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Body Building

January 03, 2016

Passage: Ephesians 4:11-16 Speaker: Pastor Lukus Counterman Series: Standalone Messages

Length: 41 mins 49 secs Plays: 2591

Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Beginning in Ephesians 4 and proceeding through the rest of the epistle, Paul exhorts the Ephesians to walk in a manner worthy of their calling. Having described earlier how Jesus attained unity between Jew and Gentile through His death on the cross, Paul now pleads with them to \"walk in unity.\" With humility, gentleness, longsuffering, forbearance and love, they should be diligent to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. The unity of the Spirit is then defined as consisting of one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism and one God. Perhaps as motivation, Paul reminds them of the gracious gifts Christ gave His church following His ascension to heaven. Such gifts included the offices of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, which are designed to equip the saints for ministry and bring the body of Christ to maturity. Our prayer is that God would use the gifts of believers here at Gospel Grace Church for intentional body building in 2016.