Teaching: I am seeing organizational churches using the name ministry or ministries as part of their name. By doing this we tend to confuse people. They may come thinking that its an inter-denominational or non-denominational gathering. What is ministry? Ministry is serving people through Christ. It is not a church. It is a supporting arm of the church worldwide. Anyone can serve people through Christ but not as a church. I am one such example. Ministry works with all Bible believing churches. If you have started an organizational church, I urge you to call it for what it really is: a church. This way, we will not confuse the flock & fellow ministers. Be enlightened.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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