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From Procession to Gifts
We have all been a part of them, but are we are a part of the greatest gifts given, Christ, the Church, and the gifts given for the unity of the Church.
(insert slides of graduation procession, wedding procession and funeral procession - all saved on computer already.)
We are used to several kinds of processions in our life and in the lives of others.
In fact we have more than likely been a part of each of these.
The procession we are going to look at today all happened because of the procession Christ made and the gifts Christ gave.
(Insert Picture Roman Procession saved on computer)
(Briefly discuss a Roman procession)
Jesus victory over death was with a purpose, to give gifts!
Victory with a purpose
To give salvation
To give gifts of grace
To give gifts to be used to bring unity and maturity to the church.
(Transition: Who doesn’t like to receive gifts, and the greatest gift is the Fathers gift of the Christ and that is followed by Christ’s gift)
I. Christ’s Gift
The unity of the body of Christ comes from the person understanding the gifts given and the use of those gifts to promote unity within the body.
(Eph4:7-10; Eph4:4-6; Psm68:18; Col1:17; Col2:15; Jn3:13; Eph1:22 and Jer23:24)
While we may find our unity in the unity of the “One’s” and in case you forgot them here they.
Unity of the One’s promotes unity of the One (church)!
While there is a diversity of gifts that work together to bring unity to the body of Christ (the church).
Unity depends on the possession and application of the gifts of grace that God gives to us through Christ Jesus.
God’s gifts, regarding grace:
Gift of grace (salvation)
Gifts of grace to the church
Gifts of grace for the church
Gifts of grace will have proven results
Gifts of grace bring unity to the church.
With the grace given, comes responsibility, stewardship, the administration of the gifts of grace as Paul addresses in this passage.
The gifts come from and are originated from Jesus.
Jesus procession vs. Roman procession
What differs between Jesus procession and the Roman procession, the Roman one demanded gifts from the people then the gifts are used to help the people.
In Jesus procession it was so that He could give gifts to men.
He ascended, but that also means he descended (v.10) so that he may fill all.
and you cannot go wrong with a Colossian reference
Christ was the gift given to the Father, the acceptable sacrifice, so that Christ may give gifts to men.
Christ our victor, lead a victory parade
COl2:15
Because he ascended into heaven, having come from (descended) heaven, oh wait have a scripture for that
God appointed Him and
He is over all and through all and in all so we can be all for Him!
We cannot hid ourselves from God, nor should we hide our gifts (graces).
Not using the gifts is trying to hide them, we need to bring them and use them to the fulness of Christ.
So, God received gifts, so Christ could give gifts, and the first gifts given were to the Church!
II.
Gifts to the Church
Christ’s gifts “to” the church are important to understand so we can further understand the gifts “for” the church.
God gave gifts to the church for a purpose, first let’s look at the gifts, then we will look at the purpose.
He gave some as apostles
He gave some as apostles
an apostle is who who is sent with authority and a message.
It is not their message, it does not originate with them.
It is from the one who is sending them.
So, specifically these were Christ’s chosen people to be “sent forth.”
They were to be God’s mouthpiece after Christ’s ascension (Jn17:6-8, 13, 17-18)
Look at some of the prayer Jesus offered up for them.
Jesus thanked the Father for the Apostles then asks the Father to use them.
and He sent them with the a prayer and a blessing
Sanctify them, send them, sanctify them through Your Word, send them with Your Word!
Apostles given for a reason (Jn17:20-21)
Unless you have seen some men who are over 2000 years old, the apostles have since died off, but their message has not.
It has been given to us to carry on.
We too are sent with authority, just not the power that the apostles had.
We cannot qualify as an apostle like they did, we were not there from the beginning of Jesus ministry, we did not witness the resurrection, nor the ascension.
Now leading us to the next gift:
Prophets: Spokesmen for God (1Cor12:10, 28, 13:10; Eph2:20, 3:5; 1Cor13:8-10)
Prophets are more than foretellers, they are forth-tellers
May we look at a few scriptures regarding N.T. Prophets
and then there is
Where in the O.T. we often see a message that was given from God to the Prophet, to tell to the people of what was to come in the future, sometimes forth-telling what God had for His people (i.e.
Jer19:10-14).
The N.T. Prophets would carry the message of God from place to place.
These would assist the Apostles in carrying the message.
At the time the letters were not circulated or some even written yet and the prophets helped get God’s and the Apostles word’s out until everything was compiled together.
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New Testament Prophets helped the Apostles to carry God’s Word out.
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God’s perfect Word when put together would do away with that which was partial.
For, it was no longer needed.
Both of these gifts, both of these offices for the church were foundational for the church but not generational, they were not needed forever.
Here is some scripture to back up the statement
Eph3:5
leading to our next gift (grace)
Evangelists: Those who proclaim the Good News.
(2Tim4:5; Act21:8; Mt28:20)
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They bring the Good News, invite people to respond to the Good News
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I love it, they did not have the prestige of the Apostles, the inspiration of the Prophets, but they are the rank and file of the church now!
The missionaries carrying the Good News.
I love the instructions Paul gives to an evangelist
Timothy was a great example of an evangelist.
Traveled from place to place carrying the message, the Good News.
Much like the evangelists today they bring the Good News, they bring the invitation to come to Jesus, to lead people to come to know the truth and respond to the truth.
Another good example was Philip
One of the original 7, what would be called deacons, he was an evangelist, you may remember him and an Ethiopian Eunuch.
We are all called to evangelize, but not all called to be an evangelist.
The evangelist is not normally the one who disciples the Christian but leads someone to become a Christian.
That task is left to another office known as Pastor, Shepher, Overseer, Elder, Bishop depending on version of bible and context you are reading.
Unlike the Apostles and the Prophets, the evangelists are found in every generation of the church.
Mt28:20
I mentioned Pastor a moment ago, that brings our next gift to the church.
Pastors and teachers (Act20:17, 28; Tit1:5-7; 1Tim3:2)
Where some will link the two together as one gift to the church, it is more apparent with the “and” that they are separate.
Pastor: Poimen (Gk) meaning shepherd, elder, overseer, bishop
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