SUNDAY, 8 JUNE 2025
TEXT: EPHESIANS
4:1-16
1. I urge you, then---I
who am a prisoner because I serve the Lord: live a life that measures up to the
standard God set when he called you.
2. Be always humble,
gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another.
3. Do your best to
preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you
together.
4. There is one body and
one Spirit, just as there is one hope to which God has called you.
5. There is one Lord, one
faith, one baptism;
6. there is one God and
Father of all people, who is Lord of all, works through all, and is in all.
7. Each one of us has
received a special gift in proportion to what Christ has given.
8. As the scripture says,
When he went up to the very heights, he took many captives with him; he gave
gifts to people.
9. Now, what does he went
up mean? It means that first he came down to the lowest depths of the earth.
10. So the one who came
down is the same one who went up, above and beyond the heavens, to fill the
whole universe with his presence.
11. It was he who gave
gifts to people; he appointed some to be apostles, others to be prophets,
others to be evangelists, others to be pastors and teachers.
12. He did this to
prepare all God's people for the work of Christian service, in order to build
up the body of Christ.
13. And so we shall all
come together to that oneness in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of
God; we shall become mature people, reaching to the very height of Christ's
full stature.
14. Then we shall no
longer be children, carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind
of the teaching of deceitful people, who lead others into error by the tricks
they invent.
15. Instead, by speaking
the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is
the head.
16. Under his control all
the different parts of the body fit together, and the whole body is held
together by every joint with which it is provided. So when each separate part
works as it should, the whole body grows and builds itself up through love.
(New International
Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC: UNITY
IN THE BODY OF CHRIST
As men and women come to
know the abundant privileges in embracing Christ, it is worth knowing how to
get deeper in the word that builds the Body of Christ as one.
All believers are one.
Just like knowing that we have but one God and Father of all. The
characteristics of the new family must be demonstrated here for the world to
see and desire to belong to it as well.
Each one is called to
place his or her gift, both spiritual and physical, on the table for the
benefit of all members of the body (vs. 7, 11-13).
This can only be possible
if all are united as members of the Body of Christ. It is in the application of
these gifts in unity that everyone belonging to the body will benefit.
QUESTION:
As a gifted member of the body of Christ, are you working in unity in the way
you use your gifts?
PRAYER:
Lord, make me a part of the body that always works in unity with fellow
believers, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
ECWA Food For The Day, 2025.
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