Marks of a True Christian

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Marks of a True Christian
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Real or Fake?

• Champ Internatinal
• Money
• Genuine Rolex
• The Real Deal

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Sitting in McDonalds Wont Make you a hamburger
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Sitting in CHURCH wont make you a Christian!

• You must take some action!!!

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Two Approaches

• Doctrinal
• First Principles
• Church Practice
• Practical
• Genus Specie

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Overview of Ephesians

• Chapters 1-3 Doctrinal Base
• Chapters 4-6 Practical Application
• Parallel Passages
• Colossians 3
• Romans 12
• 1 Corinthians

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Ephesians Lesson Series

• 41-7 Walk Worthy
• 48-16 Building Up the Body
• 417-520 Light Versus Darkness
• 521-69 Relationships
• 610-18 The Christian Soldier

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As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to
live a life worthy of the calling you have
received.

• Eph 41

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• live a life worthy of the calling you have
  received.

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Live Worthy of Your Calling

• Uncle Sam Wants You
• God I love you and call you.
• Developed in chapters 1-3
• The calling comes first
• Col 312 Therefore, as Gods chosen people, holy
  and dearly loved,

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Live Worthy of Your Calling

• Philippians 127, worthy of the gospel of
  Christ
• Colossians 110, to lead a life worthy of the
  Lord
• 1 Thess 212, to lead a life worthy of the God
  who calls
• Not mere moral advicebut based on the gospel.

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A Calling or Reputation

• Family reputation
• Alumni of a school.
• Member of a team.

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Ephesians 42

• Be completely humble and gentle be patient,
  bearing with one another in love.

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Humble

• Lowliness of mindin contrast to high-mindedness.
• Weakness?
• Matthew 55 Blessed are the meek, for they will
  inherit the earth.
• Matthew 2312 For whoever exalts himself will
  be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be
  exalted.

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Gentle

• Fruit of the Spirit
• 2 Timothy 224 And the Lords servant must not
  quarrel instead, he must be kind to everyone,
  able to teach, not resentful. 25 Those who
  oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope
  that God will grant them repentance leading them
  to a knowledge of the truth

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Patient

• Long temper as compared to short temper
• Matthew 55 Blessed are the meek, for they will
  inherit the earth.
• Matthew 2312 For whoever exalts himself will be
  humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be
  exalted.

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43 Make every effort to keep the unity of the
Spirit through the bond of peace.

• Eph 43

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Unity of the Spirit

• Verns License Peacbl
• The glue or bond
• How hard do you try to get along with others?

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4 There is one body and one Spirit just as you
were called to one hope when you were called

• Eph 44

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5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism 6 one God
and Father of all, who is over all and through
all and in all.

• Eph 45

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Conclusion

• Dont just talk the talk - - - walk the walk!