• Mar
    25
    WEEK
    13
    Cutting Away the Old
    by Rick Joyner

    This week we continue to study our purpose in Christ with Ephesians 2:11-13:


    Therefore remember, that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "Uncircumcision" by the so-called "Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands

    remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and...
  • Mar
    18
    WEEK
    12
    The Gift of God, Part 2
    by Rick Joyner

    This week we continue our study with Ephesians 2:10
     

    For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

    The first point in this text is that we are God’s workmanship, not our own. In the world, "self-made" men and women are esteemed, but not so in Christ. Our goal is to submit to His workmanship, to become what He wants us to be. How do we do this?

    First, we must understand...

  • Mar
    11
    WEEK
    11
    The Gift of God, Part 1
    by Rick Joyner

    This week we continue the study of our calling with Ephesians 2:8-9:


    For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.


    Why would Paul revert back to talking about something so basic after explaining to the Ephesians that they were called to such lofty things as being seated with Christ in the heavenly places? Because in this life the tendency to begin judging ourselves, and
    ...

  • Mar
    04
    WEEK
    10
    Your Calling to Sit
    by Rick Joyner

    Our text for this week is Ephesians 2:1-7:


    And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

    In which you formerly walked according to the course of the world, according to the prince of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

    ...
  • Feb
    25
    WEEK
    9
    Ultimate Authority
    by Rick Joyner

    Last week we discussed, "...the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might" (Ephesians 1:19). It should be the ultimate goal of every Christian to live by the strength of His might and not just our own strength. The next four verses direct us to the way in which we do this:


    which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at...