WE WIN

WE WIN
World Evangelism With Indigenous Nations

"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you, continue ye in my love."
John 15:9

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“On behalf of the Alvarez family we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas as we remember the birthday of our Savior Jesus Christ.”

After my study on apostles last week, The Lord changed what I was going to do this week. He reminded me of His # 1 love and passion. It is His church, the bride of Christ. One of the greatest deceptions to hit the church in these last 2000 years is our misunderstanding of how it is supposed to function. We have come to think that church is all about a sermon, a preacher, and a program. There are these “ front line warriors” called and anointed by God to go out an save the world while the rest of us go from Sunday to Sunday, attending church services, doing an occasional outreach, and having pie and coffee at fellowship meetings. Nothing is further from the truth! I think that the United States body of Christ is terribly bored because of this misconception. 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

This scripture shows us that only when every member of Christ’s body, is working to his or her maximum output, in the ministries, callings, and giftings that Christ has placed within each of us, can real building up take place. Satan is quite content to allow individual ministries to become large and powerful, as long as the majority of the body never realizes that each and every one us, is likewise equally called into something great and of significance for the Lord. As my pastor shared with me, “the “you(s)” found in the New Testament are always plural!” If the Lord wills, we shall start today with a comprehensive series pertaining to the New Testament church model. I hope that we can all acquire a basic understanding of this model, as to make the bride of Christ spotless, and help usher in, this great end time revival of lost souls. My pastor rightfully stated that the barometer of our churches’ health can be seen, in that our pagan culture has influenced it to the point, that our churches have become “Burger King” congregations just like it. Should we not be impacting our society instead?

The New Testament model of the church is very much founded on our acquiring certain types of “spiritual knowledge” which are important to God. Our understanding and our acquisition of these types of spiritual knowledge are vital for building our churches.

“God’s Four Types of Knowledge”

A) 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 <1922> of him: My dear brethren, the four types of knowledge that we shall study today, all come from the Greek word “epiginosko”. ( Strongs# 1921 and 1922) This particular word defines knowledge as one that is “mature, probing and deep, complete, accurate, thorough, and precise.”

The exhortation in the previous verses is that we would build our churches through a precise, intimate, and accurate knowledge of Christ Jesus living within each of its members. Why is that?

Eph3:7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Christ reveals Himself differently in each of us in accordance with the callings that He has placed within. The more that we know Him personally with accuracy and intimacy, the more that every ministry will be revealed, strengthened, and guided within the local body, fulfilling Ephesians 4:6.

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; We can see that very manifestation of the living Christ is the source of all spiritual gifts. Out of the very presence of Jesus flows the power of God. His very gifts glorify Him. 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:

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. Brethren, 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.

B) 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;

10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Beloved, did you know that most of our churches operate today without an accurate and complete knowledge of what God’s will is for their specific vision? It is no wonder that most of them spin their wheels for years to come, caught in a web of powerless programs and agendas. To know God’s will in “all spiritual wisdom” is incredibly important. The “wisdom of God” is the will of God according to His strategy, His ways, and His timing. It will always happen in the Spirit, and always through a death and resurrection of the vision for that ministry. We need to spend the days, weeks, and months, that it takes in prayer to discern that will. Much more will be accomplished by our waiting and seeking, than by our getting busy in a flury of activities. To do His will “with all spiritual understanding” is to discern what are God’s specific steps in fulfilling the will which 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.

C) KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH

1Tim2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Beloved, to know the truth, is to know God’s word deeply, with accuracy, and in accordance to fact and certainty.

John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Many of us sadly “claim and frame” this scripture. In reality what Jesus is telling us, is the truth shall free us in the exact proportion to the accurate understanding and performance that we have of it. Our misunderstanding of scriptures through error, a lack of meditation or study, or because we have turned them into a “doctrine of men” will not free us. Pastor, did you know that in reality the five fold ministry is really a four-fold ministry? Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;. The Greek does not say pastors and teachers, but pastor teachers, or pastors who are teachers. In other words every pastor is called by God to skillfully teach the scriptures.

D) THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVERY GOOD THING WE HAVE IN CHRIST

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. This rarely used, but vitally important scripture, tells us that our faith will only become effectively empowered, as we discover and use every gifting, calling, and ministry that Christ has placed within us. Beloved this is not the responsibility of the few but of all. When a church discovers this and implements it, we shall see another church of Acts.

2 Timothy 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

Colossians 4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil

Jose Alverez

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