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Sermons on Ephesians 5

41 sermons preach from Ephesians 5 — 38 from real church libraries, transcribed and indexed to the verse, and 3 from the classic library.

“And now walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself for us in offering and sacrifice to God.”
Ephesians 5:2 · as preached in “Sunday Holy Eucharist | 7.26.26” at Washington National Cathedral
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Ephesians 5:1-20

1 sermon

“Be ye therefore followers of God... giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Gospel Assembly Church - Sunday Worship Service 4/27/2025

Gospel Assembly Church NYApr 2025

A Sunday service sermon calling believers to a transformed, disciplined Christian life — a 'new walk' marked by repentance, holiness, and practical change of habits. The preacher urged the congregation to 'do your first work' (return to first love), put off the old sinful patterns, walk circumspectly, and live visibly as ambassadors for Christ. The service also included health updates, testimonies, baptisms, encouragements to care for one another, and corporate prayer for healing and restoration.

Hear it quoted35:36Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:1-2

3 sermons

“Therefore, as dearly loved children, and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”

RCW LA - South Coast Super Regional Sunday Service | May 31st

Restored Church LAJun 2026

A Sunday service focused on maintaining a consistent walk with God “in season and out of season”: prioritize daily devotion, produce spiritual fruit year-round, and develop deep roots through Scripture and prayer. The service included worship, communion, mission/team announcements, testimonies, and practical application for summer spiritual rhythms.

Hear it quoted51:34Open this sermon

“Be imitators of God, as dear children, and live a life of love; Christ also loved you and gave himself for us (paraphrase).”

TFCC Sunday Morning Service Pastor James Edwards| Pastor Tiffaney Edwards

TFCC Transforming Faith Christian Center IncJul 2023

Pastors James and Tiffaney Edwards preach on learning God's ways, calling believers to holiness, surrender, and spiritual maturity. They contrast mere salvation with conversion, transformation and reformation, warn against tolerating 'sloppy living,' and call the congregation to practical obedience — surrender, renounce old patterns, give sacrificially, and return to corporate worship (in-person service resumed August 20).

Hear it quoted27:05Open this sermon

“Be imitators of God as dearly beloved children; live a life of love as Christ has lived us and has given himself as a sweet-smelling Savior.”

TFCC Sunday December 25, 2022 (Christmas Morning)

TFCC Transforming Faith Christian Center IncDec 2022

A Christmas morning message explaining why Jesus came — the incarnation as God entering human history to save, restore identity, and defeat Satan — and urging listeners to move from merely acknowledging Christ's birth to allowing Christ to be formed, matured, and Lord in their lives. The sermon highlights the meaning of the wise men's gifts, the importance of passing faith to children, submission to Christ's principles, generosity, and practical next steps for spiritual growth and church participation.

Hear it quoted29:52Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:1

2 sermons

“be ye imitators of God as dear children.”

July 8, 2026 • Full Service • Mark's Kingdom Rule #1

Houston Faith ChurchJul 2026

A sermon on Mark 4 emphasizing kingdom principles: the parable of the sower and the seed that grows. The pastor teaches that the 'seed' is the Word/what we say — spoken faith and repeated confession plant truth in the heart, producing spiritual fruit. He applies the parable to hearing rightly, guarding against cares and love of money, evangelism, stewardship, healing, family life, and practical kingdom living.

Hear it quoted1:30:49Open this sermon

“"Be imitators of God, as dearly beloved children" (Ephesians 5:1) referenced in the sermon.”

TFCC Sunday December 25, 2022 (Christmas Morning)

TFCC Transforming Faith Christian Center IncDec 2022

A Christmas morning message explaining why Jesus came — the incarnation as God entering human history to save, restore identity, and defeat Satan — and urging listeners to move from merely acknowledging Christ's birth to allowing Christ to be formed, matured, and Lord in their lives. The sermon highlights the meaning of the wise men's gifts, the importance of passing faith to children, submission to Christ's principles, generosity, and practical next steps for spiritual growth and church participation.

Hear it quoted29:52Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:1-16

1 sermon

“Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children, and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us; and Paul warns against sexual immorality, impurity, greed, coarse joking, and encourages thanksgiving and living as children of light.”

How to Remove it All | A Call to Holiness | Pastor Jason McMullen

Deeper Fellowship ChurchJul 2026

Pastor Jason McMullen exhorts the church to pursue holiness by removing even the smallest traces of sin (the "hint"), grounding the call in Ephesians 5 and other Scriptures. He stresses God's seriousness about sin, the higher standard for believers, and offers seven practical steps—prayer, relying on given tools (Word, Spirit, community), identifying habits/hang-ups/hindrances, confession and repentance, embracing grace, accepting consequences/accountability, and embracing freedom—to help Christians remove sinful patterns and host greater presence and breakthrough.

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Ephesians 5:2

6 sermons

“And now walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself for us in offering and sacrifice to God.”

Sunday Holy Eucharist | 7.26.26

Washington National CathedralJul 2026

A sermon reflecting on Jesus’ parables (mustard seed, yeast, hidden treasure, pearl, and the net) and Paul’s assurance that nothing can separate us from God’s love, calling listeners to patient, active discipleship that both waits for and works toward the Kingdom—marked by mercy, justice, generosity, and the proclamation of the Gospel.

Hear it quoted1:09:09Open this sermon

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Ephesians 5:3-4

2 sermons

““Among you there must not even be a hint of sexual immorality or of any kind of impurity…” (paraphrase)”

How to Remove it All | A Call to Holiness | Pastor Jason McMullen

Deeper Fellowship ChurchJul 2026

Pastor Jason McMullen exhorts the church to pursue holiness by removing even the smallest traces of sin (the "hint"), grounding the call in Ephesians 5 and other Scriptures. He stresses God's seriousness about sin, the higher standard for believers, and offers seven practical steps—prayer, relying on given tools (Word, Spirit, community), identifying habits/hang-ups/hindrances, confession and repentance, embracing grace, accepting consequences/accountability, and embracing freedom—to help Christians remove sinful patterns and host greater presence and breakthrough.

Hear it quoted47:21Open this sermon

“Look at the words the Bible uses: fornication, uncleanness, filthiness... coarse (coarse dressing/coarse jesting) — sexual immorality.”

Gospel Assembly Church - Sunday Worship Service 4/27/2025

Gospel Assembly Church NYApr 2025

A Sunday service sermon calling believers to a transformed, disciplined Christian life — a 'new walk' marked by repentance, holiness, and practical change of habits. The preacher urged the congregation to 'do your first work' (return to first love), put off the old sinful patterns, walk circumspectly, and live visibly as ambassadors for Christ. The service also included health updates, testimonies, baptisms, encouragements to care for one another, and corporate prayer for healing and restoration.

Hear it quoted1:10:55Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:3

1 sermon

“Paul says, there should not even be a hint (of sexual immorality or impurity).”

How to Remove it All | A Call to Holiness | Pastor Jason McMullen

Deeper Fellowship ChurchJul 2026

Pastor Jason McMullen exhorts the church to pursue holiness by removing even the smallest traces of sin (the "hint"), grounding the call in Ephesians 5 and other Scriptures. He stresses God's seriousness about sin, the higher standard for believers, and offers seven practical steps—prayer, relying on given tools (Word, Spirit, community), identifying habits/hang-ups/hindrances, confession and repentance, embracing grace, accepting consequences/accountability, and embracing freedom—to help Christians remove sinful patterns and host greater presence and breakthrough.

Hear it quoted34:31Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:5-6

1 sermon

“Paul says in Ephesians 5 that immoral people 'won't inherit the kingdom' and warns 'don't be fooled'.”

How to Remove it All | A Call to Holiness | Pastor Jason McMullen

Deeper Fellowship ChurchJul 2026

Pastor Jason McMullen exhorts the church to pursue holiness by removing even the smallest traces of sin (the "hint"), grounding the call in Ephesians 5 and other Scriptures. He stresses God's seriousness about sin, the higher standard for believers, and offers seven practical steps—prayer, relying on given tools (Word, Spirit, community), identifying habits/hang-ups/hindrances, confession and repentance, embracing grace, accepting consequences/accountability, and embracing freedom—to help Christians remove sinful patterns and host greater presence and breakthrough.

Hear it quoted1:07:27Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:6

1 sermon

“Let no one deceive you with empty words; for because of these things the wrath of God comes on those who are disobedient.”

The World Yesterday, The World Today , The World Tomorrow - Worship Service (March 6, 2022)

Jesus Christ To God Be The Glory Church Int'l MainMar 2022

Sermon teaching on the condition of the world across three eras—past, present, and future—calling Christians to recognize signs of moral and spiritual decline, to be prepared for the coming tribulation and rapture, and to ensure salvation through the full gospel (Christ's death, burial and resurrection), repentance, baptism in Jesus' name, and receiving the Holy Spirit.

Hear it quoted58:09Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:8-16

1 sermon

“For you were once in darkness but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light — for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth — have nothing to do with the unfruitful deeds of darkness but rather expose them; wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead and Christ will shine on you; not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity because the days are evil.”

How to Remove it All | A Call to Holiness | Pastor Jason McMullen

Deeper Fellowship ChurchJul 2026

Pastor Jason McMullen exhorts the church to pursue holiness by removing even the smallest traces of sin (the "hint"), grounding the call in Ephesians 5 and other Scriptures. He stresses God's seriousness about sin, the higher standard for believers, and offers seven practical steps—prayer, relying on given tools (Word, Spirit, community), identifying habits/hang-ups/hindrances, confession and repentance, embracing grace, accepting consequences/accountability, and embracing freedom—to help Christians remove sinful patterns and host greater presence and breakthrough.

Hear it quoted3:52Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:10

1 sermon

“Listen to these words, Ephesians 5:10 — trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.”

Living A Life That Makes Your Enemies Lion Food | Tim Dilena

Times Square ChurchJun 2026

Tim Dilena exhorts listeners to pursue a life that pleases God so God will fight on their behalf. Using Daniel in the lion's den and other biblical examples, he teaches that faithful obedience, persistent prayer, worship (the "sacrifice of praise"), and boldness in truth cause the schemes of enemies to backfire. He warns about a culture that removes God, urges Christians not to fight people but to submit to God, and closes with an invitation to surrender to Christ for breakthrough.

Hear it quoted42:14Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:11-20

1 sermon

“Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness... speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns... giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Gospel Assembly Church - Sunday Worship Service 4/27/2025

Gospel Assembly Church NYApr 2025

A Sunday service sermon calling believers to a transformed, disciplined Christian life — a 'new walk' marked by repentance, holiness, and practical change of habits. The preacher urged the congregation to 'do your first work' (return to first love), put off the old sinful patterns, walk circumspectly, and live visibly as ambassadors for Christ. The service also included health updates, testimonies, baptisms, encouragements to care for one another, and corporate prayer for healing and restoration.

Hear it quoted37:31Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:11

2 sermons

“Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”

Sunday Worship Service

Deeper Life Bible Church Washington DCJul 2026

A Sunday service focused on 'conditions for fellowshipping with God,' teaching that sin severs fellowship while genuine salvation, repentance, holiness, prayer, worship and obedience restore and sustain intimacy with God. The sermon combined exhortation, testimonies from a recent convention, practical steps for spiritual establishment, and a call to respond.

Hear it quoted2:12:15Open this sermon

“Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”

Gospel Assembly Church Convocation 2024 Friday Morning Teaching - Dr. B. Hibbert

Gospel Assembly Church NYOct 2024

Bishop B. Hibbert taught on 'irresistible grace,' explaining that God's grace transforms the heart from the inside out and must lead to holiness and committed discipleship. He contrasted 'cheap grace' (forgiveness without repentance or discipleship) with 'costly grace' (the gospel's call to deny self, take up the cross, and live a transformed life).

Hear it quoted53:38Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:14

2 sermons

Awake, Thou That Sleepest

Classic

John Wesley

"Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." Eph. 5:14. IN discoursing on these words, I shall, with the help of God, -- First. Describe the sleepers, to whom they are spoken: Secondly. Enforce the exhortation, "Awake, thou that…

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““Scripture says what? Awake in that sleep” (paraphrase of Ephesians 5:14, followed by discussion of sleeping and sleepwalking).”

Gospel Assembly Church - Sunday Worship Service 4/27/2025

Gospel Assembly Church NYApr 2025

A Sunday service sermon calling believers to a transformed, disciplined Christian life — a 'new walk' marked by repentance, holiness, and practical change of habits. The preacher urged the congregation to 'do your first work' (return to first love), put off the old sinful patterns, walk circumspectly, and live visibly as ambassadors for Christ. The service also included health updates, testimonies, baptisms, encouragements to care for one another, and corporate prayer for healing and restoration.

Hear it quoted1:05:06Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:15

1 sermon

“walk circumspectly (scripture says)”

Gospel Assembly Church - Sunday Worship Service 4/27/2025

Gospel Assembly Church NYApr 2025

A Sunday service sermon calling believers to a transformed, disciplined Christian life — a 'new walk' marked by repentance, holiness, and practical change of habits. The preacher urged the congregation to 'do your first work' (return to first love), put off the old sinful patterns, walk circumspectly, and live visibly as ambassadors for Christ. The service also included health updates, testimonies, baptisms, encouragements to care for one another, and corporate prayer for healing and restoration.

Hear it quoted58:06Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:15-17

2 sermons

“Paul said, 'live life then with a due sense of responsibility... make the best use of your time despite all the evils of these days; don't be vague but clearly grasp what you know to be the will of the Lord.'”

LIVE: First Dallas Worship | Freedom Sunday | June 21, 2026 | 9:15am CT

First Baptist DallasJun 2026

A Freedom Sunday service celebrating national and spiritual freedom, honoring military and fathers, and preaching encouragement to live with hope, courage, and productive devotion in the last days—culminating in an invitation to trust Christ.

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““Live your life then with a due sense of responsibility... make the best use of your time,” (Ephesians 5:15-17 paraphrase).”

LIVE: First Dallas Worship | Freedom Sunday | June 21, 2026 | 11am CT

First Baptist DallasJun 2026

Robert Jeffress preaches on Freedom Sunday (Father’s Day), calling believers to live in the reality of Christ’s coming and life’s brevity by being hopeful, courageous (immovable), and productive—abounding in the work of the Lord—while honoring veterans, inviting people to salvation, and encouraging practical church involvement.

Hear it quoted1:00:42Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:16

3 sermons

On Redeeming the Time

Classic

John Wesley

"Redeeming the time." Eph. 5:16. 1. "See that ye walk circumspectly," says the Apostle in the preceding verse, "not as fools, but as wise men, redeeming the time;" saving all the time you can for the best purposes; buying up every fleeting moment out of the…

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Ephesians 5:18

4 sermons

The Heinous Sin of Drunkenness

Classic

George Whitefield

Ephesians 5:18 -- "Be not drunk with Wine, wherein is Excess; but be filled with the Spirit." The persons to whom these words were written, were the inhabitants of Ephesus, as we are told in the Acts, had been worshippers of the great goddess Diana, and,…

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“The boundary the Bible gives clearly commands people not to get drunk (Ephesians 5:18).”

Should Christians Drink ALCOHOL? (What the Bible REALLY Says) | Live Free with Josh Howerton

Lakepointe ChurchApr 2026

A pastoral conversation distinguishing biblical commands from man-made rules and giving practical, Scripture-based guidance on alcohol, tattoos, and marijuana—emphasizing conscience, community impact, sobriety, and pursuing closeness to Jesus rather than merely testing boundaries.

Hear it quoted31:09Open this sermon

“The Bible says about wine, 'wherein is excess' — 'Be not drunk with wine...' (Paul's instruction).”

Gospel Assembly Church - Sunday Worship Service 4/27/2025

Gospel Assembly Church NYApr 2025

A Sunday service sermon calling believers to a transformed, disciplined Christian life — a 'new walk' marked by repentance, holiness, and practical change of habits. The preacher urged the congregation to 'do your first work' (return to first love), put off the old sinful patterns, walk circumspectly, and live visibly as ambassadors for Christ. The service also included health updates, testimonies, baptisms, encouragements to care for one another, and corporate prayer for healing and restoration.

Hear it quoted1:19:57Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:18-19

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Ephesians 5:19

1 sermon

““Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody in your heart as unto the Lord.””

Gospel Assembly Church - Sunday Worship Service 4/27/2025

Gospel Assembly Church NYApr 2025

A Sunday service sermon calling believers to a transformed, disciplined Christian life — a 'new walk' marked by repentance, holiness, and practical change of habits. The preacher urged the congregation to 'do your first work' (return to first love), put off the old sinful patterns, walk circumspectly, and live visibly as ambassadors for Christ. The service also included health updates, testimonies, baptisms, encouragements to care for one another, and corporate prayer for healing and restoration.

Hear it quoted1:32:53Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:21

1 sermon

Ephesians 5:22-25

2 sermons

“Husbands love their wives like Christ loved the church. Wives respond to their husband as the church does to Christ.”

The Portrait of a Godly Marriage | Acts 18

Passion City Church DCJul 2026

A sermon that profiles Priscilla and Aquila as a model of a ‘marriage on mission’: a couple who used their home, vocation, and lives to advance the gospel by being hospitable, available, and faithful. The preacher uses cultural and personal illustrations to encourage both married and single listeners to pursue shared vision, serve together, and center their marriage (or future marriage) on Jesus and mission.

Hear it quoted6:34Open this sermon

“Wives, submit to your husbands; are you loving her like Christ loves the church?”

ACTS I & II | The True Church | Acts 2:42-47 | Philip Anthony Mitchell

2819 ChurchMay 2026

A sermon on Acts 2:42–47 calling the church to reclaim the fourfold devotion of the early church — apostles' teaching (Scripture), fellowship (koinonia), breaking of bread (communion & shared meals), and prayer — which produced unity, generosity, signs, and steady gospel growth. Philip Mitchell exhorts both local and digital disciples to move from consumer Christianity to committed participation, supports small churches, and announces a new book, a new series, and his forthcoming sabbatical.

Hear it quoted31:57Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:22-33

1 sermon

“Go back to Ephesians chapter 5 — teaching on husbands and wives and sacrificial love (husbands love as Christ loved the church).”

RLA Sunday Service - 8/9/2026 - Jody Romero

Restoration L.A. - Live StreamAug 2026

A sermon on the Table of Covenant (Luke 22) explaining how Jesus fulfills the old covenant and establishes a better, final covenant through his blood. Communion is presented as a transformative, relational invitation that creates new identity and family, not a stale ritual.

Hear it quoted27:27Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:22

2 sermons

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. As unto the Lord.”

FGHT Weekend Bible Study: (053020) The King's Eternal Throne

Full Gospel Holy TempleMay 2020

Elder Philip Smith expounds Psalm 45 as a Messianic love psalm portraying Jesus as the suffering high priest and coming King whose eternal throne is established by God. He emphasizes Christ's gracious words, inner beauty of obedience and love, the bride (the church) prepared for the millennial marriage, and the church’s responsibility to bear spiritual children.

Hear it quoted44:20Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:22-24

1 sermon

“He gives gender-specific commands like, 'husbands, you're the head of your wife, and wives, you should submit to your husbands in all things as unto the Lord.'”

Megachurch Pastor Responds to James Talarico’s *DANGEROUS* Bible Claims | Live Free w Josh Howerton

Lakepointe ChurchJan 2026

Pastor Josh Howerton responds to Texas Rep. James Talarico’s public theological and political claims, arguing Talarico misrepresents Scripture on abortion, sexuality, marriage, and gender. Howerton distinguishes between genuine seekers and ideological infiltrators, asserts politics have become spiritual, defends the biblical view that life begins in the womb and that marriage is one man/one woman, contrasts biblical justice (equal weights and measures) with progressive group-based justice (equal outcomes), explains Kuyperian sphere sovereignty for charity and the role of church/family versus the state, and warns against false teachers who pander to itching ears.

Hear it quoted34:58Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:23

1 sermon

Ephesians 5:25

5 sermons

“And then it says, and husbands, lay down your life for your wife. Just as Christ laid down his life for us.”

When You Obey God, Everything Starts Moving |Rig Sunday Service w/ Bishop Duane Swilley Aug. 09 2026

Rig Church | HoustonAug 2026

Bishop Duane Swilley preaches that obedient, covenant-centered living — especially in family and youth ministry — activates God’s promises, removes delay, and sets in motion a series of blessings for individuals, marriages, and the church.

Hear it quoted30:38Open this sermon

“For Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”

LIVE: First Dallas Worship | We Will Remember | Sunday, June 7, 2026 | 11am CT

First Baptist DallasJun 2026

Pastor Robert Jeffress celebrates First Baptist Dallas's history and kickoff of the historic sanctuary rebuilding, teaching that the church is built on three enduring foundations—commitment, the gospel, and the Bible—and calling the congregation to renewed dedication, sacrificial stewardship, and urgent evangelism.

Hear it quoted31:30Open this sermon

“Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.”

Love That Cannot Be Silenced with Extended Worship | David Thomas | Hillsong Australia

Hillsong ChurchJul 2024

David Thomas exhorts the congregation to pursue a tenacious, heart-broken form of prayer—what he calls travailing prayer or a “love that cannot be silenced”—arguing that sustained, repentant, tearful intercession is the groundwork for revival. Drawing on a recent outpouring at Asbury, historical awakenings, and a Gospel story of a desperate father, he invites Hillsong to reclaim persistent prayer, expect God’s presence in worship, and commit to praying until breakthrough comes.

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“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it...”

FGHT Weekend Bible Study: (053020) The King's Eternal Throne

Full Gospel Holy TempleMay 2020

Elder Philip Smith expounds Psalm 45 as a Messianic love psalm portraying Jesus as the suffering high priest and coming King whose eternal throne is established by God. He emphasizes Christ's gracious words, inner beauty of obedience and love, the bride (the church) prepared for the millennial marriage, and the church’s responsibility to bear spiritual children.

Hear it quoted43:53Open this sermon

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Ephesians 5:25-33

1 sermon

“"Husbands and wives. Go back to Ephesians chapter 5... Through sacrifice. Whose sacrifice? Yours." (instruction about husbands loving sacrificially).”

RLA Sunday Service - 8/9/2026 - Jody Romero

Restoration L.A. - Live StreamAug 2026

A sermon on the Table of Covenant (Luke 22) explaining how Jesus fulfills the old covenant and establishes a better, final covenant through his blood. Communion is presented as a transformative, relational invitation that creates new identity and family, not a stale ritual.

Hear it quoted27:27Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:25-27

1 sermon

“Mention that Jesus 'came to save his bride' (the church) by his sacrifice.”

Was Jesus an “Illegal Immigrant”…!? (What the Bible ACTUALLY Says) | Live Free with Josh Howerton

Lakepointe ChurchDec 2025

Pastors unpack the Christmas narratives to show Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament promises (the second Adam, the Word made flesh, Prince of Peace), explain differences in Matthew and Luke's genealogies, and apply those truths to contemporary debates about immigration — arguing Jesus was not an “illegal immigrant,” urging Christians to love people while respecting lawful roles of the state, and encouraging faithful, compassionate discipleship at Christmas.

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Ephesians 5:26-27

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“he has to present the church to himself as a chaste bride, spotless, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing”

GAC Annual Convocation 2012 | Friday, October 12, 2012 | Day Session - Bible Teaching |

Gospel Assembly Church NYNov 2012

Bishop Pineda taught on the nature, foundation and mission of the church: its identity is revealed by Christ, built on revelation and crucifixion, and expressed as the body and bride of Christ. He called believers to personal revelation, joyful worship, holiness and readiness for the Bridegroom while warning against spiritual compromise and identity confusion.

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Ephesians 5:26

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“He's here to cleanse us...the gentle washing of the word.”

Freed | Sin - Sam Gibson

Church of the City New YorkApr 2026

Sam Gibson preaches that Christians are truly freed from sin through Jesus and offers pastoral, practical guidance for walking in that freedom. He defines sin as missing the mark and primarily as misplaced relational allegiance, contrasts guilt/innocence and honor/shame frameworks, describes sin’s effects (separates, stains, sensitizes, steals, spreads), and gives three concrete practices for sanctification: live in accountable community, break the cycle early (confess desires and temptations), and practice frequent, specific, confident confession grounded in the finished work of Christ.

Hear it quoted45:14Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:27

3 sermons

“He is coming back for his church, a prepared people “without spot or blemish” (presented holy and without blemish).”

Wednesday Bible Study. June 24, 2026

Apostolic Faith Church ChicagoJun 2026

Elder Jonathan Banks teaches on the 'unstoppable kingdom' of God, using the Lord's Prayer as a framework to explain kinship with God, kingdom authority, and practical kingdom living. He emphasizes God's immutability—creator, provider, sustainer, perfecter—and the secret that believers are included as joint heirs and co-workers in God's redeeming plan.

Hear it quoted43:18Open this sermon

“He's on his way back for a church without a spot or a blemish or a wrinkle.”

Sunday, Jun 21, 2026 - 10:30 AM Sunday Worship Service

Solid Rock Baptist Church of Los AngelesJun 2026

A Father's Day Sunday service centered on the declaration 'I know the Bible is right,' calling the church to return to Scripture as the final authority, endure sound doctrine, and fathers to pass faith to the next generation. The sermon (2 Timothy 4:1–5) warns against cultural trends and unsound beliefs, issues an invitation to salvation, and includes testimonies, prayers, and practical church announcements.

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“There is a body whom our Lord considers as his bride. He is coming back for this bride without a spot or a wrinkle.”

Til Death Do Us Part?

Salem Baptist Church of ChicagoMay 2026

Pastor Charlie Dates preaches on Jesus' teaching about divorce and marriage from the Sermon on the Mount, arguing that God's intent is one-man/one-woman lifelong covenant while acknowledging limited, compassionate permissions for divorce (such as abuse or sexual immorality). He emphasizes grace, forgiveness, the church's role in helping marriages, healthy singleness, and calls listeners to faith and community support.

Hear it quoted1:08:03Open this sermon

Ephesians 5:31-32

1 sermon

“The apostle Paul... talks about how marriage is a symbolism of heaven and earth coming together.”

Lakewood Bible Study | Erik Luchetta & Jeremy Marrone

Lakewood ChurchJun 2026

A Bible study on Mark 10 that defines eternal life not as escaping to a disembodied heaven but as the future restoration of creation—heaven coming to earth—breaking into the present through Jesus' ministry. Eternal life includes abundance (provision) and human rulership (image-bearing), which is redefined as self-giving service; following Jesus invites participation in that restoration now.

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