You are a saint because Jesus imputed righteousness to you.

He who knew no sin became sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in him. So I need you to understand you're a saint.

He thought he was God's servant. Then he became God's son. Hello and thanks for stopping by

for today's Destin for Victory, where we feature the preaching ministry of Pastor Paul

Shepard. Saul of Tarsus was a long-time Pharisee, zealous for the law, and an executioner

of Christians, until he became one himself. Today we begin an in-depth look at the book of

Ephesians, written by Paul, to show us the difference between our old life before Christ

and our new life in Christ.

Stay with us here to find out more about this journey from sinner to saint or stop by

Pastor Paul.net to listen on demand. That's pastor paul.net. Right now, let's give a listen to

today's Destin for Victory Message, God's family portrait.

I want to launch a series.

It's been quite a while since I preached a series on the entire book of Ephesians.

And I want to do that.

It's been probably 15, if not longer, years.

And so it's time for me to walk with you through the book of Ephesians, one of Paul's powerful letters in the New Testament, that helps us learn how to live together as the

family of God.

And it has quite a family theme.

And because our church is really big now on developing

life groups and getting people to think not individualistically about your salvation, I think

that's a big problem in today's world. We all, you know, are exposed to folks who love

independence. Now here in our country, we love independence.

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