Ephesians 4:12-16 Perfecting the Saints CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO
The Pastors, Teachers and Evangelists are Gifts for the Body which:
Perfect the Saints (v. 12)
- Not perfect as in sinless
- Rather perfect as in Job 1:1
- Gen 6:9
- Like a perfect fit
Do the Work of the Ministry (v. 12)
- Preachers, Acts 6:4
- Supposed to minister the Word
- Matt 20:20-28, the work is done by “servants”
Edify the Saints
- Eph 2:19-22, build it up
- I Cor 3:10, wise master builder
Keep the Unity of the Faith (v. 13)
- Phil 2:2, likeminded
- Can’t keep the unity of the faith with an evolutionist
- Levi stood against his brothers and those who sinned
Help you Know more about Jesus
- Phil 3:10
Grow the Body into the Stature of Christ
- He is the measure, Rom 8:29
Grow up the Body out of Childhood
- II Tim 3:16, with Scripture
- II Tim 4:3, with sound doctrine
- Tit 1:9, by keeping away from deceivers
- Rom 16:17-18, by withdrawing from dividers
- Titus 1:11-14, by rebuking false doctrine
- Tit3:10, by rejecting heretics
Speak the Truth
- Jn 17:17, it’s the Bible
- And when it is believed, it causes you to Grow up, I Thes 2:13
Function as a Healthy Body
- Do something for others
- I Cor 12, every joint supplieth