“The enemy doesn’t need a new trick to split a church, so what keeps us one?”
Sermon Summary
Every church, at some point, is tempted to believe the gospel isn’t strong enough to hold us together. Since Acts 6, the enemy has used the same old tricks (rumors, slander, disputed decisions, and resistance to change) to rebuild the dividing walls Christ tore down. In Ephesians 4:1–7, Paul turns from three chapters on who we are in Christ to how we live as His church. He tells us to “maintain the unity of the Spirit,” not create it, because the Spirit has already made us one. Everything He has done, including chosen, adopted, forgiven, sealed, and made alive together, is why the church is the most dangerous institution in creation. The cross was sufficient to reunite all things under Christ, and the church is the present-day proof. Come hear how humility, meekness, patience, and love keep that unity, so that what the world sees in us is the sufficiency of the gospel.
Scripture: Ephesians 4:1–7
Date: November 8, 2026
Preacher: Todd Pylant
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