This Sunday, February 5th, Pastor Jeff continues the Study in
the Book of Ephesians, Chapter 4:1-16
Representing the Family; Building a Strong Body
Knowing Him and Making Him Known
Ephesians
4:1-16
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, 12 to
equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be
built up 13 until
we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God
and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of
Christ. 14 Then
we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and
blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and
craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead,
speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the
mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From
him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting
ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its
work.
