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Ephesians 4:1-5 Lettuce or Olive Trees? - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: July 17, 2016

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (Ephesians 4:)

Replacement Theology that says the Church has replaced Israel,

-attacks the Word of God,

-attacks the character of God,

-attacks the covenant of God,

-attacks the grace and mercy of God.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 4:5)

Don't just watch the news until your peace goes away. Focus on the Lord and watch as your fear and burdens go away.

Selected Notes/Illustrations

Aleph	1	The picture is of an Ox, Bull. It means strength, leader, first. What is first, what is important, where you get your strength. 1-I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other Gods before me.
Bet	2	The picture is of a house. It means a family, house, what's inside. 2-You shall not make any graven images.
Gimel	3	The picture is of a camel. It means to lift up, to exalt. 3-You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Dalet	4	The picture is of a door. It means the door, the way, the path. 4-Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Hey	5	The picture is of a window. It means to behold, to reveal, the Holy Spirit. 5-Honor your father and your mother.
Vav	6	The picture is of a nail. It means to secure, to not let go, a hook, a nail. 6-Thou shalt not murder.
Zayin	7	The picture is of a weapon. It means to cut, a weapon, to separate. 7-Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Chet	8	The picture is of a fence. It means to protect, to keep in. 8-Thou shalt not steal.
Tet	9	The picture is of a snake. It means to surround, a snake. 9-Thou shalt not bear false witness.
Yod	10	The picture is of an open hand. It means to create, work, God, to make with your hands. 10-Thou shalt not covet.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

Ps 122:6 NKJV

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May they prosper who love you.

Gen 12:3 NKJV

I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

Eph 2:6 NKJV

and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Eph 1:19-20 NKJV

19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

Eph 4:1 NKJV

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

Eph 2:8-10 NKJV

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.

Eph 4:17 NKJV

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

Eph 5:2 NKJV

And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

Eph 5:8 NKJV

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Eph 5:15-16 NKJV

See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Eph 5:15-17 NLT

15 So be careful how you live. Don't live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 17 Don't act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.

Eph 5:15-17 CJB

15 Therefore, pay careful attention to how you conduct your life — live wisely, not unwisely. 16 Use your time well, for these are evil days. 17 So don’t be foolish, but try to understand what the will of the Lord is.

Eph 5:15-16 CJB

15 Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people), 16 Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil.

Gal 5:1 NKJV

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Gal 5:1 NLT

So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law.

Eph 6:11 NLT

Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.

Eph 6:13 NKJV

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Eph 6:14 NKJV

Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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