The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 85 : The Giving of Gifted Men to Christ’s Churches: Apostles, Prophets  (4:11)

The word ‘Apostles’ defined  –  USED BOTH IN A GENERAL SENSE AND IN A PARTICULAR SENSE  –  Who were apostles?  –  The word ‘PROPHET’ defined  –  ‘prophet’ used of both ‘FORTH-TELLING’ AND ‘FORE-TELLING’  –  tHESE WERE NEW TESTAMENT PROPHETS  –  A NECESSARY BUT TRANSITORY MINISTRY  –  Comparable to MODERN DAY PREACHERS  –  John MacARTHUR ON ‘APOSTLES AND PROPHETS’