Life Together Walk Worthily – A Growing Church is Full of Changed Lives Ephesians 4:17-19 “Owner’s Manual for the Church” – Bryan Chappell 1. Don’t Live Like Lost People (Pagans) “There must be the complete abandonment of the old way of living” Hardness of Heart Darkness of Heart Deadness Recklessness — unrestrained abandonment to sin.* 2. How Can We Not Live Like Lost People? We are to think differently We are to respond to the truth differently We are to act differently from the pagan culture. The Law is Critical Evangelism is Imperative Life Change is Possible Attributed to John Stott's work on Ephesians “Spiritual gift.” It is a God-given ability or skill that enables a believer to perform a specific function in the body of Christ with effectiveness and ease. Leaders are to Equip the Saints The Saints are to Do the Work of the Ministry Equipping Serving Building Up How Should a Church Grow? Attacks spiritual infantilism Selfish Individualism is a mark of Immaturity. 1. Maturing Christlikeness Rooted in the Scripture Growing in the Knowledge of Jesus Christ Demonstrating Spiritual Maturity Making Much of Jesus Schaeffer – “There are no little people in the kingdom of God and there are no little jobs” 2. Doctrinal Stability 3. "Truthing” in Love Loving People enough to tell the Truth Loving the Truth enough to tell it 4. Healthy Service