Before you read this study understand that we do not teach, we share and then ask all who read the following take it to God and verify it with Him. We believe a lot of the world is misled by the church of the world and religion vs the one true church. And to know the truth can only come from knowing, not just knowing of God, John 14:26, I John 2:27, Rev 3:19-22.
Many are called but few are chosen because many are misled by false teachers Matthew 7:13-15 so we help all who wants to know the truth how to find and know the truth of and by God and not of and by man.



Ministry Leaders - Laymen

Pastor J. R. Wilhite, author   Close Window

Some of you may be offended by this study so I advise those who are easily offended to skip this one for now.

I have spent 25+ years in the kingdom and I have come to know thousands of pastors and elders.

Now, before we go any further you need to understand that a good number of ministries (not all) do not teach I John 2:20-27, John 14:26, Romans 8:16 and I Cor. 1:24. Some of these go over it, but do not spend the time on them they need while others avoid them as much as possible.

What do these verses have in comon? They teach that we are to be taught by God and not man. That which comes from God is understanding, while all that comes from man is interpretation.

A lot of people are being taught the interpretation of the Word of God based on a world based school that interpreted the Bible instead of the understanding God gives via His Spirit.
Some ministries even teach that the Spirit and portions of the book of Acts were for the 1st century church and are no more.

Satan knew that if we were divided we would fall.

Matthew 12

25. And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

Where the church had its first problem was in understanding that Christ is a Greek word. It had not been translated and most consider it the last name or title of Jesus. It is neither; it is describing the Spirit of God on Him and us. Christ means "The Anointed One" or "The Anointing". To be anointed is to be imersed into, on, and throughout something. In this case it is saturation of the Spirit of God.

Some of you now are thinking, "Well, I am of Christ because I am saved." The Apostles in Acts were saved but not anointed until 50 days later (Acts 2:1-15).

Salvation is the believing that Jesus died and was raised and paid the price for my sins.

"Church" is any and all who have a revelation of Who Jesus IS as the Christ and true Son of God (Matthew 16:15-22).

Christ is to be imersed into, poured on, and saturated through & through with the Spirit of God.

After salvation you seek God and He reveals to you Who His Son is. Then, as you continue to seek God, you are anointed in His Spirit.

The problem is there are so many leaders who do not understand this, and believe that since they have been taught by some school they are now leaders.

Think about it, Jesus, the apostles, and the entire 1st century church had no schools for this; so does that mean they were not leaders?

Satan kept us in the dark about the anointing and divided us by our interpretation of the Word and blinding us to understanding as the Holy Spirit gives it.

That is why so many ministries are the same today as they were 100 years ago. Not training others to hear and follow God, but to hear and follow a man.

The word 'denomination' has the same root as the word 'denominator' which indicates the number of parts into which one whole is divided. So when we say we are of a denomination we are saying we are divided.

I know some of you are wondering about this study, so here are a few verses you can see now to help and of course there is no problem reading all those others around these as well, I do not list them here for space sake only.

Isaiah 10

27. And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

I John 2

27. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

John 14

26. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Romans 8

16. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

1 Corinthians 1

24. But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

Since so many are operating on interpretation instead of understanding, this means their congregations are as well.

So what is the remedy to this problem?

Well, it is not taking up another collection or comittee to review it, but for all of us to stop, be quiet, and listen to God. Keep listening until we hear Him and then follow and obey what He says to do.

If you go out to evangelize or witness about the Lord without listening to Him, then how do you know whether or not the person you are talking to is already being helped by someone who is listening. You could confuse or even chase them off.

Two things I do not like are Bible bashing people and the constant requests for offerings for the ministry to grow.

I believe our life style should be a witness and by listening and following God we will reach all He has for us. Yes we allow people to donate, but out of 11,000 pages it is only on 1 page and linked on less than 1/3 of 1 percent of the site. We believe there are those whom God has sent our way to bless us. This is their way of learning how to and where to donate.

There are 3 groups of leaders:

Group 1 about 1/3rd don't understand and interpret the word.

Group 2 about 20% will not teach the above verses due to fear of losing their congregations.

Group 3 (all who are left or) about 47% are trying to hear and teach based on understanding.

Now, about all of us, when Jesus came into the earth the people attended church once a week, gave of their time, and tithed. He did not come to continue this but to fulfill it, to make us all men and women of God, not just going to hear from a man or woman of God. Yes, you need to, to grow, and you need fellowship, but fellowship with those who are growing. Not for cliques, and not for a social club.

You want to know why so many are down on Christians?

Imagine you are driving to work and someone cuts you off and it seems deliberate and they almost cause you to wreck. On the back bumper of their car is a sticker for the church they attend or a sticker about God. Now what type of representation is this of God to those who do not know Him at all.

This is what should happen, we are called, we feel empty inside and know we need something. Now we are saved, we have professed Jesus as Lord. Next we should spend all the time we can listening until we hear His voice. Then we should obey and follow and allow the anointing to grow on us.

We should realize the fruit others need to see is not that of labor, but of the Holy Spirit.

Our best testimony is our life style. We should be operating in love and be blessed.

God Bless You as you hear His words and follow His leading.




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