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Ephesians 4:11 · BSB
4:11 And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
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…yet. But what's clear is the principle. The principle is that ministry is not just for a few leaders. Every believer has a role. It is clear inEphesians 4:11-13, and I found it interesting when I went from being a Christian businessman to being a vocational minister pastor, that the ministry that I loved as…
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…teachers in the church? Why are you why do you have elders here as pastors? Why do you have a new pastor coming here in January? Well, Paul says inEphesians 4:11, that Christ Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers. And what is it for? He says, for…
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…IN TIMES OF PERSECUTION. WE SEE THIS ALL THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS. NUMBER ONE, GOD BROUGHT A DIVINE UNITY AMONG THE SAINTS. THE BIBLE SAYS INEPHESIANS 4:11THAT GOD BROUGHT THE GIFTINGS OF APOSTLE, PROPHET, EVANGELIST, PASTORS AND TEACHERS FOR THE PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS, FOR THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY,…
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…and in responsibility. So part of this biblical preaching, a part of the apostles teaching is understanding that pastors have an important role. InEphesians 4 verses 11and 12, it says, and he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers to equip the Saints for the work of ministry,…
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…You want to teach. Just realize you have a huge responsibility and it's a burden. We have to make sure we teach the truth he also talks about inEphesians 4, verses 11 through 19. I'm going to just jump down to verse 14 on this he's talking about you know the office, gifts of the spirit. You know apostles, prophets,…
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…wind and wave of doctrine. What then was it that made us not spiritual children anymore? To understand what is in verse 14, we need to go back toEphesians chapter 4, verse 11 to 13, where Paul wrote, he gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers for the equipping of the…
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…that, let us read Ephesians chapter 4, and for the sake of this message today, I'm going to read verses 11 through 16. If you have your Bibles out,Ephesians chapter 4, verses 11 through 16. And it reads as follows,"...and he gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers for the equipping of…
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…is that God is equipping us as Christ's believers to do the service of the ministry until we attain to the knowledge of the Son of God. Paul, inEphesians 4, verse 11, verse 13, taught this. And he gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers for the equipping of the…
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…fishing And this is similar to being able to serve Christ Each of us needs someone to equip us and train us to serve the Lord effectively. Paul inEphesians chapter 4 verse 11 through 13went on And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets And some as evangelists and some as pastors and teachers For the equipping of the…
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…Now, let me give you some news that might make you clench up just a little bit again. Guess who the ministers are? You are, right? Let me read youEphesians 4, verse 11. It says this, and he, and it's talking about Jesus, and he himself gave some to be apostles. Now, apostles in the church. Vocational apostles,…
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Last week we started talking aboutEphesians chapter 4 verses 11 through 13and kind of the gist of it and this is really all we got to last week is it says that he gave some to be apostles he gave some to be prophets he…
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…about us, visit our website at lonestarchurchorg or find us on Facebook, instagram or YouTube. So we need to grow up, and so we started inEphesians, chapter 4, verse 11. And this is Paul writing, and we're going to close this up today so we can move on to some other subjects. And Paul says and he himself talking…
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…14. 1 Corinthians chapter 12, field chapter 14. Gatherings and meetings. Those instructions of God to the church were instructions for meetings.Ephesians chapter 4, verse 11 to 13, the gifts are for meetings. Pastors for meetings, apostles for meetings, evangelists for meetings, prophets for meetings. Philippians chapter 1,…
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…we need to be proficient at being led by the Spirit of God. God expects us to be LED. This is why He gives you the fivefold ministry, which isEphesians chapter 4 verses 11 through 16again. And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as advantages, some as passion and teachers. That's why the devil attacks you from…
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…he'll change something, he'll give a different word. Why? Just because he loves you so much. He wants you to hear something. Amen, amen. SoEphesians 4, verse 11, he himself. So if you notice both those H's are capitalized. So who's Paul talking about Jesus? He says Jesus himself gave some. So Jesus gave…
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…Now, let me let me teach it to you from the Bible, and we're just gonna go from Paul's words in Ephesians chapter four. Here's the theology of it.Ephesians 4, verse 11. Now, these are the the gifts, the charis, it's kind of the root of charisma, the special ability from God that Christ gave to the church. And he's…
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…not perfect. There's no perfect pastor, just like there's no perfect church, there's no perfect missionary. But our church leaders, according toEphesians chapter 4, verses 11 through 16, are a gift to the church family. They pray for us, they teach us, they preach to us, they counsel with us. By the way, you have a very good…
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…receive edification. What is edification? Right? Something that is for upbuilding. Right? Something that is for upbuilding. What do you call it?Ephesians 4 verse 11. Let's go. Ephesians 4 verse 11. Ephesians 4 verse 11. And he gave the apostles and the prophets and the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers to…
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…serve others in His name. So don’t miss this: Serving isn’t just something you do—it’s who you are. YOU’VE BEEN GIFTED FOR SERVICE Now flip over toEphesians 4:11–16. Paul writes: Who does Paul say does the work of ministry? Not just the pastors or elders. Not just the staff. But we all do. God has given each of…
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…12 combines with other texts to equate to somewhere around 20 spiritual gifts mentioned in the Scriptures out of Romans 12 verses 6 to 8 andEphesians 4 verse 11. And and you would do well to read those in addition to what we've covered tonight. So hopefully that helps in some respect in in looking at the…
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