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Ephesians 4:12 · BSB
4:12 to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
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…they come from one Spirit. Yeah. The Holy Spirit But the purpose of each of the gifts is to build up and strengthen the church The Bible says inEphesians 4:11-12, "And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for…
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…as Pastor said earlier in that video, we do recognize the authority, the teaching of the Word of God. So if you would stand, turn your Bibles toEphesians chapter 4, verse 11 through 16, and we'll be reading this together. Here's what the Bible says. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and…
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…gift is used. And it's used that way in every instance where it appears. For example, the gift of the grace of God in Ephesians 3-7 and also inEphesians chapter 4 verses 7 to 16. We have the measure of the gift of Christ. and then in the interest of time i'll just submit to you that in the visions for verses seven all the…
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…are the people that Christ wants to elevate. Does that make sense? So how do we do this? What is our role here? Let's carry on in verse 12 here,Ephesians 4, verse 12. So God gives these gifts Christ because he's victorious, He fills the whole universe. He rains down these gifts as people to do what? Verse 12. To…
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…apostles. God, by his grace, has also gifted the church with pastors and teachers for the sake of helping them grow in Christ. We find that inEphesians chapter 4 verses 11 to 13. It says this, he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, that's a shepherd's word is the another word for…
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…means rendering of service. Ministry, it simply means rending of service first unto God and unto men. That's what ministry is about. Let's look atEphesians chapter 4 verse 11 to 12. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 to 12. He says that please kindly give me the verse 10. He said He who descended is also the one who ascended far…
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…is made to. Don't take it out of order. Don't take it out of context. >> What about this promise for spiritual maturity? Proverb uh I'm sorry,Ephesians chapter 4 verses 11 through 12, he says, I I've given you five different giftings inside the church in order to make you stronger to equip the people for the work of the service…
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…they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. This verse tells us that they appointed elders, but why elders? Listen as I readEphesians 4 verses 11 through 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, for…
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…pressing in, in our recognition that God has placed me here for a purpose and to serve and to honour him in that. So now turn ahead to Ephesian,Ephesians 4 verse 11 to 16, because practically tonight you can make concrete steps in that direction of going, OK, I'm a Christian, I'm baptised into the ministry of…
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…community with. As a priority God has gifted the church with leaders and those leaders are to strengthen and reinforce that unity. We see that inEphesians chapter 4 verses 11 to 13. It says, And he gave the apostles and prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and the teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry for…
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…ahead and turn our Bibles. Father God, we thank you for this time and for this opportunity for us to gather here this morning. As we are going overEphesians chapter 4, verses 11 through 16. This idea about how we grow in you. And how important it is for us to make that decision to believe in you and to be saved. But also how important…
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…in INC, we're not allowed to say the word counseling because there's liabilities associated. What our job is to train, equip the saints inEphesians 4:12to minister. You're the saints to do the works of ministry. And you think, oh, I don't know enough to be able to offer pastoral care. You know what…
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…are continuing our series and our mission and our ministry priorities here as a church ! here in the month of January. And this morning we are inEphesians chapter 4 verses 11 through 16. If you were in the Grow Class Hour, you got a little preview of this, but if not, either way we'll do this together this morning. So Ephesians…
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…word for service used here in this passage, right? To the one who has a gift of service, let him serve. That same word is the word for ministry inEphesians chapter 4, verse 12, where the pastors and elders are supposed to equip the saints for the work of ministry. Service. So all Christians are supposed to be involved in…
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…for all believers that has not been revoked. In First Corinthians 14, verses 1 and 39, prophets remain until Christ's return, which we see inEphesians, chapter 4, verses 11 through 13. Foretelling is explicitly New Testament in its practice, and we see it in Acts chapter 11 and Acts chapter 21:1. And then we're given a command in…
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…being in the church. And as much as we love our staff, we've just got talented people to talk on a bunch of things. But we also like to talk aboutEphesians 4 verses 11 through 12, where it's the role of the staff to equip the members for the work of ministry. And we do just have incredible members who are doing the work for…
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…Excuse, I don't believe was a one-time event. It was a pattern for every generation of believers. Let's look at that in Ephesians chapter 4.Ephesians chapter 4, verse 12. He lists some of the giftings in verse 11: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers. And he says, verse 12, for the equipping of the…
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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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…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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