ALL for One and One for ALL. Eph 4:16 “He makes the whole body fit together. As each part does its...

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ALL for One and One for ALL

• Eph 4:16 “He makes the whole body fit together. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love”

One for all

• The power of one giving

• Jn 6:9 “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”

• The power of one sharing• 2 Kings 5:1-3• The king of Aram had great admiration for Naaman, the

commander of his army, because through him the LORD had given Aram great victories. But though Naaman was a mighty warrior, he suffered from leprosy. At this time Aramean raiders had invaded the land of Israel, and among their captives was a young girl who had been given to Naaman’s wife as a maid. One day the girl said to her mistress, “I wish my master would go to see the prophet in Samaria. He would heal him of his leprosy.”

• The power of one praying

• Ez 22:30 I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one.

All For One

• Eph 4:16 “He makes the whole body fit together

• Fitted together— Greek verb synarmologeo

• Also used in Eph 2:21 “We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord”

• I Pet 2:5 “And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple.”

• Positioning

• Fitted and held together

• Ps 92:3 ESV They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God—life and fruitfulness

• Polishing

• I Kings 6:7 The stones used in the construction of the Temple were finished at the quarry, so there was no sound of hammer, ax, or any other iron tool at the building site

• Protecting

• Eph 4:3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.

• Progress