United & Equipped
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I. INTRO
A. Where We’ve Been
B. Where We’re Going
C. Main Text
4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—
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 grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
Eph 4:4-
4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—
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 grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”
9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth?
10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Eph 4:4
D. Pray
II. BODY
A. We are united
a. Context
1. The Big Deal: oneness!
i. Previous VS’s shared the importance of spiritual 1ness & how to maintain that 1ness practically via
- Humility
- Gentleness (mildness)
- Patience
ii. Now Paul uses the next 3vs to express both examples of & how we experience that 1ness:
- ex of 1ness:
4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
B.
4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—
a. Christians are one in body
1. body is a metaphor which Paul regularly uses 2 describe the fellowship o Christ followers
4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,
5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
RO 12:4-
4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,
5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;
7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;
8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
i. We need ea. other!
-all interconnected
2. maintaining 1ness: belief in christianity 2day that maintaining 1ness when we’re hurt looks like putting on a fake smile & internalizing it
i. Jesus says maintaining 1ness:
-: if some1 hurts u
*go to the person
*if that doesn’t work bring 1 more
*if that doesn’t work get the Church involved
- : If u hurt some1:
*go immediately & make it right
*even if ur in the middle of worship!
~the point reconciliation
b.Christians are one in the Holy Spirit
united
1. Holy Spirit is the glue
eph 4:
3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
2. Holy Spirit the empowerer
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
c. Christians are one in our hope
1. blessed hope
i. what do we put our hope in for our future?
-can’t be our 401k
-can’t be the government
-can’t be ur significant other/spouse (the hunt for 1)
ii. Our hope must be found in 1 place: JESUS
16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
-51
-Jesus is going to come get us & set all things to right
-Jesus is going to finish what he started in us
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
d. Christians are one in our LORD
1. We are Christ’s & therefor we are united under HIS leadership
-We can’t serve 2 masters ()
*Jesus / $$ (the context)
*Jesus / carrier
*Jesus / social status
*Jesus / gathering material possessions
e. Christians are one in our faith
1. We r singularly commited to, trusting in, & applying the Good News o Jesus
f. Christians are one in baptism
1. the sign o entry in2 being learners o who Jesus is, what He did, & taught
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matt 28:
we are equipped
6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
g. Christians are one in God
1. We experience oneness in that God is our father who keeps us for all eternity
i. over all: Great, powerful, in charge o everything
ii. through & in all: in the middle o everything
-not afraid o getting HIS hands dirty in our mess
-intricately involved in carrying out HIS mission as HE leads us to partner w/HIM
C. We are equipped
7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”
7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
a. equipped by grace gifts from Jesus
1. What grace gifts r given?
i. a couple o’ lists that aren’t exhaustive but ex. of various gifts o the Spirit
6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;
7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;
8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
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ii. Why do we have grace gifts?
b. equipped to witness
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
33 And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.
1. Grace Gifts for the marketplace
i. Pentecostals like 2 use 1 cor. as our guide 2 spiritual gifts
-this book primarily focused on correcting mis-use o the gifts
ii. I think we should look 2 the book o acts as our primary guide 2 spiritual gifts
-most gifts seen primarily take place outside the gathering as people LIVE OUT their faith