by George Runyan | Sep 5, 2013 | George Runyan
2 Timothy 3:10-11 – Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, persecutions, and sufferings. It is hard to know if the teaching gift is separate from the pastoral gift. Apostles, prophets, evangelists and pastors are clearly...
by George Runyan | Sep 4, 2013 | George Runyan
1 Peter 5:2 – Shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God. The English word for “pastor” is only found in the Ephesians 4:11. In the Greek it is found many times. A number of different...
by George Runyan | Sep 3, 2013 | George Runyan
2 Timothy 4:5 – Be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. The third ministry gift Paul mentions in Ephesians 4:11 is that of the “evangelist.” Your fingers beautifully illustrate these five gifts which the Lord has...
by George Runyan | Sep 2, 2013 | George Runyan
Ephesians 2:18-22 – Through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and...
by George Runyan | Sep 1, 2013 | George Runyan
Ephesians 4:11 – He gave some as apostles. In our next five devotionals, we will look at the Lord’s purpose in these five ministry gifts for the growth and development of the body of Christ. These ministry gifts and their function are important to the maturation of...
