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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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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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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

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