Christ and His Church

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

Christianity, Business, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Non-profit, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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(Ephesians 4:7-16) We all need the Lord, but God has made it so that we also need one another. We are dependent on Christ and we are interdependent on each other. How can we love the head (Christ) when we don't love the body (church)? Don't take for granted what you have through Christ in His church! (05507211209) Join Scott Pauley's study through Scripture this year. Find resources for every book of the Bible by Dr. Pauley and Enjoying the Journey at enjoyingthejourney.org/journey-through-scripture/.Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. Explore now at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides every resource for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/

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0:00.0	The best gifts are not material but spiritual, not temporal, but eternal, and not earthly, and not earthly, but heavenly.
0:16.9	In the book of Ephesians, we discover a rich list of what God has given to his children.
0:23.1	Let's join Scott Pauley now as we open this portion of scripture and take inventory of all spiritual blessings that are ours in Christ.
0:43.6	Have you ever stopped to consider what a gift the local New Testament church is?
0:50.0	How wise our God is and how loving and kind, how thoughtful he is,
0:56.0	that he would create a means by which we could all grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ individually and collectively we could grow together and his kingdom and his purpose in
1:02.1	this world would be growing at the same time.
1:05.9	We are in our list of all spiritual blessings, and we've come today in Ephesians chapter 4 to verse
1:12.1	number 7, down through verse number 16. And what do we add to our list of all spiritual blessings?
1:18.1	Well, we must add to our list, Christ and His Church.
1:22.8	Now, certainly Christ is the greatest gift of all. Let's just use the words of Paul in another scripture,
1:29.2	thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. The greatest gift we have is Christ. But when you get
1:35.3	Christ, you come into a relationship not only with Christ, but then with all the other members
1:41.5	of the family of God. Why did Christ come?
1:45.4	He came to build his church.
1:47.9	He came to die, and he died for the church.
1:51.3	He loved the church so much he gave himself for it.
1:54.4	Sounds like it's pretty priceless, like it ought to be precious to us.
1:58.9	So let's take these verses today and just make a few notes about some of the spiritual
2:04.3	blessings we have in Christ and in the church.
2:08.0	In verse 7, this is where we left off the other day.
2:10.3	It says, but unto every one of us has given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
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