Bear with It… We are One

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Key Scriptures: Ephesians 4:1-6 Ephesians 2:14 John 17:20-23

Sermon Notes

Bear with It… We are One Pastor Mike Wilson June 10, 2018

Ephesians 4:1-6 New International Version (NIV) 4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. John 17:20-23 New International Version (NIV) 20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

Main idea: Be a bearer with not a barrier against. Who are we bearing with? Ephesians 4:3-5 New International Version (NIV) 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord,

We bear with those who have a… 1. Common conviction about Christ “Our conviction of who Jesus is, is greater than our theological suspension”

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The “I Am” Statements of Jesus 1. I am the bread of life

Book of John 6:35, 48, 51

2. I am the light of the world 3. I am the door of the sheep 4. I am the good shepherd 5. I am the resurrection and the life

8:12; 9:5 10:7, 9 10:11, 14 11:25

6. I am the way, the truth, and the life 7. I am the true vine

14:06 15:01

Ephesians 4:3-5 New International Version (NIV) 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith,

We bear with those who have a… 2. Common Confidence in CHRIST… “If we believe Jesus is who he said he is, then we must believe he will do what he said he’d do.”

We have Confidence in two things: A. The Spirits leading Romans 8:14-16 New International Version (NIV) 14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

B. The WORD of GOD… Hebrews 4:12 New International Version (NIV) 12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Revelation 22:18-19 New International Version (NIV) 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll:If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words awayfrom this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

3. A common care for another… Ephesians 2:14 New International Version (NIV) 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility