Oakwood Church

Biblical Partnership:

● I know you > I love you > I like you > I need you

What Jesus is doing:

“He who descended is also the one who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.”
Ephesians 4:10

Gospel Saturation:

• Jesus is filling all things through us, His Church

“He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry.”
Ephesians 4:11-12

The Big Picture: Gospel Saturation

“The knowledge of the glory of the Lord will fill the earth as the waters fill the sea.”
Habakkuk 2:14

Three Essential Steps to Living as the Church United:

1. Grow up into Christ

“For building up the body of Christ until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood.”
Ephesians 4:12-13

1. Grow up into Christ

○ Know the Suffering, Sovereign Savior

“He who descended is also the one who also ascended… that he might fill all things.”
Ephesians 4:10

1. Grow up into Christ

○ Experience His overflowing Love

“To know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 3:19

1. Grow up into Christ

○ Mature in Christ-like Character

“So that we may no longer be children… Rather… grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.”
Ephesians 4:14-15

2. Grow up into Unity

○ Remember there is One Church

“For building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith.”
Ephesians 4:12-13

2. Grow up into Unity

○ Remember there is One Church

“There is one body and one Spirit - just as you were called to one hope…”
Ephesians 4:4

2. Grow up into Unity

○ Rejoice in God’s creative Generosity

“But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.”
Ephesians 4:7

2. Grow up into Unity

○ Rejoice in God’s creative Generosity

“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints…”
Ephesians 4:11-12

2. Grow up into Unity

○ Reach out in Love

“Rather, speaking the truth in love we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head.”
Ephesians 4:15

3. Grow up into Ministry

○ Empower Every believer

“...to equip the saints for the work of ministry.”
Ephesians 4:11

3. Grow up into Ministry

○ Mobilize a Collaborative movement

“...from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint… when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”
Ephesians 4:16

Gospel Saturation – Jesus is filling all things through us

Three steps to a Church United:
1. Grow up into Christ
2. Grow up into Unity
3. Grow up into Ministry