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Eph 4:14-16 (Sun am)

CECBC Retreat: United

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United (Ephesians 4)

What does it mean to be mature?

Ephesians 4:14 (NIV) (p.1/3)

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves,

and blown here and there by every wind of teaching

and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.

Ephesians 4:15 (NIV) (p.2/3)

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

Ephesians 4:16 (NIV) (p.3/3)

From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament,

grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

Eph4:14-16 One Faith

Ephesians 4:14 (NIV)

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves,

and blown here and there by every wind of teaching

and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.

Providence (JMS)

Jung Myung Seok (Joshua)

• splinter from Unification church ("Moonies")
• numerology: Messiah
• "always smile": life is good, hardship is only mental
• Love Principle: Eve fell due to sex; women redeemed via sex w/JMS
  • in jail in Korea since 2009, 3 counts rape (100s of accusations)
  • "religious injustice", "persecuted Christians"

Am I grounded in God's Word

or blown by winds of teaching?

Eph4:14-16 One Faith

Ephesians 4:15 (NIV)

Instead, speaking the truth in love,

we will grow to become in every respect the mature body

of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

• truth in love:
  • not sincerity / honesty
  • God's truth
• grow into the Head
  • singular vision to pursue Christ

Mark 8:34,36 (NASB)

If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

[...] For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

• maturity: knowing lots? capable?
• Humbly walk with God as a child

Matthew 18:3-4 (NASB)

Unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

• Greatest aspiration: walk with our Saviour

Do I aspire to childlike faith in Christ?

Eph4:14-16 One Faith

Ephesians 4:16 (NIV)

From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament,

grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

... by every supporting ligament ...

What sinews of supply in the church have I been resisting?

Ephesians 4:14 (NIV) (p.1/3)

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves,

and blown here and there by every wind of teaching

and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.

Ephesians 4:15 (NIV) (p.2/3)

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

Ephesians 4:16 (NIV) (p.3/3)

From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament,

grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.