Be it & Become a Together Church
Be It & Become A Together Church
This message is brought to you by Pastor Darryl Morrison
Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16
1. Walk It Out (vs. 1-3)
-Lowliness and Humility: Humbling ourselves for the sake of lifting another up.
-Meekness: The second word
-Patience:Thirdly, there is patience (makrothymia), a word of slowness in avenging wrong or retaliating when hurt by another.
-Longsuffering: Forbearance
Summary for Point One: Together Must Begin With Who:
If we are called and committed to living our lives together we all from time to time will need our attitudes checked.
Who are you serving?
Who am I enduring with during difficult times?
Am I being slow to retaliate?
Whose weaknesses am I bearing?
2. Willing To Believe and Obey Together (vs. 4-6)
(The Power of One)
- One Body
- One Spirit
- One Baptism
- One Lord
- One God and Father
The Power of One gives us the power to live together as one. We must have a shared belief systems, not a fluid ideology that changes based upon the world, but one that is rooted in the ways and word of Christ.
3. Willing to Mature and Grow Together (vs. 7-16)(Grow Up Together)
- The Grace of Our Diversities (vs. 7-16)
- To each of us is given different gifts for the benefit of all.
- Dependency upon one another and benefiting all (vs. 11-12)
- Equipping and Edifying (vs. 13-14)
- Fortifying/Strengthening Your Faith (vs. 15-16)
- Maturity, Serving and Growing
Summary:
The sermon that you hear will not change your life, the sermon that you apply will!!!
Let’s Be Together, Let’s Become A Together Church!