Pray for Reformation in the Body of Christ

Pray for Reformation in the Body of Christ

Elvis Iverson
churchzone@minister.com
http://sim.thechurchzone.com
http://citychurch.thechurchzone.com


Father we come boldly by the blood of Christ and through the access of the Holy Spirit. We humble ourselves and ask you to lead and guide us through the Holy Spirit as we pray for the body of Christ. Fill us with prophetic prayers for the body of Christ.

Father first and foremost minister to every one who is gathered, or visiting, minister to every one who reads or hears this prophetic prayer. Father we are praying for the body Christ and we are praying on a personal level.

Father pour out the Spirit of Wisdom and the Spirit of Revelation. Father rise up apostles and prophets in every nation, in every city, and globally, we pray for release, provision, and labors to come around each apostle and each prophet. Father we pray connected the apostles and the prophets together.

Father we pray rise up a company of prophets; let the prophetic rivers flow upon the church around the world. Father pour out an outpouring of prophecy, visions, and dreams upon the body of Christ.

Father we ask you to release angels of war to war for the church, to war for the apostles, to war for the prophets, to war for the city church. Father we pray, rise up mighty company of Christian wealthy people, and businesspersons, and marketplace ministers around the world. Father we pray for wealth, finances, resources to flood the churches and ministries that have been made ready by the Holy Spirit and by grace.

Father we pray; establish the apostolic church in every city of every nation, and establish the apostolic church in every nation, and establish the apostolic church globally. Father we pray establish apostolic vision and apostolic unity around the world in the church; establish apostolic vision and apostolic unity in every city of every nation, establish apostolic vision and apostolic unity in every nation, and globally. Father we pray establish the city church in every city of every nation, and we pray for the growth of the city church. Above, all we pray for unity and city transformation to come to every city.

Father we pray for an outpouring of holy fire upon Christianity, Christendom, and the Church, and every person who names the name of Christ. Father we pray for apostolic fire, we pray for reformation fire to come upon the church.

Father we pray pour; out around the word the Spirit of Reformation, Let the fire of God come to burn up every thing that is not of the Word, not of the Order, not of the Will, and not of the Nature of Christ. We pray for everything that is of His Word, Order, Will, and Nature to be put through the fires of reformation to become more pure and to bear more fruit.

Father let the fires of reformation burn through the church around the world. Raise the body of Christ up to obey her destiny, establish the apostolic church and the Kingdom Church, birth the growth levels and the mature city church in every city church.

Father bring to an end of all religion in the church, establish and rise up the pure and undefiled religion, which the church, the body of Christ, and the city church.

Father we pray for great reformation, Father we pray for a massive reformation to come upon the church in every city and in every nation, and the church around the world.

Father we pray fill our hearts with grace, love, and truth. Comfort every person with the touch and witness of the Holy Spirit. Father bring reformation and revival; pour out the Spirit of revival.

Father pour the Holy Spirit upon us to minister to us, and guide us all through and in this coming great and massive reformation. Fill our hearts with passionate love and the fear of the Lord.

Father we speak and shout grace, grace to the church around the world, and to every city church and to every national church and to every member in Christ. We speak and shout grace, grace to the moves of God, we speak and shout grace, grace to the revivals, and outpourings, we speak and shout grace, grace to the apostolic church, and we speak and shout grace, grace to the reformation times, movements, and this coming reformation.

We pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

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What is the Apostolic Church?

What is the Apostolic Church?


Elvis Iverson
churchzone@minister.com
http://sim.thechurchzone.com
http://apostlesroundtable.thechurchzone.com

The Apostolic Church was birth from of the Throne Room in the third heaven. If you could see what the apostolic church looks like with spiritual eyes. It would look like a burning and increasing fire of the Lord coming to eat and burn away everything that is not of the nature of Christ. The apostolic church is not man made or a man made ideal. The apostolic church commission is to bring reformation to all things in the church to the image of Christ. Who is the head of this burning fire? Jesus Christ the chief Apostle and Head of the Church.

In addition, the apostolic anointing flows from the Head of the Church to the body of Christ and the apostles. The apostolic anointing brings increase to the living church. The apostolic anointing brings life to the will of God for the Church. The apostolic anointing reforms us to truth and the image of Christ. The apostolic anointing comes to us that Christ and His Kingdom may come to us.

Moreover, the prophets prepare the way; prepare you for the Lord, and the apostles bring the way, the Lord and His Kingdom to you. The apostolic anointing is greater then one apostle, or a few apostles, or even a company of apostles, this anointing comes from Christ. You may not know an apostle, but you have Jesus the Chief Apostle over you.

Beside, we will see living apostles moving forth with authority and power just as in the book of Acts so shall it be with today’s apostles. There were the Apostles of the Lamb, then there are the Apostles of Christ, all true apostles are apostles of Christ. An apostle is called through one on one contact with Christ through the Holy Spirit.

However, apostles are not the main event, the saints are, and the Holy Spirit, and Christ. Apostles and Prophets are to form the foundation for the saints to move forth and fulfill the great commission.

Apart from that, what is the apostolic church? In this article I will try to list the characteristics of the apostolic church. It is important to know what is the apostolic church and what is not the apostolic church. The apostolic church is the local church, cell churches, homes churches, networks, city church centers, city church networks, and the mature city church.

However, the first goal of the apostolic movements is not to become another religion, instead to add to church in restoration. The apostolic movements are the platform for all great movements to come forth. We are laying the foundation of the apostles and prophets to establish a lasting and enduring platform for revivals, and moves of God to always happen and never be without, and to have lasting revival.

In addition, the second goal is to begin an end to all Christian groups that are not according to the image of Christ, to bring end of the Christian religion and replace it with the body of Christ, to reform all things in the church to the image of Christ, plus to bring an end to all religions and open the gates and doors wide to Kingdom of God.

Moreover, the third goal of the apostolic movements is to equip the saints to the work of the ministry, marketplace and workplace ministers, that the church will no longer lack any gift. The fourth goal of the apostolic movements to establish the church into the apostolic government, and raise the church up to fulfill her destiny in Christ. The fifth goal is to birth the kingdom church and to prepare the church for the end times. Plus that church will come to the unity of the faith. Plus that the apostolic church will birth the city church, the sixth goal is to rise up the saints to fulfill the great commission. The seventh goal is to restore the church to her true authority in the Earth.

Besides, what the Acts church had was the foundation of the apostles and prophets, gifts of Spirit, saints ministry, signs, wonders the power of God, and the city church. At the same time this was not the perfect church or mature church, instead, they have these things that lead to the perfect and mature church. I believe that today we will be lead from these godly principles of the acts church to the perfect and mature church, which is the city church, which is the kingdom church.

24 characteristics of the apostolic church;

1. Saints, believers, workplace, marketplace, and business Christians do the work of the ministry. No more a few does the ministry, instead the many, while the few equipped the saints. The Apostolic Church is a body ministry.
2. There is a team of elders with a leading elder working among them. The apostolic church is not a one-man ministry.
3. There is a team of ministers; team workmanship is the way of ministry of the apostolic church.
4. There is freedom for the gifts of Spirits, freedom for any gift from God.
5. The apostolic church is a house for the prophets. Prophets are protected and welcome.
6. The order of the house is one of freedom, grace and functional accountability.
7. The Apostolic Church is a restoration house for falling ministers and believers.
8. The Apostolic Church is a missionary home base to the nations.
9. The Apostolic church is a house of signs, wonders, miracles, and the power of the Holy Spirit.
10. The Apostolic Church is a church that works with other churches in their city, they believe in the city church, and the body of Christ.
11. The Apostolic Church is a place of covenant relationships, Biblical fellowship, discipleship, equipping, mentoring and fathering.
12. The Apostolic Church is a place for compassion and mercy ministries and works.
13. The Apostolic Church is a church that is not limited to the four walls.
14. The Apostolic Church is a grace giving church.
15. The Apostolic Church is a church of many people groups in Christ.
16. The Apostolic Church is a church where women and Children are honor for their gifts and skills, and are not hinder. There is no age gap or gender gap, or race gap in the Apostolic Church.
17. The Apostolic Church does not conform to the many cultures, instead they conform to the kingdom culture and they conform the cities and people around them to the kingdom culture.
18. The Apostolic Church does not only wins many souls to Christ in turn they disciple them into Christ’s Disciples.
19. The Apostolic Church is a house of prayer for all nations.
20. The Apostolic Church is a house of true worship according to the Tabernacle of David.
21. The Apostolic Church follows and applied the models of church life in the book of Acts in today’s church life.
22. The Apostolic Church is a church of deliverance, and casting out demons in the name of Jesus.
23. The Apostolic church believes in a glorious church in the future and the end time church.
24. The Apostolic Churches believers that the Jews rightful land is the nation of Israel, and that Jerusalem is the rightful capital of the nation of Israel.

Beside, the Apostle Church is the modern day Antioch church. Antioch is the model for the Apostolic Church today. We not only believe in Apostles and prophets are today, we also believe that the books of Acts are for today too. Today’s book of Acts will not be called the Acts of the Apostles, instead the Acts of Saints in the Holy Spirit.

Furthermore, the body of Christ will become the Apostolic Church. The Apostolic Church will reform all things in the church to the image of Christ. After the Apostolic Church has fulfilled it’s purpose, the unity of the faith will come and increase and grow to the point that the Apostolic church births and gives way to the Kingdom Church, which is the city church in every city of every nation in the world.

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Understanding The Apostolic

Understanding The Apostolic

Elvis Iverson
churchzone@minister.com
http://sim.thechurchzone.com
http://apostlesroundtable.thechurchzone.com

In the beginning of the Jesus Christ ministry on earth one of his first steps in his ministry was to call those who would be his apostles. He didn’t call prophets, etc. He only called apostles first, apostles were the first disciples of Jesus ministry. Apostles first to be commission into ministry. Apostles were the first leaders of the church. –(Matt. 20:16)

Jesus Christ is not only the head of the church; he is the chief apostle of all apostles of Christ. The apostolic anointing flows from him to all the body of Christ, and the apostles. –(Heb. 3:1)

Jesus is the one you created the office and ministry of the apostle not man, not the church, not the Christian faith. It is Jesus who calls and raises up apostles, not man, not the church, not the Christian faith. –(Acts 9)

However, the apostolic is not just for the apostles, this is first for the body of Christ. Today I will try to give you a list to help you in your understanding of the apostolic. We need to know what is the apostolic and what is not the apostolic. –(Acts 8:1,4, 11:19)

Understanding The Apostolic:

1. The Apostolic is the Apostles. —(Jn. 20:21)
2. The Apostolic is the Great Commission. –(Matt. 28:19-20)
3. The Apostolic is the sending anointing. –(Acts 13:1-4)
4. The Apostolic is missionary work. (Acts 13:46-48)
5. The Apostolic is foundational work. –(Eph. 2:20)
6. The Apostolic is pioneering work. –(Rom. 15:20)
7. The Apostolic is governmental establishment. –(1 Cor. 12:28)
8. The Apostolic is architecture work. –(1 Cor. 3:10)
9. The Apostolic is new wineskins. –(LK. 5:37-39)
10. The Apostolic is signs, wonders, miracles, healings, and gifts of the Spirits, Deliverance and mighty deeds. –(2 Cor. 12:12)
11. The Apostolic is every believer walking into his or her calling and gifts. –(1 Cor. 1:7)
12. The Apostolic is relationships, fellowshipping, and networking. –(Eph. 2:21-22)
13. The Apostolic is the unity, reconciliation, corporate Anointing. –(Psa. 133)
14. The Apostolic is reformation and revival. –(Heb. 9:10)
15. The Apostolic is fathering mentoring, training Equipping, and discipleship. –(Eph. 4:12)
16. The Apostolic is local church planting. –(Acts 14:23)
17. The Apostolic is cell groups and homes churches. –(Acts 2:46)
18. The Apostolic church is the city church. –(Rev. 1:4)
19. The Apostolic is revelational ministry. –(Eph. 3:5)
20. The Apostolic is impartional ministry. –(Rom. 1:11-12)
21. The Apostolic is compassion and mercy works. –(Gal. 2:10)
22. The Apostolic is ongoing, unyielding prayer and intercession. –(Eph. 6:18)
23. The Apostolic is spiritual warfare. –(Eph. 6:12)
24. The Apostolic is the ambassadors of Christ. –(2 Cor. 5:18,19,20)

In addition, The Holy Spirit is giving a definition to what are apostles, prophets, the apostolic, and the apostolic church. At the same time we are learning what is not the apostolic, etc. why we need to learn this, for the reason some people want to play their religious games with the apostolic. We are to test these spirits for not every spirit is from God. –(1 Jn. 4:1)

Moreover, the apostolic has always been in the church, instead there were misled ministers who hinder the apostolic and now they are being removed, and their dead work too. The apostolic comes to add to the restoration of the church not to establish another Christian religion. –(Acts 3:19-21)

However, Today I believe that one main goal of all true apostles is to begin an end to the religion of Christianity, and rise up the body of Christ to replace Christianity and to obey her destiny; it is the Lord Himself who will bring an end to all religions, this includes Christianity. Beside, all true apostles should leave Christianity and only be joined to the body of Christ. We can no longer belong to two fellowships; you are ether apart of the Body of Christ or the religion of Christianity.

Furthermore, the purpose of this article was to give terminology and definition to the apostolic so we can clearly see the apostolic vision for the church, our cities, and ourselves.

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New Testament Church

New Testament Church

Elvis Iverson
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http://sim.thechurchzone.com
http://apostlesroundtable.thechurchzone.com

What are the characteristics of the New Testament Church? What were the characteristics of the church in the book of Acts? What were the characteristics of the first days Church? In this article we will try to list some of the characteristics of the church in acts.

However, why today’s church is so different to the church that Christ founded in the book of acts? The church of today is not the intent of what Christ wanted for his people. Why do we place so much emphasize on today’s church that Christ did not build or willed? We should not recognize a church that Christ did not want and if the church is not according to the blue prints in the New Testament we should not even take notice it. Yes those who are born again are apart of the body of Christ and we should fellowship with any believer who has the Spirit of God in them. Yes we love those Christians and Ministers in churches that are not Christ willed.

Nevertheless, the church in acts was not the perfect church or the mature church; it was the beginning of the church, not the end of the church. They did have a few things right that we need in order to move forth in church life. We must learn from the church of acts and progress from there unto maturity. Someday in the future there will be a perfect and mature church that is worthy to be called the body of Christ.

Characteristics of the New Testament Church:

1. Visions, dreams and prophecy. Acts 2:17-18.
2. Signs, wonders, miracles and healing. Acts 2:43.
3. Gifts of the Spirit. 1 Cor. 12
4. Believer’s ministry. Acts 8, 11.
5. Team of Elders. Acts 11:30.
6. The Five-fold Ministers all had a place. Eph. 4:11.
7. All ministries, etc. had a place. 1 Cor. 12.
8. Giving to the poor among the church. Acts 11:29.
9. Grace Giving. 2 Cor. 8, 9.
10. Apostles and Prophets. Eph. 2:20.
11. Cell churches, home churches, and meeting in your own home to fellowship and worship together. Acts 2:46.
12. The City Church was the Church. 1 Cor. 1:2.

Besides, The Lord will build his church, his house in our cities in every nation on the earth. We must partner with the Lord and with his plans not our plans. The Lord and the Holy Spirit are not seeking out for our plans, they wants us to seek them out for their plans.

However, the wineskins today must change, we must give way to the coming new wineskins that are in the progress to a modern day Acts church. They may not be the prefect or the mature church yet along, as we keep humble, meek and moving forth with the Holy Spirit and his plans. Today’s wineskins have no place for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, gifts of the Spirit, revival, the believer’s ministry, and the everyday Christian.

Furthermore, I did not write the Bible, New Testament, or the book of Acts. We can no longer overlook these Scripture principles in how to have church life. The Lord is changing the church life to a more better and real walk with Christ and the Holy Spirit.

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Church Makeover

Church Makeover

Elvis Iverson
churchzone@minister.com
http://sim.thechurchzone.com
http://apostlesroundtable.thechurchzone.com

When does a member of the body can tell the head what to do? When does a citizen tell his or her king what to do? Well this is what is happen in the church today. We have asked ourselves where is the power of God? If we do not have the right heart for our king and head of the church we cannot have the power of God!

We have come to a day and time that a massive, extreme, and radical reformation has come upon us. Many Christian groups will no longer be around in our near future only those who obey the Holy Spirit today will be apart of the body of Christ. Yes those who are born again are apart of body of Christ by the blood of Christ however; those churches that don’t reform will be cast out. The Holy Spirit will leave those churches and they will fall apart and apostles will arise and led them out of those churches into a new day of the apostolic church. Yes those who are born again the Holy Spirit will not leave, for the word says that I will never leave you, or forsake you. On the other hand, those who do not obey will be judged, and you are already judged. Judgment begins at the house of the Lord, the church. This judgment will first deal with the leadership, and then the rest of the body of Christ. After that judgment will go to cities, nations of the world.

It is time for a makeover of the local church and face of the church worldwide. The Lord has arising up with his shepherd’s rod he is counting his sheep. The Lord knows your hearts, mind, and ways. “Humble yourself and hear what Holy Spirit is saying to the church. Do not speak in your own words or own judgments for the Lord will judge those words”.

Apart from that, our Lord Jesus Christ is the Chief Apostle and Head of the Church and from him all true apostolic anointing flows from him down upon the body of Christ and the apostles.

However, members, believers, saints you are not called to be pew members, you are called to do the work of ministry. Every believer has gift or more. They are walk in those gifts, not just go to Sunday worship service that that is all. The work of the ministry is for everyday and in life. The work of ministry is not just in the four walls that is the equipping and gathering place. Beside, clergy and laypersons are not godly tiles of positions of the church. Those churches that do not obey this or apply this they are not flowing in the apostolic anointing and they shall be cut of from the body of Christ.

However, those churches that are one-man ministry not a team of ministries are not apostolic and will not flow in the apostolic anointing. They to will be cut of from the body of Christ. To be an apostolic church there must be team of leaders not just one-man ministry. Beside, the local church is a body ministry.

However, those churches that are deacon controlled will not ether flow in the apostolic anointing that flow from the Head of the Church. They too will be cut of from the church. The word deacon is not in the Bible, the word that is there is minister or servant, this is saying about those of the five-fold ministries of grace that are not yet an elder. Elders are the mature of the ministry of Christ.

On the contrary, those churches that used the word elder for their member control church that is not of the will of God. That to is out of order. Elders are the mature of the five-fold ministry of grace only.

However, pastors are not the senior minister of a local church, apostles are the senior ministers working along with a team of elders, a team of ministers. Pastors are not over apostles; apostles are over pastors in the Lord. This is in freedom and not in control.

Beside, why does not the five-fold ministry fit into the local church, for the reason there is not team ministry, and a team of elders. Those churches are not apostolic and they have hindered themselves from the apostolic anointing.

However, those ministerial associations or organizations that do not believe in apostles or prophets have no foundation any longer and their end has come to an end. If you use any other title for the senior overseer that is called an apostle this is wrong. Beside if the senior overseer is not an apostle this is wrong too. If you used the tile bishop or any other tile that is not an apostle or biblical this is wrong. Apostles and elders are godly tiles and bishops, presidents, etc. are ungodly tiles.

Nevertheless, Jesus Christ is the center and He is all. It is the Holy Spirit that grows the Church. If we have the Holy Spirit the church will grow. It is the power of God, in signs and wonders and the gifts of the Spirit that makes the church grow.

However, the old wineskins have no room for apostles, prophets, the ministers of Christ, gifts of the Spirit, the believer’s ministry, workplace ministers, coming city church, future city, church, and the Holy Spirit, etc. Therefore it is not of God for any Christian to support or give honor to such groups that do not obey the truth and what the Holy Spirit is saying. We must repent of these ways of doing church outside of the order and will of Christ. Yes love those who do such things, we are speaking the truth in love. We are to be humble in these times of change.

Beside, from these new wineskins shall come forth much stronger city church today and mature into the mature city church, which is the kingdom Church. The Apostolic Church shall birth the Kingdom church, which is the city church in cities of nations all over the world. The city church right now is too weak, so a stronger one will come forth and replaces it and then in the future the mature city church will come forth. You must have a vision for the city church or this too can hinder and will hinder the flow of apostolic anointing in your life and church.

In addition, apostolic vision in planting churches, local churches, cell churches, home churches, networks, and the city church, must move forth with apostolic anointing that flows from the Head of Church.

Apart from that, tithing institution of today has no Scripture foundation; this false doctrine is the easiest to prove wrong. Jesus, Peter, Paul and the church in Acts never tithe, not at all. The tithing institution is not God ordain or blessed, it is not the same one that was in the Old Testament. The one today is a man make institution. Tithing institution makes you dull of hearing the Holy Spirit in your giving, and makes the servants of the Lord see you as their own property in their eyes, which devalues you. Tithing institution hinders the wealth of the sinner from coming in. Tithing institution keeps you in bondage to poverty and lack. The Lord does not honor tithing, and there is no such thing as New Testament tithing. All tithing churches will come to an end and be replacing with those who walk in freewill giving and grace giving. Grace giving churches will increase and grow and tithing churches will decrease and not grow. The tithing institution will hinder the apostolic anointing in churches that obey the lie of tithing.

On the contrary, faith working through love; love those in the old wineskins, be humble mined toward them. We must speak the truth in love, in grace, and wisdom. Those who are born again are apart of the body of Christ no matter what wineskin your in. we are still in the body of Christ. Do not look down on those in the old wineskins; keep the doors open to them.

However, religion is the sin of idolatry. Impure religion is every religion outside of Christ; it is every Christian religion, and group, etc. There is a pure and undefiled religion that is the mature city church, the end time church. Any move of God, any wineskins can go from moving with God into idolatry. Any one can enter into a religious spirit no matter what level or how much mature you are. This is why we must love are brothers, and be humble, and seek fellowship, and unity on common ground. This does not mean that we will compromise the reformation, we have drawn a line and we will not cross it.

Furthermore, once when the church has went through the fires of reformation, the apostolic church will birth the kingdom church, which is the city church and the body of Christ will have true unity forever more.

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Why should you Tithe?

Why should you Tithe?

Elvis Iverson
churchzone@minister.com
http://sim.thechurchzone.com
http://apostlesroundtable.thechurchzone.com

To tithe or not to tithe that is the question. Is tithing Scripture? Is the New Testament Church to tithe? What will happen if you don’t tithe? Is the tithing of today’s church Scripture?

Just for the reason we have heard today’s tithing teaching for years and years doesn’t makes it Scripture. Today’s tithing has no Scripture foundation. It is more putting pieces together and making it say what they want it to say. Those who teach tithing don’t understand Biblical Tithing.

In Leviticus chapter 27:30,32 says “And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the LORD. And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD.

There are only two groups of people who were only allowed to tithe. Only two groups! They were the framers and the rancher; they were the only ones who were to tithe. And they were only to tithe food. And only those framers and ranchers who lived in the promise land were only allowed to tithe.

This means that Jesus Christ our Lord never tithes! This means that Peter the Apostle never Tithes! This means that Paul the Apostle never tithes! This mean the church in the book of Acts never tithes!

In Malachi 3:8-12 tell us to tithe or else we have robbed the Lord and we are then cursed. Yes there are some people who preach or teach just like this beside, there are others who leave out the bad parts, and only teach that we are to tithe. First and foremost we know that we are not under this rule, for we don’t live in the promise land and we don’t have Levities the priesthood of the old covenant, to tithe too. This tithe was taking every three years, this was called the poor tithe to help the Levite, stranger, fatherless, and the widow. –(Deut. 14:28-29)

Now we come to the New Testament were Jesus says only a few words, but never tell His disciples to tithe. And in Hebrews it talks about how Abraham gives tithes to Melchizedek, others use this to tell us that we are to tithe today. But the truth is that Abraham only tithes that which belongs to the King of Sodom that he helps return back to the King of Sodom, and the tithe to Melchizedek was a tax for the service of their land and water. –(Heb. 7:1-10)

Now Paul who was a Pharisee knows the law, and he doesn’t tell Christians to tithe, not at all. What did he teach instead of tithing? He teach grace giving, that Christians are to give, but when they give, give willing and give through grace. –(2 Cor. 8,9)

Grace giving is better then tithing, grace giving will give more blessings then tithing, and grace giving is a form of worship that the Lord receives. In grace giving, the Lord gives you the seed to give; you give in grace, faith, willing heart, worship, and a cheerful heart.

The tithing of today is not Scriptural, has no Scripture foundation, and has no biblical basis, however, it’s based on man’s teaching and religion. No man, no preacher, no teacher, and no pastor have the authority from God or from the Word of God to command you to tithe! You are free from this tithing system of today, no longer be in bondage to man’s system of church.

Yes those who tithe, tithe out of faith. It is not the tithe that Lord blesses; it is they’re giving. However, if they give according to grace giving they will be more blessed.

Are we to give? Yes giving is a Christian lifestyle, giving is a lifestyle that we are to learn and to become a doing in faith. You are to give according as you prosper, and you are to give with the seed He gives you, and you are to give what your purposed in your heart, and you are to give with a willing heart, and you are to give with a cheerful heart.

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Trying Times of Unity

Trying Times of Unity

Elvis Iverson
churchzone@minister.com
http://sim.thechurchzone.com
http://citychurch.thechurchzone.com

Biblical Unity is God’s will for the Church. It is God’s will for churches in a city to have true unity. It is God’s will for Christians in a nation to have united bond of unity. In the future the church will have the unity of the Godhead, in the future the church will have the unity of the Spirit, and in the future the church will have the unity of the faith.

Nevertheless, we will come through trying times of unity, as we have been in past times. These times are to create an opening for a holy desire for biblical unity to be planted in our hearts.

I believe that we will again enter into one of the most trying times of unity in the history of the church, this has to happen in order to make the way for the unity that Christ wants in His body.

You must see the purposes why God allows strife and divisions to arise in the church; you must see why these trying times come. One way is to make room for the house that the Lord will build in the soon future.

You can even see in your own churches and companies how unity is tested again and again. In times when unity is tested you can see the hearts of the leaders and the people. After those times of testing there need to be restoration and healing, which comes through love, forgiveness, understanding and truth.

We must pray for wisdom and learn how to overcome these tests of unity and trying times of unity in order to have a better and more rich unity in the church.

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The Body of Christ

The Body of Christ

Elvis Iverson
churchzone@minister.com
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Every one who is Born Again is a member of the Body of Christ. You cannot become a member of the body of Christ by joining a church or being born in a Christian family. You can only become a member of the Body of Christ through becoming Born Again. –(1 Cor. 12:13)

It does not matter what color you are, what nation you are from, it does not matter how much money you make, when you are born again, you are a member of the Body of Christ, therefore you are to love those who are apart of the body of Christ and to fellowship and care for them. –(1 Cor. 11:27,29)

The Church begun with Jesus Christ ascension, seated at the Right of the Father and the Holy Spirit coming in Acts Two upon the first generation of Christians, apostles, and the 12 apostles of the Lamb. –(Acts 2)

Where is the H.Q. of the Church? The H.Q. of the Church is not on earth, instead it is in Heaven; the Body of Christ is made up of every person who is Born Again past and now! The general assembly and church of the firstborn are registered in Heaven. There is a great cloud of witnesses In Heaven, all those who gone before us are watching the fruits of their labors in us, by hear from the Lord of our good deeds. –(Heb. 12:22-23, 12:1)

Who is the Head of the church? The Head of the Church is our Lord Jesus Christ; He is the head of the church, the Apostle and High Priest of our Confession, the Chief Shepard and Overseer of souls. –(Col. 1:18)

What is the Church? The Church is the Priesthood of the Kingdom of God, The Bride of Christ and the Ambassadors of the Kingdom of God. –(1 Pet. 2:9)

How does the Church work together? To each member they work together through the gifts giving to each member, who in turn sets them in a place so that the rest of the body may be edify through the gifts giving to them. You can understand how the church works together by understanding the gifts and functions, for each member has gifts and functions that others do not have, in order to benefit each other and the rest of the body of Christ. –(Rom. 12:3-5, 1 Cor. 12:12-27)

Throughout the world you can see the body of Christ, which is the church at work through each of the city churches in each city, there is one city church, there may be many groups in Christ, instead there is only one city church per city. –(Rev.1-4)

It is Jesus Christ who said that He would build His Church; it is the Lord to is guiding the church through the Holy Spirit in us and in the body of Christ, which is the church. In addition, He said He will build His Church upon the Rock, which is Christ, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church. –(Matt. 16:18)

The future and destiny of the church in the end times will be a church of unity, a restored church, a mature church, and a church full of glory, the glorious church. Jesus prayed for His Church to be one in Him and the Father, this will come to pass and the church will walk in the oneness of Christ in the future. –(Jn. 17:20-23)

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Skins of Unity

Skins of Unity

Elvis Iverson
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The old wineskins are not evil or bad; they can only receive oil and water, and not new wine. The new wineskins can receive oil, water, old wines and new wines. The time of reformation of all things has begun and the old wineskins have entered in there beginning of their end. The old must die in order for the new to live.

What the old wineskins cannot do, that the real new wineskins should do.

· The old wineskins cannot have Biblical unity among them each other.
· The old wineskins cannot have unity with the new wineskins.
· The old wineskins cannot have unity within a city.
· The old wineskins are only pastoral unity that can only go so far.
· The old wineskins are more divided over culture, race, and ethnic then doctrinal issues.

In addition, this reveals that there cannot be true unity, last unity and Biblical unity among old wineskins.

True new wineskins are made to have connections with each other so that true unity, lasting unity, and biblical unity can be promoted in the Church.

Beyond this every born again Christian is a member of the Body of Christ no matter what wineskin you are in, and all wineskins have in common is Jesus Christ is Lord.

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Secret Sins

Secret Sins

Elvis Iverson
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It is easy to see the sins are that visible to our eyes and minds. It is easy to point our fingers at sins that we see. It is easy to say we are better then those who commit sins that are visible to our eyes and minds. Sometime it pleases us to see people fail in their ways so that we feel that we are more holy and more righteous then they.

However, we have forgotten the sins of the heart, the secret sins. These are secret not that these sins are done in secret, instead these are secret from the eyes of those who commit such sins; sins such as pride, envy, religion, hate, hypocrisy, self-rightness, and lusts for power; It is the sins of impure motives.

Those who walk in these sins walk in a greater darkness then those to commit the sins that are visible. They have a
greater spiritual darkness for they think they know the truth, instead there truth is apart from the true light of Christ.

These who walk in secret sins call things sins that not sins, and makes things sins. This is all apart of there religious idolatry. Thus they are giving over to evil spirits, and as they obey them, they are then sealed into their darkness for the day they will be judge for their sins of the heart.

There is no true repentance in them, and when they repent it is just a religious format, and has not heavenly values. It takes the Holy Spirit to work upon their hearts. If these ones repent and turn from their evil ways there will be revival.

However, Those who walk in these secret sins will be the very ones who will fight the Holy Spirit, the apostles and prophets and the coming moves of God. The sin of religion leads to the sins against the Holy Spirit. This is why these who commit such sins of the heart are always near the judgment of the Lord and are far from the mercy of the Lord. One thing is for sure is that the Lord has more mercy upon those who make mistakes, those who are trying to overcome, and those who are just living in sin, instead the Lord shows no mercy to those who are hypocrisy.

But thanks be to the Lord that through His love He works in the hearts of believers and even those who are true believers and have become hypocrisy. He works through His love and through the working of the Holy Spirit, a work of grace that a believer who becomes hypocrisy can come to true repentance in His time.

The sin of religion will progress to the sin of hypocrisy, for the full born sin of religion is the sin of religious hypocrisy. However, the blood of Christ is greater then both of these sins, and both of these by the Blood of Christ and through the Holy Spirit a person can be set free from both of these sins and come to true repentance in His time.

Apart from that, today we don’t hear much preaching against sin, and we don’t hear much of what is sin. In order for us to be truly set free we must know what is sin. But how much more is the need to know the power of the power of Jesus Christ and His grace to live a holy life?

Those who walk in visible sins can be set free. There are those who sin and make mistakes, then there are those are trying to overcome sins and then there are those who just living a life of sin, and love it. Sin can become a characteristic, when we go from transgression to iniquity. It takes the power of the Holy Spirit and the power of the Blood of Christ to be set free from iniquity sins, which are habitude and addictive.

It is the Lord will to clean and restore us. It is the will of Christ that we live a holy life. This is by the help of the Holy Spirit in our life and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and faith in the Word of God. Although we may make mistake from time to time again, then we can come to the cleansing blood of Christ. Even through we are set free from sin through the Blood of Christ we are not prefect and we will still make mistakes. We are only prefect in Christ.

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Reformation and the Tithing System

Reformation and the Tithing System

Elvis Iverson
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Tithing System as no Scripture foundations not at all. Tithing is not Biblical Giving; instead Grace Giving is Biblical Giving. Through obeying the power of grace giving you will be more bless then those who give under the Tithing System. Today’s Tithing System is no the same as the Tithing System in the Bible. This Tithing System is a man system, and is a Religious System. Grace Giving is New Covenant Giving; it is a better giving with more power and results. There is no such thing as New Testament Tithing. If you want to tithe then obey the Scripture Truths on Tithing. Jesus, Peter, John, James, and Paul did not tithe. Are you greater then Jesus? The Christians in the Book of Acts and in the beginning days of the Church did not tithe are you more perfected then them. Learn, seek, and search, out for yourself for the truth.

Tithing is more a structure issue then of doctrinal issues. The Lord wants a new system of giving in the church, in order for us to more forth in freedom when it comes to giving and provision. Grace giving is the new wineskin for the support and giving structure for the church.

The Lord in His Wisdom allow us to walk in the errors of this tithing System of today to be one of the main keys in bring the end to Christendom, an end of Religion in the Church, and the end of Denominations. If you cut of it’s support then it will die. If they die then the Church will live in power and glory.

Tithing is a reformation issue for it is easy to prove, however it is hard for some to hear this holy truth. We are not saying not to give, we saying be free and give in grace giving.

Grace Giving is one of the keys to the release the wealth of the Wicked. The other keys to the wealth of Wicked are, apostles, marketplace apostles, Christian Businesspersons, Wicked Businesspersons, and at the same time our giving styles have to change for better.

Grace Giving gives us freedom to hear the Holy Spirit, to give out of worship, to give from our heart, to give what we purpose in our heart, to give with a willing heart, and to be a cheerful giver.

This is the Reformation of The Church; every thing that is not of His Word, Will, Nature, Order will be burn up this means that the Tithing System will be burn up too, for it have no Scripture foundations, and it is not Biblical Giving.

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New Apostolic Order

New Apostolic Order

Elvis Iverson
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We are a day of new apostolic order and a new church government. A new day of new wineskins and a day of new wines, the older church governments will not like the new church government. This church government is bringing birth from the heart of the Father, and it is giving through Jesus Christ, and we will receive this new government by the Holy Spirit.

Freedom: This new apostolic order is an order that bring freedom to the church, frees the human will to serve Christ. Frees the believer to walk in their gifts and calling, frees the minister to obey they calling without control. This freedom brings an end to the control of man and demons in the church.

Equipping the Saints: This new apostolic order is a government of the apostles, prophets, teacher, pastors and evangelists that their main purpose is to equipped the saints for the work of the ministry. The five-fold ministry only does 2% of the ministry and the believer does the other 98% of the ministry. The work of the ministry belongs to the common believer.

Five-Fold Ministry: This new apostolic order is a government where each of the five-fold Ministers have a place in the church, and a ministry in the church, instead of the one-man ministry.

A Group of elders: This new apostolic order is a government of a team or a group of elders, meaning not a one-man ministry, instead a ministry of the elders.

Apostles and Prophets are the Foundation: This new apostolic order is a government where apostles and prophets are the foundation, where apostles and prophets are the leading ministers, where the apostle is first and the prophet is second in order of church government.

The Gifts of the Spirit: This new apostolic order is a government where the church is build around the gifts of the Spirit and other gifts, where the believer have freedom to walk in the gifts of the Spirit, where there is a order of freedom for the gifts.

Discipleship: This new apostolic order is a government where young believers and babes in Christ are disciple into the basics and the elementary of the faith, so that they can grow and stand on their two own feet as Christians. It is a church government that focuses on maturity as a Christian, in your gifts, and in life.

The Meat of the Word: This new apostolic order is a government where they layout before the saints the meat of the Word, instead of only milk teachings. It is a church government where the lambs are cared and feed for properly, and where young men can become warriors through the meat of the Word, you can’t feed a church only on milk or gain, they need meat.

Mentoring and Fathering: This new apostolic order is a government where believers and office ministry are mentored and fathered into their gifts and ministries. This new government is a house of the fathers and a home to sons and daughters.

Believers have a ministry: This new apostolic order is a church where believers have a ministry, gifts, and a place for ministry. The church is a body ministry, instead of only the few.

No Four Walls: This new apostolic order is a church that is not based on a building, or four walls, instead the city and the city church. There may be local churches, homes churches, center meeting places and homes, but the people are the real church.

The City Church and the City: This new apostolic order is a church that has a vision for their city and the believers of the church of the city, and seeks to fellowship and become more as the city church.

Missionary minded Church: This new apostolic order is a church that has new ways of ministering to the nations, new methods that build the Christians in other nations, more then the name of their group.

House of prayer for all nations: This new apostolic order is a house of prayer for all nations. They believe in the power of prayer, and the ministry of prayer.

Signs and Wonders: This new apostolic order is a church government that believers in the power of God among all believers, in signs, and wonders, etc.

Deliverance Ministry: This new apostolic order is government that believers in casting out demons and that every believer has the power over demons and to set people free and that people can be free from demons, and sins, etc.

Workplace Ministers: This new apostolic order is a church that believers in the ministry of the workplace, they believe in the kingdom purpose of workplace, the marketplace and the purpose of businesspersons.

Grace Giving: This new apostolic order is a church that believers in power of grace giving, and moves forth in grace, faith, worship, and the seed that is giving to them to support the church. The financial system of this government is grace giving.

The End Time Church: This new apostolic order is a government that believers in the church of the future, the destiny of the church, that the church shall become a glorious church in the end times.

The City Church: This new apostolic order believers that the end time church where be the true city church as in the book of Acts, instead, better then Acts, and more mature then the beginning, meaning perfect.

Israel: This new apostolic order is rooted in the history of the church, meaning the first Christians were Jews, and that the church came from Jewish Apostles, we believe that the Lord will restore and bring an holy union between Israel, the Jewish people and the church.

The Kingdom of God: This new apostolic order believers in the Kingdom of God that came through Jesus seating at the Right of the Father and will fill the earth through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and come to finish of being established at His return.

Growing Church: This new apostolic order is a government that flows and changing by the Holy Spirit, and Word of God as they are molded into the Image of Christ, and enters into newer moves of God, to add and to change for the better, and for the glory of Christ.

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Manifestations of Religious spirits

Manifestations of Religious spirits

Elvis Iverson
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Religion is the leaven of the Pharisees and the power that Satan uses to control Christians and the Church. Religion is a work of the flesh and those who practice such things will not walk in the fullness of Christ and the Holy Spirit. Religion is the sin of witchcraft, religion is a form of witchcraft, and religion has the nature of witchcraft, and religion and witchcraft are brothers and partners working together for common goals. Religion is a deception put on our hearts, minds, eyes, and ears.

Religion is first a work of the flesh then after awhile it enters into the demonic and demons spirits used such persons to do their will unknowing. You first walk in the work of the flesh that opens the door to evil spirits such has religious spirits. Religion is a sin of hypocrisy. Religion is a form of pride, and religion is the sin of pride the beginning of all sins. Religion is the sin that leads to the sins against the Holy Spirit.

Christ never willed His Church to be a religion this is man’s doing. We are now living in the beginning of the end of religion in the church. We are living in the time when Christ will set free the church from religion and begin an end to this religion of man. What we will see within these years the Bride of Christ arising from the earth in glory apart from religion as we know in the past and has we know of now.

We can see religious spirits working through groups of people then working in persons against the Holy Spirit, new wine, and new wineskins. The question arises here is asking us can we cast out religious spirits? I believe yes we can cast out any unclean spirit in the name of Jesus. Now listen those who have these kind of spirits can be set free by asking the Lord to open their eyes, ears and setting them free. Sometimes this can take some time for it is learning time in how to be set free. If your hearing a sermon and you become angry inside for no reason then you need to repent and ask God to set you free from these spirits. Now how about a group of people can they be set free? If the leaders begin to change their minds, hear the apostles and prophets and then repent first for them self and then lead their groups likewise asking the Lord to set them free from such spirits. However, if you take out the work of flesh called religion then you can take out those kinds of spirits.

Everyone must be set free from the work of flesh called religion. Everyone must go through the time of the deliverance from the work of the flesh of religion and religious spirits. Apostle Paul, Peter, Barnabas and James the Elder that had to go through this time too. It took Paul years to be set free from the leaven of the Pharisees. But today I believe you can be set free in a short time if you believe.

Now what are the kinds of manifestations of religions spirits that you can see in your life and others? Not to point fingers instead to begin the pathways of deliverance in your life and the church.

1. Religious spirits like to hear about sins, errors, and mistakes of anointed ministers.
2. Religious spirits rejoice over mistakes of their brothers and ministers in Christ.
3. Religious spirits like to email out everyone on their list about a minister’s mistake.
4. Religious spirits like to look for mistakes in their brothers and ministers lives.
5. Religious spirits look for ways to attack anointed servants of the Lord.
6. Religious spirits like to misjudge prophetic words or teachings then instead of emailing the person they go head and email everyone on their list.
7. Religious spirits hearing something new refuse to seek out the Word of God to understanding the truth.
8. Religious spirits like to email ministers their thinking about a sermon that the minister gave to add their thinking, or to try to corrects him or her.
9. Religious spirits do not seek understanding
10. Religious spirits don’t like to seek knowledge.
11. Religious spirits when hearing something that is anointed becomes angry inside for no reason at all. They become angry with the anointed servant of the Lord. And they will try to call it discernment.
12. Religious spirits in hearing things that are new to them they will try to give their words even through they don’t even understand what they are saying.
13. Religious spirits like to dispute, quarrel, and generate strife with those speaking and teachings things that are new to them.
14. Religious spirits like to lie about the motives of a minister in order to attack his or her teachings.
15. Religious spirits like to control apostles and prophets.

Moreover, religious spirits are always fighting and warring against apostles and prophets. And apostles and prophets have a special anointing to fight and overcome them. These spirits will fight groups in new things of the Spirit, and apostles and prophets will protect the new works and help lead the new works during those times of conflict.

Furthermore, it is Christ who will set a person or lead a person free from these spirits, and ways. It is Christ who will lead a group to freedom from these spirits. We are to stand our ground and move forth in humility, grace and truth with love and forgiveness to those who don’t understand.

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I have A Question For You

I have A Question For You

Elvis Iverson
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I have a question for you? It is not that we like not to give answers to those who ask question, it is those questions that are ask that don’t promote God’s peace and humility. There are those that have come into a secret alliance with their tongues to the ways of the Pharisees.

We can see throughout the history of the church the ways of Pharisees arising again and again to attack the anointing inside of the Lord’s savants and His people. It is that way of religious spirits that come through good Christians thinking they are doing the will of God from their hearts; instead they are doing the will of God from the idols of their hearts.

In the four gospels, the Pharisees would come to Jesus time and time again asking questions in order to trap him in his own words; today we again here this religious method in some good Christians thinking that they are doing the will of God. Yes it good to ask questions, for reasons to learn, instead there are those that want to bring strife and divisions to those who walk with God.

This is one of the signs of a religious spirit is they birth contention and strife and this always is a sign that you could see in their life. We must guard ourselves from contention, strife, disputes and quarreling.

Those who want to give contention and strife with their words; their wisdom is not from above. This is of human reasoning and this is not the revelation from God. This is not the fear of God. The beginning of knowledge, and wisdom is the fear of the Lord not human logic.

Carnal knowledge is not the wisdom of God, it is not spiritual knowledge. Carnal knowledge puffs up, it is prideful, and it is an idol, and a form of idolatry. It is not humility, and it is not meekness, and it is not teachable.

Spiritual minded leads to the mind of Christ and revelation from the Word and prophetic revelation. Those who are spiritual mined are teachable, meek and humble.

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From Death Comes Life

From Death Comes Life

Elvis Iverson
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From death comes life, and through death we are reborn, life cannot comes without death, to live for Christ is to die to self, and to live the life of the Spirit, you must be died to the flesh.

Before life can come forth from the seed, the seed must be planted into the ground, a form of death, and from this death comes life. Likewise, we are seeds planted in holy ground, and through death we come forth in life.

There are certain things that must die or else that which has been prophecy before hand cannot be born, or cannot live. The old church must die, in order for the new church to be birth and to live. The life of religions hinders the life of the church; through the death of religion the church can live forth.

We must go through our wilderness, even the church must go through their wilderness, and there must be a death of vision, and a death of human strength and the ways of man for life to comes forth, and for vision to live as God has planed.

We all must go through a death process, and the time of this process goes as long as we fight against this process, we only need to surrender to the process, and the time of the process will be more better and lest time. After death comes, you will be raise again, from death comes life.

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False Conservatism

False Conservatism

Elvis Iverson
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There are liberals, conservatives, moderate, and other political stands, groups, and not one political group has it all together, but Jesus Christ is Lord over all. Jesus Christ is not a politician, He is a ruler, He is the King of kings, and Lord of lords, and He rules through all those in authority.

As we look through political stands, we as Christians need to get our values and morals based on the Word of God. We as Christians should be apart of what is going on in this world, for we are the salt of the world. At the same time we must know that the church is apart of the Kingdom, and we not only are priest also we are kings; Christ wants us to take leading roles in all walks of life and community for His glory. Above, all it is much prayer that will change the governments of this world.

We as Christians should not allow politics to bring divisions among us, instead we need to imprint Christ into all political groups, but at the same time we need a common ground, such as moral absolutes and a common faith of absolutes. We as Christians cannot agree with things that are clearly seen as sin that would hurt society and not make it a better place.

Conservatism, conservatives, and conservative Christians must understand that there is a false conservatism that is not seen by us diehards, in addition we may overlook certain areas in our own life when pointing the finger, or in battle for social and moral justice in our world.

We may call this sin and that sin; those things are visible and clearly seen as sins; can, could and have done much harm to society. However, we don’t see sins of the heart that in turn can produce a false Conservatism among us. Such as sins of pride, hypocrisy, envy, greed, selfness, lusts for power, and even religion can become a sin of the heart.

What we need is to abound in the love of Jesus for the world, holy burning passion for our Lord, baptism of the fire of the Holy Spirit, to have a prayer life, inward purely, live a holy life, to love all those in Christ, to move in compassion to those hurting in the world, and above this to be humble before our Lord.

Furthermore, today the Holy Spirit is moving among the church around the world rising up a mighty marketplace army that move forth in grace, power, love, favor, and wisdom, in all areas of the marketplace, business, government, etc of all walks of society to change our world for the glory of Christ.

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Dogmatic Vs Promatic

Dogmatic Vs Promatic

Elvis Iverson
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In this apostolic reformation we will see a restoration of the anointing of Promatic preaching, teaching, and writing coming forth with truth and grace to set the church free. We need to understand what Promatic teaching is and what it is not. There is a difference between Promatic and dogmatic.

Promatic flows from the Spirit of Reformation, the divine calling and command to reform all things to the Image of Christ. Promatic is a divine kind of preaching, Promatic is the truth coming forth in such wisdom that you cannot resist the truth, you cannot give your opinion, and the mouths of the religious are shut up. It is a warfare style of ministering the Word; it is a way to deal with unopened minds, idols of the soul, and pride, arrogance, ignorant men. It is ministering of the Word that brings forth the word with such authority, with Holy Spirit boldness with grace and in love. –(LK. 21:13-15)

Dogmatic flows not from Spirit of reformation, but from the human mindsets and human wisdom. It is religious preaching that does not bring the peace of God. It could be from a religious spirit. It is ministering the Word in ways that bring strife and divisions.

We must understand the difference between these two ways of handing the Word of God. You can see need of true Promatic preaching, and you must know what to watch for when you hear dogmatic preaching, to protect your ears and save your time.

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Arise of the Pastoral Authority

Arise of the Pastoral Authority

Elvis Iverson
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The one-man head of the local church is not in the plans of Christ for the local church. Pastors being the center of all other ministries are not in the plans of Christ. Pastors being above other ministers are not in the plans of Christ. Pastors being a first class ministry and the others being second-class is not in the plans of Christ.

Pastors cannot not bring lasting or true unity to the churches of a city; pastors cannot bring unity that brings much fruits, the gift of the pastor cannot bring transformation to a city. Pastoral unity can only go so far, it is apostolic unity that a city church needs not pastoral unity.

The gift of the pastor is only mention once in the whole Bible. The two epistles to Timothy and the one to Titus are not Pastoral Epistles, instead apostolic epistles. Timothy and Titus were not pastors they were apostles.

You can see the arise of the pastoral authority outside of the order of church government in third John when Apostle John mention Diotrephes who love to have preeminence among a church in a city, it says that he didn’t receive Apostle John, or he didn’t allow him, or he didn’t permit him, and even forbids others not to receive John or his team. The deeds of Diotrephes were prating against apostles with malicious words.

Today’s Pastoral authority is out of the will of Christ. This type of pastoral ministry is not biblical. This kind of pastoral ministry hinders seven things that the church need and are lacking from.

Seven Pastoral hindrances that church is lacking.

1. It hinders apostolic authority.
2. It hinders the marketplace ministries.
3. It hinders the team of elders.
4. It hinders the Five Fold Ministries.
5. It hinders the Gifts of the Spirit.
6. It hinders the believers in their ministries.
7. It hinders the city church.

Nevertheless, there are good pastors, there are anointed pastors, there are caring pastors, and there are pastors doing much for the Kingdom.

Furthermore, The way the local church is now, and way of ministry is now, and the way the city church is now, and the way that the church is now, and the way that the Christian life is now is changing and being reformed to the Image of Christ.

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Faith and Religion

Faith and Religion

Elvis Iverson
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Is religion a system of Faith? Or is religion a system of human reasons about who God is outside of true conversion and relationship with Him? Can you have faith in Christ outside of a form of religion?

Religion is human reasons and faith is a revelation from God through a personal relationship with Him. You can separate yourself from religion! You can have true faith without a form of religion.

Can you be a Christian and not be apart of the religion of Christianity? Christ never willed you the church to be a religion! The Church of Jesus Christ is not a religion, instead the Church is the priesthood of the Kingdom of God, the Church is the ambassador of the Kingdom of God and of the Christ, and the church is the Bride of Christ of the Kingdom of God!

Religion is not to be in between you and your relationship with God. In the beginning God create man to be in relationship with Him. There was no religion until the fall, and through Christ restoration has come and there is no longer a need for religion. Religion came from man’s wisdom not God’s wisdom. You can worship God without religion! You can be apart of a local company of believers without being apart of a religion! You can be apart of a company of Churches without being apart of a religion!

Yes we are Citizens of the Kingdom of God, and we are Members of the Body of Christ. We are not members of a religion! It is time to set your faith free from religion!

We can have true patriotism for our King and His Kingdom. We can be patriotic in heart, word, deed and action. Yes we can have love for our Lord and His Kingdom. We can have true nationalism for the Kingdom of God through heart and deeds of love. Our Citizenship is in the Kingdom of Heaven in Christ Jesus our King. Our nationality is in the Kingdom of God.

If you are Born Again, Born of the Spirit you can see the Kingdom of God, you can enter the Kingdom of God, and the Kingdom of God is you through the Holy Spirit, and you are a citizen of the Kingdom of God, and your King is Jesus Christ!

Now what about the earthly governments and nations? We are to obey those in authority for God appoints all authority, and all authorities are in the hand of the Lord. So in one word we have duel citizenship. Our Kingdom is the Kingdom in our hearts and through the power of the Holy Spirit will be establish through the transformation of our society and community to the Image of Christ. Today Christ can rule through civil authority through prayer and through heart.

Our Kingdom is a Spiritual Kingdom. We are called to be Spiritual in Christ, not religious. This can be done through faith, love and deeds. The Kingdom of God is in us, the Kingdom of God has already come, and the Kingdom of God will come with Christ return. Today we can establish the Kingdom through transformations of our societies and comminutes through prayer, faith, deeds, actions and the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Freedom from Christianity

Freedom from Christianity

Elvis Iverson
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http://apostlesroundtable.thechurchzone.com

The “Great Exodus from Christianity” is beginning before our very eyes. It is time to leave this Churchianity, it is time to leave Christendom, and it is time to leave the religion in Christianity. It is now time for the Body of Christ be set free, and to be separate from the Religion in Christianity. It is now time for Apostolic Christianity to arise, it is now time for the Body of Christ to arise, and it is now time for the City Church to arise, and it is now time for the Kingdom of God to arise.

Christ never willed His Church to be a religion. The religion of Christianity is not the will of Christ. The Church is the priesthood of the Kingdom of God, The Church is the ambassador of the Kingdom of God, and the Church is the Bride of Christ of the Kingdom of God.

We have come to the beginning of the end of the religion of Christianity, and the beginning of a glorious Body of Christ, which is the Church. This is the beginning of the end of Churchianity, and the beginning of a community of Saints among the world. This is the beginning of the end of Christendom, and this is the beginning of the Apostolic Church. The Church is an Apostolic Church.

Therefore, I am leaving Christianity and it’s divisions of denominations. I am joining an untied Body of Christ, I am joining the untied groups in Christ of the Body of Christ, and I am joining the Body of Christ.

No more will I say what kind of Christian group am I! No more will I say which local Church I belong to! No more I will hold to pet doctrines that only give birth to more divisions. Instead, I will say that I am member of the Body of Christ; I will say that I am apart of one of the local churches in the Body of Christ; I will say that I am of the City Church, and I will say that I am a Citizen of the Kingdom of God!

Let the Revolution begin! The revolution has already begun! The days of reformation are at hand! The reformation has already begun! Speak the Truth in love with humility. Begin this revolution and reformation with your heart and mind first.

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Reformation Spirit

Reformation Spirit

Elvis Iverson
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http://sim.thechurchzone.com
http://apostlesroundtable.thechurchzone.com

We are in the beginning days of this holy reformation. The Lord Jesus Christ is judging the church in these days through this holy reformation. This is not just a reformation; this is a reformation of all things in the church. The holy fire of God will burn throughout the church, making us pure as gold.

The Holy Spirit is the Reformation Spirit, that moves upon certain persons throughout the church history to bring forth holy change. Today this same Reformation is coming not only upon one a few persons, instead upon the many believers in Christ, not just the five fold ministry.

However, just as in times past as the Lord raised not only a person, instead He raised up persons, and a company in the church to carry forth the reformation at that time. It seems in this time that the Reformation Spirit is first coming upon the company, and the persons who will lead the reformation. Then this will go to a much greater numbers.

We must learn from the past reformations, and moves of God, that we will be wise and fully fill our roles in this reformation. In this reformation there are some leaders who will carry this part of the reformation and others carrying another part of the reformation. This reformation is greater then other reformations, so it has to be carried in parts through a group of reformers.

As the Holy Spirit is the Reformation Spirit in times pasts and today, we must catch the Spirit of reformation so that we can walk in the fullness of this reformation of today. Pray and ask the Lord for the Spirit of reformation, and anointing of reformation to come upon you. This is not only for the reformers instead this is also for the company of believers.

But we must be wise not to allow any spirit that says it is reformation, and here it is another religious spirit at work to mislead and to attack the real reformation river. Yes we will all make mistakes, and we must learn from them too.

You can’t go around preaching reformation without knowing the batter way of church, or a better order for church government and church life. You must first have this revelation down in your heart, and you first must be reformed. This is first a reformation of the heart then it is a reformation of the church.

You can’t go around preaching reformation, without grace and love. When we come with truth, we need to come with grace and love at the same time. Yes when we speak truth, it may not sound like love and grace. Truth must be bold, along with bold truth follows love and grace to apply this bold truth.

You can’t go around preaching reformation, without knowing and seeing the other parts of reformations. This banner of reformation is very long and it’s hold not by a few, instead many leaders of reformation all over the world.

You can’t go around preaching reformation, if you don’t remain and learn to be humble and meek with reformation truth. We can make mistakes in reformation times, since we are on new ground. Don’t be a know it all, but be a person who knows something, and your not going to be moved away from that steadfast truth.

You can’t go around preaching reformation, without first knowing that the new wine you have will mature in time, and that you understand that your new and will grow in reformation truth and the Spirit as you learn and grow in the Lord.

You can’t go around preaching reformation without knowing and teaching the truth about the body of Christ that every person who is born again is apart of the church, and is to love one another.

You can’t go around preaching reformation, without knowing the common ground that all True Christians stand upon. As you preach reformation, love the Body of Christ, and fellowship with the Body of Christ and other ministers in Christ that are not apart of your group.

Apart from that, this reformation is going to be a trying time for unity in the church, but from this trying time will come an even greater unity in the church. Your not going to have everyone in the church being nice to you, or being lovely to you; there will be those who will act like the devil, and become your enemy. People will hate you and will not know why they hate you.

Furthermore, before you preach reformation, you yourself must first be reformed. You must go through a personal reformation, and lead the way by example. Now I pray let the Reformation Spirit come upon you, let there be a reformation of the heart and of the mind, in Jesus name amen.

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My Christian Life

My Christian Life

Elvis Iverson
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http://sim.thechurchzone.com
http://citychurch.thechurchzone.com

When I become a Christian, I enter into relationship with Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Father and the Church. From that day forth, I live to give God my whole heart, and to love him 100% with all have. I become very zealous for the Lord and His work, I began to enter into a time of prayer, fasting and studying the Word, which is the Bible that lasted for three years.

From the moment I came to know the Lord I was a radical Christian, thus I enter into three years of suffering not from the world, instead from the lukewarm church, this training from the Lord teach me to love and to forgive those who hurt me even if they don’t know what they are doing.

After these three years I came to a life breakthrough and encounter with the living God through a time of prayer, the Lord touch my life. He began to fill me a vision and purpose for my life. He began to teach me the Bible and to teach me how to be lead by the Holy Spirit.

From that time forth, my Christian life become one of faith and one of the supernatural in Jesus and the Holy Spirit. My goal is to walk with God as the Saints of old did before us in the Bible. This can happen through faith for anyone in Christ.

In addition, my Christian life is a practical one, is practical in faith, deed, words, witness, actions and applying the Word of God to everyday life, and worshiping the Lord at the workplace. I do not base my Christian life on Sunday, instead everyday at work and at home with my dear wife, who I love.

However, I do go through trials, suffering and hard times, during those times I pray more, and fellowship more with fellow believers in Christ. Throughout, I grow day by day; I grow through knowing the Word, and praying, living out my faith at the workplace, and fellowship with other believers.

However, I am not prefect, just maturing in Christ. I make mistakes and I try to learn from them, I overcome and sometimes I fail, instead I have grace to arise again, for I am always in Christ and He is doing a good work in me and He will bring this to completion in His time.

Furthermore, God has giving me vision and a purpose in my life. I am man with a purpose, and with a vision in God. I am running the race set before me by faith and through the aid of the Holy Spirit in my life. It is by grace and the will of the Lord that I am steadfast and moves forth in the will of God for me.

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Reformation, Revival, and Unity

Reformation, Revival, and Unity

Elvis Iverson
churchzone@minister.com
http://sim.thechurchzone.com
http://citychurch.thechurchzone.com

When reformation comes the community of the believers will be shaking, it will be trying times for unity. But again what kind of unity do we have, unity that can be shaking must be shaking so a more mature unity may come.

In reformation, we must teach that all those who are born again, are apart of the Body of Christ, and we should seek to fellowship with them and to love them. This must be retrained over and over in the coming moves of God, so that no walls of divisions arise between others and us in the church.

In reformation we must always give the right of fellowship to any believer or any minister in Christ, we must allow them to make up their own minds. We must keep the door open if they don’t agree with us give them time. Reformation must not be without the love of God for the church.

When revival comes, they will be those who try to control, attack or try to destroy a revival. We must forgive them, and not war in the flesh, our battle is spiritual and there are demons working behind those who are mislead against revival. At the same time we should not hold the people who are apart of those leaders who are the leading the attack. We should seek to fellowship, to love, and give the right hand of fellowship. So that in long run we don’t build new walls of divisions, instead plant seeds for unity and love.

There is unity that we can have that will not work in the favor of revival or city transformation. This is pastoral unity, this is the kind of unity that will always be shaking on certain levels, but this unity is needed on certain levels too. The unity that we need at the city level is apostolic unity; this kind of unity will lead to city transformation. Beside, when true city transformation comes, will then come true unity. We should always seek biblical unity in our cities and in the church.

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Issues of The Reformation

Issues of The Reformation

Elvis Iverson
churchzone@minister.com
http://sim.thechurchzone.com
http://apostlesroundtable.thechurchzone.com

Reformation is being reformed to the Image of Christ, Revival is the manifested glory of Christ through the Church to the world, both revival and reformation is coming. Reformation will lay a foundation for lasting revival and the coming resting glory of Christ.

We are now living in the days of reformation! These are the days of Reformation! I believe these days will be at least 40 years. Reformation is a Divine Work of Grace in the church and in our hearts.

Since the days of Martin Luther, the reformer, the restoration of the Priesthood of Believers has begun and we are living in the days of the beginning of end of this restoration.

We are now living in the third reformation of the Church. I personal believe there will be five reformations of the church. The first reformation begun with Jesus unto the days of Paul and so on, this was the reformation from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant however, there were people who did not obey the holy winds of reformation. The second reformation was from Catholicism to Protestantism. Now we have come to the Third Reformation, the reformation of Christianity. The fourth reformation is the reformation from the local church to the City Church, and the fifth reformation will be from City Church to the Return of Christ and His Kingdom on Earth.

What are the Issues of this reformation? This is the reformation of Christianity. Every thing that is not of His Word, Nature, Will, Order will be burn up, and those things that are of His Word, Nature, Will, and Order will be put through the fire of reformation. Reformation is a Divine Work of Grace in the Church and in us. It must be done according to the Holy Spirit and not of human wisdom or human reasons. We must not preach by our wisdom, we must only preach by the Wisdom of God and the Power of the Holy Spirit. Yes we must speak in all authority, Holy Ghost Boldness, Truth, Holy Ghost Conviction, Confidence and at the same time speak the Truth in love, grace and mercy, with humility and meekness.

However, we can’t go around warring against the flesh and cutting of heads, arms and lags of the Body of Christ. This is the reformation of the Church not the destruction of the Body of Christ.

The Apostolic Church will mature in time and arise as a holy fire of reformation. The Lord’s hand is strong upon the Apostolic Church molding and forming into His Image. Very soon the fires of reformation will be set upon the Holy Altars of pure hearts and this fire will burn throughout the Church and Christianity. This reformation is a massive reformation; this reformation is the great reformation!

Once when this fire is set upon the altars of pure hearts this fire and grace will begin its work. There are seven stages; the first is the rooting out of certain doctrines and teachings, the second stage is to pulling down of the positions of power and authority, the third stage is to destroy the old buildings, the forth is to throw down any things that will try to come in doing this time to act like God’s will. The fifth stage is to build the new buildings and the Apostolic Church, the sixth is to plant new seeds, and now the seventh is the stages of unity and healing.

The Issues and Theses for the Reformation:

1. The beginning of the end of Christendom.
2. The beginning of the end of Religion in the Church.
3. The beginning of the end of Denominations.
4. The end of the Tithing System and the beginning of the Grace Giving System.
5. The end of the divisions between Clergy and Laypersons.
6. The end of One-man Pastors and beginning of Groups of Elders.
7. From Pastoral Authority to Apostolic Authority.
8. From one-man ministries to many Body Ministries.
9. From the Local Church mindsets to the City Church Mindsets.
10. From the Sunday Church only to the Everyday Church Life.
11. Instead of the Church Ministries only now there will be Marketplace Ministries.
12. From the Foundations of Traditions to a foundation of Living Apostles and Prophets.

These are just some of the Issues of the Reformation. Listen to this as in the last two reformations there were people that didn’t obey the Holy Winds of Reformations and there will be those who will not obey today. The question is are you going to obey the Holy Winds of Reformation?

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