January 18, 2026

Relationships

Preacher:

Personal/Social Relationships – Romans 12:9-21

  1. brotherly love…giving preference (10)
  2. coals of fire – love your enemy (20)
  3. overcome evil with good (21)
  4. love your neighbor as yourself (9) – Romans 13:8-14
  5. put on Christ … no provision for the flesh

Political / Civic Relationships – Romans 13:1-7

  1. subject to governing authorities … no authority except from God
  2. render to all their due: taxes, customs, fear, honor

Family/Marriage Relationships – Ephesians 5:22-33; Ephesians 6:1-4

  1. love between husband and wife
  2. Christ loved the church
  3. Children obey/honor your parents in the Lord
  4. Fathers do not provoke … discipline and instruction of the Lord

Spiritual Relationships – Ephesians 6:10-20

  1. Whole armor of God
  2. Prayer and petition
  3. Encourage each other – Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16

The glorious relationship between Christ and His church.

In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, the church is set fort as:

  • The body of Christ (Ephesians 1:22-23)
  • The temple of God (Ephesians 2:19-22)
  • The family of God (Ephesians 2:19; Ephesians 3:14-15)
  • The bride of Christ (Ephesians 5:22-32)
  • The “fullness of Him who fills all in all” (Ephesians 1:23)

Christians Spiritual Relationship to Christ

“In Christ” – Paul uses 84 times (NKJV); Peter 2 times

  1. To get “into Christ” one must first be obedient to Christ by being “baptized into Christ”
    1. Romans 6:3-4
    2. Galatians 3:26-27
    3. Colossians 2:12-13
  2. IN Christ
    1. Romans 6:11
    2. Romans 6:23
    3. Romans 8:1-2
    4. Romans 8:2
    5. Romans 8:39
    6. Romans 12:5
    7. 1 Corinthians 1:2
    8. 1 Corinthians 4:10
    9. 1 Corinthians 15:19-24
    10. Galatians 3:26
    11. Philippians 3:9
    12. 1 Thessalonians 4:16
  3. Marriage – Romans 7:3-4
    1. Husband lives and she marries another – adulteress
    2. Husband dies, she is free from that law though she has married another man
    3. Spiritual – we are dead to the law (of Moses)
    4. Spiritual – may be married to another – Him who was raised from the dead
  4. Faithfulness in Christ
    1. Abide in Christ a the vine … we are the branches – John 15:1-11
    2. Pray – in secret (Matthew 6:5-11); without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
    3. Sermon on the Mount – seek first the Kingdom of God (Matthew 5-7)
    4. Parable of the 10 virgins – Matthew 25:1-13
    5. Remain faithful until death – Revelations 2:10
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