The Unity of the Church Ephesians 4:116

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The Unity of the Church Ephesians 41-16
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The Unity of the Church

• The Attitude of Unity 41-3
• The Doctrine of Unity 44-6
• The Work of Unity 47-16
• The Description of Unity
• The Purpose of Unity

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The Attitude of Being

• Worthy of the calling
• Completely humble and gentle
• Patient, bearing with one another in love.
• A Peace-Keeper of the Spirits Unity.

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The Doctrine of Unity

• one body
• one Spirit
• one hope
• one Lord
• one faith
• one baptism
• one God and Father of all, who is over all and
  through all and in all.

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The Work of Unity5 Important Elements

• Giftedness (v.7)
• Leadership (vs. 11-13)
• Maturity (vs. 12-15)
• Love (v. 16)
• Work (v. 16)

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The Result of the Work of Unity

• We will keep the unity of the Spirit through the
  bond of peace
• We will be equipped to use our gifts for works of
  service
• We will reach a unity of faith and knowledge of
  the Son of God that matures into Christlikeness
• We will support one another in love as we all
  contribute to building up the Body through works
  of service

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The Description of a United Church

• Christlike
• Built up in love
• Supporting one another
• Doing good work

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In other wordsA Church Family that

• Models Christ
• Matures Believers
• Motivates to Love and Service

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What Happens When A Church Family Does These
Things?

• Eph. 122-23
• Eph. 219-22
• Eph. 310-11
• Eph. 320-21

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What Happens When A Church Family Does These
Things?

• Eph. 122-23 Becomes Fullness of Christ
• Eph. 219-22 Becomes Temple of God
• Eph. 310-11 Declares Wisdom of God
• Eph. 320-21 Glorifies God through Christ

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McKnight Road Church where Family Matters

• We are a Family committed to
• Modeling Christ,
• Maturing believers into His image Motivating one
  another to
• love and service.

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How does this impact our Elder and Deacon
Selection next week?

• Leadership (vs. 11-13)
• Purpose
• Equip for works of service
• Mature to Christ likeness
• Guard flock
• Build up in love
• Role of Elders and Deacons
• (Eph 416 NIV) From him the whole body, joined
  and held together by every supporting ligament,
  grows and builds itself up in love, as each part
  does its work.

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Leaders of UnityAre Leaders Who Help Us Function
as a Church Family

• Modeling Christ
• Maturing Believers into the Image of Christ
• Motivation to Love and Service

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• We have a great group of guys who are very
  unified. But I think God orchestrated this in
  such a way that we cant take credit for it. We
  just want to thank Him for giving us the strength
  to persevere.

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• After our Super Bowl victory we set the trophy
  to the side and focused on what was really
  important.

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McKnight Road Church where Family Matters

• We are a Family committed to
• Modeling Christ,
• Maturing believers into His image Motivating one
  another to
• love and service.