To Equip (Teach, Perfect, Mature, Activate,
Motivate) the Saints (all Christians) to
do the work of the Ministry.
(To serve like Jesus served, to be a Disciple, an Imitator of Jesus
Christ)
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and
some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work
of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.
Ephesians 4:11&12
To obey God and teach others to obey God.
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and
sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better
than sacrifice,
and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1st
Samuel 15:22
Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there
is!
Anything less is plainly disobedience.
Disobedience is rebellion,
Rebellion
is sin.