Image from: Lifting Up the King in Ephesus

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1 Image from: Lifting Up the King in Ephesus

2 Image from: Writing to the Ephesians

3 The Church at Ephesus after Acts 19 Image from: Acts 20:17-38

4 Acts 20:29-31 [29] I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; [30] and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

5 Acts 20:29-31 [31] Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears.

6 The Church at Ephesus after Acts 19 Image from: Ephesians

7 Ephesians 1:15-16 [15] For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, [16] do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;

8 The Church at Ephesus after Acts 19 Image from: 1 Timothy

9 1 Timothy 1:3-5 [3] As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, [4] nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith. [5] But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

10 The Church at Ephesus after Acts 19 Image from: Revelation 2:1-7

11 Revelation 2:2-4 [2] I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;

12 Revelation 2:2-4 [3] and you have perseverance and have endured for My name's sake, and have not grown weary.

13 Revelation 2:2-4 [4] But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

14 The Church at Ephesus after Acts 19 Image from: They show us the importance of both godly teaching and godly love.

15 God s High Calling in Ephesians Image from: Chapter 1: God s Plans for the Church

16 Ephesians 1:3-4 [3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

17 Ephesians 1:3-4 [4] just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him.

18 Ephesians 1:10 [10] with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him

19 God s High Calling in Ephesians Image from: Chapter 2: God s Construction of the Church

20 Ephesians 2:19-22 [19] So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household,

21 Ephesians 2:19-22 [20] having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,

22 Ephesians 2:19-22 [21] in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, [22] in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

23 God s High Calling in Ephesians Image from: Chapter 3: God s Mystery in the Church

24 Ephesians 3:4-6 [4] By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

25 Ephesians 3:4-6 [5] which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

26 Ephesians 3:4-6 [6] to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

27 God s High Calling in Ephesians Image from: Chapter 4: The Walk of the Church

28 Ephesians 4:1-6 [1] Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,

29 Ephesians 4:1-6 [2] with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, [3] being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

30 Ephesians 4:1-6 [4] There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; [5] one Lord, one faith, one baptism, [6] one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.

31 Ephesians 4:17,24 [17] So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

32 Ephesians 4:17,24 [24] and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

33 God s High Calling in Ephesians Image from: Chapter 5: The Love and Light of the Church

34 Ephesians 5:1-2 [1] Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; [2] and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

35 Ephesians 5:8-11 [8] for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light

36 Ephesians 5:8-11 [9] (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), [10] trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

37 Ephesians 5:8-11 [11] Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;

38 God s High Calling in Ephesians Image from: Chapter 6: The Armor of the Church

39 Ephesians 6:10-13 [10] Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. [11] Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

40 Ephesians 6:10-13 [12] For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

41 Ephesians 6:10-13 [13] Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

42 Image from: Let s Walk Worthy of our high calling!