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How To Build A New Testament. Church?

1. All seminars are held by invitation from your church or ministry.

2. Because of the amount of materials that must be covered, A Week is Required. We travel by auto as a family, with our four children, when asked to minister in the Southwest. This includes New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and the western Texas areas.

3. Outside of this geographical area, I, Jose, will come alone by airplane.

4. In most seminars, the Lord leads us to have times of ministry, which include words of knowledge, prophetical words, and healings. If your church desires for this type of ministry within the teaching times we can accommodate this. If however you would only desire to have a straight teaching seminar, we will honor this as well. Our vision and calling is to assist your ministry in receiving the greatest benefits during this time.

5. We do not request honorariums or love offerings, but trust the Lord to speak to the hosting church as to what His will is.

6. Our ministerial requirements from you the hosting church are room and board either in a motel or at one of the brethren’s home during our stay, and a roundtrip airplane ticket for Jose if he comes alone by airplane.

Thank you and God bless you!

The Required Condition of the Believer in the NT Church

Monday Night

Session # 1

What is the Great Purpose of the Believer?

The Believer is God’s Land from Where the Kingdom Operates

Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

The Believer is God’s Land from Where God’s Glory is Revealed

John 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Greek: I in them, and you in me, that they may become matured and completed into the same finished product manifesting our exact oneness; so that the world system might from moment to moment learn and know that you sent me into it with a mission, and that mission being that you loved them in exactly the same way that you loved me.
To the degree that every believer operates from moment to moment in the world of God of God so that God can simultaneously and from moment to moment work back through the believer will be the same degree that the church will become matured and completed in the oneness that the Father and the Son have. This oneness as we have learned is the perfect exchange of Jesus being located in God and God instrumentality working His works back through Him. As the church operates in this oneness with God, He then has absolute liberty to work His miracles in His church, revealing Jesus and His mission to love the world in exactly the same way that the Father loves Him, and thus drawing the world unto Himself through the church.

Liberty Through Spiritual Knowledge

The Knowledge of Christ

Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

Colossians 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

1Cor 1:5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you.

Rev 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy;

The more of Jesus that is revealed in each of, the more the gifts will operate, and the more will be the edification, which the church will receive.

The Knowledge of God’s Will

Col1:9¶ For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

The “wisdom of God” is the will of God according to His strategy, His ways, and His timing. To do His will “with all spiritual understanding” is to discern what are God’s specific steps in fulfilling the will that we have just discerned. A church fulfilling the will of God “with all spiritual understanding” will take the painstaking time to move step by step in line with the Holy Spirit, never behind, and never before Him

The Knowledge of The Truth

1Tim2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

Colossians 2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

· To know the truth, is to know God’s word deeply, with accuracy, and in accordance to fact and certainty.

The Knowledge of Every Good Thing Which is in You

Philemon 1:6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

Our faith will only become effectively empowered, as we discover and use every gifting, calling, and ministry that Christ has placed within us.

Philippians 1:9 ¶ And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge (thorough knowledge) and in all judgment;(discernment)

· Greek: (my paraphrase included in italics) That your love may abound yet more (but always held bounded) by a full precise and accurate knowledge of the things of God.

10 that ye may approve things that are excellent;( what differs or excels) that ye may be sincere (judged by the sun) and without offence till the day of Christ;

· Greek translation: That you may recognize as genuine upon examination the things that are differing. Your recognition of what differs will allow you to choose only what is excelling or best towards your fulfillment of the things that pertain to Christ. This will cause you to become so pure that it will allow for the beams of sunlight to shine through you unhindered. Likewise you will become as one that has nothing that will make others stumble when they observe your life before the Lord.

Session # 2

The Believer’s Liberty Through Purity

Purity; the Greatest Act of Spiritual Warfare

John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

· In Jesus own words He says, “The prince of this world order comes, and it is impossible for him to have even have the tiniest connection with me as regards to evil.” This is true binding.

Eph 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.

Another version renders “giving place”, as the construction of an airport runway. Any time that we disobey the Lord, we automatically construct an airport runway on our bodies for demons to land.

Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession(Homologia) is made unto salvation.

True confession is the verbal confession that describes accurately what is inside of us. This is the confession that the enemy flees and the confession that brings us into salvation.

2 Timothy 2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

· That they may return to a sober condition and out of the snare of the devil, after having being hunted down, taken captive, and caught alive by him, in order to do “his” will.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

· Be controlled, free of evil passions, and serious in your life, because your opponent in court, the devil, as a roaring lion, lives to earnestly seek, whom he may drink down, swallow, consume, and destroy.

Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

· The disobedient Christian gives energy to the methods of the devil.

Liberty Through Walking in the Spirit

A Study on the Law

Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

You are married to another who has a different nature, and form than that of the law.

Romans 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

The passions of sins become energized in the members of our body when we serve God through the law.

1 Cor 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

· The “life giving” power of sin is found in the law

Romans 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

The process of serving the Lord by our own strength was made non operational, broken down, and thrown out of our lives, so that now we can serve the Lord by a simple walk through the voice of the Holy Spirit.

10 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

· In no way would I have knowledge of sin if not through the law. This is why God brought the law in the first place, but not for us to serve Him by it.

11 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

When the law came, sin was given an “army” base of operations to work from.

Ro 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

· Through the law comes the accurate knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

· Also because sin was given an “army” base of operations through the law it fully executes deception, thereby killing us.

14 ¶ For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do

For that which I fully accomplish in no way do I have an acquaintance or knowledge of. For what I wish or will, I cannot I habitually practice. But what I hate, this is what I do.

16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

But if what I do not desire, this I do, I confess that the law is good.

17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

It is no longer I who is fully carrying out these things, but the indwelling sin which is in me,

18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

I know that in no way dwells in me, that is in my flesh, what is good, for to will is present besides me, but to fully carry out the good in now way can I find to do.

19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

In no way the good that I will, I end up doing, but what I in no way will this I end up habitually practicing.

Romans 8:1 ¶ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

· The law of the spirit of life resides in the person of Christ. As Christ is revealed or we are conformed into his image, this law becomes more evident.

· What is the law of the law of the spirit of life? It is the law that brings the life and the blessings of God. In other words, every time that we choose to obey the voice of the Holy Spirit we activate the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. The law of sin and death is activated at any time that we choose to follow God in the flesh, through the law.

· It is of vital importance for us that we comprehend, that the law of the Spirit of life in the person of Christ is more powerful than the law of sin and death.

3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

For powerless is the law in that it became weak through our flesh. But Christ passed a condemnatory sentence upon the sin that dwells in the flesh.

4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

In order that the whole requirement of God as to the law might be filled up in us who are live by the Spirit of God.

A prophetical and healing time of ministry will be held after each evening’s last session. Ministry time is not part of the seminar. Those that wish to remain are welcomed to do so. If you feel like going home at the end of the session you may do so as well.

Tuesday Night

Session # 3

Liberty Through Walking in the Spirit

The Difference Between the Soul and the Spirit

· There is the carnal, the natural, (psychikos; or psychological man: ) and the spiritual. (pneumatikos; the man of the spirit, air, or breath) Believers are either natural or spiritual. God desires all of us to be “pneumatic Christians; discerning the breath of the Spirit of the living God.”

1Cor 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10 But God hath revealed them(taking the lid off) unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth(sounds out) all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

These verses explain to us that the only way for us to know the things of God is through our spirit.

14 But the natural man(psychikos) ( receiveth(to welcome with open rams) not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (to determine something so as to render a decision)

15 But he that is spiritual(pneumatikos) judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

A Study in the Laws of the Spirit

12 Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

1. 2 Cor 7:1 ¶ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2. 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Quench not the Spirit.

3. Romans 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

4. Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

5. Philipp 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

6. Col 1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

7. 1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

7. John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

8. Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk( The totality of our daily activities and the way that we conduct ourselves in them) in the Spirit) and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. (Greek double negative: and it will be impossible for you to fulfill the flesh’s strong desire through act of your will

A Study on Scriptural Grammatical Prepositions

Luke 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

1. In Christ ; Domain, Location;

Ephesians 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us (GOAL) with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

2. On Me: Into, Goal, Extent;

John 8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world;I am not of this world.

3. From ; Root and Life source;

Ephesians 3:9 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:

4. Through Him Instrumentality

Session # 4

The Counsels of God’s Will and The Anointings;

The Counsels of God’s Will (God Proportionally Blesses our Proportional Obedience to Them)

Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

All things energizing in proportion to the counsel of His will

Phillip 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

1 Cor 12;11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.(COUNSELS)

The Anointings (Our Guarantee to Operating in the Kingdom)

The Progressive Knowledge Anointing

John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard) of my Father I have made known (PROGRESSIVE KNOWLEDGE; unto you.

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

The Intuitive Knowledge Anointing

1 Cor 2:10 But God hath revealed them( taking the lid off) unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth(sounds out) all things, yea, the deep things of God.

1 Cor 2:11For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

The Holy Spirit has a perfect intuitive knowledge of the things of God

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

Because we have received the Holy Spirit we have the same ability to have a perfect intuitive knowledge of every thing that God has given to us graciously and freely.

John 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

For the Father is fond of the Son and shows Him all things that He does in a way that can be proven and for proof.

· We must know that continually, at all moments, the Father is exhibiting within us all that He does in way that we can understand and confirm what he says, so that we can manifest it outwardly as proof into the world.

1 John 2:20 ¶ But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things

Wednesday Night

Session # 5

A Study on Faith

What is the Faith of God?

Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in (Have the “God kind” of faith, or the faith OF GOD!) God.

· (God is in the genitive Greek case signifying possession; therefore it is “God possessing something”; in this case, “God’s possession of faith”)

Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith, of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

· (Greek: The life which I now live in the flesh, I live in faith, this being the faith which dwells in the Son of God. (Genitive Greek grammatical case signifying possession)

The Rhema Word is The Faith of God

· The faith OF CHRIST is His rhema word. God’s rhema word is a specific word, which the Holy Spirit speaks into our hearts when He wants to minister His purposes into a specific circumstance.

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Rhema word of God.

· (Greek: So then faith gets its life from hearing, but the type of hearing, which describes faith, must be exclusively one which comes through the rhema word of God.

Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The rhema word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the rhema word of faith, which we preach;

Every rhema word represents a description of God’s measure of faith, as He has built it for every situation in which He speaks the rhema word into. It is therefore an account of what the Lord can accomplish within a particular circumstance.

The Might and Ability of Faith

Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

If you have the ability to believe for something, without allowing for a pattern of doubt to set in, that very thing that you believe for becomes transformed into something, mighty and strong and powerful and capable to obtain what you are seeking for.

Mark 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

God is capable and able, and mighty and strong to successfully accomplish His will in every affair in heaven and upon the earth.

Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

· If you believe without doubting that the content of what you speak comes to pass at the moment that you speak it, as many are the things, whatsoever they are, or how great, and difficult, and much they are that make up that content, it will come into existence for you.

Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Every type of thing that you request in prayer, that you believe that while praying, you received it in your heart at the moment of your request, it shall become a reality to you in the future.

“The Commanding Nature of Faith”

Matthew 8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

The word “as” has a powerful connotation in New Testament scriptures. It is defined by some of the following terms; As, like, even as, just like, in the same manner, and a carbon copy of.

The Authority of Faith

Matthew 8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

The so be it done unto thee” is in the Greek mood of command. The faith of the centurion has God’s authority to command circumstances to change and line up in accordance to what the centurion specifically targeted for in his request.

Matthew 9:29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

The “be it unto you” is in the Greek mood of command. In reality what Jesus tells them is that their faith commanded the circumstances that kept them blind to change and line up into God’s normalcy for vision.

Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Great is your faith. Your faith has commanded the future circumstances to line up and submit to and finally give to you what you desire.

The Eternal Impact of Faith

Matthew 9:22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

Hath made thee whole is in the Greek perfect tense. The faith of the women completely healed her with the results that her healing is secure from now, the future, and until the time of her natural death, unless she sins and opens up a door to the enemy

Mark 5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

Here Jesus tells the woman “Thy faith has cured you now and forevermore.” The faith itself accomplished it with a completed and everlasting result. Jesus then tells the woman; “Immediately go into a continual and enduring state of shalom peace brought about by being whole and sound from your plague.

Jesus Intuitive Knowledge of Our Faith.

Matthew 9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

Matthew 9:22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

Mark 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

As I just stated, the physical seeing described comes from exactly the same Greek word for the intuitive seeing or the intuitive knowledge of the Lord Jesus. Jesus must intuitively know a level of faith in us that will prompt Him to act to act on our behalf and grant to us what we want. Until He intuitively knows a faith level in us that does not doubt the mountains and circumstances in our lives will at best be only partially altered.

A Study on the Faith of Moses and Abraham: A Master Plan for the Faith of the Church.

Heb 11:1 ¶ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

q Substance is also the foundation or title deed

q The proof or the full assurance of the “coming” affairs that make up life though yet not seen with the physical eyes.

Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed (equipped) by the rhema word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

q Greek: The worlds were framed by the rhema word of God, so that the things that we presently see with our eyes were made out of things that cannot be seen by the eye. In other words, God always creates what is physically evident to us, out of things, which are physically invisible, through the rhema word. The word “framed” is the same word used for the mending of the fishing nets by the apostle Peter. It is also defined as the full equipping towards the successful carrying out of a mission. The “framing” of the United States armed forces in the Persian Gulf Crisis tells us that they were furnished with the quality and quantity of armaments, food, gear, and clothing that were needed to furnish them a total victory.

6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Apart from faith there is no dunamis power to please God.

7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Being divinely instructed and admonished concerning the things that he could not see with human the human eyes
“The things yet not seen” was what was well known to Noah, or what had a three dimensional substance to him. The physical world acquired no reality or became simply two-dimensional.

8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

He was called was in the present tense or as when God gives to us a word.
He obeyed- Greek: “a military submission to hearing”
He went out; As we go out likewise to prophesy the word of God.
Not knowing: ‘Having nothing which was set and standing before him. He had no acquaintance with what God had called him to do.

11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

· Received dunamis power to lay down a foundation of seed (Greek: “spermatos”)

27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

Moses dominated and endured by seeing with discernment in the Spirit Him who was invisible or void of discernment in the natural or to the human eye. His substance was the rhema word of God. The natural world was not a reality to him.

Romans 4:17 ¶ (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead (corpses), and calleth those things which be not as though they were.(the things not existing as existing)

q Abraham once and for all, (completed action of the verb) believed God. Who is the God whom he believed in? Abraham believed in the God whose nature is to continuously give life to the dead i.e. (Greek; Circumstances which are so dead that they are corpse like).

q This tells us that the nature of our God is to call forth the things, which are still not physically in existence as having the same reality and essence of things, which are in existence. This is one of the facets of faith!

q Think of it; Abraham’s faith in God was so great, that out of “corpse like” circumstances, and out of things, which in reality do not exist, God made Abraham into a father of many nations and millions of people. This is called the faith of Abraham.

Romans 4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

Greek: Abraham, with all hope gone, believed on a foundation made out of hope, that he might become the father of many nations, in relation to the rhema word which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

Romans 4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead ( now in a permanent state of a corpse) , when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness ( the corpse-likeness) of Sara’s womb:

Romans 4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk(Greek: march as a soldier ) in the steps ( footprints) of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

q We are commanded to march (in Romans four and twelve,) as soldiers whose duty is to keep in line with the footprints made by the type of faith that our father Abraham had. If we do so, God will make us spiritual fathers and mothers of the multitude of things that pertain to His kingdom.

Gal 5:25 If we live in ( Instrumental (By)) in the Spirit, let us also walk (Greek word which is defined as “marching in the footsteps of a soldier”) in (Instrumental (By)) the Spirit.

Greek paraphrase) (It is a given that we should be living our lives not in the present day world system, but in the domain, influence, and sovereignty of the world of the Holy Spirit. Because we are being continually affected and influenced by the Spirit, in that influence and effect we must march in step as soldiers so that the Spirit’s influence can go on, deepen, intensify, and continue interrupted.

1 Cor 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

Greek :For we spiritually see or glance through a mirror in enigmas.

Gal 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

· For in Jesus Christ only obedience to God by faith produces the strength of God that can display His power.

Session # 6

The N.T. Church Operates by the Counsels of the Logos and Rhema Word

A Study on the Logos Word of God

I Tim 1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

Doctrine that deviates from the truth because its essence, quality, and quantity comes from another source, which is not founded on the words that make up the gospel.

2 Timothy 1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

“Sound words” is a medical term that means healthy or wholesome. Sound words are healthy because they are true or are in accordance with what is factual concerning the Word of God.

It is impossible for us to build a model of healthy words that we can frame before our eyes to unless we know the Word of God in truth or in accordance to fact.

2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

· Inspiration: All scripture is God breathed and is therefore profitable for teaching

· Reproof: Intimate knowledge of the scriptures brings correction to us by exposing sin and blind spots in our life. If we heed to the exposure brought to us through the Word it will brings us freedom in Christ.

· Correction: Correction here means to be restored to an upright state resulting in salvation. Do you notice the order? Reproof brings exposure of sin. If we heed we start to become free. As we become free the Word of God then starts to restore us to an upright state.

· Instruction: This talks about mentoring and discipling and the final release into our ministry. Exposure, restoration, mentoring, and call to ministry.

John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Titus 2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

· Incorruptness: Our knowledge of the Word of God must be so thorough that our teaching cannot be subject to the decay of time, error, or the opposition that comes from those that challenge our teaching. When we live in accordance to a model of God’s incorrupt doctrine, our doctrine will finally vindicate us even if the whole wide world says that we are wrong. The Lord will lift us up and put those that oppose us to shame.

· Incorruptness must stand the test of eternity in that an incorrupt nature cannot be subject to decay. Our knowledge and obedience to the Word of God will have an everlasting impact on our lives. Let us look at the following scripture;

John 1:1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

o With God: Not that Jesus was with God as one who was next or alongside Him, but as one that is with God because He lives in continual fellowship and communion with Him.

o The word was God. More correctly, “God was the logos”. Jesus, as God the Son, is first found in an eternal and continual communion with God the Father, so He can then come to mankind as the logos word, which translated and interpreted to us the conceptuality of the Father

John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.

A Study on the Rhema Word

Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in (Have the “God kind” of faith, or the faith OF GOD!) God.

q (God is in the genitive Greek “God’s possession of faith”)

q (Greek: The life which I now live in the flesh, I live in faith, this being the faith which dwells in the Son of God. (Genitive Greek case signifying possession)

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Rhema word of God.

(Greek: So then faith gets its life from hearing, but the type of hearing, which describes faith, must be exclusively one which comes through the rhema word of God.

Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The rhema word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the rhema word of faith, which we preach;

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing( Rhema word) shall be impossible.

(The English is a poor translation: For with God every rhema word has the (indwelling) dunamis power to come to pass.

Romans 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

8 But what saith it? The rhema Word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the rhema word of faith, which we preach;

John 17:8 For I have given unto them the rhema words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the rhema words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

Hebrews 6:5 And have tasted the good RHEMA word of God, and the DUNAMIS powers of the world to come,

Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the rhema word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

· Greek paraphrase: Through faith we understand that the worlds and periods of times that span eternity are made, furnished and equipped, framed, and then hung (as completed paintings along the walls of God’s eternal plans) through His rhema word,

Romans 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my rhema words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Luke 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy rhema word I will let down the net.

Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Ephesians 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the rhema word.

Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the rhema word of God

Thursday Night

Session # 7

The Required Conditions Within The N.T. Church

What is the Great Purpose of the New Testament Church?

The Definition of Glory (Making the Invisible God Visible)

The church’s most important job is to bring forth the glory of the Lord into all of the earth, and through out all eternity.

Ephesians 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Glory is defined as the end product of the invisible God becoming visible. The Lord accomplishes this through His Word, His attributes, and righteous deeds.

Isaiah 40:5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

The glory of God is of supreme importance. Through it, men are ushered into eternal salvation, physical healings take place, people are set free from demonic oppression, spiritual gifts are displayed, and revival of cities and nations that ultimately change civilization are started and carried out.

Mark 6:56. and as many as touched him were made whole.

Civilization’s most essential requirement, and its most desperate need, is to be capable of beholding an invisible God, who desires to make Himself plainly evident, through Jesus Christ in His glory.

The key to all of humanity’s needs, past, present, and future, lie locked in the Person of Christ. To the proportion that the invisible Christ becomes visible to mankind by His glory, is to the exact proportion that all of mankind’s needs will be met and answered forever.

The church of Jesus Christ is GOD’S ONLY UNIVERSAL HUMAN INSTRUMENT, which can make Him visible. Aside from His glory as seen in creation, God has made for Himself no other avenue that will allow Him to become visible in a real, personal and intimate way to people.

The Purpose of the Church (God’s Only Institution to Make Him Visible)

Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us (GOAL) with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us (INTO US) in all wisdom and prudence;

Ephesians 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward (INTO US) who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

John 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Greek: I in them, and you in me, that they may become matured and completed into the same finished product manifesting our exact oneness; so that the world system might from moment to moment learn and know that you sent me into it with a mission, and that mission being that you loved them in exactly the same way that you loved me.
To the degree that every believer operates from moment to moment in the world of God of God so that God can simultaneously and from moment to moment work back through the believer will be the same degree that the church will become matured and completed in the oneness that the Father and the Son have. This oneness as we have learned is the perfect exchange of Jesus being located in God and God instrumentality working His works back through Him. As the church operates in this oneness with God, He then has absolute liberty to work His miracles in His church, revealing Jesus and His mission to love the world in exactly the same way that the Father loves Him, and thus drawing the world unto Himself through the church.

Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh ( ENERGIZING) all things after the counsel of his own will:

12 That we should be to the praise of his glory,( THAT THE CHURCH SHOULD BE INTO OR FUNNEL THE PRAISE OF HIS VISIBILITY) who first trusted in Christ.

Ephesians 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. (INTO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY)

Col 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious (GLORY) power(DOMINION), unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;(THE DOMINION PRODUCED BY HIS GLORY)

Strengthened with all dunamis power according to the dominion His glory

12 ¶ Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Eph 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory( HIS RICHES MANIFESTED IN VISIBILITY) , to be strengthened (STRENGTHENED WITH DUNAMIS POWER AS MANIFESTED BY SUBJUGATING AND DOMINATING STRENGTH.) with might (AS SEEN IN HIS DUNAMIS POWER) by his Spirit in (THROUGH HIS SPIRIT, AS THIS POWER IS FUNNELED INTO) the inner man;

· In order that He may give you according to the riches of His glory, dunamis power in its facet of dominion by His Spirit to be funneled into our inner man

Christ is manifested in the riches of glory defined by the riches of dominion

18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

· That we may be full of ischus (INNER STRENGTH) to katalambano (GRASP)…. and the progressively know the love which hits a homerun beyond knowledge …in order that you may be filled with every type of the fullness of God.

19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Session # 8

The Patterns on the Mount (God’s Patterns for The Gifts, Ministries, and Callings that Make Him Visible)

Exo 26:33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

· The American College Dictionary defines for us testimony as “ evidence in support of a fact or statement.” Therefore, within the Ark of the Covenant resides the complete and absolute evidence that supports all of the facts of whom God really is. In other words the fullness of God dwells inside. Therefore the church’s great responsibility is to furnish to the world at large with preciseness, who God really is. It must so fully declare Him that the world has all the facts that it needs, to accept God or reject Him. In reality, the testimony of God is no different to the testimonies given by witnesses in a courtroom. The purpose of testimonies is to furnish a jury with enough factual evidence that will allow it to reach a truthful verdict.

Heb 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

· When Moses was about to build the tabernacle for God, God cautioned him to accurately construct it in accordance to a specific pattern that He would show him. The Lord has a particular and unique pattern of ministerial construction for every local assembly, and every corporate and individual ministry. In our Greek scriptures the word “admonished” is defined as “divine instruction according to revelation.” This is an exhortation for us to cautiously build our ministries step by step in line with the Holy Spirit’s wishes.

Rev 5:5 ¶ And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:

v The brilliancy and the glory of the original blueprint of a NT fellowship in the heavenly realm create a shadow, or an outline, to those who have been called to faithfully reproduce it here on earth. Our great responsibility is to reproduce it to the heavenly original with the greatest of earthly accuracy.

v The blessings of God will fall upon this fellowship in proportion to how accurately it has been reproduced in “accordance with the pattern shown in the mount.”

Heb 8:2 A minister ( a religious minister) of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not( “in no case” absolute negative) man.

Greek: A minister of the sanctuary and of the authentic and “built according to the blueprint of God” tabernacle of God, which the Lord fixed in place, and had absolutely nothing to do with man. The church of God must be built upon the authenticity and genuineness of God’s pattern.

. Heb 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder(technician, architect or craftsman)and maker(the author of a work) is God.

Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands

;Greek: Absolutely never dwells in handmade temples

Heb 9:23 ¶ It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

24For Christ is not entered(absolutely never made by hands.) into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

Heb 9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

v Greek: A greater and more perfect tabernacle, absolutely never made with hands, and not of this creation.

v It cannot be of the earthly or fleshly creation.

v Our hands cannot touch it.

v God’s must be genuine and accurate according to the heavenly plan.

v It has nothing to do with man’s agendas and plans.

v The Lord must be the one to author and build it.

The Cross (God’s Surgical Instrument That Make Him Visible)

1 Corinthians 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

We preach Christ as being crucified: One of the gifts inside of Christ
The law of the cross is energized through obedience

2 Cor 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

11For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

The Basics of the Five Fold Ministry (Raising Up the Gifts, Callings, and Ministries that Make God Visible)

Eph 4:12 For(INTO THE FELLOWSHIP) the perfecting of the saints( mended, repaired, furnished and equipped) for(INTO) the work of the ministry,(INTO THE MINISTRY AS PERTAINING TO GIFTINGS, MINISTRIES AND CALLINGS) for the edifying of the body of Christ:

v He gave the five-fold ministry as gifts. To bring all of the members of the church to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ so that we may come into the unity of the faith.

v Through them all of the members should be made capable of performing their several parts in order that the whole church may be built up in its completeness. For the purpose of furnishing every believer for their particular service and their particular contribution in building up Christ’s body. It is the view to the full equipping of the saints. Only then can the fullness of the glory of God be brought.

Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

v The measure of the height or stature of the perfections of Christ, is this perfect man. The church, made up of believers must represent this perfect man.

v Until we arrive at, or attain to. All members must come to their proper unity and maturity.

v Oneness of faith in Christ, and into a full and accurate knowledge of the Son of God.

v Participation and peak efficiency in ministry brings us into a mutual vision, and understanding of our faith in Christ or the particulars of our walk with Christ. Our comprehension and oneness in the particulars of our walk with Christ brings us into an oneness of revelation of the Christ.

v The glory of God is displayed through the efficiency and activity of each members, obedience and ministry before God.

Friday

Session # 9

Fitly Joined Together and Compacted (Setting In Place the Gifts, Callings, and Ministries, to Make God Visible)

Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

20 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

Ephesians 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Col 2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

q To bring the joints together to speak. To frame together the members of Christ’s body, as parts of a building are brought together. Joining, cementing, and fitting and raising together a building in all of its parts.

q The church becomes the Holy of Holies unto the Lord as all of its members perform to their peak spiritual efficiency by their callings, ministries, giftings, in a sphere of uncompromising obedience. Every one must participate through obedience whether in a stage of being mentored and raised up or actually ministering.

q The word “fitly framed together” pertains to the building up of the church through the use of spiritual gifts, ministries, offices, and callings. To “fitly frame” is the effective operations of all ministries by all members within a local assembly. This causes the full revelation of the Person of Christ, as His revelation is ‘fitted properly together” by the ministries of all the parishioners.

Fullness, Inheritance and the Riches (The Store House of God’s Invisible Riches Within the Church)

Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us ( INTO US) in all wisdom and prudence;)

Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us (GOAL) with (LOCATION, INSTRUMENTALITY, RELATIONSHIP )all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Ephesians 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward (INTO US) who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

John 1:16 And of his fullness (The essence, content, attributes, and qualities that makes God to be God, exclusive of anything else) have all we received, and grace for grace. ( and one act of God’s labor following at the heels of the act that God just accomplished.)

Grace and Understanding the Principles of God’s Power (The Labor of Christ to Make His Invisible Riches, Visible

Peter 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1Co 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

§ In Corinthians 1:30 we see that Christ has been made into righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Christ does not dispense these blessings! He Himself is the blessings! If we ask God to make us righteous, are prayers will be only halfway answered. If we ask God to sanctify us, we have missed God’s best.

§ God’s righteousness has to do with the manifested or outward qualities of God that originate from His inward holy character.

§ Sanctification [61] is defined as the progression of our being purified by the Spirit of God.

§ Redemption has to do with the process of our being rescued from the power of Satan, bondage, sin, and the love of the world.

§ Christ does not produce these things in us as separate blessings. He has been made into these attributes.

· As Christ becomes revealed within our lives, God’s righteousness becomes more and more of a reality in us. It is automatic!

Romans 8:1 ¶ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

3 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Session # 10

The Product of Grace (Subordinating and Making Non Operational) (Christ’s Labor to Make Non Functional What Are Not His Riches)

1 Corinthians 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

We preach Christ as being crucified: One of the gifts inside of Christ
The law of the cross is energized through obedience

2 Cor 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

11For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

Phillip 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working (ENERGY) whereby he is able ( HE HAS THE CAPACITY) even to subdue ( SUBORDINATE IN MILITARY ORDER) all things unto himself.

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power (OUTWARD DOMINION) of his might.( INNER STRENGTH)

1 Cor 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down ( TO CAUSE SOMETHING TO BECOME NON OPERATIONAL AND NON WORKING SO THAT IT MUST BE JUNKED!!) all rule (ARCHE) and all authority (EXOUSIAN) and power (DUNAMIN)

Eph 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory( HIS RICHES MANIFESTED IN VISIBILITY) ,

to be strengthened (STRENGTHENED WITH DUNAMIS POWER WHICH IS MANIFESTED SUBJUGATING AND DOMINATING STRENGTH.) with might (AS SEEN IN HIS DUNAMIS POWER) by his Spirit in (THROUGH HIS SPIRIT, AS THIS POWER IS FUNNELED INTO) the inner man;

The Product of Grace (Operations) (Christ’s Labor to Make Functional His Riches)

1 Corinthians 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh ( ENERGIZES) all in all.(ALL ASPECTS WITHIN EVERY OBJECT IN HIS CREATION)

1 Corinthians 12:10 To another the working ( OPERATION) of miracles ( DUNAMIS POWERS (plural)); to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues

Principalities, Powers, Authorities (Defining God’s Power; Thrusting God’s Riches into the Natural World)

Eph 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power (DUNAMIS) to us-ward (FUNNELED INTO) who believe ( CONTINUALLY BELIEVING) , according to the working( ENERGY PUT OUT) of his mighty (INNER STREGTH) power,(MANIFESTED BY DOMINION)

2 What is the throwing beyond (homerun) greatness of His dunamis power funneled into us the ones believing according to the energy that is put out as God’s inner spiritual strength is translated into His external dominion.

20 Which he wrought (ENERGIZED; PAST TENSE) in Christ, when he raised him from the dead (CORPSE), and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

Eph 1:21 Far above all principality (BEGINNING), and power (AUTHORITY), and might, (DUNAMIS OR INHERENT POWER) and dominion ( LORDSHIP OR BONDAGE), and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning (ARCHE)and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Revelation 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning (ARCHE)and the end, the first and the last.

Spiritual Gifts (The Avenue That Bring God’s Riches Into the Natural World)

I Cor 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.)

John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

· The role of the Holy Spirit is to “testify of Jesus”.

Eph 3:7 Whereof I was made a minister (DIAKONOS), according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.(BY THE ENERGY WHICH IS PUT OUT BY HIS DUNAMIS POWER)

Saturday

Session # 11

Apostles and Prophets (The Foundation Builders Upon Which the Church Builds)

The Apostolic/ Prophetic Emphasis of the Church

1 Corinthians 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps,(“ taking up the cause”; to aid) governments( from the word for “helmsman”; hence first to steer the church, and then to rule.), diversities of tongues.

· God’s emphasis on the apostolic and prophetic then serves these purposes. The foundation, which they lay, is the revelation of these riches. The building up which must be done by the church upon this foundation is its understanding and participation into the gifts and ministries, which will allow it to fulfill the “hope of the calling”. Hence the New Testament church is an institution, which attains to a great amount of spiritual involvement and participation through the revelatory ministries of the apostles and prophets.

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY AND THE SEAL OF THE APOSTLESHIP

Titus 1:1¶ Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

(Greek: ... and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the full knowledge of the truth..

Romans1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

Eph 3:8 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:

1 Corinthians 9:2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

Apostles

John 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from (Root Source) God; neither came I of myself (exclusive, and independent self), but he sent me.

Origination-
Exclusiveness -
Independence-

Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth (INWARD STREGTH) any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. (THE IMAGE OF CHRIST)

Romans 2:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed (METAMORPHOSIED) by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

John 7:17 If any man will do his will( If any one out of His own will desires to do God’s will) he shall know of the doctrine( Instrumental: teaching), whether it be of God, or whether I speak of ( from the edge of; the idea of separation or departure from) myself.( exclusively and independently from myself as a source and from none other.)

John 8;28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he ( I am) , and that I do nothing of myself (and that I do nothing independently and exclusively from the Father); but as my Father hath taught me( but as the Father has instrumentally penetrated, affected, and influenced me) I speak these things (these things I utter, express, and speak prophetically, by that divine influence which has permeated me.)

John 6:57 As the living Father hath sent me ( Greek: apostolic sending), and I live by (INSTRUMENTALLY) the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

1 Corinthians 4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last,(Last in receiving honor, last in being recognized by men and by the body of Christ, last in being raised up by Christ, and smallest in importance and in the estimation of men.) as it were appointed to death:(DOOMED TO DIE) for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

2Cor 4:12 So then death worketh (ENERGIZED) in us, but life in you.

2 Cor1:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

Whether on asking myself, should I die or whether I should come out of peril, I answered, “I must die”.

I Cor1:1 ¶ Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, (INSTRUMENTAL) and Sosthenes our brother,

Gal 1:1 ¶ Paul, an apostle, (not (IT IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY) of men, neither by(INSTRUMENTAL) man, but by(INSTRUMENTAL) Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

Eph 1:1 ¶ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ (, BELONGING TO JESUS CHRIST) by(INSTRUMENTAL) the will of God, to the saints, which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

2Tim:1:1 ¶ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by(INSTRUMENTAL) the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

Session # 12

Prophets

Ephesians 2:20 And are built upon the foundation (LOCATION, INSTRUMENTALITY, RELATIONSHIP) of the apostles and prophets ,(THE FOUNDATION BELONGING TO THEM) Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

· ONLY ONE ARTICLE THUS always categorizing apostles and prophets as the same class of people

Numbers 3:16 And Moses numbered them according (at) to the word (Heb: mouth) of the LORD, as he was commanded.

Numbers 22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak (HEBREW PIEL VERB) unto thee, that thou shalt speak(HEBREW PIEL VERB). So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

· Intensity of emphasis

Accuracy

The intent of the Lord’s heart

Acts 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Num 22:18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond ( pass over or cross over to the other side of; like crossing over a river ) the word ( Hebrew: the mouth) of the LORD my God, to do less or more.(to do the insignificant or what is great.)

38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power(dunamis) at all(dunamis) to say (intensive) any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak ( intensive verb).

q Hebrew: The only power that I have, is the power to speak the word of God. The word that God puts in my mouth I must speak as accurately and as emphatically as when God gave it to me.

Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Ephesians 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the RHEMA WORD.

1Sam 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy (Hebrew: reflexive verb; You will be able to prophesy by your own capabilities and actions once that the Spirit of God has come upon you) with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

Romans 16:25 ¶ Now to him that is of power to stablish you (MAKE YOU FIRM ANS SET YOU IN PLACE) according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

Romans 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets (THE PROPHETIC SCRIPTURES) according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

Session # 13

The Baptism of the Spirit and Principles of Ministry

Living in the Baptism or the World of the Holy Spirit (Our Ticket to Live in the World of God)

Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ( submerged into the domain, sphere, or world of Christ’s influence and sovereignty ) have put on Christ (now wear Christ, whom as clothes which totally cover us, influences and affects back through us to conform us into His image.)

Eph 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 One God and Father of all, who is above all,(UPON) and through all (INSTRUMENTAL) , and in (LOCATION, INSTRUMENTALITY, RELATIONSHIP) you all.

1 Cor 10:2 And were all baptized unto (INTO) Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

John 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on (INTO) him whom he hath sent.

John 7:38 He that believeth on (INTO) me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on (INTO) me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Gal 5:25 If we live in ( Instrumental (By)) in the Spirit, let us also walk (Greek word which is defined as “marching in the footsteps of a soldier”) in (Instrumental (By)) the Spirit.

Greek paraphrase) (It is a given that we should be living our lives not in the present day world system, but in the domain, influence, and sovereignty of the world of the Holy Spirit.

Because we are being continually affected and influenced by the Spirit, in that influence and effect we must march in step as soldiers so that the Spirit’s influence can go on, deepen, intensify, and continue interrupted.

Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk( The totality of our daily activities and the way that we conduct ourselves in them) in the Spirit) (Instrumental (BY), and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. (Greek double negative: and it will be impossible for you to fulfill the flesh’s strong desire through act of your will)

Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings (all is available to us in an accomplished state because the old has passed away and the new has come) in heavenly places (but is only found as such, in the world or domain of the Spirit) in Christ

2 Cor 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,(Location and instrumentality: sphere or domain and influence) there is liberty.

· Greek: There, where the Spirit is, and ONLY within the domain and influence of the Spirit, EXCLUSIVE OF ANYTHING OTHER LOCATIONS, DOMAINS, OR SOVEREIGNTIES, is there liberty.

1 Cor 12:9 To another faith by ( Location: In the world, or domain of the Holy Spirit) the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by( Location: In the world, or domain of the Holy Spirit) the same Spirit;

Session # 14

Principles of Ministry

Ezekeil 3:1 ¶ Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go

speak unto the house of Israel.

q He said God spoke to me rhematically

q Eat Consume and devour

q Roll: “Writing.” Here it is the writing furnished by God’s Spirit.

q Findest: What I show you from moment to moment in the Spirit devour it, and then minister it through my words with the same intention and intensity that I show it to you.

2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

q God, Himself, revealed and gave the desire to consume His word so that then the prophet could minister it as led by the Lord in obedience.

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

q God commands us to be filled in abundance with the flow of His rhema word, ”as a writing” which is furnished by the flow of God’s river.

Jer 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

God’s word came up in Jeremiah’s spirit and when he knew what they were, he consumed them in order to accomplish God’s ministry in obedience,

Romans 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

q Greek: Ministry in the sphere of (our) ministry (Ministry must be executed in the realm of the ministry to which we have been called to; no more and no less. This is what Paul means by Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering. In other words let us minister only in the ministries that God has called us to. “Walk in your calling” is a very important commandment. Part of our maturing, as Christians is the change that the Lord makes in our lives to get us out of the key to ministry is to “walk only in the two or three things that God has called us to do.” Being busy for the Lord in a host of Christian activities will produce spiritual burnout. Likewise, the onset of spiritual burnout is a sure sign that we are not walking in our callings.

Cor 14:6 ¶ Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

q I come to fellowship with you in utterance by the instrumentality of a revelation.

1 Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

· Greek: What is it brethren? Whenever the time may be that you assemble yourselves, each of you a psalm (hymns; a means of putting OT psalms to music) has, a teaching has, a tongue has, a revelation has, an interpretation has. All things for building up let it be done.

· Notice the body ministry of the early church versus our present “models” which have a few people ministering.

1 Cor 14 :1 ¶ Follow ( persecute) after charity, and desire( have a godly jealousy for) spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

1 Corinthians 14:39 Wherefore, brethren, covet( be jealous) to prophesy, and forbid not (do not hinder or withhold) to speak with tongues.

1 Corinthians 14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. (Discern)

q Two or three prophets can prophecy in succession and the rest of the church must discern the spirit of the prophets. Many churches to day have totally closed down the gift of prophecy, but the Word of God teaches us otherwise.

32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

q Greek: And the spirits of the prophets are in continuous military subjection to the prophets.

q We must never be scared of false prophecy. If it is false, it is our responsibility to discern it but never to quench.

John 5:9Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth (To habitually glance at what the Father does in the Spirit. This is not discernment with understanding) the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. ( Greek word “homos” )

· Glancing in the Spirit to what the Father does, gives us that momentary instinctive knowledge, which on many occasions, is enough for us to step out in faith and do with identicalness what we have acquired instinctively in our spirits.

· Our right to do so is based on the fact that we have an equal inner spiritual nature to that of the Father, giving us identity with Him in our outward actions. We are responsible to work with identicalness to what we see on the Spirit. This is what the term “homos” means.

John 8:38 ¶ I speak (INSTRUMENTALITY: to utter and express prophetically (not the content of the speech)) that which I (What I) have seen (To see with a spiritual discernment which causes me to understand) with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

John 3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know (We utter prophetically what we know instinctively in the Spirit in one moments time, and not as needing the acquisition of knowledge in the continuum of time), and testify (but however bear acquired knowledge as with a prophetic vision) that we have seen (only when we see with discernment and understanding); and ye receive not our witness.

John 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto ( My Father never ceases working in the Spirit) and I work.(and I work externally, using exactly the same procedures and in exactly the same manner in which I see instinctively the Father working within me.)

John 3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know (We utter prophetically what we know instinctively in the Spirit in one moments time, and not as needing the acquisition of knowledge in the continuum of time), and testify (but however can only bear testimony as with a prophetic vision) that we have seen (only when we see with discernment and understanding); and ye receive not our witness.

John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father, which hath sent me.

· “Judging”, in the verse above is the administration of God’s kingdom in the Spirit.

Romans 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion(Greek “corresponding to the word) of faith;(belonging to faith)

Prophecy is God’s faith in the verbal expression of His rehma word. Therefore, prophecy is faith, and must be given by faith.
Prophecy therefore does not require our understanding, but a simple instinctive knowing of the “corresponding word” (proportion of faith), which God by His faith, or God’s faith, produced in us.
To the proportion that we hear or see the word is to the proportion that we prophesy.

1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

· Heard,

· Seen with discernment,

· Behold as a movie in a theater,

· Felt, touched, and handled of the “Word of The Life” or the word which when ministered contains God’s “kind of life” and the operations of that life within it, to make the ministry operational.

1Sam 3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

q Hebrew: Yahweh uncovered or disclosed Himself to Samuel through His word.

q The word discloses the Lord to the world as it is faithfully spoken forth by the prophet.

q The apostle and the prophet uncover or disclose the hidden Lord Jesus dwelling in the form of mystery to the church. As He is disclosed, the church can then participate or fellowship in to what the Lord Jesus has purposed and called forth corporately and individually. The more revelation, the more participation into the Lord by the church, and by individual believers.

“Putting It All Together”

Sunday

Session # 15

The New Testament Church in Action (Modeling the Church to Make God Visible)

1Cor 12:12 ¶ For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

· Paul’s confirms what we have already stated. The human body, and the body of Christ as His church, should function alike.

1Cor 12:14 For the body is not one member, but many.

· The Greek makes use of the “absolute negative” for the word “not”. Literally defined, we are told that under no circumstance, should a congregation be made up of a few active members. This argument hits at the very core of “a great church deception

1Cor 12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

1Cor12:16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

· What an incredible dependency we must have for each other. An independent spirit towards the Lord Jesus, or towards one other, will stunt our process of growth. Every member is called to sharpen each other, through their callings and ministries.

1Cor 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

· The fewer the number of members serving and ministering within a local body, the fewer will be the giftings available to it. This particular congregation will be greatly hindered in its discernment of demonic infiltration. There will be a deficiency in the prophetic that administers guidance, exhortation, and encouragement, and the confirmation of God’s will.

1Cor14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

Acts 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all

1Cor3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder( ARCHITECT), I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

· Every church that I have attended in the last twenty years, for the exception of the one that I go to now, has been unable to discern the presence of wolves, gross sin, and major doctrinal error, blatantly obvious in its midst. In due time God always exposed these forces. Considerable damage had been done to the flock however, or God finally closed the congregations down. Much of this has to do with the lack of commitment and participation of the church’s members or the prohibition of spiritual gifts by the elders.

1Cor12: 18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him..

21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

Literally the Greek admonishes us, that not even of the weakest member can we say “I have no need of you” and not be lying! The superior members are in desperate need of the inferior

Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary. The weakest members are indispensable.

23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

· Literally “we place a wreath of superabundant honor upon the weaker or more unseemly members”, says the Greek. . Our deformed, indecent, and unseemly parts always require special care. That same care should be given to all weaker members within our congregations.

· For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

· “To temper” means That God has caused each part of His body to be melted and hammered together into an organic whole.

Three Types of Churches

1Cor 1:10 ¶ Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

· This is a church that has attained to a same level of understanding and discernment within its parishioners. Active discipleship, healing, and equipping of the saints produced this. Consequently this congregation now operates within the same opinions, purposes, resolves, and decision-making.

Phillipians 1:27 ¶ Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel

Literally a “one soul” church. The spirit of sacrifice and agape love, which is always divine and sacrificial in nature, has controlled this congregation. The whole assembly with one will, and one set of emotions, athletically agonizes for the faith of the gospel.

Acts2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

· Literally “the one burning passion church”. One accord is a political term that denotes a unanimous decision or vote for one candidate. A political party puts all of its support behind its man or woman. Multitudes raise their hands to vote the same way, because of its harmony of heart, and zeal for their cause. The party sacrifices personal interest in view of the larger cause held by the whole organization. The church in one accord votes for its candidate Jesus Christ, and His cause, and with all passion and ardor follows Him sacrificing all else.

Session # 16

THE HOUSE CHURCH MODEL (Making God Visible in Every Community/ God’s Centers of Revival Which Fill The Earth With The Glory of God

Romans 16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

Colossians 4:15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

Philemon 1:2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house.

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