Ephesians

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Ephesians

April 23, 2023 • Stephen Russell • Ephesians

Ephesians explains how the Church comes to full spiritual maturity in Christ. It explains the nature and purpose of the church, the body of Christ.

Major themes include:

Chosen and sealed

Saved by grace

Unity in the body - that the church is living!

The practice of believers, in relation to each other, spiritual gifts, our former life and evil, the Holy Spirit, home life, and work - that we have come into a new family!

Ephesians shows that out of the reality of our being seated with Christ flows our walk (how we live this out) and our standing in the face of any spiritual opposition. When we start to see that “reality” our whole life changes. Ephesians speaks of the love story between God and his Church for the last 2000 years, and that story reveals that Christ did not only give himself for the Church, but he also gave various gifts so that the Church would come to a place of maturity and fullness. Paul provides significant teaching on salvation, reconciliation, the nature of God's family, and the Christian identity. Paul's goal for all of this teaching was to encourage and energise believers in their faith.

Knowledge & Understanding

August 20, 2023 • Stephen Russell

God wants us to receive revelation! In fact the word says that He wants us to be continually receiving revelation. To understand the great mysteries of the word, to be empowered and to ultimately become more and more like Him. This morning we look at 5 keys and challenges to attain this goal here are the Five Challenges - that will develop revelation! People, books, experience, observation & thinking and pondering.

This is Us! Pt.4 - The Story of Our Church

August 13, 2023 • David Lyon

In the latest instalment of our THIS IS US series, we take a look at the history of our church over the years. We highlight important moments and events along the way that have shaped our vision and values, helped us establish our foundations, and taken us from two small house groups to a thriving apostolic base and family of churches in the UK and overseas. In it all we honour God for His goodness and faithfulness to everyone who’s been part of our story.

The Cornerstone

August 6, 2023 • Benj Lyon • Ephesians 2:19–22

Towards the end of Ephesians 2 we read some familiar verses that describe Jesus as the cornerstone. In this message we unpack what this means and go through verses 19-22 phrase-by-phrase. We see how Jesus the Cornerstone is placed at the very centre of both the church and our lives individually, providing a strong and stable foundation that everything else can line up to.