{"id":19711,"date":"2026-05-15T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/?p=19711"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:29:43","slug":"results-teachers-fulfilling-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/results-teachers-fulfilling-purpose.htm","title":{"rendered":"Results of Teachers Fulfilling Their God-Given Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"

God has given teachers a responsibility to equip people for works of service (Eph. 4:11) because of what it accomplishes. Look at Ephesians 4:11-13 for the results of fulfilling this God-given purpose<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nSo Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (Eph. 4:11-13)<\/em><\/p>\n

3 Results of Equipping People in Accordance with Our God-Given Purpose<\/h2>\n

Equipping isn’t just about the effect it has on individual believers but on the whole Body. We “equip his people for works of service, so that …”<\/p>\n

1) “the body of Christ may be built up”<\/em><\/p>\n

Equipped through the “teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” of the Word (2 Tim. 3:16-17), people’s lives change. They no longer live in accordance with their self-centered old nature. Their perspective changes from me to we which has an edifying effect on the whole Body.<\/p>\n

2) “until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God”<\/em><\/p>\n

Equipped to know who they are and what they have in Christ, people become more intimately acquainted with Him. As they do, they begin to love as He loves (Jn. 13:34; 15:12-13), forgive as He forgives (Col. 3:13), respond in a holy manner as He is holy (1 Pet. 1:15-16), which leads to unity.<\/p>\n

3) “and become mature attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ”<\/em><\/p>\n

Equipped in the whole counsel of God (Acts 20:26-27) and taught to observe all He commanded (Matt. 28:20), people get to know the real Jesus. When we haven’t watered down truth or omitted the hard parts, people are then in a position to truly know Jesus and become more and more like Him, not just know about Him or outwardly conform.<\/p>\n

An edified, united, Christ-like Body, made up of equipped believers, can do more together than individually (Eph. 4:16), and serve as a testimony to the world around them (Jn. 13:35).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

God has given teachers a responsibility to equip people for works of service (Eph. 4:11) because of what it accomplishes. Look at Ephesians 4:11-13 for the results of fulfilling this God-given purpose. . . . Continue reading Results of Teachers Fulfilling Their God-Given Purpose<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-objectives"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t