God’s Ultimate Goals for Body Life in His Church Here’s the end result of following God’s design for Body Life in His Church: 1) Unity “until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God” ( Eph. 4:13 ) 2) Maturity “and become mature” ( Eph. 4:13 ) 3) Christ-likeness “attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ” ( Eph. 4:13 ) 4) Balance “… 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 … ” ( Eph. 4:14-16 ) God’s Plan for Reaching His Goals for His Church To become the Church of God’s design begins with gifted leaders and teachers equipping believers to serve. It takes everybody doing their part, not just leaders and teachers. 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 ( Eph. 4:11-12 ) From him(Christ) the whole body, joined an...
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