The Portrait of the Five-Fold Ministry
Teacher…Got Milk or Meat?
Previously we discussed why five-fold ministry gifts
were given and that the teacher is the central core of
these ministry expressions. Here we take a look at some
of the results and impact of these gifts when they are
used by grace with love. When five-fold ministry gifts
serve as God designed them and others receive from
them, the bible says maturity is part of the byproduct.
For this to occur, five-fold ministers must provide
ministry that does more than teach individuals to seek
after things. What are you serving – milk or meat?
Do you honestly think Jesus gave such powerful gifts
just so someone could teach people how to get a car? Do
you honestly think He journeyed down through thirtytwo generations to give up His power, throne in glory
and be separated from His Father, to suffer betrayal by
those whom He thought He could trust, to pray until
sweat, like drops of blood, fell from His face, to be
beaten to the point that He did not look like Himself, to
die on a cross, to deal with demons in hell, to exchange
places with Holy Spirit, and finally distribute gifts to
mankind just so you and I could pray that God would
help us get a mortgage? Do you honestly think Jesus
volunteered Himself to take the punishment for our sins
just so we could stay on top of the latest and greatest
technology? As football lovers would say at the top of
their voices when they see an incredibly unbelievable
play, “Come on, Man!”
Jesus gave these gifts so that God’s agenda would be
fulfilled in the earth. And, the only way to make this
happen in part, five folders must make sure what they
are feeding the people is based on a progressive spiritual
diet. So, I ask again, Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist,
Pastor, Teacher, what are you serving the masses? Are
you serving milk or meat? Do you know when to serve
milk or meat? Does your meal plan meet the need of
those with spiritual allergies and intolerance to certain
spiritual truths? Do you water down your message to
gain popularity and stroke egos? Does your meal plan
teach individuals how to discern the times? Does your
meal plan teach individuals how to interpret God’s
messages in these end times? Does your meal include
hard or unpopular truth?
I Peter 2:2 instructs new born-again believers to desire
the sincere milk (the less complicated truths/concepts)
of the Word. So, you see God wants believers to grow.
Given this, Teacher, you must keep the message/lesson
and learning experience simple for those who are at
this developmental stage. Over time, God expects all
to mature and start living on the meat of the Word as
-Jackie Golden
confirmed in the following passages:
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye
have need that one teach you again which be the first
principles of the oracles of God; and are become such
as have need of m