Free Bible Commentary
“Ephesians 4:1-6”
Categories: Ephesians“Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.”
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“There is one body.” No matter how many millions of times people insist that you should “attend the church of your choice,” and that it doesn’t matter what “denomination” you are a part of, there is only one church that is founded by and approved of by Jesus Christ. The “body” of Christ is the “church” of Christ (Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 1:24). Jesus is the head of this body (Colossians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 12:27), so it takes all of its instructions and receives all of its authority from Him as dictated by the inspired revelation of the New Testament (2 Peter 1:16-21).
There is only one church that Jesus personally “built” (Matthew 16:18), and that He “purchased with His own blood” (Acts 20:28). This is the church that the Apostle’s “established” on the day of Pentecost nearly 2000 years ago when they were empowered by the Holy Spirit and began baptizing people into it through the authority of Christ (Acts 2:38, 47). This is the church of Jesus Christ, and all approved local congregations are “churches of Christ” (Romans 16:16).
Christ, the head of the church, has only one and not many bodies. Are you a part of that one, Christ-built, blood-bought body?
More on Ephesians 4:1-6 for tomorrow Lord willing.
Blessings!
-Louie Taylor
