Humility - Then Unity - Part 2 (Ephesians 4:3-6)

After spending three chapters to explain our identity and sufficiency in Christ by virtue of His atoning death and resurrection on our behalf, Paul commands Christians in the last three chapters to live out the Christian life in light of our resources we have in Christ. Whereas there was only one imperative (or command) in the first three chapters, Paul gives Christians forty imperatives in the last three chapters. The emphasis in chapter four is on the preservation and progress of true spiritual unity for the church and individual Christians. Unity in the Body is one of the marks of true spiritual growth and maturity.

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A Miraculous Birth (Luke 2:1-11)

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Humility - Then Unity - Part 1 (Ephesians 4:1-6)

After spending three chapters to explain our identity and sufficiency in Christ by virtue of His atoning death and resurrection on our behalf, Paul commands Christians in the chapters 4-6 to live out the Christian life in light of the resources we have in Christ. Whereas there was only one imperative (or command) in the first three chapters, Paul gives Christians forty imperatives in the last three chapters. The emphasis in chapter four is on the preservation and progress of true spiritual unity for the church and individual Christians. Unity in the Body is one of the marks of true spiritual growth and maturity.

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Powerful Prayer (Ephesians 3:14-21)

After discussing at length the mystery of the Church—that Jews and Gentiles now compose one new man in Christ—Paul concludes his discussion by praying for Christians to live in light of that truth in a practical manner…by loving one another with the fullness of Christ’s love. In his prayer, Paul models an exemplary pattern of how all believers should approach God as they come before the throne of grace.

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Heavenly Privileges for the Earthly Church (Ephesians 3:7-13)

Paul explains in chapter 3 that God is working now on earth through His Church (3:10). By “Church” we mean the group of individual people who have been redeemed through a personal relationship with Christ, including local assemblies of believers from the time of Christ right up to the one here at GBF. So the Church is a living spiritual organism, animated by the Holy Spirit, with Christ as the Head—it is not an organization or buildings. Some of the privileges that every Christian has by virtue of being a member of Christ’s Church are mentioned in this passage.

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