GROWING UP TOGETHER EPHESIANS 4:1-16

Every year we seem to get a little bit older don’t we? That seems like a pretty obvious statement; one like the famous Yogi Berra might say.

I remember reading a story in school about a family that had discovered a well that kept them from ever growing older. At first it seemed great, but then they realized that everyone they loved kept passing away and they were always the same.

Always being the same might sound like a good thing, but it isn’t when it comes to the Christian faith. Just like we would be concerned if an infant never got bigger, or never started crawling or walking, or never spoke, we should be concerned with the vast number of Christians who are not maturing in Christ.

I’m not just referring to the level of biblical illiteracy that so many in our churches seem to have; I am also referring to the fact that in the average church, most Christians have somehow gotten confused and believed that the church exists to serve them, rather than the reality that they should be serving in the church.

Paul connects service with Christian maturity in the Book of Ephesians, so let’s turn to Ephesians 4 this morning and take a look at what the Bible says.