Pastor Rick Beaudry continues the "Filled Up" series with an in-depth study of Ephesians 4:11-16, explaining how Christ gifts us with apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastor-teachers to equip us for the work of ministry. We are called to move from looking up for our gifts to actively building up one another, growing into mature believers who speak truth in love rather than remaining as children tossed by every wind of doctrine. As each of us functions properly within the body, supplying our unique measure through love, we grow up into Christ and experience the fullness He intends for His church.

Pastor Rick Beaudry unpacks Ephesians 4:7–10 (Part One of his “Filled Up” series), urging us to be filled with the Holy Spirit and to exercise the unique gifts God has given each of us so the body of Christ can grow into the fullness of Christ. He explains the variety of spiritual gifts, the stewardship responsibility illustrated by the talents, and the call to “look up, ask, seek, knock” as we discover and reinvest what we’ve been given. He warns against false teachings, social-media spiritual abuse, and the need to be Bereans who compare Scripture with Scripture, contrasting being Spirit-filled with being influenced by the world. Drawing on Christ’s descent, victory, and ascension, he calls us to bold, faithful gospel witness so the church might be edified and filled up in love.

Pastor Rick Beaudry reads Ephesians 4:1-6 and urges us to walk worthy of our calling, stressing lowliness, meekness, long-suffering, love, and the unity of the Spirit. He contrasts faithful waiting and sacrificial worship with worldly conformity, warns against false prophets and narcissistic leaders, and insists Jesus must remain central to our lives and church. Personal anecdotes and pastoral prayers illustrate repentance, gratitude expressed through worshipful giving and baptism, and perseverance amid suffering. The teaching presses us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, take every thought captive to Christ, and live with the blessed hope of His imminent return.

Pastor Rick Beaudry expounds Ephesians 3:14–21, presenting Paul’s prayer as a plea for the Holy Spirit’s dunamis (power to love) so that belief moves from head knowledge into agape that builds and edifies. He walks through Paul’s posture (kneeling), petition (strength, stability, comprehension, and saturation of Christ’s love), and praise, illustrating humility and dependence on God with biblical examples like Hezekiah, Naaman, and the Samaritan woman. Warning against cultural and political division and empty, worldly methods, he urges the church to be rooted and grounded in love so we stand out, forgive enemies, care for the lost, and let Christ live through us. Beaudry closes by pressing us to receive the overflowing fullness of God: asking for hearts empowered to love and inviting those who don’t know Christ to open their hearts to Him.

Pastor Rick Beaudry reads and expounds Ephesians 3:1–13, unpacking Paul’s identity as the “prisoner of Jesus Christ” and the dispensation of God’s grace. He defines grace as God’s unmerited favor, explains the revealed mystery that Gentiles and Jews are now fellow heirs in one body, and recounts Paul’s calling to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ. Beaudry stresses perspective amid suffering - persecution can advance the gospel and God’s strength is perfected in weakness - and warns against despising the spirit of grace. The message closes with an appeal that we embrace God’s grace, deepen our commitment to Scripture and discipleship, and rejoice in the church’s unity as the manifold wisdom of God is made known to us.

Pastor Rick Beaudry unpacks Ephesians 2:11–22, contrasting the Gentiles’ former state, with the new reality “in Christ” where the blood of Jesus breaks down the dividing wall between Jew and Gentile. He emphasizes the church as one new man, built on the apostles and prophets with Jesus as the cornerstone, giving both Jews and Gentiles access to God by one Spirit and assurance of salvation. The message ties doctrinal truths about justification, resurrection, and eternal security to practical exhortations: love one another, resist division over peripheral issues, and boldly approach the throne of grace. Beaudry also warns of cultural decay and end-times signs while calling us to humility, unity, and to invite others into Christ.

Pastor Rick Beaudry expounds Ephesians 2:7–10, unpacking grace, salvation as a gift received by faith, and the believer as God’s poiēma; His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works ordained beforehand. He contrasts our sinful past with the present blessing and future restoration, describes sanctification as the potter’s shaping through Scripture, prayer and suffering, and warns that works are the fruit of salvation, not the means to earn it. Beaudry calls us to rest in Christ’s finished work, yield to the transforming work of the Spirit, and shine as light to expose darkness so God’s exceeding riches of grace are revealed.

Pastor Rick Beaudry preaches from Ephesians 2:1,6, unpacking humanity’s condition apart from Christ as dead, disobedient, depraved, and doomed. He contrasts that hopeless state with God’s mercy: the Spirit’s quickening, our raising and seating with Christ, and urges us to repentance, holy living, and dependence on the Holy Spirit rather than the world’s wisdom. Drawing on Genesis, Romans, John, Acts, the Psalms and prophetic scripture, he warns against compromise, underscores the reality of judgment and hell, and affirms salvation by grace through faith. The sermon closes with a pastoral invitation to receive Christ and an exhortation to live in grateful, Spirit-filled obedience.

Pastor Rick Beaudry reads Ephesians 1:15–23 and urges the church to pursue the pleroma: the fullness and maturity that are ours in Christ rather than remaining spiritual babes. He prays for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so we might know Christ personally, understand his plan and inheritance for us, experience resurrection power, and recognize Christ’s preeminence over all powers. He warns against superficial, marketing-driven church trends, calls us to steady Scripture-based discipleship and holiness, and emphasizes the blessed hope of Christ’s return along with the fellowship of his sufferings. The message closes with a heartfelt invitation to respond, pray, and deepen our relationship with Jesus.

Pastor Rick Beaudry preaches on Ephesians 1:13–14 as part three of “Plutocrats,” framing the triune work of salvation: predestined by the Father, purchased by the Son, and preserved by the Holy Spirit. He teaches the Holy Spirit as the promised Comforter who convicts, indwells, and seals believers, highlighting the seal’s security, authenticity, ownership, and authority, and as the earnest down payment guaranteeing our inheritance and the Lord’s return. Beaudry warns against worldly false hopes, technocratic counterfeits, and apostate teaching, urging the church to humble vigilance, prophetic understanding, and faithful witness. He closes by calling us to rest in Christ’s finished work, embrace the Holy Spirit’s seal as our engagement ring with Jesus, and respond to the gospel if we have not yet received that assurance.