"Made One in Christ" Part 3

1 Corinthians 3:1–3 NASB95

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?

1 Corinthians 3:4–6 NASB95

For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not mere men? What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.

1 Corinthians 3:7–9 NASB95

So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

Ephesians 2:15 NASB95

by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,

I. The Former Condition of the Gentiles - (2:11-12)

A. The Gentiles were Objects of Contempt - (v.11)

B. The Gentiles were Spiritually Bankrupt - (v.12)

II. The Unity of Jews and Gentiles in Christ - (2:13-18)

A. The Truth: “…He Himself is our peace”

B. The Proof or Evidence - (v.14b)

C. The Way (How Jesus did this) - (v.15a)

D. The Consequences - (vv.15b-18)

1. A cessation of HOSTILITY - (v.15b)

2. A creation of UNITY - (v.15c)

3. An establishing of PEACE - (v.15d)

4. Reconciliation with GOD - (vv.16-18)

CONCLUSION

1. Unity is HARD - (John 17:11, 20-23)

2. Unity is ONLY FOUND in Jesus Christ!