WHAT DOES GOD WANT AS A FINISHED PRODUCT?

Ephesians 4:1-6 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit — just as you were called to one hope when you were called — one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Acts 2:38 Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. - v1 1. Calling - that’s your adoption as a child of God.

As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. - v1 1. Calling - that’s your adoption as a child of God. 2. Worthy - that’s the final product God intends for you to be.

What are the attitudes God wants to produce in you & how does He plan to do it?

I. What’s the Final Product? Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v2-3

“Your feelings can be controlled by your behavior & your attitude at any given time.” - Dr. Albert Ellis Rational Emotive Therapy I. What’s the Final Product?

What are the attitudes & behaviors God wants to develop in your life? I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v2-3 A. Humbleness () = modesty, lowliness of mind (KJV). A. Humbleness ( ταπεινοφροσύνη ) = modesty, lowliness of mind (KJV). I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v2-3 The world says humbleness is weakness. I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v2-3 Romans 12:3 - Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment. - I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v2-3 Philippians 2:5-8 - Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death — even death on a cross! I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v2-3 You get this attitude by being honest with yourself & others. I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v2-3 B. Gentle () = meekness (KJV), the ability to do it but the restraint not to. B. Gentle ( πραύ ̈ της ) = meekness (KJV), the ability to do it but the restraint not to. I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v Meekness does not mean weakness! I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v Who had this trait? Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth. - Numbers 12:3 (KJV) I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v Who had this trait? Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart... - Matthew 11:29 Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? - Matthew 26:53 I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v2-3 C. Patient () = long tempered, longsuffering, per- severance. C. Patient ( μακροθυμία ) = long tempered, longsuffering, per- severance. I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v2-3 I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v2-3 I Thessalonians 5:11 - Therefore encourage one another and build each other up. I. What’s the Final Product?

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - v2-3 D. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit. I. What’s the Final Product?

I. What’s the Final Product? - v2-3 II. How Will God Make This Happen? There is one body and one Spirit — just as you were called to one hope when you were called — one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. - v4-6

A. The church is necessary! Hebrews 10:25 - Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching. II. How Will God Make This Happen?

B. The church is necessary as the one body & Spirit. There is one body and one Spirit — just as you were called to one hope when you were called. - v4 II. How Will God Make This Happen?

B. The church is necessary as the one body & Spirit. 1. God did not intend for His church to be fractured. II. How Will God Make This Happen?

B. The church is necessary as the one body & Spirit. 2. The one Spirit is the Spirit of God. II. How Will God Make This Happen?

B. The church is necessary as the one body & Spirit. 2. The one Spirit is the Spirit of God. a. The other spirits are demons. b. That’s the occult. Stay away from them! II. How Will God Make This Happen?

B. The church is necessary as the one body & Spirit. 3. The church can have problems & still be the church! II. How Will God Make This Happen?

The Church of Corinth: 1. They had conflict - I Corinthians 1: II. How Will God Make This Happen?

The Church of Corinth: 1. They had conflict - I Corinthians 1: They had incest - I Corinthians 5:1. II. How Will God Make This Happen?

The Church of Corinth: 1. They had conflict - I Corinthians 1: They had incest - I Corinthians 5:1. 3. They had drunkenness at the Lord’s Table. II. How Will God Make This Happen?

The Church of Corinth: 1. They had conflict - I Corinthians 1: They had incest - I Corinthians 5:1. 3. They had drunkenness. 4. They had misused spiritual gifts - I Corinthians II. How Will God Make This Happen?

The Church of Corinth: 5. They had doubts about the resurrection - I Corinthians 15. II. How Will God Make This Happen?

B. The church is necessary as the one body & Spirit. 3. The church can have problems & still be the church! They were still called the Church of God! I Corinthians 1:2 - To the church of God in Corinth II. How Will God Make This Happen?

C. The church is necessary in providing one plan of salvation.... one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all... - v5-6 II. How Will God Make This Happen?

C. The church is necessary in providing one plan of salvation.... one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all... - v It’s the church that points you to one Lord. John 14:6 - Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. II. How Will God Make This Happen?

C. The church is necessary in providing one plan of salvation.... one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all... - v It’s the church that points you to one faith. John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. II. How Will God Make This Happen?

C. The church is necessary in providing one plan of salvation.... one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all... - v It’s the church that points you to one baptism. Galatians 3:27 - for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. II. How Will God Make This Happen?

C. The church is necessary in providing one plan of salvation.... one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all... - v It’s the church that points you to one loyalty. II. How Will God Make This Happen?

If you want all God has in store for you - Get busy & become everything God wants in His Final Product!