Encourage Christians to live in unity, grow in maturity, and serve with humility by tuning our hearts to Jesus Christ as our standard.
Good morning, church family! Today, we're going to dive into a passage from Ephesians 4:1-11, where the Apostle Paul encourages us to live in unity, grow in maturity, and serve with humility.
Before we get started, I want to share a quote with you from Corrie Ten Boom. She once said, "Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together."
It's a wonderful reminder that, as Christians, we must find unity and harmony with one another.
With that in mind, let's read the full passage together:
1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it says: "When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people." 9 (What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers.
Paul urges the believers in Ephesus to live a life worthy of their calling as followers of Christ, and one of the key ways to do this is by maintaining unity within the church ... View this full PRO sermon free with PRO
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