Amen, Lord, make us Your overcomers today, those who are not passive but active and willing to be perfected to function as members in the Body for the building up of the Body for You to gain Your corporate expression! The words "the faith" in the New Testament is a body of doctrine. And that he who descended in humility in his incarnation is then ascended "far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. "
4:12 means resulting in, for the purpose of, or with a view to; we are being perfected with the view to us functioning in our measure for the direct building up of the Body of Christ. "I by virtue of my office, as a called and ordained servant of the Word, announce the grace of God unto all of you. The building up of the Body of Christ depends on the virtues of Christ's humanity lived out by us in keeping the oneness by practicing forgiveness toward one another in love so that we can mutually supply one another with Christ as life. As we look at Ephesians 4 today, Paul will tell us just how God intends to build up the church, and it happens through the ministry of the Word. The gifts the Lord as the Head gave to the Body are not so that these gifted ones would replace the saints and function in a greater measure to build up the Body; rather, they are for the perfecting of the saints so that the saints may directly build up the Body of Christ. And if I can just lay my cards on the table, my desire is that you would be convinced from Ephesians 4 that you have, as a Christian, that you have a spiritual gift package that should flow into a regular pattern of good works, organized by those spiritual gifts, for the up-building of the Body of Christ, that you have spiritual gifts. Bodybuilders eat right, they take vitamins, and if they're smart, they stay away from steroids. So, spiritual gifting has to do with flourishing, not merely functioning. Most Relevant Verses. Learn more about fellowship! In His ascension, Christ gave gifts to His church; these gifts perfect the saints, and the perfected saints function in their measure to build up the Body of Christ directly until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God.
Now, Christ-likeness, conformity to Christ, is the goal of sanctification, it's the goal of the Christian life. Holding to Truth in Love. Paul adapts this in Ephesians changing the line from "receiving gifts" to "giving gifts. " While I may be the only priest currently serving in my parish, I am not the only one responsible for advancing the Gospel. Of if they are Christians, they've corrupted the Gospel. The church is the Body of Christ, but if we look around in Christianity, where do we see that all the members function in their measure for the building up of the church? Spiritual gifts, it's just a marvelous topic. Through the growth in life and the development of the gifts, each member of the Body of Christ has its own measure, which operates for the growth of the Body. To forgive endlessly means to forget. I want to be like Him in my mind, I want to think like Him, I want to think like Him about everything. Some people, let me tell you, they flourish at Christian giving.
The Collected Works of Witness Lee [CWWL], 1978, vol. So every Sunday as the elders come up to lead you in worship, we do so as a way to equip you to do the work of ministry. The Head of the Body produced a small number of gifts, those who can be considered as "five-talented" members; these are not for them to make their own little kingdom or empire in the country where they live but rather, they are to perfect the saints unto the work of the ministry! Or maybe Paul is borrowing from the Aramaic translation of the Old Testament, which translates the text as "giving gifts. " The partial has passed away now that the perfect Word of God is recorded for us (1 Cor 13:10). And the One who climbed down is the One who climbed back up, up to highest heaven. This is a crucial factor in practicing the church life for the building up of the Body of Christ and thus merits our attention in these days. Others think of the church as a sort of local co-op where the saints pull their financial resources together to hire pastors to do all the ministry for them. We can see this in Ephesians 4:16 which says, "Out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love. I want my mind conformed to Christ.
Each member of the Body – every brother and sister, no matter where they live, what is their age, what kind of education they have, and what is their background, each of them is a member in the Body, and they receive something directly from the Head which only they can impart to the Body for the building up of the Body. The cooks provide food for sustenance, the cleaning staff keeps things clean and sanitary, the lifeguard keeps everyone safe at the waterfront, the counselors make cabin life safe and fun, and when everything is put together, a safe, warm and encouraging environment is created that gives everyone an opportunity to grow in their faith. When you heard those words about five minutes after nine, every sin you've committed was forgiven. And if the ear should say, "Because I'm not an eye, I don't belong to the body, " it is not for that reason any less a part of the body. When used in the context of church, it refers to the Holy Spirit given gifting by God to the church.
Prepare the people to do the works, but we already had in Ephesians 2:10, "We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God went ahead of us to prepare in advance. " To sit under the ministry of the Word matures you, grows you, and sustains your faith till the end. They're not given to non-Christians. We all need to be perfected unto the work of the ministry so that we may do the direct work of building up of the Body of Christ. Paul help us learn two important realities about spiritual gifts here. We're husbands and friends, fathers and sons, janitors and defenders. 2:14-16), so the way others respond to our rescue attempts is in the Lord's hands. For this reason we need to grow. I originally preached this sermon at Redemption Church on July 17, 2022.
And then delight in them, that that would already be happening. The ministry of the Word is given to us by Christ, to equip us for ministry. We want to hold to God's economy, the all-inclusive Christ, and the church as the Body of Christ in love so that we may grow! This is not about that, this is, we're going to speak out true doctrine, the truth, mature doctrine.
We're golfers and readers, history buffs and Rocky Road ice cream aficionados, frustrated sports fans and bodybuilders. They were very expensive. Do I have a purpose in life? " And the goal is, we'll talk about more in a moment, is total conformity to Christ. Truth here refers to the things that are true, Christ as the mystery of God and the church as the mystery of Christ, which is the Body of Christ. January 10, 2016 | Andy Davis. Maturity Comes Through Experience.
The idea here is that these gifts are given, verse 13, until "we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and to become mature, " this is the NIV, "attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. " Don't marvel at the one serving, marvel at God who gives "according to the measure of Christ's gift. Anyone who walks in church worker shoes knows that their congregation is a little community, one not gathered together by their efforts but united as a gift from God.
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