Thursday, July 25 | Your pastor is a gift! (Ephesians 4:11)

Everyday Truth with Kurt Skelly

Kurt Skelly

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Ephesians 4:11 When Jesus ascended to heaven and the church age was inaugurated, several important events took place. The Holy Spirit was given to believers in a brand new way! He indwells the bodies of all those who put their faith in Christ. Also, Jesus gifted His Church with leaders to accomplish His purposes. These leaders included apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastors/teachers. Each has a specific function, and the first two are foundational and temporary.

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0:00.0	For the next couple of days, we're going to talk about what an ideal, what a model church looks like.
0:07.6	Now, I'm going to give you a hint.
0:09.0	It's not my church and it's not yours.
0:11.7	But we can do better.
0:13.8	And the Bible gives us a great template for the marks of a model church.
0:19.0	Listen in.
0:20.3	Welcome to Everyday Truth with Kurt Skelly. We believe the Bible
0:24.4	is true and relevant to everyone, everywhere, every day. If today's conversation is a help to you,
0:32.7	take a moment to leave a review or share it with a friend. Thanks for listening. Now, let's join Kirk for today's episode.
0:40.2	Welcome back, my friends, to today's episode
0:42.8	of Everyday Truth.
0:44.2	I want to apologize about the lighting today.
0:46.5	It's a bright, bright morning here in my daughter's kitchen.
0:50.0	And it's not the best lighting, but we're
0:52.5	going to make the best of it.
1:00.0	We're in Ephesians 4 today, if you want to find your place, if you have opportunity to follow along.
1:05.6	And we're in a section of Ephesians 4 that is just really warm to me because it's a section of scripture that I visit several times a year because it is the basis of our
1:13.9	starting point class at Faith Baptist Church. And that's a class where we introduce our church,
1:21.0	really, to whoever is interested. Some would call it a new members class. And in that class, I'm careful to point out,
1:30.3	what are the marks of a model church?
1:33.6	What are the marks of a model church?
1:36.3	And Ephesians 4, verses 11 through 16,
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