"Now these are THE GIFTS OF CHRIST, given to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors, teachers."
What would have happened if Jesus Christ the Lord God had not come to the earth? What would have happened if there was no record of His birth, life, death on the cross and resurrection? The true gift of the Lord God was that He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ to save us. One of the gifts of Christ were the Apostles, who foretold the coming of our Saviour. One of the gifts of Christ was the commissioning of His Apostles, to go into all the world and tell everyone about the "Good News" of His Salvation. One of the gifts of Christ throughout history was the inspiration of the evangelists who have lead the crusades for Christ, that saved so many souls! What if the Lord had not ordained all of His Pastors' and teachers'?What would our churches be like without a Shepard to lead His flocks? Where would we be with no teachers to help us understand the Word of God?
Talk about the gift that keeps on giving! Christ's gift to mankind of the apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers was better than anything the Lord could have possibly given to us, with the exception of eternal life. God gave His only Son to Save the World and to save us. What a wonderful variety of gifts it was. He gave us the prophets as His special messengers to let us know that this plan was from the beginning of time. He gave us His Apostles to inspire the whole world and bring His message of Salvation. He gave us His traveling missionaries, the evangelists, to inspire all those they touched with the Message of God! Christ gave us Shepards to tend His flocks. He was the Good Shepard and He inspires other Shepards to lead us to greener pastures and still waters. He inspires teachers to instruct and teach us about His Word and His Wisdom. We need to be thankful for all that Christ has given us!
If you ask what has Christ done for me lately? Think about this One Truth Today, and remember all the gifts that God has given us. Christ has provided an abundance of blessings and they never stop coming. These gifts will last until the Lord returns to us and then we will have the final gift of eternal live in heaven with the Lord. The responsibility of all those that the Lord gave us is to equip us to love, worship and know God. We are the building blocks of His church. They have been commissioned by God to do the work of unifying the church into one body with one message and one belief. No other message can compete with the Word of God and He gave it all to us, even when we were in our sin. These are THE GIFTS OF CHRIST!
