Equip (Ephesians 4:1-16) [Jay Thomas]

Jesus is our Savior, amen. Jesus wants to shape us into Himself in character, amen. But, Jesus also wants to use our lives in a way that he modeled for us - radically Spirit dependent lives, with particular gifts the Spirit has given us to use for the building of the church and the advance of the Gospel. We are going to begin a brief miniseries, leading up to Made for Mission, around our 3 ministry goals: Equip, Community, Reach. This Sunday we will discuss Ephesians 4:1-16 and the vision of a church gifted with spoils of Holy War by a Holy Savior, Jesus, by the Spirit, working together in unity and love. Our Equip vision is to obey this passage and one of the key strategies to accomplish this vision is for our leaders to equip or body to use their grace gifts for the glory of God.