Child-like faith is great. Child-ish faith is not so great. In fact, it's a sin. We're called to grow up.

We're called no longer to be infants in the faith, no longer children, but to grow up to the

fullness of Christ. The Christian life is to be one of growth, no longer being children. It's also a life of service, the work of ministry as we heard last Sunday

It's good to have you with us for today's edition of renewing your mind as we finish several weeks in

Ephesians and conclude this section in chapter 4.

As this is our last week with R.C. Sproll teaching from Ephesians, I encourage you to request

his new hardcover commentary with your donation of any amount at renewing your mind.org.

Today is the final day for this offer and it won't be repeated next Sunday.

So give your gift while there's still time. In

Ephesians four the Apostle Paul speaks of apostles, prophets,

evangelists, shepherds, and teachers. What are these roles and why as as R.C. Sproll said earlier, we called to not be infants in the faith.

Here's Dr. Sproll, for the last time in Ephesians.

Now Paul mentions here that dissension,

but he does it in a somewhat problematic way.

What does ascend mean, but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the

earth now many interpreters historically say that the one who is ascended into heaven

did that only after he first descended into hell.

The desensus odd infernos, that's part of the Apostle Creed, though that phrase

descended into hell apparently was not in the original, the earliest reference we have to

it's around the middle of the third century.

But for centuries the church has believed that sometime between death and resurrection Christ literally went to hell to the realm of the dead, some say to receive

the full measure of punishment

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