Verse By Verse: Ephesians 4:7-16 - What is the goal of the church and who has God given to help it?

Better Equipped with Cody Balch

What is the ultimate goal that the church (the people of God) should be focused on and should be prioritizing, and WHO did Jesus give to the church as leaders to help accomplish this goal?
In this episode of Verse By Verse, we will dive into Ephesians 4:7-16. Christ gave 5 sets of spiritual leaders to help equip and mature the people of God to go out and do the work of ministry. More often today, we think that Christ gave those sets of leaders to do all of the work of ministry for the church, which is very backwards and incomplete. I pray that this episode will help you be better equipped to go out and do the work of ministry that God has created in advance for you to do! You can read today's passage below:
Ephesians 4:7-16 (NIV)
"7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it says:
“When he ascended on high,
he took many captives
and gave gifts to his people.”
9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
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