Put On The New Man

On Wednesday night we had a great time in the Lord and in His Word. We talked about
certain leadership gifts that have been given to the church in the present age. I also
talked about gifts in general which are given to all believers in the church, and I
mentioned several ways that we can discover our gifts. But in this scripture, Paul is
listing leadership gifts that God has given to the church: evangelists, pastors/shepherds,
and teachers. The purpose that these gifts have been given is so that you the Body of
Christ would be equipped to do the ministry of the church. This is a big deal because
Paul places the equipping on a few that are gifted with those specific gifts, but the
responsibility of the ministry itself is on each one of you reading this sermon or those of
you sitting at the Grove listening to this teaching. In verse 11, Paul lists these three gifts
that are still with us, and I want to give a bit of an explanation about them.