INTRO: Many years ago I began preaching through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. I began September 6, 1998. So that is ten years ago. I did the last message January 6, 2013. Whenever I did not have special days like Passover, or Christmas, or baptisms or other special days or addressed special concerns, I would go back to Ephesians and work my way further. I have come to a point in time in which I am caught up with things I have felt urgent. I do hope somewhere in the future to deal with a very, very important subject, and that is repentance. I would recommend a book to you for your reading, and that is a book called: Repentance: The First Word of the Gospel. It is written by Richard Owen Roberts who was born in 1931. So he is 87 years old now. So we realize he has seen a lot. As with all books one has to be discerning but he has a lot of good material. Having been a pastor and a student of revival, he has learned a lot about repentance. There are many things we would see as genuine repentance, and he would say it is not repentance. So, some day, if the Lord gives me time, I want to deal with that most important and much neglected subject. Many people think they are Christians, but they are not. They have never truly seen themselves as the sinners they are.
But for now, I am back in Ephesians. In your outlines you have outline on front and back. It will show you where we are in this series. If you wonder why it has taken so long it is because I have done hundreds of messages in between and this is message number 46 in Ephesians. The Scriptures contain so very much that to go through verse by verse is a big task. So I might recommend that you listen to the first 3 or 4
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