work of the ministry

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On Tue, 6 May 1997 11:42:35 -0400 Tom Lasater <Tomla@cdi_nt01.compu.com>
writes:

>The gifts of the five fold ministry is to build up the body of Christ
>and to perfect the saints and to equip the saints to work in the
ministry.
>
>I have been taught that the five fold ministry is for the perfecting of
>the saints, to do the work of that ministry, to build up (edify) the
>Body. It now occurs to me that these gifts are to be used to equip the
>saints for the ministry, to bring them into the ministry that GOD calls
>them into.
>
>I am not sure whether this has been covered or not, and I don't know if
>this has been seen from this view point.
>
>:-}) Thomas W Lasater
>
>People will do tomorrow
>what they did today 
>because that is
>what they did yesterday
>
>

Me:
To add, all saints are ministers and are to preach the gospel.  However,
only those given gifts (called) as Apostles, Prophets, Teachers, etc.
can minister TO the saints.   The more gifts (authority) of ministry
given, the more responsibility you have for not only yourself, but for
the church as well. The more authority given to you, the more the
servant you become and the more persecution you will face.  The Apostles
were under constant barrage by the enemy.  The lukewarm saint hardly
draws the enemy's notice.  No wonder we are to give double honor and to
touch not God's annointed!!

Roger Bozeman
rbozeman@juno.com
All Christians are born a warrior.  It is their duty to attack;  it is
their destiny to be assaulted.