No 7
(Its gifted men)
When the Lord gave the 11 Apostles the
commission to « go and teach all
nations » in Matthew 28 :19, He knew very well that as a group on
that day on the top of a mountain in Galilee, that they were totally incapable
of performing the task that He was asking them to do. They also knew that, so what were they to
do? Start forming evangelism
committees? Putting people in a
door-to-door ministry? No!! They went together and prayed because the
Lord said : « But
ye shall receive power from the Holy Ghost » (Acts 1 :8). When the Holy Spirit descended upon the
Apostles on the day of Pentecost, they received gifts and were thus able to boldly
and unequivocally preach the Gospel.
They became
gifted men and eloquent preachers without any formal theological
training; except for Paul who studied at the feet of Gameliel. The Body of Christ today, has these gifted
men that do the Lord’s work just as they did in the early Church. These men are
used by Christ to perform duties that are required to build His Church. But who are these men?
They are described in Ephesians