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“So no flesh can glory in His presence”. He gets all the
glory!!!

Let me back off now and give you the foundation in chapter 4:1-
16, and then I’ll set before you some of the responsibilities. It can
be summarized in these words, “Because of the victory of the
ascended Christ, God will bring every Christian to maturity,
through His gifted children”.

I think it’s thrilling that maturity is not an issue. Try to get the
impact of this, and don’t be afraid to follow it to its logical
conclusion. Look at verse 14,

“As a result, we are no longer to be children tossed here and
there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine
by the trickery of men; craftiness and deceitful scheming.”

God has made every provision that I would not be a wind-driven
child. He’s about to give us our responsibilities and tell us how to
walk, but first He lays down a firm footing. He’s going to tell us
how to walk but before He does, He wants us to understand that
we will be mature. We’re not to worry about that. “Because I’ve
ascended on high and given gifts to men, I’m going to make you
mature. I’ve already prepared the steps you are going to take.
So, don’t worry”

With that as the foundation, let me mention the two
responsibilities that flow from these revelations.

#1 Unity. Chapter 4:3 , “Be diligent to preserve the unity of
the Spirit in the bond of peace.” KJV says, “Keep the unity of
the Spirit.” Wuest in his Expanded Translation says,
“Safeguard the unanimity of Spirit in the bond of peace.”
Notice what it doesn’t say. It doesn’t say to make unity. It’s not
your responsibility to make unity. It says to keep the unity. Why
can’t you make unity? The answer is, it’s already made. By His