urrection. Following this are proph ets whom we might call itinerant teachers, who on occasion foretold future events. The evangelist was the traveling missionary. The pastor- teacher had the oversight over the congregation. Theirs was to give spiritual guidance and instruction. The purpose of these gifts was to secure the unity and maturity of the Church. Each member had a work to do. Individual believers who refuse to participate in Christian service reveal themselves as desperately im mature, failing to keep the unity of the Spirit. Ephesians 4:17-32 gives us the believer’s daily exercise in the Lord Jesus Christ. Growing always re quires proper exercise. This isn’t just one sudden spurt of some quick calisthenic, but a daily, moment-by moment exertion. There must be a putting off of the old life and a put ting on of the new. Every child of God is a dual personality. Within the believer is the old man, the Adamic nature with which he was born. When he hears the Word of God and recognizes himself to be a lost sinner, receiving Jesus Christ as his personal Redeemer, he is given at that very moment a new nature. He becomes a new man by the quickening power of the Spirit of Christ. There are now two na tures which he has and they are constantly at enmity with each oth er. This is why in Ephesians 4:17 Paul tells us to put off the old life that we might not “henceforth walk not as other Gentiles [unbelievers] walk.” C hapter F ifteen E ach day of our lives , according to Ephesians 4:17, should be a time of spiritual growth, as we put off the old life and live in the power of God’s indwelling Holy Spirit. This is really a part of Paul’s prayer for the strengthening of the inner man (Eph. 3:16-19). We need to remem-
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