Identity Of The Church Part 12
walk Worthy Of Your Calling
Paul wrote, “1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:1-3).
The moment after one is baptized “all” their sins are forgiven, they are added to the body of Christ, which is the church, and then something truly wonderful begins.
- That person now has a purpose.
- They are now the chosen, redeemed, predestined, adopted, heirs, saved, reconciled and now they begin a glorious transformation as they are recipients of wisdom from above.
- Why? So that God will be glorified through His saints!
- His glory and His wisdom would be on display as Paul wrote in Ephesians 3:21 which summarizes the calling, that God would be glorified through us (the church) and through Jesus for all generations forever and ever. That is our calling in this life.
So, in this less we’ll learn a bit of what it means to be…
- We can love each other all the while still not seeing “eye to eye” on various points and still draw closer when we differ in our understanding.
- Those who are more mature in the faith must remember they didn’t start where they are now.
- We all must, with all lowliness and gentleness longsuffering, bear with one another in love.
In this lesson I will stress three points…
- Walking worthy is necessary if we are going to have unity.
- Christ Like Character brings Christian Unity.
- And Three, there is a charge, or command from Paul to maintain Christian unity.
We begin with understanding that for this to happen we must “Walk Worthy” (4:1)…