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The Gifts of Jesus Week 1
Apostles
Robert Morris
We’re beginning a new series called “The Gifts of Jesus”
Many times, people mistakenly call these gifts of the Holy Spirit
We believe in the gifts, Person, and work of the Holy Spirit
But we are told specifically in Ephesians 4 that
These 5 gifts were given by Jesus when He ascended!
Today, we’re going to talk about Apostles
So let me tell you how this series came about
A friend of mine sent an email with a good question and a good spirit
Do I need a pastor?
I see deacons, elders and overseers in Scripture
So, I called him and asked if I could joke with him a little
I said your question is really for Jesus because He gave pastors as gifts
You need to ask Him why He did it
And you might want to tell Him that you want to return one of His gifts!
We laughed and then I explained to him about the 5 gifts
And why Jesus gave them and that’s when it occurred to me
How many people don’t know why Jesus gave these 5 gifts?
How many don’t know what they do or how they are supposed to help us?
So, I’m going to tell you over the next few weeks!
Ephesians 4:8
Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”
Ephesians 4:11
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
Ephesians 4:12
for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry
Why did Jesus give apostles?
To equip the saints for the work of the ministry!
My job as a saint is to do the work of the ministry
I witness to people, pray with them, encourage them, help and serve them
But I do that as a saint
As a pastor, I equip you to do the work of the ministry
I asked my friend, “Have you ever listened to any of my messages?”
“Yes!” “Have they helped?
“Yes!” “That’s because I’m an equipper!”
“Please don’t tell Jesus you want to return me!”
Sometimes we’ve had bad experiences with pastors or church leaders
Sometimes pastors are unhealthy, and they want to lord over you
And that’s not why we need pastors.
We already have a Lord!
We need pastors to equip us, and we need apostles also
How does an apostle equip us?
The word apostle is a noun
But it comes from the verb which means send (Apostello)
The noun is “A person who has been sent with a message” (Apostolos)
I want to show you how apostles equip us to carry the message
I know the Bible refers to 12 apostles
Luke 9:1
Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
Luke 9:2
He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Luke 9:10
And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done.
Luke 10:1
After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.
So, I have a question for you!
Are you a sent one also?
Not are you an apostle who is an equipper
But are you one who has been sent with a message?
YES!
To educators, medical professionals, construction workers, engineers…
I took some business leaders to Israel a few years ago
I told them that they were apostles to the business world!
Is there a process?
Does it take some time?
But Pastor Robert, I have a call on my life!
We all do, but is it time?
I don’t doubt that you’ve been called but have you been sent?
The call is what, where, or whom, but the send is when!
The send is the authority to function in the call!
53 times in John, Jesus speaks of being sent, not called.
Abraham – called at 75 to be the father of many nations- sent at 100
The temptation between the calling and the sending is
To produce the call in the flesh!
Moses – called at birth to deliver Israel from bondage - sent at 80
When he was 40 he thought he could do it one Egyptian at a time
When he was 80, after talking to sheep for 40 years, he said, “I can’t talk!”
I want to show you an apostle who was not one of the disciples
And the process he went through to be sent
Romans 1:1
Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel”
God speaks Paul’s call to Ananias
To bear His name to Gentiles, Kings, and the children of Israel
This was his calling, but what was his process to get to the sending?
Relationship
Acts 9:26
And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple.
Acts 9:27
But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles.
And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
Acts 9:28
So he was with them at Jerusalem, coming in and going out.
Barnabas took him to the ones who equip people to be sent!
How long for the greatest apostle did the process take?
How long between his calling and his sending?
How long between Acts 9 (34AD) and Acts 13 (48AD)?
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