New Testament Ministry
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From Hebrews: Confidence, Edification, and the Danger of Drifting
I. Introduction A. Teaching on Hebrews B. Outlines available on the website II. The Davidic Covenant and the House of God (2 Sam 7:12-13) A. Christ as builder of the house of God (Heb 3:3-6) B. Building of God and man...
Edification: The Eternal Weight of Glory
Outline I. Introduction A. Overview of the concept of building and edification in the Bible B. Significance of Christ as Apostle and High Priest of the Church II. Building up believers for the habitation of God A. Rol...
The Central Vision of the Bible: God’s Building
Discover the central vision of the Bible: God’s building made with living stones. Follow the foreshadowing of Christ in the Old Testament, and learn how believers are living stones for God’s household. Get...
The Pauline Definition of Dispensationalism: Christ as the Believer's Present Inheritance
Paul’s language, which describes his ministry, gives us the origin of the phrase “dispensation”: The word “dispensation” is one possible translation of a Greek word, “oikonomia” which means “household law.” In the Eng...
The Fragrance of Christ
The genuine “work” is carried out throughout the New Testament ministry, which is the Service of the Body of Christ. The ministry is a “Fragrance” of Christ – it is an impartation of Christ – which i...
Service Springs Freely from Grace, Not Threats and Treats
Pastors are getting angry because such a small percentage of their congregation “serves” (works to keep the system running). This partly is because the system they operate limits the function of members by...
The New Covenant Promise and the Present Need for Teachers
The language of the New Covenant tells us that those who are parties to it will not need anyone to teach them to know God. They will all know Him from the least to the greatest (Jer 31:34; Heb 8:11). God will teach th...
Distinguishing Israel's New Covenant from the Church's New Testament Spirituality
It is really complex, but again, this just has to be distinguished from Israel’s New Covenant. That is a covenant made with them. God didn’t make a covenant with us. There are no terms. By faith we’re bapt...
God’s Economy and Eternal Purpose: The Church as Christ's Body
I want to talk about recognizing New Testament ministers — genuine stewards. Understanding God’s economy is incredibly profound — it has truly changed my view of the Bible. Knowing what God is doing has se...
From Ephesians: The Apostolic Word and the Fellowship of God's Household
How does seeing God’s economy impact us? What we see is what we will to gravitate towards. In the Old Testament, Abraham had a vision of a city whose builder and maker is God (Heb 11:10) which is ultimately the...
The New Testament Inheritance: A Superior Reality to the New Covenant
It is amazing to me that I’m able to speak these things at this time, and people are understanding it. This is the result of sowing the Word over time and people growing. A year ago I did touch on these things, and ...
From Romans: Serving with the Spirit in the Gospel, Driven by Thirst for Fellowship
Rom 1:5-12 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: (6) Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: (7) To all th...
What Standard of Measure? Discerning Truth Beyond Charisma and Eloquence
It is critical that we do not make decisions about truth based on how nice the teacher is, how warm the personality is, how “mightily” they speak or how many good things are being done. We are not even to judge based ...
Is Confronting Error Negative? The Biblical Mandate for Discernment
To be discerning, to speak and act on what we believe to be true and to expose and separate ourselves from error is also considered to be negative. It is in fact negative. However, it is what God’s word tells us to do...