Teammates | The Good Fight of Faith: Part Three

Teamwork: The Good Fight of Faith - Part Three
Ephesians 3:14-4:16

WITH CHRIST
Eph 3:14 - 20
16 prayer
• be strengthened with power
• through his Spirit
• in your inner being,
• 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—
… rooted & grounded in love,
• 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth & length & height & depth,
• 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,
• … filled with all the fullness of God.
Cf., Eph 1:19–23; 1 Jhn 4:4

WITH THE CHURCH
Eph 4:1-16
4:1 walk in a manner worthy of your calling
• 2 humility & gentleness,
• patience,
• bearing with one another in love,
• 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body & one Spirit…
Cf.,Phil 1:27–28;2:1–4
Eph 4:7 ….according to the measure of Christ’s gift. …
11 ….apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
• 12 to equip the saints
• for the work of ministry,
• for building up the body of Christ, (Eph 1:23)
Cf., Romans 12:3–11
Eph 4:12 … building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all
• attain to the unity of the faith
• knowledge of the Son of God,
• to mature manhood,
• to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
14 so that we may no longer be children…tossed
• by every wind of doctrine,
• by human cunning,
• by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
15 Rather, speaking the truth in love,
• we are to grow up in every way
• into him who is the head, into Christ,
16 from whom the whole body… equipped,
• when each part
• is working properly,
makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”

No greater love - John 15:12–17