WORSHIP GUIDE: June 9, 2024
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MESSAGE NOTES: “Rooted in Kingdom Community”
Jared Stevens, Pastor of Adult Discipleship
Ephesians 4:1-16 (ESV)
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says,
“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.”
9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Major Truth:
1) The Church is the
2) Paul’s message for the church is that we may become
Jesus’s heart is for His people to be rooted in
The Significance of the Body of Christ:
- Paul tells us to “know this love of Christ,” so we may “be
- How? With humility, gentleness/meekness, patience, bearing with one-another in love.
Disciples
The way of a disciple of Jesus was never intended to be done in isolation, but rather in
The Gifts Given for the Body
Peter calls us a “holy
Spiritual gifts are for the mutual
The purpose of the leaders in the church isn’t to do all the ministry but to
Maturing and Wisdom of the Body
The fullness of Christ is reflected when the church is actively using their gifts, because it is literally
How does this new man become mature? Through the ministry of people using their gifts.
One Body, many Gifts
Unity in
Unity in belief doesn’t always mean uniformity of
Are we discipled by Christ and His body or are we discipled by
Paul’s goal is for the body, this Kingdom community, to be filled with wisdom and revelation and true knowledge.
Godly, biblical growth results from every member of the body fully using his spiritual gift, in submission to the Holy Spirit and in cooperation with other
The Loving Body
We are
God loves the Son and God loves us because we are members of the
When you grow the body grows - mutual
Christ is the
Time for reflection
• Are we rooted in Kingdom Community? How are we faithfully advancing kingdom community?
• Do we value speaking the truth in love?
• Have you made Jesus the King of your life?
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