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Athey Creek | Audio Podcast

Through the Bible | Ephesians 4:1-14 by Brett Meador

Athey Creek | Audio Podcast

Athey Creek Christian Fellowship

Athey Creek, Bible Teaching, Jesus, West Linn, Brett Meador, Church, Through The Bible, Oregon, Religion & Spirituality, Day By Day, Pdx, Portland, Scripture, Christianity

4.9771 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

One of Satan’s top tactics to wreak havoc within the church is to cause division among Christians. In Ephesians 4:1–14, Paul begins a discussion on unity, teaching us how to combat this threat by walking in God’s grace, building our foundation on the Trinity, and using our gifts to bless the body of Christ.

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0:00.0

Ephesians chapter four.

0:04.0

Anybody old enough to remember the lone ranger and Tonto?

0:09.0

If you're a young person, if you ever get a chance to find those old episodes, they were great.

0:18.0

Riding down a canyon on their horses. Indians come on both sides,

0:22.3

a whole, you know, a bunch of them, Indians.

0:25.5

And the Lone Ranger turns to Tonto and says,

0:28.7

what are we going to do, Tonto?

0:30.3

And Tonto says, what do you mean, we, white men?

0:35.1

It was a very different age back then.

0:37.3

You know, they call it Tonto.

0:38.9

He called, Lone Ranger called Tonto, Tonto.

0:41.4

Does anybody know what that means?

0:43.6

Crazy and stupid.

0:45.3

That's what they call.

0:47.1

But there is a funny thing, Kemosabe, which is what Tonto called.

0:51.6

It means if you, there's a word that's sort of linked to that that's

0:55.7

crazy and stupid. So they both called each other crazy and stupid. That's a free before you. You

1:00.3

learn a lot on Wednesday night Bible study. But, you know, I feel like sometimes the church can

1:06.9

be like that. It's like we, we're standing with one another until things go bad and then

1:12.4

the church starts kind of bailing on each other or getting mad at each other or leaving,

1:17.5

leaving the, you know, the troops to the wolves, which Satan is like the roaring lions seeking

1:24.4

whom he may devour. And Satan wants to mess with the Church of Jesus Christ.

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