As Paul is bound by the calling of Christ, he urges the Ephesian church and by extension all believers to conduct themselves in this Christian life in a way that reflects the One who bestowed this inheritance to them: Jesus Christ.
Although we have a heavenly inheritance and are adopted into God's family, believers are to be lowly as Christ was lowly in His earthly ministry; working out in us the fruit of the Spirit— humility, gentleness, patience, and love. We are drawn together by the Spirit, who is our pledge, keeping and guarding the unity that binds us together.
Just as we are to be one together, Paul further demonstrates the "oneness" of this calling. There aren't multiple bodies, there is one universal church of God, by the one Spirit, with only one hope of the Gospel, one Lord Jesus Christ who earned it, one faith that holds the truth, one baptism that brings all peoples together, all under the one God and Father. |
