Christian Ministry

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Christian Ministry

• Lesson 20

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Our Gospel Ministry

• 1 Corinthians 41-2
• 1 So then, men ought to regard us as servants
  of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret
  things of God. 2 Now it is required that those
  who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• I Corinthians 124-7
• 4There are different kinds of gifts, but the
  same Spirit. 5There are different kinds of
  service, but the same Lord. 6There are different
  kinds of working, but the same God works all of
  them in all men.
• 7Now to each one the manifestation of the
  Spirit is given for the common good.

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Our Gospel Ministry

1. Every Christian is a minister (servant) of Jesus
   with a ministry to carry out.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• Luke 2444-48
• 44 He said to them, "This is what I told you
  while I was still with you Everything must be
  fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of
  Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms." 45 Then he
  opened their minds so they could understand the
  Scriptures.46 This is what is written The
  Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the
  third day, 47 and repentance and forgiveness of
  sins will be preached in his name to all nations,
  beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of
  these things.

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Our Gospel Ministry

1. Every Christian is a minister (servant) of Jesus
   with a ministry to carry out.
2. We need to share Gods Word with all people.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• Luke 1016
• 16 He who listens to you listens to me he who
  rejects you rejects me but he who rejects me
  rejects him who sent me.

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Our Gospel Ministry

1. Every Christian is a minister (servant) of Jesus
   with a ministry to carry out.
2. We need to share Gods Word with all people.
3. We are Jesus representatives.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• Matthew 1613-20
• 13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea
  Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people
  say the Son of Man is?"   14 They replied, "Some
  say John the Baptist others say Elijah and
  still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
  15 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you
  say I am?" 16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the
  Christ, the Son of the living God."

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Our Gospel Ministry

• Matthew 1613-20
• 17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son
  of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by
  man, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell
  you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will
  build my church, and the gates of Hades will not
  overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the
  kingdom of heaven whatever you bind on earth
  will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose
  on earth will be loosed in heaven." 20 Then he
  warned his disciples not to tell anyone that he
  was the Christ.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• John 2019-23
• 19On the evening of that first day of the week,
  when the disciples were together, with the doors
  locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood
  among them and said, "Peace be with you!" 20After
  he said this, he showed them his hands and side.
  The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the
  Lord. 21 Again Jesus said, Peace be with you! As
  the Father has sent me, I am sending you. 22
  And with that he breathed on them and said,
  Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive
  anyone his sins, they are forgiven if you do not
  forgive them, they are not forgiven.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• Jesus has given us the keys to the kingdom of
  heaven.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• 2 Samuel 127-13
• 7Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man!
  This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says
  'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered
  you from the hand of Saul. 8 I gave your master's
  house to you, and your master's wives into your
  arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah.
  And if all this had been too little, I would have
  given you even more. 9 Why did you despise the
  word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his
  eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the
  sword and took his wife to be your own. You
  killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10
  Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from
  your house, because you despised me and took the
  wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'

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Our Gospel Ministry

• 2 Samuel 127-13
• 11 "This is what the LORD says 'Out of your
  own household I am going to bring calamity upon
  you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives
  and give them to one who is close to you, and he
  will lie with your wives in broad daylight. 12
  You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in
  broad daylight before all Israel.' " 13 Then
  David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the
  LORD." Nathan replied, "The LORD has taken away
  your sin. You are not going to die.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• Jesus has given us the keys to the kingdom of
  heaven.
• We forgive penitent sinners. We open the door to
  heaven.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• Matthew 1812-20
• 12 "What do you think? If a man owns a hundred
  sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not
  leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look
  for the one that wandered off? 13 And if he finds
  it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about
  that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that
  did not wander off. 14 In the same way your
  Father in heaven is not willing that any of these
  little ones should be lost.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• Matthew 1812-20
• 15 If your brother sins against you, go and
  show him his fault, just between the two of you.
  If he listens to you, you have won your brother
  over. 16 But if he will not listen, take one or
  two others along, so that every matter may be
  established by the testimony of two or three
  witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them,
  tell it to the church and if he refuses to
  listen even to the church, treat him as you would
  a pagan or a tax collector. 18 I tell you the
  truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound
  in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will
  be loosed in heaven. 19 "Again, I tell you that
  if two of you on earth agree about anything you
  ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in
  heaven. 20 For where two or three come together
  in my name, there am I with them."

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Our Gospel Ministry

• Jesus has given us the keys to the kingdom of
  heaven.
• We forgive penitent sinners. We open the door to
  heaven.
• We discipline impenitent sinners. We lock the
  door to heaven (as long as they do not repent).

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Our Gospel Ministry

• Speak lovingly one on one with them.
• Bring loving witnesses along.
• Have the church speak lovingly to them.
• Excommunicating them if they reject Gods Word.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• 1 Corinthians 513
• 13 Expel the wicked man from among you.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• 2 Corinthians 26-8
• 6 The punishment inflicted on him by the
  majority is sufficient for him. 7 Now instead,
  you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he
  will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 I
  urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for
  him.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• 5. By gladly returning them to fellowship when
  they repent.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• We discipline impenitent sinners. We lock the
  door to heaven (as long as they do not repent).
• Speak lovingly one on one with them.
• Bring loving witnesses along.
• Have the church speak lovingly to them.
• Excommunicating them if they reject Gods Word.
• Gladly forgiving them and restoring them when
  they repent.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• Ephesians 411-12
• 11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some
  to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some
  to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare Gods
  people for works of service, so that the body of
  Christ may be built up.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• 5. Jesus gives us leaders who serve for us and
  train us for gospel ministry.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• 1 Thessalonians 512-13
• 12 Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those
  who work hard among you, who are over you in the
  Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the
  highest regard in love because of their work.
  Live in peace with each other.

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Our Gospel Ministry

• 6. We honor our pastors (shepherds, leaders of
  Gods flock) as they train us.

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Application

• Mike says to you I know that God gave the
  right to forgive sins to every Christian, but I
  think pastors do it better because they know all
  the right words to say.
• How would you answer Mike?

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Our Body Ministry
1 Corinthians 12
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Our Body Ministry

• 1 Corinthians 1212-27
• 12 The body is a unit, though it is made up of
  many parts and though all its parts are many,
  they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13 For
  we were all baptized by one Spirit into one
  bodywhether Jews or Greeks, slave or freeand we
  were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Now
  the body is not made up of one part but of many.
  15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a
  hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not
  for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16
  And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an
  eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not
  for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17
  If the whole body were an eye, where would the
  sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an
  ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18
  But in fact God has arranged the parts in the
  body, every one of them, just as he wanted them
  to be. 19 If they were all one part, where
  would the body be? 20 As it is, there are
  many parts, but one body.

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Our Body Ministry

• 1 Corinthians 1212-27
• 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't
  need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet,
  "I don't need you!" 22 On the contrary, those
  parts of the body that seem to be weaker are
  indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are
  less honorable we treat with special honor. And
  the parts that are unpresentable are treated with
  special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts
  need no special treatment. But God has combined
  the members of the body and has given greater
  honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that
  there should be no division in the body, but that
  its parts should have equal concern for each
  other. 26 If one part suffers, every part
  suffers with it if one part is honored, every
  part rejoices with it. 27 Now you are the body of
  Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

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Our Body Ministry

1. Every Christian has certain gifts from God. We
   need to use thosee gifts!

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Our Body Ministry

• 1 Corinthians 41-2
• 1 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of
  Christ and as those entrusted with the secret
  things of God. 2 Now it is required that those
  who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

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Our Body Ministry

• 1 Peter 410
• 10 Each one should use whatever gift he has
  received to serve others, faithfully
  administering Gods grace in its various forms.

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Our Body Ministry

1. Every Christian has certain gifts from God. We
   need to use those gifts!
2. We can serve each other with our gifts for the
   good of the whole body.

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Our Body Ministry

• Ephesians 412-14
• 12 to prepare Gods people for works of
  service, so that the body of Christ may be built
  up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and
  in the knowledge of the Son of God and become
  mature, attaining to the whole measure of the
  fullness of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer
  be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves,
  and blown here and there by every wind of
  teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men
  in their deceitful scheming.

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Our Body Ministry

1. Every Christian has certain gifts from God. We
   need to use those gifts!
2. We can serve each other with our gifts for the
   good of the whole body.
3. We build each other up spiritually.

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Gifts In Action Program Connecting People, Gifts
Ministry
www.mygiftsinaction.com
Just as each of us has one body with many
members, and these members do not all have the
same function, so in Christ we who are many form
one body, and each member belongs to all the
others. We have different gifts, according to
the grace given us. Romans 123-6a
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Gifts In Action Program Connecting People, Gifts
Ministry
WHAT IS GIFTS IN ACTION? CONNECTING
PEOPLE, GIFTS

MINISTRY
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Gifts In Action Program Connecting People, Gifts
Ministry
www.mygiftsinaction.com
GIA VISION Gifts
in Action is the central resource for people to
get connected with a personal ministry within the
Church, using God-given gifts passions to serve
the Lord with natural energy and joy.
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Gifts In Action Program Connecting People, Gifts
Ministry
www.mygiftsinaction.com
GIA
MISSION Gifts in Action manages an on-going
system to engage church leaders, ministry needs
and peoples unique gifts and passions which
connect Both for effective, rewarding and
gift-based service. .
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Gifts In Action Program Connecting People, Gifts
Ministry
www.mygiftsinaction.com
NATURAL STRENGTHS MEMBERS OPPORTUNITY
FOR ASSESSMENT
WORKSHOP
4 times/year SPIRITUAL GIFTS MEMBERS
OPPORTUNITY FOR
ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP
4 times per year
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Gifts In Action Program Connecting People, Gifts
Ministry
www.mygiftsinaction.com
Just as each of us has one body with many
members, and these members do not all have the
same function, so in Christ we who are many form
one body, and each member belongs to all the
others. We have different gifts, according to
the grace given us. Romans 123-6a
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ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT WEEK

• 1. Study carefully the notes you have taken in
  class be sure you understand.
• 2. Study carefully questions 304 - 318 in the
  Catechism. Be able to answer them in your own
  words.
• 3. Complete the Working with Gods Word
  section. Have parents check your work.
• 4. Memorize these Bible passages
• VIP Ephesians 411-12 Christ gave some to
  be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be
  evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
  to prepare Gods people for works of service, so
  that the body of Christ may be built up.
• I Peter 410 Each one should use
  whatever gift he has received to serve others,
  faithfully administering Gods grace in its
  various forms.
• Memorize What is the use of the Keys? and
  Where is this written?
• Complete Worksheet 20 at home and have your
  parents correct them at home and be prepared for
  a Unit Review on Lessons 20 -22 on Wednesday,
  April 6
• 545 645 p.m.
• 7. Keys Truths for Lesson 20

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KEY TRUTHS

• Lesson 20 Ministry means _________ in Jesus
  name. Every Christian is a minister because we
  are all Christs ______________ who speak his
  word to all people. Jesus has given us the keys
  to the kingdom of heaven to _______ penitent
  sinners and ____________ impenitent sinners.
  Jesus gives us pastors and teachers to _______ us
  for ministry. We are managers, or _____________,
  of Gods gifts to us. As we serve faithfully, we
  _________ each other up.

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Closing Prayer

• Luthers Evening Prayer
• In the name of the God the Father, Son, and Holy
  Spirit. Amen. I thank you, my heavenly Father,
  through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you
  have graciously keep me this day. Forgive me all
  my sins, and graciously keep me this night. Into
  your hands I commend my body and soul and all
  things. Let your holy angel be with me that the
  wicked foe may have no power over me. Amen.