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

4. The Holy Spirit selects and gifts men and women to the work of preaching and teaching, Acts 13.2-4.

5. God has given called men and women to the Church to fulfill the ministry of teaching.

a. 1 Cor. 12.28-29

b. Eph. 4.11-12

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B. The call to preach is not merely a task or a job; to preach is a response to God’s definitive call to action, to speak out to others precisely what God would have them to proclaim.

1. Ezekiel, Ezek. 3.4-9

2. Jeremiah, Jer. 1.5-8

3. Paul, Acts 26.15-18

C. The call to preach is associated with God’s gift and enablements to fulfill that call.

1. The word of the cross preached is the power of God, 1 Cor. 1.18.

2. The word of the cross regarding Jesus Christ is also the wisdom of God, 1 Cor. 1.19-24.