Ephesians 4:1-32

Contents: Walk and service of the believer in Christ. Ministry of gifts of Christ to His Body.

Characters: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul.

Conclusion: Considering to what state and condition God has called us in Christ Jesus, let us approve ourselves good Christians, living up to our profession and calling. As members of His Body, the Holy Spirit will endue us with spiritual gifts for His service that we might confirm and build up others in the faith and that we might dispense the saving doctrines of His grace to the unsaved.

Key Word: Walk, Ephesians 4:1.

Strong Verses: Ephesians 4:1; Ephesians 4:17; Ephesians 4:22; Ephesians 4:23; Ephesians 4:24; Ephesians 4:30; Ephesians 4:32.

Striking Facts: Ephesians 4:8. When Christ's body was laid in the grave, His spirit descended into Hades (the abode of departed spirits), and proclaimed the victory of the cross. At His ascension to the Father after three days He delivered from Hades the spirits of the justified and took them to Paradise above, leaving the unsaved spirits in Hades. The spirit of the Christian at death now goes to be with Him above. Php_1:23; 2 Corinthians 5:9.