Filled with the Spirit Eph.5:18b-21

  Ephesians 5:18b-21Filled With the Spirit CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We are commanded to be filled with the Spirit; it is not an option.  Preacher – to refuse to be filled with the Spirit is as wicked as being drunk.  Clarification – being filled with the Spirit is not the same as...

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Don’t Drink Eph. 5:15-18a

Ephesians 5:15-18a Don’t Drink CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO     Christians are not to drink alcohol.  There’s a contrast here between being drunk with wine and being filled with the Spirit.  Tells you plainly, “Be not drunk…”  I can tell you Paul’s right.  Booze is not for Christians.  The excess is IN  the wine,...

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Children of Light Eph. 5:6-14

Ephesians 5:6-14 Children of Light CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When you got saved, Christ called you out of darkness and into light, I Pet 2:9.  Compare Jn 1:4-5, Jn 8:12, Ps 119:105, 130.  The people who don’t get saved stay in darkness, Jn 3:19.  So once you get saved and you are...

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Inheritance in the Kingdom Eph.5:1-5

Ephesians 5:1-5 Inheritance in the Kingdom CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO To have an inheritance in the kingdom of God, you must: Follow God as dear children – like a child follows his dad (v. 1) Walk in love (v. 2) – there’s no profit if you don’t 1 Cor 13 – walking in love...

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Just Let Bitterness Go, Eph 4:31-32

Ephesians 4:31-32 Just Let It Go CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Christians today can be very bitter about some things.  So Paul gives a  great admonition on how to get past all that.  You’ve got to put away some things and that can be mighty tough.  He tells us to put away:...

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Stuff is Usually Where You Put It Deut. 10:1-5

Stuff is Usually Where You Put It Deut. 10:1-5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When God gave Moses the second tables of stone after he had broken the first ones, he placed them in the ark as he had been instructed. Note the phrase that he used in verse 5 “and there...

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Sins against the Spirit Eph.4:30

 Ephesians 4:30 Sins Against the Spirit CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO  There are a number of sins against the Spirit: Disobedience – Grieve – Eph 4:30 Suffocation – Quench – I Th 5:19 Dissimulation – Lie to – Acts 5:3 Blasphemy – Say, “Jesus has an unclean spirit” – Mk 3:28-30 Rejection of Jesus (Jn 16:8-10) – Despise – Heb 10:29 Rebellion – Vex – Is  63:9-10 Unbelief – Resist – Acts 7:51 Primary danger right after getting saved,...

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