Transcript Ephesians 5:8-17

WALKING IN OBEDIENCE
EPHESIANS 5:8-17
8 For you were once darkness, but now you
are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness,
righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out
what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have
no fellowship with the…
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…unfruitful works of darkness, but rather
expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to
speak of those things which are done by
them in secret. 13 But all things that are
exposed are made manifest by the light,
for whatever makes manifest light. …
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…14 Therefore He says: Awake, you who
sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will
give you light.” 15 See then that you walk
circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16
redeeming the time, because the days are
evil. 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but
understand what the will of the Lord is.
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9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord
Jesus and believe in your heart that God
has raised Him from the dead, you will be
saved. 10 For with the heart one believes
unto righteousness, and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:9-10
8 For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it
is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest
anyone should boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9
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1) There is a battle between the flesh and
the spirit
15 For I do not understand my own actions.
For I do not do what I want, but I do the
very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do
not want, I agree with the law, that it is
good. 17 So now it is no longer I who do
it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I
know that nothing good…
Romans 7:15-25 (ESV)
…dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I
have the desire to do what is right, but not
the ability to carry it out. 19 For I do not
do the good I want, but the evil I do not
want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I
do what I do not want…
Romans 7:15-25 (ESV)
I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but
sin that dwells within me. 21 So I find it to
be a law that when I want to do right, evil
lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the
law of God, in my inner being, 23 but I
see in my members another law waging
war against the law…
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of my mind and making me captive to the
law of sin that dwells in my members. 24
Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver
me from this body of death? 25 Thanks
be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So then, with the mind I…
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myself serve the law of God, but with the
flesh the law of sin. There is therefore now
no condemnation to those who are in
Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to
the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Romans 7:15-25 (ESV)
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the
Spirit against the flesh; and these are
contrary to one another, so that you do not
do the things that you wish.
Galatians 5:17
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1) There is a battle between the flesh and
the spirit
2) We are called to walk in The Spirit
Galatians
5:25
If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians
5:25
If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:16
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not
fulfill the lust of the flesh.
15 Do not love the world or the things in the
world. If anyone loves the world, the love
of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is
in the world— the lust of the flesh, the lust
of the eyes, and…
1 John 2:15-17
…the pride of life—is not of the Father
but is of the world. 17 And the world
is passing away, and the lust of it; but
he who does the will of God abides
forever.
1 John 2:15-17
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1) There is a battle between the flesh and
the spirit
2) We are called to walk in The Spirit
3) To walk in The Spirit we need to walk in
obedience
8 For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it
is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest
anyone should boast. 10 For we are His
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for
good works, which God prepared
beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:8-10
Now he who keeps His commandments
abides in Him, and He in him. And by this
we know that He abides in us, by the
Spirit whom He has given us.
1 John 3:24
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
to God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 12:1
He who has My commandments and keeps
them, it is he who loves Me. And he who
loves Me will be loved by My Father, and
I will love him and manifest Myself to
him.”
John 14:21
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4) What are we meant to walk in
obedience to?
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4) What are we meant to walk in
obedience to?
a) Obedience to His Word
With my whole heart I have sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your
commandments! 11 Your word I have
hidden in my heart, That I might not sin
against You
Psalms 119:10-11
Galatians 3:5
Faith in the Word produces obedience,
which intern produces the power.
Galatians 3:5
Faith in the Word produces obedience,
which intern produces the power.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge
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4) What are we meant to walk in obedience
to?
a) Obedience to His Word
b) Obedience to the leading of the
Holy Spirit
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in My name, He will teach
you all things, and bring to your
remembrance all things that I said to you.
John 14:26
And when He has come, He will convict
the world of sin, and of righteousness,
and of judgment
John 16:8
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5) Obedience produces fruit
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth be blessed; because thou hast
obeyed my voice.
Genesis 22:18
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom; A good understanding have all
those who do His commandments.
His praise endures forever
Psalms 111:10
But He said, “More than that, blessed
are those who hear the word of
God and keep it”.
Luke 11:28
The law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul; The testimony
of the Lord is sure, making wise
the simple;
Psalms 19:7
For whatever things were written before
were written for our learning, that we
through the patience and comfort of
the Scriptures might have hope.
Romans 15:4
Therefore lay aside all filthiness and
overflow of wickedness, and receive
with meekness the implanted word,
which is able to save your souls. 22
But be doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving yourselves. …
James 1:21-25
… 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the
word and not a doer, he is like a man
observing his natural face in a mirror;
24 for he observes himself, goes
away, and immediately forgets what
kind of man he was. 25 But …
James 1:21-25
… he who looks into the perfect law of
liberty and continues in it, and is not a
forgetful hearer but a doer of the work,
this one will be blessed in what he
does.
James 1:21-25
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5) Obedience produces fruit
6) We have been captivated by a loving &
faithful God
Romans 2:4 (b)
It’s the goodness of God [that] leads you to
repentance
Romans 2:4 (b)
It’s the goodness of God [that] leads you to
repentance
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all these things shall be added
to you.
But at midnight Paul and Silas were
praying and singing hymns to God, and
the prisoners were listening to them. 26
Suddenly there was a great earthquake,
so that the foundations of the prison
were shaken; and immediately all the
doors were opened and…
Acts 16:25-34
…everyone's chains were loosed. 27 And
the keeper of the prison, awaking from
sleep and seeing the prison doors open,
supposing the prisoners had fled, drew
his sword and was about to kill himself.
28 But Paul called with a loud voice,
saying, “Do yourself…
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…no harm, for we are all here.” 29 Then
he called for a light, ran in, and fell down
trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 And
he brought them out and said, “Sirs,
what must I do to be saved?” 31 So they
said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and…
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…you will be saved, you and your
household.” 32 Then they spoke the
word of the Lord to him and to all who
were in his house. 33 And he took them
the same hour of the night and washed
their stripes. And immediately he and all
his family were baptized. …
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34 Now when he had brought them into
his house, he set food before them; and
he rejoiced, having believed in God with
all his household
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