Post by Les Brewer on Jan 30, 2022 22:19:50 GMT
Invisible Unity Made Visible - Ephesians 4:2
But now, this morning, I want you to turn to the fourth chapter of Ephesians. We have been in Ephesians now for the last week or so, and we’re going to go back to it; and we’re talking about this particular section of verses 1 through 6, so let me read it for you. Ephesians 4:1-6, “Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.”
Now last time we introduced this passage, and I told you at the time that it’s a very, very important transitional passage, as indicated by the word therefore at the beginning of verse 1. The first three chapters have been doctrinal in their emphasis, as Paul has laid out the divine truth for us related to the gospel and the unity of the church. And now there is a transition from that which is doctrinal to that which has to do with our duty. So therefore, based upon all that doctrine that has been unfolded in the first three chapters, we are told that we are “to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called.”
(To continue reading this text message, please follow this next link or scroll down for the recorded sermon.)
www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/49-15/invisible-unity-made-visible
But now, this morning, I want you to turn to the fourth chapter of Ephesians. We have been in Ephesians now for the last week or so, and we’re going to go back to it; and we’re talking about this particular section of verses 1 through 6, so let me read it for you. Ephesians 4:1-6, “Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.”
Now last time we introduced this passage, and I told you at the time that it’s a very, very important transitional passage, as indicated by the word therefore at the beginning of verse 1. The first three chapters have been doctrinal in their emphasis, as Paul has laid out the divine truth for us related to the gospel and the unity of the church. And now there is a transition from that which is doctrinal to that which has to do with our duty. So therefore, based upon all that doctrine that has been unfolded in the first three chapters, we are told that we are “to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called.”
(To continue reading this text message, please follow this next link or scroll down for the recorded sermon.)
www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/49-15/invisible-unity-made-visible
