How to Live
I. By Knowing Your Calling
- A. Revelation concerning our calling- Eph. 4:1, 4; 1:18; 2 Tim. 1:9;
Rom. 8:28-29
- 1. Called to fellowship with Christ in the realm of His Body - Eph.
4:1-2; 1 Cor. 1:9; Col. 3:15; 2 Pet. 1:10-11; 1 Thess. 2:12
- B. Revelation transforms our circumstances - Eph. 4:1 ("prisoner
in the Lord)
- C. Revelation controls our daily life - Eph. 4:1("walk")
- 1. The realms to walk in - Eph. 2:2, 10; 4:17; 5:2, 8, 15
- 2. A living that matches the calling - Eph. 4:1 ("worthy");
Col. 1:9-10
II. By Keeping the Oneness of the Spirit
- A. The content of the oneness - Eph. 4:3
- 1. The peace made at the cross - Eph. 2:13-18
- 2. The organic Body of Christ in one Spirit - Eph. 4:4; 2:16
- 3. The Lord Himself - Eph. 4:5; 2:14, 20-21
- 4. The subjective presence of the Father - Eph. 4:6
III. By Letting the Lord Defeat Us for Our Usefulness to the Body
- A. Being a gift to the Body - Eph. 4:7-8, 11
- B. Having the supply of grace to function - Eph. 4:7
- C. The purpose of being defeated by the Lord - Eph. 4:8-10; 2 Cor.
2:14-16
IV. By Arriving at the Goal of our Calling
- A. In the building of the Body - Eph. 4:12
- B. In maturity - Eph. 4:13-15
- 1. Simplicity of faith - Eph. 4:13a
- 2. The unique focus of Christ - Eph. 4:13b
- 3. The atmosphere for growth - Eph. 4:14-16
- 4. The life nature of the Body - Eph. 4:15-16
V. By Knowing Life in the Details of Our Daily Life
- A. The mind vs. life in the Spirit, and being renewed - Eph. 4:17-19,
23-24
- B. Learning Christ - Eph. 4:20-21
- C. Dealing with our former manner of life - Eph. 4:22
- D. Life in our relationships
- 1. Transparency - Eph. 4:25
- 2. Sensitivity - Eph. 4:26-27
- 3. Character and motive change - Eph. 4:28
- 4. Transformed relationships
- a) A new level of speaking - Eph. 4:29
- b) A new awareness between us - Eph. 4:30
- c) A new awareness of the temperature of our disposition - Eph.
4:31-32