Relentless Forward Relationships--Ephesians 4:25-32

What would you do for your family? Let me flip the question around—what wouldn’t you do for your family? We all have people we care about. It could be a spouse—a husband or wife. It could be your children, or perhaps your grandchildren. Maybe for you it’s a parent—a mom or dad. Or an Aunt or Uncle, cousin, niece or nephew. We all have people that we care about—right? What wouldn’t we do for them? I think in most cases the answer is nothing. There is nothing we wouldn’t do for them. We would lay down our life, if need be, to protect the family members that we care about.‌‌ . . In our text this morning, Ephesians chapter 4, as we think about relentlessly forward relationships, the Apostle Paul talks about our relationship with another family—our spiritual family. Just like we would do anything for our physical family, God would do anything for His family. In fact, He did. He gave the life of His Son for His children, and so He paid the ultimate price to show His love to us. And so in this passage Paul talks about our Christian family. He tells us how we are to relate to one another as believers. Since God paid the ultimate price for us, He cares about how we treat our fellow believers. He is concerned about our church relationships. And in this passage, Paul gives us one very important truth for our lives and for our church.‌‌ Believers must act like a family