Walk worthy of your calling by keeping unity in the Spirit of God!

12/15/2017

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3 NKJV

Walking worthy of our calling requires humility. God wants us to serve him by serving each other in love.

Paul uses the words; lowliness, gentleness, longsuffering, and the phrase bearing with one another in love to explain how to keep unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.

I looked up the word bearing in my dictionary. It means manner.

God expects us to relate to each other in a manner of love. He expects us to do all we can to keep unity and peace in the body of Christ.

People disagree and argue because we have different points of view and opinions. My wife and I disagree at times. If I argue every point of disagreement until I am satisfied with the outcome I would have a very contentious marriage.

Our calling as Christians is to know Jesus Christ and make him known to the world. God tells us how to make him known.

We are to operate as one body. We are the hands and feet. Jesus is our head. A Body cannot move forward with one foot going in one direction and the other foot going in a different direction!

God’s love for us is unconditional and eternal. He wants us to demonstrate our love for him by loving each other. If we all express our love for God through obedience to Him we will have an unbreakable bond that will lead to unity and peace among His people.

Walk worthy of your calling by working to keep unity and peace in the Body of Christ!

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Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV

The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ!

This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.

The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.

The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him!

Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved.

God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!

Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.

We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus!

Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.

God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!

Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Walk worthy of your calling by keeping unity in the Spirit of God!

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