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ACTS 29 TODAY

coming to the knowledge of the TRUTH

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(LB) well now we are into some things that were always a little difficult for me to understand, but Dave does it in such a way that its easily understandable. You might have to read it a few times to get it but it is understandable, so lets get on with it and learn some more great stuff, enjoy the meal.

The Gifts Empower and Qualify the Offices

The verses we just read in Ephesians 4 list the “fivefold

ministry gifts” that we hear so much about. The nine

gifts of the Spirit empower and qualify these five

offices. You see, God meant for every person called to

one of these ministry offices to preach the Word with

signs following (Mark 16:20). God never intended for

the preaching of His Word to seem powerless.

is it over yet

The spiritual gifts empower the ministry offices much

the same way a power plant supplies power to the

various appliances in a home. Each appliance is

designed to perform a different function, yet each is

hooked up to the same power plant.

In a similar way, one “wire” runs to the apostle, another

to the prophet, and still another to the pastor, but each

ministry office is hooked up to the Holy Ghost. When

God’s power is switched on, then just as surely as a

toaster acts one way and a blender acts another, the

Holy Spirit anoints different offices with particular

blends of the nine gifts of the Spirit.

These blends of spiritual gifts working in the fivefold

ministry are what qualifies a person to stand in a

ministry office and determines which office it will be

And God hath set some in the church, first APOSTLES,

secondarily PROPHETS, thirdly TEACHERS, after that

MIRACLES, then GIFTS OF HEALINGS, HELPS,

GOVERNMENTS, DIVERSITIES OF TONGUES.

— 1 Corinthians 12:27,28

The eight operations mentioned in verse 28 are in

divine order. In this listing, the government of God

begins with the office of the mighty apostle, the first

operation, followed by the prophet and the teacher.

The evangelists and pastors mentioned in Ephesians

4:11 are then replaced in First Corinthians 12 with

miracles and gifts of healings. These gifts of the Spirit

are the primary ones that empower and qualify the

evangelistic and pastoral offices. (The entry level into

the fivefold ministry gifts is also at the level of working

of miracles and gifts of healings because

all five ministry offices — apostle, prophet, evangelist,

pastor, and teacher — should be equipped with these

two gifts of the Spirit.)

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(LB) well i just have to say here that now you can see why there are so many supposed 5 fold ministers that are really not 5 fold at all, because they don’t have the gifts needed to operate in the office and sadly there are many in this category, business card ministries only.

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Next is the operation of helps, which handles the

physical and material aspects of the ministry. One very

important helps calling is what I call the

“entrepreneurship of the simplicity of giving.” A person

called to fulfill this operation is someone of means who

has the capacity in his character and his calling to be

used by God to pour thousands, if not millions, into the

Kingdom of God for the governments of the Church.

R G gave 90% away and lived on 10%

Helps is followed by governments or administrations,

which includes the organizational skills and gifts

needed in the Church. For instance, a person called to

this operation may be able not only to organize a

massive prayer meeting of ten thousand people, but to

make sure that the little believer on the outer

perimeter of the crowd has everything he needs

to grow in his spiritual walk.

Both helps and governments support those who

minister the Word of God by doing many of the natural

things that ministers don’t have time to do, such as

running businesses, etc. Under girding everything else

is the final and foundational operation, the diversities

of tongues.

So in these eight operations of God, we find not only

that the five fold ministries are all included, but that

the nine gifts of the Spirit are also poured out into all

the operations, from the apostle all the way to the

eighth operation of diversities of tongues.

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(LB) wow, well I am full up, so we will stop there for this week, next time we will talk about…where do you fit in…

until next time, please remember to share these most important post with you friends and your enemy’s and please pray for me to be able to continue to get this most important message out to everyone.

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AMBASSADOR / SERVANT

LARRY