2. 11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 
12 Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do His work and build up the church, the body of Christ. 
Ephesians 2:11-15
New Living Translation

3. 13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.
Ephesians 2:11-15 (NLT)

4. 14 Then we will no longer be immature like children
14 Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.
Ephesians 2:11-15 (NLT)

5. 15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of His body, the church.
Ephesians 2:11-15 (NLT)

6. mature: Τέλειον (teleion)
fully developed
morally perfect
genuine
complete
adult
…growing into a mature person…
growing in every way…
Ephesians 4:13, 15

7. Four marks of a mature Christian
HEART: they love their enemies (Matthew 5:48)

8. Four marks of a mature Christian
WALLET: they are financially generous (Matthew 19:21)
HEART: love their enemies

9. Four marks of a mature Christian
WALLET: they are financially generous (Matthew 19:21)
ten c #6: don’t murder
ten c #7: don’t commit adultery
ten c #8: don’t steal
ten c #9: don’t lie
ten c #5: honor your parents
Lev. 19:18 love your neighbor as yourself
HEART: love their enemies

10. Four marks of a mature Christian
MIND: they can distinguish between good and evil (Ephesians 4:14; Hebrews 5:14)
(Mature people) will no longer be like little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
Ephesians 4:14
The mature are those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.
Hebrews 5:14

11. We demolish arguments and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:4-5
Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ.
Colossians 2:8

12. Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
Isaiah 5:20

13. Four marks of a mature Christian
TONGUE: they control their tongue (James 3:2)
HEART: love their enemies
WALLET: financially generous
MIND: know good vs. evil

14. Marks of a mature Christian
heart: they love their enemies.
wallet: they are financially generous.
mind: they can distinguish between good and evil.
tongue: they control their tongue.