Brandi shares Sunday in Dickinson.

We’ve talked about THE VISION

God gives THE VISION to … PEOPLE

– LAST week we talked about THE CALL

Ephesians 4:8 - 11 And He Himself gave SOME to be apostles, SOME prophets, SOME evangelists, and SOME

pastors and teachers, 

 “SOME”: The MAJORITY of the Body of Christ is found in the HELPS/DEACONS ministry

Why were these OFFICES given ….

12  for the EQUIPPING [perfecting] of the saints for the work of ministry, for the EDIFYING of the

body of Christ, 

How long will these GIFTS/OFFICES be in operation in the church?

13  TILL we ALL come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect

man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 

14  that we should NO LONGER be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of

doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15  but, speaking the truth

in love, MAY GROW UP IN ALL THINGS into Him who is the head—Christ—  16  from whom the

WHOLE BODY, joined and knit together by what EVERY joint supplies, according to the effective

working by which EVERY PART does its share, causes GROWTH of the body for the edifying of itself

in love.

– THIS week we are going to talk about THE JOB [The Apostle]

PEOPLE stand in the offices that JESUS GAVE the church …

The OFFICES are set up and … PEOPLE are placed in them … by God [Both]

1 Corinthians 12:18 But now GOD HAS SET the members, each one of them, in the body just as

He pleased.

[VOICE] This is where God comes in. God has meticulously put this body together; He placed each

part in the exact place to perform the exact function He wanted.

Meticulously: in a way that shows great attention to detail; very thoroughly

WHY am I talking on the office of the APOSTLE?

-It’s an OFFICE that we don’t UNDERSTAND –

-These OFFICES originated with GOD – It was HIS IDEA [not man’s – MAN has made a mess

of them] – JESUS “set them up” … FOR us

- Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge …

Pastor Larry [HEAD OF BFBC] operates in this OFFICE

- You will see things go on in BFBC that look different than OTHER churches

- 1 CHURCH = 6 LOCATIONS

o We are REGION minded … NOT “town” minded

o There is a reason “WHY” we THINK like this …

Apostles are FIRST and FOREMOST a PREACHER or TEACHER of the Word

o 1 Timothy 2:7 for which I was appointed a PREACHER and an apostle—I am speaking

the truth in Christ and not lying—a TEACHER of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

o 2 Timothy 1:11 to which I was appointed a PREACHER, an apostle, and a TEACHER

of the Gentiles.

- Appointed: ASSIGNED to a position, an office

APOSTLE was a “secular word” BEFORE it was ever used in the EARLY CHURCH

Apostle means: one who is SENT away

- It was a picture of a MILITARY expedition, ARMED forces, a MILITARY entourage

- A TRUE APOSTLE is one who is “SENT” with a commission by the Holy Spirit