TOPIC: The Measure of His Stature
SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 4:8-16
DATE: Tuesday, July 28, 2015

HIGHLIGHT: “Till we all come in the unity of the faith…unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we henceforth be no more children” (13, 14)

There is something called the stature of Christ, the measure of his fullness. At salvation, we are as new born babes, desiring the sincere milk of the word of God so that we might grow into this stature.

The growth here is by the spiritual balanced diet of the understanding of the word of God. Man does not grow by time necessarily, that is why age in the flesh is not directly proportional to spiritual maturity; man grows by the revelation and understanding of the word of God.

We cannot sit somewhere and say that one day we will be like Christ; we will grow into his stature, oh with time we shall become like him and perform greater miracles than he did. This is mere hope and lust. Spiritual blessings don’t come that way.

Majority of the angels in heaven have the form of a youth, however, the only way you can distinguish the older from the younger, is the amount of light they emit. Every time they step into the throne room, there is a rub off of the glory of God upon their spirit.

This is the great mystery of transfiguration, the revealing of the spirit man of Christ to Peter, James and John. Our text have defined our journey, our pursuit for God should not be to heal the sick, raise the dead, preach good sermons, become extremely wealthy, but to become like Christ.

Oh if you will understand this revelation, that the world and the fullness of its wonder was created by the word of God. The word is the key to everything. If only you will desire him alone, and let nothing take his place, you will be amazed at how beautiful your life will become.

Our text reveals that in other to come into that fullness he made some Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers. Every ministry is anchored on one of these dominantly. However, these gifts are first to bring us into untity and not division.

In fact the next verse(15) says that when we receive truths (rhema) either as a consequence of our ministry or not, we must convey it to the body of Christ in love, not to spring a fight or to condemn. It is wrong for ministries to fight against themselves, we are a body.

No ministry no matter how effective is an independent empire. The best any person or ministry can deliver effectively is a dimension of God. However, iron sharpens iron, the moment we open up to other ministries of the body of Christ, we become balanced, and soon we measure up to his stature.

SELAH: What is your ministry, life begins when you know, don’t waste your life!

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