Life in the Father's House #4 - "A Culture of Biblical Equipping" Pt. 1 (Ephesians 4:11-14)
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- 1. So Ephesians chapter 4 reading from verse 1 through to verse 16. If you've got one of the red bibles that we give away that's on page 1037.
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- Starts on page 1037 and flips over to 1038. Ephesians chapter 4 beginning in verse 1 page 1037.
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- If you're able to do so can I invite you to stand with me out of reverence for God's word. Ephesians chapter 4 and beginning in verse 1.
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- Brothers and sisters these are God's very words to us this afternoon. God's word says therefore
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- I the prisoner in the Lord urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received with all humility and gentleness with patience bearing with one another in love making every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace.
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- There is one body and one spirit just as you will call to one hope at your calling one
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- Lord one faith one baptism one God and father of all who is above all and through all and in all.
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- Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift for it says when he ascended on high he took the captives captive he gave gifts to men.
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- But what does he ascended mean except that he also descended to the lower parts of the earth.
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- I'll pause there just to say that's a reference to the incarnation. Verse 10 the one who descended is also the one who ascended up far above all the heavens to fill all things and he himself gave some to be apostles some prophets some evangelists some pastors and teachers to equip the saints for the work of the ministry to build up the body of Christ until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God's son growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ's fullness.
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- Then we will no longer be little children tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching by human cunning with cleverness in the in the techniques of deceit but speaking the truth in love let us grow in every way into him who is the head