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deluded by the lie of the clergy/laity doctrine. The Scriptures plainly reveal that the work
of ministers is to prepare the body of Christ to do the work of God.

Ephesians 4:11-12
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and
some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of
service...

If you are not called to function in one of the ministries named above, then you are
called to perform “the work of service.” What is the work of service? It is doing whatever
God has appointed as your particular work, for He has formed all of His children to fit into
the body of Christ as a functioning part of the whole, each one providing what is lacking in
the other members of the body.

Ephesians 4:15-16
Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the
head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held
together by that which every joint supplies, according to the proper
working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the
building up of itself in love.

God did not place any of His children in the body to simply consume those things that
others supply. There is a job assignment, a proper functioning of each individual member.
Will not God be right to judge severely the vast number of idle members of the body who
are paying no regard to that which they have been called to supply to the rest of the body?
Please read the following parable of Yahshua carefully. He is speaking of the day of His
return, and the recompense of all those who are in His household. If you are a child of God,
then you are pictured somewhere in this story.

Matthew 25:13-30
“Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour [of the Lord’s
return]. For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves,
and entrusted his possessions to them. And to one he gave five talents, to another,
two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his
journey. Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with
them, and gained five more talents. In the same manner the one who had received
the two talents gained two more. But he who received the one talent went away and
dug in the ground, and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of
those slaves came and settled accounts with them. And the one who had received the
five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, 'Master, you entrusted
five talents to me; see, I have gained five more talents.' His master said to him, 'Well
done, good and faithful slave; you were faithful with a few things, I will put you in
charge of many things, enter into the joy of your master.' The one also who had
received the two talents came up and said, 'Master, you entrusted to me two talents;
see, I have gained two more talents.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and
faithful slave; you were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many
things; enter into the joy of your master.' And the one also who had received the one