January 11, 2026

How Now Shall We Live?

Teacher: Tim Paulding Series: Ephesians Topic: God's Secret Purposes Revealed Passage: Ephesians 4:1

How Now Shall We Live? (Ephesians 4:1) 

Introduction

Ephesians 2:10 

Exodus 20:1–3 

Ephesians 4:3, 4, 5, 12–13, 16

 

Three Elements of Your Response to God’s Initiative

1) The Motivation of Your Response 

2 Timothy 3:16–17 

Ephesians 1:4, 5 

Ephesians 2:1, 2, 3, 4–7 

Romans 8:32 

Philippians 2:12–13

 

2) The Model for Your Response 

Ephesians 3:1 (compare to 4:1) 

Acts 28:30–31; Philippians 1:12; 4:10–13 

Ephesians 3:13; Philippians 1:29–30

 

3) The Mission of Your Response 

Ephesians 2:1, 2 

Philippians 1:27; Colossians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:12 

Matthew 22:11–14 

Romans 8:28–30

 

2 Thessalonians; 1 Corinthians 1:9; Colossians 3:15 

Romans 1:6,7 

1 Peter 2:9; Romans 4:17; Ephesians 4:4 

2 Timothy 1:9–10 

Ephesians 4:2–4