Life in the Light

We finish our journey through Ephesians by looking at Paul’s final greeting to the church and the call to love God with love incorruptible. Pastor Joe helps us see the need for God’s love to permeate through our lives.

Paul has called the new believers in Ephesus to live a life that is worthy of the gospel they had received. Now he tells them that living that life thrusts them into a battle… but it is a battle that God has equipped them for. Pastor Joe helps us understand the spiritual battle we are in and the armour of God that is for our good.

Paul has called the Ephesian Christians to see that the life that is controlled by the Spirit is a life that is prepared to submit to others out of reverence for Christ. Now he goes on to dig into the main relationships that form the backbone of society to see how this Spirit-filled life changes how we view them. This message focuses on the relationship of marriage.

As Paul continues to press into the practical changes that the new life in Christ should usher into our lives, he calls the Ephesian Christians to a life of imitating God and Christlike love. This life should result in a community that is free from sexual sin and empowered by the Spirit for beautifully pure relationships.

After seeing how God calls us to put off our old self of worldliness and put on the new self in the image of Christ, Pastor Joe helps us see how this creates a new community in the church. A community that is vastly more attractive than any other.

Paul has spent 3 chapters unveiling the eternal plan of God and how the Ephesian Christians had been given a new identity in this plan as “in Christ ones”. Now Paul changes gears and begins to call them to live lives that reflect their new identity. He starts with their unity!