Teaching: One may say, Wilton, in the five fold ministry you are gifted as a teacher & you say you SUBMIT to the apostles & prophets why? God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, of different kinds of tongues. Here you are, that is the order in the Church. I operate strictly in accordance with the Word of God. Heaven Rules.
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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