Dan Wuthrich
Passage: Ephesians 6:21-24 Fifty sermons and more than a year later, we complete our journey through the book of Ephesians this morning. There is no other book in scripture that has such a high view of the church and so it is appropriate that we conclude our study by looking at two examples of faithful […]
Passage: Ephesians 6:18-20 This morning, as we are approaching the end of our study in the book of Ephesians, we actually conclude our look at the spiritual armor of God. Although not technically a piece of the armor, there is no doubt that prayer is absolutely essential for the Christian to stand firm against the […]
Passage: Ephesians 6:17b After a lengthy consideration of the defensive armor of the Christian, Paul now moves to the weapon that has both an offensive and defensive use, the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. As Christians, we cannot overestimate the importance of being equipped with God’s Word to stand firm […]
Passage: Ephesians 6:17a Christians typically speak of salvation almost exclusively in the past tense: I was saved when…; Have you been saved?…etc. The truth is that Scripture speaks of salvation in three different tenses. We have been saved from the penalty of sin. We are being saved from the power of sin. We will be […]
Passage: Ephesians 6:16 This morning, we return to our study of the spiritual armor of God with a look at the shield of faith. By God’s providence, we come to this text on Reformation Sunday, a marvelous reminder of those Christians five centuries ago who recovered the truths of the gospel and the doctrine of […]
Passage: Ephesians 6:15 It is somewhat surprising that the vast majority of “weapons” provided as part of the Christian’s spiritual armor are actually defensive in nature (6 of 7). This is because our main function in the battle is to stand firm, to resist, and to hold onto the ground we have already captured. Absolutely […]
Passage: Ephesians 6:14b Last week, we began in earnest out study through the spiritual armor God provides all his children with a look at the belt of truth. Today, we move to the breastplate of righteousness. We should keep in mind that it is God who provides his own armor to the Christian for the […]
Passage: Ephesians 6:14a When we last left off in our study through Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus, we began to consider the reality of spiritual warfare. We saw that if we are true followers of Jesus Christ, we are engaged in a war and that our real enemy is not flesh and blood […]
Passage: Ephesians 6:10-13 We are now moving into the homestretch in our study through the book of Ephesians. Paul has caused us to marvel at the grace of God shown to us in Christ. He has instructed us, in light of that grace, as to how we should conduct ourselves in the church and in […]
Passage: Ephesians 6:5-9 Scripture is incredibly timely and relevant. Sometimes we wonder how a book like Ephesians, written almost 2000 years ago, could have anything practical to say to us today in our high-tech western culture. Even this morning’s passage, which addresses slaves and masters, can lead us to that conclusion. But when we learn […]