The People Gifts in Ephesians 4

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The people gifts in Ephesians 4, which is also three of those repeated in 1 Corinthians 12, 28, are given for the completing, perfecting, and preparation of the saints. There's a whole bunch of ability gifts or service gifts like miracles,. Romans 12, 6 through 8 lists the same type of abilities or services such as exhorting, serving, leading, giving, mercy. In Prosterentheins 12, 28 through 30, has apostles and prophets and teachers, miracles, healings. And so there's other places for laypeople to look for gifts.

Many of us were raised in churches that downplayed the clergy-laity distinction. Every member, we were told, was a minister. Now, we’re in churches that take ordination seriously and that sees the biblical rationale for “office.” Maybe we’re even relieved to find that these churches don’t fill our calendars with a busy week of “ministry activities,” but instead prioritize Sunday worship. But where does that leave the laity? And where is the spiritual formation that happens when we live in community with one another? In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, and Bob Hiller consider how the liturgy of our worship pushes back against the liturgies of the world. And they discuss the responsibility of members to exercise their spiritual gifts alongside their freedom to receive and rest on the Lord’s day.