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We returned this morning to our study of Ephesians.

For those of you who are visiting with us, we have been moving at a rather slow pace through this wonderful letter of Ephesians, written by the Apostle Paul to believers, because it's so foundational.

And every paragraph we come to lays down another very, very foundational truth

about the Christian gospel and Christian living.

The first three chapters of this short epistle dealt with the issue of salvation,

the gospel.

The last three chapters deal with the issue of salvation, the gospel. The last three chapters deal with the issue of sanctification,

living as a Christian in the world.

And that's where we are.

And we have been directed, starting in chapter 4, verse 1,

with the word, therefore, into the practical section.

After the wonderful doxology that ends chapter 3, pay on a praise, if you will,

for the glory of the saving gospel of Christ, the theme of the opening three chapters.

We then come down to earth in chapter four,

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