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What do you do when you encounter misunderstandings? Do you get up and publicly shame the person? Do you try to overcome it by teaching the truth? Do you just overlook it? In today’s passage we encounter three misunderstandings of the gospel in Ephesus.

Introduction: Encountering Misunderstandings

1. Encouraging Bold Apollos (18:24-28)

           Discrete Priscilla and Aquila

2. Evangelising Ignorant “Disciples” (19:1-10)

           Jesus and the Spirit

           All Asia hears

3. Power Encounters (19:11-19)

            Jesus and Magic

4. Lessons From The Summit (19:20)

           i) We will encounter misunderstandings

           ii) The gospel is the power of God for salvation

           iii) Let all the world hear!

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Often we find it so hard to be bold in sharing our faith. We don’t want to be labelled intolerant, or insensitive. When the work of evangelism is tough, it’s so

1)  The Gospel is to be Proclaimed – Persuasively (1-4)

2)  Persuasive Gospel Proclamation Provokes Intense Opposition (5-9)

3) Persuasive Gospel Proclamation Provokes Intense Searching of the Scriptures (10-15)

Introduction: The strange world of Acts

1. The Gospel is to be Proclaimed – Persuasively (1-4)

2. Gospel Proclamation Provokes Intense Opposition (5-9)

3. Gospel Proclamation Provokes Intense Searching of the Scriptures (10-15)

4. Proclaim the Provocative Gospel

           i) Proclaim Persuasively

           ii) Prepare for Persecution

           iii) Persevere

This sermon was preached at St Mary's Cathedral, KL on 16th May 2010.

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The further that you press on, the more aware you are of sin. The longer you are a Christian, the more you appreciate the holiness of God, and his

Would God really use a wretched sinner like me in his Kingdom?

If that is you, then this passage this morning is for you. Because it’s all about God’s abounding grace to sinners, through Jesus.

Introduction: Can God really use sinners in his service?

Context

1.    God’s super-abounding grace (12-17)

a. Paul’s past (12-13)

b. God’s grace (13-14)

 c. Why Christ came (15-16)

 d. Praise God! (17)

2.  Hold fast to the gospel (18-20)

 a. The charge (18-19a)

b.  The danger (19b-20)

3. Implications

a. Christ came for sinners

b. We’re saved to serve

c. Hold fast to the gospel of grace

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It’s never easy to swim against the tide. But there is often pressure to conform to the ways of this world. How can we ensure that we do not love the world, but give our heart to Christ alone?

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There are few things that we crave more than deep personal relationship. Yet often we feel disconnected from others and from God. How can we have a deep, personal relationship with God assured of his acceptance and love?

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"Prayer is not just talking to God but is an appeal to God on the basis of His character to come through on His promise". It is "audible faith", faith that is expressed as we walk daily in step with the Spirit. This video helps us look at the purpose and power of communal prayer when the body of Christ gathers and relate together to the Father through the Son by the Spirit.

The Christian life is long and hard. There are many temptations to sin and we have a spiritual enemy who wants us to fall. How do we protect ourselves from Satan and his demonic forces? How can the gospel strengthen us to stand firm to the end? Join us as we explore the topic of "Spiritual Warfare" from Ephesians 6:10-24 to close off our series.

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We live in a dark world and the temptation for every Christian is to conform to this world, walking in the darkness rather than in the light. If we are to witness Christ in this world, we know we must have courage to be different. But how? Ephesians 5:1-21 shows us 4 key ways we are to walk as children of light in a world full of darkness.

It is not difficult to notice that our world is deeply divided. We are divided by race, religion, social status, political persuasion and more. We tend to protect our own kind and reject those who are different. Our world longs for unity. But no matter how hard we try to create it, it never really works. But there is one place in this world where true unity can be found: the Church. Because Ephesians 2:11-22 tells us that the gospel is for all and has the power to unite.

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Head knowledge is insufficient without heart transformation. In Ephesians 1:15-23, we’re reminded that true knowledge of God is not simply knowing intellectual facts about God and the gospel, but having those facts so penetrate our hearts, that they transform our lives at the deepest core.

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