THE PLUMBLINE
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ApostolicFoundations andApostolic Patterns
Spoken in 1987, Transcribed in 2002
Prologue
The nature of the apostolic is, without question, one of the mosttreasured and important topics on the heart of God. But before weeven begin to delve into the Apostolic of God, one thing must be clearin your mind. If you don’t know anything else, know this:
Everything in the Father’s heart is summed up in His firstborn Son, Jesus Christ.
The Father has chosen to express His nature, all that He is, through theSon. And today, on earth, He is building His Church that will possess allthe divine qualities and character of Christ Himself. The Church, theBody of Christ, is just exactly that: Christ Himself manifested throughHis People joined together. Just as Jesus is the exact representation of God Himself, so the Church will be HIS BODY, His representation onthe earth today!While some have neglected this teaching about the Apostolic of God,others have turned it into a doctrine or theology that elevates a “thing”rather than the person of Jesus. In offering the following thoughts,I intend strictly to elevate the Christ (Anointed One) of God and toclarify exactly who Jesus is, expressed in His Church, His present-day Body. “Lampstands” and “Foundations” are nothing more than thenature and substance of the Kingdom “on earth as it is in heaven.”What is heaven but a shadow of the Christ of God...
“But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb areits temple” (Revelation 21:22).
Below is the list of titles in a 10-part series of books aboutFoundational Issues of the Kingdom of God and the Bride of Christ.
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THE HAMMER—Breaking Down Misconceptions
“‘Is not my word like fire,’ declares the LORD, ‘and likea hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?’”
Jeremiah 23:29
THE PLOW
—Planting Hope & Vision
“‘The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when the reaper will beovertaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills.’”
Amos 9:13
THE SCALES
—Holding to God’s Standards
“The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but accurate weights are his delight.”
Proverbs 11:1
THE CRUCIBLE
—Refining and Melding Relationships
“The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,but the LORD tests the heart.”
Proverbs 17:3
THE SICKLE—
Clearing the Land and Harvesting Change
“As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it,because the harvest has come.”
Mark 4:29
THE TROWEL
—It Matters How We Build!
“This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: ‘See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.’”
Hebrews 8:5
THE SWORD
—Cutting Through the Fog
“‘Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth.I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.’”
Matthew 10:34
THE CHISEL
—“I Will Build My Church…”
“In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.”
1 Kings 6:7
THE ANVIL
—Forging Out a Life
“See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coalsinto flame and forges a weapon fit for its work.”
Isaiah 54:16
THE PLUMB LINE
—True Foundations
“Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty...Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God Bless it!’...Who despises the day of small things? Men will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
Zechariah 4
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