Redeeming The Time

Ephesians 4:7-13, read on the Sunday after Theophany, is, appropriately, describing what happens AFTER baptism. We explain the phrase "the measure of the gift of Christ," and why St Paul modified the psalm he quoted, from "received gifts from men" to "gave gifts to men." We discuss a common and deadly way to look at God, and the proper way, and spend a lot of time on the phrase "unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ."