Title: Contributing to The Family
Text: Ephesians 4:11-16
Outline:
I. Covenanting with the Family
II. Contributing to the Family
III. Cultivating Maturity in the Family
Personal Reflection & Small Group Questions
Please complete this study on your own, then bring it to your small group for discussion.
- What is the difference between the gifts God gives to the church? Compare Ephesians 4:11; 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 and Romans 12:6, 7.
- What is the end goal for the believers in the church?
- What does “building up” mean? What does one really seek when he seeks to “build up”? Read Romans 15:2; 14:19p; Ephesians 4:29; 2:20-22.
- Why would an immature believer be tossed here and there by every wind of doctrine?
- How does one keep from being a babe tossed around by every new breeze of doctrine that blows?
- How does speaking the truth in love (4:15) advance the growth of the body toward Christ? Also see Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 4:29.
- How is God calling you to contribute to the spiritual maturity of the church family?
- Write your answer: _______________________
