A Cheerful Countenance Prov. 15:13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We all need a cheerful countenance that comes forth from a cheerful heart.  There is plenty of anger in the world, there is plenty of foolishness in the world.  We don’t need the world’s anger and we don’t need the world’s...

Ephesians 2:7-10 Salvation First Then Works CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Now Paul presents the simplicity of salvation and the results of that salvation both down here and up there. You are saved by grace II Cor 8:9 Phil 2:5-11 Rom 10:4 God knows our condition in sin; so he sent Christ to...

Ephesians 2:1-6 From Death to Life CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO  Before you were saved, you were dead doctrinally.  Practically, obviously, you were alive.  Your soul and your body were alive (Matt 10:28), but you spirit was dead.  That is why Jn 3:3-8 speaks of “born of the spirit,” “spiritual birth.”  Lk 9:59-60 says...

Ephesians 1:20-23 Head of the Church CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Christ is the head of the church.  Not the pope, not the president of the convention, not the Chairman of the board, not the trustees, deacons, government, pastor, or congregation.  Christ is the HEAD.  Three things in this text show that...

Against the Knowledge of God II Cor. 10: 3-6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are imaginations that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God and then you can’t see him or his hand in what you are doing.  You have to know God in your life and in every circumstance of...

Four Laws Rom. 7:14-25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the latter part of Rom 7 and the first part of Rom 8 we find four laws.  These laws are the law in my members, the law of God, the law of sin and the law of the Spirit.  By studying these...

 Ephesians 1:17-19 Prayer for Converts CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO  Yesterday we saw how Paul was thankful to God for the faith and love of his new converts.  Today he goes on with his prayer for them to ask the Lord to give them some things that they are going to need.  He...

Ephesians 1:15-16 Thank God for New Converts CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this passage, Paul tells the Ephesians of his prayers for them.  The first prayer on the list is Thanksgiving (v. 16) and the things he is thankful for are: Their faith in Jesus Their love of the saints...

 Ephesians 1:13-14 Ye Were Sealed CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Before you get saved, there is a process which you generally undergo and our text describes exactly what that is. YOU HAVE TO HEAR THE WORD OF TRUTH. That typically involves: Preaching – I Cor 1:18, 21; II Tim 4:3-4; Rom 10:14 Reading –...

   Ephesians 1:7-12 The Riches of His Grace CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO God’s grace is rich because Christ gave us all He has and He has everything, II Cor 8:9.  We become rich through His poverty.  So His grace covers everything – our salvation, our needs, our infirmities, our sorrows – everything. ...