Walk in the Light (Part 2) - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

Live as children of light!

This week Ps Rob talks from Ephesians 5:8-10. God’s word is a light to our path. Together we explore some characteristics of light and its importance to our life as God’s children. Light guides, comforts, cleanses, exposes, gives hope.

Ephesians 5:8-10 (NIV)
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord.

Walk In The Light (Part 1) - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

Decide to walk in the light

In Ephesians 5:1-7, Pastor Rob speaks on living a life that is pleasing to God.

Are You Experiencing Change - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

Are you experiencing change since giving your life to Christ?

This week Ps Rob continues his Ephesians Series, showing from Ephesians 5:1-7 that every believer of Christ must experience change. With the help of the Holy Spirit we are to put off our old self and put on the new self.

Together we look at some of the things that Paul instructed the Ephesians and us to ‘put off.’

Futility (Part 2) - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

Following from last week’s message, this week's is about not living the same as the world does with their futility of thinking, touching on various topics.

Is Your Thinking Futile (Part 1)? - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

This week Pastor Rob starts talking from Ephesians 4:17-24 about our new man and what we have in Christ. He warns us against the way the world lives with the futility of their thinking, which is separated from God’s life and is motivated by a hard heart.

Ephesians 4:17-18 (NIV) 
17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.

The recording starts with a powerful prayer for people in need.

Growing Up - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

Continuing in Ephesians, we have impressed on us the dangers kids are facing today and things we can do to safeguard them and ourselves as we grow, and ground us so we aren't swayed by every wind of doctrine.

You Have Gifts - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

You have gifts. This week Pastor Rob continues discussing gifts from the Holy Spirit. He talks from Ephesians 4:12-16 about the gifts that God equips each of us believers with to help connect the Body to Christ our Head.

Ephesians 4:12 (NIV)
12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up

We NEED the 5-Fold - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

In this week’s sermon we are in Ephesians 4:11-13. Ps Rob continues his series by exploring each of the 5-fold gifts. In this modern world, who are these apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers? And why do we still absolutely NEED them in our lives today.

Ephesians 4:11-13 (NKJV)

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

Grace and Gifts - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

Continuing in Ephesians, we discuss primarily, the 5-fold ministry, and the gifts of the Spirit.

Unity of the Spirit - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

This week Ps Rob continues expounding on Ephesians 4v1-6.

Rob reminds us that the Holy Spirit unifies us. The Holy Spirit enables us to fellowship with other genuine Christ-loving believers anywhere in the world. So, Paul urges us to make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace (v3). When we do this we will enter into the fulness of oneness in Christ (v4-6).

Apology: There are a few moments in final 4 minutes when the sound cuts out. The microphone battery was going flat.

Ephesians 4:1-6 (NKJV)

1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

A Change of Focus - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

In this message Ps Rob unpacks Ephesians 3v20 to 4v2 in which Paul's changes his focus. After encouraging us that God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, Paul urges us to live a life worthy of our calling to represent Christ.

Ephesians 3:20 - 4:2 (NIV)

20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ

1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

For This Reason - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

Ps Rob touches on the book of Ephesians, and the Bible as a whole, principalities and powers, and our ability to boldly come before God.

We Exist to Reveal God's Manifold Wisdom - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

“The manifold, many coloured aspects ofJesus”

This week in the Ephesians Series, Ps Rob unpacks Paul’s earnest revelation in Ephesians 3:5-11 that the Church is called to display God’s infinite manifold wisdom.

This is what we are about.

Our purpose - the purpose of the Church - is to reveal that God is infinitely wise! His plan is for us to actively and intentionally reveal His manifold wisdom both in the natural and spiritual realms - through preaching the Gospel, laying hands on people, delivering people, healing people, displaying His power, remaining strong in faith and love despite severe suffering, etc.

Ephesians 3:10 (NIV)
10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

Israel Has Not Been Superseded - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

Israel has not been superseded by the Christian Church.

In this week's episode, Ps Rob unpacks Ephesians 3:1-7. We look at why Replacement Theology (aka Supersessionism) is bad for Israel, the Christian Church, and society in general. The truth is that Israel is most definitely still the people of God, and "through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with [emphasis added] Israel". We are grafted in.

Ephesians 3:6 (NIV)
6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus. 

Unpacking The Mystery - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

Starting in Ephesians, chapter 3, verses 1-2, Pastor Rob explores the contention in the early church regarding the inclusion of the gentiles, the importance of the fellowship, and choosing Jesus now.

Christ Made Us Heavenly Citizens - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

Listen to this week’s episode of the Ephesians Series as Ps Rob explores Chapter 2, verses 11 to 22.

In this episode we discover that Christ brought both Jews and Gentiles together as fellow citizens and members of God’s household. And this has staggering implications.

Ephesians 2:19 (NIV)

19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,

Our Responsibility as God’s Power-filled Church - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

In this week’s episode of the Ephesians Series, Ps Rob finishes exploring Apostle Paul’s powerful prayer for us - and finishes Chapter 1!

Listen as we explore Ephesians 1:19-23 to understand who we are as the Church, the only entity on the planet with the job of making Christ known.

Being the Church is an awesome, fearful and serious responsibility. So, God gives us His exceedingly great power to fulfill that responsibility.

Ephesians 1:19 (NKJV)

19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power

Don't Let Fear Consume You - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

In this season of viruses and upheaval, don’t let fear consume you. This week Ps Rob takes us through Ephesians 1:9-14. We discover that if you have genuinely surrendered to Christ as your Saviour, then your eternal inheritance is guaranteed. And God puts His Holy Spirit inside you as a deposit, guaranteeing that you will receive God’s inheritance for you.

If you haven’t yet surrendered to Christ, click here to read a free pamphlet that will help you. Also, you are welcome to phone us on (04) 563 7936 if you want to ask any questions.

God's Mysteries Revealed, Pt 2 - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

In this message we have a little of the churches past, it's continued importance, and partially speaking on the walls that were broken down for the inclusion of the gentiles.

God's Mysteries Revealed Pt 1 - Ephesians 2021-22 Series

This week Ps Rob continues his series through the book of Ephesians. Starting at Ephesians 1:9, Ps Rob unpacks the mystery of Christ - that both Jews and Gentiles might be one through Christ. That is, we get to become part of God’s family, a mystery that was hidden to generations before Christ.

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