Understanding the Anointingneed o f going into that, because Jesus is the Son o f God, and I
couldn't minister that way, anyway. And so, of course, we've
missed it.
Jesus in the Fivefold Ministries
Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:8 that when Christ ascended on
High, He gave gifts to men. What were these gifts? They are
listed in the eleventh verse: "And he gave some, APOSTLES;
and some, PROPHETS; and some, EVANGELISTS; and some,
PASTORS and TEACHERS These are commonly referred to as
"the fivefold ministry gifts."
Actually, Jesus stood in all of the fivefold ministries—every
one of them—and He's our example in every one of them.
First, He stood in the office of the apostle. He's called an
apostle in the third chapter of Hebrews:
HEBREWS 3 :
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,
consider the APOSTLE and High Priest of our profession, Christ
Jesus.
The Greek word apostolos translated "apostle" means "a
sent one," so Jesus is the foremost example of "a sent one." He
was sent by God and by the Holy Spirit.
Second, Jesus stood in the office of the prophet. Jesus calls
Himself a prophet in the fourth chapter of Luke's Gospel: "No
PROPHET is accepted in his own country" (v. 24).
Then you remember the story of the woman at the well in
Samaria. She said she wanted the living water Jesus promised,
but when He told her to go get her husband, she admitted, "I
have no husband" (John 4:17).
Jesus replied, "Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For
thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not
thy husband: in that saidst thou truly" (vv. 17,18).
In other words, Jesus said the man she was living with
wasn't her husband. (In this modern day, we've encountered