The Fresh Anointing.
As the Lord brings His Body to maturity He pours out a fresh anointing. First there is a fresh vision of the Lord as Head of His Body. Then the believers begin to see Him actually working in their lives and then out to others. The realisation comes that the Body of Christ is connected through meaningful relationships and not focused on man`s organisation.
The Body Ministry.
It will not be the great ability of individual men that will bring the Body to maturity, but it will be the believers. They are to do the work of the ministry.
`And He (Christ) gave some to be apostles...some prophets,...some evangelists...some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the Body of Christ.` (Eph. 4: 11 & 12)
And that ministry, `diakonos` means to serve. Thus we see that the believers are to serve one another, to build each other up and edify one another. Each believer has a part and is essential to the growth of the Body in love.
`(Christ) the Head, from whom all the Body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments grows with the increase which is from God.` (Col. 2: 19)
Recognition of Giftings.
As the believers gather their giftings are recognised, appreciated and given room for expression. True leaders are revealed with a heart as a `mother and father.`
`Paul, Silvanus and Timothy.....we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children....you know how we exhorted and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children.` (1 Thess. 1, 7, 12)
The Body ministry is activated with the functioning of the believers together, each connected in vital relationship with one another and with the Lord, the Head.
`the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the Body for the edifying of itself in love.` (Eph. 4: 16)
This fresh anointing by the Holy Spirit, enables the believers to bring healing to those who are hurting, deliverance to the fearful and will open spiritual eyes to the full purposes of God in Christ.
The teaching of the eternal purposes will bring a greater understanding and appreciation of what God has done and is doing in His Body. Many people see what is happening in the world but are not understanding what the Lord is doing. As this revelation is received then the believers are able to move confidently in what the Lord is doing, and not pursuing their own agenda.
As the Lord brings His Body to maturity He pours out a fresh anointing. First there is a fresh vision of the Lord as Head of His Body. Then the believers begin to see Him actually working in their lives and then out to others. The realisation comes that the Body of Christ is connected through meaningful relationships and not focused on man`s organisation.
The Body Ministry.
It will not be the great ability of individual men that will bring the Body to maturity, but it will be the believers. They are to do the work of the ministry.
`And He (Christ) gave some to be apostles...some prophets,...some evangelists...some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the Body of Christ.` (Eph. 4: 11 & 12)
And that ministry, `diakonos` means to serve. Thus we see that the believers are to serve one another, to build each other up and edify one another. Each believer has a part and is essential to the growth of the Body in love.
`(Christ) the Head, from whom all the Body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments grows with the increase which is from God.` (Col. 2: 19)
Recognition of Giftings.
As the believers gather their giftings are recognised, appreciated and given room for expression. True leaders are revealed with a heart as a `mother and father.`
`Paul, Silvanus and Timothy.....we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children....you know how we exhorted and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children.` (1 Thess. 1, 7, 12)
The Body ministry is activated with the functioning of the believers together, each connected in vital relationship with one another and with the Lord, the Head.
`the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the Body for the edifying of itself in love.` (Eph. 4: 16)
This fresh anointing by the Holy Spirit, enables the believers to bring healing to those who are hurting, deliverance to the fearful and will open spiritual eyes to the full purposes of God in Christ.
The teaching of the eternal purposes will bring a greater understanding and appreciation of what God has done and is doing in His Body. Many people see what is happening in the world but are not understanding what the Lord is doing. As this revelation is received then the believers are able to move confidently in what the Lord is doing, and not pursuing their own agenda.
