SF273 - EQUIP THE SAINTS THE HERESY DISTINCTION BETWEEN CLERGY LAITY (Ephesians 4 11-12)
@PAGE NUMBER = SF273
@TITLE = EQUIP THE SAINTS<R>THE HERESY: DISTINCTION BETWEEN CLERGY LAITY
@LEVEL ONE = EPHESIANS 4:11‑12
@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION
@LEVEL TWO = The Plan
@LEVEL THREE = Members are to be equipped to live the Christ‑life and to minister to build up the body.
@LEVEL TWO = The Pattern
@SCRIPTURE = ACT 8:4<R>Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
@LEVEL TWO = The Purpose
@SCRIPTURE = MAT 28:19‑20<R>Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
@LEVEL ONE = 1A. CHRISTIANITY IS A "LAY" RELIGION
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@LEVEL TWO = 1B. By Design
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. All Christians are called to serve their Lord full‑time
@SCRIPTURE = EPH 4:1<R>As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Every Christian is called to the "vocation" of ministry, regardless of how one may make a living
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. By Example
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Jesus was not a religious professional
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Jesus began His church with lay people
@SCRIPTURE = JOH 1:11‑12<R>He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God‑‑
@LEVEL TWO = 3B. In Development
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Early leaders were not religious professionals
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. They were not paid to do a job, they were provided a living
@SCRIPTURE = 1CO 9:14 <R>...those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
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@LEVEL TWO = 4B. Two Extremes
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Overemphasize the clergy
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Overemphasize the laity
@LEVEL ONE = 2A. DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTINCTION BETWEEN CLERGY AND LAITY
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Bishops Elevated
@LEVEL THREE = 3rd century
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Church/State United
@LEVEL THREE = Constantine
@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Papal System
@LEVEL THREE = 5th century
@LEVEL ONE = 3A. REDISCOVERY OF THE MINISTRY OF THE LAITY
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Persistence/Persecution
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Renaissance/Revival
@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Printing Press
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@LEVEL THREE = Gutenberg 1441
@LEVEL TWO = 4B. Reformation
@LEVEL ONE = 4A. DISTINCTIONS TODAY
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Practical Not Theological
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Noninvolvement of church members
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Preachers attempting to do all the work
@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Unrealistic expectation of churches toward their pastors.
@LEVEL THREE = 4C. Tendency to resort to "gimmicks" to gather numbers and dollars
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Reasons For Distinctions
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. On the part of the people
@LEVEL FOUR = Ignorance of the Word and spiritually immaturity.
@LEVEL FOUR = Many church are absorbed in with the world.
@LEVEL FOUR = Members have religion not relationship.
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. On the part of the pastor
@LEVEL FOUR = Ignorance
@LEVEL FOUR = Pride
@LEVEL FOUR = Pressure
@LEVEL FOUR = Expediency
@LEVEL FOUR = Shortsightedness
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@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Results In Ruin
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. A human plan is substituted for the divine plan
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. The ministry of the church is limited
@LEVEL THREE = 3C. The pastor spreads himself too thin
@LEVEL THREE = 4C. The church does not mature, growth is stunted
@LEVEL THREE = 5C. The multitudes go untouched and unreached
@LEVEL ONE = CONCLUSION
@ILL TITLE = BEING LIKE THE BEE
@ILL TEXT = The honeybee has one of the most highly developed social structures in the animal kingdom. At the heart of the hive, which may house as many as 80,000 bees, is the queen bee. Without her, the colony has no future. But the 80,000 don't just sit around watching their queen.
@ILL TEXT = Each bee has a specialized duty to fulfill. Some are forager bees who encounter the perils of the outside world in order to collect food. Guard bees protect the hive entrance from intruders. But even more specialized functions are being performed.
@ILL TEXT = Scientists have recently learned that a few bees serve as undertakers; they are responsible for removing dead bodies from the hive. And other bees are water collectors who bring in moisture to regulate humidity. In addition, plasterers make a kind of cement to repair the hive, and scent fanners station themselves at the entrance and fan the scent outward to signal the location of the colony to lost or disoriented bees.
@ILL TEXT = Another kind of bee, the scout, keeps the hive alerted to opportunities and dangers in the outside world. The variety and specialization of the worker bees seems endless.