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Ephesians 4:20-24
Paul uses an educational word picture to emphasize how (Gentile) Christians are meant to live:
At its most essential level, Biblical Christianity is not a set of precepts to follow, but a Person to follow!
Ephesians 4:17-20
Having proclaimed God's initiative of saving grace in chapters 1-3, Paul is concerned with applying that doctrine to the Gentile believers in chapter 4 -- namely, how they are to walk.
Ephesians 4:15-16
The consistent theme through this entire (long!) sentence (verses 7-16) is Paul instructing the church to cultivate a Christ-honoring pursuit of diversity and unity — a diversity that builds and results in unity.
Titus 1:5-9 - Qualifications of an Elder
Jordan McFarland (from Southern View Chapel in Springfield, IL) preaches a message that compliments where we currently have been in our regular series from Ephesians 4.
Ephesians 4:13-14
Interpreter's Bible (1953): "The illusion that Christianity is a religion for children and not for grown men and women is disastrous. It is widespread. A few memories of Sunday School are not enough for the storms of later life. Ignorance of Bible and creed and Christian doctrine — blameworthy ignorance, one may add — exposes thousands of men and women to every wind of doctrine. ...Boil Christian doctrine down to a few ethical precepts and no great demand for study or understanding appears essential. But the mature Christian needs much more than this."
Ephesians 4:12 - Who does the work?
Depending on HOW verse 12 is punctuated, two vary different models of church ministry emerge.
Ephesians 4:11
Ephesians 4:7-10
Consistent with both world and Biblical precedent (history), the Christ (the Victor) “ascended on high” with both captives and the spoils of conquest.
Ephesians 4:7, "BUT grace was given to each one of us ..."
After a strong series of SEVEN ONES (verses 4-6), a person might well conclude that GOD's design for UNITY is uniformity (that God is intending to raise up an army of Christian "clones") — but in fact, Paul makes it clear, that is not the case at all!
Ephesians 4:4-6
Today's message considers what Paul meant by:
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