Pastor David has always been faithful to stress the importance of unity in the Body of Christ.
During the month of February, he will be preaching a series addressing the importance of
maturity in the Body of Christ. We would be wise to pay attention to the Apostle Paul’s
counsel in his letter to the church in Ephesus: Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ…
Ephesians 4: 1-16 “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the
calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one
another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of
peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you
were called; 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 has been given as Christ apportioned it.
This is why is says: ‘When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his
people.’ (What does ‘he ascended’ mean except that he also descended to the lower,
earthly regions? He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the
heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) So Christ himself gave the apostles, the
prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of
service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in
the knowledge of the Son of God and become MATURE, attaining to the whole measure of
the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the
waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and
craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will
grow to become in every respect the MATURE body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows
and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”
To be a growing, healthy church in building Christ’s kingdom for God’s glory, we must have
unity AND we must continually be maturing as Christians! May we each be ‘all in’ and find
joy in doing the journey together!
Pastor Tammy
