Ephesians 2:19-22 - State of the Union Sermon

December 31, 2023 • Pastor Joseph Spurgeon • Ephesians 2:19–22

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit. Visit us on all our social media platforms: https://linktr.ee/sovereignkingchurch Listen on the go on your favorite podcast service: Apple - https://tinyurl.com/uxw3awb6 Google - https://tinyurl.com/mzmza4fv CCLI Copyright License 21770970 Size A - Streaming License # 21770963 Size A

Ephesians 4:1-16 - The Preservation of Our Union

May 21, 2023 • Pastor Joseph Spurgeon • Ephesians 4:1–16

Ephesians 4:1-16 - The Purpose of Our Union

May 14, 2023 • Pastor Joseph Spurgeon • Ephesians 4:1–16

Unity of the Spirit Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captive the captives, And He gave gifts to people.” (Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.) And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some asevangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.