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I HAVE A MESSAGE DO YOU?
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This book emphases personal work as against
pulpit preaching. Personal work can reach people where pulpit preaching cannot
and even more extensively. This book speaks to us from the experience of doing
what it speaks about, Evangelism; that is, my experience from Up Park
Camp/Slipe Rd to South Beach Florida. As will be seen, as a born again
Christian, you are an evangelist, it becomes your nature or else you are not
born again; in fact, it being your nature to be an evangelist, you need not a
title to be who you are. It is also vital to the existent of the church (except
you are hot he'll spit you out) and vital to the world (we are the salt of the
earth and if no salt is in the earth what is it good for). The intent of this
book is to not only arouse you to become who you are in Christ, but explain the
vital need that you are needed on the battlefield of the Lord.
I can't emphases how much can be done in the
Kingdom of God with little effort or no cost. One of the main areas I'm overly
passionate about is the distribution of gospel tracks, or the spreading of
truth. For they shall know the truth and the truth shall set them free, not
necessarily you overtly trying to convince, so why not give it to them. Please
saint, from the cry of another soldier, put off the television, walking the
mall, chatting with friends, etc, etc, etc and start evangelizing. Christ is
coming back soon and it's up to us through his spirit that we must reach the
lost souls. Don't be weakened. Ask God to give you a mind to evangelize and
leaders ask God to send laborers into his harvest.
"But watch thou in all things, endure
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy
ministry" (2 Tim 4:5). Or, in the words of one poem:
When shadows fall and night descends, I think
about this day; what have I done to help lost souls that may have passed my
way? Have I reached out to all in need, with gentleness and prayer; to show
them that I’m a child of God and that he really cares? Each day dear Lord, I
live for you and do the best I can; for those I’ve missed, I pray that they
will pass my way again. And now I lay me down to sleep and pray before I awake;
for wisdom to reach out once more when tomorrow’s light will break.
Oneil McQuick, Author.
(My Christian name will be changed to
Othniel or Yahothniel;
the one not used along with my present Christian name will be
my middle names, if God be willing.)
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copy online for you to do so; see threeq.com. Though I spent many hours and
years in study, research, re-reading, re-writing and waiting on the Lord for
revelations, you don’t even have to give me credit, just preach the word; “The
Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it” (Psalms
68:11). Nevertheless, this Copyright notice should be on all copies at the
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truth. Though I release the right to publishing the book and you have the right
to do so, even commercially, “ there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in
knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he
leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil” (Ecc 2:21). So
keep me in your prayers that God may sustain me financially. Nevertheless, I
release the rights because I really want the truth distributed unhindered.
SERIES NOTICE:
Truth Series Evolution is the third and last installment of
much truth. You have the Truth Series, Truth Series Expanded and then the Truth
Series Evolution. Evolution from the dictionary simply means progression and
advancements. It is a collection of all the other writings of Oneil McQuick
given from God. This includes a wealth of research, articles, tracts,
newsletters, magazines, WebPages, pamphlets, booklets and many other
publications; mainly those not in the first two installment of the Truth
Series. Some names include, “Sexuality Series,” “Bible and Technology
Magazine,” “Student Manifesto,” “The Apostolic Voice Newsletter,” “ThreeQ.com,”
“LIM Tracts” and many more. Remember, “Giving all diligence, add to your faith
virtue; and to virtue knowledge” (2 Pet 1:5).
TESTIMONY NOTICE: They are many testimonies to this work of God, The “Truth Series
Evolution,” including the many already from the Truth Series and Truth Series
Expanded. Here are just a few:
“Keep holding to the traditions
that God gave us. Also please send us the tract…God Bless You” (Shirley
and James).
“Thanks for the good advice.
I am really enlightened by your research” (Rico Hostallero).
“Hello Beloved, Praise the Lord! I
appreciate reading your publication each time. It has educated me in a
way and such information” (Pastor Simonson).
“Your weekly newsletter has
become a great blessing for me my family and my ministry” (Deacon Brown,
Apostolic Holiness Church, Panama city, Panama-Central America).
“This article is
outstanding, I agree with every word” (Pastor Upton, apostoliccongress.com).
“It is always nice to learn more
and more literature of our Lord Jesus Christ and his coming” (Rita Tx).
True testimonies of the actual truth being done and
accomplished is a sign that you are sent and doing the will of God; though it
is not to be banked on by you. "He that hath received...[this] testimony
hath set to...[My] seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh
the words of God" (John 3:33-34).
CONTENT
NEED AND PASSION? Chapter 1
– page 08
BUILDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD Chapter 2 –
page 33
YOU ARE CALLED Chapter 3 –
page 42
RELEASE YOURSELF Chapter 4
– page 49
WHO IS THE BOSS Chapter 5
– page 64
PRACTICAL MEANS OF EVANGELISM Chapter 6
– page 79
DON’T COMPROMISE Chapter 7
– page 99
Someone forwarded this to me,
One evening Louise
fell asleep and had a very fitful dream. She dreamed that someone in Hell wrote
a letter to her; it was to be hand-delivered. The Messenger passed between the
lakes of burning fire and brimstone that occupy Hell, and found his way to the
door leading to the outside world. Louise dreamed that the Messenger walked to
her house, came inside, and gently but firmly woke her up. He handed her the
message, saying only that a friend had wrote her from Hell. Louise, in her
dream, with trembling hands took the letter and read;
My Friend,
I stand in judgment now,
And feel that you' re to blame somehow.
On earth, I walked with you day by day,
And never did you point the way.
You knew the Lord in Truth and Glory,
But never did you tell the story.
My knowledge then was very dim;
You could have led me safe to Him.
Though we lived together on the earth,
You never told me of the second Birth
and now I stand this day condemned,
because you failed to mention Him.
You taught me many things, that' s true,
I called you " Friend" and trusted you,
But I learn now that it' s too late,
You could have kept me from this fate.
We walked by day and talked by night,
And yet you showed me not the Light.
You let me live, and love, and die,
You knew I' d never live on high.
Yes, I called you a "Friend" in life,
And trusted you through joy and strife.
And yet on coming to the end,
I cannot, now, call you "My Friend".
From Marsha
After reading the
letter, Louise awoke. The dream was so real in her mind and sweat dripped from
her body in pools. She could still smell the acrid smell of brimstone and smoke
in the room.
As she contemplated the meaning of her dream, she realized that she had failed
in her duty to "go out to all the world and preach the Gospel." As
she thought of that, she promised herself that the next day, she would call
Marsha and invite her to church.
The next morning she called Marsha. Marsha' s husband Bill answered the
phone.......
"Yes, Bill, Is Marsha there?"
"Louise, you don't know?"
"No, Bill, know what?"
"Marsha died last night in a car accident."
Are you sharing your faith with your friends that you are with everyday? Will
you have friends or family members in Hell, asking why you did not tell them about
Jesus? How many can hold you accountable for not telling them about Jesus.
I can't emphases how
much can be done in the Kingdom of God with little effort or no cost. One of
the main areas I'm overly passionate about is the distribution of gospel tracks,
or the spreading of truth. For they shall know the truth and the truth shall
set them free, not necessarily you overtly trying to convince, so why not give
it to them. Of such, Liberation International Ministry has created a track
ministry that can be applicable to all churches in all countries and nations
independently, with even the option for using the branding, 'Men Of War'.
Please saint, from the cry of another soldier, put off the television, walking
the mall, chatting with friends, etc, etc, etc and start evangelizing. Christ
is coming back soon and it's up to us through his spirit that we must reach the
lost souls and they are dying right next to you or is already dead, being
unsaved – in your work places, community, houses, recreational places and
everywhere you go; right next to you and you haven’t shared the gospel that can
prevent someone from certain death. That is selfish of you. I don’t want to be
sounding like an accuser, but Christ gave so much and require very little or
nothing. It is the lease you can do. Come on saints! Evangelism is key to your
faith; to the point that except you do it you might not be saved. In other
words, except you evangelize, you yourself might be dead.
EVANGELISM IS LIFE. DO OR
DEAD
How It Was In The Beginning
It is recorded that Adam, the first man, was made a “living
soul.”
How could this be?
Living refers to a earthly life and life meant a beginning
and an end. Soul refers to that which is eternal; for example, angels. Adam was
formed from the earth; that’s the life part of him. It wasn’t until God blew
his spirit in him that a soul was created or placed in his body. One would say
our flesh is a coat for our soul and spirit. The earthly part of him was live
or living, but when God blew in him, he became ‘a-live’. Something can be
living and not ‘alive.’
He was what we call, born
from above.
Man is made up of body, spirit and soul; many times the soul
and spirit are used interchangeably, but they are different, a distinction is seen
in Heb. 4:12. The body being the flesh, the soul being the real you, and the
spirit belongs to God (Ecc 12:7); it’s apart of God that is built in you to
function godly (Acts 17:27-28). Every man that was born was lighted upon being
conceived in the womb (John 1:9), or given a measure of God’s spirit; separate
and apart from the function of the “breathe of life.”
Unfortunately, the scenario with the “tree of good and evil”
which Adam ate from was used to kill the spirit’s (or light) function and thus
breaking fellowship with God. Even God told Adam he would “surely die” if he
ate from the tree he ate from.
However, God wasn’t speaking of an immediate death, but
rather it was spiritual, physical and eternal. The only death that was
instantaneous was spiritual, in other words man lost fellowship with God at the
same instance. That’s why many theologians sometimes refer to spirituality as
God-consciousness.
From then, man basically acted based upon his body and
intellect (mind- the central thinking part of the body). His relationship was
lost so man lived based on what he understood and sensed. This resulted in
murder, proud heartedness, lust, dishonesty and so on. In other words, he became ‘egotistic’ or a
mindset that everything centered on him; or, that everything should be
“self-gratifying.”
One preacher had this to add from a book I had in my
archives since I was teen:
Now, the tree of the “knowledge of
good and evil” had to go with the mind. God made man a spiritual being. God
made man’s soul to be supreme over his mind and body [through his spirit].
God didn’t make man physical; he just gave him a body. God didn’t make man
mental; he just gave him a mind.
The devil knew if he ever got man
to die spiritually, if he was successful in disintegrating the inner part of
man that he could cause the spiritual likeness of God to disappear from …man.
Then … man would be left with a [soul] and a body, with the ashes of his spirit
scattered around him.
Adam and Eve saw that the tree had
to do with their intellect; it had to do with their minds. They chose to eat, so in other words they were thinking, I’m going
to elevate my mind and make the pursuit or knowledge the main thing in my life.
The bible said, “they knew…”
God set about to redeem man. He
would take the seed of Eve, and that seed would bruise the devil’s head (Gen.
3:15): “And I will put enmity between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise
thy head…” (O.R from a book I had in my collection at up park camp from 1997; out of print)
Notice that God said when the Messiah would come that he
would deal with the HEAD of the devil. He would deal directly with intellect of
the devil. Then, God said also to the devil, “and thou shalt bruise his heel”
(Gen 3:5). Or, in essence you’ll be able to kill him-referring to Jesus’ death
on the cross.
The Bruising Of The Head
“For since by man came death, by man came also the
resurrection of the dead. For as Adam all died, even so in Christ shall all be
made alive” (1 Cor 15:21-22). Notice the word ‘a-live’!
Spiritual death led to all other deaths, including the
second death (Rev 21:8); which is the soul’s torment in eternity. All mankind
was destined for eternal death, because of Adam’s disobedience.
However, through Christ’s spirit there is salvation to
everyone that believes.
How?
“The first Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was
made a quickening spirit” (1 Cor 15:45).
The word “quickening” means to give life, as against our church belief,
which associates it solely with shaking, rolling, ‘get-into-spirit’ and other
bodily expressions. No. The word quickens means to give life.
Christ was like Adam before he ate the fruit, faultless and
without sin. He was spiritually alive and in connection with God 100%. Like
Adam, Christ represents soul and spirit covered in flesh, with the spirit
ruling over and/or guiding the entire ‘being’ (body and soul).
The book of Matthew records that he was not born of natural
birth, but that the Holy Ghost overshadowed Mary. Christ, then, was simply the
Holy Ghost or ‘word’ covered in flesh, waiting like a fine wine to burst open
to its drinkers. When the body was ripped away at Calvary, his spirit
resurrected on the third day and that ‘quickening spirit’ was now available to
mankind. That is, a life giving spirit.
Adam birthed humans in the earth without a connected spirit
to God. However, the second Adam, Christ, came and birthed living souls (1 Cor
15:21 & 45). Souls that when regenerated will be revived as Adam was and
pre-enjoy some of its qualities (Acts 9:40, Acts 5:15, Acts 28:8).
It can then be argued that man was initially made to live
forever and his flesh also. How is it then his flesh was ‘live’, which suggests
a beginning and end? The fact is, when one so call dies, the body or flesh does
not just vanishes; it lives on. When the soul is removed upon death, the body
goes back to the soil in a different state. That’s why scientists have discover
that the same chemical make up that is in the soil exists in man. Your body is
then still ‘alive’ in the ecosystem of the world. No wonder we say from ashes
to ashes and from dust to dust. The life cycle goes on. But when it’s an earth
suit, or human body for a soul, it remains intact until that soul departs. Man
was probably made to live in that earth suit forever and manipulate it at will;
for instance moleculization, as seen with Jesus walking through the wall in
flesh (John 20:26). Or even reconstruct it if it decays, as seen with his
resurrection and the purpose of the “tree of Life” (Gen 3:22). However, all
this along with the essential relationship with God was lost.
Fortunately, Jesus Christ (quickening spirit) came to be an
example for us and to give us the power to overcome death, hell and the grave.
He came to set the captives (Humanity) free. Through him, we can all become
like Adam and fear death no longer but inherit the resurrection power, with a
unique fellowship with God.
How?
We have to be born-again.
Did you know that the Greek rendering for the English
translation ‘born-again’ literally means ‘born from above?’
Who before the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:2) was born from
above?
Adam!
God blew his breath in him and he became alive. Similarly,
when someone is baptized with the Holy Ghost he is born from above just like
Adam. Adam’s birth was new because he wasn’t conceived in sin nor was he born
any other way, he was the first man.
Christ became the first in fallen humanity to be born this
way; therefore, becoming the second Adam or the second man that ever really
lived – ‘alive’.
St. John 3:8 records what will happen when someone is born
of the spirit, “the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearst the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth, so is
everyone that is born of the spirit.”
Look at the composite that is used to describe someone who
is being born of the spirit – wind.
Where else could that be found, besides the day of
Pentecost?
When God blew his breath on Adam to make him come alive. In fact, the very word spirit means breathe; both
the Hebrew word ruach and the Greek
word pneuma, used for spirit, means
breath and/or wind.
Remember, God is not a human that breathes in oxygen and
release carbon dioxide. So he made Adam come alive and somehow its nature (the
process) is similar to wind.
And, the bible said, “so is everyone that is born of the
spirit.”
Your Re-Birth
Qualifies You To Witness
That was a quote from the book, “The Voice…” You might ask,
“How does this link to Evangelism?”
Well, first, the purpose of evangelism, whether on a large
scale or personally, is to generate the intended soul(s) into becoming born
again; or as cited earlier, to undo what Adam did. Therefore, if you
evangelize, directly or indirectly, and someone got saved, you would have been
used to ‘birth a soul’ into the Kingdom of God; literally! This cannot be
achieved unless you are also ‘a-live.’ This is where the devil is much
disturbed; you alone ‘a-live’ is enough but when you have the ability to make
more ‘lives’ he become petrified. As Elder Campbell once said, “When God made
Adam in his image, the devil had an headache, but when he made Eve he had
hiccups. Because he not only saw one creature in the image of God, but now two;
plus he was more devastated when God told Adam to be fruitful and multiply – in
essence, create more creatures with God’s image.”
That’s what we are doing as born again Christians and the
devil is Mad about it; as he was in the beginning. The bible recorded that
Jesus is the last or second Adam. He was the first ‘man’ after Adam who was
like Adam before he fell; that is, perfectly joined to God with an upright
soul. This then puzzled me when I first read it, “he shall be filled with the
Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb” (Lk 1:15). This spoke of John the
Baptist, the only man in the bible that was recorded as having this happen to
him.
I then pondered, how is it he wasn’t the second Adam; the
spirit in him was alive, making him also ‘a-live’ just like Adam? Why
wasn't he the second Adam?
Because, though he was ‘a-live’ like Adam, he couldn’t
produce more ‘a-live’ humans, like how Adam could; with Eve of course. In other
words, though he was filled with the spirit from birth, which makes his
spiritual nature born again, he couldn’t make anybody else born again. That’s
why he said, “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that
cometh after me … he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost” (Matt 3:11).
Jesus Christ the man, was not only ‘a-live’ but he could
give life through the quickening spirit. Not only that, but everyone who he has
made ‘a-live’ can make others ‘a-live’ too! The power that Adam had with Eve to
create more beings with the image of God, fully humans, spiritually alive and
connected with God has been restored. In other words, you, granted you’re truly
born again, have the power to create life! Now the devil has worst than a
“headache” or “hiccup.”
Clearly Seen Here
This was clearly demonstrated in this verse, “Then laid they
their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost” (Acts 8:17). Or even
this powerful untaught verse, “Whose soever sins ye remit (remove), they are
remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain (don’t remove), they are
retained” (John 20:23). I don’t know if you realize it yet, the power you have!
In you is the power to make the ‘dead’ come ‘a-live;’ both the ones walking
around and those in the grave.
This includes the reason for the topic “Evangelism is Life –
Do or Dead.” If you’re in church and claim to be save and not one single
solitary person have received the baptism of the Holy Ghost influence by you,
directly or indirectly, chances are, you’re dead; as in not save.
Why Is It A 'Do Or Dead' Thing
Evangelism is not the main purpose of you being born again,
but if you’re born again you will evangelize; whether to a person on your job
or in front of a crowd. Similarly, Adam and Eve wasn’t created to make babies,
but God fixed it in them that that they will have sex, Eve get pregnant and
more humans with God’s image are created; if God wanted, he could have make
tons of humans as he did when Elijah spoke to the dry bones. However,
instinctively, Eve must get aroused sexually and Adam two times more, which
will result in intercourse and consequently children.
By spiritual instinct in every born again believer, other
born again believers will be birthed. This is not only an accepted doctrine,
but it is a fact! Unless you produce more born again believers you’re not born
again; as in save. Sounds harsh, but it’s not, really. The Jehovah witness have
an idea of this, however, the carriage is before the horse as with many who
preach Acts 2:38 before belief. You don't evangelize to show that you are save.
When you become save, you'll automatically begin to evangelize; one way or the
other.
John 15:2 states, “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit
he taketh away…”
This scripture wasn’t speaking of Christians only, though is
says “branch in me.” As seen in the 5th paragraph of this letter, we are all in
him. Paul himself taught us this while speaking to some pagans at Athens. He
said to them, “he be not far from every one of us; For in him we live, and
move, and have our being” (Acts 17:27). Therefore, we are all in him. But it’s
when he is in us we become born again and by this union, like Adam and Eve, we
must birth other souls, guaranteed!
Christ himself said, “He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit” (John 15:5). [Fruit here is not necessarily
speaking of the “Fruits of the Spirit,” but literal souls; verses 8 and 16
persuade us so].
You might say that in verse 4 it was a command to abide in
him and he will consequently abide in us; “Abide in me, and I in you.”
No! It was said to strengthen the sentence after it, which
states, “…the branch cannot bear fruit of itself;” as to say, except this
happens one cannot bear fruit. To further elaborate let us go back to John the
Baptist, he said,
“he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto
me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the
same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost” (John 1:33).
This is where you have the advantage over John in that he
couldn’t make others ‘a-live’ as you can. The spirit was in him but it didn’t
remain ‘as’ it remained with Christ. Also, this is where Christ abides in you
and remember, you were always in him; therefore as a true born again believer
you must bear fruit. Notice what John said, “the spirit descending and
remaining.” For the spirit to remain one has to be sinless, that’s why Adam
lost it and John couldn’t give it; for John, the lamb that was slain for the
whole world wasn’t crucified as yet. Also, that’s the reason right after the
spirit descended upon Christ, he was led into the wilderness to be tempted. If
he had sin, the spirit would have left him and he couldn’t have the right to
birth other souls; neither could we.
Christ lived a sinless life and was crucified so that you
might be sinless; and regardless of your ‘failings’ every 40 years (it’s
possible) you can still evangelize and birth souls into the kingdom of God
because you’re justified!
Don’t Be Hindered
That’s why in Romans 8:30 Paul listed these in the following
order – Predestinate (foreknew), call, justify then glorify [Glorify here not
only speak of heaven but also glory on earth for ministry, Christ himself said,
“a prophet is not without honour”].
In other words, before you go into ministry you have to be justified (born again)
or you can’t birth other souls; because God’s spirit is not in you, though you
are in him. However, once that spirit comes in you, it will remain as it did
with Christ, because of his sinless life which he exchanged with yours on the
cross. That’s why Paul continued to say in Romans 8:31-35,
“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us,
who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for
us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay
any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he
that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who
is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ?”
Why is Justification need? Because Paul knew that in
Separation we cannot do anything and sin separates us from God or as Christ put
it, “the branch cannot bear fruit of itself.” We would have been dead and
cannot make anyone else alive.
Now, seeing that all born again believers are in him and he
in them (Justified) and by this union you will automatically make others come
‘a-live’, why then is the knowledge of Justification needed?
Because, even though the devil knows he cannot stop you from
making others come ‘a-live,’ he still can make you sin [by causing
tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, sword etc] and
uses it to intimidate you not to evangelize as much as it is need. Remember
these, “you can’t do that, look what you did last year or yesterday,” “God
won’t accept that you just…,” “who told you you can preach, you are sinner, get
right with God first.” These are actual statements the devil put in the minds
of born again Christians; though most usually snap back, but even tardiness can
mean a life.
One of the most recent used trick of the devil on the mouth
of many preachers in this Laodecian age sounds like this, “you don’t have no
money, car, job etc, God is not with you;” “Who God sends he blesses
financially;” “Nobody is not going to listen to someone poorer than them, the
church must arise and take the wealth of the land.”
The Apostle Peter said, “Silver and gold have I none; but
such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth” (Acts
3:6). He had something that was intangible; he had something to give worth more
than anything else in the entire universe. He had the resurrection power. The
power to make the dead and the “living-dead” come ‘a-live.’
If you’re born again, you have it too. Don’t be hindered to
use it to the fullest extent.
If you’re in the ‘church,’ with a claim to salvation and
you’ve never won a soul to Christ, chances are you’re not save. Because
evangelism is a “Do or Dead” situation. You do it if you’re truly saved and
you’re unsaved (dead) if you don’t do it.
THE PASSION
To tell the truth, though it is a matter of being alive and
making others alive, you really have to not love Christ, whom you profess, not
to witness. It’s this passion that drives me, not to mention that innocent
souls are dying when you can do something about it. Imagine the God of all
things, above all things, took the time and sacrifice to come to earth and
suffered for you, saying, ‘forgive them father they know not what they are
doing’, and you can’t find the time to evangelize. Saints it takes nothing to
seek God and allow him to use you, it is the least we can do. We must possess
this passion he had. He had it for you; you must can have it for him. Doesn’t
it hurt you to know that a soul is going to hell’s fire when you can do
something about, if you have a heart you must. It is this passion that drives
me. I’m not looking to be famous, rich or great. I want to save somebody. It’s
just not right that souls are ignorantly going to hell’s fire when I can do
something about it. It’s the reason I wrote this book, that I might pass that
passion onto you. If you don’t love Christ enough to do his work, love people –
you see them everyday, you have them as friends and family, they are your
co-workers – it should dawn on you that, hey, these people are going to hell’s
fire when I have the real fire with me. How can they know except you go? How
can they be saved except you tell them and live it to them? The world needs
you, even though you might not need it. Souls are crying out in torment now,
wondering, wasn’t there a saint near to me that could tell me about salvation.
My friend in Christ, please, all that you are doing will rot and matters little,
then why spend all that time doing it when you can help somebody; when you can
store up treasures in heaven; when you can save your friends, family and people
from certain destruction.
It really takes nothing, seek God and use your God given
imagination. When I got saved as a teen immediately I found ways to evangelism,
because the options are limitless, you simply have to want to do it. Just a
year or so saved, the Lord led me to write 40 letters a week picked randomly
from the newspaper. I packed them with a convincing letter and tracks and send
them off with my own lunch money / allowance. This is where writing letters
really started from, to my current newsletter. Surprisingly, people got saved
from them. Notice these two testimonials from it I saved:
FROM KECIA
We haven’t
met but keep in contact by ministry letter and she wrote:
FROM LATOYA:
It can’t get any simpler than that; I’d exhausted everybody
near me and even my school Christian club. Actually, that club was of a pseudo
persuasion and some how by the grace of God I took it over for a week, and
being young in faith, taught them the true tenets of salvation, some came to
church with me. In fact, the leader of that group had difficulty that week to
the point that he was imprisoned ( this was a youth) and couldn’t prevent me
from preaching the true doctrine to them. The advisor was actually of the truth
and I was startled that he didn’t teach them on this, which I almost got angry
with him, but he was an elder at a close by church. I even started holding
prayer in the mornings before class in my class and this would run in the class
time, which somehow the teacher had to wait until I was finished to enter her
class; fortunately she was appreciative to actually see that youths would pray,
probably if some schools do that the teachers can walk to their car without
fear of a student trying to grab her purse. I was lit, as explained earlier and
it is a fire that cannot be hid, it burns and catches on the people around you.
Many more evangelism followed, even ministering to the youths playing
basketball, seeing that they looked up to me. Some of us saints even have
positions of influence yet still remain quiet. Why? Why? Why? Evangelism took
off more and more individually. All this time I was unknown in my local church
and have no position. When I was later given a position, by the grace of God I
got the youths to do the same thing; all they needed was a push, which I’m
giving to you now. You don’t have to have a position or influence to be who you
are; you are naturally an evangelist once born again. It is imperative that you
live who you are; souls are waiting and depending on you.
When I came to Florida the fire didn’t die out,
the fire is everlasting. It was easier, for I had places like office depot near
me to my disposal. So once again, independent of having a church position,
started BEEing-a-witness; printing and giving out tracks. Fortunately I met a
brother with the same zeal, Lebert, and he was more serious. It was evangelism
with him that I started doing it at nights even to nightclubs and the strangest
of places where sinners gather. Then I had some new guys join where I was
worshipping and we were hitting the streets weekly. One month we gave out
approximately 10,000 tracks, four of us together and praying for people as we
go. It was so God led that a churchgoer or minister saw us while ministering on
South Beach and felt convicted to buy us refreshments for that night. I also
started targeting the big events, Beach Fest, McDonald’s Air and Sea Show and
other events. It was so God led I have some of the most bizarre testimonies. On
one occasion to the Air and Sea Show, I notice “flooders” eating up my tracks.
Flooders I term persons, fallen angels in flesh and satanists, pretending to be
legitimate persons taking the tracks seeing that they couldn’t stop me from
giving them out, and they’ve tried; sometimes changing appearances each time.
They had line off one area. Upon completion of that area and seeing what was
done, before I could lament to God and reaching in my bag for more tracks,
miraculously the tracks increased and I started giving out more tracks again.
Many such things have taken place but God keeps giving grace to BEE-a-witness.
It’s the passion, it’s the drive. You don’t need a pulpit; personal work gets
the work done just fine or better. Souls must be saved and somebody got to do
it, why not you? I have message, do you? Yes you do and you’re hiding it. Stop
it!
That was on the
streets and even in church. When I went on the Internet, I took it by storm and
by God’s graced developed an elaborate ministry but later found out the ICI. We have had millions of hits to our website
since its inception August 1, 2002. That was some time ago. In mid 2003, the
number of hits per month was over 300,000. I’ve stop calculating since then, it
increased and ranges in the millions.
Plus
an additional one million user group members have heard the gospel through this
ministry since August 1 2002 ending mid 2003. That was then, more user group
members have gotten the message. This was with little or no cost at all. I
basically took the Internet by storm, graced by the Lord himself. Many persons
were angered and some were grateful. Here’s what two outraged sinners had to
say:
"It's not enough that they turn up on your
doorstep trying to sell their wares or hound you down the High Street on your
way home from work with their ‘Jesus Loves!’ badges, now they're stalking us in
our cyber Groups!" (From: Cheyenne Sent: 8/12/2002 7:57 AM)
"It does not matter where I go, I cannot escape
some Christian trying to save my soul." (From: Ravena Sent:
8/23/2002 1:44 PM)
That
last quote is what I’m really striving at and what you should help foster. Here
is what a person, who was touched by our web ministry, had to say; he is a
Rasta man I met in a cyber room evangelism where I was led to post chapters
from the book:
“I read your post on the Internet and I do want to be
baptized… I would be interested in know what organization you are from, what
your name is, etc… In what ways could you help me to be baptized? Please excuse
me if I am questioning things, this whole Internet mode of communication with
name and no faces is strange to me and I don't know whom to trust. I look
forward to any information that you can give me and I apprecia-louv the
information you posted on the Internet it was helpful and very informed.” (Ras
Joshua, Wisconsin)
Through the leading of the Holy Spirit, I was able to
present the gospel to millions of souls via the Internet and I’m just one
person. The Internet made it also easy to write and
distribute books, which were downloaded in the thousands and probably millions.
By the grace of God he also facilitated my hands to write a newsletter that
grew to a recipient list up to 30,000; which have received much food from God.
In fact, here are some of the testimonies:
“These
words thrill my spirit. I appreciate the expression of your stand re these
common terminologies, and I agree with you 100%.”
Missionary Y. Smith
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“I
wanted you to know we truly enjoy your newsletter. Such a blessing to know there
is a remnant that still holds fast to the Truth. Thanks so much. In the Mighty
and Sweet Name of Jesus Christ.”
Glenda D., Pastor's wife of J. F. H.
Church
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“Greetings,
Thanks for including me in your list - I was Trinitarian believer for about
eight years but Praise God He is so merciful to me that He opened my eyes in
1996 to the REAL truth. I came to know that JESUS is the only ONE true God.”
George P, Saudi
Arabia
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“I just want to thank God very much that you mailed
this message just on time. I Thank God for your work and God bless you and your
ministry.”
Pastor Oyang S., INDONESIA
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"Greetings,
May GOD continue to Bless you keep & favor you. Your words of wisdom about
the temple truly helped to open up my spiritual eyes on a few things. I am
interested in the Truth Series & will pray to that end for you. & would
be really interested in reading it. I thank you brother Oneil & ask the
Lord to continue a good work in you until the day of Christ."
M. E. Slone
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"Thank
You, for your mail-letter's... I am a pastor from Siberia, former Yugoslavia...
God bless You, in precision name of Jesus Christ... Be bless."
Jan D., Europe
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"I
have heard so much about your site and I know I will be blessed. Because the
true word of God is been expose. Thank you."
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"So
many of our churches are taking down and this is not to time to do so. Thank
you for holding to the traditions...Thank you and God Bless You."
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"Thank
you for the newsletter it help's me understand more the Word."
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“After
I read the newsletters I started to rebuke the spirit who did those things and
I am free. I feel different, I am thinking different now. Jesus has freed me! I
know my faith can take it, I know I can make it, because heaven is my finish
line. Keep your amazing ministry going Brother. I shall keep on lifting you up
in prayer. I will see you in heaven, praising and worshipping God.”
The Good News Journalist
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“Great Article Brother Oneil, It is good to
know that you are one of the few Apostolic Preachers who have recognized the
TRUTH…Keep up the great work! Blessings!”
Dr. Hans B.
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”Dear Brother in the Lord, I wasn't sure if this was a true ‘born again’ people
website at first. I am glad it is, it's
good to know that there are many others out there…I liked your article ‘Will
you Stand’, and agree with all your standpoints. “
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“Your
weekly newsletter has become a great blessing for me my family and my ministry,
I will be happy if you send me more information regarding the truth in the name
of Jesus. May the Lord bless you and keep using to spread the truth.”
Deacon Brown, Panama-Central America
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“I
would like to print some of your articles to use in teachings but the articles
are not printer friendly! Help! What can I do?”
K. Drayton
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“Your
message on War and Deception was very well done. I appreciate your efforts in this very much. God bless.”
J. R. B, Anchorage, Alaska
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“Praise
the Lord! Do send your teachings via email please. God bless your ministry.”
Pastor B. Amos, INDIA
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“Praise
the Lord! this subject is a confirmation of what I preached on last two
weeks...may our Lord JC protects this teaching to reach more souls who are
still groping in darkness believing they already see the light!”
Bro. Francis
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“Hey
there Oneil, how doing. Just read this newsletter and as usual find it quite
inspiring and informative.”
Wayne
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“I
enjoy your messages...I’ve sent my daughter a copy of your email this week, and
will continue, because we have to be vigilant, redeeming the time for the days
are evil.”
Bro Joe A.
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“Thank
you for this wonderful message. I have taught this in our church and have
written a small paper on this subject, also.”
Lafayette, Indiana
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“I
really enjoy getting your newsletters. I have told my pastor and subscribed his
name to you.”
Dan A.
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“How
do I get our church in your list I am the pastor and would like our church on
your list THANKS and God bless the work you are doing.”
Bob W.
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“Praise
the Lord in Jesus name. I look forward to hearing more from you.”
Pastor Elder
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“Hello
Beloved, Praise the Lord! I appreciate reading your publication each time. It
has educated me in a way and such information. I am praying for the good work
that you are fulfilling as well as forwarding this messages to some ministers
in Nigeria. My desire is to see my people reach with this Gospel.”
Pastor Sim.
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“I
heartily agree with you on this article and all related articles. In fact I
enjoy your ARTICLES VERY MUCH. May the Lord Jesus continue to bless your
ministry.”
Bishop Keith
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“Very
Interesting Article. Where do you find this information? Thanks for sending
them often.”
J. Boyd
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“I
enjoyed your article about Valentines...”
Rev. Ronnie F.
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“I
could not agree with this article more!!”
Sis Bowman
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“Your
articles are always a good read and very balanced. Blessings!”
Bishop Wade
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“Greetings
in Jesus Wonderful Name! I want to take the time to thank you for all the
wonderful messages or food for thoughts. May the Good Lord Bless you and Reign
over your life with Blessings from above.”
Mark M.
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“Man
that is a lot of writing. Hey enjoyed it!”
Pastor LBGJR
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“Thanks
so much for your article.”
Nathan
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“Thank
you very much for sending me letters weekly concerning development and
progress…”
Ptr.
N. T. Abia, Philippines
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“Dear
Pastor, keep up the good work….I plan on sending this article to all my friends
and family. Lord Bless.”
Sis L.
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“I
just wanted to thank you for your recent newsletter… I enjoy reading each
newsletter you send. Each one gives great food for thought.”
Jennifer K.
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“Good
article about flattery, Bro. Oneil. God bless you and thanks...”
Charlie R.
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“Thank
you so very much for your newsletters...after all the trash that is sent to me via
e-mail, yours is a god sent...”
P. Worden
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“Read
your news today I thought it was great. I know it is going to continue to bless
in the future.”
G. Arnold
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“Greetings
in Jesus Name. I would like to thank you for the blessings you send thru your
newsletter.”
Cecelia, Pretoria, South Africa
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“Dearest
Brother in Christ, I am glad to be in your mailing list, as we are reaching the
endtime…God is looking for men and women of God to use in these last days.”
E. Thomas
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“Hey
thanks so much for sending me emails I am an Apostolic…I been a Christian since
4th grade and I am in 10th now I ask for your praying and that I receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost b/c I seeking. Thank you and God Bless.”
Suzanna W.
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“Please
keep me on your mailing list. God Bless.”
Pastor Michael M.
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”Dear Pastor, I have read many of your e-mails, but this one has touched me. I feel
led to say thanks and that you are doing a good work. Don't come down, you are
helping some one. So true! God Bless you!”
S. Clarke
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”This was my very first time reading an article from the newsletter and I was
extremely impressed.”
S. Barrett, Jamaica
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"Thanks
for your newsletter I have learned much from your teachings."
F. Calvin
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“Great
to be able to see an email sent by you again! I'll have a good read at home and
share it with my wife, because she does enjoy print-out email from you too.”
Ming, Australia
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“Love
the testimony. Excellent!”
D M, London, Europe
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“I am
sorry I am just replying to your letter. My life lately has been so confusing
and it still is to a great extent. I am encouraged by your letter and thank God
for it. Hope to hear something really soon from you.”
C. G., Europe
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“Thanks
for the e-mail…God Bless”
Carolyn D., Fl, USA
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“Pretty
interesting newsletter; congrats". [LATER] "Where is my mail? I
though the newsletter was a weekly issue...” [It was monthly at the time]
Wayne T., Caribbean
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“Hello!
Your email was wonderful!! It really encouraged me to go on... thanks for not
only it but also the website-it is interesting and beauteous! Thanks
again...keep up the good ‘God work’!”
Jaydie
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"Bless
God, It is a great blessing to be sitting hear and reading these wonderful
words. Keep up the good work. I would like you to send your mails to my two
children in the states."
B. Brown, St. Ann, Jamaica
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"Praise
the Lord Jesus, I must confess that this ministry has been a blessing to me. 'I
must confess that your last letter got me so uplifted in spirit that I can off
the computer shouting praises to God.' Please continue with this ministry it
has been a blessing to me. May God continue to guide you."
R. Brown, Jamaica
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"I
received your e-mail. I have also visited your Web site. You have been doing a
fine job-keep it up."
Bishop H. M, New York, USA
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“I
have to say, today you have absolutely HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD!! Thank you
& God bless you ...I WAS DISCUSSING SOME ASPECTS OF THIS JUST THIS WEEK
WITH A FRIEND... the lord knows what he's doing , no matter how far, for his
word is life and he is the same yesterday today & forever. May he continue
to add his richest blessings to you thanks again.”
C. Parchment, London, United Kingdom
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"It
gives me great joy to sight your letter and website contacting me on my e-mail
address."
Rev. V. Daniel S., New Bombay, India
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"I
must say that you are indeed doing a tremendous job with this newsletter. It
has been compact and informative and might I add sounding very
inspirational."
K. P, Kingston, Jamaica
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"Enjoy
the mail. As we say back home in Montserrat. Keep up the good work."
Evangelist J. Jarvis, USA
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"Thanks
for the letter. I forwarded to some other pastors and ministers. May God give
you a special blessing for being honest and speaking the truth about this
subject. We need to hear it more in our churches."
C. Wright, FPCI, Florida
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"I
wanted to send you a word of thanks for your uplifting e-mails. You do not know
how much they help to make my day. This one was especially beautiful and I will
forward it to several people who I know will appreciate it."
E. Nepaul, USA
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“Love
it! I'm forwarding these foods for thoughts to my mailing list!”
C. Huges, South Florida
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“Thanks
for the information you sent. I am sure it will be helpful to my friends and
myself as we move to seek a higher level in God and are more involved in
spiritual warfare. Please send more. We will be praying for you.”
C. Gobourne, England
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“Your
News Letter is truly a blessing. Keep up the anointed work.”
Orrin, Antigua
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“Thanks
for `Church Mail'. Found the issue of
instinct and intelligence very interesting and will follow up with some
thoughts later.”
Dr. L. Johnson
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“Praise
the Lord Jesus Christ for this clean holy way.”
Rev J. B
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“Thank
you for the newsletter on morality. I enjoyed it. You told the truth. I am a
pastor and preach against the sins you mentioned.”
Pastor McCray
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“That
was very good my Brother and all I can say is ‘Amen’.”
Dr. C. Harvey
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"I really enjoyed your WebPages...praise the Lord the truth is marching on
in Jesus Name..."
Mattie
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(Though the Internet gives, it takes away greatly and why some
digression from it was needed, see the ICI document – http://www.threeq.com/pages/internet.html.)
God’s word cannot lie; he said I was a preacher.
He desired a “teaching priest.” He said I have a message, do you? Yes you do.
Lives need to be touched, people need to be saved. I have a message do you? Of
course you do. People are dying daily while you watch T.V and walk the mall.
Yes, I have a message, but do you? For the umpteen time, yes! You have a
message that the world is waiting for that the world needs. Give them your
message. You might say your community is already saturated, unlikely, but if it
is, many other neighboring areas need your message, much more the world.
Notice:
Nearly a billion souls
perform rituals and bring sacrifices to more than 330 million
deities....831 million Muslims prostrate themselves in prayer
toward Mecca five times a day...thousands of devout Buddhists
renounce everything in life, leave their families and become monks, owning
nothing but a saffron robe and begging bowl...500,000 villages
in India alone have no gospel witness...80,000 people die
daily in Asia without ever hearing the gospel.
Are you seeing the point, are you really save?
If so, share the light, give life today! Save somebody today. I have message, but so do you. I can
tell the story over and over how I was finally caught in God’s love net. A
12-year-old looking boy came on the bus I was traveling on and he had a message
and he preached it loudly and I ended up off hell’s fire list. He had a
message, I have message, do you?
WHY I WRITE?
I've been graced by the Almighty
to write. In fact, though you might not believe in mere men communicating with God,
his first audible directive to me was to write - a book. Being just a teen and
never thought much of myself then on that lines, exclaimed silently and a bit
doubtful. But knowing who God is, just said yes; also, having been taught to do
so. It is after numerous years writing that I've seen the fruit of this, with
several books, newsletters, articles and other publications. Writing has become
a vehicle by which I communicate God's word and give godly directive. I
previously had a disdain view of writing, but now realize that it is the most
powerful tool ever known to man. It makes you laugh, cry, converts, corrects,
teaches, exhorts, preach, instruct, inspire, encourage, soothes, releases pain,
carry a message, preserve history and many more far reaching, far impacting
things. It has survived all generations and all times; from the ancients to
present it is there and has never disappeared and will never disappear.
Having said that, why I write maybe purely biblical or God oriented, but
everything relates to God somehow. When we hurt he hurts; when we have a need,
he has a need; when we become weary, he becomes weary by empathizing. That's
why he came as Christ, to succor those needs permanently. That's why he graced
me to write, to bless the body of Christ and instruct "those who are
without;" doing so in meekness, watching my own self also, for we too are
incline to act in the ways of a 'sinner'. Therefore, in answering the question,
"Why I write," I write because it's a grace God has given unto me -
to inform, instruct, correct, heal, mend and basically to glorify him. I write
for him, I write for Yah. I've even been offered proposals to travel worldwide
with renowned ministers to write, but upon asking the Lord, he didn't give the
go ahead. It's today I realize that was a good thing, and solidify the fact
that only for God I write, and if for him, then by Him! I have his
message, do you? Yes you do, spread it, limitlessly.
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END OF CHAPTER WORD |
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FUNNY ISN'T IT?
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Funny how simple it is for people to trash God ... and then wonder why most of the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says. Or is it scary? Funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God). Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. |
Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in the school and workplace. Funny, isn't it? Funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday, but be an invisible Christian the rest of the week. Are you laughing? Funny how when you go to Visit friends, co-workers and family, you will not remember this message and think twice about sharing the gospel with them. Funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me. (Forwarded to me by
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Chapter 2
BUILDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD
What Is The Kingdom Of God
The phrase ‘Kingdom of God’ could loosely mean God ways of doing things on earth.
New Concise Bible Dictionary had this to say on the Kingdom
of God and the Kingdom of heaven, "There is no distinction between the two
terms...The kingdom is present. For Jesus the kingdom was already present in
his own person and ministry, and appeared visibly in the casting out of demons,
satan’s power had been broken (Lk 11:17). It was also signified by the many
other works that Jesus did, as he reassured John the Baptist (Mt. 11:2). This
proclamation of the kingdom is also a reality offered now, not just in the
future (Mk 2:11)." In my own definition there is no real difference
between the two, the Kingdom of God is an extension of the Kingdom of Heaven on
earth.
It is a Kingdom without walls or in essence, it’s everywhere
and anywhere; "for now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of
our God, and the power of his Christ" (Rev 12:10). Assemblies, buildings,
infrastructure and other tangibles are not the Kingdom of God, they are spin
offs from building the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is within you (Lk
17:21).
Other Kingdoms
The scriptures makes it plain that other Kingdoms do exists
and they are not ruled by men, but principalities and powers; who are not
easily discern, because they cannot be seen. In fact, there is a heavenly
system in place to govern the spiritual rule of the earth and atmosphere. But
again, this cannot be earthly known. However, through the Holy Spirit the
Apostle Paul taught us that the time of this ignorance has passed and God has
made us able to discern the true leaders or influence of the nations of the
earth. I was discouraged to preach these things by leaders, but God encourage
me through Paul’s teachings.
Paul taught, "Unto me, who am less than the least of
all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the
unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship
of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who
created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto the
principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the
manifold wisdom of God" (Eph 3:8-19).
Firstly, these things are unsearchable. Meaning no matter
how much wisdom and learning you have you cannot find these things out. That’s
why God said through Jeremiah, "Call to me and I will show you great and
unsearchable things..." (Jer 3:33). No way any human being can comprehend
what is about to be said on the other kingdoms. Secondly, Paul said that to the
intent that these be made known - by whom? - By the church! My God!
When Daniel prayed to God and Gabriel came with the answer,
the Prince of Persia resisted him and surprisingly, it was by choice. Gabriel,
the archangel, went further to say, "Knowest thou wherefore I come unto
thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am
gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that
which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with
me in these things, but Michael your prince" (Dan 10:20-21).
Gabriel identified two powerful principalities, the Prince
of Persia and the Prince of Grecia. Persia was the Kingdom who came and took
control of the Babylon Empire and Grecia took control of them. He also
identified a Prince you are familiar with - Michael. What Gabriel came to do
was to give Daniel prophetic revelation, but none of the other Princes like the
idea except Michael; and probably, because Michael was his direct Prince or the
Prince of the nation of Israel and their offsprings. Remember, Gabriel said,
"there is none [no other Prince] that holdeth with me in these things, but
Michael your prince." And of course, Michael helped him against the Prince
of Persia.
These Princes, though unseen by the natural eye in their
original state, control the affairs of the nations. So the President is not the
one calling the shots in America, it is the Prince of America. Nonetheless,
what the Book of Daniel undoubtedly made clear to me was that God control all
things and even they have elements of instinct and intelligence.
Most often, the other Princes that rule over these domains
have the people captive as slaves, though they might not feel bond; it’s
through sin and disobedience to God. When Christ died and allowed you to
utilize salvation, he literally bought you back from them and their dominance.
That’s why the scripture made it plain that you are a "purchased
possession" (Eph 1:14).
Power
Over The Other Kingdoms
When God allows a minister to go to another area and set up a tent meeting, you wouldn’t begin to understand the grace given. You’ve literally stepped into another Prince’s domain. Not only that, but to take his slaves. Thank God through our Prince, we have all power and authority!
One might ask, how is it we have such authority and mobility
to set up tent meetings and free slaves from sin? As revealed to me one
Thursday morning, Jesus is not only the Prince of our Kingdom or the Kingdom of
God, but he is also the "Prince of the Kings of the earth" (Rev 1:5).
Therefore, through his death, burial and resurrection he has complete rulership
of the domains of the earth or the ability to legally exercise his will on any
area of the globe. If we are his ambassadors then we have that right too; and
should not be limited or confined to what sub-Princes called ‘ships’ or
territories. We can go everywhere and anywhere. We have what the world calls
"diplomatic immunity!" [Given to foreign ambassador].
Diplomatic immunity means that "representatives of
foreign governments are allowed to work and operate under the laws of their
home country while abroad." According to the official U.S. Department of
State web site, "The purpose of these privileges and immunities is not to
benefit individuals but to ensure the efficient and effective performance of
their official missions on behalf of their governments.
Guess what too, we are not only diplomats of heaven, but we
are also the embassy; because the Kingdom of God is within you (Lk 17:21). Why
is this powerful? An Embassy in a foreign country is actually a piece of a
country in another. Therefore, the host country cannot thread upon the embassy
without their permission, much more to invade their purpose; even though they
are physically away from home.
For example, the U.S embassy in Korea is actually U.S soil
in Korea. So invading the embassy would be invading U.S soil, which is
protected by International Laws and diplomatic immunity. Therefore, if a saint
is the Embassy of the Kingdom of God, wherever he dwells or rest becomes
"Kingdom of God soil". Do you get what I’m saying?
First, you have the spiritual diplomatic right to go
anywhere and second, wherever you go belongs to the Kingdom of God; "Every
place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto
you" (Jos 1:3).
If anyone invades this spiritually protected diplomatic
territory while the embassy is still in purpose, the Prince of our Kingdom
automatically dispatches troops to defend his soil. Are you beginning to see
what Jesus has done for those who are born again? Do you see that you are more
than needed to let the world know that they can be free too? Let us seek the
Lord and tell the world that Jesus (Yahoshua) came to set them free!
In Prophecy
The said book of Daniel spoke of this coming Kingdom as all
the prophets did, but his description kind of aid the above explanation and
shows why they are so many different apostolic organizations; not only that,
but it is in the will of God.
Daniel had prophesied about the four kingdoms that should
follow Nebuchadnezzar; Gold - Babylon, Silver -Medes Persia, Brass -
Greece, Iron & Clay – Rome; I had left out the Iron between the “brass” and
“iron & clay” in the newsletter which signifies 5 kingdoms. But I did so
because the iron is Rome also, but “iron & clay” is Rome (human-angel
leaders since creation, except with Israel’s short-lived theocracy) mixed with
people (clay) rulership – at this point the fallen ones ruling as men had gotten
intertwined with men and lost all reverence of God. It was so severely
hedonistic that almost all the Roman leaders were bi-sexuals. And why it is
said to have sunk from within, that is, immorality soar until it crumbled a
mighty nation; etcetera*. Just to interject, nations today should take that
example and be it known that however mighty you become, immorality can crumble
you. Daniel said that a "stone cut out of a mountain without hand"
would come and smash these Kingdoms into pieces. And he was very accurate,
because that stone that was carved out without hands did come and destroy these
kingdoms and he is Jesus Christ. He came exactly in the fourth Kingdom [Rome],
as Christ was crucified under the reign of the Roman Empire. Further prophecies
of Daniel reveals that the ruler of Rome at that time "shall be broken
without hand;" that is, by Jesus (Dan 8:25). Many misinterpret this as the
second coming of Christ, sincerely though. The following reason not only shows
that this was Christ but shows exactly what Christ did and is in operation now:
"And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay,
they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave
one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. And in the days of these
kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed:
and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces
and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever" (Dan
3:43-44).
Which was related by the Angel that spoke with Mary about
Jesus; he said, "thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son,
and shalt call his name JESUS...he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever;
and of his Kingdom there shall be no end" (Lk 1:30-33).
In other words, Christ came, destroyed the dominance of the
other kingdoms and set up the Kingdom of God. One famous ruler you know
confirms this when he pondered and said, “I die before my time and my body
shall be given back to the earth and devoured by worms. What an abysmal gulf
between my deep miseries and the eternal Kingdom of Christ. I marvel that
whereas the ambitious dreams of myself and of Alexander [the Great] and of
Caesar should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant –Jesus—should be
able to stretch his hands across the centuries, and control the destinies of
men and nations” (NAPOLEAN). But the prophecy also said that his Kingdom
would break into pieces. That is not a bad thing. It is God purpose that many
organizations are formed to spread or infiltrate the broken pieces of the
former Kingdom. God is the one spreading and building his Kingdom, not by men
and things, but by his spirit. He is the one who forms organizations and
churches and the same one who breaks it and form others elsewhere. It’s like
seeds spread about in a dug up fertilize soil; normally, the seeds would grow
up in one big forest in time.
Daniel also said, "the stone that smote the image
became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth" (Dan 3:35). In other
words, the many apostolic organizations are spreading the word in the entire
world and filling it with the glory of God, though not joined in one
fellowship. So don’t fuss over the many different apostolic organizations, it’s
God’s will, so that his glory can be spread. Just like how he dispersed Israel
with Nebuchadnezzar and the remnant brought their faith with them where ever
they went. For instance, after the Babylonian captivity in a heathen society as
Medes, we heard that "many of the people of the land became Jews; for the
fear of the Jews fell upon them" (Est 8:17).
Similarly, God placed all of you in strategic positions and
even joined some together in alliances at the right place at the right time to
spread his word. You are an ambassador to the greatest Kingdom there is and by
you breaking into pieces and going here and there many are hearing the word of
God who normally couldn’t.
The point is, no one man or organization will ever have full
influence over all the true born again believers, because it’s God’s will that
you all be disperse in the entire earth and spread his glory until his
"will be done on earth as it is in heaven." That very scripture
suggests what happened in heaven is the desire for it to happen on earth. In
heaven, 1/3 rebellious angels were kicked out because of their rebellion to the
ways of God. Similarly, when you pray that scripture you’re telling the Lord to
do what was done in heaven - spread abroad his kingdom until he kicks out all
who are not compliant to his will, both men and angels; "And there shall
in no wise enter into it anything that defileth" (Rev 21:27).
Do you see what a great Kingdom you belong to? Don’t you
want your friends to be apart of it too? Why not continue to tell the world
about this Kingdom? So that they may also say like Isaiah, "O Lord our
God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will
we make mention of thy name" (Isa 26:13).
What Can I Do?
The first thing is that it will never be by you; "Not
by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD" (Zec 4:6). You
will first have to grasps this. After being born again and submitting yourself
to God, his spirit will put things in you to do and also cause you to do them.
Do you want to witness? Here is the formula:
Humility => Being Born again => Submission to God!
One thing I want to emphases is that fasting is an integral
part of evangelism or any ministry, but many are not teaching it today. The
Lord has led my hands to write a short discourse on fasting; you can print it
from your computer. It’s not much but it will give you the necessary details
how to undergo a proper fast and why. Go here http://www.threeq.com/pdf/fasting.pdf
and http://groups.msn.com/accommunity.
Men and Women of the Lord Jesus Christ, it’s high time we
put aside all differences and focus on what really matters - souls! How will
they know if you don’t Go? I went, I have a message, do you? Well Go! (The
Apostolic Voice, Jan 18, 2003)
Know what you know
There is a well-orchestrated influx of other doctrines. The bible said that
there is one faith and one body (Eph 4). To God be the glory we were chosen in
that faith and body; and enjoy its privileges. But in evangelism you’ll
encounter different beliefs and yours will be challenged. Definitely we should
avoid debates and strife. But skillfully knowing ‘what you know’ is not a
debate. Opposing candidates will definitely pose questions as it relates to
their faith. Having a bit of info will definitely help. This will show your
mastery of your faith. And if you have confidence in your faith others will
too. Yes, I know the Holy Ghost will tell you what to say; nevertheless you’ve
got to put something in. “All I need to do is read the bible!” That may be
correct but you’ll go so far and no more because you have to match what you
learn in the scriptures to history and present times.
I would not advise anybody to endeavor to learn other
doctrines or try to maneuver it without first knowing your doctrine. Actually,
fully mastering your doctrine is enough for any confrontation. Take a look at
this analogy. The bank tellers from where I am are not trained to identify
counterfeit notes. This is shocking! They are trained in knowing the real
“buck” inside out. Therefore, anything
that looks contrary is deemed to be counterfeit and IS!!! Synonymously, every
evangelist should know their doctrine inside out, in order to detect
counterfeit doctrines and lying spirits. Therefore knowing the truth “to the
core” makes you an effective evangelist to stand against false teachings. There
are over 30,000 denominations, knowing what you know will cause you to know the
true ones; at present, those are the ones often called Apostolics. To have a
mastery of Christian salvation doctrine it is imperative to read the book, “The
Voice…” It is the end all book on Christian doctrine (research and written for the
Home Bible Study then).
Apostolics
And Other Religious Bodies (this section mostly from adherents.com)
According to one research, there are approximately 500
different organizations holding to the Apostolic message. It concluded that the
numbers have already surpassed 15 million Oneness believers worldwide and might
be as high as 18 million. UPC alone has 2.3 million but, as the researcher
concluded, there is no way to accurately number the believers in any
denomination and what was just mentioned seems grossly underestimated. These
numbers might sounds startling, but look at the top 10 Religious bodies out of
120 largest Religious bodies in the world:
Catholic Church 1,050,000,000
Sunni Islam 900,000,000
Eastern Orthodox Church 225,000,000
Jinja Honcho 83,000,000
Anglican 73,000,000
Ethiopian Orthodox Church 35,000,000
Assemblies of God 32,000,000
Evan gelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) 27,400,000
Sikhism 23,000,000
Juche (North Korea) 19,000,000
The two largest religious bodies on this list (Catholics and
Sunni Muslims) account for about 33% of the world's population. The sum
membership of the "world's largest religious bodies" account for
about 47.4% of the world's population. This means that nearly half of the
world's population can be counted as members of a relatively small number of
essentially organized religious bodies (if one counts Sunni Islam as a single
organization). Most of the other half of the world’s population are adherents to
various religions, who are not members of the 120 largest religious bodies on
the list on this page. (Adherents.com lists over 4,000 different
religious/faith/tribal groups, most of which are either not larger than 1
million or are not classified as "religious bodies"; the two criteria
for this list.)
The sum membership of all of these religious bodies minus
the largest five -- i.e. out all 120 largest religious bodies with one million
or more but less than 50 million members, adds up to about 8.5% of the world's
population.
One of the larger churches (religious bodies) that you
probably hear the least about (least fame per capita) is perhaps the Ethiopian Orthodox
Church. Although political and social instability in Ethiopia make accurately
estimating the size of this church difficult, it is nevertheless probably one
of the world's largest churches. But because it is so regionally concentrated,
and because its members are so poor and have little access to media and the
Internet, they are relatively unknown. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is also
one of the oldest religious bodies on this list.
Until the 1960s, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church was in full
communion with the Coptic Church in Egypt, and together the two factions were
known as one Coptic Church.
The largest religious bodies based in the United States (in
terms of worldwide membership) are the Assemblies of God, Southern Baptist
Convention, United Methodist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Seventh-day Adventists.
If one were to compare religious bodies to the national
populations of countries, the world's largest organization would be China, with
about 1.2 billion residents. But after that would be the Catholic Church, with
over one billion members. Third would be India, followed by Sunni Islam, the
United States, and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
China 1,221,591,778
Catholic Church 1,050,000,000
India 966,783,171
Sunni Islam 900,000,000
United States 267,954,764
Eastern Orthodox Church 225,000,000
Along these same lines, there are about as many members of
the Assemblies of God as there are residents of Australia. The membership of
the United Methodist Church is roughly the same as the population of Ecuador.
Interestingly enough, the world's largest religious body,
the Catholic Church, is outlawed in the world's most populous country, China.
Although there are millions of Catholics in China, the only legal Catholic
Church in the country is the Catholic Patriotic Church, the
government-sponsored body which is not in communion with Rome.
The largest voluntary high-participation organizations in
the world are religious bodies.
What Does This Means To
You?
It means that you are greatly in need!
If more than half the world’s population (6 billion people)
is hungry for something spiritual and act upon that desire to join a religious
body, it means that they are very serious about satisfying that spiritual void
in their life. It also means then that you are more than needed in this day and
age to proclaim the truth about salvation. Because if half the world’s
population is in a religious body that doesn’t preach what Christ ordained for
salvation (Acts 2:38), then half the world’s population is lost while trying to
reach out. Can you think of a sadder picture?
Therefore, it means then that you, and every born again
believer you know, shouldn’t allow the devil to make you waste time chasing ungodly
dreams, fighting over church positions, gallivanting at the mall and
unnecessary socials, competing in outward appearance, wooing after a friend,
lusting after a bigger house, car or bank account and giving heed to other
distractions while the world goes to hell’s fire in a hand basket, when they
were saying, “Here I am, I want God.”
I wish I had a remedy to motivate saints to witness or
evangelize, but honestly I don’t and it saddens me to go to church and watch
the Holy Ghost filled believers sit in the pews warming the benches day after
day. Not giving a thought to whether someone else might want what they have.
And even sadder, given what we have today, it is much easier than former years.
Pastors it’s time to think outside the box and use who is available and
Spirit-filled to get the job done.
Saints, leaders and friends do you see the startling numbers
of persons wanting God, yet remain unsaved? Honestly, how do you feel? I don’t know
but I’m going “hay wire” at the amount of souls that can be reached, while we
celebrate a few million believers and verbally slaughter the ones who did the
most work. I could care less about policies and procedures! Look how many souls
out there need to be saved. Saints of the most High God, let us put off the
little isms and schisms, both at your church, personally and between
organizations and let us do what Christ commissioned us to do. If you haven’t
realized it yet, you are more than needed today. The devil’s intention is to
get you so caught up that you neither see nor go after the souls that are
crying by their actions, “Here I am. I want God.”
You can do it too
I as one man, through the leading of the Holy Spirit, was
able to present the gospel to million of souls via the Internet and streets,
and I’m just one person. Imagine if just 18 million Christians, of the over one
billion that profess the faith, was graced to do what was done by the Lord
through me. The gospel and doctrine would be preached to the entire human
population 3000 times over. Are you listening? Are you ready? Do you want what
God wants? Do you want souls?
Christ proclaimed that “I will build my church…” but the
vessels have to want it and want it his way, unless you would have scattered
rather than gathered (Luke 11:23). It was hard for me, amiss the ridicules and
embarrassments, but his "mercies endureth forever!"
The years before this was written in a newsletter the Lord
took me out from among "my family" and familiar friends, he spoke to
me clearly, “it is given unto you to understand the mysteries of the kingdom.”
In a few months, his hands didn’t leave off me until I finished reading the
entire Bible on Jan 1, 2003 straight through, rather than “here a book, there a
book.” I’ve never complained to God so much in my life, everything was stripped
away and I thought it was the Lord and I kept saying,
“God, I understand! I won’t stop witnessing, praying,
fasting or reading my Bible as often or be too lazy for witnessing. Enough!
Please God not that, not her, not him; I paid too much for this!”
Nevertheless, amidst it all, he always gives me peace and
ushers me into praises and reveals his Word unto me; his mercies endureth
forever! Then he reminded me of the time I was 16 on my bed, just having given
my life to God, and he had said to me, “I desire a teaching priest,” then left.
That night I was in the scriptures until daybreak, until my mother was asking
“if I’m not going to school?” I had forgotten that, I had allowed the cares of
this world to entice me away from his desires of me.
Saints of the most high, God is not asking too much for you
to witness. He has done the world a great favor in giving his life and he did a
bigger favor by causing you to inherit it. It is not too much to ask to give up
the T.V, wooing, extra-curricular activities, food, pleasure, unnecessary
ministries and other distractions to save a soul from hell’s fire. You might
have started, but there is much more that can be done. You might have thought about
it but felt intimidated, it will be God that “works in you, both to will and do
his good pleasure,” after you yield those fears to him.
I’ve said enough. I don’t know what else to do to encourage
the saints to do what God says do. Lord, please send Laborers into the harvest
in Yahoshua’s (Jesus’) name! In all sincerity and truth, let us lay aside every
weight and “build the Kingdom God!” (The Apostolic Voice, 2003/01/10).
End of chapter Note: Asterisk Denotes - I had put an asterisk (*) at
etcetera because they are other reasons they were trying to incorporate humans
in the leadership. The obvious, to me, is that Christ was coming to do just
that. The Devil is the biggest suckerer and pre-mimicker. He knowing that a
King of the Jews was coming, set up a puppet King called Herod that had the
title “King of the Jews” as well; he shortly died. Now what Christ was coming
to do was to make humans who believe in him apart of the heavenly order of
things, little embassies of heaven and hence rulers with the angels; to the
point that we are as Christ, above the angels. This was unheard of, for
human-angels ruled the nations since creation, “Thou shalt not revile the gods,
nor curse the ruler of thy people” (Ex 22:28). So the Devil seeing that a
mediator was coming to make the humans incorporated in the heavenly rulership,
try it at the same time they predicted Christ would come. But of course, their
seeing is always off – of Christ kingship and was fooled to kill him and also
of the rulership we have, “hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we
shall reign on the earth” (Rev 5:10). So they, like setting up Herod as King of
the Jews at the time Christ was born, tried to set up humans as rulers with
them; assuming that’s how Christ would come and do it. On both end it was lower
then greater. Christ the King didn’t come as other Kings of the earth came, but
as a poor Jewish boy born in a manager; yet potential was there to rise to that
status, so they killed him and brought out his true Kingship, as “King of
kings” (Rev 17:14) or “the prince of the kings of the earth” (Rev 1:5) or King
over all of them; plunging satan and the ungodly watchers to the ground and
Christ being the sole mediator, ruler and representative of earth in Heaven.
Then we, though persecuted and also lower, he has made higher than they; and
not higher as they saw it, as in we not necessarily mingling in their secular
rulership of nations, but above it. I can’t help but to always marvel at the
wisdom of God.
Macedonia is also Greece by referential, “the Persians under Cyrus… were subdued by the Macedonians, and the Macedonians by the Romans; so that Rome succeeded to the power of old Babylon” (Easton Bible Dictionary).
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"Kingdom Principles"
- Every ministry has a prison, but every prison has a key!
- Keep your friends close by ... and your enemies even closer!
- Find out what works, and do more of it!
- Whatever is on the head will flow down to the body!
- YOU may not have a problem with God’s Will for your life ... but
others just might!
- God wants you to have a backbone, not a wishbone!
- The faithful shall be made able ... not the other way around!
- You already have His approval!
- Pray and Reign, or Complain and Remain!
- The Place of Agreement is the Point of Power!
- Power without Purity is a dangerous Illusion!
- When God talks to you, it is STRAIGHT TALK!
- Sin promises to satisfy, but only desires to enslave!
- You might inherit a ministry, but NOT the anointing!
- God has NO grandchildren!
- His mercy triumphs over judgment!
- What you practice in private is perfected in public!
- You CANNOT “bind” the flesh ... it must be crucified!
- Substitutions are not as good as the real thing.
- There is no substitute for “time”.
- There is no “Burger King” in Heaven!
- God does NOT require we sacrifice our children ... on the altar of
success!
- God will always have the last word!
- The difference between legitimate and counterfeit is in the source.
You won’t get rid of the cobwebs until you kill the spider
(Forwarded to me by
email)
To build the Kingdom of God your gifts are needed, the foremost gift is boldness to evangelize or be a witness – to which the book is centered. But just to digress a little, when we get them in the church our other gifts are even more needed. Hence, you have to first realize that you are called, called to be a witness and call to serve the body. That is very broad in saying. However, what I’m trying to get at is that you have a purpose and unless you find and fulfill that purpose you will not only missing out on who you are but not effectively serving the body or fitting in. Fitting in I say not ostracize you in your mind but provoke you with jealousy as Paul did, for you are more vital and needed to us than we can individually imagine. You yourself will feeling like something is missing when not on God’s intended course, it’s the lacking of fulfilling your purpose. You might say, “I want to live. I want to come alive. I want to be what I was born to be. Please set me free and let me live.” I had a book by M. Munroe that I loan to an evangelism friend of mine, Nimrod, haven’t gotten it back, but that’s all good. In it, it summed up what I’m trying to say concerning you:
“To remove your purpose would be
to significantly change who you are, because your purpose both informs and
reveals your nature and your responsibilities. Everything you naturally have
and inherently are is necessary for you to fulfill your purpose. Your height,
race, skin color, language, physical features and intellectual capacity are all
design for your purpose…You are the way you are because of why you are…Purpose
is the only source of fulfillment without purpose life has no meaning…Your
birth is evidence that your purpose is necessary…Purpose behind the product is
what gives it meaning…God never made anything for the fun of it…Ignorance of
purpose does not conceal purpose…Purpose allows you to be yourself. The
discovering of purpose is the discovery of you…Ignorance is dangerous because
it permits that possibility that we will live all our lives and never know why
we lived.”
That is broad, but gets the point across that inherently you
have a purpose and you are called. The mere fact you have a desire to find your
purpose means a purpose is there and the mere fact you are pulled to this
material means you are called. Your calling is a bit different from your
purpose but could be considered the same thing. Your purpose dictates your make
up, but your calling channel that make up. A bulldozer is meant to tear down a
worn out building for reconstruction; that’s its purpose. But it’s your calling
that will actually make sure it is used to tear down an old building and not
your newly built house with all your new furniture. You have a purpose or a
“gift.” Your purpose or “gift” might be music; your calling is actually
ministering to the saints and evangelizing through your music. Your purpose
will always be there and sometimes can be temporarily channeled to ungodly
means, like singing ungodly sex songs and music that defame Christ; but it is
your call that helps put this in perspective and prevent such folly. You are
called to give your talents and gifts (purpose) back to the where it belongs,
the body of Christ, or more importantly to this service. This can be seen in
the story of the man with the one talent. He had that talent or purpose, but he
refused the call (Matt 25:24). He was gifted but neglect the gift. So
automatically you know you have a purpose, your design give clues to that
purpose, but fulfilling that purpose is accepting the call. You might be gifted
in singing and be a famous secular star and you will feel unfulfilled and
empty. Reason being, you have acted upon your purpose to seek your destiny and
unlike many found your purpose, but fail to find or accept your call. A friend
of mine sent me a poem, which I included in several newsletters. It is
entitled, “The Servants Call” and summarizes the essence of what I’m saying.
You have a purpose but more importantly, you have a call; accept it!
My house is filled but my field is
empty
The vineyards lie waste when the
harvest is plenty
I called you to serve, to be
fishers of men
Yet you sit here complacent again
and again
Who will go and work for me today?
To show a lost fellow that
salvation's the way
To show him my Light and teach him
to stand
To tell him of grace and my
redemption plan
It seems all my children want to
sit around my table
After I equipped you and made you
well able
With the sword of the Spirit, the
Word of God
And with the preparation of the
Gospel, your feet have been shod
But no one wants to work in my
field
My temple lie waste yet your
houses are sealed
You're quite content in your
comfort zone
While others are crying and feel
all alone
Now take up the mantle, heed the
servant's call
It's time to take the gospel to
one and all
Irrespective of your age,
irrespective of your creed
The Word will bear fruit if you
only plant that seed
For you have been chosen vessels
unto God
To bear God's name as far as your
feet may trod
Though standing for God may cause
you to be cast down
There'll be hundreds of diamonds in your heavenly crown (By Dale James)
Having now recognize that you are called and chosen you will
be presented with these “new example gifts of the spirit’” by your local
church:
1) Administration 2)
Apostleship 3)
Discernment 4)
Exortation
5) Healing 6)
Hospitality 7)
Interpretation 8)
Leadership
9) Living 10)
Mercy 11)
Ministering 12)
Miracles
13) Music 14)
Pastoring 15)
Prophesying 16)
Teaching
17) Tongues 18)
Word of Knowledge 19) Word of Wisdom
and many more
However, and specifically, how do you now recognize your
gifts and calling with all the influx of new so-called ‘gifts of the spirit’?
HOW TO RECOGNIZE YOUR GIFTS AND CALLINGS
Simply,
1)
What do you enjoy doing?
2)
What service has God been blessing you?
3)
What has others been encouraging you to do?
4)
What has the Holy Spirit told you?
One person noted, “If you want to know the purpose of a thing,
never ask the thing…A created thing can never know what was in the mind of
creator when he planned and build it…Purpose is only found in the mind of the
creator” (M.M). Nevertheless, your design gives clues, the said author noted,
“Your design is perfect for your purpose…design predicts potential…if you know
the intended purpose for an object, you also know what it can do…Your purpose
determines your potential, which determines the demands made on you by the one
who created you; the expectation one puts on an 18 wheeler tractor trailor and
2 door sports car are different.” He contended that Moses was sent to Israel
but argued with God…God showed that he is the designer who gave men mouth or
made the deaf and mute, gives sight and make blind, then he sent him saying I
will help you speak and teach you what to say – Exodus 4:11:12. Hence,
“Provision goes with purpose, what God calls for he provides for…purpose never
requires something that natural abilities [or spiritual gifting] do not provide
for…God never require anything of his creation that he didn’t already build
into them…God puts into everything the potential and the nature for its
purpose. In other words, you are naturally [and spiritually charged] like what
you are supposed to do or you have what you need to be who you are.”
That’s your gift, but your calling takes a bit more seeking,
that is, seeking God for what he wants you to do with your gifts – that is your
calling. Trust God that he knows and will bring about your purpose and calling,
for he said to Jeremiah, “Before I formed thee in the
belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified
thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations” (Jer 1:5).
In attempt to solve this problem, take the example of the
first man created, Adam. God graced him to walk and talk with him. By this
relationship, God declared his calling, "dominion over the earth."
God also graced Adam to work with him in ministry, 'naming every animal'. Adam
was so into God that he was not thinking about a mate, but it was God who
decided it was not good for him to be alone. From this, three guidelines are
seen. They are:
1. You
should first develop an excellent relationship with God, whereby everyday you
are in harmony with God as close to the "pre-Adamic" state as
possible; which can be found in Christ.
2. You
should then search out your calling with God, which only God can verify. Do you
know that it pleases God when a person sets their heart and time to find their
purpose on earth? This will not go unrewarded.
3. While
this is ongoing, strive to be active, mostly in ministry. It might not be your
ultimate purpose or calling, but it usually should be something leading up to
it. Again, let God verify your purpose or calling and not an arbitrary person.
So it means you have to seek to have a relationship with God. Don't you dare
let any arbitrary person dictate your purpose and it hasn't been rectified with
the creator. Who does one go to for a blue print, the architect or the
construction worker? Moreover, you have direct access to the throne of God
through Christ, no matter how young you are. Remember the fifteen-year-old boy
in the bible, Daniel, he was more in tuned with God than everyone in Babylon.
Having done sort that out with the Lord, consider the 5
ministry callings of Ephesians 4:11, “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:”
- The
Apostle – one who establishes and strengthens churches.
- The
Prophet – one who speaks forth the message of God.
- The
Evangelist – one who is called to extensively preach the
Gospel.
- The
Pastor – one who feeds and shepherds the believers.
- The
Teacher – one who instructs believers in the Word of God. It
should be emphasized that these are not titles, but functions (S. Martin).
Consider also the 7 motivational callings or gifts Paul mentions in Romans
12:6-8, “Having then gifts differing according to the
grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the
proportion of faith; Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that
teacheth, on teaching; Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth,
let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth
mercy, with cheerfulness.”
- Perceiver
(prophet) – one who clearly perceives the will of God. This word
is purposely chosen rather than the word “prophet” to avoid confusion,
since the same root word is also used in the two other categories of
gifts. They see things the rest of the body miss completely.
- Server
(ministry) – one who loves to serve others directly.
Another appropriate word is “doer.”
- Teacher –
one who loves to search out and validate truth. You could use the word
“researcher” since the motivation is so strong.
- Exhorter –
one who loves to encourage others to live a victorious life. These are
extremely positive people who can equally well be called, “encouragers.”
- Giver – one
who loves to give time, talent, energy, and means to benefit others and
advance the Gospel. Another word could be “contributor.”
- Administrator –
one who loves to organize, lead or direct. Other words could be
“facilitator” and “leader.” Keeps us organized and increases our visions.
- Compassion
person – one who shows compassion, love, and care to those in
need (S. Martin).
It would seems that they are only 5 or 7 ministries / gifts
/ calling of the spirit. And many would
say God has added more since the early church. Wrong! Wrong! No gifts have been
added. More creative ways has been developed in exploiting one’s gift. The
so-called five-fold ministry or seven gifts are only heading. Similar to that
of the Ten (10) Commandments, which are merely headings; of which many
commandments fall under. Music ministry can be categorized under one of the
headings. The prophet or perceiver usually can discern, give word of knowledge
or wisdom. Moreover, he can prophesy through writing a book or even a tract,
without even saying a word audible. Now, does he necessarily have the “gift of
booking” or “gift of tracking.” No. He’s a prophet, that call is one but for it
to take hold it is delivered through various means or giftings; but we conjure
up other new ministry names for this and that. The persons that help him are
simple the servers, though we might call them interpreter of tongues or lab
minister or light minister. The interpreter of tongues is only serving the
prophet who prophesies in tongues, who also just demonstrated what we call the
gift of tongues. Nonetheless, such interplay is good for it fosters a very good
area that is needed in the church – specialization. However, this should not be
mixed up with a notion of new gifts, for like the priests in the Temple, all
were priest but all had different roles. The gifts and callings are singular
but the expression might be limitless. This conjuration of new gifts mentality
might find abominable things like, “the gift of breast massage,” with the
justifier saying that demons rest mainly in the breast area, with my anointed
hand when I, as a man, massage the women’s breast the demons come out; with
even demonstration of it.
The person with the gift of teaching can do so by just doing
or living. Podium mentality needs to be done away with. The people with the
gift of compassion don’t even have to say a word. Some people with problems
only want somebody to listen and be concerned. It is only in recent years we
have realized that healing can be categorized as binding or mending the broken
hearted. Like the ten Commandment headings, the sole purpose of it is love and
all the gifts are done out of and motivated by love.
Also, don’t you ever think any ministry or gift is easier or
harder than the other. You have to be graced. One must be graced to give or
clean the church. Ushers it’s not your hospitable skills, you have to be graced
to deal with all kind of people. It’s not you, it’s the Lord.
As the body has different parts and function yet joined
together beautifully, so we are different yet together. As the heart can never
function as the testicles, and the testicles would find it strange why the
heart can’t function as it, so we can’t measure our gifts against each. One
person wrote, “If you put on a pair of sunglasses, all you see is colored
accordingly. So it is with a person’s motivational gift. For example: A
perceiver will look either good or bad, right or wrong, in God’s will or out of
God’s will. It is impossible for a perceiver to see life in any other way. A server
will approach reality with the question, ‘What can I do to help in this
situation?’ He constantly notices opportunities to do things for others. A
teacher will search for truth in everything he encounters. He will investigate,
seek and research. An exhorter will see opportunities to encourage people at
whatever they do. The giver will look for ways in which he can invest his time,
talent, and money providing for the needs of others. The administrator with his
broad vision will grasp the overall dimensions of a situation. The compassion
person will recognize hurts and wounds that need to be healed and see endless
opportunities to express love. And each one will think, ‘Why don’t others
see things the way I see them? It’s clear to me!’” (S. Martin). The gifts
are equal and interconnected. Not because the mouth is smaller than the arm
make it less significant or even the heart over the legs. All gifts in the body
of Christ have the same weight. Also, “No one of us can go off on a desert
island and be a victorious Christian all by himself. God has made us so that we
are incomplete without the interaction and ministry of our brothers and
sisters.”
Let us clear up another misconstrued conception. The usage
of a person in ministry does not determine his strength, spiritually. Or, it is
not how often you visit the podium or burst out in “spiritual spontaneous
slurs” (or even awards) that determines your closeness or strength in God.
Notice, the celestial beings in heaven: the messenger angels are those mostly
“talked about” and used, yet they are not the strongest or closest to God (see
Revelation). The Cherubim and Seraphim are the ones always ministering to God
and are used for special purposes. You probably have not even heard of them
before, yet they are far strong than messenger Angels, so to speak. Hence, one
might be led astray to think that a famous preacher or minister or some worker
is the strongest, closest or holiest to God. There are some people or saints in
the congregation who fervently pray (talk to God directly) often; or usher in
his presence secretly in an assembly (likewise the Cherubim go before God); or
war on behalf of someone individual needs and problems without them knowing,
having discern it. God has those strong saints who you don’t even know that
they are very strong; you’ve probably even mistreated. They secretly fast and
intercede on behalf of the church. Usually they seem very quiet and reserved.
These person’s name are hardly mentioned, sometimes even seems weak. However,
without these mighty prophets the church couldn’t go on, so to speak. Remember
when the great war captain Joshua went to war and God commanded Moses that as
long as he lifted up his hand Joshua and the Israelites would win the war. So
it wasn’t the war expertise of Joshua’s tactics and skills that won the war;
likewise, it isn’t the always the frontline man (preacher or “seen” person). It
was the intercession of an Old man on a rock, with two more feeble looking
intercessors. That old man was the strongest and closest to God. IF YOU REALLY
WANT TO MINISTER / EVANGELISE EFFECTIVELY IN YOUR CHURCH AND COMMUNITY, START
SECRETLY MINISTERING TO GOD!
Above all, we are never to neglect our gift, the foremost is
to be a witness – that’s why the book was written and why Paul taught us,
“Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with
the laying on of the hands of the presbytery” (1 Tim 4:14). We are rather to
“stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands” (2
Timothy 1:6). To do so you must draw near to God with much boni-fide fasting
and prayer and “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Tim 2:15). To learn
how to touch God or Fast and Pray, get the book, “Fasting and
Prayers” at threeq.com,
mcquickenterprise.com or ACC. Having done so and receive of God,
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all longsuffering and doctrine” (2 Tim 4:2).
ARISE
Having said thus, I remember I receiving a package from a
men’s ministry to which I copied on a memo to the men in a church I was
attending. “We are on the verge of local and national revival; both spiritually
and otherwise. We have cited ten keys to revival: -
- Renew
prayer and worship
- Remove
all idols
- Rebuild
God’s house
- Rediscover
the word of God
- Reassemble
the people of God
- Revive
the study of God’s word
- Re-establish
Unity
- Remove
False doctrine
- Return
the bible to our Education system
- Revitalize
the atonement
Church is not subject to a physical
building, but more so the total development of a saint’s mind, body and soul.
Now, our physical institution and faculties plays a major role in such
co-ordination of a total man. If so, uniting together as a strong constituent
can make that effort far more impacting.
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How to Tell a Winner
From a Loser
This
year strive to be a winner in all aspects of life by noting where you fall in the
following areas, and then work to change losing traits to winning traits.
A winner says, "Let's find out." A loser says, "Nobody
knows."
When a winner makes a mistake, he says, "I was wrong." When a loser
makes a mistake, he says, "It wasn't my fault."
A winner credits his good luck for winning, even though it isn't good luck. A
loser blames his bad luck for losing, even though it isn't bad luck.
A winner knows how to say "yes" and "no." A loser says
"yes, but," and "perhaps not," at the wrong times for the
wrong reasons.
A winner works harder than a loser and has more. A loser is always too busy to
do what is necessary.
A winner works through a problem. A loser goes around it and never gets past
it.
A winner makes commitments; a loser makes promises.
A winner shows he is sorry by making up for it. A loser says, "I'm
sorry," but he does the same thing next time around.
A winner knows what to fight for and when to compromise. A loser compromises
when he shouldn't and fights for what isn't worthwhile.
A winner says, "I'm good, but not as good as I ought to be." A loser
says, "I'm not as bad as a lot of other people."
A winner listens; a loser just waits until it's his turn to talk.
A winner feels strong enough to be gentle. A loser is never gentle; he is
either weak or pettily tyrannous by turns.
A winner explains; a loser explains away.
A winner feels responsible for more than his job. A loser says, "I only
work here."
A winner says, "There ought to be a better way to do it." A loser
says, "That's the way it's always been done."
A winner paces himself-, a loser has only two speeds: hysterical and
lethargic. (Dr. Witt
S., paper I had and found on site)
Having recognized that you are call, you must verify that you are first
saved before going into ministry or releasing yourself, this is the first
release. In other words, you must be born again, as explained in Acts 2:38 –
Repent of your sins, be baptize in the name of Lord Jesus Christ (Yahoshua Ha
Mashiah) and be spirit baptized evidence by speaking in tongues. Except this is
experienced, you have no business being in ministry. Why do all that for Christ
and go to hell’s fire, so to speak, moreover you cannot fight the kingdom of
darkness unsaved; and the devil himself would sometimes leave you, being that
you would already be his. Or, if progressive, do to you what was done in this
verse, “And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus
I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye. And the man in whom the evil spirit
was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they
fled out of that house naked and wounded” (Acts 19:15-16). To fully understand
that the salvation doctrine is clearly patterned in Acts 2:38 and it should be
followed, get and read the book, “The Voice…” You also need to get settled in a
church that teaches and fully practice this salvation doctrine. Next we would
come to stepping out in ministry and detecting the obvious symptoms that
hinders progression. Someone wrote the following:
SYMPTOMS OF PEOPLE LABORING AGAINST CURSES
Frustration: Cursed people are very frustrated and often angry. Most
have tried their best. They are often good people who have done all they could
do, but matters they have cared about have gone sour. A few commit suicide out
of frustration.
Misplaced: They have not found their place in life. They are stuck in
bad relationships. Their jobs are tedious and unfulfilling. Their children
start out all right in life, but end up in drugs and alcohol and in ruined
marriages.
Illness/Death: Cursed people and their children are often prone to
illness or accidents. Often people under a curse have incurable illnesses,
which do not respond to prayer. They are accident-prone.
Failure: Cursed people approach success, but something always gets in
the way just before they reach their goals. They try very hard, but matters
always go awry.
Bad Self Image: Not all people with a bad self-image are cursed, but many
are. They feel ugly, stupid, worthless, hopeless and rejected.
AVOID OPEN DOORS
Apart from the fact that these symptoms are normal attacks
as a progressive saints. You can hamper yourself and give the enemy that
foothold with these open doors, which should be avoided:
“Not serving the Lord with gladness or putting God to a test
brings (Duet. 6:16; 11:26). Having illegitimate children brings ten-generation
curses (Deut. 23:2). Sinful Behavior. Stealing brings a open door. Reading
horoscopes, playing with Ouija boards and other occult practices brings open
doors. Practicing witchcraft, shamanism, consulting psychics, et cetera, brings
open doors. Sexual sins bring open doors. Incest brings a open doors whether
you were willing or a victim.” Here are the major open doors outlined by
someone:
Practicing Sin: If someone chooses to read
pornography, he opens himself up to a demon of pornography. If he lies often,
he receives a lying spirit. "You are the servants of him whom you
obey" (Romans 6:16).
Practicing a sin gives the devil the legal right to come in and be
"lord" over that specific area of a person's life.
Trauma: If a person nearly drowns, a spirit of fear can enter during the
trauma. If a woman is sexually abused, a spirit can enter her. If someone is in
a car accident, at the time of the accident, a spirit can enter. A child can
receive a spirit of rejection in the mother's womb from the trauma of being
unwanted. This does not seem fair … but the devil does not play fair!
Our skin keeps out infection. Once the skin is cut, infection can enter in. Our
natural spiritual defenses keep out demons, but during a trauma, those defenses
are shattered. Entrance is given.
Sexual Sins: In the spirit world, there are "STD's" …
Spiritually Transmitted Demons! The Bible says that if a man and woman come
together in a sexual relationship, they become "one flesh." (1
Corinthians 6:16). This is one of the reasons the Lord tells us to stay away
from youthful lusts. Flee fornication. There is no "safe sex" in the
spiritual realm except in marriage where the relationship is guarded by a
strong covenant agreement between the partners. It is possible that the Lord
warned Solomon against foreign wives because their religious demons would be
transmitted through sex. He ended up an idolater just like them, this much we
know.
Occult Practices: Horoscopes, Ouija boards, hypnosis, séances, any form
of witchcraft or shamanism, divination, praying to the dead, etc. are all giant
openings for the devil to send demon spirits into a person's life.
Drugs/Alcohol: Willfully taking mind-altering substances reduces the
person's natural defense against demonic activity. Marijuana is truly a gateway
for demonic infestation.
Judgments: When we make judgments against life that are contrary to the
Word of God, the devil can reside on that ground. Bitter-root judgments are
lies, and the devil is the father of all lies. We delivered a married man from
obsessive jealousy, suspicion and false accusation when he renounced a teenage judgment
against women, believing that they were all unfaithful. [Basically fears brings
torments]
Those were the main ones, but those main ones have sublets
you are more familiar with and can recognize. The following by a website will
list them in more details to get an idea of the separateness you are called to,
which is basically summed up in this verse, “No man that warreth entangleth
himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen
him to be a soldier” (2 Timothy 2:4); if you are going to be a witness and war,
you can’t entangle yourself with these:
Idolatry- Eastern Religions (list); Meditation;
Chanting/mantras; Cults; Secret Orders/Lodges; Material things; Money; People.
Occult- Astrology; Fortune telling (types); Ouija
Board; Seances; Dungeons & Dragons (or similar games - board or computer);
Hypnosis/Self-hypnosis; ESP; Crystals; Psychic healing; Occult literature;
Occult beliefs; OOBE (Out of body experiences attempted/experienced);
Spiritism; Parapsychology; Psychic beliefs and practices.
Witchcraft & Satanism- Incantations; Spells; Dedications; Rituals;
Ritual abuse; Blasphemy/Mockery; Literature; Beliefs; Murder; Perversions;
Magic; Santeria; Voodoo; Powwow healing
witchcraft (Pennsylvania Dutch); Maloike (Italian witchcraft); Wicca; Druidism.
Sexual Sins- Fornication; Adultery; Pornography; Rape;
Incest; Lust; Masturbation; Homosexuality; Abortion; Bestiality; Pedophilia;
Exhibitionism; Abuse; Fantasy; Other perversions.
Drugs/Addictions- Illegal (list); Alcohol abuse; Smoking
(abuse of body); Prescription drug dependency; Food dependency.
Believing Satan's Lies- Regarding self-image; Regarding God;
Regarding religious beliefs; Regarding people; Regarding behavior.
Fear- Fear of failure; Fear of success; Fear of
Rejection; Miscellaneous fears (list); Anxiety; Worry; Despair; Hopelessness.
Unbelief- Lack of trust; Double-mindedness; Doubts;
Skepticism.
Deceit/Dishonesty- Lying; Stealing; Exaggeration.
Pride- Self-righteousness; Self-focused; Vanity;
Arrogance.
Rebellion- Disobedience; Disrespect; Self-willed;
Stubbornness.
Anger- Hatred; Bitterness; Resentment;
Unforgiveness; Rage; Revenge; Slander/Gossip; Critical/Judgmental;
Blame-shifting; Prejudice/Bigotry; Malice.
Wishing Death- For self; For others.
Violent Acts- Attempted suicide; Abuse; Murder.
Vulgar Language- Cursing (Lord's name in vain); Off color
stories and jokes.
Music- (Regarding content of message or
performers' lifestyles); Cultic; Satanic; Sexual; Drug oriented; Rebellion;
Focus on Death.
Unscriptural Seeking Of Spiritual Gifts & Experience- Priming the pump to receive tongues; Accepting any personal experience without testing it; Receiving personal prophecies without testing them and having them confirmed by God (demonbuster.com).
This is only a guide to aid you in preparing your sin
lists. It is not comprehensive. Not every sin is listed. Add
whatever is applicable to your situation.
CURSES AND PRAYERS
I don’t like using the word curse but many who use it have
good content that I quote. Reason being, when Christ came he freed us from all
curses and blessed us, so we can never be cursed. When we entangle ourselves
with the open doors previously mentioned we simply give the enemy legal right
to torment us; but if we cry to God he will always relieve us, and if you’re
truly born again, prevent us from repeatedly giving the devil an open door.
“First we must understand the basic Scriptural truths concerning curses as
related above, recognize our part in the curse, how it came into being if
possible, and our role in the breaking of it. The following steps will be
helpful as guidelines in breaking any curse over us, and will aid us in
breaking them over our children:
- State
or reaffirm your faith in Jesus and His completed work, which is your only
basis for freedom.
- Confess
the sin that allowed it to come.
- Renounce
all ties with Satan, his kingdom, the occult, or the curse itself.
- Verbally,
preferably in the presence of a witness, renounce the curse. See the
prayer that follows.
- Thank
Him for what he has done for you. Thankfulness is an expression of faith.
Grace is God’s ‘Yes’ to us: Faith is our ‘Yes’ to God.”
Here is an example prayer of renunciation you can repeat with faith and
meaning:
“Lord Jesus (Yahoshua): 1. I
reaffirm you as my Savior and King, and I thank you for shedding your blood for
me, which cleanse me from all sin and allows me to become righteous in the
sight of God. 2. I confess my grievance of your spirit, which may have been a
foothold for a righteous recompense (Heb 2:2).
I repent of my sin, ask your forgiveness for it, and your help in righteously
fulfilling my obligations. By a decision of my will I break all ties with
Satan, his kingdom, the occult or any other route of access that I may have
opened to him. 3. I acknowledge that you became a curse for me that I might be
freed from all curses, and I now renounce and sever all ties with the curse. I
break its power over me, my family and my lineage, in your name and the power
over me, my family and lineage, in your name and the power of your completed
work upon the cross. 4. I thank you for having made provision for me in advance
and for having broken this curse over me. In your precious name I pray. Amen.”
Here is an example prayer for loosing from domination:
In the
name of Jesus Christ, I now renounce, break, and loose myself and all our
children, from all psychic heredity, demonic holds, psychic powers, bondages,
bonds of physical or mental illness, or curse, upon me or my family line, as
the result of sin, transgression, iniquities, occult, or psychic involvement of
myself, my parents, or any of my ancestors, or my spouse, any and all
ex-spouses, or their parents, or any of their ancestors. I THANK YOU LORD, FOR
SETTING US FREE.
Here is an example prayer for loosing from curses, spells:
In the
name of Jesus Christ, I now rebuke, break and loose myself, and all our
children, from any and all evil curses, charms, vexes, hexes, spells, jinxes,
psychic powers, bewitchments, witchcraft, or sorcery that have been put upon
me, or my family line from any person or persons, or from any occult source.
THANK YOU, JESUS (YAHOSHUA), FOR SETTING US FREE.
Here is an example prayer for releasing your ministry from psychic
commands:
Devils,
witches, and cohorts,…I see that you are harassing and embarrassing this
ministry; attempting to smear and discredit so as to discourage others who would
receive benefits from this ministry. I am not ignorant of your tricks, wiles,
and strategy. Now I command you to stop your operations, that all of your
psychic commands, incantations, prayers, and desires against this ministry be
turned again upon you who sent them out. That you retreat, flee in defeat this
moment. I also command that the mouths of all who help spread lies against this
ministry be stopped. THE LORD REBUKE YOU AND ALL WHO HELP YOU, IN JESUS
(YAHOSHUA) NAME!
Here is a general final example
prayer:
" In
the name of JESUS (YAHOSHUA), I cover myself with the Blood of JESUS. I ask for
giant warrior angels of the LORD to protect us. As for your war clubs and
weapons of war I break down, undam, and blow up all walls of protection around
all witches, warlocks, wizards, satanists, sorcerers, and the like, and I break
the power of all curses, hexes, vexes, spells, charms, fetishes, psychic
prayers, psychic thoughts, all witchcraft, sorcery, magic, voodoo, all mind
control, jinxes, potions, bewitchments, death, destruction, sickness, pain,
torment, psychic power, psychic warfare, prayer chains, incense and candle
burning, incantations, chanting, blessings, hoodoo, crystals, and everything
else being sent my way, or my family member's way, or any DELIVERANCE
Ministries way, and I return it, and the demons to the sender, SEVENFOLD, and I
bind it to them by the Blood of Jesus, and I cut their ungodly silver cord and
lay lines, in JESUS' (YAHOSHUA’S) Name."
Why these
prayers and weird variables of witches, warlocks, etc., like we are fighting
World War 3? This is a far greater fight, reason being, because of who you are
in God you are immediately at war with the forces of darkness, much more when
you step out to be who you are in God – an evangelist. This is very real and
even begin to manifest before being even saved, the devil know who you are in
God. Many Christians fail to recognize the mobilization of the forces of
darkness and hence, even when ministering, is hampered – this is fully covered
in the book, “Demonology Revealed.” Nevertheless, one can elevate above all
this if they fast and pray often, and I mean often; it releases the power of
the entire heavens of God to fight for you, to which not even the forces of
darkness can come even close to you. However, to see what I’m talking about and
why not only are the above prayers needed but a perpetual life of fasting and
prayer, take this experience from an ex-satanist. Ignorance is one of the most
potent footholds of the devil, we have to first affirm that he and his angels
exist and they have an elaborate Kingdom we wrestle against, this exposes it a
little:
I have
already said much on this earlier, but just to give a few instances. Please
REALISE that there is POWER in that name JESUS [YAHOSHUAH]. There is power in
the BLOOD of JESUS. The Scripture says "...and being found in fashion as a
man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the
cross. Wherefore God also had highly exalted HIM, and given HIM A NAME WHICH IS
ABOVE EVERY NAME: That is the NAME OF JESUS EVERY knee should bow, of things in
heaven, and things in earth and things under the earth. And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father
(Phil.2, 8-11). Again the Scripture says "and they overcame him by the
BLOOD of the lamb and by the WORD of their testimony" (Rev. 12,11). Let
the name, JESUS [Yahoshua], always be on your lips. These two, the name and the
blood, scatter the plans of Satan, and in fact destroys the strategies of Satan
and his agents. Secondly, you must learn to sing praises to GOD ALWAYS. There
is POWER IN PRAISES.
There was
this pastor - Pastor I.K. (name withheld). He was pastoring a church in Ebute
Metta. He became my target and his offences were:
1. He
disturbs our peace by carrying out early morning call i.e. preaching in the
early hours.
2. He goes
about with his megaphones and stations at No. 2 bus stop along Akintola road,
Ebute Metta. There, he would preach. Would not stop at that bus but would keep
binding demons etc.
3. In his
church he would preach, exposing the works of darkness after which he started
binding demons.
4. He
prayed a lot.
5. He was
always singing and praising God.
I sent my
messengers to him but they could not kill him so I decided to carry out the
mission myself. On the said day, I saw him walking along the new G.R.A. A thing
worth mentioning here about this pastor is - anytime we went for him, we would
see pillars of cloud by his right hand and left, walking along with him, so
these hindered us. But this particular day I saw nothing so I was doubly sure
my mission would be very successful.
I
commanded rain to fall to enable me to strike him with thunder. The rain
started and the thundering began. The whole trees in the area started loosing
their branches, but this Pastor was singing joyfully. I still remember the
chorus - IN JESUS NAME EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW. As he continued with this chorus
the rains stopped, the thundering seized and there appeared immediately two
angels, one on each side, with flaming swords. Their eyes and their swords were
like flames of fire. Then a strong wind carried me away and I found myself in
another town. In fact, I was baffled, but because we were so hardened, what I
said was - This man has escaped again! The pastor did not know the spiritual
war that was fought on his behalf...
So you
see, the child of God is WELL SECURED. When the Bible says, "...and
NOTHING shall by ANY MEANS hurt you...” it means what it says.
The second
testimony is about a Christian who board the same taxi with me. He was very
zealous and started distributing gospel tracts inside the taxi. So I became
disturbed and knocked him with the ring on my finger - that was to kill him.
This boy shouted "THE BLOOD OF JESUS" and immediately lightening and
fire and an Angel appeared. A strong wind again removed me with great force out
of the taxi and into the thick jungle. Had it not been that I was a man backed
by evil powers I could have gotten lost in this jungle. The Christian did not
know the war that went on his behalf, all he knew including the other
passengers, was that I had disappeared from the taxi.
The name
of Jesus or the Blood of Jesus in the mouth of the believer sends out fire etc.
the Scripture says "THE NAME OF THE LORD IS A STRONG TOWER, the righteous
runneth into it and is SAFE" (Prov. 18,10).
Dear
reader, if you are a child of God, remember that God has magnified His name and
word above all (Psa. 138,2), therefore confess the Word (the Word of God)
believing that what you said shall come to pass and it SHALL be so. That is
GOD'S PROMISE!
Again I
would like to mention here that you can only confess what you know. The
Scripture enjoins us to delight in the Word of God, meditating on it day and
night. For you to rightly divide the word of truth, you must know it. Col. 3,16
says "Let the word of Christ DWELL in you richly in all wisdom".
Again Psalm 1,1-3 says "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seat of
the scornful but his DELIGHT is in the law of his God and in it doeth he
MEDITATE DAY and NIGHT, he shall be like a tree planteth by the rivers and
waters, which bringeth its fruits in his season, HIS LEAF SHALL NOT WITHER and
whatsoever he doeth shall PROSPER". Get close to your Bible; pray without
ceasing, have a singing heart and stand, exercise the authority given to you by
the Lord Jesus Christ.
THE
BELIEVERS' WEAPONS
- THE NAME
OF JESUS [YAHOSHUAH]
- THE
BLOOD OF JESUS [YAHOSHUAH]
- THE WORD
OF GOD
-
CHRISTIAN PRAISES
"Finally
brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole
armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil"
Eph.6,10-11. "And they overcame him by the BLOOD of the LAMB and by the
WORD of their testimony..." Rev. 12,11.
So it’s not just giving a tract on
the street corner, it is real warfare. It took me a while to realize that –
just simply giving out a tract and all hell must break loose. It is real
warfare and behooves you to be well equipped and prepared. Notice this outline
from Demonology Revealed:
Our solution
for Dealing with Demons:
“The disciple is not above his
master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master” (Lk 6:40).
“But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of
the earth” (Acts 1:8).
“Behold, I give unto you power to
tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and
nothing shall by any means hurt you” (Lk 10:19).
“Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow
them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with
new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing,
it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall
recover” (Mark 16:15-18).
Our solution in
Action:
“And when the day of Pentecost was
fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came
a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house
where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of
fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy
Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every
nation under heaven” (Acts 2:1-5).
“And it came to pass, as we went
to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which
brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: The same followed Paul and us,
and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew
unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being
grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus
Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour” (Acts 16:16-18).
“But Peter put them all forth, and
kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And
she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. And he gave her his
hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows,
presented her alive. And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed
in the Lord” (Acts 9:40-42).
“And it came to pass, that the father of Publius
lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed,
and laid his hands on him, and healed him” (Acts 28:8).
Caution with
our solution:
“And the evil spirit answered and
said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye” (Acts 19:15)?
“Beloved, believe not every
spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false
prophets are gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1).
“Behold, what manner of love the
Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not” (1 John 3:1).
“But he answered and said unto him
that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched
forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my
brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the
same is my brother, and sister, and mother” (Matt 12:48-50).
“Howbeit this kind goeth not out
but by prayer and fasting” (Matt 17:21).
“My people are destroyed for lack
of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6).
Assurance of our solution:
“We know that whosoever is born of
God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that
wicked one toucheth him not” (I John 5:18).
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall
be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall
see him as he is” (I John 3:2).
The first
scripture given said we are not above our master, so if they afflicted Christ,
how much more us. It then behooves the saints to equip themselves – starting
and continuing in much prayer and fasting, and reading the word of God. Reason
being, we are given the power over all the works of the enemy but ignorance and
spiritual exercise nullify its usage. Christ himself said, some demons cannot
go except we pray and fast. So we have that power and can demonstrate it and
utilize it for evangelism; already from the quote of the ex-satanist you can
see that ministry is not just what we do on the outside, but literal warfare.
We have the power, more power than you can ever imagine. In the said book I had
related an incident of casting out a demon permanently from the world, that
attacked me, and one person’s reply solidify the limitless power we have in
Christ. I had recorded:
One
person wrote and said, "What scripture(s) do you find that says we have
the authority to send demons to the abyss or to permanent torment before their
time? If this statement is true, why didn't Jesus send them there instead of
just casting them out and allow them to torment and enter into someone else? I
know that at times he would command them never to enter that person again. But
if they leave a host after it is dead then even Jesus permitted them to go into
the swine..." (Max, 4/13/2003). One person correctly responded, “Matthew
16:19 tells us, 'I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever
you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth will
be loosed in heaven.' Matthew 18:18 affirms, 'I tell you the truth, whatever
you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will
be loosed in heaven.' Granted, these are not specific licenses to cast demons
into the Abyss, but they would seem a broad license to accomplish in the
spirit whatever is deemed necessary. I am also reminded of Luke 10:17 -
'And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are
subject to us through thy name.' This would seem to indicate that whatever a
Christian insists an unclean spirit to comply with, they must do, for they are
subject to those who bear the name of Jesus. Thus, if they are ordered into the
Abyss, it would seem that they would have little choice but to obey, as they
are subject to us" (dsm17 4/16/2003). To which I responded on that
discussion board:
Nevertheless, as the scripture said that we are not to feel too good about this
but rather rejoice in the greater part of it all, and that is, our names are
written in the Lamb’s book of life - "Notwithstanding in this rejoice not,
that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names
are written in heaven" (Lk 10:20).
We are given the privilege to cast out demons by faith. Meaning, if you have
the faith you can command a tree to be uprooted and it will or any thing that
you can imagine you want to do (Matt 17:20, Matt 2:21). Meaning this power is
by faith and devils have been known to use deceptive ways to hamper one's
faith. Not your salvation, but your faith to do the impossible. Believe you me
they are very creative in deception and like Samson, it would be hampering.
Though his locks were cut off and he lost his might, it was his covenant
(FAITH) that was hampered not his hair. But he was still God's (“name written”)
and when he called to him, God answered and gave him back his might. Some
things in salvation can fluctuate up and down as we are not always feeling
high, but one thing God is saying that cannot fluctuate, your eternal state
before him -name written- which no deception of the devil can erase. This is a
sad part of Christendom that is not taught properly in our apostolic churches -
JUSTIFICATION!
HOW
TO STAND AGAINST FORCES OF DARKNESS
First of all, you must be born
again (Acts 2:38). Prayer, Study and Fasting is not optional it must be done.
The word of God then declares that we must put on the whole armor of God that
we may be guarded against the wiles of the devil (Eph 6:11).
It went on to say that by being born-again we
are automatically in the line of fire from the evil powers of the air, rulers
of the darkness of this world, spiritual wickedness in high places and
principalities. These are organized high-ranking agents of satan’s evil regime.
However, the Apostle Paul gives us the formula
for standing against these forces. He said, symbolically, in Eph 6:14-17,
- Our loins should be girt about with truth. God’s word
is truth (John 17:17) and it’s available to most people throughout the
world and obeyed fully by his spirit (Eze 36:27).
- Our feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of
peace. As a believer always be prepared to tell of the salvation
experience in peace; also possessing that peace as a witness of one's
conversion (Isaiah 32:17).
- Carry a shield of faith. Of course, a believer must
have posses this in the first place, for we are saved by faith. We are
also given a measure of faith
(Rom12:3).
- Wearing the helmet of salvation. This involves knowing
without a doubt that you are saved. Any element of doubt can bring captivity.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways (James 1:8).
Each piece of amour fitted with the appropriate
word has a specific meaning. The piece that was left for last, is the,
5.
Breastplate of righteousness.
This involves Justification. Being justified is
being righteous. Not only are sins acquitted, but also, a born again believer
is completely pure and spiritually unspotted. Your former and future sins are
hid with Christ.
In other words, when God sees a born-again
Christian, he doesn't see the pass, present nor future sins. He doesn’t see any
blemishes, whatsoever. He sees moral and spiritual excellence; which is
holiness and/or righteousness. Therefore, a born-again Christian is always
accepted by God and doesn't need to fear approaching the throne of God, no
matter what they have done.
The bible said Christ died unto sins once (Rom
6:9-10). Not just your sins, but sins in general, so that anyone who believes
in him can be as if they had never sinned; that is, being justified.
Justification provides us with a defense to
stand against devils (accusers); who not only orchestrated one’s fall, but also
condemns one before God. They are both the collaborator or leading ‘partner in
crime’ and the prosecutor.
When a believer puts on the “breast plate of
righteousness,” he has made an impenetrable stand against unforeseen forces of
evil.
The breastplate is the area that covers the
chest and heart. If this area is uncovered, then the heart, which represents
the core or life, will be attacked: If shut down, no more life will flow to the
other areas.
Similarly,
an attack against a born-again believer who doesn’t have his or her breastplate
on can cause serious damage to one’s faith. Granted the shield of faith was
swung in place, which left other areas open. Yes, we are fighting a real war.
If you are a born-again believer without believing in Justification, you can
fall prey to any devil; they will carry out numerous attacks in all areas of
your life. But once your born again (Acts 2:38), you need not doubt any area of
the Armour of God, you are justified, pure, unspotted and covered under the
blood of the Almighty. Believe it!
Christ said, “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you”
(Lk 10:19). However, notice the narration before it, “And he said unto them, I
beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold…” (Lk 10:18). In other
words, Jesus is saying that I saw satan fall from heaven and I’m the one who
did it. So I know all the devices and tricks of him and his angels; both now,
yesterday and in the future. I created him and his wisdom, so if I wanted to I
can make even a single shrub of grass greater than him through my name. But I
have given you the power over all his known and unknown devices because I know
them, both pass, present and future; from Satanism, witchcraft, mind control,
aliens to technologies and devices not yet created. So if I can say nothing by
any means shall hurt you, then nothing by any means shall hurt you. If I can
say you have power over him, then you have power over him; because, “All power
is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matt 28:18). “All” means every power
and wisdom belongs to me. In fact, the scriptures made it clear that Jesus is
“the only wise God our Saviour” (Jude 1:25). If satan and his angels are deemed
“gods”, then God is saying there is no other being that is truly wise, despite
their wisdom and power; because the word ‘only’ suggests that he is the only
being with the fullness of it and anything else are only sublets. He alone is
all knowing, all seeing and all powerful, so if he could say you have power
over all that was mentioned in this series, then you have all power over it.
Regardless of the many devices of the enemy, God who knows all things, say not
one of them will hurt you if you believe in him. Nothing the enemy does to you
can make the Kingdom of God worse off. God declared it and it stands until time
ends, “I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against
it” (Matt 16:18).
RELEASE FROM YOURSELF
Having released yourself from
the power of darkness, you have to release yourself from your worse enemy,
yourself. Basically is not having confidence and self-worth and fill with
fears. If a man in the backside of desert with camel skins for cloth can have
enough confidence to not be intimidated to preach, how much more we; we whom
Christ said is greater than John The Baptist, by virtue of us being privilege
to be born again. One source from a booklet given to me as a youth helps us on
this matter:
Timidity makes one
a poor example of the transforming power of the Gospel of Christ since the very
essence of its force IS TRANSFORMATION. Being timid means: easily frightened;
lacking self-confidence; shy; hesitant.
2 Tim. 1:7-8, Jer. 1:4-10, Exod. 4:10-12
Timidity is obstacle number one in soul-winning. Many say, “I just can’t talk
to anyone about Jesus. I feel so timid!” The trouble with most Christian
workers is that they are just, frankly speaking, AFRAID [yet this is not their
nature, hence interference of spirits].
Consider Peter that “denied” his Lord during the trial of Christ and how bold
he preached on the day of Pentecost after he was filled with the Holy Spirit.
What is it that makes Christians so timid in personal work? Have you ever
analyzed the cause of your own fear and trembling when you speak to one who is
not a Christian? An understanding of the reason for your fearfulness may be
very helpful in showing you how to pray and what should be overcome.
Main reasons for timidity in soul-winning are:
A. Not sure of one’s own Salvation. Assurance of Salvation is
necessary for personal worker (2 Tim. 1:12).
B. Not having the fullness of the Spirit. Do not witness in your
own natural ability alone (Acts 1:8).
C. Neglect of the prayer life. Prayer is your means of drawing
upon the reservoir of spiritual power and keeping in contact with God as you
deal with an unbeliever (Acts 4:31).
D. When one feels unable because of lack of Knowledge. The
knowledge of Scripture is vital, but even a few verses dealing with Salvation
is often sufficient to lead a soul to Christ (1 Cor. 1:27).
E. Lack of confidence in one’s self and in God. Learn to use what
natural ability you have, and God will add to your talents (Phil 4:13).
F. Fear of ridicule. Following Him means death to the old self-life and
a yieldedness to Him. If you have met that condition, you can take anything
(Gal 2:20).
G. Lack of practice. Timidity may be overcome by taking every
opportunity available to witness (2 Tim 4:2).
As you press on, cultivate the ability to forget your defeats. When you have
been unable to lead a soul to Christ, don’t be discourage, that does not mean
defeat; remember, you have sown the seed.
Timidity is a serious handicap to Christian service but it is our duty as well
as our privilege by the help of God to overcome it.
RELEASE
FROM THE BRETHRENS
Lies And Devils
I did a newsletter on lies, especially that they were
surfacing against me being non-existent at church and being “Peculiar”
(Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 2:9). It dealt with the different lies targeted at
saints that have hampered many believers in their walks; especially that some
of those believers should be explosive in ministry but hampered by lies. This
must stop and is deadly to the ministry. But be it known that if and when you
step out on faith to be who God says you are, you will be lied on and even
extensively. Most often it is not the people, but devils influencing the
people, knowing your potential and trying to discourage you from going on. Now
knowing this, be mature, be like Paul, be like Christ and take a
“could-care-less” attitude and perform in your God given capacity. Don’t let
lies stop you; don’t let anything hamper your progress. Words hurt and words
cut, but apply the word of God and move on. They make up their faces at you,
take it and do your thing – “whereas they speak against you as evildoers [LIES],
they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of
visitation” (1 Peter 2:12). That was on the surfaces with lies, but I want to
take it another step further. There are ministers of satan (devils) within our
congregation as ministers of light, if so, you wont normally know them. Now, if
they have a reputation then that must be upheld to continue the deception. For
instance, while in their lying prophesying they'll pronounce death. For them to
keep their reputation, their subordinate spirits and 'yes men' in the pew will
actually have someone die. If they prophecy or so-called revealed that this
person is in adultery and in truth and in fact the person is faithful, then
they'll send their strong demon to do everything to let that person fall into
the said sin; then they will exclaim "see I told you so, the Lord showed
me." They often use terms like "reveal it Lord." Why in God's
name would a genuine born again believer full of the fruits and spirit of God
want the Lord to reveal a presiding Bishop in adultery or a active saint in
promiscuity; whether or not it is true? This is not a spiritual person, but a
fake. Even if it were true, the bible said "ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in
the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted"
(Gal 6:1). I'm not just making up something as I go along, but I'm persuaded
and have experience that these things be. Be careful of these false prophets
and some genuine believers who fall prey to a false spirit. Lies can hurt and
kill, be careful not to spread them.
Set Ups
If you're an Evangelist, Minister, Bishop, Apostle or anyone progressive in
their purpose and effective for God, then without a shadow of doubt in my mind,
attempts will be made to set you up. I've exhausted and given reference in the
newsletter on mind control and how effective it has been. Many mind control
handlers/programmers have what they call beta slave belonging to the Juilet
series. These are sex slaves used to compromise politicians and other people in
prominence if they become too influential or not conforming to their agenda.
Outright satanist do the same thing. They also have technologies working with
spirits that can cause a man to rape, do unusual sexual behaviors, kill or
commit suicide. I was watching the news one day and they arrested a Caribbean
man for rape; decent looking guy. When they asked him what happened he said he
just snapped and when I listened the rest of the story I rolled off my couch
and cried to God, asking why do you allow these things to be. From what I hear,
this boy was set up; but in no way that can be revealed if they use ELF waves
to direct energies to stimulate sexual aggression from a remote building. I
could give instances where the Lord delivered me from such cases, "now
unto him that is able to keep us from falling." Sorry to say unbelievers
might not always share this view. You can learn more about these technologies
and set-ups by going here: http://groups.msn.com/iRecommend/urecommendfor12.msnw.
Even at present forces of darkness have pre-planned and pre-set up things to
undermine me and my ministry – scandalous malevolent things to bound the word,
thank God the word cannot be bound; some of them I’ve walked into but God...
What To Do?
If you've been lied on or set up, you'll know this is
one of the worst things ever. It can crush you if you're not careful. And
sometimes after being lied on so bad the very thing over takes you, set up by
these devils to keep you quiet. My encouragement to you and what I want you to
do is do exactly this, taken from Isaiah 54:
"In
the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (Yahoshua Ha Mashiah), I condemn every mouth
that has been lifted up against me in lies and deceit. As a joint heir with
Jesus Christ I decree that such mouths and their deceits be turn in on them and
the very nets they have laid to be privily taken into it themselves. I decree
that the Holy Spirit and Holy Angels chastise, discomfort and bring to nought
all lying, dirty, backbiting lips that have risen against me; because the Lord
declared that 'whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy
sake' (Isa 54:16). And whether I sin or not in the pass or future 'every tongue
that shall rise against me in judgment I condemn... [Because] this is the
heritage of the servants of the Lord and their righteousness is of me, saith
the Lord' (Isa 54:17). You can't make me clean or unclean, neither can your
lies make me unperfected. Because 'he hath perfected forever them that are
sanctified' (Heb 10:14). Forever suggest a never ending consecration, unstopped
by a heart after God, spawned by his Holy Spirit in us. In other words, be
quiet!"
The truth is, very few of us can do as the Lord said; that
is, "thou shalt condemn" it. So if you're a genuine believer know
this, devils in spirit and flesh are in your congregation to divide and set
discord with lies, do us all a favor and shut up! Zip it! Don't let it pass
through you or act funny to the person, prove all things and also be spiritual
(Gal 6:1). Stop lies! Stop discords! And pray for one another.
You know what the Lord told you or put in your heart. You know that
you're going to be a success, godly achiever, musician, choir
director, recording artist, preacher, Evangelist, prophet, steward (giver),
helper, an end time apostle and limitless in his glory. But in this time
people are going to talk about, set up, put down, dog you,
ignore, misunderstand, don't use, call all sorts of name, think all manner
of garbage about you: to make it worst poverty struck, not to mention sickness,
anxiety, fear, doubt, torment, depression, madness, social disorders and
thoughts about giving up, you might even tried. But the verse said he
sitteth alone and keep silent. Don't back answer nobody or "cuss"
them out. But hold on for they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their
strength. The Lord allow this to happened to refined us, try us and prove us.
Prove to you that you are graced to be stronger and more special than you think
and what others think of you. Limitless in potential. You CANNOT be moved
or duplicated. You are an original! God made you unique! Praise him galore and
count it all joy! (A newsletter I did on suffering)
Having now been released, be and do what you are –
evangelism. I have utilize and I have a message, do you? What are you now
waiting for?
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TEN DECLARATION OF VICTORY!
1) I refuse to be intimidated anymore by the
circumstances that are set up against me.
2) I refuse to yield to discouragement.
3) I refuse to let the lies of the enemy go
unnoticed; they will be challenged by the infallible, uncompromised truth of
God's word.
4) I refuse to die without fulfilling my
purpose on this planet.
5) I refuse to bow to Jezebel and Ahab spirit.
6) I refuse to allow religious spirits to
neutralize the intense warfare directed at you satan.
7) I bind, neutralize and bring to naught the
schemes, plans, attacks and intension of the kingdom of darkness arrayed
against my life, my Church and its member.
8) God's Warrior will be healed by the
stripes of Jesus and none shall be weak, sickly, fearful, doubtful, and
indolent or poverty stricken among us, in Jesus name.
9) No weapon that is formed against us shall
prosper and every tongue that rises against me in judgment I hereby condemn in
the name of Jesus.
10) As a servant of God Authorized by the Holy Ghost I declare, "Let the battle begin!! Let God arise and let all his enemies be scattered in the name of Jesus.
(In a letter I
received from Rev. Errol around 1998)
When I first wrote this and what also prompt me to write it
was this email I got in my inbox; as an e-counselor for counseling and general
response advice,
"I am in a valley of
decision. My Pastor announced that in October of this year, he was resigning
from the Church. I need some direction as to what direction the Lord wants me
to go in. I do not even know if the Church will stay together or fold, but I
know that I need to serve Jesus regardless. This is a real trying time for me.
I do not know what to do in Jesus. Do I stay, go into the evangelistic field,
start a church, take this one over as Pastor, or what? My heart is full of hurt
right now. I know that as a minister, I should be strong, but I know the pain
in my heart is real as well. Please, pray for me, and the church, as time comes
for our Pastor to step down and enter into the Evangelistic field."
This could be a typical domino effect of a hierarchal or passive domineering leadership. Our churches have become a parlor for everything the world has to offer in government, administration, leadership and accountability. So much so, that many leaders confess that the church is like a business. Church is not a business and the Pastor is not your boss! In the world, you work for a boss, but in this kingdom the real boss is Christ and you cannot work as you should except you abide in him (1 Cor 15). This 'boss and business' mentality needs to stop. Not that we don't have natural urges, because Paul himself confessed to wanting to boast or overly use his authority, but he would rather not, knowing better.
We have failed to realize that they are two kingdoms on
earth, one that is run by satan and the other run by the Lord. These two
kingdoms are strikingly opposite and the subjects in one kingdom are sharply
peculiar to the other. If for any reason the peculiarities have ceased, then
compromise has fostered and the two kingdoms have merged.
However, according to the bible, this is impossible and
should never happen, if so, then apart of one of the kingdom have compromise
their landmark. Unfortunately, some of the subjects in the greater kingdom (of
Jesus Christ) have fallen to this trap and mountains of untold problems have
festered.
The Lord clearly told us that in this kingdom, the first
shall be the last. Yet, like the other kingdom, the first is first in many
church leadership. In this kingdom, the Lord also told us that the greatest is
to serve the others, but instead, the members go hungry while the leaders drive
fancy cars, have private jets, live in large houses and eat well. In this
kingdom, the Lord clearly commands the pastors and all leaders not to be Lord
over his heritage, but rather to be an example to the flock. Yet still most
pastors want to own and run God's show and hide under the pretense of false
humility.
Who really is the boss, is it the Pastor or Jesus. When did
God assign an under Shepard to wave a big stick of forced tithing with an
obedience to every word from his or her mouth, regardless of it's biblical
authority or spiritual guidance. Who's the boss anyway? Paul did tell us to
obey them that have the rule over us, not one man but them. Not physical
emperors, but humble servants who lead by doing rather than by constant
commanding. The days of Moses Leadership are over (theocracy), sad to say, it
was prophesied and now received; "It is written in the prophets, and they
shall be all taught of God" (John 6:45). In others words, your direct
commandment come from the Lord and the pastor is just a confirmer or
help. When David went to go give his brothers food, around the time the
philistines was at war with Israel, he left the fold to a number of servants.
In other words, he is the shepherd, but he left to assist his brothers and his
servants took over the shepherding while he was gone. The servants are not the
shepherd, but together they oversee the sheep while David is out.
"It should also be noted that
the elders were instructed to shepherd the flock of God, as we see in Acts
20:28-30:
'Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit
has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with
His own blood.'
Not once in the New Testament do
we see just one person being called "the pastor." It seems obvious
that this was always intended to be a team effort - No one man can be
everything to the flock of God that shepherding requires. Those who are under a
single person who tries to be all things to everyone are inevitably poorly
cared for sheep.
Nevertheless, pastors are
constantly bombarded by such foolish notions as "my life, (my children or
my ministry...) would not be in such bad shape if we had a better pastor!"
The unrealistic expectations put on pastors can be not only unrealistic, but
sadistic and cruel. Even the greatest pastor is not God, and no pastor is here
to take God's place in our life.
Even though the Moses type leadership is gone, many fail to
even exemplify Moses, who the bible said, in his time, was the meekest man in
all the earth. My God do you know how low you have to 'seem' to be
called the meekest man. This man didn't even retaliate when accused, every time
God had to step in for him. Today the pastor's office is so magnified that all
other offices or gifts/calling of the spirit seem subordinate to it. One person
wrote:
Over twenty people in the New
Testament who are referred to as apostles, only a couple who are referred to as
prophets, and only one who is called an evangelist-Philip. We do not have a
single person in the New Testament who is called a pastor. This verse,
Ephesians 4:11, is the only place in the New Testament where this ministry is
even mentioned. This leads us to a very important question. How did this
ministry, which is only listed one time with no definition, and not a single
New Testament example of it given, come to so dominate the ministry of the church?
First, we should not immediately conclude that this is least entirely
wrong, because we do not have an explicit example of this ministry in the New
Testament, we have an implicit one in the Lord Himself, just as we do all of
the ministries. Leading and guiding the flock is basic to how the Lord
shepherds His flock, which He does primarily through those He has given this
ministry to.
The Greek word translated
"pastor" here is "poimen," which is defined as "a
shepherd, one who tends herds or flocks," not merely one who feeds them.
Tending speaks of protecting them from predators, keeping them healthy,
examining their pastures for any noxious vegetation, as well as providing them
with pure water to drink. All of these are likewise the responsibility of this
ministry in the church.
Next we come to the famous statement of who is your covering.
Who Is Your Covering?
Your covering is Jesus Christ and not your pastor and might
I add you have the right to disobey your Pastor if he is out of line with the
'word' in any capacity. Peter stood boldly and said that we ought rather to
obey God rather than men. What importance on God's direction than man's
ideology. The Hebrew boys that were capture told old Nebuchadnezzar, "we
are not mindful of your..." In other words, we don't care what you have to
say, we are following Yahovah. Nevertheless, these guys knew God and his word.
The only time you can disobey leadership is to obey God; in this case you are
disobeying to obey.
Someone had this to add,
"Most of us have heard the
question ‘Who is your covering?’ at some point. This is a lot like the saying,
‘God helps those who help themselves,’ meaning it is a common term but it's not
actually in the word and not necessarily true.
For years I have cringed when I heard people say
things like ‘so and so is coming under our authority’ or ‘I'm submitting my
ministry to so and so’s authority.’ In the same way that the Babylonian value
system enumerated in Revelation 18:12-13 is a upside-down version of God's
value system, the world's understanding of authority is an upside-down view of
God's authority.
World system authority is the
right to manage people. Spiritual authority is the right to serve people. In
the world we get more authority through faithful management. In the kingdom we
get more authority through faithful service.
This sounds good and is not
controversial in the least, but when it comes to practical implementation, we
have a tendency to rely more on our 'born and raised in the world system'
experience than on our spiritual understanding."
I'm not trying to incite rebellion, but our Pastors today
need to fall in the role of administrating with the Holy Spirit to the flocks
they are given, rather than be control oriented; whether easily seen or psychologically.
On another note, many preachers and advocates to this
domineering type ungodly leadership usually use the Elijah and Elisha scenario.
They claim one should follow the pastor or a particular minister to get their
anointing, similar to how Elisha followed Elijah. Not so. Because of this many
have missed the true meaning of this beautiful scenario.
Like most of the Old Testament contextual stories, this
Elijah and Elisha scenario was unequivocally pointing to Jesus Christ alone. In
this we see the resurrection and what it means to every believer. Similar to
Elijah, when Jesus ascended he passed the mantle (life and resurrection power)
of his spirit to every believer who wholly follows him. Then and only then the
believers can do double of what Jesus did. That's the reason he said, "He
that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works
than these shall he do" (John 14:12). Remember also that Elijah had to
pass through the water, which represents water baptism in Jesus name.
Therefore, the Elijah and Elisha scenario was unequivocally pointing to
salvation and its dynamo promises.
Also, when Paul said to follow me as I follow Christ, he
wasn't pointing to following a man; because if we follow Paul as he follows
Christ, it would be Christ we're following and not Paul. The same can be said
about obeying leadership. Obey as the leader give directives from God.
Ephod
In the Old Testament, one main method used to communicate
with the Lord was through what is called an 'Ephod' or commonly known as the
'breastplate of righteousness.' This is a square plate mounted on the priest's
breast and was covered with 12 precious stones, which represents the 12 tribes
of Israel. What would happen is that the Lord's glory would reflect off the
stones and spell out what he had to say.
Usually the priests have the privilege of communicating with
God, as they were the only ones who could wear the ephod; though they were
certain exceptions, like King David. It is from these dialogues, via the ephod,
that a godly leader would know what to do in a particular situation and how to
instruct Israel or give godly directive.
For instance, David use the ephod before going into battle,
"And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he
said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. Then said David, O
LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come
to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. Will the men of Keilah deliver me
up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of
Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of
Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver [thee] up" (I Sam 23:9-12).
We see this recorded in 1 Samuel 30:7-8 also, and it reads,
"And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee,
bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod
to David. And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this
troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt
surely overtake [them], and without fail recover [all]."
Every time David or any godly Israelite leader would make a
decision, they would consult the Lord first. So much so, that Saul went as far
as to consult a witch to bring up the 'Man of God' for some godly directives
before war. Why? They knew that the word of God is the final authority in any
situation. So if they have the word, they have the end from the beginning or a
sure way to pursue.
That's not the reason for mentioning the ephod. This is it;
what Jesus has done was to make each and every born again believer a priest (1
Pet 2:9). Therefore, each and every born again believer have their own ephod.
The old breast plate of righteousness have been abolish and Christ has clothe
us in his righteousness (Heb 10:14); and we always have "boldness to come
to the throne of grace."
What has taken place then, is that the middleman has been
completely cut out. We (born again believers only) can each come to God and
receive instructions; and 'church' leadership under this new way would be
conformation from the spirit of God through a general consensus; on certain
matters.
Going To Church...
One doesn't go to church to worship God, as most people
exclaim, "I just go to church to worship God and I don't care who is who
or what is what;" that's one of the reason he tore down the temple
worship, represented by his body. Now, we worship, whenever and wherever.
Worship is a personal thing, between you and God. When we come together to
worship we come to fulfill the scripture that says, "iron sharpeneth
iron:" not to only personally 'get your praise on.'
Surprisingly, I thought I had the ephod teaching quite
covered until I started coming to church less and less and would make myself
busy on the evangelical field. Then one Monday night back in prayer meeting I
was shocked to see that the ephod in us is far more powerful together.
We were all singing and clapping hands until the moderator
instructed us to hold a partner and pray/worship for/with them. I was kind of
'feeling dry' or out of it and my mind was on a problem at hand. All of a
sudden, while the person was praying/worshiping, I began to break out in
tongues, singing and felt rejuvenated; then the Lord began to speak to me,
comforting me on the problem that I was thinking on and giving me added
assurance that it was taken care of.
It was then he also revealed to me the resourcefulness of
the ephod together. Back in the Old Testament the priest would wait for the
glory of God, which would then reflect off the stones and communication would
begin with the priest. In this case while the other person was
worshipping/praying the glory reflected off her and shone on my ephod and God
ministered to me; even when I didn't ask. Truly, "iron sharpeneth
iron."
Also, the ephod can then be seen as the Holy Spirit today;
though the Holy Spirit is much more unique and powerful than the ephod ever was
and can ever be, so it's hard to make a comparison.
God is healing the Local Church. Time has come to reform the
Local Church. I believe there should be Local Church Reformation in the
following area of the Local Church setup.
The Purpose of the Local Church:
1. The Local Church is a place of
gathering. Heb. 10:25.
2. The Local Church is the place of spiritual feeding. Jn. 21:15-19.
3. The Local Church is the place of discipleship. Matt. 28:19-20.
4. The Local Church is the place of equipping. Eph.
4:12 5. The
5. Local Church is the place of sending anointing. Acts. 13:1-3.
6. The Local Church is the place of Corporate Prayer. Matt. 21:13.
7. The Local Church is the place for edification. 1 Cor. 14:26
Having said thus, the church has its place and needs to be like a fueling
station for the real church, you; that you may go out and be the church – at
work, school, community, home, commute and evangelism.
Women And Leadership/Headship
Seeing that this article is so controversial already, let me
stir up some other facts as it relates to headship. Women should not
usurp authority over a man in any capacity, read the post on this here: http://www.threeq.com/pages/women.html.
From creation until now, God has been teaching us this
lesson. If women are to Men as Men are to Christ (Eph 5:24), then they
shouldn't break the spiritual system of overriding divine law and men should
take the role of Jesus more seriously in all humility, though he was God. The
day we as Christians get that privilege to override Jesus Christ (who is God),
then women will get the right to override men. I know this is touchy topic,
because we have eaten into the "me, myself and I
trilogy" of the New Age and the "we
don't want to offend women" saga.
Many preachers have gone as far as to use this as gauge to
gain popularity and enhance their sermons. These preachers know the woman's
place, but because of the devil's plot, called feminism, they also know godly
women are now feeling insecure in their rightful place, so a quick fix to their
sermons would be a little feminist praise statement with a show of deep
concern. This usually gives an explosive response from the congregation, which
is usually a 60% more woman than men. Bishop Eddie long calls this "sound
good theology;" it usually sounds good and it gets the crowd going, but it
ain't necessarily true, based on the "word". The untold damages that
have been done by this crude practice have left many congregations out of the
will of God.
I know they were women leaders in the bible and I'm not
disputing that. Here is what I am trying to say, a woman should never be the
head of anything, but they can lead. Women can have leadership, but not
headship. They lead in the house, but not the head of it. They lead in
finances, but not the head of it.
A person might say, “Well look at all the women leaders we
have now in the church, God couldn’t be stupid. Their ministries are being
confirmed by signs and wonders.” In coming years and even present, we see many
homosexual preachers and prelates, does that make it right? Numbers doesn’t
justify in God’s book. They are millions of persons in prison, does that make
what they did right because they are millions of them? Neither does sign and
wonders alone justify in God’s book, only his word and principles stand; which
are equal. Even the devil can use signs and wonders, as it was prophesied that
many of those would rise up in the last days. I’m not anti-woman, but the
proper perspective must be given. The homosexual preachers are not going to
decrease; in fact the numbers will go up. And I don’t think this will stop
women from usurping authority over the men on a general scale, but the proper
perspective must be preached whether accepted or rejected, in the light that
someone who fears God will run with godly principles.
While in an Anglican school in my youth, the principal had
to terminate his office because of allege fraud or alleged embezzlement of
funds and there was no available principal to replace him. So the Vice
Principal became the acting principal. All through my stay at that school, a
couple of years, the Vice Principal was always the acting the principal. So I
decided to enquire why he wasn't made principal, seeing that he is available,
able, qualified and posses many years of service to the school; starting out as
a student. I got to understand that in an 'Anglican run school', only a priest
or ordain minister can be the principal. I didn’t even know the school was that
“religious,” it seems secularly run except in curriculum, devotions, etc, which
was the standard for all school regardless of their affiliation. I got to
understand that the furthest a secular person can excel to is vice principal,
regardless of how qualified he or she is. But though he or she might not be
called Principal, if there is none, they still do the work as a principal
(acting-principal).
Likewise, when a man of God opt-out of duty for whatever
reason and God chooses to use a woman, as in the case with Deborah, it is
usually to our shame. And even though God mightily uses her, she cannot have
headship, but rather lead in whatever capacity she is given; she's an
"acting-man."
The secular staff at my former school might deem the case
with the Vice Principal unfair; however, these are principles to abide under if
you choose to work there. When a priest started the school, he knew why he laid
down this principle; he was the one who founded it. Likewise, God is the one
who made the earth and he knows why he set this rule into place after the fall
of man; and if women choose to live here, under God, they have to abide by his
principles. After all, he is the boss.
Here are three books that
compliment what you've just read: -
"Rethinking the wine
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"Whose your covering?" Found at:
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"The Glorious Church!" The third book is free online, found at:
http://www.gloriouschurch.com.
GOD’S LEADERS
Having outlined the role of the pastor and church, it stands
that the Pastor or local leader should not be a red tape to personal witness.
That is, evangelism is not red taped by the local pastor or leader but led by
God. However, we still need leaders among the cell groups that meet and “go
out” through the church or independently of themselves. And having said the
former, it is a wise thing to be in fellowship with your pastor though.
Normally the leaders of small evangelism groups is the most
zealous one that pushed the outreach to have begun in the first place; his
leadership inadvertently happened and sometimes doesn’t seem like leadership
but just a group of people coming together agreeing to evangelize. If you are
this person or choose to be, here are some guide lines from an old website I
had printed, which is now non-existent, by S. Martin (apostolics.org):
TEN KEY VALUES OF
SUCCESSFUL LEADERS
1. Clarity. A strong sense of direction and purpose.
Make sure they communicate clearly. If your communication isn’t clear, what
happens? People start to fail or do nothing – or worse, they make assumptions!
Never assume your team members know what you want. Clarity is not found
exclusively in how a leader communicates to his team members – it is in listening
and responding to their attempts to open revealing lines of communication.
2. Supportiveness. Standing behind the people on your
team…providing the help they need, whether that help means advice, information,
materials, or just understanding and encouragement. Effective leaders will
communicate supportiveness.
3. Confidence – building. Genuinely believe in your
people and what they are doing. Point to past successes…to their individual and
team accomplishments. Praise their commitment to excellence with every victory.
4. Mutuality. This means sharing a vision of common
goals. If you as a leader have goals that head one way and your people have
goals heading another, the team will fall apart. Make sure your goals are
shared by every member. Your team members should be able to answer questions
like: Why is this goal good for the team? And also basic questions on
evangelisms and bible answers to tuff questions on salvation; having read the
book “The Voice,” they should be more than proficient to do so.
5. Perspective. Psychologist George Kelly calls
perspective “understanding from the inside out.” It’s getting inside a person
and seeing things from his perspective. Looking at people from the outside in
too often results in labeling them. When we put labels on people we’re
understanding them from the outside in instead of the inside out. That means we
probably do not understand them at all.
6. Risk. Letting people know it’s okay to fail. The
only way we can truly grow is by taking risks. As leaders we must communicate
that failure is not terminal, as long as everyone learns from it! Establish
clear, unthreatening ways to deal with errors.
7. Patience. Most of us hate patience’s. Patience
goes hand in hand with time. We live in a day when what we want, we want now!
Not in an hour or 30 minutes but instantly. Successful leaders understand
however that time and patience are the keys to preventing us from simply
“reacting.” Sometimes emergencies demand on-the-spot decisions but most
executives confirm that such times are rare. Always try to build some time
between the event and your response to it. Use time to:
- Evaluate
the situation objectively.
- Identify
alternative solutions with pros and cons for each.
- Get
respected opinions and input.
- Choose
a course of action and set it in motion.
- Assess
results and alter your approach as needed.
8. Involvement. This means caring enough for someone
to attempt to understand his experiences, finding out what’s going on with your
people and being interested enough to find out the significant facts about
family background, ethnic origins, special hardship situations, ambitions and
drive – as well as what type person he may be: shy, outgoing, easy to please,
suspicious, etc. Not only does involvement confirm your genuine concern for
your members as being valuable but it is also a key element in developing
loyalty and in knowing how to motivate each unique, individual member.
9. Confidentiality. This results when people
demonstrate the rare ability to keep quiet. The most successful leaders are
those who can keep their mouths shut. This takes discipline to stop yourself
and not give away confidences. The moment you betray a confidence, trust is
lost. Once you lose a person’s trust, it is almost impossible to get it back.
10. Respect. Respect involves a leader’s perceived
attitude toward the individuals he leads. You may respect your team members
highly, but if they don’t perceive that value…if it is contradicted by your
failure to share goals, your unwillingness to become involved, your inability
to exercise patience…you communicate disrespect.
FIVE MUST’S FOR A TEAM LEADER
No leader has ever had the “perfect team.” Even the best
teams have all had their share of personality types that could drive anyone
crazy! The difference between success and failure of any team is how well its
leader understands and motivates it members. To make this happen, a leader must
possess five high-performance insights:
1. People reflect their views of life. A pessimist
will generally be negative and an optimist will generally be positive.
2. Individuality should be valued and explored. Too
many leaders do not allow their members to be unique and creative. Tap into
this vast pool of creative resources.
3. Lack of motivation often reflects discouragement.
When people are not motivated, it’s often because they are discouraged, not
because they are lazy or stupid or ill. Find out the reason why they’re
discouraged. If you can identify that…and then be creative in your
encouragement…the motivation you were missing can suddenly begin to resurface.
4. Consequences determine performance. The best way
to change performance is to carry out appropriate consequences.
5. People treated responsibly take responsibility. As
you give people responsibility, you empower them. They will rise to it!
NOW,
AS A LEADER, HERE ARE TEN TOOLS FOR BUILDING A SOLID TEAM FOUNDATION
1. Flexibility. Every year, your team changes in some
way. Learn to be flexible and grow with change.
2. Helping. Willingness to work together with your
team in any way. A successful leader should develop the attitude that the
leader is servant and only exists to help the people who are on his team
accomplish their goals.
3. Empathy and understanding. A good leader must have
empathy for their people and a basic understanding and acceptance of human
nature. People are people.
4. Valuing the person. The individual must feel valued
before the team can function in top form.
5. Listening. Too many leaders believe it is what
they say that matters and is more important than what they hear. Wrong. Good
communication to be effective requires at least 50% listening – truly good listening
requires conscious effort. Failure to understand your people can cause you to
misread intentions, make you jump to wrong conclusions and ultimately agonize
your people.
6. Pro-active mind set. Don’t wait for things to
happen, make things happen!
7. Effective feedback. Learn how to let people know
when they’ve done a good job or when they need to alter their course.
8. Enthusiasm and optimism. These are communicated
primarily through the leader’s choice of language. Common language responses
such as “fine,” “O.K,” or “good” communicate apathy and lack of interest. Use
instead words that go beyond and the norm like “fantastic,” “wonderful,”
“excellent,” etc.
9. Openness. Do not hold things back from team
members in order to retain a power position over them. Some information is
inappropriate to share but anything that can enable equip people must be
shared.
10. Humor. Use humor to calm a volatile situation. It
can be used to lighten the environment and make it happier, more productive.
Humor is powerful; use it.
EIGHT HURDLES TO OVERCOME AS A LEADER
In order to be the best you can be, you must be aware of the
attitudes and actions that can sabotage the best laid plan to mentor and
disciple your people.
1. Detached leadership. Detached leaders isolate
themselves from people. The truth is that nothing is more important than
involvement and communication.
2. Lack of goals. Without clear cut goals you lack
direction. It’s like a ship without a rudder.
3. Failure to provide perspective. People who don’t
know why they do what they do are people who don’t give their best.
4. Failure to be specific. Tell people…specific
people…exactly what you expect of them. Don’t wait for self-starters…motivate!
5. Failure to secure commitment.
6. Taking the course of least resistance.
7. Failure to identify results.
8. Impatience.
“Be patient therefore...Behold, the
husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience
for it, until he receive the early and latter rain” (James 5:7).
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WHAT WE MEAN WHEN….
(The church is within you, where these exist there is an assembly and the
spirit of the Lord is there)
Here are a few terms and expressions that are often heard in
our services. We try to use these terms and expressions as the Bible uses them.
Our hope is that this information will be helpful as you worship God with us.
Amen. A Hebrew exclamation meaning "so be it,"
"truly," or "indeed!" It is often used to conclude prayers
or to express approval or agreement with someone has said or done. (See
Deuteronomy 27:15; Revelations 22:20; I Corinthian 14:16-17.)
Baptism. Literally, the act of dipping or washing something
completely in liquid. Scriptural baptism is a vital part of New Testament
salvation. (See Romans 6:3-4; Galatians 3:27; I Peter 3:21.) it includes:
Water (Acts 8:36)
Much water (John 3:23)
Going down into the water (Acts
8:38)
Burial in water (Colossians 2:12)
Coming up out of the water (Acts
8:39)
A name pronounced (Matthew 28:19;
Acts 2:38)
Taking all of this information together, scriptural baptism is total immersion in water in the name of Jesus Christ. Matthew 28:19 commands us to baptize in a name but does not give the name. It refers to the "name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." The terms Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are titles of positions held by God, but they are not proper names. Jesus is the only name the is connected with salvation (Matthew 1:21; Acts 4:12). Acts 2:38 records the apostles˜ fulfillment of the command of Matthew 28:19 and gives the scriptural formula for baptism in the New Testament church: "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins."
Baptism of the Holy Ghost. Literally,
being dipped, plunged, or immerse in the Spirit of God. The baptism of the Holy
Ghost is the birth of the Spirit and thus is a vital part of entrance into the
kingdom of God. (See John 3:5.)
Joel and Isaiah both prophesied this experience (Isaiah
28:11-12; Joel 2:28-29). It was foretold by John the Baptist (Matthew 3:11),
purchased by the blood of Jesus, and promised by Him to His followers (John
14:26; 15:26). The Holy Ghost was first poured out on the Day of Pentecost on
the Jews (Acts 2:1-41). Later Samaritans receive this experience (Acts 8:17),
and the Gentiles (Acts 10:44-46; 19:6).
Born Again. To start over, to begin life with
a fresh start. Jesus used this expression to describe what takes place through
faith in Him when a person is baptized in water in His name and receives the
Holy Ghost (birth of water and of Spirit). (See John 3:1-8; Acts 2:38.)
According to Jesus, without this fresh start no one can enter into the kingdom
of God.
Christ. A Greek word meaning "the Anointed One,"
equivalent to the Hebrew word Messiah. New Testament believers use it
exclusively to refer to Jesus Christ of Nazareth, who fulfilled the Old
Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah and became our Savior.
Christian. A description of believers in
Jesus Christ that means "like Christ" or "belonging to
Christ." it describes the object of our faith and loyalty, the One with
whom we want to be identified. it is not intended to be an exclusive or
sectarian term. (See Acts 11:26; I Peter 4:12-16.)
Deliverance. Being set free from something
that has one bound. Jesus promised deliverance as a part of His Messianic work
(Luke 4:18).
Disciple. A follower or a student; in our
case, we have voluntarily chosen to become a follower of Jesus and adhere to His
teaching. A disciple learns from his teacher, obeys his teacher, seeks to
become like his teacher, and endeavors to spread the teacher’s message to
others. (See Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 14:27; John 15:1-8.)
Divine Healing. The divine intervention of God to
cure sickness of body and mind. Divine healing was purchased for us by the
blood of Jesus that flowed from His stripes (Isaiah 53:5; Matthew 8:16-17; I
Peter 2:24). Jesus went everywhere healing those who were sick (Matthew
4:23-24), and He commanded His disciples to do the same (Matthew 10:8). He said
concerning those who believe the gospel, "They shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover" (Mark 16:18) Mighty healings and miracle
followed the disciples wherever the gospel was preached. Healing is available
to us today (James 5:14-16).
Fellowship. Based on a biblical term meaning
to share or have in common; similar to our concept of close friendship.
Fellowship is linked in Scripture with love, compassion, a willingness to bear
one another’s burdens and to do whatever is possible to help and encourage.
(See Acts 2:42-47; Philippians 2:1-11.)
Godhead. The divine essence; deity; the fullness of God’s
character and attributes. The bible teaches that there is one God (Deuteronomy
6:4). He is Spirit (John 4:24), and He has manifested Himself in flesh as Jesus
Christ (I Timothy 3:16). He now baptizes us with His Spirit so that we can be
the children of God.
Hallelujah. A Hebrew word meaning "praise
the Lord" or "praise Jehovah" (Psalms 150:1,6).
Holiness. Separation from sin and dedication
to God. When we come to the Lord we are to forsaken sin (John 8:11). We are to
"live righteously. and godly, in this present world" (Titus2:12).
Without holiness no one shall see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14). We must present
ourselves as holy unto God (Romans 12:1), cleansed ourselves from all
filthiness of flesh and spirit (II Corinthian 7:1), and separate ourselves from
all worldliness (James 4:4). The Scripture is clear that no one can live a holy
life by his own power, but only through the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8; Romans 8:4).
[Yah (or Yahovah).] The personal name of Almighty God
in the Old Testament. The exact meaning is debated [his name is tied to the
verb ‘hovah’, meaning ‘to be’, so Yahovah means ‘Yah is what Yah is’ or a
synonymous phrase meaning. So Yah alone is his name and Yahovah, rendered
Jehovah, is who he is, indescribable! Yet being to you what you need him to
be.] As such, it reveals God’s self-existence and lack of dependence on
anything or anyone else. (See Exodus 3:13-15; Deuteronomy 6:4-5; John 8:54-59).
Jesus. It is a name that literally means "Jehovah
Savior," "Jehovah saves," or "Jehovah has become our
salvation." [More specifically, from the original it is Yahoshua
that literally means “Yah Savior” or “Yahovah Saves.”] In the New Testament it
is the supreme name by which God revealed Himself when He came in flesh. It is
"the only name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved"
(Acts 4:12). Paul commanded, "Whatsoever you do in word or in deed, do all
in the name of the Lord Jesus" (Colossians 3:17).
Lord’s Supper. The practice of eating bread and
drinking the fruit of the vine together as an act of worship and remembrance.
Jesus began the practice at His last supper with His disciples. It is a time to
remember what Jesus has done for us, to examine our own lives and faith, and to
recommit ourselves to Jesus in greater faithfulness. It is also called
communion (from a term meaning to share together). It is to be observed as often
as each individual church deems appropriate, but it must not be ignored. (See
Matthew 26:17-30; I Corinthian 11:17-34.)
Offering. The voluntary collection of
monetary gifts to support the work of the church and various
ministries-locally, nationally, and internationally. Properly viewed, the
offering is an expression of love and gratitude for the blessings of God. (See
I Corinthian 16:1-2; II Corinthian 9:6-9.)
Pastor. Literally, one who tends or shepherds a flock. The
pastor is the shepherd of the local part of God’s flock (Ephesians 4:11).
Pentecostal. An adjective used to describe
those who have receive the same experience that the followers of Jesus did on
the Day of Pentecost. (See Acts 2:1-4.)
Praise. To speak or sing or make other expressions extolling,
admiring, or commending greatness and goodness of God. We typically lift our
voices in praise to God, and sometimes we lift our hands in gesture of
surrender to Him. (See Psalms 100:4; 147:1; Ephesians 5:19-20; Hebrews 13:15;
Colossians 3:15-17.)
Prayer. Speaking to or communicating with God. We response
to God’s invitation to bring Him our praise and gratitude as well as our
concerns and needs. According to Jesus, prayer is like a child coming to a
loving father. For prayer to be effective we must pray in faith and sincerity
and not merely memorized words. (See Matthew 6:5-15; James 5:13-18.)
Rapture. Literally, a "catching
away." In our context it refers to the time when the Lord will come back
for His church. The church will be caught up to meet him in the air (I
Thessalonians 4:16-17).
Repentance. A change of mind that brings
about a change of behavior. It is the first step in the three-point plan that
Peter gave when sinners asked at the close of his message on the Day of
Pentecost, "What shall we do?" Repentance is a turn away from sin, a
death to sin. By repentance we identify with the death of the Lord. (See Luke
13:3; Acts 2:38; 17:30; Roman 6:1-2; II Peter 3:9.)
Salvation. Deliverance from sin and
unrighteousness through the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord, which
we receive by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9). The gospel is the death,
burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ (I Corinthian 15:1-4). When we truly
believe the gospel, we will obey the gospel and apply it to our lives. (See
Romans 16:26; II Thessalonians 1:8.) We die with Him in repentance. We buried
with Him in Baptism. We are resurrected with Him to walk in newness of life by
receiving the Spirit. Full salvation consists of repentance, baptism in Jesus˜
name, and baptism of the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:38; Romans 6:1-7).
Tithes. A biblical word meaning a tenth. We support God’s
ordained ministry and work and by giving a tenth of our income. (See Malachi
3:10; I Corinthian 16:2.)
Tongues. Speaking in tongues means speaking miraculously in a
language unknown to the speaker. It occurs as the Spirit give utterance (Acts
2:4), not by human learning or imitation. There are two major functions of
speaking in tongues in the New Testament church:
1. Speaking
in tongues is the manifestation Gad has given as the definite, indisputable,
supernatural witness or sign of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. (See Acts 2:1-4;
10:44-46; 19:6.) Isaiah Prophesied that it would accompany the rest and
refreshing (Isaiah 28:11-12), and Jesus foretold it as a sign that would follow
believers of the gospel (Mark 16:17). Jews and Gentiles alike both receive this
experience.
- Speaking
in tongues is also a gift to believers after the initial baptism of the
Holy Ghost (I Corinthians 12:1-10). Paul gave regulations for the use of
tongues in public worship (I Corinthians 14:1-40). He explained that
tongues is given both for self-edification (I Corinthians 14:4 and for the
edification of the church (I Corinthians 14:27-28).
In church meetings the gift of tongues is used to give a
public message, which is meant to be interpreted (the gift of interpretation is
another gift of the Spirit). Since the possibility for misuse exists, this gift
needs proper regulation (I Corinthian 14:23-28). Not all believers have the
gift of tongues for public use, which is different in function from the tongues
that are the initial evidence of the Holy Ghost baptism. (I Corinthians
14:18,39).
(by R.L.W)
THE WAY WE WORSHIP
(Also, don’t be afraid to express yourself in these ways while on street
meetings, you
are the church and together you are the assembly wherever you are under
whatever circumstances)
Biblical expressions of
Worship
If you have never had
the opportunity to be in a Spirit-filled service before, you will discover that
biblical expressions of worship are still practiced today. Join in with us as
we praise God together in spirit and in truth.
WE PRAY TOGETHER ALOUD because
In the Bible we read, "They
lifted up their voice to God with one accord." -Acts 4:24
WE LIFT OUR HANDS IN PRAISE because
In the Bible we read, "Lift
up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord." -Psalm 134:2
WE SING WITH ALL HEARTS because
In the Bible we read, "Make
a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice,
and sing praise." -Psalm 98:4
WE PLAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS because
In the Bible we read, "And
all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of
instruments." -II Samuel 6:5
WE CLAP AND SHOUT UNTO GOD because
In the Bible we read, "O
clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph."
-Psalm 47:1
WE DANCE BEFORE THE LORD because
In the bible we read,
"Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed
instruments and organs." -Psalm 150:4
WE TESTIFY PUBLICLY because
In the bible we read, "I
will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I
praise thee." -Psalm 22:22
WE ANOINT WITH OIL FOR DIVINE HEALING because
In the Bible we read, "Is
any sick among you? let him call for the elder of the church; and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord." -James 5:14
WE ALLOW THE OPERATION OF THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS because
In the Bible we read, "When
ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a
tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation." -I Corinthians
14:26
(Found on a website)
Chapter 6
PRACTICAL MEANS OF EVANGELISM
When one speaks of
evangelism immediately preaching comes to mind. Many would argue that's not the
case. But in truth and in fact Evangelism involves spreading the word of God to
the unevangelized World. Now, how can they hear without a preacher?
Preaching does not have to be vocal and it's definitely not for the regular
pulpit (will explain). It can be written, song, signed, danced and many more
innovative ways. The most effective preaching to date is living a bible life.
Do you not know that the life we live is preaching to the unsaved? People will
listen to your life more than what you are saying from your mouth. Live a
radical bible life and you'll reach the end time harvest one by one.
Preaching relates to spreading the gospel to unsaved souls, rather than a
seasoned body of believers. A seasoned body of believers does not need
preaching we need sound teaching. Notice Jesus and the Apostles. They would
initially preach the gospel but thereafter it would be purely teaching of the
doctrine. The gospel will lead you to Christ but it is the doctrine that will
ultimately save you (I Tim 4:16).
Christ clearly made it known about teaching in Math 28:19, "Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and
of the son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you." What did Christ tell the Apostles? Twice
it was mentioned to teach. Teach the doctrine of salvation. But will anyone
receive this teaching unless they were first preached to.
In other words, tell me (preach) about heaven, freedom, glory and riches
galore. Tell me that they are lost and going to hell without Jesus. Then you
can teach me the doctrine: - how to be born-again, repentance, baptisms,
justification and others. For example, you will not get an high school graduate
to go to college/University and sit under 3-4 years of teaching, unless it was
first explained that upon graduation, you will attain a good paying job, drive
a nice car and be in peace and safety (or so they say).
The point is, evangelism involves spreading the good news (gospel) that was
preached and experienced in your life and to unsaved persons you come in
contact with. The body of believers doesn't need to hear the gospel over and
over again from the pulpit. What we need to hear is sound doctrine and doctrine
is taught.
On that note, before going into the core of the topic, can I clear up an
age-old misinterpretation? Who does evangelism? An Evangelist. What is involved
in evangelism? Preaching. Then isn't it safe to say that evangelism is mainly
geared towards unsaved soul.
We earlier found that out. So then, is the ministration of an evangelist housed
under a church filled with believers and a 'hand full of unsaved folk"? Or
is it in the high ways and by ways of our cities and the countryside of our
rural areas?
What are you saying writer?
Many with the title evangelist, traveling from pulpit to pulpit aren't
operating under the ministration of an evangelist. Pulpit to pulpit mainly
concerns the body of believers, which should mainly involve teaching.
An evangelist is usually the unseen brothers and sisters who travel the bus and
preach Jesus; those who set up a speaker box on the corner of a busy street and
preach Jesus; those who are armed with tracks, a bible, church cards and
position themselves in the arena of unsaved folk to make known the gospel of
Jesus Christ. An evangelist is one that goes from door to door, bus to bus,
office to office, junction to junction to proclaim the blessed hope that we
have in Jesus Christ.
So, who are the persons that go from pulpit to pulpit? Believe it or not most
persons deemed as evangelist, elders, ministers and deacons that solely travel
from church to church strengthening and sometimes establishing sub-assemblies
are Apostles and prophets. Yes we are afraid to acknowledge these persons as
Apostles and Prophets. Nevertheless, whether you call them by their genuine
title, they still operate under their inspired direct word from God and
teaching with signs and wonders. That's another topic all by itself, let me
stick to this one.
When we speak of radical evangelism, we quickly recognize the word radical.
What does it means or signifies? It out rightly speaks of change. In other
words, we can't keep using the same conventional methods of evangelism to reach
a changing world. For instance, the world is getting highly computerized. In
fact there are over 300 million people using the Internet. Well, that was the
last time I checked, more than likely it grew. That's 300 million souls and I
would perceive most of them are unsaved.
If you an evangelist that would just prick you heart. You would want to find a
pathway to reach at least 1/3 of the users. For instance, I had acquired a list
of over 20 million emails. The possibilities are endless. Hmmm, I am thinking
how could I do this. Send an email entitles 'Hell or heaven,' or a vague email
entitled, 'do you know him.' Out of 20 million, even if 1/10 responded
favorable and lead to baptism in Jesus name, that would be much more impacting
in fulfilling Math 28:19; "Go ye therefore and teach all nations." I
couldn't reach 20 million persons at one go with conventional methods of tract
distribution, tent meetings, traveling the bus and shopping centers, street
meetings and others.
I am not knocking the above, because it is needed and I still do involve myself
in them and actually more enjoy it. However, there are some far more impacting,
wide reaching methods of evangelism; remember, "he that winneth soul is
wise." Yes it is not what we are use to; that's why it's radical.
You are going to be criticized, put down and discouraged but if God called you
to a different area of evangelism by all means do what God has called you to
do. You are a pioneer! This present earth is not our kingdom, but we have to
live here. Christ did say, I send you forth as lambs among wolves, be wise as a
serpent and harmless as a dove.
There are many other areas of radical evangelism. For instance, your phone,
voice mail box; bumper stickers; athletic arenas; telephone directory; teachers
put a track in the student's report card; fast food restaurant; schools and
many more endless strategies and method. I leave you to the spirit of God and
your God given mental innovations. Every born-again Christian is a personal
evangelist by God; therefore every born-again Christian is a preacher. Whether
you choose to make full proof of your ministry or not is up to you. For
instance, How can you be the owner of a little fast food place and not one of
your daily customers every heard you spoke of Jesus. Saints start evangelizing
today.
Usually the 'pulpiteer' gets the praise ("I speak foolishly"), but
every member is vital to the process. After coming to church for a while,
invited by Elder Shaw, I kind of lapse and delayed baptism. One Saturday night,
returning from Half Way tree on the bus, planning to go to a provocative beach
party the next day, I remember it clearly, a young boy with two young girls
came on the bus. He looked ragged and poverty stricken. But he opened his mouth
and preached Jesus and hell. I was so convicted; it couldn't get out of my
mind. I got so shaken up and said in my mind, "I'm going to church
tomorrow and get baptize, no matter what." I never saw that boy again; he
didn't go to my church or organization.
The next day at church, Bishop Thomas, one of the greatest defenders of the
Apostles doctrine, taught on baptism in Jesus name strongly. The convicting
power of God couldn't leave me. I got baptized that day.
Now, in our eyes the one who was credited with my conversion ("I speak
foolishly") was Bishop. But dear friend, be not fooled that young
unrecognized boy was equally as important and he is assured his reward in
heaven.
If God is pulling you to do something different, in the confines of his word,
do it! You might not know who the Lord would grace you to birth in the kingdom.
That young boy probably doesn’t have a clue of what the Lord allowed him to do.
To me, he is precious.
So then, we see the evangelist (preacher) is equally as important as the
pulpiteer. I want to recognized all the men and women who are true evangelist
in their own God given right. Especially the ones that have no money but preach
Jesus on the bus, hand out tract frequently, visit a salvation prone saint,
standing on the street corner spreading the good news, students lifting up the
name of Jesus in the class rooms, teachers who refuse to see a student not know
the gospel, persons who would walk miles to see one soul be saved. You might
not be seen by your peers, reproached by onlookers, dogged by others. Yet you
are not discouraged to say another word with Christ, give another tract, put up
another mic, write another sentence, sing another song, and pray another prayer
or use your God given imagination to win souls. YOU ARE AN EVANGELIST. Hold on
your reward is sure; "For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and
labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name" (Heb 6:10).
The world wants you and is depending on you. Do it a favor and try to reach
them on their level. If they cannot relate to or understand what is being sent,
your efforts can be futile.
A NON-EXPENSIVE PRACTICAL MEANS OF EVANGELISM
Men of War is the ideal evangelism
program. It is simply gathering you and someone else in your church, copy some
tracks at the church or a local copy center, fast and pray, then go ahead and
distribute those tracks everywhere. Repeat process as many times as possible.
Results are guaranteed. For optimize effect, live clean. What makes this
ministry unique are the tracks. They are not ordinary gospel tracks but these
are effective one page tracks – 8.5x11. You can print them and hand them out at
family functions, parties, special events, organized evangelism, on the bus,
train or airplane. If you're shy to speak then handing someone a track might
suffice. One month we had printed and distributed 10,000 of these same tracks. You
can do the same. They are in letter size, flyer style, so that anyone can go to
a copier and print tens, hundreds or thousands and pass them out, whiles if
they were normal folded track size you would have to pay someone to have them
professionally done; and you usually get about 100 then reorder. If you try to
do it yourself the same effect might be realized. So rather than wait, be
delayed, have a limited amount or be less impacting with a cutesy track, use
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pass out in your community or anywhere you choose; by simply printing it at
your church or copy center. They are all one page, some two sided. There
is also a place to write your church or personal number for follow up contact. This is all Men of War does and is, making it available and
encouraging saints to hand out tracks, especially by doing it ourselves. It's
easy to start in your church, just get a few guys, print some tracks, copy
them, pick an area and hand out tracks. There you have a Men of War ministry in
your church. To better look organize use the branding and suggested
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In concluding, tracks should be easy to get
with accessibility to all. It’s likened unto a bottle drink; you drink the
liquid and throw away the bottle. No one keeps a tract forever, so they often
read it, get convicted, hopefully salvation is the result and then they toss
it; a few pass it on. Even if they give it to someone else it will eventually
wear out. Therefore, making tracks shouldn’t be expensive or time consuming and
be utilized on a large scale. Liberation International Ministry has made that
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Bee-a-witness, enjoy and your reward is sure in heaven.
Enjoy and be a light to the world. But first, we are sure you will enjoy using
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giving or even evangelism in general. Of such, here is a little pictorial we
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See below and God bless.
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night club
areas, beach fronts, malls, anywhere
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only get about 100. These you print
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(oh, you can write you phone number
on the original before copying) and
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and hold a
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Track bag: http://www.cafepress.com/threeq2.21142000
Track Shirt For each person: http://www.cafepress.com/threeq2.21141972
Track Cap For each person: http://www.cafepress.com/threeq2.21141827
With these, everyone should strive to wear a soldier
camouflage pants or jeans pants. No profits or proceeds are gained at all from
the items above. Buy in bulk; it's cheaper that way.
Alternately, for a cheaper option, you can obtain white
shirts with the camouflage or jeans bottom with these pin-on "Men of
War" buttons: http://www.cafepress.com/threeq2
Lastly, you can get the Men of War logo or image and press it onto white
T-shirts yourself. To get the image go to the said places the tracks can be
found above; mainly,