Sermon Audio (7.13.14) — Ephesians 4:1-16
July 14th, 2014 | John Chandler
John Chandler took us over the midway hump and into the second half of Paul’s ancient letter to the church in Ephesus as we worked through Ephesians 4:1-16 together.
Here are the quotes that were shared:
- “It is, after all, the unity of the Messiah’s followers that will demonstrate that they are indeed the new humanity, the true people of the one God of Israel.” — NT Wright
- “The Holy Spirit is the power of the resurrection. The power of the resurrection is the life-giving Spirit. It is ruach, the creative power of God, through which God communicates his energies to his creation. That is why Paul presents the community of the risen Jesus as the place where the Spirit is manifested. The gifts of the Spirit are the energies of the new eternal life.” — Jürgen Moltmann
- “Resurrected humanity, it seems, is humanity reaching its full goal.” — NT Wright
- “What was the fruit like? Unfortunately no one can describe a taste. All I can say is that, compared with those fruits, the freshest grapefruit you’ve ever eaten was dull, and the juiciest orange was dry, and the most sweetest melting pear was hard and woody, and the wild strawberry was sour. And there were no seeds or stones, and no wasps. If you had once eaten that fruit, all the nicest things in this world would taste like medicines after it. But I can’t describe it. You can’t find out what it is like unless you can get to that country and taste it for yourself.” — CS Lewis
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