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

1. God provides the gifts, 2 Tim. 1.11.

2. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up, 1 Cor. 8.1-3.

3. Teaching gifts rank high in the appointment of gifts in the Church, 1 Cor. 12.28.

C. Like preaching, the call to teach is associated with God’s gifts and enablements.

1. The teacher is given the fullness of the Word of God.

a. It nurtures the newborn and the immature, 1 Pet. 2.2; Heb. 5.12.

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b. It is profitable for all manner of strengthening the members of the body, 2 Tim. 3.16-17.

c. It liberates the believer from empty tradition and dead orthodoxy, John 8.31-32.

d. Obedience to the Word provides benefit and profit in every way.

(1) Security, Matt. 7.24-27

(2) Blessing, Luke 11.28

(3) Intimacy with the Lord, John 14.23-24

(4) Family ties with the Lord himself, Matt. 12.50