Ephesians
Christ Led Captivity Captive | Lesson 98
April 21, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 4:7–16
What is it that Christ first descended into the lower parts of the earth, then ascended far above all heavens? It is that He would fill all things. When Christ ascended He led captivity captive and gave gifts to me. Christ's route of victory details His authority, power, and glory as well as provision to work all things according to His Father's will. and build a habitation of God through the Spirit. In this sermon Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher exposes the both the invisible realm in heaven and earth, the enemies there, and Christ triumph over them.
When Christ Ascended Up on High | Lesson 97
April 14, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 4:7–16
The body of Christ is charged to walk worthy of our vocation by keeping the unity of the Spirit. The Spirit has planted a spiritual garden for us to keep made up of His seven one-ders. Such unity is to be kept in the context of differences. Christ had given different gifts to the church according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher develops "the measure of the gift of Christ" and begins to unpack Paul's use of Psalm 68 concerning Christ's descension and ascension.
The Seven One-ders of the Spirit Pt. 4 | Lesson 96
April 7, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 4:4–6
We walk worthy of our vocation with all lowliness and meekness, and longsuffering. We walk worthy forbearing one another in love. We walk worthy endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. In this sermon, Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher finishes the last of the seven one-ders of the unity we are to keep with one another in love and the bond of peace. One God and Father of all, above all, and through all, and in you all.
The Seven One-ders of the Spirit Pt. 3 | Lesson 95
March 24, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 4:4–6
We walk worthy of our vocation with all lowliness and meekness, and longsuffering. We walk worthy forbearing one another in love. We walk worthy endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. In this sermon, Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher continues to unpack the unity we are to keep with one another in love and the bond of peace. The unity we are to keep contains seven great one-ders.
The Seven One-ders of the Spirit Pt. 2 | Lesson 94
March 17, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 4:4–6
We walk worthy of our vocation with all lowliness and meekness, and longsuffering. We walk worthy forbearing one another in love. We walk worthy endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. In this sermon, Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher continues to unpack the unity we are to keep with one another in love and the bond of peace. The unity we are to keep contains seven great one-ders.
The Seven One-ders of the Spirit | Lesson 93
March 10, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 4:4–6
We walk worthy of our vocation with all lowliness and meekness, and longsuffering. We walk worthy forbearing one another in love. We walk worthy endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. In this sermon, Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher begins to unpack the unity we are to keep with one another in love and the bond of peace. The unity we are to keep contains seven great one-ders.
Keep the Unity of the Spirit | Lesson 92
March 3, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 4:1–3
As God planted a garden, made man, and put the man in the garden to dress and keep it so too does the body of Christ have a spiritual garden that we have been put in - to keep. Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher examines the unity of the Spirit as revealed in Ephesians and our charge to keep His unity.
Walk Worthy With & Endeavor To | Lesson 91
February 18, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 4:1–3
The Christian's worthy walk not only entails what we do but how we do it. We "forbear", "endeavor", and "keep" however, we do so "with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering". Yet, where do these nouns, these things come from for us to walk worthy with? In this sermon, Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher draws from the Ephesians epistle context to see that all lowliness, meekness, and longsuffering can only come from Christ, His nature and redemption, and the power of His redemption.
Your Vocation to Walk Worthy Of | Lesson 90
February 11, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 4:1–3
God has called the Christian. Our calling is in the gospel of His grace. His calling is holy, and high, and has hope. God's calling in Christ is rooted in His eternal purpose established before the foundation of the world, worked out in Christ, working out in Christ's body, and will come to full consummation. In this sermon, Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher highlights what our calling is according to what Paul has written in Ephesians, the walk of it, and the honor and exhortation to walk worthy of it.
Filled with All the Fulness of God | Lesson 89
January 28, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 3:14–21
Every element of Paul's prayer for the Ephesians leads to this climactic expression - "the fulness of God". Moreover, "the fulness of God" is intended to "fill" the Christian that believes and not with just some of His fulness, but all of it. Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher teaches in this sermon on Christ being the fulness of the Godhead and the context of Paul praying for us to be filled with Christ, what the fulness is, and what the fulness is for.
Comprehend the Fulness of Christ | Lesson 88
January 21, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 3:14–21
The lofty yet weighty prayer of the apostle Paul requests strength, Christ, comprehension, and a filling in the inner heart of the believer. In this sermon, Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher expounds on the reality that we can comprehend Christ and the love of Christ in breadth, length, depth, and height. Josh also highlights how such breadth, length, depth, and height have been communicated already in the epistle and how such comprehension ought to change the Christian.
The Strength of Christ in Your Heart | Lesson 87
January 14, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 3:14–21
Paul's prayer transitions the believer from learning to putting on by faith. Paul's cause is to not only educate the believers in the revelation of God but also speak the things that are becoming of the revelation. Because of Christ being at the right hand of God what does that mean for us? and what is to work in us? In this sermon, Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher expounds on where Christ, through the revelation given to Paul, is to dwell, how He is to dwell there, and the fruit that is to be produced.
Christ in Your Heart | Lesson 86
January 7, 2024 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 3:14–21
Paul writes down two prayers in Ephesians 1) to know the Father, and 2) to have Christ dwell in your inner man for strength and fulness. Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher explains the posture, structure, and substance of Paul's prayer at the end of chapter three. The believer in Christ must receive, learn, and believe in the knowledge of Christ Jesus but also that it would dwell in their hearts by faith. It is from the heart where the issues of life come from and it is His will, knowledge, and wisdom that ought to dwell there by faith.
Boldness and Access with Confidence | Lesson 85
December 3, 2023 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 3:8–13
By the faith of Jesus Christ, we have boldness and access with confidence. In Adam we were alienated, but in Christ we have access. Access is the foundational provision that grants us a relationship with God the Father through Christ. In this sermon, Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher details the faith of Jesus Christ for our access and that the greatest fruit of our access and the ground of our boldness is the knowledge of God's eternal purpose in Christ Jesus.
The Eternal Purpose of God in Christ | Lesson 84
November 26, 2023 • Josh Strelecki • Ephesians 3:8–13
One of the most emboldening doctrines is the eternal purpose of God in Christ. What is a purpose? How is God's purpose greater than all purposes? Can God fulfill His plan and purpose? and how? Josh Strelecki, Pastor-Teacher answers these questions and why Paul brings this up when he does.