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THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

THE POSTURE OF THE

CHRISTIAN LIFE

DATE: 12/6/2009 am

TEXT: Ephesians 2:6, 10; 6:11

INTRD!CTIN:

The Book of Ephesians is an exciting book to st!"

It sti#s the hea#t $st #ea!ing it

Each book in the Bib%e has its o&n specia% the'e an! 'essage

(E)en thogh it 'a" !ea% &ith 'an" !iffe#ent topics*

The the'e of Ephesians is +O# Riches in Ch#ist,

This Book te%%s s &ho &e a#e in Ch#ist

The#efo#e as &e #ea! this book &e sho%! be seeing &ho &e

a#e an! &hat &e ha)e in Hi'

The#e a#e th#ee &o#!s in the book that set fo#th these t#ths

These th#ee &o#!s a#e -sit./ -&a%k. an! -stan!.

These th#ee &o#!s gi)e s the th#ee !i)isions of the book

The" !esc#ibe the 0ea%th/ 0a%k an! 0a#fa#e of the be%ie)e#


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The Posture of the Christian Life -Ephesians

As &e%%/ the" !esc#ibe o# #e%ationship &ith 1o!/ 'an an!

Satan

I &ant s to think of the' as !esc#ibing 2

"The #$s%&'e $( %he Ch'is%ian Li(e)

I**+ 3i! "o e)e# ha)e an A!%t 4 teache#/ etc5 te%% "o to

Sit up straight, Dont slouch

The" &e#e t#"ing to teach "o the i'po#tant of goo! post#e

As be%ie)e#s in Ch#ist &e nee! to ha)e goo! Post#e

The post#e of the Ch#istian %ife is )e#" i'po#tant to the

be%ie)e#

No be%ie)e# &i%% en$o" a%% the" ha)e in thei# sanctification o#

expe#ience a%% 1o! inten!e! thei# sa%)ation to be nti% the"ha)e a p#ope# spi#ita% post#e

Let,s p#a" an! then %ook at 6

"The #'$pe' #$s%&'e $( %he Ch'is%ian Li(e)

#ENIN- #RA.ER

I+ THE "LESSIN-S) F THE CHRISTIANS LIFE

The fi#st &o#! that I &ant s to consi!e# is the &o#! si%%in

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0e fin! the &o#! in Ephesians 2:6

It !efines a%% the b%essings that e)e#" be%ie)e# positiona%%"

en$o"s in the Lo#! 8ess

(The &o#! #$si%i$n 'eans the %ocation of so'ething*

Pa% ites/ And hath raised us up together, and made us

sit together in heavenly

places in Christ Jesus

The Ch#istian %ife sta#ts &ith sitting

The Ch#istian %ife !oes not co''ence &ith eithe# &a%king

o# stan!ing

8st %ike a bab" %ea#ns to sit p befo#e the" &a%k

It sta#ts &ith sitting in heavenly places in Christ Jesus

One &i%% ne)e# be ab%e to &a%k o# stan! n%ess fi#st of a%%/the" a#e sitting

This post#e of si%%in !esc#ibes 9 things:

A+ &' Ri3hes in Ch'is%

Look again in Ephesians 1:4Pa% sa"s 2

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ, ho hath blessed us ith all spiritual blessings in

heavenly places in Christ

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As be%ie)e#s/ &e ha)e been 'a!e Rich in Ch#ist

Pa% sa"s 2 all spiritual blessings

Pa%,s &o#!s %ite#a%%" 'ean that &e ha)e been b%esse! &ith

a%% the b%essings of the Ho%" Spi#it

all (these* spiritual blessingsa#e expon!e! pon in

5s+ 1: 71

It is inte#esting that 5s+ 71a#e acta%%" one sentence

It is %ike once Pa% got sta#te! te%%ing abot o# Riches in

Ch#ist he co%!n,t stop hi'se%f

Once he gets ot the &o#! blessedat the beginning of5+4(that,s it 2 he,s off *

He te%%s s that &e ha)e been !chosen"(5+ */ !adopted"

(5+ 8*/ !accepted"(5+ 6*/ !forgiven"(5+ * an! !sealed"

(5+ 14*

It is f#o' the &o#! blessed &e get o# &o#! eulogy

(E%og" 2 a spoken o# itten t#ibte*

It speaks of a 'essage of p#aise an! acc%a'ation

!ec%a#ing a pe#son,s goo!ness

He is 'agnif"ing 1o!,s goo!ness that has been so

&on!e#f%%" !e'onst#ate! to e)e#" be%ie)e# in Ch#ist

Consi!e#ing a%% He has !one fo# those &ho ha)e been

raisedan! 'a!e to sit,(those &ho a#e sa)e!*

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It is no &on!e# Pa% exc%ai's 2

#o the praise of $is glory9 ti'es (5s+ 6, 12, 1*IR) F THE CHRISTIAN)S LIFE

The secon! post#e &e see in Ephesians is ?a*@in

0e #ea! in Ephesians 2:10


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As &e %ook c%ose# at Ephesians &e see the kin! of beha)io#

that sho%! cha#acte#ie those &ho a#e sa)e!

Fi#st/ &e sho%!:

A+ a*@ App'$p'ia%e*B

0e #ea! in Ephesians :1 ha#'on"

(8:176:9* an! )icto#" (6:1072*

This &a%k is not a #eco''en!ation fo# a fe& Ch#istians bt

a co''an!'ent fo# a%% Ch#istians (&ho a#e sitting*

If "o a#e sa)e! this is the &a%k expecte! of s

It is an app#op#iate &a%k

e a'e %$ a*@ App'$p'ia%e*B

+ a*@ Di((e'en%*B

I**+ ance Ha)ne# sai! that the ch#ches ha)e beco'e so

&o#%!%" an! the &o#%! so ch#ch" that "o can,t te%% the t&o

apa#t

I kno& it is not pop%a# bt Ch#istians a#e to be !iffe#ent

Pa% sai! in Ephesians :1


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In Ephesians :1, 19Pa% !esc#ibes ho& those &ho a#e

nsa)e! &a%k

He sa"s 6 $aving the understanding dar&ened, being

alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that

is in them, because of the blindness of their heart' *ho

being past feeling have given themselves over unto

lasciviousness, to or& all uncleanness ith greediness)

Becase the %ost a#e in !a#kness an! a#e b%in! an! a#e

&ithot spi#ita% %ife/ the" %i)e acco#!ing%"

Be%ie)e#s ha)e been !e%i)e#e! f#o' !eath into %ife/

the#efo#e/ the" &a%k !iffe#ent%"

R$mans 6:sa"s the" ha)e been #aise! to al& in

neness of life

Pa% sai! in Ephesians 8:


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Pa% gi)es a &on!e#f% ana%og" in Ephesians :22an! 2

that !esc#ibes this !iffe#ence in &a%k

He speaks of the old manan! the ne man

Using this ana%og" he speaks of that &hich &e put off

an! that &hich &e put on

As fo# that &hich &e pt off/ Pa% sa"s in Ephesians :22

#hat ye put off concerning the former conversation the

old man, hich is corrupt according to the deceitful

lusts

The &o#! conversationspeaks of behaior

As be%ie)e#s &e a#e to put offo# formerbeha)io#/

A beha)io# that is cha#acte#istic of the old man

As a Ch#istian &e a#e to put onthe beha)io# of the neman

Pa% sa"s in 5+2


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An! he &i%% not #est in achie)ing his ob$ecti)e

The &o#! ilesspeaks of his 'etho!s an! the &a"s he

seeks to s%an!e# s

I**+ So'eone has itten: Satan is not warring oer those

who are in the world, "or he already has them in his grasp%

(is war is to con)uer those who are sitting in the pew%

Those who hae been reconciled, these are the ones he

longs to ta$e hostage once again% (is strategy isdeception, because he uses them, then to hinder the wor$

o" the church%

Fi's%,he !e%!es the' &ith othe# goa%s in %ife &hich soon

take p#io#it" o)e# the &o#k of the ch#ch an! pe#sona%

in)o%)e'ent

The" beco'e !"sfnctiona% 'e'be#s

Han!s that &i%% not &o#k

Feet that &i%% not t#a)e% to 1o!Js appointe! p%ace

A 'oth that &i%% not confess 8ess to othe#s

Ea#s that soon fai% to %isten

A b#ain that #efses to think an! !&e%% on things abo)e

La'e/ b%in! an! !eaf/ the ch#ch st#gg%es to f%fi%% 1o!,s

p#pose


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Se3$n,he %#es the' into co'p%acenc"

Ha)ing beco'e satisfie! &ith %ess than 1o!Js !esi#e fo#thei# %i)es/ the" sett%e fo# a!o%escence #athe# than 'at#ing

to a!%thoo!/ &hi%e at the sa'e ti'e be%ie)ing the" a#e

a!%ts

The" fai% to 'e!itate pon 1o!Js 0o#!/ except &hi%e

sitting in the pe&

The" gi)e token gifts instea! of sac#ifices

The" %isten to p#eaching &ith no change o# #epentance in

'in!

at#it" is not e)en in )ie&/ becase thei# e"es ha)e beenb%in!e!

E)enta%%"/ the" fin! the'se%)es atten!ing bt not

in)o%)e!

Thi',he tanta%ies thei# sense &ith fa%se teachings &ith

the p#pose of taking the' an! othe#s off co#se

Ha)ing beco'e n'b/ ne& sensations 'st fi%% the )oi!

Not n!e#stan!ing 1o!Js p#pose the" change thei# attit!e

f#o' not &anting to go be"on! &hat is itten to st#etching

the %i'its as fa# as the" can go

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principalities, against poers, against the rulers of the

dar&ness of this orld, against spiritual ic&edness in

high places

Pa% is !esc#ibing a high%" o#ganie! o#!e# of satanic

fo#ces that assist the !e)i% in achie)ing his ob$ecti)es

O# ene'ies a#e not flesh and blood

That is/ o# ene'ies a#e not h'an foes

The" a#e spi#ita% ene'ies

Ho&e)e#/ the !e)i% has often se! h'ans inst#'ents to

ca##" ot his ob$ecti)es

Behin! 'ch of the t#ob%e in Ch#ches is so'eone &ho'

Satan se! to c#eate !i)ision

(In 'an" cases/ the !e)i% got so'eone he co%! se on the

!eacon boa#! o# in %ea!eship


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Satan %ooks fo# that nga#!e! a#ea &he#e he can get an

a!)antage

Ephesians :2 < 3either give place to the devil

Pa% co''an!e! his #ea!e#s to pt on the a#'o#/ take the

&eapons/ an! &ithstan! Satan/ a%% of &hich &e !o b" faith

Kno&ing that Ch#ist has a%#ea!" conDe#e! Satan/ an! that

the spi#ita% a#'o# an! &eapons a#e a)ai%ab%e/ b" faith &eaccept &hat 1o! gi)es s an! go ot to 'eet the foe

The !a" is e)i%/ an! the ene'" is e)i%/ bt acco#!ing to

R$mans :41 < 2if God be for us, ho can be against

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In %he a%%*e $( %he Ch'is%ian *i(e ?e ha5e a a'(a'e

an a a''$e

The 0a#fa#e is &ith Spi#ita% 0icke!ness in High P%aces

The 0a#!#obe is the 0ho%e A#'o# of 1o!

CNCL!SIN

S%anin is a spi#ita% post#e that is essentia% to the Ch#istian

%ife

I #e'in! "o that "o &i%% ne)e# be ab%e to s%an nti% "o si%

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The #eason so 'an" !o not an! cannot &in in the batt%e &ith

sin an! Satan is becase the" !o ha)e at thei# !isposa% the

'eans to &in

Si'p%" state!/ the" ha)e ne)e# been sa)e!

o can,t ?a*@ o# s%annti% fi#st of a%% "o si%

Post#e is i'po#tant/ especia%%" o# Spi#ita% Post#e

Ho&,s "o#sM

A#e "o si%%in, ?a*@in an s%aninM

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