The Equipping Ministry, Student Workbook, SW15

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T H E E Q U I P P I N G M I N I S T R Y

D. The teacher is “ color commentator ” on the game of the Lord.

1. They understand the game well, usually were a star themselves in the game.

2. They can explain every facet of play, understand how all the plays, the players, and the various parts of the game interact.

3. They make it clear exactly what God has done and what its import is.

Jesus’ Teaching Not Given “Academically”

II. The Distinctiveness of the Teaching Ministry

It is a characteristic of Jesus’ teaching that it was not delivered in an academic lecture- type setting. It arose out of personal encounters, questions from enquirers, debates with the religious authorities (usually initiated by them), and the need to instruct his disciples in the light of his own imminent suffering and death, and of their role in continuing his ministry afterwards. ~ R. T. France. “Teaching.” The New Bible Dictionary . D. R. W. Wood. ed. 3rd ed. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996. p. 571.

A. While preaching focuses on mixed audiences, teaching concentrates on building up disciples in Jesus Christ and bringing them to maturity .

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1. God gives gifts , Eph. 4.11-13.

2. Teaching is done both publicly and informally, oftentimes from house to house, Acts 20.20.

B. Teaching concentrates on fulfilling the teaching clause of the Great Commission.

1. We are to teach disciples of Christ to obey everything that Christ commanded us, Matt. 28.19.

2. Teaching ranks high in the gifts of the Spirit given for the upbuilding of the Church, 1 Cor. 12.28.