Ephesians 4:12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
V12 Equipping is to bring from sin to obedience…to mend or restore something.
As believers we are to restore those who have fallen or lost their way back to what they were intended to be, a useful member of the body of Christ. A body only works right if all parts are healthy
Every person, therefore, is essential and valuable as part of the whole. By ourselves, we may sometimes feel insignificant, unneeded, and of little value, like so much spare change. But as individual parts that make up the whole, each of us is needed.
All people are unique individuals, but as Christians we are also indispensable parts of the body of Christ, and of greater value than we can ever know. –David MCcasland
THERE ARE NO UNIMPORTANT MEMBERS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
It says in verse 13 when we do this it results in Christlikeness. We ought not to be like the Hebrews who had not matured and not followed these principles.
Heb 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.MATTHEW 11:28-30 IF LIFE IS BEATING YOU DOWN, THERE’S HOPE
MATTHEW 5:17-18 GOD SAID IT AND HE MEANT IT, DO YOU BELIEVE IT?
MATTHEW 5:13-16 HOW OUR LIVES ARE TO INFLUENCE OTHERS
LUKE 11:2 PRAY FOR OUR NATION
Matthew 12:1-14 How Is Your Heart?
1 JOHN SUMMARY
30 SECOND DEVOTIONAL MATTHEW 16 WHAT IT MEANS TO FOLLOW JESUS
1 JOHN 5:19-21 FINAL ASSURANCES FOR THE CHRISTIAN
JOHN 12:26 BEING WHERE JESUS HAS LED YOU 30 SECOND DEVOTIONAL
1 JOHN 5:14-18 CHRISTIAN CERTAINTIES
GOD HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON 1 JOHN 5:6-13
JOB SAID IN CHAPTER 19:23 “OH THAT MY WORDS WERE WRITTEN
1 JOHN 4.20- 5.1-5 LOVE THE BRETHREN AND FAITH THAT GIVES US THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMES THE WORLD
1 TIMOTHY 6:11 BUT YOU, O MAN OF GOD
1 JOHN 4:13-19 BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE BELONG TO HIM
PROVERBS 6 SAYS GOD HATES PRIDE
1 JOHN 4:7-12 EVERYONE WHO LOVES IS BORN OF GOD AND KNOWS GOD
HAVE YOU BEEN ALONE ON THE MOUNTAIN WITH HIM?
1 JOHN 4:1-6 TEST THE SPIRITS
REACTIONS TO GOD’S WORD 1 JOHN 5:3
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