Sermons on Ephesians

Husbands hold family authority, but this never makes women inferior. They must love their wives with the sacrificial care Christ shows His church.

Before creation, God chose His people for adoption through Jesus, grounding humble confidence in His fatherly love rather than their own performance.

Christ gathers divided people into one household and builds them as God’s dwelling, where each person serves instead of treating church as a product.

Spiritually dead sinners become alive with Christ through God's mercy. They gain present power to resist sin without claiming the struggle is over.

Christ’s blood brings former outsiders near, shaping them as living stones whose unity from God rests on Jesus and grows through shared life together.

No Christian has every gift, but God equips each believer to serve others, helping the whole church grow in love and maturity.

Jesus breaks the hostility between Jews and Gentiles, bringing both to the Father and making divided people one family where peace replaces pride.

Paul asks God to give His people peace and grace, blessings already theirs in Christ that deepen as they respond to Christ's love with undying love.

Spiritual warfare reaches the kitchen table, but gospel armour guards God's people against accusation and division as they stand in Christ's strength.

Slaves and masters share one heavenly Master, so daily roles become sincere service and those with authority treat others gently and fairly.

Young children honour parents through obedience, while parents in return must discipline with the patient care and self-control Jesus has shown them.

Christ gives Himself to cleanse and cherish His church, making self-giving love and repeated forgiveness the foundation of marriage, not human perfection.

Paul links sexual sin to coveting what is not ours, while deliberate thanksgiving redirects restless desire towards God's wise and good gifts.

Deceitful desires pull Christians back into former sins. Learning Christ renews their minds to choose holiness and forgive because God forgave them.

Christ joins people from deeply different backgrounds into one body, then uses every member to build His church towards maturity, unity and love.

God raised Jesus from death, securing Christians' hope for transformation. His power now works in them and secures resurrection life without end.

Ephesians 4 begins change by renewing the mind, not stoking guilt, then targets each habit’s cue, craving, response, and reward with practical steps.

Death could not hold Jesus when God raised Him. That resurrection power gives believers a confident hope that cannot be taken away.

Ephesus honoured Artemis through a temple run by trafficked prostitutes. Christ makes His people light that exposes such darkness and brings life.

God turns towards sinners in Christ before they can turn. He enables faith that joins His church and carries good news to the world.

Paul says Christians are light in the Lord, not darkness. Their goodness, truth and daily work expose what sin hides and bring life.

Christians put off their former way of life. Christ has secured their standing with God, so putting on the new self becomes a joyful fight.

God raised Jesus from death, showing what real power means; His life-giving rule frees believers from fearful control and the need to dominate others.

Christ brings former outsiders into God’s kingdom with full citizenship, while His cross ends hostility and creates one shared life of peace.

One body and one Spirit give church unity its foundation in God's saving grace, while humility, patience and practical love sustain it.