It’s been a long time since I’ve done any blogging, primarily because I was immersed in writing The Kingdom Election along with a rewrite of my first book published in 1995, The Pass(ed)over Table [originally The Lost Supper]. But, as is always so with God, He has been doing “new things” in my life relating…
Pentecost and the Apostles We need look only to the church of Acts to see a vivid picture of the difference between how the apostles pursued their calling to fulfill the Great Commission and how the sheep, who are not so called, are to pursue theirs. More importantly, in what environment they are to accomplish…
The End-Game of The Great Commission Modern teaching would tell us it is those who fulfill the Great Commission from the standpoint of going to all the nations invading their spaces with the Gospel are greatest in the kingdom of heaven. In the last article I asked if sheep are somehow a lesser form of…
Baptizing and Making Disciples We’ve looked extensively into who the apostles and the sheep were, and are, but there is another critical group to fulfilling the Great Commission: the shepherds. Paul writes, “And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers…” (1 Cor. 12). According to the Greek, “prophet” here means…
The Apostles Double Fulfillment Many times in the Bible the concept called “double fulfillment” of prophecy occurs. Jesus Himself is a triple fulfillment, proclaiming, “I am the One who is, and who was, and who is to come” (Rev. 1). It can be argued Jesus’ prophecy concerning the Birth Pangs is such a phenomenon and…
The discovery of all of this has made me go back and ask the question, “Who am I and where do I fit within the greater identity of the body of Christ?” I always assumed I was an apostle because I was told the Great Commission mandated it. Upon conversion I got immediately involved in…
The following is an extensive listing of the entire NT concerning the differences [and a few similarities] between Apostles, Shepherds, and Sheep and their place in the Great Commission. They are just notes and so may not include complete thoughts: Gospel of John: what he said to the shepherds and what he said to the…
“It will come about at that time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps. And I will punish the men who are stagnant in spirit—who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good or evil!’” (Zeph. 1:12) “So, because you are lukewarm…I will spew you out of My mouth.” (Rev. 3:16) The…
Leadership or control? The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8) I’ve spent much of my life in positions of leadership, thinking that meant to control…
“So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another and forgiving each other…Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity and let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to…