There's a difference between what the Old Testament says and what the New Testament says. The Old Testament says: obey me and I'll bless you. The New Testament says: I've already blessed you — now obey me. That changes everything.

In this message from our series "Fullness," Pastor Ron opens Ephesians 4:1–6 and marks the great transition of the letter — from doctrine to duty, from theology to walkology. The first three chapters laid out who we are in Christ. Now Paul says: therefore, live it.

The Call to Walk: Paul calls believers to walk worthy of their calling — a word that means balanced, like scales that correspond. Our day-to-day living should match our position in Christ. As children of the King, we ought to live like children of the King.

The Characteristics of the Walk: Paul gives five marks of a worthy walk — humility (the Greeks had no word for it and despised it, but Jesus taught it as the foundation of all Christian virtue), gentleness (power under control, directed power), long-suffering (macrothumia — long-tempered, patient with all men), bearing with one another in love (agape — an act of the will, no strings attached), and unity (not ecumenical compromise, but the bond that places all Christians into one body).

The Cohesion of the Walk: Seven ties that bind us: one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one Father — who is above all, through all, and in all.