Leadership: God's gift to the Church
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9 Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
10 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
11 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
I. Openning Prayer
A. As we open in prayer & as we sing Songs to Jesus let us remember these vs
9 Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
10 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
11 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
1 Chron 16:9-11
I. INTRO
A. Where We’ve Been
B. Where We’re Going
C. Main Text
11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Eph 4:11-1
D. Prayer
II. BODY
A. Jesus gave HIS Church Leadership
11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
a. Church leadership is a gift
1. connects back w/
7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”
Eph 4:7
2. What are these gifts?
i. Apostles - start new churches; guide & direct a network o churches
-These folks spent time w/the risen Jesus & were commissioned by him
-now the function is carried out by missionaries & network leaders (Dennis Marquardt)
ii. Prophets - not future tellers, truth tellers.
-These are folks God uses to speak God’s message on HIS behalf
*Ex. Brian Becker & prayer & fasting
iii. Evangelists - the ministry to the un-chureched community on behalf of the church
-this consists o expressing the Good News of Jesus in a bold clear way, then bringing ‘em in2 the church for further discipleship
iv. Pastors & Teachers - visionaries who guide & instruct disciples to follow Jesus & make other followers
-These are boots on the ground leaders who guide the Church to attack the dark spiritual forces through love, compassion, kindness, prayer warfare on behalf of & 2 expand KOG
3. Elders/Deacons/Min. heads pls stand up!
i. What do leaders do?
Eph 4:
12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
-Equip the saints for 2 things:
b. the leadership’s role is to equip the saints for ministry
12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
1. What’s ministry?
1. What’s the church’s ministry?
i. To continue the Work o Jesus…& HE tells every1 what that is:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
LK 4:18-
-Preach the Gospel
-fix the broken hearted
-Proclaim
*Liberty
*God’s favor
-Heal the sick
-Release the oppressed
ii. Only possible when the Church is empowered and anointed by God’s Spirit!
ii. Only possible when the Church is empowered and anointed by God’s Spirit!
2. How does the Church accomplish the ministry?
6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;
7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;
8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
i. God’s saints r given gifts through H.S. empowerment
b. the leadership’s role is to equip the saints for building up the Church
12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
1. built up in 2 ways
i. deep (more like Jesus)
ii. wide (no. o people)
B. The ministering & built up church is a mature church
Eph 4:13
13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
a. A mature church is unified in it’s faith
b. A mature church knows Jesus
c. A mature church is the image of Jesus
14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
1. the church is to so resemble Jesus that he refers to us metaphorically as HIS Body!
C. The benefits of a mature Church
14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
a. The mature church is stable
15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
b. The mature church continues to grow
1. Growth comes from speaking truth in love
16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
c. A mature church is working properly
1. evidence of proper working is its unity
i. “the whole body, joined and held together by every joint”
2. evidence of proper working is it operates in love
i. “builds itself up in love.”
3. evidence of proper working is it grows
i. “makes the body grow”
-back 2 deep & wide
III. Study for Next Week:
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