sins. Walking according to the course of this world that is being directed by the prince of the power of the air. You were one of the children of disobedience, as you lived just to fulfill the lusts of your flesh and mind. You were by nature a sinner, des...
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<br> I. "FOR BY GRACE ARE YOU SAVED THROUGH FAITH."
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<br>A. Here is where a long time controversy in the church comes together.
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<br>1. The sovereignty of God and the human responsibility of man.
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<br>2. Both concepts are correct for they are both taught in the scriptures.
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<br>3. Where man errs is to teach one to the exclusion of the other.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1762.html"><b>Sermon 1762: Ephesians 2:10 </b></a>
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<br> "HIS WORKMANSHIP"
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<br>I. WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.
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<br>A. That means that there is no way by which you could earn your salvation by your works.
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<br>1. In the first three verses of this chapter he shows us our moral and spiritual bankruptcy.
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<br>a. We are by nature the children of wrath.
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<br> I. WHEREFORE REMEMBER
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<br>A. Paul had been contrasting what they were before receiving the gospel to what they are now.
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<br>1. Before they were dead in their trespasses and sins.
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<br>a. They walked according to the course of this world.
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<br>b. Their lifestyles were being governed and directed by Satan.
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<br> Intro. Your past hopeless state. Gentiles in the flesh; called uncircumcised; without Christ; aliens from the commonwealth of Israel; strangers from the covenants of promise; without hope; without God in the world.
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<br>I. "BUT NOW IN CHRIST JESUS."
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<br>A. what a difference Jesus makes.
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<br>1. Remember the statement of the blind man to the Pharisees when they said to him, "Give God the praise...
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<br> Intro. Important to realize the background to understand this passage. There was a deep feeling of nationalism by the Jews. They felt that they were the only ones destined for salvation. Even in the early period of the church this feeling was carried over. When Peter first came to the house of Cornelius a Gentile, he said, "You know how that is unlawful for a man who is a Jew to kee...
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<br> I. NOW THEREFORE.
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<br>A. As Dr. McGee used to say, "Whenever you have a therefore, you must ask, wherefore is the therefore there for?"
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<br>B. Therefore because what Jesus has done for us and made possible for us.
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<br>1. He has brought us near to God. vs. 13.
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<br>2. He has become our peace. vs 14.
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<br>3. He has broken down the wall that kept us from becoming the people of God. vs 14.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1276.html"><b>Sermon 1276: Ephesians 3:1 </b></a>
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<br> I. A PRISONER OF JESUS CHRIST.
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<br>A. Paul did not see himself as a prisoner of Rome, but of Jesus Christ, the irons of the Roman prison did not constrain him, but the love of Jesus Christ.
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<br>1. I am what I am because of Jesus Christ.
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<br>2. I am what I am for Jesus Christ.
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<br>3. A man can only say this who has said, "And when Christ who is my life."
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<br>4. The life that is totally committed is...
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<div id="num">29.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1277.html"><b>Sermon 1277: Ephesians 3:3 </b></a>
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<br> I. "HOW THAT BY REVELATION HE MADE KNOWN TO ME."
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<br>A. Paul claimed that the gospel that he received was by Divine revelation.
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<br>1. GAL 1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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<br>GAL 1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught [it], but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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<br>2. GAL 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separ...
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<div id="num">30.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1278.html"><b>Sermon 1278: Ephesians 3:4 </b></a>
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<br> I. PAUL DESIRED THAT THEY MIGHT UNDERSTAND HIS KNOWLEDGE IN THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST.
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<br>A. This knowledge he did not receive from man but by direct revelation from the Lord.
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<br>B. When you have received from the Lord an understanding of an area of scripture, it is your desire to share with others that they might experience the blessings that you received.
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<br>1. I can remember how when I beg...
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<div id="num">31.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1279.html"><b>Sermon 1279: Ephesians 3:7 </b></a>
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<br> I. "WHEREOF I WAS MADE A MINISTER."
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<br>A. God had called Paul to be a minister to the Gentiles.
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<br>B. Paul viewed this calling as the gift of the grace of God that was given unto him.
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<br>C. No one appreciates grace more than the person that has received it.
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<br>D. Having received grace, he was made a minister of grace.
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<br>1. This is always the purpose of God.
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<br>a. Having received love, show lov...
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<div id="num">32.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1280.html"><b>Sermon 1280: Ephesians 3:10 </b></a>
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<br> Intro. Paul, who considered himself less than the least of all saints, received the gift of grace to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make men understand how through Jesus Christ they can have fellowship with God.
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<br>I. THIS IS A BLESSED TRUTH OF GOD THAT WAS EVEN HIS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS AND FROM THE ANGELS.
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<br>A. The truth that was given to P...
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<div id="num">33.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1281.html"><b>Sermon 1281: Ephesians 3:13 </b></a>
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<br> I. "WHEREFORE I DESIRE THAT YOU FAINT NOT AT MY TRIBULATIONS FOR YOU."
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<br>A. At the beginning of the chapter he called himself a prisoner of Jesus Christ for the Gentiles.
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<br>1. Much of the persecution against Paul was over the fact that he preached the gospel to the Gentiles.
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<br>a. He even had problems with those in the church.
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<br>b. Many in the church who had a background as Pharisee's, f...
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<div id="num">34.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1282.html"><b>Sermon 1282: Ephesians 3:16 </b></a>
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<br> I. "THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY."
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<br>A. In Romans 2:4 Paul speaks of the riches of His goodness, forbearance and longsuffering.
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<br>B. In Romans 9:23 The riches of His glory, on His vessels of mercy.
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<br>C. In Romans 11:33 he speaks of the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God.
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<br>D. Ephesians 1:7 the riches of His grace.
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<br>E. Ephesians 1:18 the riches of the glory of His inherita...
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<div id="num">35.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1283.html"><b>Sermon 1283: Ephesians 3:17 </b></a>
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<br> I. "THAT YOU BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE."
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<br>A. That our roots go down deep in the love of Jesus Christ.
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<br>1. It is through the roots that the tree draws its source for life. Moisture and nourishment are drawn from the soil by the roots.
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<br>a. Nourished in the love of Jesus.
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<br>2. The roots anchor the plant to the ground.
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<br>a. Otherwise the tree could never stand.
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<br>b. The plant would...
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<div id="num">36.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1284.html"><b>Sermon 1284: Ephesians 3:17b </b></a>
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<br> I. "THAT YOU BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE."
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<br>A. That our roots go down deep in the love of Jesus Christ.
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<br>1. It is through the roots that the tree draws its source for life.
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<br>2. The tree is nourished through the root system.
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<br>3. We draw from the love of Jesus our life sustaining powers.
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<br>B. It is interesting that when Jesus wrote to the church of Ephesus some thirty years later...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1285.html"><b>Sermon 1285: Ephesians 3:20 </b></a>
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<br> I. PAUL IS EXTOLLING HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL THAT WE CAN ASK OR THINK.
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<br>A. As we shared last week it is important that we know that He is able.
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<br>1. We should never measure problems by our capacity to deal with them.
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<br>2. Difficulty must always be measured by the capacity of the agent doing the work.
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<br>B. What is the agency doing the work? "According to the...
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<div id="num">38.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1765.html"><b>Sermon 1765: Ephesians 3:20b </b></a>
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<br> "HE IS ABLE"
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<br>I. PAUL'S IMPOSSIBLE REQUESTS.
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<br>A. That you being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge.
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<br>1. The broadness of the love of Christ, It encompasses all of mankind. There is not a single person who is beyond the boundaries of His love...
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<div id="num">39.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1286.html"><b>Sermon 1286: Ephesians 4:1 </b></a>
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<br> I. "I THEREFORE THE PRISONER OF THE LORD."
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<br>A. Back at the beginning of chapter 3 he speaks of himself as the prisoner of Jesus Christ. The therefore takes you back to this verse.
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<br>B. "Beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are called."
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<br>1. This takes you back to the first three chapters and all the spiritual blessings that you have in Christ Jesus.
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<br>2. You h...
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<div id="num">40.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1287.html"><b>Sermon 1287: Ephesians 4:4 </b></a>
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<br> I. ENDEAVORING TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IN THE BOND OF PEACE.
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<br>A. Later in the chapter he will speak of the unity of the faith.
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<br>1. The unity of the faith comes much later than the unity of the Spirit.
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<br>2. There are those who are very divisive. A group known as CURE are heavy into Calvinistic doctrine and always seem to have an ax to grind with everyone who does not embrace t...
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<div id="num">41.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1288.html"><b>Sermon 1288: Ephesians 4:7 </b></a>
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<br> I. "BUT TO EVERYONE OF US IS GIVEN GRACE."
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<br>A. Paul told the Romans,
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<br>ROM 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
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<br>1. So God has given to every man a measure of faith, and to every man the gift of ...
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<div id="num">42.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1289.html"><b>Sermon 1289: Ephesians 4:11 </b></a>
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<br> I. "AND HE GAVE SOME APOSTLES."
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<br>A. In 1 Cor. 12 as Paul is speaking of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, he said, And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. [Are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all workers of miracles? H...
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<div id="num">43.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1290.html"><b>Sermon 1290: Ephesians 4:13 </b></a>
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<br> I. THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH.
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<br>A. To perfect the saints for the work of the ministry.
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<br>B. To build up the body of Christ.
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<br>C. The goal is to bring them into a unity of the faith.
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<br>1. The church has been divided through the years more over our differences in belief than anything else.
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<br>2. One might question whether the unity of the faith is even a possibility.
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<br>a. Protestants differ ...
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<div id="num">44.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1291.html"><b>Sermon 1291: Ephesians 4:15 </b></a>
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<br> I. "BUT SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE."
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<br>A. There are some that speak the truth, but there is not much love.
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<br>1. They almost seem to be angry.
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<br>2. It seems that they always have a point to prove, and they are prone to pound into the ground anyone who might have a different view.
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<br>B. Speaking the truth in love is in contrast to the slight cunning of men who lie in wait to deceive.
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<div id="num">45.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1766.html"><b>Sermon 1766: Ephesians 4:15b </b></a>
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<br> "GROWING UP"
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<br>I. THE PURPOSE FOR THE CHURCH.
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<br>A. I was taught and used to believe that the primary purpose of the church was the evangelization of the world.
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<br>1. This is the commission of Christ to the church but not the primary purpose of the church.
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<br>B. The primary purpose of the church as stated here is:
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<br>1. The perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry.
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<br>a. Paul bega...
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<div id="num">46.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1292.html"><b>Sermon 1292: Ephesians 4:17 </b></a>
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<br> I. WALK NOT AS OTHER GENTILES WALK.
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<br>A. In this second section of the epistle to the Ephesians which begins with chapter 4 Paul begins to discuss the walk of the believer. In 4:1 he tells them to walk worthy of the calling they had received.
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<br>B. In verse 17 he exhorts them not to walk as other Gentiles walk, He then begins to define what he means.
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<br>C. In the emptiness of their minds...
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<div id="num">47.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1293.html"><b>Sermon 1293: Ephesians 4:21 </b></a>
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<br> I. AS A CHRISTIAN WE DO NOT LIVE LIKE THE WORLD.
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<br>A. In chapter 2 Paul tells us that the world is under Satan's power and he directs its course.
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<br>1. That the worldly persons mind is dominated by the lusts of their flesh and the lusts of their minds.
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<br>2. That the worldly person is a child of wrath, or destined for the wrath of God.
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<br>3. That they are dead in their trespasses and sins....
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<div id="num">48.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1767.html"><b>Sermon 1767: Ephesians 4:27 </b></a>
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<br> Intro. In our lesson last week Paul exhorted us to put off the old man (i.e. what is often referred to as our Adamic nature) and put on the new man which is after God. The old man was characterized as corrupt because of deceitful lusts, and the new man was characterized as righteousness and truly holy. The old man was controlled by the flesh, the new man is controlled by the spirit....
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<div id="num">49.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1768.html"><b>Sermon 1768: Ephesians 4:30 </b></a>
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<br> I. GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD.
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<br>A. This is one of the proof texts to point out that the Holy Spirit is not an it or essence, but a person. How can you grieve the wind, or air?
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<br>B. What are the things that grieve the Holy Spirit?
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<br>1. In the days of Noah, God said, "My Spirit will not always strive with man. In verse 6 we read that it repented God that He had made man upon the ...
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<div id="num">50.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1296.html"><b>Sermon 1296: Ephesians 5:1 </b></a>
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<br> I. "BE YE FOLLOWERS OF GOD AS DEAR CHILDREN."
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<br>A. In the previous verse we were exhorted to be kind one to another tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God for Christ sake has forgiven us.
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<br>1. This exhortation to be followers (mimesis)of God is directly related to the previous exhortation to forgive one another even as God for Christ sake forgave us, as is noted by the there...
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<div id="num">51.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1772.html"><b>Sermon 1772: Ephesians 5:8 </b></a>
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<br> I. "BUT YOU WERE AT ONE TIME IN DARKNESS, BUT NOW ARE THE LIGHT OF THE LORD."
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<br>A. In chapter 2 as Paul is describing what we once were, he said,
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<br>EPH 2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
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<br>EPH 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being a...
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<div id="num">52.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1298.html"><b>Sermon 1298: Ephesians 5:11 </b></a>
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<br> I. "HAVE NO FELLOWSHIP WITH THE UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS."
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<br>A. In verse nine Paul spoke of the fruit of the Spirit, now he speaks of the unfruitful works of darkness.
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<br>1. Nothing of true value or worth comes from the works of darkness.
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<br>a. How many universities do you know of that were created by the Atheists Society.
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<br>b. Most of them were started by the church and then later ta...
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<div id="num">53.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1769.html"><b>Sermon 1769: Ephesians 5:15 </b></a>
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<br> "THE BELIEVERS WALK"
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<br>Intro. In verse 2 he tells them to walk in love. In telling them the things they are not to do, they are the things that the world today often classifies as love. Fornication, and sexual impurity. He next exhorts in vs. 8 to walk as children of light. In telling them the things they were not to do, they were the things that the world of their day called enlight...
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<div id="num">54.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1770.html"><b>Sermon 1770: Ephesians 5:22-24 </b></a>
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<br> "EPHESIANS 5:22-24"
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<br>Intro. God created men and women different, that seems like a stupid thing to say and indeed it is. But there are voices today that are trying to say that we are alike and on equal par with each other.
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<br>A. The woman in the scripture is referred to as the weaker vessel.
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<br> "CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH"
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<br>I. THE CLOSEST AND MOST INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP THAT MAN CAN EXPERIENCE IS THAT OF HUSBAND AND WIFE.
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<br>A. God said that the two shall be one flesh.
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<br>1. I don't know if you can get any closer than that.
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<br>2. Whether the one flesh refers to the act of cohabitation or in the fruit of that cohabitation I do not know.
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<br>a. It is true that your child gets half of its g...
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<div id="num">56.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1299.html"><b>Sermon 1299: Ephesians 5:16 </b></a>
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<br> Intro: Paul has encouraged them to walk circumspectly, now he defines what he means by circumspectly.
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<br>I. REDEEMING THE TIME.
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<br>A. There should always be a sense of urgency in getting the gospel out.
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<br>1. Time is short even if you live to be 130 years old. When the Pharaoh asked Jacob how old he was, Jacob responded my pilgrimage has been 130 years, few and evil have been the days of ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1300.html"><b>Sermon 1300: Ephesians 5:19 </b></a>
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<br> I. PAUL HAS TOLD THEM THAT THEY ARE TO WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY, THEN HE TELLS THEM HOW THIS IS TO BE DONE.
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<br>A. Redeeming the time.
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<br>B. Understanding the will of God.
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<br>C. Being filled with the Spirit.
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<br>D. "Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody in your hearts to the Lord."
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<br>1. When David was living under the protection of Achish king of Gath, becaus...
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<div id="num">58.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1301.html"><b>Sermon 1301: Ephesians 5:20 </b></a>
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<br> I. "GIVING THANKS ALWAYS FOR ALL THINGS."
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<br>A. This is similar to the exhortation given by Paul to the Thessalonians.
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<br>1TH 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
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<br>B. This is not possible to do outside of faith.
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<br>1. I must first believe that God is in control of all things.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1302.html"><b>Sermon 1302: Ephesians 5:22 </b></a>
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<br> Intro. God created men and women different, that seems like a stupid thing to say and indeed it is. But there are voices today that are trying to say that we are alike and on equal par with each other.
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<br>A. The woman in the scripture is referred to as the weaker vessel.
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<br>1. Physiologically it is quite obvious that the man is stronger than the woman.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1303.html"><b>Sermon 1303: Ephesians 5:22b </b></a>
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<br> I. THE CLOSEST AND MOST INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP THAT MAN CAN EXPERIENCE IS THAT OF HUSBAND AND WIFE.
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<br>A. God said that the two shall be one flesh.
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<br>1. I don't know if you can get any closer than that.
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<br>2. Whether the one flesh refers to the act of cohabitation or in the fruit of that cohabitation I do not know.
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<br>a. It is true that your child gets half of its genes from each of you, s...
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<div id="num">61.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1304.html"><b>Sermon 1304: Ephesians 5:25 </b></a>
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<br> I. HUSBANDS LOVE YOUR WIVES.
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<br>A. This follows the injunction for the wives to submit to their own husbands.
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<br>B. These two commands are inseparably tied to each other.
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<br>1. We find them repeated in the letter to the Colossians.
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<br>COL 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
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<br>COL 3:19 Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1305.html"><b>Sermon 1305: Ephesians 6:1 </b></a>
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<br> I. "CHILDREN OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD."
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<br>A. It should first be noted that the commandment is to obey your parents in the Lord.
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<br>1. Unfortunately some children have ungodly parents who are demanding actions from them that are that are sinful.
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<br>2. The Bible speaks of unnatural affection, and that surely is seen in our world today.
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<br>a. The sexual abuse of a child is one of the wor...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1306.html"><b>Sermon 1306: Ephesians 6:4 </b></a>
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<br> I. "FATHER'S PROVOKE NOT YOUR CHILDREN TO WRATH."
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<br>A. In Colossians 3:21 Paul wrote, "Fathers provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged."
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<br>B. How do fathers provoke their children to wrath or anger?
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<br>1. When a child was very small, I have seen fathers provoking their child to the point of frustration by teasing them.
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<br>a. They thought that the temper tantrum that t...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1784.html"><b>Sermon 1784: Ephesians 6:5 </b></a>
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<br> "EPHESIANS 6:5"
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<br>Intro. We are most of us either in an employer or employee relationship. In the Biblical days this was usually referred to as slave, master relationship. What would apply to one, would apply to the other.
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<br>I. FIRST OF ALL THE EMPLOYEE.
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<br>A. "Be obedient unto those whom you serve after the flesh."
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<br>1. When someone is employing you, you have a certain obligation to obe...
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<div id="num">65.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1307.html"><b>Sermon 1307: Ephesians 6:9 </b></a>
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<br> I. IT IS INTERESTING TO ME JUST HOW MUCH GOD'S WORD HAS TO SAY ABOUT ALL KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS.
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<br>A. The main emphasis is your relationship to God. That is what the book is all about.
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<br>B. However if your relationship with God is right, then your relationship with others will be right, for you will seek to relate to them in a way that pleases God.
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<br>II. IN OUR TEXT TONIGHT WE SEE THE ...
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<div id="num">66.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1773.html"><b>Sermon 1773: Ephesians 6:10 </b></a>
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<br> I. "FINALLY MY BRETHREN."
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<br>A. We are obviously coming to the end of the instruction by Paul. It is as though he is now coming to the summation of the things he has been saying to them.
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<br>B. With this verse we enter into the final exhortation.
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<br>II. "BE STRONG IN THE LORD."
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1774.html"><b>Sermon 1774: Ephesians 6:11 </b></a>
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<br> I. "PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD."
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<br>A. This ties you back to the previous verse which tells us to be strong "in the Lord."
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<br>1. Our strength comes from having the whole armor of God.
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<br>2. In a spiritual battle we have no defense in and of ourselves.
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<br>3. Our only hope is to be fully protected by the armor of God.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1775.html"><b>Sermon 1775: Ephesians 6:12 </b></a>
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<br> "SPIRITUAL WARFARE"
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<br>I. FOR WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD.
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<br>A. The Apostle Paul tells us that we are in a war. The flesh is fighting against our spirit and the spirit against our flesh.
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<br>1. The outcome of the this battle is the mastery over my life.
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<br>2. Will I be mastered by my flesh, or by the spirit.
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<br>B. Man a threefold being, body, soul, or mind and spirit.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1776.html"><b>Sermon 1776: Ephesians 6:13 </b></a>
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<br> I. WHEREFORE TAKE UNTO YOU THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD.
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<br>A. Wherefore is the wherefore, therefore? Why do we need the whole armor of God?
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<br>1. Because we are in a life and death conflict with an enemy who is bent on our destruction.
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<br>2. He does not abide by any rules of battle. He holds to the saying "All is fair in love and war."
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<br>3. He will use any devise or scheme to destroy you.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1308.html"><b>Sermon 1308: Ephesians 6:14 </b></a>
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<br> I. THE WHOLE ARMOR THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND, i.e (THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS, AND RULERS OF DARKNESS, AND THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.) AND HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND.
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<br>A. We are in a spiritual war, and we need the whole armor of God to withstand the attacks of the enemy.
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<br>B. We then need to stand up against him.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1777.html"><b>Sermon 1777: Ephesians 6:14b </b></a>
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<br> "LOINS GIRT ABOUT WITH TRUTH"
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<br>Intro. In our last lesson we looked at the relevance of our loins being gird about with truth as a necessary pre-requisite for battle.
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<br>I. WHAT IS TRUTH?
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<br>A. This is the question asked of Jesus by Pilate.
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<br>1. I believe that it was said in a cynical way, for Pilate was living at the close of the age of philosophy when the philosophers had despaired of d...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1778.html"><b>Sermon 1778: Ephesians 6:14c </b></a>
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<br> "EPHESIANS 6:14"
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<br>I. THE PURPOSE OF THE BREASTPLATE.
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<br>A. It covered from the neck to just below the waist, or the vital organs of the body.
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<br>1. The heart and the lungs, the kidneys and the liver.
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<br>2. The area of the abdomen and thorax.
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<br>B. Looking at the spiritual analogy we know of how the heart is looked upon as the seat of the deepest emotions.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1779.html"><b>Sermon 1779: Ephesians 6:15 </b></a>
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<br> Intro. As a general rule when you go to cross reference this scripture you are usually led to Romans 10:15 where Paul quotes Isaiah 52:7. And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! This may have been in Paul's mind, but the context would seem to indicate ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1780.html"><b>Sermon 1780: Ephesians 6:16 </b></a>
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<br> "THE SHIELD OF FAITH"
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<br>EPH 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
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<br>I. THE NATURE OF THE WARFARE IS SPIRITUAL.
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<br>A. We are not wrestling against flesh and blood. Against spiritual powers of darkness that are highly placed in this world.
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<br>1. Because it is a spiritual war, fleshly weapons are of no avail.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1309.html"><b>Sermon 1309: Ephesians 6:17 </b></a>
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<br> I. HELMET OF SALVATION.
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<br>A. Isaiah speaks of a time when there was no one that stood up for righteousness and true judgment.
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<br>ISA 59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that [there was] no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1310.html"><b>Sermon 1310: Ephesians 6:17b </b></a>
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<br> I. THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT.
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<br>A. The sword as a defensive weapon.
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<br>1. As a defensive weapon it helps keep the enemy at a distance from you.
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<br>2. As long as you are swinging your sword he cannot get too close.
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<br>3. We see how that Word of God is used as a defensive weapon against sin.
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<br>a. David said, "Thy Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against Thee."
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1311.html"><b>Sermon 1311: Ephesians 6:18 </b></a>
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<br> I. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED THUS FAR.
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<br>A. We are in a war.
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<br>1. It is not a physical war of flesh and blood.
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<br>2. But a spiritual war against the devil and his forces, the principalities and powers, and the rulers of darkness of this world.
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<br>B. We need to stand up against the enemy.
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<br>1. To do that we need help.
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<br>2. God has provided all of the help we will ever need.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1782.html"><b>Sermon 1782: Ephesians 6:18b </b></a>
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<br> "PRAYER THE DECIDING FACTOR"
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<br>I. WE ARE ENGAGED IN A SPIRITUAL WAR.
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<br>A. We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers and spiritual wickedness in high places.
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<br>1. Principalities and powers are rankings in the angelic world. such as captains and lieutenants.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Eph/1783.html"><b>Sermon 1783: Ephesians 6:18c </b></a>
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<br> I. PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION.
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<br>A. Prayer has to do with communion with God.
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<br>1. It is not a monologue so much as a dialogue.
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<br>2. It covers a broad spectrum.
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<br>a. Adoration.
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<br>b. Petition.
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<br>c. Intercession.
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<br>B. Supplication is more the petition aspect of prayer.
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<br>1. It is to ask for humbly.
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