BUILDING RIGHT

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GL Garden 01-21-02, Solok Paya Terubong 8, 11060 Penang, Malaysia

House Phone: 604-8277554 Hand Phone: 60165318276.

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Ephesians 4:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,





1 Corinthians 3:9-15 (NKJV) 9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. 10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.



Dear Friends, The foundation of the church [of all believers] is Jesus Christ and this is the foundation Paul laid when he began the church at the city of Corinth. Whoever builds on the foundation [teachers, preachers, parents and others] –must build with high quality materials [12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones...] that match God’s standard [teaching in line with God’s Word and a living as taught by Christ Jesus].



Those who build the church [building together with Jesus using His blueprint] have a great responsibility to teach the Truth [without any mixture].

Church Leaders have a responsibility to build right. Church Leaders; do not wait for the day of testing to find out what you have built is gone in "Fire". We, Church Leaders need to see that our life is built upon the Word of God and the people who are entrusted to us are built upon the Word of God.

There should be NO Corruption.
There should be NO Mixture.
There should be NO Mixture of the ways of the World and Word of God.
When you cross a horse and a donkey what do we get?
A Mule -Mules can never reproduce themselves.
There is barrenness in the church because of a mixture.

With Love

Christopher.K

21/11/2010

GIVE UNTO THE LORD THE GLORY DUE TO HIS NAME

Psalm 29:2 (NKJV) Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.



Dear friends [ Dave, Yusak, Ben ...] and leaders in Indonesia, greetings in Jesus Name. Again I say to you that we are entering into a very very dangerous time and very very exciting time.



Hebrews 12:26 (NKJV) 26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven."

God is going to shake everything and I mean EVERYTHING. Already you can see and hear the shaking. Therefore I urge you to WORSHIP.

As we approach 2011 gather our people together and lead them to worship HIM without any agenda. Worship HIM with songs of love, praises, thanksgiving and adoration. Listen to HIM. And Obey HIM.

Those who worship HIM will be secure. Those who worship HIM will STAND during the shaking.

Fast and Pray and hunger for the Lord our God and go further in doing the acceptable fast of the LORD.



Isaiah 58:3-6 (NKJV)‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You have not seen?
Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?’ "In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, And exploit all your laborers. 4　Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do this day, To make your voice heard on high. 5　Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call this a fast, And an acceptable day to the Lord? 6　"Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke?



Remember

Isaiah 61:1-2 (NKJV) "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2　To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,



My friends, the Spirit of God is upon you [the same Spirit who was upon Jesus is upon you] because HE has anointed you to do HIS WORK. Therefore encourage each other in the LORD Jesus and stir them up and urge them to WORSHIP the LORD and SERVE the LORD with gladness of heart.



Love you and miss everyone of you very much.



christopher and vijaya.k

First Century Christians (vs) Present day Christians.

First Century Christians (vs) Present day Christians.
by Prason Christopher Robin on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 4:10pm

Originally written in Tamil by Brother Vijay(http://vijay76.wordpress.com/)



I have written 14 great accomplishments made by present day Christians. These 14 achievement of us will prove to the world that we are better and knowledgable than the first century Christians.



1. The fact that Jesus was born on 25th december was not known to the first centuy Christians. It was not even known to Mary- the earthly mother of Jesus. They were under the assumpton that 25th December was the birthday of the Roman SUN GOD. They knew only about the Cross -Tree; The did not know about the X-mas Tree. It is also a sad reality that they had no idea about the Great Man of God - Santa Claus.
2. We know that we have to worsip the Lord in a church on a Sunday. But the early Christians did not know this truth and hence they were worsipping the Lord everyday. (Acts 2:46,47). Only the fourth Century Christians realised that they had to worship every sunday when this rule came into effect after a great group discussion in Heaven.
3. The first century Christians respected Mary - The mother of Jesus. But they were blind to the Truth that she was ought to be worshipped.
4. The first century Christians did not have a clue about the great discovery of the 20th century "Word of Faith Movement". They were idiots who never had Faith. If they had exercised their Faith by making Faith proclamations, they would have never gone through sufferings. The Lions would not have eaten them. They also never knew that they could download the Righteousness of God into them by repeating the words "I am righteous in Christ Jesus". If only they had known that they could "Prophesy Prosperity" they would have been richer than Bill Gates. They were blind jokers who were blind to the revelation that we have now.
5. God has changed his mind and he now lives in temples made of stones also. The early Christians thought that they were the body of Christ. The Apostles were the Church. They gathered together as the church. But they did not know that God hated that format of worship. They did not know that God lives in Big Churces where the Pastor doesn't even know 90 % of the members in the congregation.These truths were revealed to Chrstians after the 4th century AD.
6. The first century Christians thought that Baptism was to die and be buried with Christ to receive redemption for the sins. Only those who acknowledged their sins took batism. But after the 4th century, even new born babies started acknowledging that they were sinners and they were specially designed by God with a super brain.
7. Early Christians were under the assumption that the rituals of the Old covenant were abolished and replaced by the New covenant principles. But the TITHE of the Old Covenant has not been abolished according to the present day Christians.In the Old covenant, the Tithe food was to be stored in the store house. But the present day store house is the Bank account of the preacher. The first century Christians did not know this Truth.
8. The first centuy Christians were dumb to assume that a gathering of saints was building the spiritual bond among them and God.They were even foolish to consider themselves as different parts of the same Body of Christ. But the present day Christians have understood the real meaning of gathering of saints. The real meaning of gathering of saints is conducting spiitual meetings where evryone can jump in joy, roll around and laugh. After the meeting is over, we could go back to our worldly lives. This truth was not known to the first century christians.
9. The first centuy Chrisians had a wrong belief, that they were worshipping and pleasing God by offering their bodies as living sacrifices. But we know the real meaning of spiritual worship. Our Holy Spirt will get acivated when the bassist plays tap bass,the guitarist plays lead progressions with distortion and when the drummer packs a punch with his rolls. Very similar to Software updates, We have also updated our worship to new versions called soaking prayer, Prophetic worship, apostolic worship , rolling on the floor laughing (ROFL). The first centuy Christians might quote Romans 12: 1 and say that our worship is wrong. Let them say that, because they were beaten and bruised when they worshipped God according to Romans 12:1. But we get joy and happiness and we get drunk in the spirit when we worship God. Even Gold powder falls on us when we worship.Which worship is better? You decide!
10. The first century Christians preached a lousy Gospel and became enemies to many. By doing so, they thought that they were following God. But we use the same Gospel message and preach in such a manner that no one gets hurt. By using our brains, we preach a gospel through which we gain many friends. The early Christians lived in a small world and they went through a narrow gate. But the gate we enter through is Broad just like our mind. They thought that Gospel is about making disciples. But we know Gospel is about the number of people who get converted. Why care about quality when we have quantity?
11. The early Christians had three enemies ( World, Flesh, Satan). But we have only one enemy (Satan). We bind him, make him to dance like MJ; and we even tie him and throw him in Hell and burn him with Fire. What is this World and Flesh? The frst century Christians complicated things. The only world that we know is the rotating globe that we have in our home. Talking about flesh, we recommend everyone to eat the chicken breasts from KFC.
12. The early christians thought that a prophet is one who Edifies the Church by standing in the gap, as a gatekeeper and as a watchman. But we know that a prophet is one who places his hands on our heads to predict our future.
13. In the Old Covenant, there was a dfference between High Priest and the people. This system was referred to as the clergy-laity system.The first century christians thought that Jesus abolished this system on the cross (when the Veil Tore). They considered themselves to be brothers and servants for one another. Even the shepherds and elders were one among them. But we proved them wrong by the 4th century AD when we brought back the Cergy-Laity system to practise.
14. Above all,the crowning glory of our finding is our discovery that we could love the world and God at the same time. We have given a new meaning to Chrstendom with our discovery. The first century Christians never knew this truth.They loved only God and hated the world and because of that had a miserable life.

PARTNERING 5 FOLD MINISTERS IN MARKET PLACE

zoe ministries

GL Garden 01-21-02, Solok Paya Terubong 8, 11060 Penang, Malaysia

House Phone: 604-8277554 Hand Phone: 60165318276.

Email: cvs3zoe@yahoo.com

Ephesians 4:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,



Partnering 5 fold Ministers in Marketplace Ministry

Ephesians 4:11-16 (NKJV) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 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; 14 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, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 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.



1 Peter 5:1-4 (NKJV) The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 3 nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; 4 and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.



I believe it is time we recognize [not in the sense of giving them name tags or titles] the 5 fold ministers and receive their ministry by giving them the freedom to function in the marketplace. In the past either they are not recognized or if they are recognized they are controlled by one ministry in the context of the established church.



1] Fivefold ministers need to follow the example of Jesus –most of the time Jesus was found in the marketplace moving from city to city and village to village teaching and preaching and healing and delivering people.



Matthew 9:35-38 (NKJV) 35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”



2] Fivefold ministers need to do the discipling as they go out doing their business.

A] Discipling begins before a person commits his or her life to Jesus.

B] We disciple a community until they become a community of Christ and continue and mature in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 28:18-20 (NKJV) 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.



A] They have the authority to baptize.

B] They have the authority to teach and train their community in the marketplace.



3] Fivefold ministers must shepherd their community [marketplace]. [Check out the analogy God used in the OT and Jesus used in the NT]. How shepherds lead and care for their flock?



4] Fivefold ministers must serve as overseers [Bishop] over their community [marketplace].

This is the same word used for a foreman [who oversees] working in a construction site. What does this means?

A] Fivefold minister as overseer sees to it that his community is build according to the blue print of God.

B] Fivefold minister as overseer sees that there is no laziness among the community [sees that all are functioning in the marketplace –doing their God given task with compassion and excellence ]

C] Fivefold minister as overseer sees that there is no mixture [a mixture of the world and the Word / corruption]



Please pray for this to be a reality.



In His Majesty’s Service

Christopher.k

2/12/2010