Ephesians

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• Ephesians

An Epistle of Paul
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Ephesians Chapter 4
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Ephesians

• Meet Greet
• Couple of I-Worship praise songs
• Chapter read-thru verse by verse (involve
  everyone)
• Lesson, with leading questions
• Break into groups of 3-4
• Prayer Praise-take requests, praises
  (especially in response to the Scripture just
  studied)
• Pray with/for each other
• Close/Give HW (should just be to read the next
  chapter)

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The Makings of Christs Church

• Spiritual Gifts
• How Gods work is apportioned
• What are some roles in the church?
• What are some individual responsibilities of the
  members of the church?

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Jesus Gives His Gifts (v7)
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Christs gifts

• Reason for Spiritual gifts (v12)
• To prepare Gods people for works of service
• So the body of Christ can be built up
• Unity in the faith and knowledge of the Lord
  (v13)
• Maturity so that we wont fall into deceitful
  doctrines (v14)

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The Church Org Chart
Infinitely Close Gap
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Roles Defined

• Apostle
• A messenger, ambassador
• Commissioned by Christ Himself
• Refers to the original 12, Matthias (Acts
  120-26), and Paul (Acts 93-20)
• Used once to refer to Jesus (Hebrews 31)
• Prophet
• One who speaks for God and interprets His Will
• Not necessarily telling the future, although they
  are used of God to do so
• Used many times to refer to Jesus
• Evangelist
• A publisher of glad tidings, spreader of the
  gospel
• Acts 218 (Phillip), 2 Tim 45 (Charge to
  Timothy)
• The only one of these titles that does not refer
  to Jesus
• Using the case of Philip (Acts 218), not given
  the authority or permanent position associated
  with the other offices

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Roles Defined

• Pastor
• Shepard (John 102,11,12,14,16), Hebrews 1320,1
  Peter 225
• Refers to Jesus many times
• Overseer
• Teacher
• Master, an instructor
• Also refers to Jesus many times
• 1 Cor 1228-29

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Unity

• In the Spirit (v3)
• Through peace (v3)
• One Lord, one faith, one body, one baptism, one
  God and Father (v4)

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Call to Maturity (v13-14)
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Who we are to be
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What we are to do
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Groups

• Break into groups of 3-4
• Prayer Praise-take requests, praises
  (especially in response to the Scripture just
  studied)
• Pray with/for each other
• Homework Chapter 5

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Parallels

• Eph 32 Col 125Eph 519 Col 316Eph 622
  Col 48
• Eph 42-4 Col 312-15Eph 416 Col 219Eph
  432 Col 313Eph 422-24 Col 39,10Eph 56-8
  Col 36-8Eph 515,16 Col 45Eph 619,20 Col
  43,4Eph 522-69 Col 318-41

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Sources (Extra-Biblical)

• Eastons 1897 Bible Dictionary on
  www.biblegateway.com
• www.zhubert.com-Greek
• www.m-w.com

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Prayer Requests from 6/29

• Shirley, Chris, Cindy, Dale, Rick,
  Kerrin-Healing, spiritual battle/warfare,
  Broadhead Alliance Church, open the Word.
• West Hills, LarryKaren transition, Larry sermon
  prep, Kim new duties, no dissention, do Gods
  Will for our church
• Brian Thompson-new believer, Jenna
• Small Groups _at_ WHBC
• Light to those who dont know anything