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Intro
Good morning church family in house and those joining us online.
Today we are continuing our study through the book of Ephesians.
I hope that you have taken some time this past week to read through all six chapters.
It is a challenging book, but it is a life changing book if you follow what God is saying.
I read that John Mackay, a former president of Princeton Seminary, recalled how, at the age of 14, he took his Bible into the hills of Scotland and studied the book of Ephesians.
He wrote these words:
“I saw a new world … everything was new … I had a new outlook, new experiences, new attitudes to other people.
I loved God.
Jesus Christ became the center of everything.…
I had been ‘quickened.’
I was really alive” - John Mackay, former president of Princeton Seminary
The purpose of Jesus dying for mankind was not to make bad people good, but dead people alive.
Jesus came to bring life to anyone who will follow Him.
Today I want to share with you a message called ROOTED.
Still Teaching Unity
In chapter 3 of Ephesians, Paul is still hammering home the importance of unity within the body of Christ.
Without unity in the church body, God cannot move.
We can see the results of unity in what is happening now at Asbury University in Kentucky.
If you were to go on their website to their about section, you will find right at the top of the page:
“With a commitment to academic excellence and spiritual vitality, Asbury University encourages its students to study, worship and serve together.”
Spiritual vitality is an important factor in their existence.
Vitality is defined as “the state of being strong and active; the power giving continuance of life.”
Here at New Life Assembly, our commitment to you is the same.
Spiritual vitality.
Carly and I as your pastors, as well as our staff & leadership, desire is to see you walk in the calling, blessings, and all that God has for you and your family.
When we have spiritual vitality, unity will follow.
Unity is doing life together.
Studying the Word together.
Worshipping Jesus together.
Serving each other and Jesus together.
Jesus prayed for the church to dwell together in unity.
We will dive more into unity in the next chapter and in chapter six we will see why we need to fight for unity within the body of Christ.
But the question is, how does unity happen?
What can we do to start the process or even maintain the unity within the church body?
Just a side note, I am not sharing this message because there is some issue of division in the church.
Sometimes pastors will preach/teach messages that are reactive.
This is a more proactive message.
Prayer
Write this down.
Prayer.
Trust.
Love.
Prayer is a key to unity.
Paul is praying that God in all His unlimited resources, would empower the church in order to live in unity.
It is only through the POWER of the Holy Spirit that we as a community of believers can live in unity.
You see, unity is not getting along with one another.
I can get along with anyone, but it doesn’t mean I am living in unity with them.
I get along with others who don’t believe in Jesus, but I am not joined with them.
Unity is not tolerating people.
I can accept people.
I can accept who they are.
But I am not joined to them.
You see unity is something that is joined as a whole.
In other words, I am looking at the whole thing, and not just one part.
That part being me.
You see, unity is laying down of oneself in order to accomplish not what I want to do, but what God wants to do.
In order for me to accomplish this, I must have the POWER of the Holy Spirit working in and through me.
I must be in contact with the one whom I may receive the POWER of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus told the disciples
While they were in the city, they weren't just sitting around tolerating each other.
There was one hundred and twenty of them.
I am sure they each had something they thought they should do.
Maybe one said we should sing.
Another maybe said we should go back home.
Maybe another said lets make some food and eat and fellowship.
I am sure that out of the one hundred and twenty that were there some who wanted to do something different than just sit and wait.
But it wasn’t about what they wanted to do.
It was about what God wanted to do in and through them.
God had a plan.
What better way to find out the plan of God than to pray.
They prayed.
Laying down their desires in order for God to accomplish what He wanted to accomplish.
Unity had taken place and the fire of God began to fall!
I keep thinking of this revival taking place across the campuses of our Universities and how no one is leading it, no one is in charge, it is just God’s people waiting on the Lord to see what He wants to do next!
Trust
In order to do this church, we must be able to TRUST in the Lord.
As we pray, as we are empowered by the Holy Spirit, Jesus sets up residence in our lives and we must be able to TRUST in Jesus.
Too often we want to trust man.
Did you know that we as Christians are not called to put our trust in man?
In fact, the bible says you are cursed if you put your trust in man.
You see, I don’t need to trust that you will strive to live in unity with other believers.
My confidence isn’t in you.
When my trust is in you, I will be let down.
When my trust is in you, I will miss out only the good things in life, but the God things.
When my trust is in you, I will see no growth in my own life.
When my trust is in you I am cursed Jeremiah says.
You see, my trust, your trust, is to be in the Lord and the Lord only.
When you put your trust in the pastor, the church leaders, you will be let down.
You will miss out.
Here is a real life scenario.
We put our trust in the pastor and the church’s leaders that they will have a great service lined out for us.
We trust that the greeters are going to greet us with a smile.
We trust that Paul is going to have coffee and donuts ready for when we walk in.
We trust the worship team is going to play all the songs we like.
We trust the pastor is going preach a short sermon.
And when none of these things happen, all of a sudden God didn’t move in the service.
God didn’t speak in the service.
You see when you put your trust in man, you are a bush in the dessert not receiving the necessary nutrients in order to survive.
You are cursed.
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