Individual Ministries Within The Church

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Last week or a couple of days ago I ended my sharing this quote; "Is it not time that we look at ourselves and pray read the WORD OF GOD and fellowship with the Lord HIS WAYS through JESUS CHRIST and conform to the understanding of the CHURCH and what it seeks to tell and show US?. IS it not worth the humility and servitude for BELIEVERS to take our SAVIOUR by HIS WORD? Be obedient and sacrificial to His Commands?" AND HOLY SPIRIT unquote.

The truth is many individual ministries have fallen far away from the CHURCH MINISTRY Jesus Christ laid her foundation on, over two thousand years and over ago.They no longer obey the command and authority of the TRUINE/TRINITY GOD, THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHURCH, AND THE WORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT within her.However for their own selfish and personal desires they openly use the name JESUS CHRIST. Some have even brought in the powers of demons, and principality which Christ came and have uprooted.In some of these the devil have returned seven fold and is using them as they lack the knowledge of God.

SACRIFICE OF GOD.
Look at this scripture ( John 3:16; For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone believes in Him would not perish, but would have eternal life.) JESUS CHRIST IS THE LAMB SACRIFICED TO PURCHASE US FROM SLAVERY THROUGH HIS RESURRECTION

.Let us say something about the above; the world here in this verse refers to the sinful, fallen people, who constitute the world. They have not only sin but also the poisonous element of the devil, the ancient serpent; hence they have become serpents.Which is the reason we see abominable wickedness and atrocities.

Such people need Christ to die for them in the form of a serpent and be judged by God as their Substitute vs 14;otherwise, they will perish ( vs 16).Although men are utterly fallen, God still loves them with His Divine love (something many don't understand and as a result lambash them when evangelising the world), which is Himself ( 1 John 4: 8, 16 ), because they are vessels created by God according to His OWN image to contain Himself ( Gen 1:26; Rom. 9: 21a, 23 ).Moreover, He so love them that He gave them His only begotten Son, Hid expression (how many of us express God to attract the sinful people, if some of us don't do more evil than them), that they might obtain His eternal life to become His many sons and be His corporate expression for the fulfillment of His New Testament economy.

Hence, God first regenerates them by His Holy Spirit (vv.3-6) ( IE through the gift of ministry each of us receive, remember the work is done by the Holy Spirit of God; so do not take His glory through your ministry) that they have eternal life ( vv. 15-16, 36a ).Then God fills such regenerated people with His unlimited Spirit (vs 34) that they may become the bride of Christ, who is above all and is all inclusive ( vv. 31 -35 ), to be His increase and fullness (vv 28 - 30).

Dear and beloved, believing into the Lord is not the same as believing Him ( 6 : 30). To believe Him is to believe that He is true and real, but to believe into Him is to receive Him and be united with Him as one. The former is to acknowledge is to acknowledge a fact objectively; the latter is to receive a life subjectively. This is a problem which explain some Christians live loyalty and sacrifice, obedience to God and whilst some others leave carelessly.

Jesus Christ is the one spoken of in the Old Testament Isaiah (61:1);The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Me. To bring the good news to the afflicted.

He has sent Me to bind up the wounds of the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the eyes to those who are bound (also read 11:2, 42:7, Ps. 147: 3, Eze.34:16, Jer.34:8)

So when He came under the New Testament era, He came to fulfilled that which was spoken of the Old accordingly ( Luke 4:18) " The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has annointed Me to announce the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away in release those who are oppressed".

This He meant To announce the gospel was the first commission of the Saviour, as God's annointed One Messiah. It meant to the poor in heavenly, spiritual, and divine things ( 12:21; Rev. 3:17; Matt 5:3 cf).

Prisoners of worldly various wars, and those under Satan's bondage ( Isa.42:7). Recovery of sight is related to being released from the power of Satan ( Acts. 26:18 ).Those who are blind physically and spiritually ( Zeph. 1:17; John 9:39 -41; 1 John.2:11; Rev.3:17 ).Hear, He means breaking in pieces ( Mat. 12:20) all shackles of iron oppression under Satan's system which we still are being oppressed.under Satan in sickness or in sin ( 13:11-13; John 8:34).

The FOUR GOSPELS written about Jesus Christ points out four major issues or Spiritual significance Jesus Christ stood for and His teachings.In it Jesus Christ deals with all the virtues of what goes to make someone God-man.Under this era he dealt with them giving His Spirit not to certain individual from time to time, but to all all the time.

The OLD TESTAMENT; deals with God's relationship with man and how He handled certain figures of that time to choose Him as against the world. In the NEW TESTAMENT, we also see God relating to man through JESUS CHRIST and HIS HOLY SPIRIT. When Jesus Christ had fulfilled the promise to Abraham, as Prophet Joel had before His arrival mentioned that every soul who been formed that time will or have the benefit of the HOLY SPIRIT in each man.

Whenever it is possible again we will by the grace and permission of God continue our sharing from section V. I pray that as we see the end times vividly being played out in our faces physically and spiritually we take note and repent our church ways and be back to the ONGOING RECOVERY. Such opportunity may elude us soon, may God forbid that though in the name of JESUS CHRIST.