Shreveport,
LA. Conference
02/20/03
- 02/23/03
q Explain
the terms In Christ–(The book)
Ephesians 2:6 And hath raised us
up together, and made us sit
together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
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FROM; OR OUT OF
John 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If
God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I
of myself, but he sent me.
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Explain In Christ (LID)
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit
of life in Christ Jesus
hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
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THROUGH-(INSTRUMENTALITY)
2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto
the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all
Achaia:
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INTO
John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say
unto you, He that believeth on
me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these
shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
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,
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.
(Greek: Hold fast to the model of healthy or wholesome words, which thou hast heard from me.
·
Many of us can remember building a model
car or airplane. Once we had the model built we mounted it up high on a shelf
for all to see. We must likewise have
the Word of God as one of the primary models in our lives mounted high before
our eyes. This model of the gospel must be built out of something that is called
sound words.
·
“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. To know the Word of God in fact
implies that we must do some serious study of the Word before we can truly know
it in truth.
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;
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.
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all
good works.
Greek: The man or
woman of God becomes thoroughly equipped and furnished by the Word of God for
every Spirit led work; The man or woman of God is equipped and fitted with
every necessary piece of equipment by the Word of God for anything that the
Lord might have for him or her require to do.
·
When we
went to battle Sadam Hussein in the Persian Gulf in great part we won because
we were thoroughly equipped with the best of arms, technique, and
personnel. It is our deep knowledge of
God’s Word that furnishes us with the spiritual equipment necessary to
successfully carry out God’s holy missions.
1Tim2:4 Who will have
all men to be saved, and to come unto(INTO) the knowledge
(EPIGNOSIN) of the truth.
Philemon 1:6 That the
communication (fellowship) of thy faith may become effectual (ENERGES) by the
acknowledging (FULL KNOWLEDGE) of every good thing which is in you in Christ
Jesus.
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free.
q
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.
John 1:1 ¶ In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Greek: In the
beginning was the logos, and the logos was in fellowship and communion with
God, and God was the logos.
· 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.
· 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.
·
This one was from all
eternity is in constant communion and fellowship with God. (John repeats the theme of verse one to
emphasize the complete sufficiency of Jesus to assume the role of “God, the logos word” to
humanity.
· The word of God is comprised of the logos and the rhema
word. Both are absolutely essential in
furnishing us with the fullness of God’s knowledge and will, both as individual
believers and corporately in our churches.
The logos word defines God in general concepts and ideas to give us the
“big picture” of who God is.
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The rhema
word is a moment-to-moment portion of the logos word uttered by the voice of
God’s Spirit and “tailored made” to equip us with God’s commands, guidance, and
the fulfillment of our needs in accordance to our specific circumstances.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the LOGOS (word), and the LOGOS(word) was
with God, and the LOGOS(word)
was God.
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every RHEMA that proceedeth( from moment to moment)
out of the mouth of God.
Luke 17:20 And when he was demanded
of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and
said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say,
Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
·
Explain God’s need for a land
·
In the OT God desired to have a land, in this case Canaan from which His
kingdom could operate. Joshua’s commission was to drive out the evil
inhabitants of the land so that the land of Canaan could be cleared and the
uncontested rule of God could take place.
1 John 5:19 And we know that we are
of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
·
Today,
God does not have a land from where His kingdom’s works can be launched. The believer is His land. In proportion to how free the believer is,
defines the success of God’s kingdom.
The
Great Purpose of the Church
The church is the most
important human institution in the whole universe. It is the institution that
God has created to make Him visible.
This is the why God implemented it in the first place. He has none else.
1)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.
2)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.
3)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.
4) 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.
5)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.
6) 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.
v Foundations
John 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from( EK) God; neither came I of myself (exclusive and independent self), but he sent me.
q Greek: The apostle, or the
one on an apostolic mission, is birthed from God and lives continuously out of
God just as a tree must live out of its roots. Neither was Jesus apostolic
mission from independent and selfish self.
q The apostle lives out of the image of God as
a tree lives out of its root.
Galatians 6:15 For in Christ
Jesus neither circumcision availeth
(ischuo) any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
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.
·
Jesus never
did or spoke anything, which originated from Himself. Everything He did, originated
from the Father, and was revealed to Jesus through the Holy Spirit.
·
Secondly,
Jesus never did anything that was exclusively His ideas, agenda
or timetable. Everything, which he
planned and carried out, was inclusive of what the Father desired.
·
Finally every action, which He took, and
every word, which He spoke, was in dependency to the workings of the Holy
Spirit within Him. The Lord Jesus never
acted independently from the Father.
Psalms 103:7 He made known his
ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
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.)
·
Jesus never did or spoke anything, which originated from
Himself. Everything He did, originated from the Father, and was
revealed to Jesus through the Holy Spirit.
Secondly, Jesus never did anything that was exclusively
His ideas, agenda or timetable.
Everything, which he planned and carried out, was inclusive of what the
Father desired. Finally every action,
which He took, and every word, which He spoke, was in dependency to the
workings of the Holy Spirit within Him.
The Lord Jesus never acted independently from the
Father.
·
This
was the key to the Lord’s supernatural faith and miracle working power. The
fact that while on the earth, the Lord lived dependent, inclusive, and
originated everything with the Father, shows us the depth of Jesus life in the
world of the Holy Spirit.
·
This is what Jesus means when he tells us that He does
nothing from Himself.
·
To the degree that we do not seek ourselves as the ones
from whom anything originates, and then carry it out independently and
exclusively from God, will automatically live in the teaching of the Father.
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 (THROUGH) the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
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Greek: The apostle or the one sent on an apostolic
mission lives moment to moment through (INSTRUMENTALITY) the Father, who does the
works.
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Through:
Talks about instrumentality
1 Corinthians 4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world,
and to angels, and to men.
Hath
set forth To
expose to view; or to exhibit
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.
Appointed
to death: Greek: Upon the death “Doomed
to die”
A
spectacle unto the world.
q Briefly mention the fellowship of the mystery and the seal of the
apostleship.
2Cor 4:12
So then death worketh
(ENERGIZED) (PRESENT
MIDDLE INDICATIVE) in us, but life in you.
·
The death of
Christ is as an “energy dynamo” within us that never ceases but always
works. We are always being handed over
to death, so that the very life of Christ can be like wised energized for the
sakes of others. Most of us put limits
on how far “God can take us
· Death is actively energized and efficient
in us.
· It
is always mighty in the apostolic workings.
This death is for the benefit of others
·
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: (Literally
Paul asks, “Am I going to save myself
by earthly efforts?
·
My answer
is NO!! I MUST DIE!! ONLY IN CHRIST AND
THROUGH CHRIST)
· It is a
judicial sentence of death. “An official resolution that stamps a matter as
done.’
· Whether on asking myself, should I die or
whether I should come out of mortal peril, I answered, “I must die”.
· It
is a judicial sentence of death.
·
To trust in God who is
raising the corpses.
I Cor1:1
¶ Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, (INSTRUMENTAL) and Sosthenes our brother,
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An apostle is divinely summoned and divinely appointed ambassador
belonging to Christ Jesus. The
formation of the apostolic office comes as the apostle learns to do everything
through the will of God.
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An apostle is the product and a vessel of God’s will, ways
and timetable.
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The apostolic office is not a ministry, which one chooses for
himself or is conferred upon by men. It
is a divine willed by the Lord. He is
divinely picked and divinely sent out and his life is result of the will of the
Lord.
q Hence the apostle can have a traveling
ministry, and belongs to the body of Christ at large. He or she might not be
called to be a member of one particular church but belongs to and embraces the
whole body of Christ.
Gal 1:1 ¶ Paul, an
apostle, (not (OUK) of men, neither by(INSTRUMENTAL) man, but by(INSTRUMENTAL) Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from
the dead;)
·
In absolutely no way from the calling, ordination or authorizing
of men. No through their assistance, support, influence, or the open doors that
man can provide. Paul, an apostle
not from men as a source. Not raised up by men but by Jesus Christ
v Thusly the apostle is never
intended to please man outside of God’s will, but to
please God who chose and raised him up.
Not pleasing man, but a bond slave of God.
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sent out and his life is result of the will of the Lord.
Eph 1:1 ¶ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ (GENITIVE, BELONGING TO JESUS CHRIST) by(INSTRUMENTAL) the will of God, to the saints, which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
q An apostle by the agency, influence, and the open doors willed by God.
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,
v With the promise of resurrection life goes the provision for its
proclamation.
v Hence the apostle in proclaiming Christ’s power and life must be an ambassador of the life of Jesus. In other word he or she must live in the resurrection life of God, which comes forth from the death of Christ’s cross, which has touched everything in their lives.
v With the apostolic proclamation of the
resurrection life which is in Christ Jesus there it the promise and ability for
us to live in this quality of life right now?
This is fellowship of the mystery.
v The apostle can only proclaim the life of
the resurrected Christ to us to the degree that he lives in it.
Ephesians 2:20 And are built upon the foundation (LID) of the apostles and prophets, (GENITIVE) 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:
·
ONLY ONE ARTICLE THUS always categorizes apostles and prophets together.
Numbers 3:16 And Moses numbered them according (at) to the word (Heb: mouth) of the LORD, as he was commanded. (Pual
(passive of Piel) perfect.)
Numbers 3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron
numbered at the commandment
(Heb:
mouth) of the LORD, throughout
their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two
thousand.
Numbers 22:35 And the angel of the LORD
said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak( Piel verb form ) unto thee, that
thou shalt speak(
Piel verb form). So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
1.
The Piel
verb form is used in what the Lord gives to the prophet, and likewise in what
the prophet speaks out. The Piel verb form illustrates intensity and
emphasis. One Hebrew grammarian defines
it as busying ourselves with a certain action. The prophet consumes him or
herself with the spoken word of the Lord and is responsible to speak out that
word with the same intensity of emphasis in which it was given to
them. We shall see more of this in our
study.
2.
There must always be three
dimensions to every prophecy. First
every prophecy must be given without in the accuracy of the rhema word
that is discerned within one’s spirit. Our responsibility is to speak out as
faithfully as we see it. The Lord will
then give us clarity in the situation.
3.
Secondly, is the dimension of
discerning the intent of the Lord’s heart in the word given to
us.
4.
Thirdly,
the prophet must give the word with the same intensity or emphasis,
which the Lord gave it to him or her.
Sometimes, the prophet is to give the word with great compassion and gentleness,
other times there is the tone of admonishment or warning behind the voice of
the Lord
Hos 12:10 And I have spoken( Hebrew: Piel verb) by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.
· Here we find the same Hebrew “piel” verb form describing intense and
emphatic action. As we said before, it
means to busy or consume ourselves with a certain activity.” Thus, this verse tells us that the spoken
voice of God is best heard and understood through the prophetic ministry.
1 Kings 6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set
there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
1 Kings 6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of
the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built
them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
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.
q
The
oracle of the Lord in the Old Testament was sometimes used to
describe the Holy of Holies, or the most inner room of God’s temple where the
Ark of the Covenant resided. The Ark of
the Covenant is symbolic of the very presence of the Lord, revealing His very
essence, and thus testifying to or giving witness of the Lord upon the
earth. This is why it is also called
the Ark of Testimony.
q
The word oracle
in the Hebrew comes from the Hebrew root for “word;”. The phrase “the word of
the Lord” uses this very same grammatical formation.
q In the New Testament an
oracle is a concise and brief prophetic utterance.
q Hence when the prophet
speaks the “word of the Lord,” he or she are declaring forth the oracle, or the
testimony of the Lord, and manifesting the presence of the Lord through the
spoken word with as much accuracy as is found in God’s presence in the Holy of
Holies.
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.)
19 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
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.
·
The Name or
the rhema word is in the LID.
Mat 21:9 And the multitudes that
went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David:
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Spiritual
principle- As long as we come out of our own obedience (present middle participle) in the Name (or in strict accordance to the voice, and will, and the
restrictions of the Lord) we remain in
a state of being continuously blessed. (Perfect)
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.
·
The church
will only be purified and made holy by the revelatory word of God. The rhema is what washes the bride of Christ
and heals and restores it. Let me ask
you a question. If the flow of
spiritual gifts is curtailed in our congregations, and the rhema is quenched,
how will the church ever be washed and made holy? Pretty serious stuff!
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.
q
Prophecy, which is
received, can turn an individual or church into a different person or body if
those individual or church welcomes it, believes it, and acts upon it. Belief and obedience to a godly prophecy
will bring God’s will and circumstances to bear upon that individual or
church. Their course of life will be
radically altered and blessed by the Lord in accordance to the prophecy, making
the church into a different church or the person into a different person.
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:
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Greek: The prophetic scriptures ( or by the same token, words of prophecy)reveal the Person of Christ who dwells
within us in a mystery form. Christ
must be preached in this way. The
revelation of both His Person, and the gospel, is what establishes us in the
faith. The reason why Christ is
revealed through prophetic preaching is to cause the nations to become saved
and to obey Him. This obedience is one,
which is by faith.
·
God has the ability to strengthen you, and to make
you firm and fast in your faith, (by my gospel and the preaching of the Person
of Jesus Christ) only in proportion to the revelation of the mystery (which is
the revealed Person of Christ.)
John
17:8 For I have given unto them the RHEMAS 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.
·
This scripture supports the vital importance of spiritual
gifts. The revelatory words of God make
manifest the Christ to the world. Christ today dwells in glory. Glory is what makes the invisible Christ
visible! How we need the full
manifestation of spiritual gifts in our churches for the full manifestation of
Christ. What a ploy of the enemy it is
to shut them out, or to tell us that they are not needed today
Ezr 5:1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and
Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied
unto the Jews that were in Judah and
Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
Ezr 5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at
Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping
them
(supporting, sustaining, encouraging, and exhorting).
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The building
of the house of God must be always done in part through the ministry of the
prophets.
Ezra 6:14
And the elders of the Jews builded(they
were building), and they prospered(and
succeeding) through the prophesying of
Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and
finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according
to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
q
Building and successfully
completing the house of God can only be done in part through the ministry of
the prophets.
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 (AORIST) of my
Father I have made
known(PROGRESSIVE KNOWLEDGE; AORIST) 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.
·
he will guide Guide as a
teacher; show the way and instruct