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Entice: We have all heard the phrase
▾ Entice: We have all heard the phrase
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
• "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
Who is being flattered by your life?
I should ask myself as well.
Who is being praised or blamed for my behavior?
• Who is being flattered by your life?
I should ask myself as well.
Who is being praised or blamed for my behavior?
In human behavior there is the ongoing debate "nature vs. nurture."
My answer…Yes.
Natural endowment and environment both play a role in our personality and behavior.
The clearly articulated will of God is that we can overcome both.
• In human behavior there is the ongoing "nature vs. nurture debate."
My answer…Yes.
Natural endowment and environment both play a role in our personality and
behavior.
The clearly articulated will of God is that we can overcome both.
Engage: Human solutions fail because they lack the transforming power of God.
"You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy."
God can.
The issue is, having been transformed inside out, why do we so often return to an
environment that corrupts us
• Engage: Human solutions fail because they lack the transforming power of God.
"You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the
and
behaviors that demean us?
boy."
God can.
The issue is, having been transformed inside out, why do we so often return to an environment that corrupts us and behaviors that demean us?
Ephesians 5.1-14
Ephesians 5.1-17
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Expand: We still live in a corrupt culture.
It is no more, no less corrupt than Paul's.
There is abundant evidence that sexual immorality, impurity, covetous greed existed in virtually the same forms they are found today.
The solution Then and the solution now is largely the same.
Expand: We live in a corrupt culture.
It is no more, no less corrupt than Paul's.
There is abundant evidence that sexual immorality, impurity, covetous greed existed
• Expand: We live in a corrupt culture.
It is no more, no less corrupt than Paul's.
There is abundant evidence that sexual immorality, impurity, covetous greed existed
Continuously
walking in the redeeming power of God.
walking in the redeeming power of God.
in virtually the same forms they are found today.
The solution Then and the solution now is largely the same.
Continuously walking in the redeeming power of God.
Excite: I think in our current cultural climate this is a matter of clarity for the body of Christ..
I am tired of scandal.
I am tired of "me too" in the Bride of Christ.
I am scandalized by those who think that bad behavior is easily excused.
• Excite: I think in our current cultural climate this is a matter of clarity for the body of Christ..
I am tired of scandal.
I am tired of "me too" in the Bride of Christ.
I am
scandalized by those who think that bad behavior is easily excused.
Folks, our Paul liv
Explore:
When we watch our walk we flatter God by our imitation.
• Explore: When we watch our walk it flatters God by immitation.
Explain: In this text Paul lists three goals for our Christian walk…
• Explain: In this text Paul lists three goals for our Christian walk…
▾ Body of Sermon:
1 Walk Purposefully.
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▾ 1 Walk Purposefully.
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1.1 Imitation.
1.1 Imitation.
• 1.1 Imitation.
1.2 Intimacy.
1.2 Intimacy.
• 1.2 Intimacy.
2 Walk Carefully.
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▾ 2 Walk Carefully.
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2.1 Appropriately and thankfully.
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2.1 Appropriately and thankfully.
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• 2.1 Appropriately and thankfully.
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2.2 Certainty and clarity.
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• 2.2 Certainty and clarity.
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2.3 Intentionally and Interdependently.
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2.3 Intentionally and Interdependently.
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2.3 Intentionally and Interdependently.
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• 2.3 Intentionally and Interdependently.
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3 Walk Brightly.
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▾ 3 Walk Brightly.
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3.1 Children of light.
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• 3.1 Children of light.
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3.2 Exposing Evil.
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• 3.2 Exposing Evil.
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Wake up!!
▾ Shut Down: Wake up!!
““Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.””
• ““Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.””
Your best Christian life is a life that reflects Christ most closely.
• Your best Christian life is a life that reflects Christ most closely.
We engage in an ongoing process of being present in the world to illuminate the darkness, while not getting overwhelmed by it.
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