Part 5 | His House Blesses My House
From Ephesians 5:17-21
Outline:
Ephesians 5:17-21 – priorities of the [BLANK].
Ephesians 5:22-6:4 – realities of the [BLANK].
in a life-giving – a life-giving !
3 Signs of a Good Church Gathering:
1. A gathering that calls you to follow , not the .
📖 Genesis 11:1-4 (ESV) Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”
POINT: be with the of the .
3 Signs of a Good Church Gathering:
2. A gathering that continually the of the .
📖 Ephesians 5:18 (ESV) And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, light is found in all that is good and right and true)
The Holy Spirit brings .
📖 Psalm 4:7 (ESV) You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
The Holy Spirit in God’s .
📖 John 14:17 (ESV) The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
The Holy Spirit to us from this life.
📖 John 16:13 (ESV) He will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Let’s Take the Test: Am I ?
Example #1: Filled to & .
📖 Matthew 3:16-17 (ESV) when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Example #2: Filled to the Church.
📖 Acts 6:2-3 (ESV) And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. 3 Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.
Example #3: Filled to the Gospel.
📖 Acts 4:31 (ESV) And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
Example #4: Filled to for God’s [ .
📖 Acts 7:55 (ESV) But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God …60 And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
3 Signs of a Good Church Gathering:
3. A gathering where people are , , and .
📖 Ephesians 5:19-21 (ESV) addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
“I am currently my Church on the weekend”: YES NO .
📖 Luke 22:27 (ESV) I am among you as the one who serves.
📖 Mark 10::45 (ESV) For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
📖 Matthew 26:11 (ESV) The greatest among you shall be your servant.
📖 John 4:35 (ESV) Lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.
Sermon in a Sentence:
Reject nominal, casual and embrace , fullness and mission for the of Jesus Christ.
