The Royal Family - Behave Like Kings
The Family of God is called to a high level of excellence and moral behavior.
Paul’s letter to the Ephesians gives some powerful insights about the behavior of the Royal family.
One of The Main Themes of Ephesians Is our identity in Christ.
- The phrase, “In Him” is found throughout the letter.
- This emphasizes our identification.
- Kings behave a certain way. They walk a certain way.
How Do Members of God’s Royal Family Behave?
- By always being humble.
- By being gentle.
- By being patient with each other.
- By making allowances for each other’s faults.
- By being one with God & with each other.
(Eph. 4:1-6)
When Jesus Rose From the Dead
- He gave the church gifts to equip believers to do the Work of God.
- One of the ways leadership trains people is by being role models of Christ like behavior.
The Purpose
Is so the church will grow up and not be swayed by the changing fads that come and go. To know the whole truth and tell it in love-like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love.
Everything
We do in this life should reflect the fact that we are members of the Royal Family and we can trace our family tree to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Since Jesus came and died and rose from the dead He has been adding to that family in every generation of the church.
I Personally Believe
That in every generation until the Lord returns the church will grow bigger than the previous generation.
No Prolonged infancies among us, please
We’ not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are an easy mark for impostors.
God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love.
More Behavior Patterns
- Paul talks about the world who have lost touch not only with God but with reality itself.
- They can’t think straight anymore. Feeling no pain, they let themselves go into sexual obsession, addicted to every sort of perversion.
- People who are living in sexual sin think that they will not get caught but you will. If David got caught so will you.
Ephesians 4:20-24
But that’s no life for you. You learned Christ! My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to Him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus. Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything and I do mean everything connected with the old way of life has to go. It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of it! And then take on an entirely new way of life, a God fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces His character in you.
Keys To Guard:
- Sexual purity
- Integrity
- Anger
- Work or career
- Speech
- Sensitivity to the Spirit
Ephesians 4:17-32
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