Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:26-27
SERMON NOTES
Dealing with Anger
(Ephesians 4:26-27)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
1. We are to be righteously angry.
– anger is a sin in Eph.4:31; see Prov.15:18; Eccles.7:9; James 1:19-20
– but God is angry (1 Kings 11:9; …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:25
SERMON NOTES
Put Off Falsehood, Put on Truth
(Ephesians 4:25)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
1. Motives for putting off lying and putting on truth.
– ‘therefore’ in verse 25 i.e. it is looking back to previous verses. This …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:21-24
SERMON NOTES
Put On the New Life
(Ephesians 4:21-24)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
1. Beware of an empty profession.
– 4:20-21 (same expression as in 3:2); The ESV has ‘assuming’; NKJV has ‘if indeed’.
2. Put off the …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:17-20
SERMON NOTES
Put Off the Old Life
(Ephesians 4:17-20)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
1. It is necessary to put off the old life.
– 4:17; not ‘insist’ (NIV) but ‘testify’
– Hodge: ‘Truth .. has moral beauty.’
2. …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:13-16
SERMON NOTES
GROWING INTO CHRIST
(Ephesians 4:13-16)
1. We are to seek to mature together in Christ.
– 4:13-14; already is unity in 2:14; 4:3
– ‘mature’ is the same Greek word for ‘perfect’ but ‘mature’ fits better here.
– 1 John 3:2
– like …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:11-12
SERMON NOTES
GIFTS FOR MINISTRY AND EDIFICATION
(Ephesians 4:11-12)
– Calvin has pastors and teachers as two offices, but they are probably one
1. Christ’s gifts of people to His Church.
– more lists in 1 Cor.12 and Rom.12:6-8
(a) apostles. Eyewitnesses of Christ (Acts …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:7-10
SERMON NOTES
GRACIOUS GIFTS FROM CHRIST
(Ephesians 4:7-10)
– unity in faith and love (4:1-6), diversity in gifts (4:7-16)
1. Each Christian has been given a gift by Christ.
– 4:7; from the Spirit in 1 Cor.12:11; from God in Rom.12:3
– no vestigial organs …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:6
SERMON NOTES
GOD OVER, THROUGH, AND IN ALL
(Ephesians 4:6)
– only refers to the Father, but is nevertheless Trinitarian
1. God over all.
– in salvation (1:3-6); in prayer (3:14; Matt.6:9; John 16:23;)
– Trinitarian in 2:18; some prayer to the Son (Acts 7:59; …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:5
SERMON NOTES
ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM
(Ephesians 4:5)
– World Parliament of Religions in Melbourne in December 2009.
1. One Lord.
– 20 references to Jesus as Lord in Ephesians
– 1 Cor.8:6; Rom.10:9; Matt.17:1-8; Acts 4:12; Phil.2:9-11
2. One faith.
– not …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:3-4
SERMON NOTES
MAINTAINING THE UNITY WE HAVE
(Ephesians 4:3-4)
– unity centred on the Trinity (Eph.4:4-6; see too 1 Cor.12:4-6)
1. We to maintain the unity of the Spirit.
– 4:3; part of the previous sentence
– not to achieve it but to maintain it; …
