Review:
● God’s desire is that we become one – worthy of the calling
● The church is called several things in Ephesians – A holy temple to the Lord built with human stones, a
Kingdom, a family, A body
● Body is important – the idea becomes the practical reality

We are IN CHRIST
Ephesians 1:3–14 (NIV) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the
heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to
be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in
accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One
he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of
God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his
will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their
fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. In him we were also chosen, having
been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his
will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also
were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed,
you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until
the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

Our text for the series:
Ephesians 4:1–6 (NIV) As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have
received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effortto
keep the unity ofthe Spiritthrough the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called
to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and
through all and in all.

1. The Trinity –One God in three persons – One in essence three persons
● Hinted at in the Old Testament expressed and explained in the New Testament
● What the church has always believed

John 1:1–5 (NIV), Matthew 3:16–17 (NIV), Philippians 2:5–12 (NIV)

2. The Triune God working together to save mankind—restore relationship (Mt. 28:19)
A. God the Father sends (He is always working)
John 3:16 (NIV), John 5:17 (NIV)

B. Jesus -God the Son –the perfect Lamb and the Lord—the head of the Body
● He sits at the right hand of the Father
Romans 5:8–11 (NIV), John 16:7–10 (NIV), Hebrews 10:11–14 (NIV)

C. The Holy Spirit’s role – to bring oneness –One body –unity of the Spirit
● The Holy Spirit intercedes, empowers, convicts and reminds us
● The Holy Spirit brings us to oneness

3. We become reconcilers rather than dividers (Eph. 4:1-2)
● Broken relationships to reconciled relationships
● Reconciling the gap between right doctrine and lies
● Our role is to live a reconciled life together
2 Corinthians 5:14–21 (NIV), Matthew 5:9 (NIV), James 3:17–18 (NIV), 1 John 1:5–7 (NIV)

Reminder- our focus for this series:
1. Read through the book of Ephesians –abiding in Christ
2. Make a commitment to do what it says by …
● Becoming a member of the church
● Getting into relationship via small groups
● Learning to serve God and others –find a place
3. Are you allowing the Holy Spirit to do His work in and through you?
John 17:20-23 (NIV)