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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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…if you remember about a month ago or so, we looked at verses uh 11 and 12, but I'm going to read the whole sentence here. He, being Jesus inEphesians 4, verse 11, gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, for building up…
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…the end of the age. That's the Great Commission. So what we do in this church is something we continue to do. The Great Commission is to replicateEphesians chapter 4, verses 11 through 16, so that pastors are equipping saints in churches all over the world. It's the same thing that Jesus said in Matthew 28. Well, qualified pastors.…
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Ephesians 4, verses 11and 12. This is the word of our Lord. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers to equip the saints for…
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…And yet, a quick overview of Scripture will tell you exactly how highly regarded this role is within the church. The role of elder, according toEphesians 4:11, the role of pastor is one that is appointed by Christ Himself. It's a position of headship over a spiritual family, which our passage will also…
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…I call lowercase a apostles these do not occupy the first century office of apostles but they possess the gift of apostleship which is mentioned inEphesians chapter 4 verses 11 to 12it says that God gives gifts these are not offices but they're gifts God gives gifts of apostles prophets evangelists shepherds and teachers to…
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…as a preacher, and as an evangelist, and we'll go through these one at a time. He hits these same words, by the way, later on in the book inEphesians 4, verse 11. We'll look at them again there when we get to Ephesians chapter 4, but for now, let's just draw our attention to it. He describes himself as a…
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…does. After he laid down his life for them and he rose again from the dead, he sent his disciples out and he began to build his church, right?Ephesians chapter 4, verse 11, and he that is Christ gave the apostles, he gave the prophets, he gave the evangelists, he gave the shepherd teachers. See what's happening? Jesus…
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…but you can jot these down and study them on your own time, and this is really just to build out what we're talking about here. But Ephesians 4.Ephesians 4, verses 11and 12, here's what it says, and it says, and he, this is the Lord, and he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and…
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…a text, we read it, and explain to you what it means, work to give you application for it. This morning we're going to use the text, this text inEphesians chapter 4 verses 10 through 16, as kind of a jumping off point to talk about something broader. I'm going to explain to you why I'm doing this, but I just want you to be aware…
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…I now love, the Lord I want to please, the Lord who's changed my heart, the Lord who I long to please. Confession, and the Ephesians got this, inEphesians chapter 4, verse 11, Paul told them, Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. Repentance entails holding nothing back from Christ,…
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…he would clear out the hospitals. He would heal everyone like Jesus did. So what does this mean for today? Well, Ephesians 4 gives you a big hint,Ephesians 4, verse 11, that God gives to the church apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, for the…
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…who is in Christ is merely a consumer of services. Everyone is also a distributor of services. Although we are different in the ministry, we do.Ephesians 4, verses 11and 12 gives us a glimpse into the relationship. It's just a brief glimpse. There's other bits of the New Testament unpacked this, but a brief…
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…Pastor from the word pointman, which means Shepherd You see the point? The task of a Shepherd is to feed the flock of God. Now, interestingly inEphesians 4:11. Again, I'm going to read it and he himself gave some to be Apostles, some prophets, some evangelists and some pastors and teachers all…
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…Or more specifically, between those in vocational ministry and those who are members of the church, serving in the church. I want to jump back intoEphesians 4, verse 11 to 12. We were there last week. Verse 11. So Christ gave, himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers. These,…
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…of Christ. So we see these things. Now this evening we're looking at pastors and teachers as one gift, shepherds and teachers as we have here inEphesians 4 verse 11. And we're going to look at that this evening as a gift that's given to the church. Okay? A pastor or a shepherd as it's called here is just…
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…Pray that God will open doors for his evangelists. But I want you to notice something else as well that's very important and interesting fromEphesians chapter 4 verse 11, which was the verse we read at the start. Here we've got a list. Now often you'll find in the Bible there's lists in verses. And if you're…
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…way at the same times or even at the same pace. But we've all been given specialized places within the body of Christ. And we see that clearly inEphesians chapter 4, verses 7 through 12. So if you have your Bible, I'd like to read those verses. If you'd like to follow along. Actually, I'm going to read through verse 13, although we…
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…in there. You could try, that's not what it's for. Nope, not what not for washing clothes. We will um we will get to this in just a second. SoEphesians chapter 4, verse 11, jumps right into the middle of Paul talking about Jesus. So we're gonna take this and we're gonna glean some truths about the church from…
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…to equip Some of us some of us Some of us are appointed to equip some of us are appointed to equip some of us were called to be equipers It says inEphesians 4 verse 11 to 17that christ See guys, the holy spirit gives us gifts, but christ appoints equip us to the church The spirit of god gives gifts as he pleases but…
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…in grace and in love. So serving community is the second kind of priority, our main area that we seek to work in. Third is equipping discipleship.Ephesians 4 verses 11and 12 say, we are going to send to the apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for…
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