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Experiencing GodIn The Body of Christ
Grace Gift RolesThe Five-Fold Ministry Gifts
Pastor John Isaacs
Kingsway Community Church
January 9, 2011
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Metaphors Used To
Describe The Church1. Body
2. Bride3. Vine
4. Sheep Fold
5. Family
6. Building
7. Army
TheBody
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1. Unity
2. Fellowship
3. Spiritual Gifts
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Romans 121 Corinthians 12Ephesians 4
1 Peter 4
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1 Corinthians 12:1
Now concerning spiritualgifts (expressions), brothers,
I do not want you to beuninformed.
Pneumatikos
spiritual expressions
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Spiritual Expressions
1. Manifestations:A momentary supernaturalempowerment expressed
through an individual, withinthe Body of Christ, by the Holy
Spirit.
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Manifestations1. Prophecy2. Knowledge3. Wisdom
4. Discernment5. Tongues
6. Interpreting
Tongues7. Faith
8. Healing9. Miracles
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Spiritual Expressions
2. Grace Gift FunctionsA particularactivity performedthrough an individual, within the
Body of Christ, empowered by theHoly Spirit.
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Romans 12:4-5 (NLT)Just as our bodies have many parts andeach part has a special function, 5 soit is with Christs body. We are manyparts of one body, and we all belong to
each other..
Praxis Function:activities to be engaged in.
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Grace Functions1. Administration2. Leadership3. Service
4. Helps5. Giving
6. Hospitality
7. Mercy8. Exhortation
9. Poverty10. Celibacy
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Spiritual Expressions
3. Grace GiftR
olesA specific set of behaviorsassociated with a position heldby an individual and placed by
the Holy Spirit within the Body
of Christ.
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Grace Gift Roles1. Apostle
2. Prophet3. Evangelist
4. Pastor 5. Teacher
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Ephesians 4:7-13 (NLT)7 However, he has given each one of usa special gift through the generosity ofChrist. 8 That is why the Scriptures say,
When he ascended to the heights,he led a crowd of captives
and gave gifts to his people.9 Notice that it says he ascended. Thisclearly means that Christ also
descended to our lowly world.
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10 And the same one who descended is
the one who ascended higher than allthe heavens, so that he might fill theentire universe with himself. 11 Now
these are the gifts Christ gave to thechurch: the apostles, theprophets, the evangelists, andthe pastors and teachers. 12 Theirresponsibility is to equip Gods people
to do his work and build up the church,
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the body of Christ. 13 This will continue
until we all come to such unity in ourfaith and knowledge of Gods Son thatwe will be mature in the Lord,
measuring up to the full and completestandard of Christ.
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1 Kings 19:19 (NAS)
So he departed from there and foundElisha the son of Shaphat, while he wasplowing with twelve pairs of oxen
before him, and he with the twelfth.And Elijah passed over to him and threwhis mantle on him.
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Christ Our Apostle
Hebrews 3:1 (ESV)Therefore, holy brothers, youwho share in a heavenly calling,
considerJesus, the apostle andhigh priest of our confession.
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Christ Our Prophet
Luke 24:19 (ESV)And he said to them, "Whatthings?" And they said to him,"Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man
who was a prophet mighty in deedand word before God and all the
people.
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Christ Our Evangelist
Matthew 9:35 (ESV)And Jesus went throughout all thecities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues and proclaiming thegospel of the kingdom and healingevery disease and every affliction.
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Christ Our Pastor
1 Peter 5:2-4 (ESV)2 Shepherd the flock of God that isamong you, exercising oversight,
not under compulsion, butwillingly, as God would have you;
not for shameful gain, but
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eagerly; 3not domineering over
those in your charge, but beingexamples to the flock. 4And
when the chief Shepherdappears, you will receive theunfading crown of glory.
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Christ Our Teacher
John 3:2 (ESV)
This man came to Jesus by nightand said to him, "Rabbi, we know
that you are a teacher come fromGod, for no one can do these signs
that you do unless God is with
him."
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Purpose of 5-Fold
Ephesians 4:12 (ESV)
To equip the saints for thework of ministry,
for building up the body ofChrist.
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Purpose of 5-Fold
Equipping the members of
a church to be theministers in the church.
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Results of 5-Fold
Ephesians 4:12-16 (ESV)12 To equip the saints for the workof ministry, forbuilding up thebody of Christ, 13until we all attain
to the unity of the faith and of theknowledge of the Son of God, to
mature manhood, to the measure
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of the stature of the fullness of
Christ, 14so that we may no longerbe children, tossed to and fro by
the waves and carried about byevery wind of doctrine, by human
cunning, by craftiness in deceitful
schemes. 15Rather, speaking thetruth in love, we are to grow up inevery way into Him who is the
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head, into Christ, 16 from whom the
whole body, joined and heldtogether by every joint with which
it is equipped, when each part isworking properly, makes the bodygrow so that it builds itself up in
love.
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Results of 5-FoldA Healthy Church1. United in Diversity
2. Grounded in Biblical Truth3. Spiritually Mature Believers
4. Every Member is a Minister
5. Not Stagnate but DynamicGrowth
6.A
tmosphere of Love