The Spirit of Christ
Today’s Focus: Revelation of the Doma Gifts and the Spirit of Christ Part 1
Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-13
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
One of the misconceptions when we talk about the Doma gifts or the five-fold ministry is that everyone has a gift in the singular sense. The reason this is a dominant mentality is when people read the scripture, Ephesians 4:11 they see the word “some” denoting a separation of gifts. Now is this true? Yes! But when we read scripture we must get the entire context because Ephesians 4:11 is not a complete sentence and so there is more. Now what has happened is that we have separated the gifts and tried to determine, who is over who and who is in control of who? This has lead to the separation and calling out of gifts and in some cases the denouncement of others.
In today’s church culture the predominate gifts are the Apostle, Pastor and Prophet. In some denominations they do away with Apostle and Prophet and it is just the Pastor. Now this brings us this problem with this culture and mindset of separation of the gifts, because the scriptures teach another mindset and culture. The anointing, the Spirit of Christ is all five gifts wrapped into one anointing. So the gifts are five separate pieces of the same anointing. Who is the anointing once again? The Spirit of Christ. Now when God sent His Son into our hearts did He send a portion or piece of His son or did He send the fullness of His Son? God sent His Son into our hearts. Now let’s see what the scripture says because we are drawing a picture.
Ephesians 4:11-13: And He gave some apostles; and some, prophets; and some evangelists and some pastors and teachers; For the perfecting (maturing) of the saints, for the work of ministry (service), for the edifying (benefit) of the Body of Christ: TILL WE ALL COME IN THE UNITY OF FAITH, AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, UNTO A PERFECT (COMPLETE) MAN, UNTO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULNESS OF CHRIST.
Now do we understand what God is saying here? Is it possible for a son of God to operate in all five gifts? What does the scripture say? It says Jesus gave some the gifts for the maturing of the saints and to bring us to the unity of the faith unto a complete man. The complete man is the mature son of God who is in the stature of the fullness of Christ. What is the fullness of Christ? All five gifts in operation within the son of God. Now I know this defies our current mindset but there is proof and it is in the Word of God.
In the next message we will look at some examples of the five-fold ministry in operation in the sons of God.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
