The Need for a Pastor

The Need for a Pastor

Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

The need for pastor changes as you mature in Christ, we need proper teaching of spiritual maturity so that there is foundation, and that there is continue spiritual growth in Christ and in the body of Christ. –(Heb. 5:12-14, 6:1-2)

We grow as believers in Christ from babes, to children, then to young people, and then become fathers. We are called to be fathers, and then there are fathers of the faith, which are the apostles. We need apostolic fathers in the church once again. To lay the foundation for spiritual maturity, and to raise up fathers, and lead the fathers. –(1 Jn. 2:12-14)

There is maturity as a believers, and then there maturity in the gifts, both are needed, maturity in the gifts is for function and for the edification of the church, and maturity as a believer is for character and your witness. –(2 Pet. 3:18, Rom. 12:4)

Apart from that, the ministry of the pastor is for the home church, the church in the home, not for the center equipping house, Pastors are to feed, care and love the sheep. Their ministry is more for babes and the children, then after that we need the pastoral ministry for love and care that the Lord have giving them. –(Rom. 16:5,10)

The church in the home, is the church meeting, the center equipping house is for the ministry meeting, it is the ministry of the apostle, prophet and teacher. Today most pastors of local churches are not pastors, instead they are teachers, however there is no such thing as a one man ministry, we need the plural elders, with a set man who leads by vision and is cooperation, coherence, continuity with the elders, but has the last word. The apostles, prophets, teachers are the leading elders, and however, pastors are to ministry and their ministry is in the home church. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

Apart from that, when you’re a spiritual babe, or a spiritual children in the church you need more the ministry of pastors and teachers, but as you grow into young men or toward fathers you need the ministry of apostles and prophets, yes all need the ministry of pastors, all need the ministry of teachers, all need the ministry of prophets, and all need the ministry of apostles. –(Eph. 3:5)

However, the need for a pastor changes as you mature in Christ, in order to maintain growth and to continue to mature you need the ministry of the apostles, and the ministry of the prophets. And spiritual fathers need the ministry of the apostles to lead them, and they need both the ministry of the apostles and prophets to maintain growth and to continue to mature, for we will always grow and always mature in Christ. –(Eph. 3:5)

The need for the five-fold ministry will change in the future when we come to the unity of the faith, knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. In the Tabernacle of Moses, when you enter the holy place, where there is the Table of Showbread, the Altar of Incense, the golden Lampstand, there are five pillars of acacia wood, meaning the five-fold ministry. Most of the history of the church has be in the outer court where the Bronze Laver is, and the Altar of Burnt offering, soon the day will come when we will enter pass the five pillars of acacia wood into the holy place, and then some day we will come when we will enter into the Most Holy Place. When we pass through the five pillars of acacia wood the need for the five-fold ministry will change. I don’t know what kind of change it will be, but the way we relate and their service toward us will change. –(Eph. 4:11-16)

Furthermore, maturity as a believer and maturity in the gifts, maturity on a personal level and maturity on a corporate level, maturity is the will of Christ, maturity is the will of the Father, and maturity is the will of the Holy Spirit, and maturity should be your will and your congregation’s will. –(Eph. 4:13-15)

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Finding Spiritual fulfillment

Finding Spiritual fulfillment

Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

Many hunger, and many thirst in the church around the world, some don’t even know it, some have forgotten that they were hungry and thirsty. The Holy Spirit is calling and leading us into a time of great spiritual hunger and thirst. There will come great spiritual hunger and thirst first upon the church and then upon the world; this is all work of the Holy Spirit. –(Matt. 5:6)

First and foremost you must know that your salvation, and eternal life is by faith and grace. When you truly give your life to Christ you are saved and have eternal life, this is all by faith and repentance in Christ. –(Eph. 2:8-9)

Second, all believers need proper basic discipleship and then they can grow properly in Christ and their purpose in life. –(Heb. 6:1-2, Col. 2:6-7)

Third, all believers are to be equipped for the work of the ministry, spiritual leadership’s main function is to equip the believers for the work of the ministry. –(Eph. 4:12)

Fourth, the believers are to be trained, and mentored in their calling and gifts, and their purpose in the church and the Kingdom of God. The congregation has be an environment for the supernatural, for revival, and for spiritual gifts. –(Rom. 12:4)

Fifth, We need the supernatural of the Holy Spirit, first prophecy, visions and dreams, and then the power of God, signs and the gifts of the Spirit. –(MK. 16:17-18, Acts 2:17-18)

Sixth, apostles, prophets, and teachers need be the leading and center elders of a congregation. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

Seventh, The foundation of a congregation needs to be apostles and prophets. –(Eph. 2:20)

Eighth, A congregation needs apostolic and prophetic teaching and ministry. –(Eph. 3:5)

Ninth, A congregational fellowship needs to be in homes, it is time for fellowship and building relationships to be in homes, with a center place for equipping, training, mentoring, fathering, and apostles, prophets and teachers ministry; the home fellowship is the place for relationship growth and pastoral ministry. –(Rom. 16:5,10,11, 1 Jn. 1:7)

Tenth, congregations and believers in Christ need the community of faith, and continuity of the city church. –(Eph. 2:19-22)

In addition, believers should know how to pray; become faithful in personal prayer, and have a revival of prayer; it is hard to have complete spiritual fulfillment without a personal life of prayer. –(Phil. 4:6-7)

Besides, every believer needs an every day life with the Holy Spirit, we need to seek the Holy Spirit, and fellowship in the Holy Spirit, and allow the Holy Spirit to minister to us everyday. –(Eph. 5:17-18)

Moreover, We need to pray for revival, every believer needs personal revival, we need the fire of the Lord and revival, and we need the revival life and the congregation needs the fire of the Lord and revival, and the city church needs revival and the church need revivals, and lasting revivals. –(Lev. 6:12-13)

Furthermore, We need to be centered and focus on our Lord Jesus Christ, we need to center on Him, and glorify Him. –(Jn. 12:32)

Conclusion, We must not only build on Truth, revelation and faith we must build on relationship, first relationship with the Lord, we are to love the Lord, and then with relationship with one another, for we are to love one another. –(Matt. 22:37-39)

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Looking for a Church

Looking for a Church

Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

Many of you from around the world, are looking for a church, yes many of you are faithful members of a church and above all the church. You are not alone, for the Lord Himself is seeking and waiting for a church. –(Zech. 4:6-10)

Just as Abraham was seeking and waiting for a city, which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Today churches have no foundations; the Lord wants churches to have foundations, congregations whose foundations are the apostles and prophets. The Lord wants congregations who are building by apostolic grace from Christ and are led by the Holy Spirit. –(Heb. 11:10,16)

First of all, the Holy Spirit will rise up the city church in many cities around the world; there is only one city church in each city, in every nation, that church is called the city church, the new apostolic city church shall arise under the leadership of apostles, there will be new apostolic city church networks, and there will be new apostolic city church centers, where there will be prayer, worship and prophetic watch, and ministry of church of the city will be centered and begin from this new center. This will be a new beginning, and a new level of city church, and some day we will have the mature city church, the end time church, which shall be full of glory, a glorious church. –(Rev. 21:2,9-10)

Second, the Holy Spirit will rise up the new apostolic congregation in many cities around the world, a congregation lead by apostles, a congregation with apostles, prophets, and teachers as the elders, a congregation where the foundation is the apostles and prophets, a congregation where the believers do the work of the ministry, a congregation where the spiritual leadership equips the believers for the work of the ministry, a congregation that fellowships and built relationships in their homes, and a congregation that flows in the gifts of the Spirit. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

Third, the Holy Spirit will rise up the new apostolic networks all over the world, networks of freedom and relationship that connects to one another building up the church around the world. –(Matt. 13:47)

Fourth, the Holy Spirit will raise the new apostolic church around the world in every city of every nation, and in every nation, and will fill the whole church around the world. –(Heb. 12:25-29)

Fifth, the Holy Spirit will raise up the marketplace church, which is the church in the marketplace; The marketplace church is the outreach of the city church, the new apostolic city church, the marketplace church is the outreach of the new apostolic congregation, and the marketplace church is the outreach of the new apostolic church around the world. The new apostolic marketplace church will arise as a force of change in the world around us. –(Rev. 5:10)

Furthermore, reformation, massive reformation is coming to the church around the world, the church in every city of every nation, and of every national church in every nation, revival, revivals and massive revivals is coming to the church in every city of every nation, is coming to every national church in every nation, revivals, massive revivals, and many revivals are coming to every city of every nation, and is coming to every nation around the world. Social transformation, many social transformations, massive social transformation, and waves of social transformation is coming to many cities and all cities in every nation, and is coming to many nations and all nations around the world. Harvest, many harvests, and massive harvests of the masses in many nations, and many cities around the world are coming and this is just the beginning of the Lord’s goodness and mercy. –(1 K. 18:41-46)

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