Ephesians 4

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Paul encourages us to live the kind of life that God calls us to live. He uses some of the Fruits of the Spirit as example. He talks about all believers acting as a unified front for God because there is only one body and one Spirit of the church. All Christians share one hope that Jesus is who He said He was. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one Father who is everything. God is alone in His matchless glory. There are not multiple gods as some religions believe. There is only one faith that will truly give us ur eternal reward. We all need to be baptized not by water so that we may change our ways but by the Spirit so that He may enter our hearts and give us God's gift of eternal life. All Christians are children of God. Since He created everything, there is nothing that can escape Him. Jesus gave us God's favor, measuring it out Himself. He went from the depths of the Earth to the heights of Heaven so that there was nothing immeasurable for Him. He gave apostles, missionaries, teachers, pastors, etc. as gifts to the church so that they could prepare us for our time with Christ until we become mature in our faith and measure up to Christ, the spiritual model. We will all have moments of ebb and flow with this, but hopefully we will make it far enough not to believe what we hear from false teachers and cunning people who try to mislead us. Christ is the head of the body of believers. He also controls every joint because He is the one who makes the body grow and fits it all together.

Christians should live differently from non-believers. We should live in the way Christ set up for us. People should be able to see that their is something different about us. That way, we can explain that it come from a relationship with Christ. The truth boils down to Jesus. When we learn this truth, we must change our ways. Stop living in sin and become a new person, a person of God. Get rid of lies. Only speak the truth because we are all creations of God. Only grow angry in a healthy way. Don't go to bed angry because it gives the devil an opportunity to work. There is Spiritually heathy anger. Anger at injustice or hurt or corruption or sin. But don't let that turn into unhealthy anger. thieves must stop stealing and be productive with their hands to do good things. Don't speak what would hurt another because the Holy Spirit is in us and places a stamp of approval on us. Speak what is good, so that the Holy Spirit isn't upset with you. Be kind and forgiving; after all, God forgave us, and that is FAR more than we deserve.