Today we’ll spend a little time looking backward over the first section of Ephesians chapter 4, the part we have tagged “We Are One”.

Today, not one, but three teachers will focus our attention toward practical insights that hopefully will help us see what it means and what it looks like to be ONE.

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Jesus has given His Church everything we need to THRIVE and function at our best, to grow in strength and impact. In Today's lesson Paul will show us that we are well-equipped and built to withstand and keep standing, even when we are attacked by storms, lies, and the Devil's best tricks.

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No story can top God’s coming down as Jesus, God “in the flesh.” But after Jesus left, He gave us something He considered even better than His physical presence: The Holy Spirit. After Jesus conquered sin and death, this victorious king returned to heaven. But the conquering king did not leave us empty-handed. He gave us “the spoils of His victory”—the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Out of our oneness, diversity occurs when each of us embrace our gift and do our part for the community of Christ.

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When we come to chapter 4 in our study of Ephesians, Paul has finished describing the mountainous landscape of God’s grace, mercy, and goodness to us. He then turns his attention to helping us see the “so what” part of this letter.
The opening verses of chapter 4 give us direction in four simple but extraordinarily important virtues that will keep us traveling on the road together, in the same direction. If there is anything our world, our families, our churches need today—it is understanding how and finding the willingness to walk together in unity. Ever-eager to help us catch a glimpse of God‘s intention for us, Paul tells us first how to walk worthily.

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God has made it clear that we are to tell the next generation about Him and His salvation. Are you living your life in such a way that leaves a legacy for those coming after you?

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One of the hallmarks of Christians is supposed to be found in the way that we treat others, both those who are a part of our family as well as those who are complete strangers. Today, we take a closer look at one of the primary ministries of WACC, as we also consider what Jesus had to say about showing compassion on the Sabbath, and what God had to say about true devotion.

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We live in a “can-do, try-harder, put-everything-you’ve-got-into-it” society. And we are highly influenced by it, so we spend a whole lot of our effort trying harder in the hopes of changing the way things are or changing ourselves. The problem is that trying harder rarely works.

What would happen if instead of carrying that whole load on our own shoulders, we trusted God and surrendered to the work of His grace in our lives? Isn’t it about time we learned to believe more in Him than in ourselves?

Because so much of life consists of doing a lot of the same things day after day, it is fairly easy to find that we have fallen into a deep rut; sometimes it is so deep we can’t even see over the edges of this early grave. If anything can be said about God, scripture would tell us that God loves new things. He especially loves leading us into greener pastures as His “new creations.” Maybe a brand new year is a wonderful time to consider doing something different for a change.

Christmas may “numb our pain” as we focus more (as we should) on the peace Christ brought and brings into our lives and world. But we are living in denial if we fail to acknowledge that evil is and will continue to be a powerful force until Satan is once and finally brought down. Our text shows us today that evil and evil ones like Herod may have their day, but they will not win the day. God is completely and fully in control, and one day, everything that is so broken and haywire down here will be set right and made new.