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Building a Mature Church in Love

Ephesians 4:11-16 emphasizes the importance of equipping believers for service to build up the body of Christ in unity and maturity, speaking the truth in love. Discover how each part plays a vital role in growing and supporting the church.

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Building a Mature Church in Love

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  1. Ephesians 4:11-16

  2. 11So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until 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.

  3. 14Then 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. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the

  4. head, that is, Christ. 16From 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.

  5. 14Then 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. 15Instead, 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.

  6. God wants a maturing church

  7. God wants a maturing church

  8. 14Then 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. 15Instead, 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.

  9. Speaking the Truth in Love to Others Truth – love =  Love – Truth =  Truth + Love = 

  10. Speaking the Truth in Love to Ourselves Truth – love =  Love – Truth =  Truth + Love = 

  11. 16From 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.

  12. “What is mine to do?”

  13. If you are not actively loving and serving others within this church, you are outside of the will of God.

  14. God wants a maturing church

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