His NAME is Jesus!
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Originally Posted by Sean
Not sure what you are specifically wanting to know.
I try to teach with the gifts as needed(per 1 Cor 12) as I speak to students.
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I don't want to know: I was asking.
There are teachers in the secular world, and that's OK. However, in the Ministry,
there are offices, and there are men who have been called to fill those offices
in that ONE Ministry. The men who fill those offices are those who were first
"...built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself
being the chief corner stone...". Today, there are far too many men seeking to
"... sit in Moses' seat..."; or shall I say, try to sit in the place of the apostles and
prophets, either without
knowing the foundation, or not having a true calling.
A revelation (of itself) does not constitute a calling: the apostle said, agreeing
with the Prophet Joel,
"But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see
visions, and your old men shall dream dreams...". Yet these were not called
to fill any office in the Ministry, but called to salvation by the gospel that saves.
A person can believe the gospel, and be saved; but whosoever is called to the
Ministry must KNOW the gospel: for that constitutes the very
foundation of
all our preaching and teaching! I dare say
no one can fulfill an office without
the calling from the Lord. Even the Apostle Paul stated this in his letter to the
Corinthians:
"...I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received...".
In other words, he gave what he had
as a Minister. And yes, there are babes in
Christ that can also give within their calling to the faith: but that does not entitle
them to an office in the Ministry. And no one can give what they don't have. Or
as a Brother on this forum once said, "
A person can give only as much as he has."
Pray to the Lord, Beloved, that He place you under the wing of one who has been
called to fill an office in the Ministry: and submit to that calling: for it can also
become your calling.
Brother Villa