ChURch
Restoring What it Means to be the People of God - Part 4
Tim Crownover
Part of Sermon outlines—2018-2019
October 27, 2019

Ephesians 4:11-16

How do we live as “the body of Christ?”

Jesus

Every

of the body has been given the to the others.

each other is essential to and maintaining corporate health.

A

body not only survives but in a culture.

Jesus

We do not

to be , but to and share life with others.

Serving

is directed toward and saving them from .

We

the gospel by to, not , the culture.

Journey Group Discussion Questions:
How is your service within and to other members of the body contributing to our unity in the faith and maturity in Jesus as a church? What happens to church unity and maturity when we become spectators or tentative about serving?

What does it look like for us as a church to be unified “in the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God”? What cultural temptations (deceitful scheming) do we face that threaten to undermine our unity and our ability to communicate the gospel to our neighborhood corporately?