The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

This morning I know we're beginning a new year, but we're not beginning a new book.

We really find ourselves in the fourth chapter of Ephesians, and there's no reason to interrupt

that study today.

In fact, there is every reason to lay a foundation for this entire year and for all of our

lives by sticking to the very text that is next in our study of Ephesians, and that's

chapter four.

So open your Bible to Ephesians chapter four, and I want to read the opening six verses.

And then to give you a kind of an overview of what's going on in this very, very important

transitional portion of Scripture.

Ephesians four, one, therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner

worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness

with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the

unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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