This document contains the text of a sermon delivered at the Jackson Street Church of Christ. The sermon focuses on Ephesians 4:1-6 and discusses the purpose of the church according to this passage. It explains that the church aims to bring believers to unity in faith and knowledge of God, and to spiritual maturity as described in verses 11-16. The sermon urges listeners to fulfill their purpose by ministering to others, building each other up, and living obediently as changed people through Christ.

1. W E L C O M E T O T H E
J A C K S O N S T R E E T
C H U R C H O F C H R I S T
P L E A S E
T U R N O F F
C E L L P H O N E S

2. Ephesians 4:1-6 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. (4) There
is one body and one Spirit, just as you
were called in one hope of your calling;
(5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism; (6)
one God and Father of all, who is above
all, and through all, and in you all.

3. THE PURPOSE OF
THE CHURCH!

4. WALK WORTHY - Eph 4:1-6
A. {1} I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech
you to walk worthy of the calling with which you
were called,
B. {2} with all lowliness and gentleness,
with longsuffering, bearing with one another in
love,
C. {3} endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in
the bond of peace.
1. {4} There is one body
2. and one Spirit,
3. just as you were called in one hope of your
calling;
4. {5} one Lord,
5. one faith,
6. one baptism;
7. {6} one God and Father of all, who is above all,
and through all, and in you all.

5. CHRIST’S GIFTS – Eph 4:7-10
{7} But to each one of us grace was given
according to the measure of Christ's gift.
{8} Therefore He says: "When He
ascended on high, He led captivity
captive, And gave gifts to men." {9} (Now
this, "He ascended"; what does it mean
but that He also first descended into the
lower parts of the earth? {10} He who
descended is also the One who ascended
far above all the heavens, that He might
fill all things.)

6. THE PURPOSE
OF THE
CHURCH
Eph. 4:11-32

7. I. THE PURPOSE OF LEADERS &
TEACHERS – (11-13)
A. {11} And He Himself gave some to be
apostles, some prophets, some evangelists,
and some pastors and teachers,
B. {12} for the equipping of the saints for the
work of ministry,
C. for the edifying of the body of Christ,
1. {13} till we all come to the unity of the faith
2. and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
3. to a perfect man,
4. to the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ;

8. II. THE PURPOSE OF
FOLLOWERS – (14-16)
A. {14} that we should no longer be children, tossed
to and fro and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning
craftiness of deceitful plotting,
B. {15} but, speaking the truth in love,
C. may grow up in all things into Him who is the
head; Christ;
1. {16} from whom the whole body, joined and knit
together by what every joint supplies,
2. according to the effective working by which
every part does its share,
3. causes growth of the body for the edifying of
itself in love.

9. III. DON’T BE LIKE THE
HEATHENS – (17-19)
A. {17} This I say, therefore, and testify in the
Lord, that you should no longer walk as the
rest of the Gentiles walk,
B. in the futility of their mind,
C. {18} having their understanding darkened,
D. being alienated from the life of God,
1. because of the ignorance that is in them,
2. because of the blindness of their heart;
E. {19} who, being past feeling,
1. have given themselves over to lewdness,
2. to work all uncleanness with greediness.

10. IV. BE TRUE CHRISTIANS (20-32)
A.{20} But you have not so learned Christ,
{21} if indeed you have heard Him and
have been taught by Him, as the truth is in
Jesus:
B.{22} that you put off, concerning your
former conduct, the old man which grows
corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
C.{23} and be renewed in the spirit of your
mind,
D.{24} and that you put on the new man
which was created according to God, in
true righteousness and holiness.

11. IV. BE TRUE CHRISTIANS (20-32)
1. {25} Therefore, putting away lying, "Let
each one of you speak truth with his
neighbor," for we are members of one
another.
2. {26} "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let
the sun go down on your wrath, {27} nor
give place to the devil.
3. {28} Let him who stole steal no longer, but
rather let him labor, working with his
hands what is good, that he may have
something to give him who has need.

12. IV. BE TRUE CHRISTIANS (20-32)
4. {29} Let no corrupt word proceed out of your
mouth, but what is good for necessary
edification, that it may impart grace to the
hearers.
5. {30} And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by
whom you were sealed for the day of
redemption.
6. {31} Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and
evil speaking be put away from you, with all
malice.
7. {32} And be kind to one another,
a. tenderhearted,
b. forgiving one another, just as God in Christ
forgave you.

13. WHAT ABOUT YOU?
A. Are you fulfilling your purpose in the
church?
B. Are you ministering to others?
C. Are you building other up?
D. Are you growing in the knowledge of God &
Christ?
E. Are you doing your part of the work to build
up the body – the church?
F. Are you really different from non-christians
in the way you live your life? Have you put
off the old man!
G.Are you living a new life of obedience to
God? Have you put on the new man!

14. Changed People
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Change People