11So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until 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.
Ephesians 4
And if this is also True:
15All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. 16Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
Philippians 3
This means we can BE MATURE IN THIS LIFE and we are not to be sucking on the breasts of GIFTS our whole lives.... Another words, the "five fold ministry" as they call it, is here to get you to a place where YOU NO LONGER NEED TO RELY ON THEM, BUT RELY ON JESUS ALONE... The Knowledge of God and Fullness of Christ is to follow Him as He followed the FATHER... Do you know what it means to be a child of God?? We will not have UNITY in Faith till people start OBEYING the Holy Spirit. This is why the Spirit DISPENSED THE GIFTS IN THE FIRST PLACE..
The Problem... Many have taken the gift titles and started their own religion, ministry and doctrines. NOT LEADING PEOPLE TO THE UNITY THAT IS IN JESUS ALONE, but scattered unity in religion while people are still sinning and on their way to hell. You can have a GIFT and NOT use it and run with your own understanding... Its time to wake up.