Ministry is serving people through Jesus Christ. It is not a church, but a supporting arm of the Church. The people who convert to Jesus through the miracles ministry, we refer them to the churches. That is how we support the churches worldwide, we add numbers to them. EXCEPTION: Where they are virtually no churches in the area or state, we plant churches & ordain elders. Churches that we plant under such circumstances, we HAND THEM OVER to the pastors, & teachers after laying a foundation, set things in order & ordaining the elders. This leaves us free to proceed with our MISSIONS work to other states. A ministry supports the Church.
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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