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 Last week I preached a sermon on Isaiah 6.

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 You remember the seraphim?

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 Six-winged angels above God on His throne

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 crying out,

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 Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts.

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 The whole earth is full of His glory.

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 The thresholds of the heavenly temple shook.

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 Smoke filled the place.

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 It would have been awesome.

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 You can't walk away from Isaiah 6

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 without the realization that God is serious about His holiness.

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 His holiness and our holiness.

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 God is qualitatively set apart from everything else.

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 He is an all-consuming fire of moral purity.

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 And throughout the New Testament,

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 we read over and over again

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 that God saves sinners

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 in order to make them holy

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 as He is holy.

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 All by His grace.

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 He saved us to be qualitatively different

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 from everybody else.

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 He wants us to share in His holiness.

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 That's no burden.

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 That's joy.

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 That's joy.

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 That's joy.

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 I need to get two things done.

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 I'm not going to preach on Ephesians 5, 3 through 6 this morning.

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 And so the note in your bulletin,

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 I'll be preaching on that next week.

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 What I'm going to preach on this morning is this.

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 We're going to do an overview of the book of Ephesians.

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 And then the second thing I want to help you see

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 is that there is a really important connection

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 in the book of Ephesians.

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 Really important for our holiness.

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 So let's get reacquainted with the book of Ephesians.

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 Now if you suddenly found yourself in a city

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 that you'd never been to before

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 or you were unfamiliar with,

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 what would you do?

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 I'm guessing some of us would look for a map.

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 I think other of us would pull out our smartphones

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 and hit our map application

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 to figure out,

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 hey, where am I in this city?

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 I've got a little app on my phone

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 and I love it.

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 Because not only it shows me the city,

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 it shows me where I am in the city.

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 It's very helpful.

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 And so this morning,

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 not only do I want to give you a map

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 of the book of Ephesians,

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 I want to show you where we're going to be at

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 in Ephesians next week.

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 So we're going to start off by

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 flying to 45,000 feet

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 so we can overview the book of Ephesians.

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 And then we're going to come down to 10,000 feet

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 so we can see some specific contours.

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 So it's been over a month and a half

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 since we were in the book of Ephesians.

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 I'm not sure if you've realized that.

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 It's been some time.

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 And we finished off

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 having just started Ephesians 5.

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 And Ephesians is essentially

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 a sustained line of apostolic logic.

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 It's progressive.

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 The first half of Ephesians,

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 chapters 1 through 3,

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 is all about the truth

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 of who we are in Christ.

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 It's truth after truth.

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 Fact after fact.

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 Full of instruction.

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 This is who you are.

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 This is who you are.

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 This is who you are.

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 The second half of Ephesians

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 depends on the first.

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 After informing us of who we are in Christ

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 over and over again,

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 Paul in the second half of Ephesians

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 exhorts us

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 over and over and over again.

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 This is who you are.

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 This is who you are.

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 First half.

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 First half.

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 Second half.

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 This is how you live.

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 Did you hear that word exhort?

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 That might be an unfamiliar word to you.

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 It's not extort.

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 Coaches exhort.

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 Like Urban Myers of the Ohio State Buckeyes

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 exhorted his Ohio State Buckeyes

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 onto victory.

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 So the first half of Ephesians

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 who you are in Christ

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 truth after truth.

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 The second half

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 how to live

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 exhortation after exhortation.

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 So that's the 45,000 feet overview.

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 Let's now go down to 10,000 feet.

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 I want to lay this out

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 this book

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 to give you a better sense

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 of the whole

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 and where we are in it.

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 But there's a particular thing

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 I want you to see

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 as we go through this.

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 I want you to help you

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 to see Ephesians

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 through the lens of holiness.

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 God is serious about His holiness.

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 We need to be serious

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 about His holiness.

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 And Ephesians helps us.

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 So Ephesians 1.1

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 Here's what you're going to need

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 to do this morning.

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 You're going to need your Bible open.

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 So turn in your Bibles

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 to Ephesians chapter 1

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 and you might need

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 to kind of buckle up

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 because we're going to be moving.

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 So I'm going to hit the high points

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 throughout Ephesians

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 so that you can see

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 this beautiful book as a whole

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 and how it bears on our holiness.

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 So Paul in Ephesians 1.1

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 addresses the church.

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 Did you notice how he addresses them?

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 Paul, the apostle of Jesus Christ

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 to the saints who are in Ephesus.

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 And last week I told you

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 that word saints

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 literally means holy ones.

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 The holy ones living in Ephesus.

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 If God had an apostle

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 and wrote us a letter

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 it would start this way.

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 To the holy ones of Christ the King Church

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 in Kenosha.

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 Holy.

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 That's where Paul starts the book.

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 And then we move to Ephesians chapter 1

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 verses 3 through 14.

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 This is an awesome passage

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 of triune spectacularness.

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 It's amazing.

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 God the Father chose us

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 before the foundation of the world.

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 That's 1.4.

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 God the Son redeemed us

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 by His blood.

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 1.7.

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 God the Spirit indwelt us

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 as a deposit

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 guaranteeing the inheritance to come.

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 1.14.

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 I mean it's triune meganness.

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 And then 1.4

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 is what I really want you to see.

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 We learn that from eternity past

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 from before the foundation of the world.

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 God chose us in Christ

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 so that we should be holy

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 and blameless before Him.

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 Christian, when God thought of you

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 in eternity past,

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 He chose you.

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 He set His love on you

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 in order to make you holy

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 so that you can stand

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 in His holy presence

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 without fear.

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 From eternity past,

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 God has loved us

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 into holiness.

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 So from the very get-go,

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 we learn from Ephesians 1,

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 God chose us for holiness.

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 Holy ones,

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 God chose you for holiness.

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 And then in Ephesians 2,

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 1-10,

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 we see how God

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 makes sinners holy.

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 He makes sinners holy

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 by uniting sinners to Christ.

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 Christ is our holiness.

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 Christ is our righteousness.

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 Christ is our life.

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 And so in chapter 2,

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 1-3,

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 we learn what we were

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 before becoming Christians.

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 Things I think we already know of.

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 Before we were Christians,

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 we were spiritually dead

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 because of our trespasses and sins.

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 Deceived by the world

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 and held captive by the devil.

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 We were sons of disobedience

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 and daughters of disobedience.

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 We were unholy.

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 And we were under God's wrath,

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 children of wrath like the rest.

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 We were under God's

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 just and holy wrath.

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 That's who we were.

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 And then in chapter 2,

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 verses 4 and 5,

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 we hear gospel news.

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 Verse 4,

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 but God,

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 that is one of my favorite

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 but Gods in the Bible.

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 But God,

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 being rich in mercy

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 because of the great love

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 with which He loves us,

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 even when we were dead

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 in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Christ,

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 for by grace you've been saved.

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 God loved us into holiness

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 by uniting us to Christ.

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 For those Christians in the room,

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 you're no longer dead in your sin.

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 You're alive to God

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 in Christ.

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 At the moment you were born again,

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 you were born with a new appetite.

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 And not for chocolate.

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 But you were born with an appetite

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 for holiness.

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 You were born with a desire to obey.

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 It might have been a little desire,

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 but it was there.

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 You were no longer a son or daughter

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 of disobedience under God's wrath,

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 but you were made new.

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 You became a beloved child of God,

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 an imitator of God,

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 according to Ephesians 5.

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 So you see what happens

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 in Ephesians 2

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 is you go from being a sinner

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 to a saint,

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 and that's all because

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 of God's grace in Christ.

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 He radically changed us.

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 We were under God's wrath,

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 and now we are beloved by God fully.

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 Lavished in His grace.

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 This is gospel news.

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 And then in 2.10,

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 we see why God did this.

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 He created you in Christ Jesus

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 for good works,

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 which God prepared before Him,

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 that you should walk in them.

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 God made us alive in Christ,

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 who is our holiness,

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 so that we could walk in holiness.

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 And then we move on to chapter 2,

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 verses 11 through 22.

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 Not only have we been united

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 to Christ individually,

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 but those of us who have been

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 united to Christ

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 have also been united

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 to each other.

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 God has placed us

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 in a new people,

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 the church.

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 According to Paul,

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 it's an entirely new people group.

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 Not a Jew,

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 not a Gentile,

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 a Christian.

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 And we read in Ephesians 2,

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 19 through 22,

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 that God has made His people

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 the new dwelling place

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 for His Spirit.

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 We're the new temple.

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 Holy.

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 not a temple made with steel

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 and cement and stone,

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 but a temple that is made

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 of sinners

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 who were made saints

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 by God's grace.

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 We are the dwelling place

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 of the Holy Spirit of God.

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 We're a holy people.

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 This is who we are now.

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 Chosen by God

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 from eternity past

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 for holiness.

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 United to Christ

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 so that we could live

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 holy lives.

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 And we are being united

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 to one another

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 as a holy dwelling place

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 for God.

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 Holiness.

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 So when Paul addresses

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 the Ephesians as saints

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 in 1.1,

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 it means a lot.

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 Set apart for God

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 in Christ,

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 a holy people.

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 Now,

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 let's turn the corner.

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 In the middle of Ephesians

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 is a transition point.

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 We see it in chapter 4,

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 verse 1.

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 I therefore,

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 a prisoner for the Lord,

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 urge you to walk

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 in a manner worthy

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 of the calling

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 with which you've been called.

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 What Paul is doing here

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 is he's moving

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 from explaining

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 who saints are

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 to explaining

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 how saints live.

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 He's moving

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 from instruction

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 to exhortation.

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 He's saying,

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 I urge you holy ones

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 to live real holy lives

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 because you've been really

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 called and made holy

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 in Christ.

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 Live out who you are

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 in Christ.

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 You've been made holy,

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 so live like it.

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 And so chapters 1-3,

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 truth after truth,

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 instruction of who we are

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 in Christ.

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 Gospel truth

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 after gospel truth.

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 And then chapters 4-6

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 is going to be

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 exhortation after exhortation

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 to holiness.

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 Here's how you need

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 to think about it.

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 Right down 60th,

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 there is a train trestle.

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 And often times

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 in the morning

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 you see metro trains

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 cruising over that thing.

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 Do you have a picture

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 in your mind

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 of one of those

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 big metro locomotives

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 and one of those

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 big blue things

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 with metro across it

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 you know what I'm talking about?

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 Here's how you need

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 to think about chapters 1-3

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 in Ephesians.

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 It is the gospel locomotive.

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 It is the gospel engine.

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 It is dynamic.

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 It is powerful.

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 It changes things.

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 This is God's grace

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 unleashed on us.

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 It makes us new people.

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 And so the gospel engine

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 of Ephesians 1-3

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 drives the holy exhortations

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 of Ephesians 4-6.

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 It's dynamic.

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 It's powered by God

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 through the gospel.

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 He changed us by Christ

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 and it changes the way

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 we live our lives.

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 So moving into Ephesians 4

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 into all these exhortations

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 were first exhorted

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 to unity as a church.

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 Verses 1-16

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 the church is one body

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 with the diversity of gifts

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 given by one God

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 for the building up

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 of the body.

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 It's an exhortation

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 to holy unity.

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 And then Ephesians 4

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 verses 17

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 through chapter 5

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 verse 21

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 it's a really big section

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 and it's exhortation

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 after exhortation

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 to live holy lives.

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 We're exhorted

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 to put off the old self

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 be renewed in our minds

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 and to put on the new self

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 which is created

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 in the likeness of God

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 in true righteousness

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 and holiness.

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 What's interesting

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 is that verses 25

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 through 425

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 through 5-2

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 it seems as though

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 Paul is emphasizing

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 holy behavior

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 within the church.

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 And then when we get

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 to 5-3

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 through 5-21

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 it seems to have

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 an emphasis

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 on our relationship

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 to people

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 who are not Christians

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 those outside

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 of the church.

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 Paul says

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 stop lying.

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 Paul says

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 stop stealing.

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 Paul says

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 stop being bitter.

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 Speak the truth.

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 Give.

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 Forgive.

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 Forgive.

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 Calls us out

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 of a certain way

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 of living

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 as non-Christians live.

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 And next week

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 that's where

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 we're going to pick up

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 in Ephesians 5

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 in this section

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 of how we are

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 to live

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 among non-Christians.

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 We're going to

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 experience some

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 exhortations

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 and some warnings.

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 But it's all

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 gospel driven.

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 Ephesians doesn't

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 end here.

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 It continues on.

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 In Ephesians 5

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 22-6

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 9

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 the Apostle Paul

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 exhorts us

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 onto a holiness

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 in relationship

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 to other people.

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 In 5

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 22-33

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 wives

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 are exhorted

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 to holiness

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 in relationship

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 to their husbands.

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 Husbands

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 are exhorted

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 to holiness

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 in their relationship

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 to their wives.

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 In chapter 6

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 1-4

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 children

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 you're exhorted

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 to holiness

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 in your relationship

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 to your parents.

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 And parents

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 you're exhorted

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 to holiness

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 in relationship

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 to your children.

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 chapter 6

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 5-9

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 holiness

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 in the workplace.

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 And then we get

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 to chapter 6

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 verses 10-20

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 all throughout

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 Ephesians

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 there's this

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 repeated command

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 walk walk

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 walk walk

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 walk

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 walk walk

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 walk walk

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 walk

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 and when you get

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 to Ephesians

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 chapter 6

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 it's stand

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 stand firm

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 against the schemes

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 of the devil.

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 take a stand

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 fight the fight

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 and so where

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 we're going to end up

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 is an exhortation

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 to fight

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 the spiritual battle

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 to put on

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 the armor of God

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 to stand firm

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 against the schemes

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 of the devil.

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 Christians aren't

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 jihadists

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 our battle

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 is not against

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 flesh and blood

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 but against

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 spiritual forces

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 and principalities

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 in the heavenly places.

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 God provides

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 everything we need

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 for that fight

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 but it's a holy fight.

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 So there you have it.

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 A brief overview

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 of Ephesians

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 through the lens

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 of holiness.

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 God is serious

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 about holiness.

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 He's serious

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 about our holiness.

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 The first half

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 truth after truth

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 of who you are

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 in Christ.

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 God has made you

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 holy in Jesus.

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 And then the second half

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 is exhortation

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 after exhortation.

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 We are to live out

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 who we already

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 have been made.

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 Holy ones

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 live holy lives.

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 So that's where

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 we're going to pick it up

00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.559
 next week

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 in Ephesians chapter 5

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 verses 3 through 6.

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 But I just want to see

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 at the risk of overkill

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 that you are seeing

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 not only a connection

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 in Ephesians

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 but the kind

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 of connection.

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 The nature of it.

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 Gospel truths

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 drive

00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:47.480
 holy exhortations.

00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:49.680
 Gospel truths

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 who we are in Christ

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 drive

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 holy exhortations.

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 Who God has made us

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 in Jesus

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 changes the way

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 that we live

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 our lives.

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 The Gospel fuels

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 our holiness

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 which means

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 ours is a holiness

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 by grace.

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 Let me say it this way.

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 Just speaking personally.

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 Because I am

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 a saint

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 by grace

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 I strive

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 for unity

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 in the church

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.579
 Ephesians 4.

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 Because

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 I have been

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 made holy

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 by the blood

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 of Jesus

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 I speak

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 the truth

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 in love

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 to others.

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 Because

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 God

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 and the Gospel

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 has radically

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 changed me

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 brought me

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 from death

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 to life

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 by uniting me

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 to Jesus

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 I no longer

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 steal

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 but I use

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 my hands

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 to give.

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 Because

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 God

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 has

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 chosen me

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 from eternity

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 past

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 bought me

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 with the blood

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 of Jesus

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 and sealed me

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 with His Spirit

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 I don't lie

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 I speak the truth

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 I don't steal

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 I give

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 I don't get bitter

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 I forgive

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 give

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 because I've been

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 made alive

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 in Jesus

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 I imitate

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 my holy

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 father

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 as a beloved

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 son

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 and I love

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 as Jesus

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 loved

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 because I'm

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 blood bought

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 made righteous

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 with the righteousness

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 of Christ

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 holy

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 I love my wife

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 as Christ loved

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 the church

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 because God

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 has changed

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 me by His

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 grace

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 I raise

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 my children

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 to fear

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 the Lord

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 because God

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 has delivered

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 me from the

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 kingdom of

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 darkness

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 into His

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 kingdom

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 of the

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 beloved

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 son

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 I fight

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 now

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 I fight

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 a spiritual

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 battle

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 do you want

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 to know

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 how serious

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 God is

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 about your

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 holiness

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 God

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 shows you

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 from eternity

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 past

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 and then

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 He sent

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 His son

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 to die

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 for you

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 and caused

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 His spirit

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 to dwell

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 you

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 so that

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 you could

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 be made

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 new

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 so that

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 you could

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 walk

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 in holiness

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 that's how

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 serious God

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 is about

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 holiness

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 let's pray

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 together

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 God in

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 heaven

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 we do

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 praise you

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 for being

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 a holy

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 God

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 and we

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 do

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 thank you

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 God

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 for what

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 you've

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 done

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 for us

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 in Christ

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 that you

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 have brought

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 us in

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 and we

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 no longer

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 fear

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 there is

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 therefore

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 now no

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 condemnation

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 for those

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 who are

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 in Christ

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 Jesus

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 you have

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 made us

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 righteous

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 in your

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 sight

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 you welcomed

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 us as your

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 sons and

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 daughters

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 God

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 we thank

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 you

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 and we

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 as a

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 church

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 come before

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 you now

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 and ask

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 God that

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 you would

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 pour out

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 your

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 sanctifying

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 grace

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 on us

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 that you

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 would make

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 us holy

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 experientially

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 that we

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 would hear

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 these

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 exhortations

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 in the

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 latter half

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 of Ephesians

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 and say

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 oh God

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 thank you

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 we welcome

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 it

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 stir us

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 up God

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 we ask

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 help us

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 to strive

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 for holiness

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 we ask

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 this in

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 Jesus name

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 amen