“ you hold to My teaching, you are really My disciples. you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Ephesians 6:10-18 Paul finishes his letter to the Ephesians using the imagery of . Finally the apostle says, as he is about to bring his letter to a close. He has spoken of the greatness of the purpose of God in Christ, of the glory of his high calling, and the life that should follow from it. The standards have been set, the standards for personal life, for life in the fellowship of the Christian community, and in the more intimate circle of the home. Yet he wants still to remind his readers that such a life cannot be lived without a spiritual battle, of whose intensity he has become more and more conscious in his own experience. Francis Foulkes Paul begins his final by putting emphasis on the repeated phrase throughout the letter; . What is the Truth that Jesus is teaching? Apart from Christ we can do (Jh. 15:1-5) How do we Hold to the Truth? We must be in the Lord v.10a The idea here is twofold: to become and to do so . We become strengthened by with Jesus. (Jh. 15) We must that it is about Jesus and His v.10b (1 Sam. 17:38-39) When we Jesus the focus, the battle . How do we walk in Freedom? We walk in freedom by it about Jesus. (Matt. 14:22-33) We walk in freedom by time with Jesus. (Jm. 4:7-10) We walk in freedom by being with Jesus. (Jos. 1:8) We walk in freedom by the truth (Rom. 12:1-2) Application We will face in this world, without Jesus we will not be able to . We put the Armor of God on by our own strength. Notes: