Series: Ephesians
Ephesians 4:1-6
September 25, 2022
1. Our
“And raised us up together and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:6 (NKJV)
“To walk worthy of the calling with which you were called.” Ephesians 4:1 (NKJV)
“This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as [f]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind.” Ephesians 4:17 (NKJV)
“Walk in love.” Ephesians 5:2 (NKJV)
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” Ephesians 5:8 (NKJV)
3 things required to walk worthy:
A. It requires a
B. It requires a
C. It requires a
“But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV))
2. Our
“With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2 (NKJV)
5 characteristics of a good comrade:
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“With all lowliness.” Ephesians 4:1 (NKJV)
“Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.” Philippians 2:3 (NKJV)
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“With all lowliness and gentleness.” Ephesians 4:2 (NKJV)
Moses, who led the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, was the meekest man who ever lived, the Bible says. Numbers 12:3 (KJV)
“A broken and a contrite heart, these, O God, you will not despise.” Psalm 51:17 (NKJV)
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“With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering.” Ephesians 4:2 (NKJV)
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“With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another.” Ephesians 4:2 (NKJV)
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Matthew 7:1–2 (NKJV)
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“With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2 (NKJV)
“Shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost.” Romans 5:5 (KJV)
3. Our
“Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
Ephesians 4:3 (NKJV)
4. Our
“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Ephesians 4:4-5 (NKJV)
7 Foundations of our Christianity:
A. One
“There is one body” Ephesians 4:4
“Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.” Colossians 3:11 (NKJV)
B. One
“There is one Spirit” Ephesians 4:4 (NKJV)
“Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts.” Zechariah 4:6 (NKJV)
C. One
“There is one hope” Ephesians 4:4 (NKJV)
“Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.” Titus 2:13 (NKJV)
D. One
“The is one Lord.” Ephesians 4:5 (NKJV)
“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12 (NKJV)
E. One
“There is one faith” Ephesians 4:5 (NKJV)
“Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” Jude 1:3 (NKJV)
F. One
“There is one baptism.” Ephesians 4:5 (NKJV)
“For by one Spirit are we were all baptized into one body.” 1 Corinthians 12:13 (NKJV)
G. One
“There is one God.” Ephesians 4:6 (NKJV)
“One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all” Ephesians 4:6 (NKJV)
“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:” John 1:12 (NKJV)