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The Promises of God: Part CCCI
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
Sep 15, 2025
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And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 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. Ephesians 4:11,12
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 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. Ephesians 4:11,12
The five-fold ministry was given to the church to equip the body of Christ to do the work of ministry! From the time these gifts were given, the church has come a long way, sadly, backwards!
When Jesus died on the cross for us, the old priesthood was done away with and a new and living way was introduced. The veil of separation was torn from top to bottom, allowing us access to the Father without the need of a High Priest. However, over time, the devil dragged up the old priesthood with a counterfeit, using the pastor in the place of the High Priest to keep the body unable to minister, sitting in the pew.
The Catholic church is a perfect example of a counterfeit, complete with the "Un-Holy Father" as High Priest and all the unholy sacraments to deceive 1.4 billion people! Now the church has become a mausoleum to house the body without anyone to preach the true gospel of Jesus Christ!
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, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—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. Ephesians 4:13-16
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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