Doctrine: The church's calling is always to oneness, which seeks to maintain unity and peace, and which serves the whole body through individual giftedness.
Exegesis: The glories of God's oneness decree: there is a base that expresses our unity: one church (v. 4); there is a creed that confesses our unity: one truth (v. 5); there is a source that secures our unity: one deity (v. 6).
Further application: How the church both guards and propagates oneness: through humility, as we bend over backwards for one another; and through ministry, as we use God's gifts to edify one another.
Key verse: v. 4 ''There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling...''
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Mark Henninger
Oneness Series in Ephesians (2008-10) Redeemer Presbyterian...
Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.