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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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…and transform the hearts and build relationships among the people. During our sermon on nurture, the church's nurture, we looked at this text inEphesians 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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Our scripture for today comes from Paul's epistle to theEphesians chapter 4, verses 11 through 16. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up…
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…and helps us and gives us the power to finish our race, to hold on to our faith. It helps us grow and mature and experience the fullness of Christ.Ephesians 4, verse 12,. And he did this to fully equip and perfect the saints, god's people, for works of service, to build at the body of Christ, the church, until we…
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…in it that I haven't seen before because he's talking to me. He's talking to you, is he not? Well, with that being said, you know what it says inEphesians chapter 4, verse 11 to 13, And we'll jump down to 16, he says. And he gave some of the apostles, some of his prophets, some of his evangelists, some of his pastors and…
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…in general. And so I would say, are you someone who is in the game, or are you someone instead who may be putting a cap on what God may want to do?Ephesians chapter 4, verses 11 through 14says, 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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…and training lay leaders and shepherds to share in the work of care and ministry. And this is exactly in line with what we see in Scripture.Ephesians chapter 4 verses 11 to 16, 11 to 16 teaches that God has given the church, pastors and other leaders, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, which is the building up…
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…the way you're raising your child here. But the thing is we start as children and we grow into the adults. It is that natural progression. InEphesians chapter 4 verse 11 through 13it says this is a famous verse some of you may know it. It says that he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and…
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…to do that. That's why when I go into ministry, I will have time and I'm like, Well, that's going to be a problem because one of the problems isEphesians 4:11-13says that the role of pastors and teachers is to equip the Saints for the work of ministry. So if I haven't been able to treat my job, medication,…
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…position is there to work towards the team's goal. Now, what is that goal? What does God equip or empower the church to do? Paul expresses that inEphesians 4:11-12. And He, who is Jesus, gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry…
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…that's not true. What God wants for us is for us to reveal. Feel the fullness of God's Ministry or fullness of Jesus's Ministry and it says inEphesians 4:12that when he ascended on high that Ministry was divided into five facets. Now we've already looked at some of them but the facet we're looking at…
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…help but echo back to chapter 4, Ephesians 4, back where Paul talked about those who had equipping roles. Equipping roles. Listen to this again inEphesians 4, verses 12and 13. Listen to what especially is the task of the shepherds and teachers. Ephesians 4, verse 12. It's to equip the saints for the work of the…
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…of these two functions. We’re equipping to send and we’re sending to equip. EQUIP THE SAINTS The term “equip” is a doctrinal term that comes fromEphesians 4:11-16. “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry…” Ephesians…
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…your job, you can only be, at best, a part-time Christian, a lay worker, a layperson. But that certainly is contradicted by the apostle Paul inEphesians 4, verses 11 to 13, where he writes, “He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of…
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…that? Ephesians chapter 4 is very closely tied to or almost synonymous with 1 Corinthians chapter 12, which is where we're going to dive into. ButEphesians chapter 4, verse 12says that the church's responsibility or the gifts that God has given the church, their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and…
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…and prophets and pastors and teachers, leaders in the church that all have to do with teaching God's word. And he gave it to us for this purpose.Ephesians chapter 4, verse 12. To equip the saints for the ministry, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the…
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…church at all. In fact, watching anything is not actually church. We are the church. And so we're called to grow each other up in the faith. That'sEphesians 4:11-16. We're called to build each other up in truth with love, right? And so we've got to create a system that's not about just watching me preach. We…
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…message. We are not consumers. Everyone has their position within the body of Christ. And that position calls for service. Paul makes a point inEphesians 4:11-12. Ephesians 4:11-12 begins by saying, it was Jesus Christ who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be…
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…get it in a workable way that helps us walk out our faith in every aspect of life. And it's very important that we do this. And so, for example,Ephesians chapter 4, verses 12 through 14, I think on these scriptures a lot. It says, the responsibility of, and this is talking about church leadership, is to equip God's people to do his…
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…get it in a workable way that helps us walk out our faith in every aspect of life. And it's very important that we do this. And so, for example,Ephesians chapter 4, verses 12 through 14, I think on these scriptures a lot. It says, the responsibility of, and this is talking about church leadership, is to equip God's people to do his…
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…and pastors by Nature. Not a nature of their own in nature, which has been recreated by Christ, but this is to be their nature. Nonetheless,Ephesians 4:11 through 12says this, it says, and he gave the he, there is Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ, gave to the church, the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists,…
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