We live in a culture that worships sex. And honestly? So did Ephesus.
Temple prostitutes. Sensual parades. Fertility rituals. The city Paul was writing to wasn't so different from the billboards lining the highway today. And into that world, he writes: be imitators of God.
That's an impossible standard. And that's exactly the point.
In this message, Pastor Jimmy walks through Ephesians 5:1–16 and does something most sermons on this topic don't do — he refuses to give you a line. Because this isn't about how close you can get to the edge. It's a heart issue. A worship issue.
What does it look like to imitate God in the way we treat our bodies, the words we speak, and the jokes we laugh at? And what does wisdom actually look like when the days are evil?
In this message:
- Why the church of Ephesus and our culture are not as different as we think
- Two caveats that frame everything: no line-drawing, and this is about us — not them
- What porneia actually means — and why it's bigger than most people think
- Why crude joking degrades image-bearers of God (and why that matters)
- What "no inheritance in the kingdom" means — and what it doesn't
- How sanctification, struggle, and the gospel all fit together
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