Ephesians 22 God Gave You a Gift and More Pt1

Have you Discovered the Power of the Risen Christ This Week?

Ephesians 4:7-16 (NKJV)

7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift.

8 Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men."

9 (Now this, "He ascended"--what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,

13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

14 [SO] that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head--Christ-- 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

REVIEW

Unity is expected from those who wear the name.

There is one Body, There is one Spirit, There is one Lord

There is one Faith, There is one Baptism,

God Gave you a gift! Unity Requires Functionality

To each one Grace was Given

The Measure of Grace is according to the measure of Christ's gift.

The Power of Grace is Christ Resurrection Power

INTRO

Statement: But; And, Until & So That!

1) He’s given: Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, & Pastor/teachers

Conclusion

I commit today to:_________________________________

2) For equipping the Saints

3) Until we all Come to _________ and K________ OF ____________