Sunday Evening Service - Jared McCormick
Teachers
Lesson Summary
In this Sunday evening class, the teacher opened with a humorous anecdote from a church camp before turning the focus to Ephesians 4:10‑16. He examined verses 10‑13, emphasizing that Christ gave specific gifts—apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teachers—to equip the saints for ministry and to build up the body of Christ, with the ultimate goal of attaining unity, knowledge of the Son, mature manhood, and the fullness of Christ. The teacher then highlighted verses 14‑16, illustrating how maturity prevents believers from being tossed by changing doctrines and encourages them to speak truth in love, growing together as a unified body held together by Christ. The instructor challenged the conventional view that equipping is solely a leadership function, arguing that the source of future leaders comes from the saints themselves. He invited the class to consider where the next preachers, elders, deacons, and teachers will arise, emphasizing that every believer plays a vital role in the church’s growth. The class concluded with a call to pursue spiritual maturity, unity, and love in everyday life.
Key Scriptures
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.
Until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.