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20260308 - Ephesians 4:30-5:2 - Which Responses Will You Choose?

JD Bowman | Learn & Live the Truth
00:00 Intro04:39 Ephesians 4:30-5:206:42 Don’t Harm Your Relationship with God with Unrepentant Sin14:02 Replace Angry Responses with Godly Responses 22:59 Grow in Christ by Loving Those You’re Tempted to Loathe33:03 Closing
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don’t harm your relationship with God with unrepentant sin. Instead, replace angry responses with godly responses. And by this grow in Christ by loving those you’re tempted to loathe.
1. Don’t Harm Your Relationship with God with Unrepentant Sin. (30)
?- If I don’t feel close to God, who moved??- Romans 8:16 states, “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” What do I sense from the Holy Spirit when I grieve Him?
2. Replace Angry Responses with Godly Responses. (31-32)
?- What do I think when I am justifying staying angry?a. They should’ve known I’d be upset.b. If I forgive them, they’ll just keep doing the same thing.c. If I forgive them, it feels like there’s no consequence for them.d. What’s the point of forgiving if I can’t forget what they did?
3. Grow in Christ by Loving Those You’re Tempted to Loathe. (1-2)
?- How could this angering situation be an opportunity for me to grow closer to Christ??- How would I benefit from putting my eyes on my relationship with God instead of on this problem relationship?
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20260301 - Ephesians 4:25-29 - Wear Your New Life!

JD Bowman | Learn & Live the Truth
00:00 Intro03:38 Ephesians 4:25-2907:27 Replace Telling Lies with Truth Telling14:01 Replace Aggression with Addressing Your Anger24:03 Replace Theft with Hard-Earned Generosity33:42 Replace Foul Talk with Upbuilding Words39:03 Closing
------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Replace Telling Lies with Truth Telling.  (25)
?- Can the people in my life count on me to always speak the truth when I speak?
2. Replace Aggression with Addressing Your Anger.  (26-27)
?- How do I deal with my hurt, frustration and fear?
Start talking with God about it with, “Lord, I feel ___________...”
3. Replace Theft with Hard-Earned Generosity.  (28)
?- Do I see the funds that I have as God’s money that’s partly meant to help meet the needs of others?
4. Replace Foul Talk with Upbuilding Words.  (29)
?- Do my words spoil the people around me, or do they meet the needs of the moment with God’s truth?
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20260222 - Ephesians 4:17-24 - Don’t Live Like the Sinful World!

JD Bowman | Learn & Live the Truth
00:00 Intro03:16 Ephesians 4:17-2406:00 Abandon the Downward Spiral of the Sinful World17:53 Anchor Yourself in the Truth of Your Transformation37:13 Closing
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abandon the Downward Spiral of the Sinful World. (17-19)
?- Would I describe my mindset as…a. the unbelieving world is clueless about true reality? b. biblical truth is less relevant to my everyday life?
?- Where do I need to change my relationship to the unsaved world?a. To stop listening to their useless ideas about life.b. To guard myself against adopting their hardness of heart.c. To avoid the sensuality with which it’s obsessed.d. To be heartbroken over how most people are lost in sin.
Anchor Yourself in the Truth of Your Transformation (20-24)
Truth #1: In Christ, your sin nature has been stripped off.Truth #2: In Christ, you’ve been inwardly awakened.Truth #3: In Christ, you’ve been reclothed in God’s likeness.
?- Which is harder for me to believe?a. In Christ, I’m free from the power of my sinful nature.b. In Christ, God has sparked a love in me for Him and others.c. In Christ, I have a new identity that is made to worship God.
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20260215 - Ephesians 4:15-16 - Grow Together in Truth and Love

Josh Carpenter | Learn & Live the Truth
00:00 Intro04:27 Speak the Truth in Love19:48 Grow in Christ as He Builds His Church29:28 Closing
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20260208 - Ephesians 4:7-14 - Get in the Game!

JD Bowman | Learn & Live the Truth
00:00 Intro
02:07 Ephesians 4:1-16
05:18 Have Confidence in God’s Game Plan for Growth
16:08 Follow God’s Game Plan for Growth
36:12 Closing
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1. Have Confidence in God’s Game Plan for Growth (7-10)
 Jesus Christ distributed spiritual gifts to each Harvester.
?- Which of the following gives me joy to do and seems to bless others when I do them?
a. Serving                    b. Giving               c. Confronting/Warning
d. Teaching                  e. Encouraging     f. Proclaim God’s Truth
g. Leading                   h. Comforting       i. Discerning
h. Sharing the gospel  k. Hospitality        l. Other:________________
 
2. Follow God’s Game Plan for Growth (11-14)
Key Players for Success (11-12): Well-equipped Harvesters doing ministry that strengthens the church
The Ultimate Pursuit (13): Harvesters unified in their faith and knowledge of Jesus, growing into the likeness of Jesus
The Intended Benefit (14): Harvesters outgrowing vulnerability to deceptive teaching
?- Do I see myself as being responsible for the ministry of Harvest?
?- How might I grow into more of the likeness of Christ this year?
?- How careful am I about the quasi-biblical teaching?
 
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20260201 - Ephesians 4:1-6 - Called to Unity by the Unified God

JD Bowman | Learn & Live the Truth
 
00:00 Intro
02:03 Ephesians 4:1-6
03:39 Live Your Calling in Unity with Each Other
20:10 Live for the Unified God who Unified us with Each Other
31:58 Closing
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Live Your Calling in Unity with Each Other. (1-3)
κλῆσις (klēsis) – an invitation to experience of special privilege and responsibility
ἐκκλησία (ekklēsia) – ek “out” + klēsia “called” = “called out”
– those called out to assemble, specifically the global community of Christians
The character that unity requires
The effort that unity requires
?- How would I rate my responses to fellow Harvesters? Would they be filled with humility, gentleness, patience, bearing-with others in love?
?- How eager/diligent am I to protect the unity of the Holy Spirit among my fellow Harvesters?
Live for the Unified God who Unifies us with Each Other. (4-6)
Our unity in God the Spirit
Our unity in God the Son
Our unity in God the Father
?- Can I identify with the common eternal hope of all Christians?
?- If I haven’t obeyed the Lord’s call to identify with Him and His followers through baptism, why not?
?- Do I believe that God is everywhere, always at work, and accomplishing His maximum glory?
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20260118 - Ephesians 3:14-21 - Let’s [Let God] Do This!

JD Bowman | Learn & Live the Truth
00:00 Intro
09:41 Ephesians 3:14-21
10:58 Let’s Surrender Ourselves to Experience God’s Best
29:27 Let’s Glorify God for His Power and Plan
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LET’S SURRENDER OURSELVES TO EXPERIENCE GOD’S BEST. (14-19)
God can empower us by the Holy Spirit,
So Christ might reign in us,
So we might experience Christ’s love among us,
So we might fully experience God,
?- What is Christ in the “home” of my heart?
a. remodeling contractor
b. housekeeper
c. salesman
d. Master of the House
?- How has my relationship with sin grieved the Holy Spirit and caused Christ to not “feel at home” in my heart?
LET’S GLORIFY GOD FOR HIS POWER AND PLAN. (20-21)
?- How does it sit with me that the church and Jesus Christ are about God’s glory just like everything else?
?- If my eternal rewards were limited to what I accomplished with fellow Harvesters, would it affect what I’d be expecting?
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20260104 - Romans 12:1-2 - Be Transformed by Renewed Thinking (Part 2)

Josh Carpenter
 
00:00 Intro
06:27 Guard the Input Entering Our Minds
13:58 Process Input by the Word of God and Prayer
30:41 Output True Spiritual Worship as a Living Sacrifice
43:52 Closing
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20251228 - Romans 12:1-2 - Be Transformed by Renewed Thinking

Josh Carpenter
00:00 Intro
04:47 Romans 12:1-2
10:55 Let Your Mind be Renewed by the Authority of Christ
15:18 Let Your Mind be Renewed through Allegiance to Our King
30:22 Let Your Mind be Renewed by Affection for Our Savior and Friend
36:46 Closing
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20251221 - Christmas 2025

JD Bowman | God Made into Breakable Flesh
00:00 Intro
04:41 Worship Baby Jesus as God
13:45 Worship Baby Jesus as God-Man
22:16 Closing
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Worship Baby Jesus as God. (1-4)
?- For me, how much of this Christmas season is still about the birth of the “Savior, who is Christ the Lord”?
?- How much of my Christmas celebrating would be considered “worship”?
Worship Baby Jesus as God-Man. (14)
?- As the only God-Man, do I recognize Jesus as the only person who can secure salvation for any person?
?- What does it mean to me that Jesus took on flesh so that He might die in my place?
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