Hanover Baptist Church Messages

Archive for July, 2008

Outline—Ephesians 4:1–6

  1. The call of the saint (v. 1)—Church Constituted
  2. The conduct of the saint (vv. 2–3)—Church Covenant
  3. The creed of the saint (vv. 4–6)—Church Doctrinal Statement

Take Home Points

  • Church unity does not make you a cog in the wheel, rather, it depends upon you.
  • Church unity oneness is not a superficial goal, never can be, nor is it an end in itself; it is a result of good, practical, daily theology.
  • How deep is your unity with one another?

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Outline—Ephesians 2:19–22

  1. The membership of the church (v. 19)
  2. The foundation of the church (v. 20)
  3. The plan of the church (v. 21)
  4. The purpose of the church (v. 22)

Take Home Points

  • It is Christ that gives meaning to everything; align with Him. (This makes church doctrine personal. "What is my part?")
  • Are you building for eternity? Are you building worthy of God?

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Outline—Ephesians 2:14–18

  1. The Gospel illustrated (v. 13)
  2. The Gospel Hero (vv. 14–17)
    1. His might (v. 14)
    2. His central focus (v. 15)
    3. His goal—one new man
    4. The place of His work (v. 16)
    5. His good news (v. 17)
  3. The glory of reconciliation (v. 18)
    1. We have access.
    2. We have oneness of the Spirit followed by oneness of the body.

Take Home Points

  • Your sin problem is so great that every person of the Godhead must be involved in fixing it.
  • You stand in the audience chamber today, if you are a believer.

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Outline—Ephesians 2:11–12

The Distance of the Gentiles from God Defined

  1. The demarcation was made (vv. 11–12)
  2. The demarcation was maintained (v. 12)
    1. Without a Christ—Christless
    2. Aliens—Stateless
    3. Strangers from the covenants of promise—Friendless
    4. Having no hope of any kind—Hopeless
    5. Atheists in the world—Godless

Take Home Points

  • Never forget that the church is a collection-point of the redeemed.
  • The centrality of Christ is the unifying point in a church.
  • The warmth of your love for Christ determines the warm of your church relations, and your home relations.

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