Last week we looked at the first two steps to equipping the saints to do the work of the ministry: 1) teaching and 2) training. The next step is equipping. In the military, equipping begins when you have satisfactorily completed your instructions and training and are given your own weapon. If you are in the infantry, you are given your own rifle. If you are a pilot, you are given your own aircraft.

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As we continue studying how to comply with II Corinthians 13:5, “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith,” we will continue with the essentials of finding our place in His body and functioning in the gifts and ministries of the Spirit.  

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As we continue studying how to comply with II Corinthians 13:5, “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith,” we find this basic evaluation of our faith can help us live the most fruitful and fulfilling life possible. There is no other life as exciting or fulfilling as following the King and doing His will. This will help us...

As we continue studying how to comply with II Corinthians 13:5, “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith,” and how we come to abide in the Lord and bear fruit as members of His body, we realize just how crucial it is that we find our place in His body and begin to function there.

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This week we will continue studying how to comply with II Corinthians 13:5: “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith…” Another way we do this is to examine how we grow in our place in the body of Christ.

         In Acts, all who...