This document provides an overview of a sermon on building up the body of Christ based on Ephesians 4:8-16. It discusses how Christ gave different gifts to individuals to equip the saints for works of service and to build up the body of Christ. It emphasizes that everyone has a role to play in strengthening the unity and maturity of the church by using their talents. The presentation encourages attendees to consider how they can support others and contribute to building the body of Christ through their actions.

1. Marks of a True
Christian (2)
Building Up The Body
Ephesians 4:8-16

2. Real or Fake?
• “Champ Internatinal”
• Money
• Genuine Rolex
• The Real Deal

3. Sitting in McDonald’s
Won’t Make you a
hamburger

4. Sitting in church won’t
make you a Christian!
• You must take some action!!!!

5. Two Approaches
• Doctrinal
– First Principles
– Church Practice
• Practical
• Genus Specie

6. Overview of Ephesians
• Chapters 1-3 Doctrinal Base
• Chapters 4-6 Practical
Application
• Parallel Passages
– Colossians 3
– Romans 12
– 1 Corinthians

7. Ephesians Lesson Series
• 4:1-7 Walk Worthy
• 4:8-16 Building Up the Body
• 4:17-5:20 Light Versus
Darkness
• 5:21-6:9 Relationships
• 6:10-18 The Christian Soldier

8. 4:1 As a prisoner for
the Lord, then, I
urge you to live a
life worthy of the
calling you have
received.

9. 4:2 Be completely
humble and gentle;
be patient, bearing
with one another in
love.

10. 4:3 Make every effort
to keep the unity of the
Spirit through the
bond of peace.

11. 4:4 There is one body
and one Spirit— just
as you were called to
one hope when you
were called—

12. 4:5 one Lord, one faith,
one baptism; 6 one
God and Father of all,
who is over all and
through all and in all.

13. Live Worthy of
Your Calling
• Uncle Sam Wants You
• God: I love you and call you.
• Developed in chapters 1-3
• The calling comes first
• Col 3:12 Therefore, as God’s
chosen people, holy and dearly
loved,

14. Live Worthy of Your
Calling
• Philippians 1:27, “worthy of the
gospel of Christ”;
• Colossians 1:10, “to lead a life
worthy of the Lord”;
• 1 Thessalonians 2:12, “to lead
a life worthy of the God who
calls”
• Not mere moral advice—but
based on the gospel.

15. A Calling or
Reputation
• Family reputation
• Alumni of a school.
• Member of a team.

16. Humble
• Lowliness of mind—in contrast to
high-mindedness.
• Weakness?
• Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
• Matthew 23:12 For whoever exalts
himself will be humbled, and
whoever humbles himself will be
exalted.

17. Gentle
• Fruit of the Spirit
• 2 Timothy 2:24 And the Lord’s
servant must not quarrel; instead,
he must be kind to everyone, able
to teach, not resentful. 25 Those
who oppose him he must gently
instruct, in the hope that God will
grant them repentance leading them
to a knowledge of the truth

18. Patient
• “Long temper” as compared
to “short temper”
• 1 Thess 5:14 And we urge
you, brothers, warn those
who are idle, encourage the
timid, help the weak, be
patient with everyone

19. Unity of the Spirit
• Vern’s License: “Peacbl”
• The “glue” or “bond”
• How hard do you try to get
along with others?

20. The Body of
Christ
• We are all
part of the
whole.

21. The Body is a
Metaphoric Concept
• It contains a wealth of
information in one term.
• “The Body” is a Key concept
of the church

22. We are all to be body
builders!

23. We are all to be body
builders!
• Ephesians 4:11 It was he who gave
some to be apostles, some to be
prophets, some to be evangelists,
and some to be pastors and
teachers, 12 to prepare God’s
people for works of service,

24. Be Body Builders
• so that the body of Christ may be
built up 13 until we all reach
unity in the faith and in the
knowledge of the Son of God and
become mature, attaining to the
whole measure of the fullness of
Christ.

25. Build up the Body

26. Everyone must work
at body building.

27. The Body of Christ
• Individuals
• Congregation
• World Wide

28. Gifts From Christ
• Apostles
• Prophets
• Evangelists
• Pastors
• Teachers

29. • So that the Body of Christ
might be built up
• Until we all reach unity
– in the faith
– And in the knowledge of the Son of God
• Become mature
– Attaining the whole measure of the fullness
of Christ

30. What are You Doing
to Build Up the Body
of Christ?

31. What mundane things
can you do to help
individuals or the
church?

32. What special talents
do you have that you
can offer?

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