Oakwood Church
Build Up the Body - Ephesians 4:7-16
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:1-2
Ephesians 4:1-2
God gave spiritual gifts to build up the Body not the Believer
“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:11-12
“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:11-12
Three Steps to Supernatural Service:
1. Grow up
2. Speak up
3. Work up
1. Grow up
2. Speak up
3. Work up
Three Steps to Supernatural Service:
1. Grow up in your Attitude
• It’s about Jesus, not you
“But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.”
Ephesians 4:7
1. Grow up in your Attitude
• It’s about Jesus, not you
“But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.”
Ephesians 4:7
Three Steps to Supernatural Service:
1. Grow up in your Attitude
• It’s about Jesus, not you
“When he ascended he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men… he who descended is the one who also ascended…”
Ephesians 4:8-10
1. Grow up in your Attitude
• It’s about Jesus, not you
“When he ascended he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men… he who descended is the one who also ascended…”
Ephesians 4:8-10
Three Steps to Supernatural Service:
1. Grow up in your Attitude
• It’s about the Body, not you
“Bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit…”
Ephesians 4:2-4
1. Grow up in your Attitude
• It’s about the Body, not you
“Bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit…”
Ephesians 4:2-4
Three Steps to Supernatural Service:
1. Grow up in your Attitude
• It’s about the Body, not you
“So that we may no longer be children tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine…”
Ephesians 4:14
1. Grow up in your Attitude
• It’s about the Body, not you
“So that we may no longer be children tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine…”
Ephesians 4:14
Three Steps to Supernatural Service:
1. Grow up in your Attitude
• It’s about the Mission, not you
“He who descended is the one who ascended far above the heavens, that he might fill all things.”
Ephesians 4:10
1. Grow up in your Attitude
• It’s about the Mission, not you
“He who descended is the one who ascended far above the heavens, that he might fill all things.”
Ephesians 4:10
Three Steps to Supernatural Service:
2. Speak up in your Relationships
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.”
Ephesians 4:15
2. Speak up in your Relationships
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.”
Ephesians 4:15
Three Steps to Supernatural Service:
2. Speak up in your Relationships
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.” Ephesians 4:15
2. Speak up in your Relationships
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.” Ephesians 4:15
Three Steps to Supernatural Service:
3. Work up in your Gifts
“From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint… when each part is working properly…” Ephesians 4:16
3. Work up in your Gifts
“From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint… when each part is working properly…” Ephesians 4:16
Three Steps to Supernatural Service:
3. Work up in your Gifts
• Drawing Power and direction from Jesus
“From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint… when each part is working properly…”
Ephesians 4:16
3. Work up in your Gifts
• Drawing Power and direction from Jesus
“From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint… when each part is working properly…”
Ephesians 4:16
Three Steps to Supernatural Service:
3. Work up in your Gifts
• Diligently doing your Part
“When each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”
Ephesians 4:16
3. Work up in your Gifts
• Diligently doing your Part
“When each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”
Ephesians 4:16