Building Up the Body

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In Ephesians 4, we find a pretty remarkable argument. The argument has three parts. The flow of the argument is that even though we have the life of the trinity in us, we live in spiritual immaturity until we’re willing to do the hard work of developing and creating unity in the church. Let’s take a look at each part: 1) the life of the trinity, 2) we live in spiritual immaturity, and 3) do the hard work of developing and creating unity in the church. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on December 4, 2011. Series: A Study of Ephesians: Who is the Church? Scripture: Ephesians 4:1–16. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to Gospel and life. Today, Tim Keller is taking us through a series on the book of Ephesians, a book that is all about what it means to be Christian and what it means to live in
0:13.9	unity with other believers. After you listen we invite you to go online to
0:17.9	gospel in life.com and sign up for email updates. Now here's today's teaching from Dr. Keller.
0:24.0	Tonight's for the Lord then I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
0:46.4	Be completely humble and gentle.
0:49.2	Be patient, bearing with one another in love.
0:53.0	Make every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace.
0:58.0	There is one body, one spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called, one Lord, one
1:05.6	faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who was over all and through all and in all.
1:14.0	But to each one of us,
1:16.0	grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.
1:19.0	That is why it says,
1:20.0	when he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men.
1:26.0	What does he ascended mean except that he also descended to the lower earthly regions? He who descended to the lower earthly regions. He who descended is the very one who ascended
1:36.4	higher than all the heavens in order to fill the whole universe. It was he who gave some to, excuse me, it was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors,
1:48.0	some to be pastors and teachers to prepare God's people for works of service
1:55.8	so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith
2:01.0	and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature,
2:05.0	attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
2:09.0	Then we will no longer be infants,
2:11.0	tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there
2:15.3	by every wind of teaching, and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.
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