In this sermon, we looked at Ephesians 4:1-6, where Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus shifts focus. While chapters one through three focus on God's redemptive work of grace and our identity in Christ, this passage begins to focus on how we walk. This walk refers to how we live and conduct ourselves according to the wonderful mercy and calling of God. Paul calls believers to walk in a manner worthy of this calling and says we are to act in humility, gentleness, and patience with one another in order to preserve the unity we have in the Holy Spirit. The repetition of the word "one" in verses four through six emphasizes the unified identity we have as Christians in that we all share the same Spirit, hope, Lord, faith, baptism, and Father through faith in Jesus. Paul urges believers to pursue this unity in our actions toward one another.
