St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Kansas City - Weekly Talks

9. Unity and Diversity in the Church: Ephesians 4:1-16 September 13, 2020 Good morning let’s turn in our bibles to Ephesians 4. Chapter four launches out of the second prayer of the letter. What we’re about to consider, Paul’s vision of the Church, requires a serious contemplation and practice of last week’s prayer. The prayer of 3:14 f., sums up the mission of Christ and his Church, whereby through prayer we receive and participate in the glorious grace of God as total gift. Since the Church is a collective Temple of the Spirit, the last request of the prayer is to be filled with all the fulness of God. Personally, I don’t believe God’s intended outcome is fully received without prayer. Salvation is restored communion with God, therefore, prayer is entering restored communion. This is why chapter four begins with another “therefore”. Paul is saying, because you have come to know Christ’s objective work of bringing salvation, restored communion, relationship between God and humanity and person to per