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Grace, Hope
& Peace, Friend;
After laying out that, because He loves us, God has
intentionally chosen each one of us to be a part of His plan, (Ephesians 1-3) Paul wrote,
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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.
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Emphasis mine
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Ephesians
4:1-4
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Since each one of us is a part of His plan, there is no room for
pride, bullying, impatience, or enmity. None of us can claim a superior role!
But what about apostles, prophets (people who speak for God),
evangelists, pasters, and teachers? Aren't they somehow superior to the rest
of us? Look what Paul wrote about that;
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He gave some as apostles, some as prophets,
some as evangelists, 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.
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Emphasis mine
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Ephesians
4:11-13
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We have one job - Building up the body of
Christ in unity
Yeshua, HaDerech - Jesus the way - show the role You have
planned for me each day.
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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.
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Ephesians
4:15-16
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One job,
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