{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Treasuring Christ: Engaging In Ministry","description":"Treasuring Christ:  Engaging In Ministry\nEphesians 4:11-16\n \nTruth Statement:  I treasure Christ when I engage in expressing the fullness of Christ by ministering to the body of Christ for the fame and renown of Christ.   \n \n·         The church is to be the expression of the fullness of Christ.\no   Sacrificial love (Hebrews 10:10-14)\no   Compassion\no   Grace\no   Reconciliation\/Unity\no   Power of His Spirit\n \n·         As we do, we proclaim the fame and renown of Christ to the nations.\n \nMinistry is the Expression . . .\n \nEvery Christ-follower should be equipped for ministry and engaged in ministry for the purpose of edifying the church so that the nations might be reached.  (Ephesians 4:11-16)\n \n·         What explicitly resonates in Ephesians 4:11-16 is what we should expressly live out as the body of Christ.\n \nExpressly Lived Out . . .\n \n1.      The responsibility of leadership is to equip the saints. (Ephesians 4:11-12)\n \n2.      The responsibility of the saints is to do the work of ministry. (Ephesians 4:11-12)\n \n3.      The purpose of ministry is for the building up of the body of Christ. (Ephesians 4:12)\n \n4.      The goal off ministry in the church is to become spiritually mature believers who experience and express the fullness of Christ.\n·         Unity of the faith\n·         Knowledge of the Son of God\n·         Speaking truth in love\n·         Spiritual growth\n·         Expressive of His love\n \nTwo Observations . . .\n·         The body of Christ is loosely connected when its members are ill equipped. \n·         Equipped saints, working properly, results in a growing, Christ-exalting, and Christ-reflecting church.\n \nMy Response . . .","author_name":"Crossgate Church Podcasts","author_url":"http:\/\/crossgate.libsyn.com","html":"