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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>EPH
4:11 - EVANGELISTS, eu-ag-ge-lisT<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">S,
3x, Strong #2099</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">From
#2097 eu-ag-geLIz</span><u>o,</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
55x, to announce good news, esp. the Gospel</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;" align="center">
<font size="3"><b>See ev-agGEli-on, 77x, #2098, especially the good
message of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">1.
Acts 21:8 (1-14, #2099, I. Panin's NNT) PHILIP: FIRST MENTION OF
</span><u>EVANGELIST</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">, ONE
PROMOTED FROM A DEACON. "And on the morrow we departed, </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">and</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
came unto Caesarea: and entering into the house of Philip the
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>evangelist</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
who was one of the seven, we abode with him." </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Both
Philip and Stephen were lifted from the rank of deacon into the third
of the 5-fold ministries. No man chooses such a place for himself -
neither do men set a fellow-man into this position without receiving
the Lord's mandate for this decision.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">2.
EPH 4:11 (1-16, #2099) </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>EVANGELISTS</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">:
A GIFT OF CHRIST TO THE CHURCH. "And HE gave some as apostles; and
some, prophets; and some </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>evangelists</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">;
and some shepherds and teachers." </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Jesus
</span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">gave</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
these 5-fold ministries to the church. This act along with "set"
in 1 COR 12:28 are in the "Aorist tense" in the Greek. We in
English do not have this remarkable tense - that may appear in the
past, present or future. In the above 2 cases they are both in the
past aorist tense. This is a tense complete in itself, rounded off,
but with continuing consequences. Application? God intends that as
long as the church remains in this world, these 5 ministries,
including apostles and prophets, should continue to function.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
2 TIM 4:5 (1-5, #2099) PAUL'S COMMISSION TO TIMOTHY AS AN
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>EVANGELIST</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
"But be you sober in all </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things,</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
suffer hardship, do an </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>evangelist's</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
work, fulfill your :ministry." </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Paul
took Timothy as a young man to groom him as an apostolic pastor of a
city church, and as a future replacement to Paul himself. But in a
secondary calling, Timothy is to function as an </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">evangelist</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
also. He was a timid young man, and needed this exhortation.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
Acts 15:7 (6-21, #2098) PETER; FIRST TO BE COMMISSIONED </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>TO
PREACH GOSPEL</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
TO GENTILES. "And when </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">there</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
had been much questioning, Peter rose up, </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">and</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
said unto them, Men </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">and</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
brethren, YOU know that a good while ago :God made choice among you,
that by my :mouth the nations should hear </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>the
word of the gospel</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and believe." </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Though
Jesus later raised up Paul as the apostle to the Gentiles - yet in
the beginning He chose Peter, the apostle to the Jewish circumcision,
to first give the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">gospel</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to the Gentiles. God is God! In His hidden wisdom and Sovereign
choice, He as our Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer, has the
prerogative to do with each of us as He will. </span></span></span></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
Acts 20:24 (17-38, #2098) THE </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>GOOD
NEWS</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
OF THE GRACE OF GOD: IS HIS KINGDOM! "But I hold :life of no
account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my :course, and
the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>the
gospel of the grace of :God</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">."
</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">God's
grace comes to mankind through the preaching of the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Gospel</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of the kingdom. As Moses peculiarly was chosen of God as the apostle
to Israel, so Paul in the New Testament is His choice as apostle to
the Gentiles. By preaching the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Gospel</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of the Kingdom to them, he was like Timothy also - doing the work of
an </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">evangelist</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
MAT 4:23 (18-25, #2098) A KEY PART OF JESUS' MINISTRY: PREACHING
THE </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>GOSPEL</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
OF THE KINGDOM. "And he went about in all :Galilee, teaching in
their :synagogues, and preaching the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>gospel
of the kingdom</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and healing every sickness and every infirmity among the people."
</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Jesus
in perfect measure exemplified all of the 5-fold ministries -
functioning in perfect balance. He as it were divides Himself for His
Body - us - dividing to each that ministry that is according to </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">His</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
will. In this verse we see Jesus the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Evangelist</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
operating.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
MAT 9:35 (9:35-10:15, #2098) JESUS: COMMISSIONS 12 APOSTLES WITH
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>GOSPEL OF THE
KINGDOM</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
"And :Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching
in their :synagogues, and preaching the </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>gospel
of the kingdom</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and healing every sickness and every infirmity." </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
a more specific manner Jesus again demonstrates the office of the
</span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Evangelist</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
before His 12 chosen disciples to soon become apostles. He then
commissions them and sends them forth to do the same working of
miracles that accompanied the preaching of the </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Gospel</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of the Kingdom by Jesus.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">8.
MAT 24:14 (1-31, #2098) A </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>GOSPEL
MANDATE</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
OF UNUSUAL SIGNIFICANCE. "And </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>this
:gospel of the kingdom</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
shall be preached in the whole inhabited </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">earth</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
for a witness unto all the nations; and then shall the end come."
</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is one of the most significant and illuminating mandates for apostles
and disciples in the entire New Testament. Let us ponder it
carefully. Notice the word </span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">then</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
The end is dependent upon the fulfillment of this mandate.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><u><b><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE:</span></b></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Someone in the past came up with the following analogy for the
5-fold. He took the "hand" with the 5 fingers, and gave the
Apostle as the thumb, that had ready and easy access to the other 4
fingers.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Next
he saw the pointing second finger as the Prophet. This is quite an
accurate description of what a prophet does!</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
middle finger is the longest, and represents the Evangelist. This
ministry tends to go to "The Regions Beyond," further than the
other ministries tend to go.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
fourth finger is the Pastor, closely associated with the fifth
finger, the Teacher.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">There
has been some controversy over whether there is a 5-fold or 4-fold
ministry delineated in Ephesians 4:11, because the latter two are
separated by an "and," not a comma.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">However,
in 1 Corinthians 12:28, the Teacher is given a prominent third
position next to the Apostle and Prophet, without a mention of the
pastor. This would seem to set forth a distinctive position for the
Teacher.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Some
have noted that in Isaiah 9:6-7, Jesus is given in His Pre-incarnate
state, 4 double names: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace. They have linked these with Apostle,
Prophet, Evangelist and Pastor-teacher, these 4.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">I
tend to side with 1 Corinthians 12:28 to settle this problem, and
therefore stick with the 5-fold.</span></span></span></font></p>
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