1. RESTORATION OF THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
“And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers” —EPHESIANS 4:11
A. These gifts are
B. These gifts are
Rather they are descriptions of
C. These gifts do not require a
1) It is important for us as leaders in the Body of Christ to
2) When we release them into the ministry that is
FRUIT =
OF PEOPLE
D. These gifts are
which they were given.
“And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers” —EPHESIANS 4:11
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the equipping of the saints the work of ministry, the edifying of the body of Christ” —EPHESIANS 4:12 “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom 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” —EPHESIANS 4:11-16
THE MOST
2. GOD’S WORK HIS WAY
A. His way is by using the
THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF THESE KINGDOM GIFTS IS TO LEAD, TRAIN AND EQUIP THE CHURCH TO MORE CLEARLY REFLECT THE CHARACTER, NATURE, POWER AND LOVE OF THE ONE KING
B. This is what
“Then Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner’” —JOHN 5:19
C. The purpose of these gifts is to
3. GOD’S DESIRE
A. God’s desire is to reveal Himself to all of
them that
4. WHY THESE 3 FACTORS?
I. WAVE OF HARVEST
II. RELEASING MIRACLES
III. KINGDOM GIFTS RESTORED
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, HIS SON BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
HIS PEOPLE FROM A CHURCH LIFE – “BUSINESS AS USUAL” - INTO HAVING MORE OF A KINGDOM
AND KINGDOM
A. God is looking for those who want to be Kingdom-minded