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Who we are

KARUIZAWA INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP. Who we are. You can not join a church- you already are the church You all are the body of Christ Models respond to needs and problems Models are ok but they are not to define us The HS will define us, and he is not limited by a certain model

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Who we are

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  1. KARUIZAWA INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP Who we are

  2. You can not join a church- you already are the church • You all are the body of Christ • Models respond to needs and problems • Models are ok but they are not to define us • The HS will define us, and he is not limited by a certain model • Not liking change and but needing change • Development of a model is not by imitation

  3. Ephesians 5:18-21 You can not join a church- you already are the church You all are the body of Christ but be filled with the Spirit,  19speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; 21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.  Joy Thanksgiving Submission

  4. Traditions • Scripture • Culture 人々の体 人々の魂 • CHURCH • Holy Spirit 霊 Function Form Dissention Dissention Servant Joy Thanksgiving Submission

  5. The Model of the Church • Model is not specified in Scripture • Models respond to needs and circumstances • Models are ok but they are not to define us • The HS will define us, and he is not limited by a certain model • Models will change. We do not like change but need change • Development of a model is not by imitation • The model simply needs to support the function

  6. KIF Spring 2012 Sermon Series - Ephesians A Worthy Walk(Equipping the Saints)

  7. “Equipped”

  8. Ephesians 4:11-13 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.

  9. And He gave some as (METHOD) apostles,  prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, for (PURPOSE) the equipping of the saints for (PURPOSE) the work of service, to (OBJECTIVE) • the building up of the body of Christ • 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.

  10. 4 Support Ministries Pattern of God giving himself: It is the nature of grace to give. Foundation “Originating the Word” WORD of GOD The Holy Scriptures The Bible Proclaiming “Expounding the Word” Applying the Word “Obstetrician”-Church Planter Applying the Word “Pediatrician”

  11. 4 Support Ministries Equipping the Saints Katartismon: one who works with their hands to make or build something Peter, Andrew, James, John mending their nets: Preparing them for service, for action. BIBLE Pattern of God giving himself

  12. And He gave some as (METHOD)   apostles,  prophets,   evangelists, pastors and teachers, for (PURPOSE) the equipping of the saints for (PURPOSE) the work of service, to (OBJECTIVE) • the building up of the body of Christ • 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. Complete Person Gifts Complete Person Measure of Maturity

  13. And He gave some as (METHOD)   apostles,  prophets,   evangelists, pastors and teachers, for (PURPOSE) the equipping (perfecting) of the saints for (PURPOSE) the work of service, to (OBJECTIVE) • the building up of the body of Christ Complete Person Gifts Complete Person

  14. EQUIP for MATURITY (perfect) And He gave some as (METHOD) apostles,  prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, for (PURPOSE) the equipping (perfecting) of the saints for (PURPOSE) the work of service, to (OBJECTIVE) • the building up of the body of Christ • 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. Perfect: from contarkiso meaning fully equipped, full-grown, mature, complete, total

  15. Colossians 1:28 28 whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect (complete) in Christ; Galatians 3:3  Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? To be Perfect… We don’t perfect ourselves!! Perfect: from contarkiso meaning fully equipped, full-grown, mature, complete, total

  16. Equipping for doing the work of service 2. Trials 3. Suffering BIBLE 1. Pattern of God giving himself James 2:2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

  17. Equipping for doing the work of service Trials Suffering BIBLE Pattern of God giving himself 1Peter 5:10 After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

  18. And He gave some as (METHOD) apostles,  prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, for (PURPOSE) the equipping of the saints for (PURPOSE) the work of service, to (OBJECTIVE) • the building up of the body of Christ • 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.

  19. Equipping for doing the work of service Trials Suffering BIBLE PERFECT UNITY Pattern of God giving himself

  20. Hebrews 13:20-21 20 Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead, the great shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus, 21 make you perfect (equip you ) in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. To be Perfect… Perfection, apart from ourselves (God) is what makes us different from the world. They don’t have a standard to aim for. They are without hope.

  21. PURPOSE: Equipping for doing the work of service Equipped for Service DOCTRINE World GIFTS Body EQUIP Pattern of God giving himself Service to Each Other To Build up the Body (Existing & New)

  22. This GRACE is also a GIFT Eph4:7 But each one of us has received a gift of grace, just as Christ wanted us to have it.  GRACE • Christianity is defined not by what we do, but by what God has done. • Grace by definition is an act of giving. It is God’s nature to give. • Grace gives in a measure that is unmerited, unearned and undeserved and free because it is its character to give • Grace is the act of self-giving; self-donation (John 3:16, John 7-Living Water)

  23. Your Gift = Your Grace GIFTS are for GIVING 1 Peter 4:10 "As every man has received the gift, even so minister the same, one to another as good stewards of the multicolored grace of God." Ephesians 3:8 "To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this gracewas given…To preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.”

  24. 2 Timothy 1:6 "Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you" (2 Timothy. 1:6) Gifts are for giving • The Ministry of Spiritual Gifts • fellowship, • sharing, • praying for one another, • serving one another, • ministering to one another, • restoring one another, • confessing to one another, • forgiving one another, • admonishing one another, • praying for one another, Financial Report

  25. How Great is our Gift?! Eph 4:13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God Eph 4:7 But each one of us has received a gift of grace, just as Christ wanted us to have it.  8 That is why Scripture says,    "When he went up to his place on high,       he led a line of prisoners.       He gave gifts to people." —(Psalm 68:18) 9 What does "he went up" mean? It can only mean that he also came down to the lower, earthly places. 10 The One who came down is the same as the One who went up higher than all the heavens. He did it in order to fill all of creation. 

  26. Who are we? Christ’s body in Karuizawa What should we look like? I don’t know

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