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

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It's time now to open your Bible to the book of Ephesians. We have been in Ephesians for quite a while, and with a brief apology to

those who are here visiting for the weekend, we'll sort of drop you in in the middle here,

but I think the Word of God will penetrate your heart and be helpful to you. At least that's my

prayer. In the book of Ephesians, you have

a kind of a model of a Christian instruction. You have six chapters. The first three are about

doctrine, and the second three are about practice, orthodoxy and orthopraxy. And all doctrine is for the purpose of practice.

All biblical doctrine is but a foundation for how we live our lives. And so we are in the fourth

chapter, which puts us in the second section, which is where we apply our theology

in the way we live.

And we've entitled this series, The True Christians Walk.

The true Christian was basically defined in the opening three chapters, and now we see how

true Christians live. This is a definition for us. This is what describes

a Christian, and you'll see that as I read to you the familiar words of chapter four, starting in

verse 17.

So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles

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