Ephesians | Chapter 2 | Grace and the Renewed People of God
In the letter to the Ephesians, the apostle Paul is working out the implications of grace. He wants us to understand what grace means and how we can live in response to to grace.
In today’s message, we will talk about how grace reforms us to live as the renewed people of God. And this works out on two levels; the individual level and at a communal level of the church.
This message will have one theme, but be in two parts. We are first going to work out how grace reforms you and me to live as the new humanity. And then, we will look at how that same grace reforms us at a communal level into the renewed people of God.
ListenEphesians | Chapter 1 | The Gift Of Grace
In the letter to the Ephesians, one of Paul’s purposes is to help the readers understand the huge implications of grace. You are saved by grace, not by works, but then, what are you saved for? In this first message, we are unpacking two big words: election and inheritance, and see how they relate to the purpose of our salvation.
ListenCalled to Come & Called to Go
In this message, we see in the stories of the prodigal son and the Ethiopian eunuch, God’s two-fold calling: to come to Him first because He is our loving Father, then to go out and preach Jesus as Philip did.
ListenWhat does it mean to walk in His unconditional and steadfast love on a daily basis?
We often talk about the importance of God’s love, but what does it mean to walk
in His unconditional and steadfast love on a daily basis? This sermon looks to the
books of Jeremiah and Lamentations to uncover the character of God and his
undying love for His people. We see that this love is not a currency to be given or
withdrawn based on behavior or belief. God doesn’t use it that way. He doesn’t
use HIMSELF that way. Because God gave Himself fully, because Jesus died for
our sins, freely we have received love and freely we can give love without fear of
aligning ourselves with sin. We don’t need to have all of the answers before we
are allowed to love.
Jesus’ Love Satisfies Our Souls
Zechariah 3 – Jesus’ love satisfies our soul. Invite our neighbor to sit under our vine and fig tree
ListenWhat’s in Your Hand?
What is it God gave you in your hands? This Sunday we looked at the story of Moses and the feeding of the multitude and what we can learn from what they did with what was in their hands.
ListenCultivating a Hunger for God | Part 1
The church of Ephesus received some pretty strong words from Jesus in Revelation 2; “you have abandoned the love you had at first”. What happened? And how can you and I make sure to (re)turn to that first love?
In this message, Koen teaches through the history of the church of Ephesus and talks about how we can build a culture of prayer in the church, building from the root of intimacy with Jesus.
