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Saturday, April 26th, 2008Church
1 Tim 4:1
But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
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2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,
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1 Tim 4:1
4:1 BUT THE [Holy] Spirit distinctly and expressly declares that in latter times some will turn away from the faith, giving attention to deluding and seducing spirits and doctrines that demons teach,
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1 Tim 4:2
2 Through the hypocrisy and pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared (cauterized),
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Titus 1:10-2:1
10 For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain. 12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 13 This testimony is true. For this reason reprove them severely so that they may be sound in the faith, 14 not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth. 15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. 16 They profess to know God, but by their deeds, they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.
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We as a body are to be filled with the Holy Ghost and able to see what is going on in the body. However, what does Paul say in 1Tim 4:1 in the last day some will turn away. Moreover, we believe the lies that come from the very one standing at the pulpit. Not reading it for ourselves, why should we read it for ourselves? He will tell us what we need to know tell us the right things. Wrong, we as children of the most high need to stand up and say something. Tell that man he is not telling us what the Father wants him to Preach. stop feeding us the sour milk and feed us the meat . If he is not, pray him out if the lies keep coming Pray the wrath of the Father down on him because he is of his Father the devil.
“God will offend your mind to revel you heart”
Titus 3:1-11
Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, 2 to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men. 3 For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a trustworthy statement; and concerning these things, I want you to speak confidently, so that those who have believed God will be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and profitable for men. 9 But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and disputes about the Law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. 10 Reject a factious man after a first and second warning, 11 knowing that such a man is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned.
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“God will offend your mind to revel you heart”
In this day and time the five fold Ministries has become a joke for all that see.
Apostle, just what is he any more. Prophet, man has that office become a big joke. Teachers, lets all think we are in that office, every bonehead in the world thinks he knows it al, just ask any one. Evangelist now here is an office every one wants to have. Why? You ask, well M-O–N-E-Y there is all that to be made. I left this one last for a reason. Pastor, many say they are one, but hardy any one wants to be one.
I know this my sound harsh. I am just saying what many people are feeling today. We as a people have lost the respect for God the Father we laugh of the things of God the Father and do not believe He is true anymore. Blinded by the hype of being something he is not, the five fold Minster today does not even see his true calling. The gifts of the Father are real and are at work in all men. I believe I have seen real Apostles and Prophets and Evangelists and Pastors and Teachers.
Following are the definitions of each of the five-fold ministry:
Apostle: APOSTLE, APOSTLESHIP
1. apostolos NT: 652 is, lit., “one sent forth” (apo, “from,” stello, “to send”). “The word is used of the Lord Jesus to describe His relation to God, Heb 3:1; see John 17:3. The twelve disciples chosen by the Lord for special training were so called, Luke 6:13; 9:10. Paul, though he had seen the Lord Jesus, 1 Cor 9:1; 15:8, had not ‘companied with’ the Twelve ‘all the time’ of His earthly ministry, and hence was not eligible for a place among them, according to Peter’s description of the necessary qualifications, Acts 1:22. Paul was commissioned directly, by the Lord Himself, after His Ascension, to carry the gospel to the Gentiles.
APOSTLE, APOSTLESHIP
“The word has also a wider reference. In Acts 14:4, 14, it is used of Barnabas as well as of Paul; in Rom 16:7 of Andronicus and Junias. In 2 Cor 8:23 (RV, margin) two unnamed brethren are called ‘apostles of the churches’; in Phil 2:25 (RV, margin) Epaphroditus is referred to as ‘your apostle.’ It is used in 1 Thess 2:6 of Paul, Silas and Timothy, to define their relation to Christ.”
(from Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
Prophets: PROPHET
1. prophetes NT: 4396, “one who speaks forth or openly” (see PROPHECY, A), “a proclaimer of a divine message,” denoted among the Greeks an interpreter of the oracles of the gods.
In the Sept. it is the translation of the word roeh, “a seer”; 1 Sam 9:9, indicating that the “prophet” was one who had immediate intercourse with God. It also translates the word nabhi, meaning “either one in whom the message from God springs forth” or “one to whom anything is secretly communicated.” Hence, in general, “the prophet” was one upon whom the Spirit of God rested, Num 11:17-29, one, to whom and through whom God speaks, Num 12:2; Amos 3:7,8. In the case of the OT prophets their messages were very largely the proclamation of the divine purposes of salvation and glory to be accomplished in the future; the “prophesying” of the NT “prophets” was both a preaching of the divine counsels of grace already accomplished and the foretelling of the purposes of God in the future.
In the NT the word is used (a) of “the OT prophets,” e. g., Matt 5:12; Mark 6:15; Luke 4:27; John 8:52; Rom 11:3; (b) of “prophets in general,” e. g., Matt 10:41; 21:46; Mark 6:4; (c) of “John the Baptist,” Matt 21:26; Luke 1:76; (d) of “prophets in the churches,” e. g., Acts 13:1; 15:32; 21:10; 1 Cor 12:28,29; 14:29,32,37; Eph 2:20; 3:5; 4:11; (e) of “Christ, as the aforepromised Prophet,” e. g., John 1:21; 6:14; 7:40; Acts 3:22; 7:37, or, without the article, and, without reference to the Old Testament, Mark 6:15; Luke 7:16; in Luke 24:19 it is used with aner, “a man”; John 4:19; 9:17; (f) of “two witnesses” yet to be raised up for special purposes, Rev 11:10,18; (g) of “the Cretan poet Epimenides,” Titus 1:12; (h) by metonymy, of “the writings of prophets,” e. g., Luke 24:27; Acts 8:28.
(from Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
Evangelists: EVANGELIST
euangelistes NT: 2099, lit., “a messenger of good” (eu, “well,” angelos, “a messenger”), denotes a “preacher of the gospel,” Acts 21:8; Eph 4:11, which makes clear the distinctiveness of the function in the churches; 2 Tim 4:5. Cf. euangelizo, “to proclaim glad tidings,” and euangelion, “good news, gospel.” Missionaries are “evangelists,” as being essentially preachers of the gospel.
(from Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
Pastors: PASTOR
poimen NT: 4166, “a shepherd, one who tends herds or flocks” (not merely one who feeds them), is used metaphorically of Christian “pastors,” Eph 4:11. “Pastors” guide as well as feed the flock, cf. Acts 20:28, which with v. 17, indicates that this was the service committed to elders (overseers or bishops); so also in 1 Peter 5:1,2, “tend the flock… exercising the oversight,” RV; this involves tender care and vigilant superintendence. See SHEPHERD.
SHEPHERD
poimen NT:4166 is used (a) in its natural significance, Matt 9:36; 25:32; Mark 6:34; Luke 2:8,15,18,20; John 10:2,12; (b) metaphorically of Christ, Matt 26:31; Mark 14:27; John 10:11,14,16; Heb 13:20; 1 Peter 2:25; (c) metaphorically of those who act as pastors in the churches, Eph 4:11. See PASTOR.
(from Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
Teachers: TEACHER, FALSE TEACHERS
1. didaskalos NT:1320 is rendered “teacher” or “teachers” in Matt 23:8, by Christ, of Himself; in John 3:2 of Christ; of Nicodemus in Israel, 3:10, RV; of “teachers” of the truth in the churches, Acts 13:1; 1 Cor 12:28,29; Eph 4:11; Heb 5:12; James 3:1, RV; by Paul of his work among the churches, 1 Tim 2:7; 2 Tim 1:11; of “teachers,” wrongfully chosen by those who have “itching ears,” 2 Tim 4:3. See MASTER, RABBI.
MASTER (NOUN AND VERB)
1. didaskalos NT:1320, “a teacher” (from didasko, “to teach”), is frequently rendered “Master” in the four Gospels, as a title of address to Christ, e. g., Matt 8:19; Mark 4:38 (there are more instances in Luke than in the other Gospels); John 1:38, where it interprets “Rabbi”; 20:16, where it interprets “Rabboni.” It is used by Christ of Himself in Matt 23:8 (see No. 6) and John 13:13-14; by others concerning Him, Matt 17:24; 26:18; Mark 5:35; 14:14; Luke 8:49; 22:11; John 11:28. In John 3:10, the Lord uses it in addressing Nicodemus, RV, “the teacher” (KJV, “a master”), where the article does not specify a particular “teacher,” but designates the member of a class; for the class see Luke 2:46, “the doctors” (RV, marg., “teachers”). It is used of the relation of a disciple to his “master,” in Matt 10:24, 25; Luke 6:40. It is not translated “masters” in the rest of the NT, save in the KJV of James 3:1 “(be not many) masters,” where obviously the RV “teachers” is the meaning. See TEACHER.
(from Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
“God will offend your mind to reveal you heart”
As you can see, these offices are real and they are in the church operating today. If you do not recognize those of the five-fold ministry at work in the body today it is because you do not have a teacher in the church. On the other hand, is your super pastor to busy doing the work of an evangelist? If a pastor has started another church maybe the church, he started needs a pastor there also. Some so-called pastors say to themselves, “I’m super pastor I can preach at both of them.” Actually he needs to hand it back over to God and God will appoint a pastor to the church God started. He also needs to reevaluate his calling in the five-fold ministry.
A true man of God leads people to Jesus not himself
There is a lot of self proclamation and self edification going on among ministers in the body of Christ today. We as the Body need to stand up and tell the money hunger liars, Here is the word: they profess to know God, but by their deeds, they deny Him, being detestable, disobedient, and worthless for any good deed. This is in Titis 1:16. There are warnings all through the word of God, The one thing that a lot of us fail to do is to read it for ourselves. In John14:26:
26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
NASU. It plainly says what the Lord has done for us if we only read the word.
“God will offend your mind to revel you heart”