What if the “battle” you’re facing isn’t against the people you think it is?

In this final message of our If/Then series through Ephesians, we unpack Paul’s famous “armour of God” passage — and discover it’s far less about spiritual aggression and far more about communal resilience, subversive grace, and the way of peace.

If Christ reigns… then how should we live?

Together we explore:

Why unity is central to the Christian life

How Jesus redefines victory and power

What Paul really means by “our struggle is not against flesh and blood”

Why the armour of God is about peace, not culture wars

How community protects us from both chaos and deception

This isn’t a call to weaponize your faith.
It’s an invitation to reimagine strength, rethink your enemies, and rediscover the kind of victory that looks like love.

Because if Jesus wins through self-giving grace…
then everything changes.

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📖 Text: Ephesians 4–6
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What does it actually look like to follow Jesus in everyday life?

In this message from our If/Then series through Ephesians, we turn to the second half of Paul’s letter—where belief turns into practice. Using the image of a “masterclass,” we explore how Paul invites followers of Jesus to learn Christ: to put off old patterns shaped by power, status, and exploitation, and to put on a new way of being marked by humility, gentleness, patience, and love.

This teaching wrestles honestly with cultural pressure, sexual ethics, speech, and formation—while holding out a hopeful vision of transformation. Paul’s call is not about moralism, but about waking up to the light of Christ and learning to live as people who reflect that light in the world.

📖 Scripture: Ephesians 4–5
✨ Themes: formation, humility, community, sexuality, waking up, spiritual growth

What if a single word could change everything?

In Ephesians 2, the apostle Paul pivots from humanity’s brokenness to God’s radical grace with one of the most important conjunctions in Scripture: “But God.” In this teaching, we explore how Paul uses language, metaphor, and imagination to describe what God has done in Jesus—and what that means for how we live together now.

We reflect on:

• Why Paul begins with an honest picture of human failure
• How “but because of God’s great love” reshapes faith from transaction to grace
• What it means to be God’s handiwork—a kind of divine poem
• The walls of hostility we build, defend, and carry
• How Jesus creates one new humanity marked by peace
• Why Paul’s primary metaphor for the church is not an army or fortress, but a home

This message invites us to consider how Christian community can become a living sign of God’s creativity, welcome, and reconciliation—for the good of the world.

📖 Scripture: Ephesians 2
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