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The Lord Jesus Christ is Building
His One Holy Apostolic Church
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The
Lord
Jesus
Christ
is
Building
His
Church!
Matthew
16:18 KJV
And
I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will
build
my church; and the gates of
hell shall not prevail against it.
The Church is built upon the revelation and
confession of Peter,
that Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God!
The Church of
Jesus Christ is seperate from man's religious practices of idolatry and
Jesus is not
denominational, traditional, religious, or orthodox. He is the author
of the
Spiritual church. He gave His word that
He would build it for His purposes.
He is Head of the Body, His Bride, the New Testament Spiritual Church.
We are limited only by what we choose to believe, receive and act upon.
Do you believe that Lord Jesus loves the Church, His
Church, and gave His life
to make it the Glorious Church! Christ Jesus.
It was established to be His Glorious Bride!
It was established to be the instrument to extend
the Kingdom of God in the earth that
the knowledge of the Glory of God would cover the
earth as the waters cover the seas!
It was established to wage war against the enemy of
God, the devil Satan, the accuser,
and to war against evil.
It was established to demonstrate His Kingdom power
on earth against all sickness
and lack.
It is the Lamp
Stand to hold up the Truth...
the Light of Christ to the world to disperse the
spiritual darkness that has it in captivity to the bondage of
evil .
It is the "City" set on a hill for all to
behold and Come to His Marvelous Light!
Christ's One Holy
Apostolic Church is the foundation that holds up
truth to the world!
1 Timothy
3:15b Amp
...the
household of God, which is the church of the living God, the
pillar and stay
(the
prop and support) of the Truth.
Let our foundation in Him be built on
the
Truth, Life and Spirit of God through the Light of Christ !
The
following is the Light of
Truth:
The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of
One Church,
and the King of the
Universe ruling today in
heaven on the eternal throne
of
David.
Revelation
1:5;
2
Samuel
7:11;
Acts
2:29-36;
Acts
13:26-34
Psalm
2:6;
Psalm
110:1
and
others:
Psalms
2,
16,
18,
22,
45,
72,
110,
122
He
is
ruling
His
One
Body
by
the testimony
of
the
Gospel
and by
the
abiding
presence of the Holy Spirit to mature the Church that
the
nations
of the earth
be
filled with
the
knowledge
of
the
Glory
of
God.
His Church is destined as holy, radiant and full of
goodness and mercy!
Habakkuk 2:14 KJV
For
the
earth
shall
be
filled
with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
as the waters cover the sea.
2
Corinthians
4:6
KJV
For God, who
commanded the light to
shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts,
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
He
is
ruling
His
One
Body
by the testimony
of
the
Gospel.
John
21:24; Acts 14:3; 1 Cor. 1:6;
2:1-2; 2 Cor. 1:12-14; 2 Thess. 1:10-12;
2
Tim.
1:8-10;
Heb.
3:5-14;
Rev.
1:2;
1:9;
6:9;
12:11;
12:17;
15:16;
19:10.
The
Invisible... Universal
Church of Jesus Christ is a Spiritual Church.
It
is
endowed
in
a
supernatural
union
as
a
Spiritual
Body
for
the
habitation
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
with
Jesus
Christ
as
the
Head. We are called to love and pray for it...
even weep for it even though we have not seen it as
yet in its fullness of Glory!
The
Visible... Church is the "Local Church."
It is endowed with
groups of believers in
a
given
locality.
The
"local"
church
of
the
"locality"
gathers
together
unto
the Lord
Jesus
Christ
under
the
function
and oversight
of
the
ascension ministry gifts...
the
5-fold
apostolate.
The
Local
church
is
to be established
and
rooted
in
the
divine
principles
and doctrines
of
Christ and
locally
governed by the Holy Ghost working in the assembly of believers,
yet,
in
fellowship
with
other
groups
of believers...
locally, regionally, nationally and globally.
It is to be His Body laboring in the Father's field
doing His works delivering His power.
It is to declare and demonstrate His Kingdom to all
nations prior to His return to
gather His people. He will eventually present the
Church as a completed work to the Father!
Matthew 18:20;
John 4:24; Romans 10:9-10; Matthew
28 19-20; Ephesians 4:8-13;
Acts
2:42-47;
Hebrews
8:1-2;
1
Corinthians
11:23-30;
Philippians
1:1;
Revelation
1:1
Church
is
One. The whole is
represented by its
parts.
(Rom.
1:4;
12:5;
1
Cor.10:17;
12:12-13;
12:20;
Eph.
2:16;
4:4-8;
Col.
3:15)
The
parts
are
the
myriad
of
allotments
of
believers
established
in
valid
order
under
the
guidance
of
the
Holy
Spirit
and
the
fellowship of apostles,
prophets,
evangelists, pastors
and
teachers
appointed
by the Lord
Jesus Christ
called
the "apostolate. " The apostolate is the
New Testament Fellowship of Elders
in Communion with the Father, and Son via the Holy
Spirit and one another
The Church...
It
is the Body of
the Living God
established
to be obedient
to One Faith.
It
is
multi-generational,
multi-cultural,
multi-diverse
in
localities,
but
accounted
One
in
the
Gospel
entrusted
to
the
apostles
of
the
Lamb
and
the
generational
ascension-gifts of Christ... the
One Apostolate
of
the
King.
Acts
1:20-26 AMP
20
For
in
the
book
of
Psalms
it
is
written,
Let
his
place
of
residence
become
deserted
and gloomy,and
let
there
be
no
one
to
live
in
it;
and
[again],
Let
another
take
his
position
or overseership. [Ps
69:25;
109:8.] [Note: An overseer is a function
not a title...
"bishops" denote "overseers": (5-fold elders/ "gifts of men"
specifically called by Christ
and appointed to train, equip and empower the saints)
21
So
one
of
the
[other]
men
who
have
accompanied
us
[apostles]
during
all
the
time
that
the Lord
Jesus
went
in
and
out
among
us,
22
From
the
baptism
of
John
at
the
outset
until
the
day
when
He
was
taken
up
from
among
us--
one
of
these
men
must
join
with
us
and
become
a
witness
to
testify
to
His
resurrection.
23
And
they
accordingly
proposed
(nominated)
two
men,
Joseph
called
Barsabbas,
who
was
surnamed
Justus,
and
Matthias.
24
And
they
prayed
and
said,
You,
Lord,
Who
know
all
hearts
(
their
thoughts,
passions,
desires, appetites,
purposes,
and
endeavors),
indicate
to
us
which
one
of
these
two
You
have
chosen
25
To
take
the
place
in
this
ministry
and
receive
the
position
of
an
apostle,
from
which
Judas
fell
away
and
went
astray
to
go
[where
he
belonged]
to
his
own
[proper]
place.
26
And
they
drew
lots
[between
the
two],
and
the
lot
fell
on
Matthias;
and
he
was
added
to
and
counted
with
the
eleven
apostles
(special
messengers).
[Note: in verse
26, "position" is again designated as "function" not as "title." The
eleven
apostles were charged by the Lord to go forth as "special
messengers" in preaching and
demonstration of the Resurrected Christ... not as "titled
lord's" over people and nations.
They were to carry, to proclaim, decree, declare and
impart the evidence of the Living
King... the Now ruling King of all things in heaven
and earth.]
On the Day of Pentecost, Peter declares to the Jews
who crucfied Christ:
Acts 2:29-36 KJV
29 Men and
brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David,
that he is both dead and buried, and his
sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that
God had sworn with an oath to him,
that of the fruit of his loins, according to the
flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit
on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of the
resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left
in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we
all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God
exalted, and having received of the Father
the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth
this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but
he saith himself, The LORD said
unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know
assuredly, that God hath made that same
Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
The New Covenant, The Church of
the New Born Israel, The One
Holy
Apostolic
Church
of the Lord Jesus Christ is
ordained
by Father God.
It
is
One
Church:
The New Creation
of the Spirit;
Spiritual Kingdom of Israel;
The Church of the First Born: (The Son of
God, Jesus Christ);
The
General
Assembly of Heaven;
The New Jerusalem;
Spiritual Zion.
It is composed of myraids of allotments
around the globe actively
expanding the
Kingdom of God in the earth during the age and
reign
of Messiah's Day;
Christ's
current Millennial Reign is a progression of time
and currently expands across
two millenniums.
Messiah's Day was established in the Resurrection,
the Ascension
and the
Enthronement of Christ as King.
Messiah's Day (the day of His coronation, His
appointment of rule), was confirmed
on the Day of
Pentecost as evidenced by the outpouring of the promised Holy Spirit
of which we just witnessed in the scripture of
Acts 2:29-36 above!
The successful established Church through work of
the ministry as charged in the Great
Commission of Christ to the Apostles of the Lamb
and the subsequent work of Paul an
ascension-gift apostle to the Gentiles along with
his apostolic teams corresponded with
the
"Sign of the Kingdom"...
1. the destruction
of Jerusalem
2. the earthly defiled Jewish Temple in the
year 70 AD.
Acts 1:6-8 AMP
6
So
when
they
were
assembled,
they
asked
Him,
Lord,
is
this
the
time
when
You
will
reestablish the kingdom and restore it to Israel?
7 He said to them, It is not for you to become
acquainted with and know what time
brings [the things and events of time and their
definite periods] or fixed years and
seasons (their critical niche in time), which the
Father
has appointed (fixed and
reserved) by His own choice and authority and
personal power.
8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency,
and might) when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in
Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria
and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.
The Universal Church of Jesus
Christ is a Spiritual Church.
Who
is the the NEW LIFE: New
Creation,
the
Perfect
Man,
the
Kingdom
of
Israel?
Romans 10:10-13 AMP
10
For
with
the
heart
a
person
believes
(adheres
to,
trusts
in,
and
relies
on
Christ)
and
so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to
God), and with the mouth he confesses
(declares openly and speaks out freely his faith)
and
confirms [his] salvation.
11 The Scripture says, No man who
believes in Him [who adheres to, relies on, and
trusts in Him] will [ever] be put to shame or be
disappointed.
[Ps 34:22; Isa 28:16; 49:23; Jer 17:7.]
12[No one] for there is no distinction
between Jew and Greek. The same Lord is Lord
over all [of us] and He generously bestows His
riches upon all who call upon Him
[in faith].
13 For everyone who calls upon the name
of the Lord [invoking Him as Lord] will be
saved. [Joel 2:32.]
All
who
believe
in
Jesus
Christ
as
the
Son
of
God
are
One
in
Him.
His Church as the Body in Chirst, in His perfect
image, is personified as the New Creation,
the Perfect Man, the Kingdom of Israel, the
fulfillment of
the promise of
Abraham and
of David... The
New Jerusalem!
The Lord Jesus came to establish One
people of God not two distinct peoples
having two sets of rules and two
ways to enter into eternal life!
The Church as His Body is His Family! He has
ONE Family!
The New Covenant has made us His brothers and
sisters.
Romans
8:29
(He is) "the first born among many brethern."
Hebrews 2:11-12 AMP
11 For both He Who sanctifies [making men holy] and those who are
sanctified
all have one [Father]. For this
reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren;
12 For He says, I will declare Your [the
Father's] name to My brethren;
in the midst of the [worshiping]
congregation I will sing hymns of praise to You.
Those who do His will are His family!
Matthew 12:50 AMP
For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and
sister and mother!
The local church is the Family of God
joined by the Body and the Blood of Jesus Christ.
We
are heirs of His life, covenant, benefits, and will.
The same Spirit that anointed Him
anoints us!
Romans 8:15-17 Amp
15 For [the Spirit which] you have
now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once
more in bondage to fear, but you have
received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing
sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry,
Abba (Father)! Father!
16 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies
together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are
children of God.
17 And if we are [His] children, then we
are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs
with Christ [sharing His
inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are
to share His glory.
We are Family!
These
scriptures are to the JEW
and the GENTILE:
John 10:7-10 NKJV
"Most
assuredly,
I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8
All
who
ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep
did not hear them.
9
I
am
the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go
in and out and find
pasture.
10
The
thief
does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to
destroy.
I
have
come
that they may have life, and that they may have it more
abundantly.
John 14:6 KJV
6
Jesus
saith
unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father,
but by me.
2 Peter 3:9 KJV
9
The
Lord
is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward,
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come
to repentance.
Galatians
3:26-29 AMP
Abraham's
SEED:
26
For
in
Christ
Jesus
you
are
all
sons
of
God
through
faith.
27 For as many [of you] as were
baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union and
communion with Christ, the Anointed one, the
Messiah] have put on (clothed yourselves
with) Christ.
28 There is [now no distinction] neither
Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free,
there is not male and female; for you
are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you belong to Christ [are in
Him Who is Abraham's Seed], then you are
Abraham's offspring and [spiritual] heirs
according to promise.
[Note; In the dispensation of the spiritual church, God no longer deals
with Jews and
Gentiles as separate people. God
does not have a separate plan of salvation for the
Jews. The Old Covenant was permanently closed out in the completion
of gathering the
"remanant" of believing
Jews from the time of the Ascension and Entrhonement of Christ
to the eventful "Sign of
the Kingdom" in 70 AD when Jerusalem and the Jewish temple of
sacrificial exercises
were destroyed forever!
Hebrews
8:6-7
AMP
6
But
as
it
now
is,
He
[Christ]
has
acquired
a
[priestly]
ministry
which
is
as
much
superior
and
more
excellent
[than
the
old] as the
covenant (the agreement) of which
He
is
the
Mediator
(the
Arbiter,
Agent)
is
superior
and
more
excellent,
[because]
it
is
enacted
and
rests
upon
more
important
(sublimer, higher,
and nobler) promises.
7
For
if
that
first
covenant
had
been
without
defect,
there
would
have
been
no
room
for
another
one
or
an
attempt
to
institute
another
one.
2 Samuel 7:12-16 NKJV
David's
SEED:
(God's promise/covenant to David)
12
"When
your
days
are
fulfilled
and
you
rest
with
your
fathers,
I
will
set
up
your
seed
after
you, who will come from your body, and I will
establish his kingdom.
13 He shall build a house for My name,
and I will establish the throne of his kingdom
forever.
14 I will be his Father, and he shall be
My son.
16 And your house and your kingdom shall
be established forever before you.
Your throne shall be established
forever."'"
The
Jew and the Gentile are ONE!
Christ has called us to love one another as He loves
us and gave up His life! God
is not planning to restore the Old System of Worship given
to the Jews in the
Mosiac Law...
governed
by the Law
of Sin and Death.
He is not planning to
establish a physical throne for
His Son back upon the
earth
in the physical city of
Jerusalem!
He has established a spiritual
Jerusalem for all mankind who love Him.
John when taken up into the third heaven saw
the spiritual Church in the spirit...
Revelation 21:2
AMP
2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven
from God,
all arrayed like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband
To
become a new creature and be a part of the New City... the Church...
the Bride of Christ,
is accomplished through faith.
Hebrews
11:6 Amp
6 But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to
Him.
For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God
exists
and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek
Him [out].
Revelation was also given to Paul...
Hebrews 12:22-23 AMP
22 But rather, you have come to Mount
Zion, even to the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless
multitudes of angels in festal gathering,
23 And to the church (assembly) of the
Firstborn who are registered [as citizens] in heaven,
and to the God Who is Judge of all, and to the
spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in
heaven) who have been made perfect,
Father God established the things of
heaven to come to earth as Jesus proclaimed were
at hand through the resurrection to
eternal life and reign by the power of the Holy Spirit.
He was crowned King of all the universe
and He reigns TODAY!
Heaven has come to earth by the abiding
indwelling of the Holy Ghost in the New Creation.
The temple of God is the Church and He
tabernacles (His presence comes) to dwell in our
midst abiding in each new born-again child into
the Kingdom through His Bride to fulfill the
Law of the Spirit! (See the whole chapter of
Romans 8)
Family
is established and exists through the holy union of marraige..COVENANT.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ tells us that as
a husband is to a wife, so Christ
is to His Church. As the wife is to the
husband, so are we to Him... His Glorious Bride!
Thus, the mystery of marraige reveals the mystery
of the Church!
Biblical marraige is foundational to
Biblical Church. Marriage is a covenant relationship
where we love each other as Christ loved the
Church.
Marriage is defined in Genesis 2:24;
Matthew 19: 5-6 and Ephesians 5:31.
"For this cause shall a man leave His father and
mother and cleave to his wife and
they two shall become One flesh.
The covenant is to become ONE!
Do
you remember hearing or taking the marraige vow (promise)?
"[Name], do you take [Name] to be your wedded [husband/wife] to live
together
in holy matrimony? Do you promise to love, comfort, honor and keep
[him/her]
For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.
And forsaking all others, be faithful only to [him/her] so long as you
both shall live?"
When we are married to Christ, we are One with one
another.
We are to love God and love one another which are the
commands of the New Covenant.
God's divine plan is to help one another
as we all grow up or mature into His likeness.
Marraige is not a 50/50 per-cent helping
each other partnership. We are made One!
It is a 100/100 per-cent partnership
which equals the whole vow... the guarantee
of living together until one dies.
Jesus Christ has already paid the ransom for our part
of the covennant! He died for
us! We live in Him and He lives in us wholely!
We are the temple of the Living God...
granted eternal life with and in Him!
In water baptism, we covenant to die
with Him, are buried in the water by immersion
and are resurrected in Him as we come up from the
burial, consummating us as His
new holy creation and as such a part of
His beloved and betrothed Body!
We die to self and become One in Him! We
are His Bride, His Church!
Ephesians
4:12-16 Amp
12 His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the
saints (His consecrated
people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward
building up Christ's body
(the church),
13[That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and
in the comprehension
of the [full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might
arrive] at really
mature manhood (the completeness of personality
which is nothing less than the standard
height of Christ's own perfection), the measure of the stature of the
fullness of the Christ
and the completeness found in Him.
14 So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and
fro between
chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of
doctrine, [the prey of]
the cunning and cleverness of unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in
every shifting
form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead.
15 Rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things,
speaking truly, dealing truly,
living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all
things into Him
Who is the Head, [even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed one).
16 For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various
parts), closely joined
and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is
supplied, when each
part [with power adapted to its need] is working properly [in all its
functions], grows to full
maturity, building itself up in love.
Biblical
love is to become One and remain One!
Biblical marriage endures by covenant love in
Christ which entails self-sacrifice!
This is the fulfillment of Romans 8:17
17 And if we are [His]
children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs
with Christ [sharing His inheritance
with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are
to share His glory.
This
is the fulfillment of Mark 8:34 Amp
34 And Jesus called [to Him] the throng
with His disciples and said to them,
If anyone intends to come after Me, let
him deny himself [forget, ignore, disown,
and lose sight of himself and his own
interests] and take up his cross, and [joining Me
as a disciple and siding with My party] follow
with Me [continually, cleaving steadfastly to Me].
We are One in Christ!
The Lord has provided us with the ability to
build up one another! He has given us the
precious Person Holy Spirit, the epowering gifts
of the Spirit, and the ascension-gifts of men!
The gifts of apostles, prophets,
evangelists, pastors and teachers are given by the Husband
to the Bride to equip her for the works
of the ministry that she may multiply and increase
through divine propagation, His Kingdom
of Rigtheousness into all the earth that the
knowledge of the Glory of God fills the earth as
the waters cover the seas. Ephesians 4:10-16
We are One in Him...
John
17:20-22 AMP
20 Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only
that I make this request],
but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in,
cling to, rely on) Me through
their word and teaching,
21 That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in
You, that they also
may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that
You have sent Me.
22 I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me,
that they may be one [even] as We are one:
Father
God's Son, Jesus Christ is the foundation and our call is to build up
with enduring
and lasting divine principles and truth.
1
Corinthians 3:10-17 AMP
10 According to the grace (the special endowment for my task) of God
bestowed on me,
like a skillful architect and master builder I laid [the] foundation,
and now another [man]
is building upon it. But let each [man] be careful how he builds upon
it,
11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is [already]
laid, which is Jesus
Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed one).
12 But if anyone builds upon the Foundation, whether it be with gold,
silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, straw,
13 The work of each [one] will become [plainly, openly] known (shown
for what it is);
for the day [of Christ] will disclose and declare it, because it will
be revealed with fire,
and the fire will test and critically appraise the character and worth
of the work each person
has done.
14 If the work which any person has built on this Foundation [any
product of his efforts
whatever] survives [this test], he will get his reward.
15 But if any person's work is burned up [under the test], he will
suffer the loss [of it all,
losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one
who has passed]
through fire. [Job 23:10.]
16 Do you not discern and understand that you [the whole church at
Corinth] are God's
temple (His sanctuary), and that God's Spirit has His permanent
dwelling in you
[to be at home in you, collectively as a church and also individually]?
17 If anyone does hurt to God's temple or corrupts it [with false
doctrines] or destroys it,
God will do hurt to him and bring him to the corruption of death and
destroy him.
For the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him) and that [temple] you
[the believing church
and its individual believers] are.
Carnal
methods... flesh thoughts and works of one's own designs are not
pleasing to God.
We are to build with
enduring spiritual Truth and Love. The Fire of God is coming!
Luke 3:16b-17 AMP
...He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit
and with fire.
17 His winnowing shovel (fork) is in His hand
to thoroughly clear and cleanse His [threshing]
floor and to gather the wheat and store it in
His granary, but the chaff He will burn with fire
that cannot be extinguished.
Carnal methods and everything that is not of
God will be removed!
The Fire of god is coming, even now there are
sparks of fire being experienced.
The Lord Himself will see to it! The Church
is His holy temple!
Paul said be careful how you build (note: or tear down).
Most of the church is not even
knowledgeable of God's fire! In our earthly eyes
we see
a church divided. Christ sees a church
united. He will unite the church through His
administration of spiritual fire!
Christ looks at those things already settled in
Father God's divine plan and purposes.
Most see a church that is fragmented and weak
without power. But, God has a plan and
we are in a special season of His
administration and demonstration of His rule and authority.
You will soon hear reports of the winnowing fire
purging the Church and purifying the saints!
Heart
of
God
Ministries
International
embraces
the
Biblical
position
of
a
victorious Church!
Our conviction is the belief
that
the Lord Jesus Christ was sent to earth to establish the
ministry of reconciliation
enabling mankind the way back into right standing with the Father.
As pertaining to His second coming,
Christ
is destined to return on the Last Day
according to Scripture.
Matthew
13:40-43 AMP
40
Just
as
the
darnel
(weeds
resembling
wheat)
is
gathered
and
burned
with
fire,
so
it
will
be
at
the
close
of
the
age.
41
The
Son
of
Man
will
send
forth
His
angels,
and
they
will
gather
out
of
His kingdom
all
causes
of
offense
[persons
by whom others are
drawn into error or sin] and all who
do
iniquity
and
act
wickedly,
42
And
will
cast
them
into
the
furnace
of
fire;
there
will
be
weeping
and
wailing
and
grinding
of
teeth.
43
Then
will
the
righteous
(those
who
are
upright
and
in
right
standing
with
God)
shine
forth
like
the
sun
in
the
kingdom
of
their
Father.
The
angels come to separate the saved
from the lost only on the last day.
[Note:
it should be clear as to why this
declaration of the Lord above all other
Scripture poses the greatest problem
for the heresy of the double rapture.
The Scriptures decree
a continuity of history. False teaching emphatically supports
a coming discontinuity in
the midst of history that is a supposition that history will be
interrupted by a premature taking
away of the saints from the earth and then upon
further supposition they will be
returned back to the earth to again continue a course
of historical occupation. If we take
Christ's parable of the wheat and the tares
seriously, the discontinuity of
Christ's physical return... which no orthodox, Bible
believing Christian should deny...
His return must come at the end of time at the final
judgment, not in the midst of the
process of history. His return to gather the saints
will be the discontinuity that will
end cursed history, not divide cursed history.
1
Thess 4:16-17 KJV
16
For
the
Lord
himself
shall
descend
from
heaven
with
a
shout,
with
the
voice
of
the
archangel,
and
with
the
trump
of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first:
17
Then
we
which
are
alive
and
remain
shall
be
caught
up
together
with
them
in
the
clouds,
to
meet
the
Lord
in the air: and so shall
we ever be with the Lord.
Truth as such is declared by
Christ. How
can there be a thousand days on the
otherside of the Last Day?
Answer: False teaching arbitarily
selecta a passage from which to build doctrine.
Heresy
in the
Church
click
to
the
expose'
First we will experience the fire of God! The Lord Jesus Christ
will adorn His Church
with apostolic knowledge, understanding and power!
We
believe that Christ will return
after a wide spread Christianization of the nations
and a time of historic prosperity
upon
the earth. At His coming, death will be
conquered as the resurrection of the dead will
take place.
The Kingdom of heaven
represented by the instumentality
of the church on earth will
be delivered to the Father.
Since death
both physical
and
spiritual
is
the
last
enemy,
then
all
other
enemies will have
been conquered prior to
Christ's
return.
What then shall we conclude about
redemption of history?
First, that history was definitively
redeemed by the life, death, resurrection and
ascension of Christ to His eternal
throne. In God's timing and divine principle, this
took place in the midst of
history.. in accordance to His will, purposes and actions.
NOTHING else will ever take place
in the midst of history to match this discontinuity...
the discontinuity of death and
resurrection of life into death!
This event is the foundation of
Christianity!
1 Cor 15:14-22 AMP
14 And if Christ has not risen,
then our preaching is in vain [it amounts to nothing]
and your faith is devoid of
truth and is fruitless (without effect, empty, imaginary,
and unfounded).
15 We are even discovered to be
misrepresenting God, for we testified of Him that
He raised Christ, Whom He
did not raise in case it is true that the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead are not raised,
then Christ has not been raised;
17 And if Christ has not been
raised, your faith is mere delusion [futile, fruitless],
and you are still in your
sins [under the
control and penalty of sin];
18 And further, those who have
died in [spiritual fellowship and union with] Christ
have perished (are lost)!
19 If we who are [abiding] in
Christ have hope only in this life and that is all, then we
are of all people most miserable and to be
pitied.
20 But the fact is that Christ
(the Messiah) has been raised from the dead, and He
became the firstfruits of those who have
fallen asleep [in death].
21 For since [it was] through a
man that death [came into the world, it is] also through
a Man that the resurrection
of the dead [has come].
22 For just as [because of their
union of nature] in Adam all people die, so also
[by virtue of their union of
nature] shall all in Christ be made alive.
The false teachings of
dispensationalism invented by John Nelson Darby 180 years
ago whereby he introduced two classes
of people of God in a scheme to deal
separately with the Jew and the Gentile is
heresy. God has made us ONE BODY!
Darby also invented the teaching
of a "double rapture."
Heresy in the
Church
click
to
the
expose'
False teaching
has so perverted the truth of the Words of the Lord that men have only
considered "their generation" as the timing of
the return of Christ. Gross suppostions have
overbearingly influenced the 20th and 21st
century "pentecostal," "full gospel"
and "chrismatic" writings of the Church!
Most suppostions are fully based upon "their"
interpretation of Matt 24:32-35.
The volumes of books written upon these false
teachings are incomprensible to count!
Matt 24:32-35
NKJV
32 "Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch
has already become tender
and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is
near.
33 So you also, when you see all these things,
know that it is near -- at the doors!
34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation
will by no means pass away till all these things
take place.35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but
My words will by no means pass away.
A major false movement embellishes the hearts
and minds of believers in the "double rapture"
heresies! Let us study some of
the influences.
The Day of
Judgment / The Last Day
John 16:7-12 AMP
7 However, I am telling you nothing but the truth
when I say it is profitable (good, expedient,
advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not
go away, the Comforter
(Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor,
Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you
[into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away,
I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship
with you].
8 And when He comes, He will convict and convince
the world and bring demonstration to it
about sin and about righteousness (uprightness of heart
and right standing with God) and
about judgment:
9 About sin, because they do not believe in Me
[trust in, rely on, and adhere to Me];
10 About righteousness (uprightness of heart and right
standing with God), because I go to
My Father, and you will see Me no longer;
11 About judgment, because the ruler (evil genius, prince)
of this world [Satan] is judged and
condemned and sentence already is passed upon him.
12 I have still many things to say to you, but you are not
able to bear them or to take them
upon you or to grasp them now.
Now for review of what the Lord instructed the
disciples...
The Holy Ghost is SENT:
Purpose
Apostolic
Message
1. Convict the
world
1.
About Sin
2. Convince the
world
2.
About Righteousness
3. Demonstrate to the
world
3.
About Judgment
It would be after the Day of pentecost that the
Apostles of the Lamb would be empowered
and that they wold begin to learn experience what
the lord had instructed about the work
and anointing presence of the "upper room
experience" of the baptism of fire and the
manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit! They learn
as a corporate apostolic unit of chosen
vessels what the Lord had demonstrated in His time
of fellowship with them while on the earth!
Now, they understood the meaning of the prophet Joel
as he had declared the outpouring
of the Spirit of God upon all flesh! They
understood the completion of the message that
Jesus was the Son of the Living God, the crucified,
resurrected and ascended Christ!
They were eye-witnesses to all that the Lord had
taught!
Wisdom, knowledge and understanding became
their teacher through the communion of the
"apostolos", the fellowship of the apostles
with each other and with the Father and the Son
thorough the abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost!
Not only did the apostles of the Lamb
understand the things of the spiritual realm, but,
Paul appointed as an ascension-gift apostle to the church
receives by the Spirit the
revelations of Christ and we hear him at Mars
Hill speaking to the believers of an unknown
god. “GOD hath appointed a day in which he
will judge the world in righteousness...”
(Acts 17:31).
(HGMI note: The popular view is that Christ
will come to earth, seated upon a great white
throne, and that he will summon saint and sinner in
rank and file before him to be judged.
This view depicts that amidst great
convulsions of nature —earthquakes, opening graves,
rending rocks and falling mountains —
trembling sinners will be brought from the extremes
of everlasting woes to hear of all the the
sins of their lives charged against them, only to be
returned to an eternal and merciless doom.
According to this view, all receive their final and
unalterable sentence or reward at death, and the
entire time allotted to this stupendous work
of judging billions takes place in a
twenty-four hour day.... some may consider the billions
to be heard in 1000 years... in that the Bible
relates a Day as to 1000 years.
On close examination, however, the term
judgment (in the Greek, "krisis") signifies more
than simply the rendering of a verdict. It
includes the idea of a trial, as well as a decision
based upon that trial. And the term day, both
in the Scriptures and in common usage, though
most frequently used to represent a period of
twenty-four hours, is in fact more than a
coronos day... in fact it points to a "kairos"
day.
It
signifies a definite period of time, such as Noah’s day,
Noah's day was 120
years. The Day of Judgment applies to the 1000 year Millennial
age.
In reference to this judgment period, 2 Peter 3:8
states: “...be
not ignorant of this one thing,
that one day is with the Lord as a
thousand years...” this signifies not a literal 1000 years,
but a season of multiple years that are very
many or vast. Compare to the scripture:
Ps
50:10-11 NKJV
10 For every beast
of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
Is the Lord speak of a literal 1000 hills ? He
references that He owns every beast of the forest
and knows every bird of the mountains as well as
owns all the wild animals.
His reference then is not literal, it is to express
that he alone owns all.
His statements are references to His rule over
multitudes.
Let us look at a second witness...
Haggai 2:8
8 The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine, says the Lord of hosts.
His statement is
reference to His rule over the multitudes.
Christ is King, as such rules and has possession
over all that is created!
Day of Judgment
The first great judgment (trial and sentence) was at
the beginning of
the seventh creative
day in Eden, when the whole human race, as
represented in its father, Adam, stood on trial
before God. The result
of that trial was a guilty verdict for disobedience, and the penalty
inflicted was death — “Dying thou shalt die.” (Gen. 2:17)
Since that
time, “in Adam all die.” (1Cor.15:22) This may be seen in every funeral
procession.
Every tomb is a witness to it. It is felt in every ache
and
pain we experience. All of this sorrow
is the result of the first trial
and sentence — the righteous sentence of God.
Mankind lost the
privilege of life and the blessings originally provided for Adam while
he was
obedient and perfect in God’s likeness — but not forever.
The
world will soon be recovered
from the sentence of that first trial,
through the one sacrifice for all, provided our Redeemer,
Jesus Christ, “by the grace [favor] of God, tasted death
for every
man.”
Having provided a ransom for Adam’s race, Jesus,
with his own
life, can justly give a new
offer of life to all in due time. 1Tim.
2:3-6; Rom. 14:9; Heb. 10:16; Jer. 31:31
The Church
is considered “the firstfruits [firstborn] unto God and unto the Lamb.”
(Rev. 14:4)
It is redeemed by the sacrificial Blood of the Lamb!
Fire is once again coming upon the
nations! The due time for all others to come into
the glory of the glorified church will be during
Messiah's Day, His current millinial reign as we have
already seen is also the Day of Judgment!
In the spirit, we have come to the church
triumphant... the general asembly of the Church in
heaven is a Now reality in the earth Today!
Christ's Church has already overcome and is
unshakable for it is in Christ!
It is transcendent! As we are lifted beyond self to
see into His presence, we see through the
eyes of the Head iof the church, Jesus Christ! If
you can rise above this physical realm into
the spiritual realm, you will see the church as
glorious!
As we can see it there, we can see more of what God is
doing here.
His statements are references to His rule over
multitudes, the entire earth of mankind!.
Haggai 2:5-9
Amp
5 According to the promise that I covenanted with you when you came out
of Egypt,
so My Spirit stands and abides in the midst of you; fear not.
[HGMI note: Egypt is the spiritual place from
which we are translated out of darkness
into His marvelous Light!]
6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I
will shake and make
tremble the [starry] heavens, the earth, the sea,
and the dry land; [Heb 12:26.]
7 And I will shake all nations and the desire and the precious things
of all nations shall
come in, and I will fill this house with splendor,
says the Lord of hosts. [Isa 60:5; Matt 2:1-12.]
8 The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine, says the Lord of hosts.
9 The latter glory of this house [with its successor, to which Jesus
came] shall be greater
than the former, says the Lord of hosts; and in this
place will I give peace and prosperity,
says the Lord of hosts.
The Fire is
Coming! After the Fire, comes the transfer of wealth from the wicked
into the
hands of the church! Shall we dig deeper into the Spirit/
The Lord Jesus
is already
established on His eternal throne!
The Bible does
not provide for
another earthly throne. Another earthly throne is
promoted through "suppostions and
distortions"... Truth shall
prevail and Truth shall
set the saints free from heresy.
Christ's Kingdom is a spiritual
Kingdom
by which He inhabits every "Born Again" by
the Law of the Spirit represented
by
the Personage
Holy Spirit Who
carries out the
things of the Father and His Son, the
King! He does this Today!
Now!
Jesus is the Head of
the Body... the Head & Body represents "the Perfect Man."
Ephesians 2:4-14 AMP
4
But
God--so
rich
is
He
in
His
mercy!
Because
of
and
in
order
to
satisfy
the
great
and wonderful
and
intense
love
with
which
He
loved
us,
5
Even
when
we
were
dead
(slain)
by
[our
own]
shortcomings
and
trespasses,
He made
us alive together
in
fellowship
and
in
union
with
Christ;
[He
gave
us
the
very
life
of
Christ
Himself, the
same
new
life
with
which
He
quickened Him,
for]
it
is
by
grace
(His
favor
and
mercy
which you
did
not
deserve)
that
you
aresaved
(
delivered
from
judgment
and
made
partakers
of Christ's
salvation).
6
And
He
raised
us
up
together
with
Him
and
made
us
sit
down
together
[giving
us
joint seating with
Him]
in
the
heavenly
sphere
[by
virtue
of
our
being]
in
Christ
Jesus
(the
Messiah,
the Anointed
one).
7
He
did
this
that
He
might
clearly
demonstrate
through
the
ages
to
come
the
immeasurable (limitless,
surpassing)
riches
of
His
free
grace
(His
unmerited
favor)
in
[His]
kindness
and goodness
of
heart
toward
us
in
Christ
Jesus.
8
For
it
is
by
free
grace
(God's
unmerited
favor)
that
you
are
saved
(
delivered
from
judgment and
made
partakers
of
Christ's
salvation)
through
[your]
faith.
And
this
[salvation]
is
not
of yourselves
[of
your
own
doing,
it
came
not
through
your
own
striving],
but
it
is
the
gift
of
God;
9
Not
because
of
works
[not
the
fulfillment
of
the
Law's
demands],
lest
any
man
should boast. [It
is
not
the
result
of
what
anyone
can
possibly
do,
so
no
one
can
pride
himself in
it
or
take glory
to
himself.]
10
For
we
are
God's
[own]
handiwork
(His
workmanship),
recreated
in
Christ
Jesus,
[born
anew] that
we
may
do
those
good
works
which
God
predestined
(planned
beforehand)
for
us
[taking paths
which
He
prepared
ahead
of
time],
that
we
should
walk
in
them
[living
the
good
life
which He
prearranged
and
made
ready
for
us
to
live].
11
Therefore,
remember
that
at
one
time
you
were
Gentiles
(heathens)
in
the
flesh,
called Uncircumcision
by
those
who
called
themselves
Circumcision,
[itself
a
mere
mark]
in
the
flesh made
by
human
hands.
12
[Remember]
that
you
were
at
that
time
separated
(living
apart)
from
Christ
[excluded from
all part
in
Him],
utterly
estranged
and
outlawed
from
the
rights
of
Israel
as
a nation,
and
strangers with
no
share
in
the
sacred
compacts
of
the
[Messianic]
promise [with
no
knowledge
of
or
right in
God's
agreements,
His
covenants].
And
you
had
no hope
(no
promise);
you
were
in
the
world without
God.
13
But
now
in
Christ
Jesus,
you
who
once
were
[so]
far
away,
through
(by,
in)
the
blood of Christ
have
been
brought
near.
14
For
He
is
[Himself]
our
peace
(our
bond
of
unity
and
harmony).
He
has made us both [Jew and
Gentile]
one
[body],
and
has
broken
down (destroyed, abolished)
the
hostile
dividing
wall between
us,
1
Corintians 8:6 NKJV
6
yet
for
us
there
is
one
God,
the
Father,
of
whom
are
all
things, and we for
Him;
and one Lord (and
King)Jesus Christ, through
whom
are
all
things, and through
whom we live.
The
Lord's
One
Holy
Apostolic
Church is
a
supernatural binding of
responsible men and
women under the authority and
administration of
God,
but never, self directing or self serving
under
God.
The
Lord's
One
Holy
Apostolic
Church
is
the
Head
and
Body
of Christ
universal.
Christ inhabits His Body,
the Head and the Body are One... the "perfect
man!"
The
church
can
only
stand
in
Perfection
whereby the
Holy
Spirit
is
its
guide,
and
director. It is He who administrates and
Works and Will of the Godhead in earth.
It
is
the
designs
and
will
of
men
that
have
destroyed
the
harmony
and
unity
of
the diverse
parts and members of the Divine Body.
Jesus is the Head of the Body....a headship exercised
throughout the church.
Hebrews 12:23 KJV
23
To
the
general
assembly
and
church
of
the
firstborn, which are written in
heaven,
and to God the Judge of all, and to
the
spirits
of
just
men
made
perfect,
God
says
of Himself
about His abiding and directing the Spiritual Church...
(HGMI note: "the Perfect Man"; the "Man of
Paradise"...
"made in the Image of
God and made alive by the "breath of the spirit.")
Ephesians 1:21-23 AMP
21
Far
above
all
rule
and
authority
and
power
and
dominion
and
every
name
that
is
named
[above
every
title
that
can
be
conferred],
not
only
in
this
age
and
in
this
world,
but
also
in
the
age
and
the
world
which
are
to
come.
22
And
He
has
put
all
things
under
His feet and has appointed Him the universal and
supreme
Head
of
the
church
[a
headship
exercised
throughout
the
church],
[Ps
8:6.]
23
Which
is
His
body,
the
fullness
of
Him
Who
fills
all
in
all
[for
in
that
body
lives
the
full
measure
of
Him
Who
makes
everything
complete,
and
Who
fills
everything
everywhere
with
Himself]. (HGMI note: The Head and the Body forms
the Divine Perfect Man.)
Upon
Christ's return to quicken the living and the dead.. the transformation
of the
completed work (the consummation of the church)
will be presented in full glory
to the
Father.
All
things
will
be
fully
restored
to
the
state
of
perfection
as
it
was
in
the
Garden
of Paradise...
the
triune
God
walking
in
perfect
unity
with
the
New
Creation...
HEAVEN
AND
EARTH
TOTALLY
RESTORED...
the
New
Heaven
and
the
New
earth!
(first
the
physical)
Mankind
formed
from
the
dust...
(then
the
spiritual)
to mankind
transformed to eternal spirit... eternally in harmony and in the
promised eternal life in
the presence of the Light of Almighty God!!
Rev 22:5 Amp
And
there
shall
be
no
more
night;
they
have
no
need
for
lamplight
or
sunlight,
for
the
Lord God will illuminate them and be their
light, and they shall
reign [as kings] forever
and ever (through the eternities of the eternities).
"All Things"...
The
Bible
proclaims
the
existence of
multiple sovereignties, multiple institutions that
bear lawful
authority.
Human
institutions
possess
legitimate
sovereignty
but
such
sovereignty is
limited
and
only
received
from
divine
source.
God
alone
possesses
absolute supremacy in
all
power.
Any
attempt
by any institution to command
final authority is one of darkness.
All
institutions
are
to
be
under
God
and
governed
by
God's
law.
WHY?
Institutions
which
set
themselves
as
having
the
final
authority
are
designed
and
administered by
those
who
openly
defy
the
God
of
Abraham,
Isaac
and
Jacob.
Therefore, in reality, they
set
themselves
up
as
a
"god."
(HGMI
note:
In
other
words,
they
make
rules
and
laws
by
their
own
"hands'
to
adhere
to their
own
wants, desires, conveniences and purposes.)
24 therefore God gave them up in the lusts of
their [own] hearts to sexual impurity, to the
dishonoring
of
their bodies among themselves [abandoning them to the
degrading
power of
sin],
25
Because
they exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and
served the
creature
rather
than the Creator, Who is blessed forever! Amen (so be
it). [Jer 2:11.]
Lawlessness
is
ramport
in
all
institutions
not
totally
submitted
to
God.
Media
sources
shout
of
scandals
of
immorality
that
literally
flood
the
headlines
about
every institution:
Family,
Church
and
State.
The
Gospel
and Light of Jesus Christ is Father God's
law to moral conduct both
here on earth
and
in
heaven.
No
single
institution
(a
cultural
or
organizational
structure
or
practice
established
to
further
a
"cause")
commands
permanent
authority
over
all
the
others.
God's ways are covenantal and relational through
divine
communion.
The
Bible
does
not
proclaim
a
"pyramid
structure"
of
institutions
whether
Family,
Church or
State,
as
God's
order.
The
structural
hierarchy
of
Royal
families,
Socialism,
Communism and federalism are all pyramid
structures. Each of these are types of
institutions. As
such
they
are
designed
with
some
institutions
at
the
bottom,
and
a
single
"institution"
or authority
at
the
top.
As
such
we
are
faced
with
the
society
of
Satan:
the
worldly
systems in
which
deception
is
a
strong
motivator
to
achieve
personalized
agendas.
Thievery,
immoral
acts
and
greed
for
control
of
money
and
power
are
lawlessness...sin.
John
10:10 AMP
The
thief
comes
only
in
order
to
steal
and
kill
and
destroy.
I
came
that
they
may
have
and
enjoy
life,
and
have
it
in
abundance
(to
the
full,
till
it
overflows).
Romans 8:1 AMP
8:1
THEREFORE,
[there
is]
now
no
condemnation
(no
adjudging
guilty
of
wrong)
for
those
who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after
the dictates of the flesh,
but after the dictates of the Spirit.
[John 3:18.]
2 Corinthians 3:17 AMP
17
Now
the
Lord
is
the
Spirit,
and
where
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
is,
there
is
liberty
(emancipation from bondage, freedom). [Isa
61:1,2.
Please understand what
the Lord
is
revealing here!
Neither Individualism
(the
assertion
of
self
in
all
matters
of
life
whereby
one's
goals
and
pursuits
succeed
by one's
own
initiative
to
take
preference
over
the
interests
of
others)
Nor, Collectivism
(the
system
under
which
ownership
and
control
and
means
of
creating
and
promoting
lifestyle
models,
values,
positions,
offices,
placements
or
assignments
that
are
not
in
the hands
of
the
people
under
the
soveriegn
rule
of
God)
is
valid
as
an
exclusive
order
of a
society.
What
order
is
mankind
to
follow?
The
pattern
of
Jesus
Christ,
the
Son
of
Father
God,
is
demonstrated
in
Covenantalism (individuals
under
God
and
under
God's
applicable
Laws).
The New Covenant is Jesus
Christ pesonified in the earth through
the
Law of the
Spirit...
Romans
8:2-6 AMP
2
For
the
law
of
the
Spirit
of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law
of our new being]
has freed
me
from
the
law
of
sin
and
of
death.
3
For
God
has
done
what
the
Law
could
not
do,
[its
power]
being
weakened
by
the
flesh [the
entire
nature
of
man
without
the
Holy
Spirit].
Sending
His
own
Son
in
the
guise
of sinful
flesh
and
as
an
offering
for
sin,
[God]
condemned
sin
in
the
flesh
[subdued, overcame,
deprived
it
of
its
power
over
all
who
accept
that
sacrifice],
[Lev
7:37.]
4
So
that
the
righteous
and
just
requirement
of
the
Law
might
be
fully
met
in
us
who
live and
move
not
in
the
ways
of
the
flesh
but
in
the
ways
of
the
Spirit
[our
lives
governed not by
the
standards
and
according
to
the
dictates
of
the
flesh,
but
controlled
by
the Holy
Spirit].
5
For
those
who
are
according
to
the
flesh
and
are
controlled
by
its
unholy
desires
set their minds
on
and
pursue
those
things
which
gratify
the
flesh,
but
those
who
are
according
to the
Spirit
and
are
controlled
by
the
desires
of
the
Spirit
set
their
minds
on and seek
those things
which
gratify
the
[Holy]
Spirit.
6
Now
the
mind
of
the
flesh
[which
is
sense
and
reason
without
the
Holy
Spirit]
is
death [death
that
comprises
all
the
miseries
arising
from
sin,
both
here
and
hereafter].
But
the
mind
of
the
[Holy]
Spirit
is
life
and
[soul]
peace
[both
now
and
forever].
Without
the
Holy
Spirit
as
the
one
Who
distributes
and
appropriates
to
the
Church,
the
Church
cannot
function
as
One.
He is the Spirit of Truth,
The Guide and The
Director.
The Lord Jesus is reeining through the Holy Ghost from
the eternal throne of David! No man or
collective council of
men can know
the mind of Christ for
the
universal church. No
council can administrate the
universal
church. Jesus is the King and Lord! The counsel is God the
Trinity!
Divine
restoration is the ministry of the Holy
Spirit on behalf of the Godhead.
Restoration results through obedience to God's sovereignty
(His
supreme authority and power) working in the
Body.
To establish any form of institutional
rule that puts the church under
the dictates
and doctrines of men is destined to fail. This
statement is not to negate the order
and structure for the church. The Faithful and
Obedient Body of Chirst to the Word of God
and the leading of the Holy Ghost are to officiate
through
men as defined by the
scriptures (the ascension gifts of men, the gifts of the
Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit
as directed, guided and controlled by the working
presence of the Holy Spirit.)
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