Made Alive In Christ (Ephesians 2:1-10) Introduction: As Paul continues to write to the saints (the holy ones) that reside at Ephesus He now gives a response to his prayer that he prayed for the saints in chapter 1. (Reference) – Prayer (chapter 1, verse 15-23) Read: Ephesians 2:1-10 (One sentence in…

4 Keys to Successful Ministry

A look at the message from Christ to the church in Ephesus

Chapters 2 and 3 of the book of Revelation provide us with the letters that Christ instructed John to send to the seven churches of Asia (Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea). However, these are not letters in the ordinary sense. They are more like progress reports.…

Week 1 of class on 1 Timothy. Covered chapter 1.

1. Paul _knew the people_ and served the Lord From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church. When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia. I served the Lord with great humility and with tears,…

Text: Rev. 2: 1-7 Thesis: To prove that a child of God must both do good works and remember his first love at all times. Introduction: 1. Works of righteousness are a necessary part of a Christian’s life. a. Repentance is a work of righteousness (Jon.3:10). b. Belief is a work of righteousness (Joh.…

The Way of the Tree of Life is open to those who would hunger and thirst after righteousness, there is sweet nourishment to be received from Jesus’ hand for those who repent and turn to Him!

Have you known the comfort of Jesus, the Word of God? He invites you to consider who He is, as the Bible says He is, to be reverenced and adored.

3rd Missionary Trip continues Without a doubt I think we can agree Paul was a man on the move with the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was fulfilling his calling as the apostle to the Gentiles and in our passage tonight this continues. But first a quick look back before we look within the mission work in…

Revelation 2: 1-7 Dearly loved congregation of the Lord Jesus Christ, The Bible can be called God’s love letter to humankind. Nowhere is that more apparent than in Rev. 2 & 3. Here we find 7 messages that Jesus dictated to John. These messages show Jesus’ great love for his followers – they are filled…

For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge…

Who can remind me of what we talked about last week? That’s right, last week, we talked about John’s vision of the Son of Man, who we identified as Jesus Christ. In this vision, John saw the absolute power and majesty of Christ, and he saw how Christ was surrounded by seven candlesticks, which represented…

Acts Chapter 19 (Part 2) Acts 19:1-7 (Part 2) Wednesday Evening 10/22/03 Text Acts 19:1-7 /1 And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found some disciples, 2 and he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”…

Time to go home It had been a long journey, a successful journey for the gospel spread, churches were planted, people and families converted, but now it seems God’s will was for Paul to head home from Corinth back to Antioch of Syria. Paul had been in Corinth for some 18 months and feels it is time to…

SEVEN THINGS THAT BUILD A STRONG CHRISTIAN LIFE #6 Make A Clean Break With The World Scripture: Acts 19:18-19 18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. 19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted…

Do you remember the love you had when you first came to the Lord? In today's message, Pastor Dean takes a look at the first of the seven churches in the book of Revelation; Ephesus. We find that Ephesus was a big church which with lots of activities going on. But they had forgotten their first love. What can we do to regain that those feelings again?

Paul continues on the journey to spread the Gospel, and the Holy Spirit does mighty and wonderful things through him.

Experiencing the World Changer in Us In some ways, this has seemed to me the longest week I have experienced in years. From the Capitol of the United States we have witnessed events that many of us thought would be impossible or out of the question in our land—an insurrection against our Congress of…

Worshiping Wealth My struggles with greed and theft. Where do we go wrong when it comes to wealth?: Gamble Debt Get rich quick schemes Faith Fortunes What are we really looking for? Luck - escape the trap of work Immediate Gratification Outsmart the system The goal of my faith lies on the other side…

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Redemption In Christ (Ephesians 1:1-7) Introduction: The apostle Paul, a Jewish Rabbi convert to Christianity, has been overjoyed With the spiritual blessings that has been granted him and all that believe That he takes time to write to the Christians in Asia Wanting them to know who they are in Christ…

Apollos - the picture of a disciple who was learned, with a thorough knowledge, instructed in the way of the Lord, who spoke with great fervor, and taught about Jesus accurately, yet was easilly entreated and corrected by Priscilla and Aquila.

Intro Re intro series - spectacular Jesus that provides the backdrop to the other ways we see Jesus. Jesus has a messages to the 7 churches. He has a consistent pattern in the letters: keep it up, and cut it out. When we think of the churches, we have to realize these are people. A church isn’t a building…