Ephesians 4:27-28 /Knowing who we are also means knowing who we aren’t. In Ephesians 4, we are instructed to put away the old and childish ways of our past and to put on the new man, the character and behavior of a victorious child of God. In this sermon, we look at the role the devil plays in tempting our old man and then we consider what it means to embrace our identity as a laborer and provider.

Ephesians 4:25-26 / For Christians, we have a past that is constantly trying to reassert itself within our new life; an old man that is threatening our new identity. This week we discuss the old man traits of lying and wrathful responses. We look at what scripture says about controlling our emotions and grounding our minds and speech in truth.

Ephesians 4:17-24 / For the Christian, patterns of sin have a way of eroding our identity in Christ and leaves us feeling hopeless. Today, we discuss how believers fall back into sin and we learn what it looks like to avoid going back to our old identity in the flesh.

Ephesians 4:13-16 / Many people don’t have a high estimation of the church; perhaps that is because most institutional church seems to have forgotten its divine purpose or perhaps it has to do with societies collective selfishness. But when a church invests in a way that is biblical, it’s a remarkable thing. The church has the ability to affect us deeply and change the way we see ourself and our purpose. In this sermon we ask, what benefit does the church bring to my life and what does it look like to involve myself in it’s work?

Ephesians 4:7-12 / Christ gave his life to deliver captivity captive, to provide us with salvation, and to dispense gifts to each of us that we might have value in the mission ahead of us. While many of us appreciate our salvation, very few of us appreciate the value of our gifting. What does it look like to intentionally cultivate our gifts and respect the gifting of others?

Ephesians 4:4-6 / In this second of two sermons on like-mindedness, we learn that unity in our church is contingent on what we concede about God, what doctrines we hold to. If we are going to have a healthy church family, then we will all need to strive for like-mindedness as it concerns the word of God and what it means for our lives. What we discover in today’s sermon, is that our personal and collective identities rest upon our ability to learn and agree on truth.

Ephesians 4:4-6 / Unity in our church is contingent on what we concede about God, what doctrines we hold to. If we are going to have a healthy church family, then we will all need to strive for like-mindedness as it concerns the word of God and what it means for our lives. What we discover in today’s sermon, is that our personal and collect identities rest upon our ability to learn and agree on truth.

Ephesians 4:1-3 / Everyone knows, that identity is informed by and reflected in our words an actions. To call yourself a Christian means that you not only identify with Christ and his calling but also his manner. In this sermon we are called to “walk worthy of our vocation”. We will ask ourselves, does our character and personality match our identity or is their contradiction in our walk?

Ephesians 3:14-21 / We know that God has called us and qualified us for the work of his mission, but we often get caught in the trap of relying on our flesh to ensure that life and ministry unfold the way we imagine it should. But why doesn’t it work? Why do we feel deflated? Where is the power? Where is the virtue? In this sermon we learn that through God and his love, he has provided us everything we need.

Ephesians 3:8-13 / The world teaches us to summarize our personal identity based on pedigree, education, experience and acquired skill. But what Christ teaches us is that our qualifications for the ministry are not measured by the world’s standards. In this sermon, we learn that God has not only called us, but also qualified us for the mission - - we simply have to commit in faith to obey.

Ephesians 3:1-7 / When discussing identity, it’s important to consider the role that confidence plays in our understanding of self. The confidence that the Christian needs is not a self-confidence, but assurance in what God has called us to, a certainty in his purpose for our lives. In this sermon, we consider what it truly means to find confidence in who he has made us to be.

Ephesians 2:11-22 / In our series “Finding Our Identity”, we have been exploring just how difficult it is to know who we are and what our purpose in life is. Oftentimes we look to our past to help us uncover who we truly are. In Ephesians 2, God does the same thing; he points us back to who we were before he found us and graciously declare who he has made us to be. Christ has become our hope, and because of that, our identity has been forever changed.

Ephesians 2:9-10 / So many of us have been taught to understand our identity in terms of what we “do”: our vocation, our passion projects, our responsibilities. But are the things we do meant to define us? In what way? In this sermon on Ephesians 2:8-10 we consider the doctrine of our salvation and the work of Christ in order to better understand who we are.

Ephesians 2:1-7 / Every person faces moments of identity crisis, moments where they ask: how did I get here? am I content with who I have become? where am I going and what is my purpose? In Ephesians 2 we discover the perspective we need in order to find value and peace in the identity that Christ has given us: past, present and future.

Ephesians 1:15-18 / We have just learned that God desires for us to get his vantage point and his mind by way of knowledge, understanding and wisdom. But once we begin to see our identity from this perspective, what do we discover? What can God see and understand that we struggle to know? Today we will learn about some of God’s insights and what they mean for how we understand ourselves.

Ephesians 1:15-18 / In order to identify and perceive ourselves rightly, it requires that we gain God’s insight. Paul takes time here to pray for the church in Ephesus that they would have, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. In this second sermon focused on wisdom, we address what it means to gain a divine insight, one that informs a spiritual view of ourselves and the world in which we live.

Ephesians 1:15-18 / In order to identify and perceive ourselves rightly, it requires that we gain God’s insight. Paul takes time here to pray for the church in Ephesus that they would have, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. In this sermon, we address what it means to gain a divine insight, one that informs a spiritual view of ourselves and the world in which we live.

Ephesians 1:7-14/ The journey to finding our true personal identity can be a long and difficult one. Life is hard and confusing, but faith in Christ has a way of simplifying our reality. Today we continue exploring what it means to find our identity in the person of Christ, by asking how does knowing Christ effect how I understand myself?

Ephesians 1:3-6 / In the Book of Ephesians, we will be uncovering what it means to know who we are in light of what God says about us. Paul takes time to describe to the church what God has in store for us in heavenly places. These eternal blessing should inform our temporal reality, but so often our sins are difficult to let go of, but is that because we don’t know God the way we should?