The Church In The House
By Elvis Iverson
Copyright © 2008 by Elvis Iverson
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Contents
1.
Continuity of Organism
2.
Pastors and Evangelists
3.
1 Corinthians 12:28 Center
4.
1 Corinthians 14:26 Church in your House
5.
Community Worship
6.
Go To Church
7.
One Another Ministry
8.
Reformation of the Priesthood
9.
Revenue-Based Financing
10.
Some in the Church
11.
The Call to Community
12.
The Church in the Home
13.
The Church Without Leaders
14.
The Path of Ordination
15.
The Reason for Church
16.
Then and Now
17.
What is Wrong with the Church
18.
The Age of the Apostle
19.
The Door of the Apostolic
20.
The Eternal Purpose of God
21.
Unfolding Visions of the City Church
1.
Continuity of Organism
We have already enter into reformation, to the degree of reformation is the degree of revival that will come, this reformation is laying the foundation for revival, many revivals, lasting revivals, radical revivals, extreme revivals, massive revivals, visitation revivals, and resting revivals, and the revival life, the church will never be without revival never again, there will never be a time without revival, never again, the life of the church will be revival, the life of the believer will be revival. (Ezek. 48:35)
We have already begun in the first degree of reformation, the first degree of reformation is the degree of the lamb, and reformation is already coming as a lamb, then it will turn into a lion, and then run fast as a horse, and then fly supernaturally as an eagle, and then become like army of reformation. (Heb. 9:10)
This is the third reformation, the new apostolic reformation, this is the reformation of the whole church, this is called the great reformation of the church, and this reformation will be radical, extreme, and massive. (Heb. 12:25-29)
There needs to be a wineskin of lasting, resting, massive revival that can contain revival, and that revival can overflow upon cities and nations around the world. The church will become full of revivals, and the glory of the Lord and then overflow upon cities and nations around the world, and the world will begin to be filled with revivals and the glory of the Lord, the day will come that the church will be filled with revival and glory, and then the earth will be filled with revival and glory. (LK. 5:36-39)
Reformation is laying the foundation for revival, social transformation and harvest. The ministry that the Lord gives me is a ministry of reformation, revival, social transformation and harvest. There are other kinds of divine movements, such as renew, restoration and then awaking, the greatest of these three is awaking, however revival is greater then all of these, and reformation is greater then restoration, and social transformation is greater then revival, for social reformation is both revival and reformation, and harvest follows reformation, revival, and social transformation. (Acts 3:19-21)
The revelation of the City Church is be giving in this hour, there is only one city church in each city; there is only one church in a city, with many congregations. There are stages of maturity of the city church; the last stage is the mature city church, which is the unity of the faith and the end time church in the end times. Right now we are in the transition from the pastoral city church to the apostolic city church. (Matt. 16:18-19)
It is the New Apostolic City Church that can contain the habitational revival, resting revival. The New Apostolic City church is a Horizontal Network of congregations and New Apostolic Congregations. Lead by territorial apostles and city church apostles who lead and coordinate the apostles and congregation's senor leaders on a horizontal level. The New Apostolic City church has a New Apostolic City Church Center, a place for prayer, prophetic expression, and worship; this center is the place for resting revival to fill the city. (Ezek. 40:1-48, Rev. 21:2,10,18)
The New Apostolic Congregation is a network of the church in the homes, with a center gathering place for fathering, mentoring, training and equipping. The leadership of a new apostolic congregation is a team of mature apostles, prophets, and teachers with a senior elder, who is an apostle that leads with vision and coordination. The leadership of the church in the home is pastors and evangelists who lead the church in the home with the coordination and community of the believers. (1 Cor. 12:28, 14:26)
The Church in the home is first before the center, this is the place for community, this is the place where believers minister to one another, prophecy to one another, pray for one another, teach one another, and love one another. The Church in the Home is the 1 Cor. 14:26 home church.
The center of a new apostolic congregation, is the 1 Cor. 12:28 center or the APT center, this is the place for the ministry of apostles, prophets and teachers.
2.
Pastors and Evangelists
The New Apostolic Church will arise in every city and in every nation; the New Apostolic City Church will rise in many cities, and New Apostolic Congregations will arise in many cities throughout the world. (Eph. 2:19-22)
The New Apostolic Congregation is a network of churches in your house with a center for the equipping of the saints. The center is the place for the ministry of the apostle, prophet, and teacher; the home church is the place for ministry of the pastor and evangelist. (1 Cor. 12:28, Eph. 4:11, 1 Cor. 14:26)
The pastor ministry is in the home church; he or she provides pastoral care, and the evangelist connects with a home church to bring in the lost and then disciple them. (Rom. 16:3-16, Acts 8:4-5)
The word pastor is only listed once in the Bible, the word evangelist is only listed three times in the Bible. Pastors are not the senior elders of a congregation, they are not the head of a congregation, they are not the visionary leader of a congregation, they are not the main ministry of the center, there ministry is not in the center, instead it is in the home, Pastors are not full time ministers, evangelists are not of the ministry of the center, they are not full time ministry, they are to work with the home church. (Eph. 4:11, Acts 21:8, 2 Tim. 4:5)
In the home church the pastor or pastors provide pastoral care, they flow in the continuity of the church in the house, and the continuity of the one another ministry, they maintain the unity and continuity of the group, they work in the cooperation of the group, and they do coordinate the home church meetings, and host them, and they are coordinators of the group. But correspondence and communication with the whole group; Pastors will work as a team, with one leading them in the home church among them, and the pastors will be in fellowship and correspondence and communication with other pastors in other home churches, and they will willing submit to the oversight of the congregation elders. (Acts 2:40-47)
An Evangelist will fellowship in one home church, and then work with at least six other home churches with correspondences with pastors and in connection with elders oversight, Evangelists will work together and be in fellowship, correspondence and communication with other Evangelists they will lead the lost to Christ, and they will be leaders of soul winners among the home churches, and they will plant the new born in Christ in a home church and disciple them. (Prov. 11:30)
Evangelists will train and equip believers in how to win souls, plant them in a home church, and how to disciple the newborn. Pastors will train and equip beilevers in pastoral care and home church fellowship; both the pastors and evangelists will equip the believers in home church planting. Pastors are to train and mentor new pastors, and evangelists are to train and mentor new evangelists. (Eph. 4:11-12)
Pastors and Evangelists are not full time ministry that has careers; there personal support to live on comes from their own strength, but from time to time the believers should honor them with gifts, etc for the labor of love they do. Pastors and Evangelists are to be ordained as ministers. (1 Cor. 16:13-18)
Half of the ministers will not be in full time ministry, instead they will have a career that supports them and pays their personal and living costs, then most of the rest of ministers will have support from alternative financial support, only a very few will have full support for their living costs and personal costs, etc. Itinerant apostolic workers will have the full financial support that they need, most of these will be full time in ministry, and will not have a support of their own, so the financial support of the church is being free up to support more the itinerant apostolic workers. (1 Cor. 9:1-18)
A congregation is a network of home churches; the eldership of the congregation is apostles, prophets, and teachers, among the elders cabinet, one of the apostles will be appoint to oversee the home church network, and among the council of elders there will be a leading apostle, the senior elder. (1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 13:1-3)
How to plant churches in the Home:
1.
An apostle first prays, plants a home church with already season believers, then trains pastors and evangelists, before moving forth the apostle calls a prophet to come for prophecy and ministry, an apostle does not move forth without a word from a prophet, then releases the new pastors and evangelists, and begins to plant new home churches, and then begins to setup the center.
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Pastors and evangelists in a city already apart of a home church network, goes forth planting home churches together.
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Pastors and evangelists are lead to another city under elders oversight to plant new homes churches.
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Season members in a city already apart of a home church network, go forth together to plant another home church.
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Members in another city, outside of a home church network wants to connect with a home church network, a new apostolic congregation, and then comes together to form a home church, etc.
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Members sent from a new apostolic congregation to plant a home church that will lead to more homes churches and a new congregation.
The planting of home churches need to be under elders council's oversight and apostolic oversight.
3.
1 Corinthians 12:28 Center
Our Lord is raising New Apostolic Congregations in many cities, New Apostolic Networks in many nations, the New Apostolic City Church in many cities, and the New Apostolic Church in every city and in every nation around the world. (LK. 5:36-39)
A New Apostolic Congregation is a network of the church in the home, with a center for apostolic ministry. (1 Cor. 12:28, 14:26)
The Church in the home, which I call it the 1 Cor. 14:26 church, is first in the order, second is the center, the church in the home, is the place for biblical fellowship, building relationships, and the another ministry.
The Church in the Home is the place for the ministry of the Pastor and the place where the Evangelist connects however, they are not in control, and they are only hosts that flow with the continuity of the community in the home. (Rom. 16:3-16)
The 1 Cor. 12:28 Center is the place for fathering, mentoring, training, and equipping. This is the place for the ministry of apostles, prophets, and teachers.
The leadership of the congregation is a team of elders; it is a continuity flow of oversight and ministry, with a senior mature leading apostle, who leads with grace, vision, and coordinate, and cooperation. The team of elders is made up of leading apostles, prophets and teachers. (Acts 13:1-3, 1 Cor. 12:28)
The senior leading apostle, with give cast vision, lead with vision, he or she is a visionary, will train new apostles, and minister to the other elders, and lead in the oversight of the network of churches in the homes. (Acts 15:13)
Apostles will minister grace and train and equipping each believer, and called forth in each believer there gifts and their ministries, and help them begin to mature and grow in their gifts. Apostles will minister in signs and wonders, they will lead in signs and wonders ministry, they minister Word Revelation, and have apostolic ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to the church. They will open new doorways and gates for believers to go forth and minister. (Rom. 1:5)
Prophets will minister prophetic, prophecy, prophetic guidance, and set believers free, and stirring up the anointing in them, leading them into the practices of the presence of the Lord, hearing what times and seasons we are moving into, and helping the believers to come into the applications of the new times and new seasons of the Lord, and releasing the power of blessing. Then prophets will release the prophetic anointing for all believers to flow in the prophetic anointing, establishing a prophetic community in the church in the home. (1 Cor. 14:29)
Teachers teaching the Word with grace an anointing, giving the application of the Word of God, talking hold of the apostolic anointing and prophetic anointing in the application of the Word, and opening wider in the minds and hearts of believers, teaching the believer the application of the Christian life with the Spirit. (2 Tim. 3:14-17)
Fathering is first and is last, fathering is more then mentoring, fathering is for a lifetime, you may have mentoring, but only a few fathers, fathering begins with relationship building, fathering see the whole person, see your vision, and purpose, and begins to mold you into your destiny, with grace and time, fathering is patience with grace. (1 Thess. 2:6-11)
Mentoring is mentoring you in your calling or gift in the ministry that you are called, by those who are already season in the type or kind of ministry, by those who already have gone before you, and now are giving you the time and the day, to rising up more like them, apostles mentor apostles, prophets mentor prophets, teachers mentor teachers, businesspersons mentor businesspersons, the goal here is successfulness and fruitfulness in the ministry that are your called. Mentoring is for a short period of time, not more then two years. (Acts 18:26)
Training, and equipping apply to all believers; it is the best knowledge with application being release into your heart and mind, it is first the training of the heart, then comes the training of the mind. Equipping is training of gifts and anointings that applies to all believers, to be equipped to do the work of the ministry. (Eph. 4:12)
4.
1 Corinthians 14:26 Church in your House
The Church in the Home is rising throughout the church around the world; the church in the home is the apostolic church that Christ will begin to raise up, then after that is the city church. (Acts 2:40-47)
We have already pass into the new day of church life, the life of the church will be revival, and the Lord will raise up the church in the home, we have enter into the restoration of the church in the home. (Matt. 10:5-15)
What is the application of the church in the home, and how is the flow during the meetings? The church meets in the home for church, and the church meets in a center for equipping. The application of the church in your house is based in 1 Cor. 14:26.
Here is an example of the church in your house meeting: believers gather together in homes, first the begin to eat together, fellowship together, build relationships with one another, then they begin to sing songs, and pray for one another, then they share with one another, then they teach one another, then they prophecy to one another, and minister to one another, and care for one another, the one another ministry, and then there is a sermon. (Acts 2:40-47)
Let us look into 1 Cor. 14:26: We come together, first believers are to come together to meet together, the church in your house, then they sing psalms to one another, then they give teaching to one another, then they pray for one another, and prophecy to one another, and each one can have revelation in the Word for one another, and this is all done in edification.
Is there a pastor; the church in your house is the place for the ministry of the pastor, and even the evangelist. But the pastor is not to run the service, instead to flow with the continuity of the one another ministry, he is there for pastoral care, pastoral love, and to coordinate, host the meeting, and some times give a sermon. The evangelist come and fellowships, and flows in the continuity of the church in the home, he connects to a church in the home, and begins to harvests souls into a church in the home, and then aids in discipleship of newborn believers, and then some times gives a sermon. (Rom. 16:3-16)
The Church in your house is to be the place for application of spiritual gifts and the gifts of the Spirit. The Lord wants to begin Obed-Edom revival to every church in homes. (2 Sam. 6)
A network of homes churches the Lord is rising up, networks of homes churches, many networks of churches, a network of home churches is a congregation, the Lord is raising up new apostolic congregations all over the earth, they are each a network of churches in the homes, with each having a center, the 1 Cor. 12:28 center.
The Lord is rising up the church in the home; the Lord is rising up the New Apostolic Congregation, the Lord is rising up New Apostolic Networks, and the Lord is rising up the New Apostolic City Church, and the City Church. (LK. 5:36-39)
5.
Community Worship
We worship the Lord from our heart; we worship the Lord from our lifestyle, we worship the Lord at our workplace, we worship the Lord in our home, we worship the Lord in our personal prayer time, we worship the Lord in congregation gatherings, now we worship the Lord in the church in your house, then the city church center. (Psa. 100)
Are you not Born again, born of the Spirit, there is a well of life, a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life, if the new birth comes the well of life, a fountain of the Holy Spirit, and access to worship the Father in Spirit and truth, as we open our hearts to the Lord, rivers of life will flow from our heart, as we worship from our hearts, rivers of life will flow out, true worship begins with the life of the Spirit and the fountain of the Holy Spirit flowing in your life. (Jn. 4:10, 13-14,23-24)
As the fountain of life and Spirit flows from our hearts as we open our heart to God and in worship, we minister to one another, this brings us to the worship of the church in your house, the church in the home, the home church, the 1 Corinthians 14:26 home church; where each believer will sing songs of worship, and sings songs of the Lord to one another, each will worship, and in worship we minister to one another, it is the one another ministry, share with one another, pray for one another, minister to one another, and love one another. (1 Cor. 14:26)
It is through community worship in the church in the home, we worship the Lord with one another, and through worship the touch of the Lord comes and we ministered to one another, and lives are touch and change by the Holy Spirit flowing through each one of us from our hearts, as we open our heart to God in worship, the river of the Spirit flows from our hearts to minister to one another. Speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, and giving thanks to the Lord. This is apart of community, community begins in the church in your home, and this is what community worship is which, begins in the church in your home. (Eph. 5:19-21)
We are to sing with grace in our hearts to the Lord, and minister to one another, through worship, and minister to the Lord through worship, every believer is to give thanksgiving, praise, worship, and sing songs to the Lord, every believer is to worship the Lord in the church in the home, we are to sing songs of the Lord with grace to one another, not just a few, instead all believers in the church in your house. (Col. 3:16)
Many churches don't have community, they don't even understand what community is, and they don't know how to flow in community. (1 Cor. 14:26)
Community flows and begins and is in the home church. What is an example of community in the home church, it is found in 1 Corinthians 14:26.
The psalmist and the musical ministry is apart of the new apostolic congregation, but worship begins in the church in your home, not the center, yes we need the ministry of worship in the center, we also need the worship ministry of all believers in the church in your house. (2 Sam. 23:1, 2 K. 3:11-16)
Prophetic worship can flow among the worship ministry of all believers, for all believers is to have revelation, and all believers are to prophecy, but we also need the prophetic worship ministry at the center among prophetic psalmists, musicals, and with worship prophets. (! Cor. 12:28, 1 Chron. 25:1,2,3,4)
In the worship ministry of the center they are to worship ministers of prayer, intercession worship, prophetic worship, songs of the Lord, songs of prophecy, songs of deliverance, and prophetic anointing. (1 Chron. 25)
We are to flow in community worship, and community is in the church in your home, and the one another ministry. (1 Cor. 14:26, Eph. 5:19, Col. 3:16, Rom. 12:4,6)
6.
Go To Church
The words go to church is not found in the Bible, they are not biblical, there are no Scripture grounds for these words, these words are man made and brought from the soulish realm or even from pagan religions. (Rom. 12:1-2)
The Bible says we are the Temple of God, and the Holy Spirit dwells in those who have been reborn by the Holy Spirit. We are the church, we are the Temple of God, you are the church you are the Temple of God. (1 Cor. 3:16-17)
The Holy Spirit dwells in the believer of Christ, and when two or three come together there is a greater manifestation of the Holy Spirit, for the Holy Spirit is in each one of us, and when we come together there is a greater manifestation. (Matt. 18:20)
In the early church there was no temples or buildings, you should not call a building a church, for the church is the body of Christ, those who have been born again, born of the Spirit. In the early church they meet in homes, the church in the home, they came together to fellowship, and eat together, then share, sing, and pray for one another, there was no one man ministry, instead there was the one another ministry, and the pastor was giving to pastoral care and was a pastor among them, that leads with coordination and serves more as a coordinator, the pastor is there for pastoral care and to guard the continuity of community. (1 Cor. 14:26)
However the pastor was not the senior elder, the pastor ministry was in the home, an apostle was the senior elder, that leads a team of apostles, prophets, and teachers, he or she lead them with vision and coordination. Apostles will minister in a center that supported the church in the home, the church in the home was first, and the center was second in priority. The center was the place for the ministry of the apostle, prophet and teacher. It was for fathering, mentoring, equipping and training. (1 Cor. 12:28)
On the contrary, there are two meanings for the word church, first meaning is set apart, go out. This means we are call out, not a person, instead a people. This meaning does not mean building, the meaning is people, and the church is people. The next meaning is in fellowship with the Lord, again this does not mean we are in fellowship with the Lord through a building so called church, instead we are in fellowship through a community of the church in the Home, first we love the Lord, and then we love one another. (1 Cor. 1:2,9)
However, there is only one church in a city that church is the city church, all believers born of the Spirit are members of both the City Church and the Church, and the city church is made up of congregations that meet in homes and are equipped in centers. Beilevers are to fellowship and build relationships with other believers in Christ that are not apart of their group, and although you are a part of the city church, we need to in a part of the city church community. If someone ask you what church do you belong, say you belong to the city church, for there is only one church in a city. (Rev. 1-4)
You are the church when you gather in homes, for the church meeting is in homes, and you are the church when you minister in the workplace. The church is not the building, the people are, when you are born of the Spirit you are apart of the church, and when you join the community fellowship of the church in the home you fellowship with both the Lord and with one another, and when you are at work on Monday there is no division between the weekend or the weekday, you are still the Temple of the Lord. (Eph. 6:5-9)
7.
One Another Ministry
The Early church was a church without leaders, yes they have leaders, yes they have apostles, but they don't have the kind of leadership thinking that we have today. Apostle Paul is just one of the examples of apostolic patterns, but Jesus is the perfect example of apostolic patterns. Apostle Paul will go into a new area, planting the churches in homes, He will be there about three months, preaching and teaching centered on Christ, then he will go away for about two years, he will leave them without leadership or eldership! (Rom. 15:20-21)
See Apostle Paul had such apostolic preaching, such apostolic teaching that the believers could stand on their two own feet without leadership, today's kind of church is build around leadership, instead the church should be build around Christ and the faith that follows. Apostle Paul establish them only in a short time in Christ as a community of believers, that meet in homes, they know how to walk in community, today most churches don't have community, that is about to change. (1 Cor. 14:26)
It is time to build the church to be centered on Christ, no leadership, yes we need leadership, yes we need government, but we need God's way of leadership, God's way of government, what we don't need is co-leadership, we need to establish believers in Christ to stand together without leadership, flowing in life giving community, the church in the home. (1 Jn. 1:7)
It is time for strong anointed apostolic preaching to be rebirth; it is time for strong anointed apostolic teaching to be rebirth that in short times hearing and receiving apostolic preaching and apostolic teaching a person and a group could stand forth and flow into a Strong faith with the power of the Holy Spirit. (1 Cor. 2:4-5)
This brings me to my other point, being a Christian is not a personal religion instead it is a fellowship of faith, it is a company of set apart, called out people of living faith, not a person, not one, instead the many, a Christian is not a Christian without Christians. Yes you have a personal relationship with Christ, but your relationship must flow into the fellowship of the body of believers. (1 Cor. 1:2,9)
The early church was based in the homes, the church in the homes is more biblical then the local church, we need a restoration of the church in the home, the church in the home, is biblical fellowship. (Acts 2:40-47)
The Priesthood of the believer is very limited today in the local church, the local church is setup to keep the believer down and out of the anointing, there is no application of ministry for a the common believer, and the local church is setup to control and maintain the ungodly division between the believer and the minister. Only in the church in the home, we can see the application of the priesthood of the believer. (1 Pet. 2:5,9, 4:10-11)
We cannot apply the one anothers; such as love one another, pray for one another, minister to one another, we cannot see any of the one another's as we see in the Holy Scriptures, or the one another ministry, in the limited local church, only in the application of the church in the home. (Jn. 13:34-35, Rom. 13:8,19, Gal. 5:13-14, 1 Cor. 14:26, Eph. 5:19-21, Col. 3:12-16)
The Church in the home is the place for beginning discipleship, building relationship, building fellowship, building community, the one another ministry, and the priesthood of the believer. (1 Pet. 2:5,9, 1 Cor. 14:26)
The ministry of the pastor today has no biblical foundation, the pastor in the Holy Scriptures, and the pastor you see and hear today they are not the same. Pastors today are aliens of true church government, based on biblical foundation. Pastors today are strangers and foreigners to biblical church government. There is no such thing as the one-man ministry, there is no such thing as a pastor being the head of a church, there is no such thing one pastor leading any church. The pastors in the book of Acts were home church pastors; the pastor ministry is based in the church in the home, to give pastoral care, pastor love, but not control, into the flow of anointing and gifts among the believers in unity and order with liberty. The church in the Home is the place for ministry of the pastor and the evangelist, to connect and to bring souls into the church through the church in the home. (Rom. 16:3-16)
Apostles were the overseers of the church, they will oversee a network of churches in the home, apostles lead the church, they were first to lead the church, and apostles were seniors in the government of the church. (1 Cor. 12:28)
There is the church in the home, which is a place for fellowship and the one another ministry, then there is the 1 Cor. 12:28 center, this was a place for fathering, mentoring, training, and equipping the saints for the work of the ministry, the 1 Cor. 12:28 center was the place for the ministry of the apostle, prophet, and teacher. (1 Cor. 12:28)
The saints are to do the work of ministry, not the apostle, prophet, or teacher, the Five-Fold ministry is to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, 98 percent of the ministry, the believers do, and the 2 percent the Five-Fold Ministry does. The Work of the ministry begins in the church in the home. (Eph. 4:11-12)
The elders were a team of elder, with a senior elder; who are an apostle, a leading apostle, and the eldership were apostles, prophets, and teachers. (1 Cor. 12:28)
The Path of ordination is: You grow in your gift and ministry among the church in the home, ministering with the one another ministry, the believers then recognize your gifting and your calling, and you then begin to be set apart, and then you grow more and prove your faithfulness, then the apostles begin to father and mentor you, and after a time, they give you affirmation into office ministry. (Acts 14:23)
8.
Reformation of the Priesthood
Every believer is a priest; the church is a holy priesthood throughout the earth, in every city, and in every nation, the priesthood begins in the home, the church in your house, and the church in your home, before some mislead local church came along. Believers are not only priest, they are kings in Christ. The priesthood is the church, and kings of the Kingdom are for the Kingdom of God, the church is the priesthood of the Kingdom. (1 Pet. 2:5,9, Rev. 1:5-6, 5:9-10)
Every believer has a gift, spiritual gifts, and each believer has at least one of the gifts of the Spirit, each believer can minister the Word of God, every believer is a minister of the Word, every believer is called an oracle of God, and every believer is to speak the Word and minister to one another. (1 Pet. 4:10-11)
Every believer is called to minister to one another, prophesy to one another, sing song with one another, share with one another, and teach one another in the priesthood in the home. (1 Cor. 14:26, Eph. 5:19-21, Col. 3:12-16)
We must have the revelation and vision of the church in the home, the priesthood in the home. This is biblical fellowship; this is the beginning of true church, true Christianity, and true apostolic church. The one another ministry, and the beginning of the priesthood begin in the church in the home, not some so-called made up local church. (Acts 2:46, 20:20, Rom. 15:3,5, 1 Cor. 16:17, Col. 4:15, Phile. 2)
What is the Lord's Supper? It is believers coming together in the church in the home, to eat together, fellowship together, share together, pray together, sing together, prophesy together, and care together. (Acts 2:42, 1 Cor. 11:17-34)
The some set ones are to equip the saints to the do the work of the ministry, the some set ones have the equipping ministry, and the believers have the work of the ministry. Pastors minister along with the believers in the home, and minister pastoral care and love, the evangelists ministry is between the home churches, they minister between six of them, and belong to one of them. Apostles, prophets, teachers minister at a center to raise, father, mentor and equip believers for the work of the ministry. (Eph. 4:11 12, 1 Cor. 12:28)
A new apostolic congregation is a network of home churches with a center. Apostles, prophets, teachers are the elders, with a senior elder leading the elders, the elders minister as a holy union of grace, the elders flow as a team of anointing. (1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 15, 5:12, Acts 19:9)
Ekklesia is one of words for church, a called out people, called out to fellowship with one another in the priesthood in the home, the church in your house, the church in the home. Another word for church is Kuriakon meaning we belong to the Lord, we are called to love the Lord and love one another. We need the true meaning of church, which is the priesthood in the home. The priesthood begins in the home; the church is the priesthood of the Kingdom.
We have enter into a holy reformation, this is the beginning of the end of the restoration of the priesthood, which will lead the mature city church, but we now have begun to enter into the beginning of the restoration of the Kings of the Kingdom. The ministry of the Apostle is to rise up the kings of the Kingdom.
We need the restoration of the priesthood in the home, the beginning of the priesthood begins in the church in the home, and we need the restoration of the kings of the Kingdom that begins in the workplace. The Kingdom of God is in the hearts of the believers and through the Holy Spirit the increase of the Kingdom of God will come in our cities and nations, we will see social transformation.
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Revenue-Based Financing
The Lord is building new wineskins in the church, the new apostolic congregation is arising, and the Lord is building a new financial institution of financial support. These new wineskins are coming through the Spirit of Revelation, to build wineskins that can hold and overflow and connected with one another, in the coming new wines, revivals, harvests waves, and rivers of wealth. (LK. 5:36-39)
Most of the servants of the Lord will have support from alternative financial support, in order to be free up in the coming of financial blessings in the church, that income of the church will be free up more for the work of the ministry. (Ezek. 34:26)
Half of the ministers will have a trade; they will have ministry plus a trade, etc. their financial support for their personal, and family life will come from the workplace and then the financial support that comes into ministry will go more for the work of the ministry. (Deut. 8:18)
Itinerant apostolic workers will have the financial support that they need, most of these will be full time in ministry, and will not have a support of their own, so the financial support of the church is being free up to support more the itinerant apostolic workers. (1 Cor. 9:1-18)
The financial support of the church will flow into missions and ministries of apostolic and prophetic nature, and financial support of the church will flow more into feeding the poor, first to care for the believers among you, and then believers around the world, and then to minister to the lost. (Gal. 6:6-10)
What we need is apostolic provision, as apostles need much support and has anointing to called in such financial support, apostolic provision is a grace from God, an apostle must care for churches, networks, planting churches, mission work, mass ministry, etc. more then other kinds of ministry, this is why other kinds of provision will not help, this is why apostles need apostolic provision. (Phil. 4:10-20)
The Lord is building bridges of wealth from the workplace to the church, the marketplace church is being establish, the Lord is planting marketplace apostles, and the wealth will flow from the world into the Church and will be laid at the feet of church apostles. The transfer of wealth is coming, it is coming to those who are ready, who have vision, and wisdom and character in handling wealth. (Prov. 13:22)
Yes donor-based financing will increase greatly; this is why we must establish the new financial institution of financial support, the grace giving system, believers need an understanding of grace giving and flow in the power of grace giving. This is why church leaders must teach grace giving. (2 Cor. 8,9)
Revenue-Based Financing will lead the way, will be first, and will be greater then donor-based financing, as churches and ministries begin to flow in new applications of revenue-based financing, the church will increase greatly in financial support and numbers. (Deut. 8:18)
We are praying for the leading of the Lord and wisdom from God in freeing up the financial support and financial income of the church, in order to flow the financial support more into the work of the ministry, missions, compassion and mercy ministries, church planting ministries, and apostolic and prophetic ministries. (2 Cor. 9:12)
How to call forth wealth: Pray for the Father to send out financial angels to gather financial support, pray for waves of wealth to come from the north, south, west and east, Prophecy wealth to come by the leading of the Holy Spirit, ask the Holy Spirit to pray for wealth to come, by praying in the Spirit, enter into thanksgiving and praise over the harvest of wealth. (Isa. 60:5)
10.
Some in the Church
Every believer in Christ is a priest; the church is a holy priesthood, every believer has a gift, every believer has a ministry, every believer can minister, and believers are to come together to pray for one another, to minister to one another, to prophecy to one another, to share with one another, and to care for one another. (1 Pet. 2:5,9, 1 Cor. 14:26)
Every believer has a gift differing according to the grace that is giving, every believer has a function in the church; the manifestation of the Spirit is giving to each one for the profit of all the church, the Holy Spirit works all these things distributing to each one individually as He wills, all believers are to desire the best gifts, all believers are to pursue love, desire spiritual gifts, and all believers are to desire especially the gift of prophecy. Yes there are gifts for each believer, but Christ has set some in the church, the some ministries, some apostles, some prophets, some teachers, some evangelists, and some pastors for the equipping of the saints. There is the everyone, then there is the some, the some equip the everyone, and every believer is to minister, have a revelation, a teaching, and to pray and minister to one another, everyone is to speak in prophecy, but the prophets are to judge prophecy, and mature prophets are to judge the prophetic of other prophets, the spirits of the prophets, the manifestation of the prophetic is oversight by the prophets. (Rom. 12:3-5, 1 Cor. 12:7,11,31,1 Cor. 14:1, Eph. 4:7-12, 1 Cor. 14:26-35)
Apostles and prophets are the foundation of the church; there are only two ministries that are foundational, that is the apostle and the prophet. God has appointed apostles first, prophets second, teachers third, It is apostles, prophets and teachers when mature are the elders of the congregation, it is apostles who are to appoint elders, it is the apostles then the elders, it pleased the apostles first, second the elders, and third the whole church, apostles are not to leave the ministry of the Word, they are to give themselves continually to prayer and the ministry of the Word, the first disciples of Christ were apostles, the first to follow Christ was apostles, the Lord train apostles first, He give power to apostles first, and apostles, prophets, and teachers are to be leaders of the congregation. (Eph. 2:20, 1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 14:23, Acts 15:6,12-13,22,25, Acts 6:2,4, Matt. 4:19, 10:1)
There is the ministry of the center; examples are the Solomon's Porch, and the school of Tyrannus, The center is the place for the ministry of the apostle, prophet, and teacher, the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry. Then there is the church in the home, this is the one another ministry, the ministry of everyone, to minister, pray, share with one another, and the ministry of the pastors and evangelists, there ministry flows along with the one another ministry of the church in the home. (Acts 3:11, 19:9-10,2:42,46,47)
We are to financial support Itinerant apostolic workers, and we are to honor and financial support the elders, which are apostles, prophets, and teachers, those who labor in Word and Doctrine, those who continually to give themselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word, and those who spiritually care for you as elders. (1 Cor. 9:1-18, 1 Tim. 5:17-18, Heb. 13:7,17, 1 Thess. 5:12-13)
We are to set apart those who are called into full time ministry by the laying on of the hands from the presbytery, with prophecy. What is the path of ordination? First a believer begins to minister among the one another ministry in the church in your home, then after awhile the believers recognize the gifts of a believer, and he or she begins to minister as a recognize minister, and after being faithful, and proved, the apostles give affirmation, and ordination, then after they have mature, they are appointed as elders. Another way is the believer begins to minister first among the church in the home, the believers recognize him or her, the apostles begin to mentor, and after they have been proved and have been found faithful, are then giving affirmation, and ordination. (Acts 14:23)
11.
The Call to Community
Many churches do not have community; only a very few have community, most have no ideal of what community is. Some may talk about community, and say you need community, or say you need to be in community, but they don't have community and they are not an a community, yes there is some kind of community, instead it is not biblical community. (1 Cor. 14:26)
The early church had community, and again the Lord will restore us to biblical community but it will be greater then the early church. They had common fellowship, true communion fellowship, they came together to fellowship in the home, the church was in the home, there was relationship and fellowship building, they understood unity, unity comes with community, and community comes with the fellowship of believers, however community does not come from the one man ministry, it comes from the one another ministry. (Acts 2:40-47)
There is no such thing as a special class of priest instead there is the priesthood of the believers; we do not have the same gifts or functions, and there is a division of labor, but we are all labors, we are all priests, we all have a ministry. The first expression of the priesthood is in community, in the church in the home. It is not the ministry of one man, or a few, instead it is the ministry of the one another. (1 Pet. 2:5,9, 4:10-11)
Every believer is to have a teaching, a revelation, and a song, for edification we are to minister and to speak to one another in teaching, in prayer, in song, we are to release wisdom, teaching and admonishing to one another, this is not the ministry of the few, instead it is the ministry of the one another, it is community. (1 Cor. 14:26, Eph. 5:19-21, Col. 3:12-16)
To understand community it is sevenfold; (1) we come together in the church in the home, (2) each of you have a psalm, (3) has a teaching, (4) has a tongue, (5) has a revelation, (6) has a interpretation, (7) let all things be done for edification. (1 Cor. 14:26)
In addition, community is coming together in love feasts or eating together, sharing with one another, praying for one another, prophesying to one another, and ministering to one another, and caring for one another and loving one another. (1 Cor. 14:26)
The church in the home is the expression of community, it is the ministry of the one another, it is the fellowship of believers ministering to one another and loving one another, yes there could be a pastor among them, that leads with coordination and serves more as a coordinator, however the church in the home is an expansion of community, the priesthood, and the one another ministry. The pastor is there for pastoral care and to guard the continuity of community. Yes he or she ministers, instead they minister along with the one another ministry. (Rom. 16:5)
Apart from that, there is a center gathering place; this is for fathering, mentoring, equipping and training, this is the ministry of apostles, prophets and teachers, this is called the 1 Cor. 12:28 center or the APT Center. The senior elder who is an apostle leads a team of elders, who are leading apostles, prophets and teachers. The senior elder leads with vision and coordination.
Nevertheless, The church in the home is first, and has the priority, then second is the center. (Acts 19:1-10, Acts 2:40-47, and Acts 5:12-16)
The five-fold ministry is to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, the saints are to do the work of the ministry, and the five-fold ministry is to do the equipping ministry. (Eph. 4:11-12)
Above this there is the community of the city church, there is only one church in a city with a company of congregations, believers are to build relationships and fellowship with other believers throughout the city church, and congregational leaders are to build relationships and fellowship with other leaders of other congregations. (Rev. 1:20, 1-4)
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The Church in the Home
This is the restoration of the church in the home, in the early church, the believers meet in homes, not for the reason that they could not meet in buildings, but meeting in homes is the will of God, for in the home there is love, and fellowship with one another. (Acts 3:19-21)
The Church in the home is more biblical then the so-called local church. The church in the home is first before meeting in a building. Christ wants to restore the fellowship of the home in the Church life. (Acts 2:42,46)
Biblical fellowship is based in the church in the home; you cannot have a true application of biblical fellowship within a building. The building is based on the division between believer and minister, there should be no division between the believer and the minister, yes there are ministers, and leaders, but we are all called to a ministry in Christ. We are to build relationships with one another; we are to fellowship with one another, and we are to build fellowship, a building limits one another fellowship. (1 Jn. 1:7)
The application of one another is best apply in the church in the home, love one another is best apply in the home, it is hard to build love and build relationship, and to build fellowship in the limited local church. (JN. 13:34-35)
Every believer is to flow in ministry, every believer has some kind of ministry, and every believer is to flow in the Gifts of the Spirit and prophecy, every believer has a spiritual gift, and every believer is to pray for one another and to minister to one another. This can only have application in the church in the home. The church in the home is the beginning of the believer ministry. The application of the priesthood of the believer can only begin to be applied in the church in the home. (1 Pet. 2:5-9,4:10-11)
The application of new apostolic fellowship as the early church flowed in it can only again can be apply in the church in the home. If we have the application of new apostolic fellowship then we will have the manifestation of new apostolic power. (Acts 2:40-27)
What is the application of the church in the home: They came together in homes, and eat together, fellowship, share testimonies, prayer, sing songs, teach one another, and hear a sermon of the pastoral ministry, and then have one another ministry. (Acts 2:42)
The leadership of the Home church was: the ministry of the pastor is in the home, and the ministry of the evangelist was in the home and connected to the church in the home, it was a team ministry of pastoral care, the leadership was corporate, cooperation, and coordinating. (Rom. 16:3-16)
There was a center, this was for the ministry of the apostle, prophet, teacher, and this was the threefold eldership, the leading and mature apostle lead the team of elders, this center was for the equipping of the saints, meat of the Word, fathering, mentoring and training of the believer and those called into Five-Fold Ministry. However, the church in the home was first, and the center was second in order, and the eldership overseen the whole group of home churches and the center. (1 Cor. 12:28)
Beyond this there is the city church, the regional church, the national church and the global church, and new apostolic networks. (Psa 133)
13.
The Church Without Leaders
We must build congregations that can stand without their senior leader, instead a senior leader will train new leaders, train new ministers, train new apostles, this is what you should do first, it is time for us to become fathers again, so that the Lord can restore the sons to the apostolic house. (Matt. 4:19)
We must train and equip believers to stand on there two feet; this is why we need a good discipleship ministry, newborns need the elementary of the Word, then need the milk teaching, they need to be disciple. In our congregations we need to understand maturity, from newborns, to children, then to young people, then to fathers. We should not have believers co- depended on spiritual leaders, yes babes and children are codependent, but young men are to be independent, and mature believers are to be interdependent. It is time to have congregations of maturity. (Heb. 5:12-14)
We need meat teaching, milk teaching is for babes and children, and meat teaching is for young warriors and mature believers. (1 Cor. 3:1-2)
Apart from that, during Paul's ministry, he will go into a place and win people to Christ, and then disciple and teach them for three months, and then he will leave them for about three years, and allow them to minister to one another, without spiritual leaders, without elders. (Rom. 15:20)
Apostle Paul had such apostolic preaching, such apostolic teaching, had such preaching and teaching, that a group of believers could stand fast in fellowship without spiritual leadership. This kind of apostolic anointing in preaching and teaching is being rebirth again in the church. (1 Cor. 2:4-5)
He give them guidance to stand as a group, and to fellowship as a group, he give them the teaching of the church in your house, and the one another minister, each has a teaching, each has a prayer, each has a prophecy, then minister to one another, they will come together, he give them guidance to flow together in the one another continuity and coherence of community. (1 Cor. 14:26)
After some time Apostle Paul would return to see how the new fellowships were growing, He then will teach them more, and minister to them, and begin to raise up spiritual leaders and elders, and apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, and evangelists. He would teach them to flow more into spiritual gifts and the gifts of the Spirit. (Acts 14:21-28)
In time as those called into spiritual leadership, called to be elders, are then appointed and release. This would happen two ways, first a believer will flow among other believers in the one another ministry, and in time, the other believers will recognized their ministry, and their calling into the five-fold grace ministry, and then after a time, other ministers will begin to recognized them, then apostles would come along and give affirmation, appointed into leadership. Moreover, an apostle will come, and begin to mentor others, mentor young apostles, those called into ministry will be mentor, and then proved first, and then release into ministry, and then after a time of maturity and experience be appointed into eldership. (1 Tim. 3:1-13, Tit. 1:5-9)
Apostles, prophets, teachers in maturity and experience are the elders of a congregation, however pastors ministry is in the church in the home, and evangelists are connected to a church in the home, and minister among the churches in the homes, the apostle, prophet, and teacher ministry is in the center. (1 Cor. 12:28)
If your congregation is codependent on a senior leader, and if he or she goes to minister for the week at another congregation, and during that week the congregation comes to a stop, or falls apart, that is not maturity, If your congregation is codependent on a senior leader for all things, that is not good, and that is not maturity, If your congregation is codependent on spiritual leadership or elders for all the ministry needs, that is not good and that is not maturity. If you're an apostle and the congregation you lead is codependent that is not good and that is not maturity, if you're an apostle and the congregations you oversee is codependent on you for everything, or most things, etc. that is not good, and that is not maturity. (Eph. 4:11-16)
14.
The Path of Ordination
The ordination of ministers today is not biblical and has no Scripture foundation. We must learn the biblical path to ordination as found in the Holy Scriptures. Ordination cannot be without relationship, cannot be without recognizing, and affirmation, it cannot be without fathering or mentoring. (1 Cor. 4:15)
The first thing wrong with unbiblical ordination of today, it supports a special class of priest, there is no such thing, for all believers in Christ are priest, and there is only one priesthood, yes there could be a division of labor, for we all don't have the same gifts or functions, but we are all laborers, and we all have a ministry. Yes each one of been has been giving a gift, and then there is some who be set gifts, and they are of the same priesthood, and we are all have a ministry. (1 Pet. 2:5,9, 4:10-11, 1 Cor. 14:26)
Nevertheless, the beginning path to ordination, is when you come to discover your calling and gift as ether an apostle, prophet or teacher, and begin to minister in the anointing that Christ has giving you, and minister in the church in the home, and among the one another ministry, you are faithful to minister, and you mature in your walk as a believer, and in your gift. (Eph. 4:11, 1 Cor. 12:28)
You are first proved; you are first tested, through the test of patience and the test of time. Then if you pass the qualifications of a minister you then are recognize by the church in the home and the congregation, and recognize by other believers outside of your congregation, and recognize by those outside of the community of Christ, the church. You then are recognizing as a minister and a leader among the community of the congregation. (Acts 16:1-5)
In addition, the apostles come and see the recognizing of the church in the home and recognizing of the congregation, then give you affirmation, and ordain you into your calling, and if you pass the qualifications of an elder, and you have mature in gifting and in your walk with the Lord, then you will be appointed as an elder. (Acts 14:23, 1 Tim. 3:1-7, 8-13, 2 Tim. 4:1-5)
Apart from that, when a person comes to know Christ, they will go through the process of discipleship, then through a process of equipping, and then if called to be an apostle, prophet, or teacher, they will be mentored and fathered by mature apostles, prophets and teachers, and an apostolic father. (Acts 9:26-31, 11:19-26)
However, if a minister who has been in ministry by faith or through other fellowships, come into covenant relationship, faithful, and proved and tested, and pass the qualifications of a minister, and an elder, has been recognize and giving affirmation, then can be ordain into ministry. (1 Tim. 3:1-13, Tit. 1:5-9)
Furthermore, one of the functions of office apostles is to father other apostles, prophets, teachers, and some will be lead to setup a fathering and mentoring center. The Lord is rising up the fathering anointing upon the ministry of the apostle. (Matt. 4:19)
15.
The Reason for Church
The two meanings for church are; ekklesia means an assembly of people not a place, the next meaning is the word kuriakon meaning belonging to the Lord. (1 Cor. 1:2,9)
Many think the reason for church is to be feed the Word; yes apostles are to feed the lambs, tend the sheep, feed the sheep and follow Christ, if they love the Lord. However this is not the reason for church. (Jn. 21:15-19)
Many think the reason for church is discipleship; yes we are to disciple newborns in Christ, and all those who come to the Lord are to go through the process of discipleship nevertheless, this is not the reason for church. (Matt. 28:19-20)
Many think the reason for church is to win as many souls you can; yes we are to win souls, and we are to know how to win souls, and we are to support the gospel ministry to the lost, and the Lord adds to the church every day on the contrary, this is not the reason for church. (MK. 16:15-18)
Many think the reason for church is the work of the ministry; yes believers are to do the work of the ministry, and the five-fold ministry are to equipped the saints for the work of the ministry by contrast, this is not the reason for church. (Eph. 4:11-12)
Many think the reason for church is for spiritual care from spiritual leaders and elders; yes the Lord wants and appointed spiritual elders and spiritual leaders for the spiritual care for the sheep of the congregation unfortunately, this is not the reason for church. (Heb. 13:7,17)
Furthermore, what is the reason for church then? The reason for church is community; the church meet in the home, the church in the home and expression of the priesthood is unfolded through community. We are to fellowship, build relationships, and practice community, community in the church in the home, and community in the city church. The community of the congregation is the church in the home. Above this we are to build community among the city church of the city where we live. (Heb. 10:24-25)
Conclusion, It is by the Blood of Christ we come together for community in the church in the home, we are consider one another, not one person cares or ministers for all, it is the one another ministry, community ministry of the church in the home to stir up love, first is love then good works, we are not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together in community in the church in the home, and we are to exhort one another, minister to one another, not just a few, instead community, and we are to build relationships and fellowship with one another, and the center is for equipping and the church in the home is for relationship. (Heb. 10:24-25)
16.
Then and Now
Most of today's church or the modern church is not in the will of God, this is why the Lord has again raise up apostles and prophets, first of all the church should never be without apostles or prophets, they will lay the foundation for reformation, massive reformation will come to the church. (Heb. 9:10)
The early church was not mature, the church in the end times will be the mature church, but there are things we can learn from the early church to reform and do away with so much that is not the will of Christ for His church, and we then can move forth down the pathway to the mature church, for the church in the end times will be more mature and more greater then in the first generation of church. The Lord will bring restoration to the church, full restoration, but it is double restoration and progression, the church will be greater and more mature then in the book of Acts, and this is the will of Christ for the church. (Acts 3:19-21)
What can we learn from the early church in the Book of Acts?
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Principles and practices of the early church. (Acts 2:42)
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The early church was not the mature church. (Eph. 4:13)
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The Church will be greater, better and more mature then the early church. (Acts 3:19-21, Eph. 5:26-27)
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The Bible speaks of new wineskins and new wines. (LK. 5:36-39)
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The church is to become more based on Holy Scriptures. (2 Tim. 3:16-17)
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We have to move in grace and truth, Spirit and truth, Truth in love, and to honor one another in all wineskins in Christ. (Eph. 4:14-15)
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Even today one person, or one group, or one apostle, or one prophet does not see the whole picture. (1 Cor. 13:10)
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What we need to see is the reasons for what the Lord is doing today in other groups? (Matt. 13:29)
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We may flow in knowledge without revelation truth, and become prideful, stay in revelation truth and love. (1 Cor. 8:1)
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Wait and patience for the new wines and the new wineskins to mature. (LK. 5:36-39)
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Be opening minded, humble, meek, and have a hearing ear to hear what the Lord is doing in other groups, that agree with the common ground. (1 Tim. 3:14-16)
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Every work, every wineskin, and every wine will be tested with fire. (1 Cor. 3:13-15)
I may not have giving understanding to each of these points here, but I ask each one of you to mediate on each point and apply them, so that you keep in the pathways that the Lord is leading us toward. (Eph. 4:1-6,11-16)
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What is Wrong with the Church
We have now coming to the time of reformation of the church of all things, this is the third reformation of the church, this is the whole reformation of the church, this is the great reformation of the church, the Lord commands reformation to all the church, and apostles and prophets are laying the foundation for reformation and reformation is laying the foundation for lasting revivals.
What is wrong with the Church? When I say what is wrong with the church, it is time to see through the eyes of the Holy Spirit in grace, love, Spirit, faith, and truth.
There are no apostles and no prophets, apostles and prophets are the foundation, if you don't have apostles and prophets you don't have foundation, it is apostles and prophets who are to lead the church through the Holy Spirit. (Eph. 2:20, 1 Cor. 12:28)
Many churches do not have any gifts of the Spirit, churches are to be full of the gifts of the Spirit, every believer has a spiritual gift, and every believer is to flow in one of the gifts of the Spirit. Teachers teach on the gifts but there is no application, there is no liberty for the Gifts of the Spirit. (1 Cor. 12)
No power of God, many believers don't even walk in the power of God, and many churches don't even flow in the power of God, even those churches who believe in the power of God in today don't have an application and don't flow in the power of God! (MK. 16:17-18, 2 Tim. 3:5)
No believers in ministry, many believers had not been giving room to minister, and they don't even have a ministry, where is the believer's ministry, every believer is to know their gifts and have a ministry. (Eph. 4:12, 1 Pet. 2:5,9)
No kings in the house of the Lord, many churches are not training kings, believers are called to be priests and they are called to be kings; it is time to raise up kings to change our cities. (Rev. 1:6, 5:10)
Not enough unity in the church, is there unity among the believers in your city, is there unity among the spiritual leaders among the churches in your city? (Eph. 4:13)
There is no vision of the City Church in many cities among the churches. There is only one church in each city, that church is called the city church, do you see the city church arising in your city? (1 Cor. 1:2)
They're too much of the old wineskins and not enough of the new wineskins in the church. (LK. 5:36-39)
No biblical elders in the churches, congregation is to have biblical elders, which are apostles, prophets and teachers. (1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 13:1-3)
No financial freedom in the church, the church needs to learn and crossover and make the changes to the freedom of grace giving. (2 Cor. 8,9)
No relationship, or home church, relationship building begins in the church in your home, the home church is the beginning of biblical fellowship. (Acts 2:46)
No discipleship and no maturity in the church, we need to establish a plan to disciple new believers, and then establish a pathway to maturity in the church. (Heb. 5:12-14)
No vision of the future of the church, we need revelation teaching of the future of the church and the church in the end times. (Eph. 5:27)
There needs to be a restoration and understanding and application of the Sabbath, the feasts of the Lord and the Torah. (Col. 2:16)
No vision for Israel, the church needs a vision of the future of Israel. (Rom. 9, 11, 10:1)
No revelation of the Kingdom of God. We need the revelation and understanding of the truth of the Kingdom of God and an application of the Kingdom of God. (LK. 17:21)
No deliverance ministry in the church, believers need to go through deliverance, they need to know how to cast out demons, and we need to begin casting out demons, not letting them live in comfort among us. (MK. 16:17-18)
There is no such thing as the one-man rule, there is no such thing has the senior pastor, pastors do not lead the church, we need biblical elders, and apostles. (3 Jn 9-12, 1 Cor. 12:28)
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The Age of the Apostle
The last will be first and the first last; the apostles were in the beginning and apostles will be in the end, they lead first in the beginning, and they will lead first in the beginning of new days. Jesus Christ first called apostles, apostles were the first leaders of the Church, and apostles today will be the leaders of the church, the leadership of the church rest up apostles. (Matt. 20:16)
Apostles are the first leaders of the church, they are called to lead the church first, and they are first to lead. Apostles and prophets are the foundation of the church in every generation, the church is lead by apostles and prophets, and the elders of the church are apostles, prophets and teachers. (1 Cor. 12:28)
The church needs apostolic vision; they need to have the revelation of apostles and there role in the church. Without apostles the church will never move forth, without apostles and prophets we will never see true reformation or lasting change. (Prov. 29:18)
Prophets are call to guide the church with prophetic vision, and the apostle are called to lead the church with apostolic vision, apostles are to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church, and then speak forth, we need to hear what apostles and prophets are saying, for Christ is speaking to us through them for the whole church, and the world. (Rev. 2:29)
In the beginning of the church was the first apostolic age; you can read it throughout the New Testament, this is the second apostolic age. We will see the signs of an apostle, signs, wonders and mighty deeds, and great waves of the Spirit, and even more. (Hosea. 6:3, Joel 2:23-27, Hag. 2:6-9)
The age of the first fruits was in the beginning of the church; the age of hope was in the apostasy times, the age of new birth was the time of the second reformation of the church. Now we have come to the new apostolic age, the age of the apostle, and after this will come the age of the glorious church, and then the age of new beginnings, and the age of peace. (Heb. 6:1-2)
The Lord showed me waves of the apostolic, the first wave is already coming, and the second wave will be the wave of apostles with signs and wonders. (Acts 2:43, 4:33)
The Lord showed me five apostolic generations: The Abraham generation, the Isaac generation, the Jacob generation, the Joseph generation, and the Ephraim generation. (EX. 20:5-6)
In addition, this is the new apostolic reformation, which is called the Third Reformation of the Church, The first reformation was in the beginning of the church, the second reformation was in the beginning of the age of new birth, and the fourth reformation will be from the apostolic church to the end time church, the mature city church, and the fifth reformation is from the Kingdom church to the eternal. (Heb. 9:10)
The Lord showed me the Third reformation, already begun as a lamb, soon would become a lion, then a horse, and then an eagle and then an army. I believe we are beginning to enter into the second stage of reformation; reformation comes as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)
This is the age of the apostle, what are some of the God giving tasks giving to the apostles of this age, the age of the apostle?
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Massive reformation to the church, the whole church. 2. Lay the foundations for lasting revivals. 3. Establish the New Apostolic Church. 4. Plant new apostolic congregations. 5. Lay the foundation of apostles and prophets. 6. Raise up the New Apostolic City Church. 7. Raise up the City Church. 8. Establish the church in the workplace, rise up the kings of the Kingdom. 9. Equipping the saints for the work of the ministry. 10. Father and mentor apostles. 11. Release the revelation of the Kingdom of God. 12. Ministering of signs, wonders and mighty deeds. 13. Restore the glory of the Lord and revivals. 14. Restoration of all things. 15. Social Transformation. 16. Mature the church, to become a glorious church, and to bring the church to the unity of the faith. 17. To bring an oneness between the church and Israel. 18. Restoration of fathers. 19. Restore the threefold eldership apostles, prophets and teachers. 20. To build the House the Lord. 21. Increase the Kingdom of God. 22. Harvest of souls, increase the Church. 23. Release the wealth of the Wicked. 24. That the Church will lack nothing.
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The Door of the Apostolic
There are those around the earth, the Lord is speaking to your heart at this time, do you see this vision, a vision of a hidden door, that vision is the door of the apostolic, it is time for you to prayerfully and gracefully enter into this door of apostolic grace. Soon this door will be revealed to the masses and many great numbers will come running, and this door will widen and become a great door of opportunity and grace. (Zech. 4:7)
What is the apostolic? It is not government, yes it begins with government that is only apart of the beginning, and yes it is wineskins, yes that is only apart of the beginning, it is not the leadership of apostles, yes that is apart of the beginning, then what is the apostolic, it is grace, new wine, power, signs wonders, opening doors and gates to the nations, it is the outreach sending anointing to win the masses and change the hearts of many. In a word the apostolic is evangelism reborn in signs and wonders in the hearts of believers around the earth. It is every believer is a missionary in their city, in their own nation, and the world is their playground. (Matt. 28:18-20)
You can have an apostolic anointing for your life and ministry! Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Chief Apostle and Head of the Church, and from Him the apostolic anointing flows upon the apostles and all believers around the world. This is anointing of favor, for opportunities, the apostolic anointing opens doors and gates to cities, nations, communities, people groups, and opens hearts around you, and gives you favor with the lost, and gives you protection and provision to do apostolic ministry of the believer. The apostolic anointing is a key anointing to open hearts, and bring breakthrough in ministry, to break new grounds for Christ and His Kingdom. The apostolic anointing is the sending anointing, not only that apostles are sent, also believers and sent forth too. (Heb. 3:1)
There is the apostolic ministry of the apostles, and then there is the apostolic ministry of the believers, you must see that every believer is called and is sent to give witness of Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit; you must see that every believer has an apostolic ministry. (Acts 11:19-30)
What is massing in the church is the sending anointing; it's the apostolic anointing to move forth, to take ground, and to be fruitful and successful in witness and ministry for the glory of Christ and the increase of the Kingdom. (Acts 13:1-4)
What does the Church need to be apostolic?
We need to give the leadership of the church over to the apostles.
The foundation of the Church must be apostles, and prophets.
We need new wineskins with new wines.
We need new apostolic congregations to be raised up.
We need the church in the home to be restore, the beginning of true biblical fellowship.
We need to create a place for the liberty of the Gifts of the Spirit.
The Saints need to be equipped and release into ministry.
We need to establish the church in the workplace.
We need to build the new apostolic city church and the city church.
We need to rise up new apostolic networks.
We need to pray for the apostolic anointing to be release upon all believers in Christ.
We need signs and wonders to flow like rivers of the Spirit.
Why to we need to release the apostolic anointing, in order to opening new doors, and new gates for the increase of the Kingdom of God. (Acts 16:18-19)
The Kingdom of God will increase beginning with apostles, the apostolic anointing, the ministry of the kings, and the hearts of the believers, social transformations, and the outpourings of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:17-18, 3:19-21)
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The Eternal Purpose of God
In the Beginning, before the beginning, there was always God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The wisdom and council unfolding, revelation of the eternal purpose of God, which is the Church! (Eph. 3:11)
God create the Earth for the eternal purpose, God create Man for the eternal purpose, Adam is the first man, he was full of the Love of God, and God love him much, and he wanted to love something in the same way that God loves him, so God made woman, this is a prophetic prophecy, for God loves the world that He give the world His only begotten Son, and God the Father love Christ so much, that the Son, wanted to love someone as much as the Father loves Him, so at the Cross and the Resurrection, God the Father give Him the Bride of Christ, the Church, the eternal purpose of God. (Eph. 5:22-33)
The Church is the Bride of Christ, the Holy Spirit was giving as a gift to prepare and mature the body of Christ, for the eternal purpose. (Gen. 24)
The restoration of all things is a prophecy for the Church, the Israel, and the whole Earth. The Church is to lead the way for restoration of all things; the church is going through a fullness of restoration, and fullness of progression, the Church will be great and more mature then in the beginning, and this is apart of the eternal purpose. (Acts 3:19-21)
The Church will come into the Unity of the Faith, this is the will of Christ, the day will come when the church will come into fullness of unity in Christ and with one another, this unity is beginning to manifest with the arising city church, and as the city church grows through time and grace, the day will come that the mature city church will arise. The fullness of the unity of the faith is manifest in the mature city church. (Eph. 4:13)
The Church is called the City of God build on top of the Kingdom of God, the Church will arise as the city of God in every nation and in every city, and the Kingdom of God will increase throughout the world. (Matt. 16:18-19)
The day will come when the church will become mature and holy, yes the church is holy, but the day will come when the church is without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing. (Eph. 5:27)
The day will come when the church is full of revivals, and the church will be full of the glory of the Lord, and revivals then will overflow from the church to cities and nations around the world. (Eph. 5:27)
This is only apart of the eternal purpose, the church is the eternal purpose, one of the names of the church is the eternal purpose, the Bride of Christ will reign today, in the future, in the end times, and when Christ returns and in eternally, and will reign with Him, and be in the fellowship of the Godhead forever, and this is the eternal purpose of God. (Eph. 3:11)
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Unfolding Visions of the City Church
The Revelation of the City Church is being giving in parts throughout the world, that there is only one church in each city, that church is the city church. However, there are still many city churches that are still in pastoral unity, the Holy Spirit is leading us to apostolic unity. (Rev. 1-4)
Write the Revelation and Vision of the City Church Down:
In a city, in two cities, or three, those cities that have people who have an ear to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying, that that can follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in wisdom and revelation. (Heb. 11:10,16)
The foundation of the city church is the apostles and the prophets, the Head of the City Church is Christ, and the Head of the whole Church, in each city there's only one city church, with many congregations, and the each congregation is a network of home churches. (Eph. 2:19-22)
In a city, can see this vision of faith and hope, God will begin to sent an apostle to this city, some city near you, this apostle through the test of time, arise by grace, and the anointing of the Lord in supernatural power. A new path is made, apostles do not follow that path that others follow instead they make a new one, so others may walk upon the new paths of the supernatural grace and supernatural power. (Isa. 62:10)
In this city, a city near you, this apostle by grace and patience prepares a new path, a new way after the patterns of the Third Heaven, then other apostles begin to obey the call coming to this city, a city near you, or maybe your city. A prophet, or a few prophets, long time before the coming of the apostles, give prophetic words about revival, about the coming apostles, about the destiny is this city, some city, or a city near you, or your city; Prophets prophesy destiny, apostles impart affirmation of destiny, and prophets have the ministry of prophesying prophetic destiny, and apostles have the ministry of affirmation of prophetic destiny. (Isa. 61:4, 58:12)
Then other apostles begin to come to this city of destiny, and some apostles come together in revelation faith, and faith vision, and they pray for unity, revival, change, and reformation, and social transformation, and after awhile they become one in heart and one in vision, and the vision of arising new apostolic city church begins to unfold before their very eyes. They become an apostolic roundtable of city church unity. (Prov. 29:18)
During this time the favor and supernatural grace comes upon the work of apostles in the city, and new apostolic congregations begin to be birth and arise, they become huge, each congregation being a network of the church in the home, and New Apostolic Networks Arise, and others kinds of apostolic ministry is birth. (1 Cor. 12:4-7)
During this time a river of signs, wonders and mighty deeds begin to flow throughout the city church and the church beginning from the hearts of arising apostles. (2 Cor. 12:12)
Then from the apostolic roundtable of the city church unity, the blue prints of the new apostolic city church is laid out, and they begin to raise up city church apostles, apostles of the city church, and a city church network begins to arise among the new apostolic congregations throughout the city and the other congregations that enter into the new wineskin of the new apostolic city church. (Eph. 2:19-22)
New City Church Center is built, and this is a center place for the ministries that minister to the city, and is a center for 24/7 prayers, and 24/7 worship, and 24/7 prophetic watches. Every three months the networks of the New Apostolic City Church will come together for worship, prayer, and ministry. (Isa. 56:7)
The Revival Presence begin to rest upon the New City Church Center beginning the first day it was built, and apostolic and prophetic revivalists are raise up by the Spirit and they begin to minister, and the New Apostolic City Church Center is a center for resting revival, and a gate for revival to flow from throughout the city and the church of the city. (Eph. 2:19-22)
Remember revival is not coming to a church, instead to the city church, to the church around the world, and then to every city, and to every nation, and above all, to every believer in Christ. (Eph. 5:27,18,26)
Massive changes come, a massive harvest of souls comes, and social transformation begins. (Heb. 2:4)
As the City Church Apostles arise, books are written about the city church, and the seeds of the city church are planted in the church around the world, and many cities begin to flow in the revelation of the city church.
The New Apostolic City Church begins to arise in many cities, and then in time all cities, and as the city church grows unto new levels of maturity and growth the day will come when the city church comes to the mature city church.
The Mature City Church is the End Time Church, the Mature City Church is the Unity of the Faith, and the Mature City Church is the Glorious Church, the church full of Glory. (Eph. 4:13)
See the congregations will become so fat with souls, so fat with revival, so fat with mercy that the congregations will become other gathering places for the city church, and the whole city church fellowships in homes throughout a city, and the center leadership over the whole city church is apostles, prophets, and teachers. See the City Church in the Book of Acts was only the beginning, it was not the mature or prefect church, but in the end times a more mature, a more prefect city church like the city church in the Book of Acts will arise, there will be the mature city church.