Into To Ephesians

I did this in the last service. I'm going to do it again. I'm not going to switch to Spanish in this church. Did this service? I switch to English in the last service to say this, but

little little eye that whole end of that last song on the holy, holy, holy

Is the Lord God Almighty. last year, I left my father and

That was my first Father's day without him, but it was also our first day, back it service. So it really, really helped me to get through it and we didn't really do Father's Day music that day. Probably on purpose. For me, I didn't pick the music but I think my fellow musicians are being very kind to me that day. And we were just so excited to get back, it really didn't matter, but

I have a very, very good father in Heaven. I had a wonderful Earthly father and he's going to have it now. and I love him dearly and I miss him so much, but I'm even more happy to have the good good father that Gave me that Earthly, father. So we're going to sing good. Good. Father We don't have a new key yet but don't feel like you have to sing in my eye because the other. So we're just going to take it, you're active. So you're saying I'm up here but okay.

Who sings this?

2 year old.

because you are,

Welcome everyone.

Happy. Father's Day to all the fathers here. Do we have any fathers here, too?

Just do it. Maybe three. Please sit down. Please sit down.

so, Today is an introduction day.

I'm introducing to you, the book.

Play case you didn't miss the mile and asked me earlier. We're having a Father's Day lunch upstairs in the gym. After the service. Please come. You're more than welcome. Otherwise included, both ways. So come, have some fellowship and And enjoy a little little Father's Day lunch. welcome to do this just let's just pray to spray the spray for Heavenly Father freeze tree is a good good father as you know Heavenly Father, give me your words today and bless this message. Help us to see the world in their culture of Paul. As you wrote this letter from prison, today is a special day and I want to ask that you bless and Empower all the fathers here today to be Godly men. They need to be And I don't even then, but all of the mid left families that go to this church. How to say man up and be the man of God, help them to lie to their families, with all God-fearing up the step up and do your will not only in their home, but here in your house as well. I pray that you I pray that you would give me father's a hunger and a thirst for righteousness. I pray that the hearts of these fathers were returned to their children and their hearts of the children will turn into the power. I ask all these things in the name of your precious son

Okay. An introduction to the letter of Ephesians. Pokemon music. Now, this person is going to be mostly production to the letter equations in preaching school. This is what you would call a data dump. They don't recommend writing sermons that only consists of head knowledge and offer very little application, but I've added a little application for you but sometimes you can't help it in any case more willing. We'll probably going to spend the rest of the year in this letter. So sit back, relax and stay awhile. A bug with a map. That would be ancient world epices. It is located near the middle in the middle. There you can see me to leave boots on the left side of the map. To the right of Italy's boot is Greece and further, right to the right as Asia, Minor Omar, and a turkey, as you can see, epices is right on the beaches of the agency. Perhaps, you could be quite similar to one of our California cities, like San Francisco or Los Angeles. Now, I was debating on. What book should I start with? At first, I was thinking of starting with one of the gospels, like, Luke or John forgot made it clear to me to start with the book of Ephesians, one of the nice things about this letter is that it focuses on the doctrine of the church, What it is and how it's probably verse function within it in this letter, Paul uses, this traditional style of explanation. The first three chapters of Ephesians emphasized Doctrine and the last chapters lymphocytes Behavior. So the first have his theological, and the second half is practical. Another words, what God says, and what God expects, but before we get there, let's start the beginning. And as we introduced the book of Ephesians, I want you guys to to read the book of Eugene. when you're in your time and your devotions, Who wrote the New Testament letter Ephesians, the letter was written by none. Other than the Apostle. Paul has one went into says, Paul the Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God is the same for an emphasis and faithful in Christ. Jesus grace to you in peace from God, our Father and Lord Jesus Christ. Really it was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The word of God is god-breathed got something from 2nd, Timothy 3:16 Verses 16 17 by God and is profitable for teaching to recruit for correction and for training in righteousness, the man or woman of God make you be completely equipped for every good work. God has work for you to do. The only other time in the Bible when something is described as God grief. Is a time when God gave adam life in Genesis chapter 2 verse 7. That's when the breath of life and Adam became a living being her, truly the word of God is alive and has a power of God could transform you from the old selfish, arrogant Bible preacher. That we are naturally to the born-again creation fashion and likeness God through his Spirit inspired, the apostles, the Apostle, Paul's every word inspiration refers to the direct Act of God. On the human author that resulted in the creation of God, perfectly green revelation, Inspiration also conveys, the mysterious work of the Holy Spirit. What about d-union? Paul's individual personality personality language style, and historical context to produce the violent. Towards another words that produce the scriptures to buy influencing the human authors. This resulted in the divinely authority. That the scanners were written by the author's own handwriting. And yet, you might be wondering to yourself while I doesn't even work at times at Holy Spirit, would give up all his words. And Paul within to speak the word of God to describe using its own personality, will calculate in style, you're wondering what, what is a scribe? Write all of the words of pot with a pen, would use a striiv or a secretary to write his letters as he dictated them. Received this in his letter to the Romans this letter to the Saints at Wilmington with a greeting, from Church's tortillas, his secretary who fended for Paul Roman 1622 State Highway Church in it. That's not really a name that you might want to name your kid for trickiest who wrote this letter greet you in the Lord. This is why in several cases caught in his letter with a note written in his own hand to certify. That the letter is from him. He did. So he did this isn't in his letters to the Corinthians to Thelonious in Colossians. One example of this can be seen in Colossians for a team where Paul said I fall, right? This reading with my own hand, remember my chain Grace be with you. I don't like Asians call. You been wrote the entire letter in his own hand, without the help of a scribe received this in the cider to the Galatians. If I leave in Galatians 6:11 State, see what large letters? I have written to you with my own hand! I don't know why they would be nice when we should Mark said he was excited about it. Most importantly through all of these many and varied features of composition of God. The Holy Spirit was directing everywhere description matter less like most of Paul's letters, the letters was meant to be a circular Meaning, Paul wrote this letter to the mini house churches, in Ephesus and other parts of Asia, Minor minor after the Ephesians reading, the letters would be mass-produced and the letter would have been routed to colossi. I have the Kia. Another churches in the area. These churches were all in Asia, Minor, very close to Ephesus. Wrote a letter of Ephesians what being a prisoner in Rome during his last years on Earth thing about it. If you know you were going to die, right? What would be the very last thing to do? What to say? What a route. So that everybody can remember you, I mean this this letter is pretty special because it is really the very last words that he said before he went ahead in time. But when we think about someone being imprisoned, we often think of people being behind bars.

Call Ashley state in the rented house. In Rome the book of Acts ends with these two verses thing in Acts 28, 30 or 31. This possible, two more years in his own, rented, house and receive all, who came to this preaching, the kingdom of God, and teaching the things, which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no money for beating him. By the grace of God. She was able to preach and teach write letters and have all the Comforts of home before he went to be with the Lord. How cool is that? I'll talk to you later to the Visions during his last years. In prison also wrote the letters of Colossians Philemon flipping these four, letters are known as the prison letters. Similarly, it is likely that the Pastoral letters of 1st and 2nd Timothy as well as Titus written by Paul during his prison sentence. But what year was that the letter to the Ephesians was written about 60 to 60 to 80 in his letter, to the Ephesians time to keep that his imprisonment makes the mystery of the Gospel known and provide an example for trusting God in everything, even the worst of times Like being locked up in jail. God bless talk with the opportunity to have guests, come over and visit him, as well as continued to write letters to different people and churches. It has been estimated at the city of Ephesus during the time of Paul had a population of around 250,000 people. A quarter of a million people to see if I just was located in the east side of the agency in today, it would be modern-day turkey, a very muslim-populated Country. Now, the city of Temple of Artemis or Diane one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World here is an artist rendition of what a great Wonder would have probably look like dream dream pause day. Is really stuck out. Now, you might be wondering who was this Artemis or Diana. And why did, why did they do this shoes Temple after her, depending on your Bible translation? Some of you might have bartimus and some of you might have Diana, you read the book of Acts in Greek, mythology by Poets of, for me to buy, lighters, like, Homer going back to me somehow years ago. And no, I don't need one. Ornaments with a Greek goddess, and the daughter of Zeus. Known as the person Archer Huntress and a deity associated with nature, animals and fertility. Above is a picture of what she might have looked like,

Did you get the hurt? This is where the DC Comic character Wonder Woman originated from but that but that's a superhero movie with me in the time of Artemis was the favorite goddess of his gentle culture. Gentile meaning non-jew, thanks the Roman the name. Diana is the latinized form of the Greek word, Artemis. So I can get if your name is Diana you can be pulled out of this to However, the arguments or Diane about, this is the apartment is the next chapter, 19 should not be confused with the Greek goddess of that name. If you're familiar with the book of Acts, you would know that Paul visited epices during his second missionary journey. Paul spent three years in the city of Ephesus, evangelizing teaching and send up churches in that City. But these were two different made up by the Ottomans for Diana. Them purses that we find in the Bible has often been described as having little in common with Original Greek, mythological animals during his visit to a, many breasted fertility guy. Here is a picture of what that I do look like. As you can see, she looks nothing. Like the original Wonder Woman.

before Alexander the Great conquered, the known world, most amazing minor was ruled by the Persian Prior to the Greek survival to Ephesus the people of Ephesus already. Had a similar, guys, fertility bigger that they were already worshiping. Imagine that. It was, it was only after the Greek showed up and he decided to add Greek mythology into the Ephesians and into the Ephesian culture and change things around. But after the Roman Empire took over the Romans when I didn't change the official religion religion once again. So what you see here is the final outcome of what the Romans decided to go with. It was a mixture of the original reminder idolatry sprinkle with Greek mythology and eventually and manifested into as many breasts of fertility, God call Diana Diana in his time in Ephesus. However, if we trace this idle down to a teaching history, Artemis, the bet is just as something as be related to Ishtar and other deities of the ancient near East. And if you remember in the Old Testament, history, Ishtar was an ancient Mesopotamian. God is associated with love beauty, six-word Justice and political power. She was originally worship of the name you Nana and was later worshipped by the genie in the Babylonian and Assyrian from the name, fish farm I'm in the Bible. Most Scholars agree that if she was also called The Queen of Heaven above is a picture of what. She might have looked like, This is Queen of Heaven. The book of Jeremiah Mansions inside, Alish, starting chapters chapter to chapter 44 and calls her, the Queen of Heaven. Similarly, the Queen of Heaven also went by other names, like mashed arrest and adds to his Harding. It is believed that she was the wife of the false. Got bound also known as Molech and because she was a fertility, God, she was a favorite among the ancient cultures because back then women women's greatest Glory was to have children. Just the bearing of children was greatly desired among women of many-arrows worship of this. Queen of Heaven Was rampant among Pagan civilization. He just added me as you may already know and you'll Testament, they became popular among the Israelites as well. And that is why God had to Humble his people. The Israelites and text. I thought I was a bad one because of their idolatry. Connecticut, perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise to us that machine made a comeback during the days of Paul, under a new Greek or Roman name and new design. During the time of all the temple service is an ethicist consisted of animal sacrifices and a ceremony of prostitution, a practice, which was common to many of the religions of the ancient near East. But God makes it very clear that the worshipping of false gods or Idols is nothing more than the worshipping of guess. What do you need? Call Chelsea, 1st, Corinthians chapter 10 verses 19 to 20. What am I saying? That an idle is anything? Or what is offered to Idols is anything? Rather at the things with the Gentiles sacrifice, a sacrifice to demons and that's a gallon. And I don't want you to have fellowship with demons. God makes it clear that all men mean, I know, those are sold for so-called gods and goddesses little G. Nothing more than the manifestation of demons. People all throughout the world and all throughout human history. Have been worshiping is sacrificing animals and guess, even children to nothing more. But worthless for verse beginning now, you're probably thinking to yourself and Mandy title. Most people in our country, don't necessarily do these things. However, demon have not quit your day job, just because physical items are no longer being made and worship in our country in Colossians 5 verses three and seven. Put the def what is Earthly in you sexual immorality? Unclean lustful passion. He will desire ingredients, which is what What is it? If I Donna tree. Because of which the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience in which you want to live when you used to live with me, think things don't really change much the same things that God was mad at me for you. Still mad at me. Now, you should have Eva's of your school. Don't care if you Bow Down and Worship some little lucky charm that you can carry on, carry around where Venus of the score of the bed and watch, have you destroy yourself with all the other unclean things that pollute your very soul. It was the cardinal sins that happened within these temples and maybe these Idols popular among the culture of all today. These temples were filled with prostitution sexual morality the living into our thing. You can think of the practicing of these interesting is what enticed and defiled the very soul of man. That's surprising all throughout human history. Things have not changed. In our culture, homeowner sexual addiction addiction drunkenness. And every perverse thing in our culture is and can become an idol. In the words like today, The Demons of this world. Don't care to bow down to an idle. Their desire is to turn your very flesh into an ID. This is why Paul warns us in Romans 8:13. For, if you live according to the flesh. You will die but by the spirit you put to death diseases. You will live. How many times when the Bible uses the word for verse that word? Means, crooked, or Twisted. Meaning it is contrary to the things in ways of God. In other words, the word perverse mean it is the complete opposite of God. The primary job of every demon is to take your devotion away from the Living, God, your attention away from the kingdom of Lights, from the Kingdom of Heaven from the kingdom of Jesus.

And to entice you with all the carnal desires of this Fallen World to entice. You back into the kingdom of darkness. So that in time the darkness will consume you and eventually destroyed, how is it going to destroy you by taking your very life?

that is why Paul tells us in this very In This Very Room is very letter in Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness would rather Expose and expose them for what they really are. Doctrines of demons demonic manifestation night. This is the Temple of Artemis was a huge land. Holding Enterprise at Enterprise has managed by a wall and Powerful preacher. Who was a big business so much so that they made a magnificent.

Let's have a look at that, great Wonder again. Craftsman & Merchants, would sell to worshippers and pilgrims terrorists were coming by replicas of Artemis and little silver trying to protect representing their Temple, certain individuals in the city of Ephesus, major income from the manufacturing and selling of man-made Idols of Diana. So much so that you can eat Read the book of Acts. Are you going to have me a little confrontation that Paul was having the oldest got himself killed?

Sympathies sympathies either, the one true God of the Bible, it was a threat to their mother. Doesn't Isaiah, 44 9 to 11 to those who make a living making items are those who manufacture these prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship false Idols, don't know this. So they are all put to shame. Who, but a fool would make his own God, and I know that cannot help him one bit all who worship idols will be disgraced along with all of these Craftsman mere humans, who claim they can make a god, it may all stand together or they will stand in Terror.

Here's a picture of what the of the city of the great thing about this is what it might have looked like in the times of the car. Artist rendition for the first visit a deficit in the second missionary, journey around 53 to 5680 however, the letter to the Ephesians was written between 60 and 62 are almost 9 years. Later, the church is an ethicist including mostly Gentile convert, but also some juice greek-speaking juice. Thalamus. It was also an important political educational and Commercial Center. The city Hadley 25,000 theater. That's where Paul his competition. It enjoyed the ministry of several pasta Apostolic leaders. Paul's companion like Willa Priscilla Apollo and Timothy Ministry. Who's the popular city after being exiled to the neighboring island of Patmos tradition states. That even the Apostle John Jesus, beloved. He spent the last few years of pastoring, there is no. Also, it is believed that he might have died. And that this is as if old man sometime after 80 90 days, he was the only Apostle who died peacefully All of the, all the other father on the other Apostles of Jesus. Died. A martyr death. Never left the next chapter 19. When Paul first visited epices all came to the realization that this city was under huge demonic entities. But with the help of the holy spirit in the preaching of the gospel, God did a mighty work and started changing the whole culture of analysis. Acts 19, verses 11 and 12 States. And God is doing extra ordinary Miracles by the hands of Paul. So that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched, his skin was carried away, to the end of diseases, left them in the evil spirit, that came out of them. Not only was guy chasing away all these demons but people were getting spayed and repenting from their state. which, Pablo's.

Call Aunt, work. When Paul was in Ephesus next 19. Verses 18 through 20, the Bible says many became the leavers confessors. They're sinful practices, and number of them who had been practicing sorcery, brother, incantation incantation books, and burn them Republic, Republic bonfire. The value of these books with several million dollars by today's standards. So, the message of the Lord read widely and had a powerful effect. I was doing money working at this week. To the preaching of the Gospel. It was the preaching of the Gospel. Is that liberated? The people preaching, the gospel liberating people. The kingdom of darkness. Tell what are the great themes of Paul's letter to the Ephesians were to inform us of the great power. We now have over the kingdom of darkness in Christ. We have a spirit Power and its natural authority, to cast out all the strongholds of the devil. Harder before. Finally leaving Asia Minor post office sizes to division open. What will you eventually happen when she leaves? Keep in mind, that Ephesus, had many little churches. And it was telling the pastors and Elders in these churches, in X20 vs 29th and 31 office. Or I know this After my departure, Savage wolves will come in on Monday and that's barely enough. Also from among yourselves, men will ride picking, Traverse City MI Things contrary to the word of God to draw away the disciples after themselves there for watch. And remember that for three years. I did not cease to warn everyone night and day is a cheater. How was a humble man? in verses 36 to 38 you continue to say and when he had said these things he knelt down and prayed with the mom and they all went through and thought of all those men and Kristen Sorrowing, most of all for The Words, which she spoke. I think it's even his face, no more. Give me a compliment to the chef. That this is not a lot of love when Paul was there. It was rich in love. Keep that in mind. I had left Asia Minor in troubles, back to Jerusalem. Where he would finally be captured by the Jewish high priest and sent to Rome where he would eventually be killed by the hands of Miriam. No, tradition says that fall was martyred under Nero's, persecution. That began in 64 ad. Are you going to run into your cell phone? Who is this new year? Was the Roman emperor that ruled from 80542 6880? He was Emperor for only 14 years. But let me tell you how the Monica stand for what, with the help of his mother Nero became Nero came to the throne at the young age of 17 - 82 tonight in just five years later at the age of twenty-two. At the time of his life he murdered his mother and assume control of the government

His mom is too much for a beginner. This was a political disaster because his characters administrative policies emptied with the treasury, the Roman Treasury, and he used violence and cruelty to Philadelphia. It is said that nearly had the temperament of an artist better than that. The big politician, he read his poetry and public. Very artistic played the liar before audiences, truly talented guy and staying at public performances.

By today's standards, she was living the sex drugs and rock and roll lifestyle. He was the modern-day Rockstar and at the same time, he was the opinion of the Antichrist.

However, during his Reign, a disastrous fire destroyed. Some government buildings near was accused of having the fire set deliberately to provide space for a new pads because of

Because because the one I got was a bigger but he accused Christian of causing the disaster in order to divert any blame from himself.

When the Christians were something that he did, who does he Unleashed severe? Local persecution on Christian after the blades and tradition should suggest that both Peter and Paul were martyred during the reign of year. As a Roman citizen, Paul would have been exempt from crucifixion and not Peter. It would probably have been executed by being beheaded by beheading because it was a lot quicker. Fortunately Niro's excessively harsh measures in government inside of a revolt against his rule. Like a scaredy cat. He was, but he was killed by a former slave. however, much like many of the early Christians, in the first century, Paul died, in Christian, martyr in our country, we hardly ever think of such a thing happening to us, especially the US however, in different countries, all around the world countries with a heavy population of radical Muslims Christians are still being pretty dying. Everything.

And yesterday like Paul has prophesied in the city of Ephesus eventually came to nothing. Tells us in Revelations, chapter to read Ephesians eventually lost their first month. Jesus says the regulation 2.25. Nevertheless, I have this against you, as you know it was seven letters written in the Book of Revelations. 2:17 churches, across Asia, Asia Minor from the new world. Episodes with one of them. Nevertheless, I have this against you that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you at falling, repent and do the first works or else? I will come to you quickly and remove your lambskin from this place unless you were doing It is a clear warning what can happen to any church. Even this one. Ultimately into 6280 destroyed addresses, including the Temple of Artemis, the god or gods were a nomadic Semitic people who fought against Roman rule to bring about the downfall of the Roman Empire.

Don't at one time. The Ephesian church is has love 40 years later just four years ago in the Bible when generation is roughly 40 years, twenty years We get this from the 40 years in the wilderness. For 40 years, 40 years made at the affection of the first generation of Believers, had dwindled. The current generation was maintaining the doctrine handed down to them by Mama, but they have lost their first love. That love could include love for Ghana and Christ love for each other and love for the law.

as you have heard me said before, true number for God is best defined as will be But here's the point. There's no point of the message for this introduction.

If you forget, when they collect the greatest Commandments, Jesus has given me. Don't be surprised if he takes away your church as he did. It's Patricia.

We need to love. Jesus says, if you don't love me, if you love me, you will obey my Commandments. And love for him is best defined by obedience to me. Because that's how we show how much money. It's true that every generation has its own battle. But stick with me as weird looking floor and open up. The book of Ephesians and see what God has to say.

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Heavenly Father. Thank you for being a good and good is good. Love you, Mommy. Hope the men of the following up, the men and fathers of this church also be like you in every way. Help us to love our wives, like our lord, loves the Church of us, do not provoke. Our tune into ran for help us to train them, and love them. The knowledge and instruction of our God and Savior, Jesus. Give us a heart for our family and the law. And build this church For Your Glory. Is the name of Jesus, your precious son baby's name.

Thank you. Pastor Eddie, once again, I Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there and also to those of you who maybe aren't dads But our father figures because you're very important to me, I know some of you out there very important to me. So happy Father's Day and a couple of quick announcement, Tuesday night, Spanish prayer, meeting Wednesday night, English prayer meeting in the men's group is on Hiatus, right now, women will go next Thursday. And please remember if you would like, there's a bunch of bread out there from Panera and please use it, or give it to your neighbor's, whoever you can give it to thank you. And we're going to end Praising him. Okay, and if you could please stand and join praise and join us and singing, Praise Him, Praise Him.

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All right, go out and praise. Keep raising will see you next week.

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