Sermons on Ephesians 4:20-21:

If We're Saved, We Ought To Act Like It.

Contributed by Terry Vaughan on Feb 4, 2002

I want to bring out five short points on being a new creature in Christ and how we should live like it.

WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR: TERRY VAUGHAN SERMON TITLE: IF WE’RE SAVED, WE OUGHT TO ACT LIKE IT “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:21-24

Denomination: Baptist

Handling Anger

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Feb 15, 2002

Anger is a big universal problem, so we need help, See Christ’s solution in building us up as new people in Him!

How to follow Jesus without embarrassing ourselves: Handling Anger One preacher once said that we live in a world that has gone mad. I believe this statement. We are now hearing new terms to describe uncontrollable anger. Yesterday, I heard a new term "rink rage"- phenomena of Hockey dads ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-32

Denomination: Evangelical Free

A Honest Heart

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 3, 2003

A sermon on lying based on Ephesians 4:25 (Adapted from JUST LIKE JESUS by Max Lucado)

Sermon for 1/30/2000 A Honest Heart Ephesians 4:25 Introduction: A. Famous American Fibs. 1. The check is in the mail. 2. I’ll start my diet tomorrow. 3. We service what we sell. 4. Give me your number and the doctor will call you right back. 5. Your luggage isn’t lost, it’s only ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-25, Exodus 20:16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When You Don't Feel Spiritually Fed

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Feb 22, 2001

What do you do for nurture when you don’t feel spiritually fed? Steps toward being spiritually nurtured: Love, Study God’s Word, Live God’s Word, Fellowship with Believers, Service to Others.

by the Rev. W. Maynard Pittendreigh, Jr. Sunrise Presbyterian Church Miami Florida Pittendreigh@aol.com Are you being fed, spiritually? Are you being nurtured in your faith? Are you taking care of your soul’s health? Those are important questions. They are every bit as ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Hope: Healing For The Home

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Feb 8, 2001

This sermon offers hope for families that are broken or going through hard times.

Hope & Healing For The Home Morning Star Family Day 11/22/98 Genesis 50:15-21 Ephesians 4:17-32 Today as you celebrate Family Day, I want you to know that no family is complete without the presence of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ in the home. God has many ways of entering into our ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 50:15-21, Ephesians 4:17-28

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Fresh Coat Of Paint Without Sanding Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Apr 25, 2005

Paul tells us in the second half of chapter 4 that we need to let Christ sand us way down to the bear wood, in order to cover us with His way of thinking and acting.

I like to see a nice new coat of paint on something - like this bench we had outside on our patio. The problem is - in order to have a nice coat of paint I had to strip off the old - but I was lazy. So when I painted the new coat on, the old paint underneath began to chip and peel and push the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-33

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

A New Walk

Contributed by Carl Allen on Dec 12, 2006

As we enter into a relationship with Christ, we are called to walk in a new way. We need to turn from the dark and head down the straight and narrow.

A New Walk Ephesians 4:17-32 I. A NEW WALK (4:17-24) 1. THEIR EMPTY IN THEIR MIND (17) - The word ‘futility’ literally means empty, vain, worthless. - The world is one big façade… ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-32

Denomination: Baptist

Connecting Through Friendships Series

Contributed by David Flowers on Jan 16, 2007

Part 1 of series Connecting. Dave asserts that small groups are an important way of living Bibically, and allows the Bible to speak for itself.

Connecting through Friendships Connecting, part 1 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers 1/7/2007 No one wants to be invisible. No one wants to be invisible. Everybody wants to be acknowledged. At some point, every person who walks in the door of this church is hoping to make a connection ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24

Denomination: Free Methodist

Living As Children Of Light

Contributed by Lauro C Hernandez on Jan 17, 2007

How to live as Children of God

LIVING AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT EPH. 4:20 “You, however, did not come to know Christ that way” INTRO: I. OUR FORMER WAY OF LIFE A. Living as the gentiles –EPH. 1:17” “So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Resolution Number Three: Live Well With Others

Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 18, 2008

The third of a four part series entitled, ‘Four Resolutions for 2008’

We are now more than half way through first month of 2008 and this is the third of a four part series, ‘Four Resolutions for 2008.’ Four chapters, all from the New Testament, are being studied for the purpose of making four important resolutions for this year: (Slide 1) • Live Free in ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-32

Denomination: Church Of God

Be Distinctive Series

Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 18, 2008

As the Church we are to be distinctive from those around us

There is the old saying “When in Rome.” The idea of course is that if you are a particular area or with a group of people you act like they do. If you are with a sophisticated people you act sophisticated. If you are Red Necks you act like a Red Neck. If you are among Pagans then act like one. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Walk The Walk

Contributed by Paul Hammons on Mar 13, 2007

Ephesians 4:1, “I… beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called.” I really believe that there are a lot of people who claim to have a relationship with Christ, but don’t. They talk the talk, but they don’t walk the walk.

Walk The Walk; Ephesians 4:1 Reporters and city officials gathered at a Chicago railroad station one afternoon in 1953. The person they were meeting was the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner. A few minutes after the train came to a stop, a giant of a man - six feet four inches with bushy hair and a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1, Ephesians 4:2-25

Brand New Man Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on Mar 26, 2007

As Christians, our daily walk should be categorically different than that of non-Christians. Our walk should reflect the fact that we are newly created in Christ.

1. A brand-new man thinks right (17-18) 2. A brand-new man feels right (19) 3. A brand-new man acts right (20-22) 4. A brand-new man is right (23-24) EPHESIANS 4:17-24 I remember back several years ago when we lived in Mississippi, I had an old, beat up Toyota pickup. I bought it while we were ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24

Denomination: Baptist

Spitting Image

Contributed by Wes Hamilton on Apr 12, 2007

The question came to mind “Who do you want to look like?” Then he cut to the chase… “Who are you trying to look like.” That’s a good question…for all of us. We are all influenced to one degree or another, we all take our cues from someone Who

Intro: The other day I stumbled across a website called myheritage.com. The site is a genealogical database designed to help people reconstruct their family history. That in and of itself is nothing new, but this one is different because it uses face recognition software to do so. The idea is for ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24

Denomination: Baptist

Under Construction

Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jan 15, 2008

He is building us up.

Under Construction Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; Eph 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-29

Denomination: Pentecostal