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SEVEN DAYS TO YOUR SPIRITUAL PERFECTION

Copyright @ 2010 by TIMOTHY KIZITO

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The
SECOND THIRD Apostolic FIFTH
FIRST DAY DAY SIXTH & SEVENTH DAY
DAY Ministry DAY
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as a symbol FOR
the Five-fold MinistrY
The Tabernacle of Moses

The The The The God the Father, Son and


Evangelistic Teaching FOURTH Prophetic Pastoral
DAY the Holy Spirit
Ministry Ministry Ministry Ministry
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DEDICATION

I want to express my appreciation to my


dear wife Winfred and my daughter Esther
for the time they have given me in times of
reading, meditating, studying and writing
this book.

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Acknowledgement

I want to convey my special acknowledgement


to Bishop Randy Barnett for helping me develop
this book, his time of reading and counseling in
different ways.

To Pr Joseph Kibirige for the time he invested in


me while I was in the Bible College for my three
year time of studying the word of the Lord. Thank
you for the encouragement and the love. And, to
my Pastor, Bishop Godfrey Mukiibi for the fifteen
years and more of shepherding me.

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FOREWORD
Revelation is a powerful thing and you are about to
encounter a fresh revelation in this book.

Bishop Timothy Kizito is a true man of God and he is a


spiritual son to me. The anointing that is upon his ministry
is strong and it is from these well-springs that he has penned
these words under the unction of the Holy Spirit. For that
reason, I am confident you will find this book a blessing to
you. It will be beneficial, interesting, and challenging. The
Body of Christ will be edified because of it.

Fresh revelation may seem strange to you initially because


it is new when you first hear it or read it; however, as is the
case with this book, the truths contained in it are not really
new at all. Bishop Kizito simply draws truths from the Word
of God that, for the most part, have lain dormant within
the Church over many centuries. He adequately presents
these truths to the glory of Jesus Christ the Head of the
Church.

Receive my blessing as you study this book and may the


Spirit of God edify you, strengthen you, and move you
forward and upward into your Kingdom destiny.

Randy Barnett
USA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1

The journey to your perfection 7

FIRST DAY:
The Evangelistic Ministry 27
The Evangelist and the gifts of
the Holy Spirit 41

SECOND DAY:
The Teaching Ministry 45
The Teacher and the gift of the Holy Spirit 49

THIRD DAY:
The Apostalic Ministry 53
The Apostle and the gifts of the Holy Spirit 61

FOURTH DAY:
The Prophetic Ministry 65
The Prophet and the gifts of the Holy Spirit 73

FIFTH DAY:
The Pastoral Ministry 77
The Pastor and the gifts of the Holy Spirit 83

SIXTH DAY:
Godhead Touch 87

SEVENTH DAY:
The day of perfection and maturity of
individuals and the Church 115
CONCLUSION 129
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION

In the name of our lord Jesus Christ, am pleasured to echo


this good news of the seven days to you. It has been a spirit
oriented version in my session of compiling and putting
down this information that will be so vital in your spiritual
growth.

The seven days present to us our journey into maturity,


from the spiritual childhood to Spiritual maturity (son-
ship). It will also take us through various scriptures and
to new discoveries into our spiritual growth, love and
commitment.

Have you ever discovered that the New Testament was


concealed in the Old Testament? Do you know that the
mysteries of the Church today were and are concealed
in the types and symbols we find in the O.T? Has it ever
crossed your mind that failing to understand the O.T can
cause you fail to understand the New Testament? Have you
ever discovered that in the O.T the Israelites are called the
Church in the wilderness?

Do you know that through numbers that are in the Bible God
spoke mysteriously to that Church in the Old Testament?
Although all numbers will not be given to you in this book,
some will be mentioned to help you know that among the
numbers or figures you see in your bible, some communicate
great messages you need to know in your journey to maturity
especially number 7, our key study in these seven days
Revelation.

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Following are some of the numbers and their meanings:
Number 1: Is a number of God
Number 2: stands for Witness
Number 3: stands for Godhead and divine things,
Number 4: stands for the Earth or world,
Number 5: tells us of the Grace and the fivefold
ministries
Number 6: represents the beast or Satan.
With this brief account of the first six numbers, we now
come to the most important number which is: 7: this number
represents ‘Perfection’ and ‘Completion’
Number 7 is used 600 times in the Bible. It’s first mentioned
in (Gen. 2:1), and from here, we almost see it in the Whole
Bible.
(Gen. 5:24); (Jude 14); and in (Jos. 6); (you remember the
seven times about the collapse of the Jericho City walls);
(Lev. 14:7,16,27,51; Rev 1:4,11,12,16,20; 2:1; 4:5; 5:1;
8:2; 10:3,4;12:3) etc

Psalms 12:6: the words of the LORD are pure: as silver


tried in a furnace of earth is purified seven times.

Psalms 119:164: Seven times a day do I praise thee


because of thy righteous judgments.

The seven days version talks about your ‘Perfection’ and


‘Completeness’ and expounds on how your life will grow
from day one to the seventh day of your life in the Lord.

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Have you ever questioned yourself about the terminologies
used in the Church leadership? e.g. the Fivefold Ministry,
Bishops and Elders or simply call them Pastors, Evangelists
and Apostles, Prophets and Teachers; do you understand
each one’s responsibility and the role they have to play in
Church leadership? Do you really know each one’s work in
your life?

Well, in these teachings you will learn more about these


ministers and the great work they are ought to do to perfect
the Church and the Body of Christ as stated in
(Eph. 4:11-16).

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The Evangelistic Ministry

The first day represents the Evangelistic Ministry, the purpose


of an evangelist is leading the sinner (s) into knowing that
there is God and Satan, Heaven and Hell and that there
are two ways; one leads to life and another to death and
it is one’s choice for either of the two ways. (Verses 1-5)
(Deut. 30:15, 19; Rom. 10:6-11)

The Teaching Ministry

The second day represents the Teaching Ministry; the whole


deal about this ministry to believers is to let them know
the difference between righteousness and holiness, and the
difference between sin and rebellion and what they ought
to do to depart from evil unto righteousness. (Verses 6-8)
read (Mal. 3:18)

The Apostolic Ministry

The third day represents the Apostolic Ministry; it serves


the Saints with the understanding that they need the dry
land (the place where they belong, and the position of their
working. It is also the full meaning of their lives and their
duty in this world. (Verses 9-13) read (John. 18:37)

The Prophetic Ministry

The fourth day represents the Prophetic Ministry. This


ministry, though missing in the Church today, is very
important for it helps believers to know precisely what they

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should do and when they should do it, when to start and
end the work, this ministry brings the exact days a person
has and how to use them appropriately. (Verses 14 -19)
(Is. 38:1-4)

The Pastoral Ministry

The fifth day represents the Pastoral Ministry. This ministry


is very much needed as other ministries; and this ministry
stands in the gap to help believers to know the ways of
the world (people) and how to watch over those worldly
invented things,(the ungodly ones). (Verses 20-23) read
(Rom.13:12-14)

SPIRITUAL EXAMINATION

Sixth Day, the Godhead touch (Veil in the tabernacle of


Moses): The sixth day stands for the Godhead bodily time
and touch for you, when all the five steps (ministries) are
offered to the believer then it remains to the almighty God
to have his final touch on the latter, the final approval to
the believer is given right here, whatever your intentions
were in all you did in the world will be checked right here.
(Verse 24-31) (Luke 13:27, Matt. 7:22-23)

SPIRITUAL MATURITY

Seventh Day, the day of rest: The seventh day is that day
when maturity is shown through us to the world, it is
righteousness and holiness on earth, it is a time when the
God fearing believer prays to God that “Come Lord, my
Lord come”, it is a time when Saints say to their creator
that “Lord you taught us and now we do all you told us to
do”. (Genesis 2; Eph. 1:1; Phil 1:1; Col 1:1 and 1 Thess.
5:23)
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The Journey To Your
Perfection
It is true when it comes to the verses in Chap 3:14-15 of
Genesis that the mystery there is all about the Church.

“And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because


thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all
cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon
thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat
all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity
between thee and the woman, and between thy
seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and
thou shalt bruise his heel.”

We very well know that it talks about the Church and the
enemy of the Church (Satan), This is true but what about
the first two chapters of Genesis before these verses come
in Chap 3? There is a lot to discover in the first two chapters
before we proceed to the third chapter of this book of
Genesis.

The seven days in the book of Genesis 1 and 2 in God’s


creation show us a journey into everyone’s life, from the
day of accepting Jesus to the time of entery into heaven/
maturity.
The “Into Maturity” has not been so much shown and given
to the Church/flock in an easy way which can help the
Church to check and see if at all her life grows in the Lord.
Through these seven days the Church will get to know very
well how far she has gone in the Lord and she is supposed to
be doing to finish the journey started.

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The moving of the Church in the Old Testament is revealed
in the New Testament. Here in the seven days we are dealing
with the first Adam and the second Adam. Scriptures tell us
that it took five days for the Lord to create the First Adam
and it also takes five days which are the five ministries to
create Christ the second Adam in the life of a believer (s)/
Church. Galatians. 4:19 “My little children, of whom I
travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you”. The
1st Adam brought death, the 2nd Adam brought life. If you
get to know the all moving of the first Adam and the second
Adam you will be in line to understand the moving of the
Church in the N.T. Remember that in the book of Acts 7:38
the Israelites are called the Church in the wilderness “This
is he, that was in the Church in the wilderness with the
angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with
our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto
us:”
So the picture of the Church is given right from Genesis to
Malachi

Though the first mention of this word ‘Church’ is seen in


the gospel of Matthew in Chapter 16:18 which is a universal
Church, but my emphasis here is the local Church in Matthew
18:16 which so much deals with an individual Christian.

Therefore to understand it better, I will use different


picture-Illustrations like the journey of the children of
Israel to their promised land, the entering of Esther in the
chambers of the king and the tabernacle of Moses which
will help us understand the New Testament Church we’re
talking about today.

There are three levels in Christianity - the Way, the Truth,


and Life as recorded in the book of John. There is Egypt,
there is the Wilderness and there is the Promised land as
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recorded in the books Exodus to Joshua. We have the Royal
house, the Inner courts and the Royal Chambers in the book
of Esther and lastly we have the Courtyard, the Holy place
and the Holy of Holies in the book of Exodus.

Paul in the letter to the Thessalonians in the fifth Chapter


tells the Church, to keep themselves holy, ie their Spirit,
Soul and Body. 1Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of
peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit
and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ.

If you want to go somewhere get on the move, but remember


that being in the way doesn’t guarantee that one has reached
where he or she is going and if you want to reach there well
and secure, then get the truth about your journey. There
are many signposts to guide us on our way to perfection.
Some of these signposts are telling us to fast, some to pray
or to give while others are telling us to forgive others so
that we may also be forgiven. Failing to know the truth of
those signposts will lead one to going astray.

To have food in the kitchen without taking the trouble


of reaching there to serve yourself will only kill you with
hunger. You must take the initiative to get there if we will
feed our stomachs.

When Queen Esther wanted to meet the king, (though it


wasn’t the right time for her) she decided to walk into
the courtyard then when the king saw her he stretched his
sceptre to her and she was able to access the inner courts
of the king; with the truth out of the queen she was taken
to the kings chambers and from there rest was granted to
her and to her people the Jews.

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The Children of Israel suffered slavery in the land of Egypt;
what amazes me a lot is that they had God there with them;
He had saved them from that slavery land and upon Him
they used to call, but when they reached the wilderness
they became familiar with God and with the truth that
they had God with them. They began even to command him
(tempted/tested God) to do things for them so that they
may fulfill their selfish desires of eating meat, watermelon,
onions and other things they wanted to own in life. There’s
a sin of satisfaction in life on this level of truth. The only
way to win this is to allow ourselves to go to the next level
of life. James said in his words to the Church, “show me
your faith and I will show your actions”. (Jam. 2:18)

From the wilderness we are be able to spy the Promised Land


and “when you know the truth, the truth sets us free”.
With this we also ought to remember that to take the
possessions of the Promised Land we will have to triumph
over those who dwell in that land, which are the beasts of
that land. (Deut. 7:22-23)

When it comes to the tabernacle of Moses, no one is denied


the access to the first place which is the courtyard. The
gentiles and all the priests are allowed to come into this
place. The sacrificing and the washing are all done here.
The next level is only for the chosen ones which are the
priests and not ordinary people. In the courtyard, the light
comes from the sun (Christ’s help for you) but in the Holy
Place, you take the responsibility to kindle the fire on the
candlestick/lampstand (make sure you walk worthy of your
profession) and with that light (truth) you will be able to go
into the Holy of Holies. The only thing I should caution you
of is the veil. To cross into the H/H, the veil determines it
well. When you attempt to enter with sins; you die right
there and they will just pull you out (excommunicate you).

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This table shows how a person walks
with the Lord to his destiny/maturity
2days in the first 3days in the second 2days in the third/
place place last place
The Way is here The Truth is found here Life is given in this
John 14:6 John 14:6 Place and in its
fullness John 14:6

Here we see the We find the Wilderness in


Land of Egypt this Place of our Journey. Here is the Promised
The sin of tempting God Land to whoever
to those who seem to be wins.
loving him is here.

The court yard is The Inner courts - Esther The Royal chambers
here Esther 5:1 5:1. Here we meet - Esther 6:14. The
All people are the King. But it will be secrets are shared
accepted to chaotic because many right here with the
access things people will be here king alone, one on
found in the trying to see the king, one, heart to heart.
courtyard but the they all want to see Intimacy with God is
king will not be the king but they are so right here.
here. many.

The Apostolic ministry In this Place we find


The Evangelistic will be found right here the work of the
Ministry is found to bring the illumination/ Godhead.
in this place. light, to help others see The Trinity.
what they have to do.

Eph. 4:11 The Pastor In this place we


Eph. 4:11 stands here at the Door have two days,
to do his work the sixth and the
seventh day

The Teaching The Prophetic ministry is Perfection is also


Ministry is found found in this place. The found in this place
right here. Rhema words of God are when the whole
To build Christian given here. work has been
Foundations done

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The Journey is:
From the Way to the Truth and then to Life;
From Egypt to the Wilderness and finally to the Promised
Land.
One starts in the Courtyard then enters the inner courts and
is perfected in the Royal Chambers.
We have the Courtyard, the Holy Place and the Holy of
Holies. At the Holy of Holies is where one finds rest.

The following Table shows it all; how each person


moves in the Lord to his destiny/maturity
Ministers of the way: Ministers of all Ministers of Life are
Evangelists, Teachers the whole Truth - God the Father, Son
and Deacons Apostles, Prophets and the Holy Spirit
and Pastors

Introduction to the Given Light and The Life in its


way and Walking in walking in the wholesomeness or
the way Truth, Light and Fullness is provided
Illuminations to you here

In Egypt we have In the Holy Place, the The Promised Land,


people who love Inner Courts or In the The Royal Chambers
God because of Wilderness; the light and the Holy of
the bondages they of who God is begins Holies is the time of
are suffering with. to shine and the right Perfect relationship.
Here is to love God decision will be made
by Pressure and from this place, to
persuasions. either love God or
not.

In the courtyard, we This place will work Fruitfulness and


have people who love as a filter to those victory will be in this
God because they who love and follow place. The perfect
have been told to love God. (The Truth) You.
Him, those who walk (The Life)
and do things by sight
not by faith. (The Way)

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On the first and second day, in Egypt, and in the Courtyard,
we have people doing things in the flesh but not in the Spirit.
Carnality will be seen here when a person comes to Christ.

There are so many things that force them to come to God


before they personally decide to love God. They believed
because of sickness, diseases, poverty, famine, calamity,
family problems e.t.c. A person in this place needs to run
to the next level of the journey.

The third, fourth and fifth days, i.e. the wilderness, the
inner courts, and the holy place show us people who always
say and think that they know God and that what they do they
do in the light of God’s word, yet when we dig deep inside
their hearts, we find some ignorance and blindness leading
them to destruction and death. This is intellectual faith and
not heart faith. We should be very aware of knowledge that
we only keep in our heads and never apply in our lives.
Anyone found here should work hard to see that he or she
hears the voice of the Lord which always calls everyone into
maturity.

The sixth and seventh days are the Promised Land, the
Royal house/chambers, and the Holy of Holies. All the books
of our records will be opened to check and see who we
exactly are. The exact thing you are will be revealed in
these places; whether you are a goat or a Sheep. Then you
will be directed to Heaven or Hell according to how you
walked your first five days in the life given.

Remember that in the Courtyard we will appear before God


by grace, in the Holy Place we come to him by selection
(choice) and in the Holy of Holies God requires records of
how we have walked to reach him. (Remember this old
saying; the end doesn’t necessarily justify the means)

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In this line, our bodies represent the courtyard, our souls
represent the Holy place and our spirits the Holy of Holies.

Now this means that in the first place we need Christ to die
(be an atonement) for us, but in the second place we need
the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. In the third place we will
find that all the work needed in us is finished by God the
Father.

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The summary of the verses and the ministries
they represent are given us before we go into
the seven days study detail.

Genesis 1:1-5: In the beginning God created the heaven and


the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of
God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said,
Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the
light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the
darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness
he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the
first day.

The first day represents the Evangelistic Ministry: The


purpose of an evangelist is to show the sinner (s) that there
is God and Satan, that there is Heaven and Hell and that
there are two ways, one leading to life and the other to
death and that it is up to the sinner to choose which way to
take. (v1-5) (Deut. 30:15, 19; Rom.10:6-11)

Verses 6-8 And God said, “Let there be a firmament in the


midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the
waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the
waters which were under the firmament from the waters
which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God
called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the
morning were the second day.

The second day represents the Teaching Ministry; the whole


deal about this ministry to believers is to let them know the
difference between righteousness and holiness and between
sin and rebellion and what they o ught to do to depart from
evil unto righteousness. (Verses 6-8) read (Mal. 3:18)

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((Verses 9-13) And God said, Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the
dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land
Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he
Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the
earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the
fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought
forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the
tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind:
and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the
morning were the third day.

The third day represents the Apostolic Ministry, the third


day serves the Saints with the understanding that they need
the dry land and this is the place where they belong, the
place (position) of their working, this is the full meaning of
their lives and what they are supposed to do in this world.
(Verses 9-13) read (Jn. 18:37)

(Verses 14-19) And God said, Let there be lights in the


firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night;
and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days,
and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of
the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule
the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made
the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the
heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the
day and over the night, and to divide the light from the
darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening
and the morning were the fourth day.

The fourth day represents the Prophetic Ministry, this


ministry though missing in the Church as the body of Christ

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but it is very important; for it helps believers to know
precisely what they should do and when they should do it,
when to start and end the work, this ministry brings the
exact days a person have and how to use them appropriately.
(Verses 14 -19) (Is. 38:1-4)

(Verses 20-23) And God said, Let the waters bring forth
abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl
that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of
heaven. And God created great whales, and every living
creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth
abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after
his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed
them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters
in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the
evening and the morning were the fifth day.

The fifth day represents the Pastoral Ministry, pastoral


ministry is very much needed as other ministries, and this
minister stands in the gap to help believers to know the
ways of the world (people) and how to watch over their
invented things, the ungodly ones. (Verses 20-23) read
(Rom. 13:12-14)

Proverbs 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy


flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.

(Verses 24-31) And God said, Let the earth bring forth the
living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing,
and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And
God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle
after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the
earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God
said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over

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the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon
the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female created he
them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue
it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth
upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you
every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the
earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every
beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to
every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is
life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it
was very good. And the evening and the morning were the
sixth day.

The sixth day stands for the Godhead bodily time and touch
for you, when all the five steps (ministries) are offered to
the believer, then it remains to the almighty God to have
his final touch on the latter, the final approval to the man is
given right here. Whatever your intentions were in all you
did in this world will be checked right here (verse 24-31)
(Luke 13:27; Matt. 7:22-23)

Seventh Day the day of rest (Genesis 2)


The seventh day is that day when maturity is shown through
us to the world, it is righteousness and holiness on earth, it
is a time when the God fearing believers say to God, that
“Come Lord, my Lord come”, it is a time when Saints say to
their creator that, “Lord you taught us and now we do all
you told us to do”.
Following; are the seven days in God’s creation which

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shows us the moving of the Church and Saints individually
in the New Testament

(Genesis 1:1-31)
It took a five days course for God to create the first man
Adam the sixth day and this is symbolic to the creation of
the second Adam into people’s lives and remember the
second Adam (Christ) must be formed in us and this will
take the five ministers (five days), the fivefold ministry to
bring up and to form the second Adam, the Christ.

Galatians 4:19: My little children, of whom I travail in


birth again until Christ be formed in you, this word ‘form’
means to shape something or to give a structure, it also
means to change/make up the appearance of something
or somebody.

John 5:37: And the Father himself, which hath sent me,
hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his
voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

It is the will of the father to have his shape that is his Image
and Likeness (Holiness and Righteousness) in us, remember
the first shape of Adam brought death through sin and the
only way to have his shape changed is allowing the five day
work in every person’s life.

Ephesians 4:11-16: And he gave some, apostles; and


some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the Saints,
for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body
of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and
of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and

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fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by
the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby
they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in
love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the
head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly
joined together and compacted by that which every
joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in
the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body
unto the edifying of itself in love.

The purpose of the second Adam in the earth is to stop all


the works of the first Adam which resulted into death, both
spiritually and physically

Romans 5:14: Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to


Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the
similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of
him that was to come.

1Corinthians 15:22: For as in Adam all die, even so in


Christ shall all be made alive.

1Corinthians 15:45: And so it is written, The first man


Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made]
a quickening spirit.

In this seven days book, I will use some of the Old Testament
symbols of the Tabernacle of Moses to show you the fivefold
ministries and how they do their work in the Church today.

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These are the Symbols to see:

These two ministers stand in the courtyard to minister,


the Evangelists and Teachers

1. The Bronze Altar:


Symbol of Jesus’ death (to die for us), Evangelistic
Ministry

2. The Brazen Laver:


Symbol of washing (in the word of God), Teaching
Ministry

These are the three ministers, who situate in the Holy


place to minister, the Apostles, Prophets and Pastors

3. The Lampsstand:
Symbol of Illumination (to cause light in the Body of
Christ) Apostolic Ministry

4. The Table of Shewbread:


Symbol of a now word from God (to hear God’s voice
daily) Prophetic Ministry

5. The Altar of Incense:


Symbol of acceptance (the right communication with
God) Pastoral Ministry

In the last place called Holy of Holies we find God the


Father Son and the Holy Spirit

6. The Ark of the Covenant:


Symbol of Godhead, the divine glory of God the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit

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Qualifications of the Five-fold Ministries (Elders,
Bishops)

There are four different ways in which a minister of the


Lord must qualify and these are the Spiritual qualifications,
Character qualifications, Domestic qualifications and the
Ministry qualifications. If any person stands to take us
through these seven days, these qualifications are a must.
Qualifications are taken from (1Tim. 3; Tit. 1 and 1Pet.
5:1-3)

Spiritual Qualifications

1.He must be born again-Born of the spirit, born from above.


(John3:1-5)
2. He must have followed the Lord in obedience to His word
in the waters of baptism(Mark 16:15-20; Acts 2:37-47)
3. He must be Baptised and filled with the holy Spirit.
(Act 2:1-4)
4. He must be made an overseer by the Holy Spirit.

Character Qualifications

1.He must be Blameless – Unquestionable integrity


2.He must be of good behavior – Respectable lifestyle
3.He must be Vigilant – Wide Awake
4.He must be Temperate - Self controlled
5.He must be Sober – Having a sound mind
6.He must be Just – Righteous
7.He must be Holy - Being devout
8.He must be a lover of good – Lover of good things
9.He must be Hospitable – Receiving and entertaining
stranger without reward
10. He must be Patient – Quality of endurance
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11. He must not be a Brawler – Not argumentative
12. He must not be soon Angry – Not contentious –soon
angry –short tempered
13. He must not be a Striker – Not Violent
14. He must not be greedy of Filthy Lucre – Not after
financial gains
15. He must not be covetous – Not greedy
16. He must not Self-willed – Not willing to surrender to
another will
17. He must not be given to Wine – Not addicted to wine
18. He must be of Good report – Excellent testimony
19. He must be Grave - Venerable
20. He must not be Double tongued – Not acting two parts
21. He must not be a Slanderer – To give false reports
22. He must be faithful in all things - Trustworthy
23. He must be a Steward of God – Manager of the
household
24. He must Desire this office – Be zealous to qualify
25. He must not be a Lord over God’s people – Not to be
domineering, not authoritative
26. He must be an Example to the flock of God – Following
by practicing what one preaches

Domestic Qualification

27. He must be able to Rule his own house well - Household


in an excellent manner
28. He must be the husband of one wife – Only one wife
29. Not Slanderous, sober and faithful in all things –Injure
others by defaming
30. His children must be in subjection, have gravity and
faithful – keeping his children in subjection in all things

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31 They should not be accused of Riot and not unruly –
disturbing the peace

Ministry Qualifications

1. He must be Called by the Holy Spirit of God –Not man-


called
2. He must Hold fast the faithful word as he has been
taught –Not to be shaky in doctrine
3. He must be able to Teach – Skilled in teaching
4. He must be able to Exhort and Convince –To admonish
5. He must not be a Novice – Not a beginner
6. He must be able to shepherd the flock of God
(For more information about the qualifications of God’s
minister)

I recommend to you Kevin Corner’s Book,


“The Church In The New Testament”

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First Day

The Evangelistic Ministry


In the beginning
God
Created
The Heaven and the Earth
Without form
And the void
Darkness
Face means
Deep
The evangelist & the gift of the Holy Spirit
The summary of the evangelistic Ministry
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THE Evangelistic Ministry
Definition: The word evangelist is derived from a Greek
word. This means to announce good news or glad tidings,
the gospel or the good message,
Thus an Evangelist, a Preacher or a Messenger of good
news,
is a person with a distinctive ministry, and a bearer of the
message of good news in the saving Gospel of Christ.

The following are the major lessons we learn from vs. 1-5,
and they will show you the work the Evangelists do to the
Body of Christ and to the individuals;
(a) In the beginning, (b) God, (b) Created, (d) Heaven and
Earth, (e) Without form, (f) And Void), (g) Darkness, (h)
Face (i) Deep (j) Day (k) and Night

(a) In the beginning

There is a beginning in every person’s life who believes on


Christ Jesus. Every person in God has got his or her own
beginning. We all have one route to take but the way we
start differs a lot and the way we start decides how we will
finish our journey.

The “IN THE BEGINNING” in everyone’s life is very important


because it works as a foundation for the life ahead. Every
new born baby in God starts with milk, not meat because
meat is only for the mature people and according to (Heb.
5:10-14; 6:1-2) the room for infancy in everyone’s life is
inevitable.

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and Thinking as a child. But growth helps us to put away all
the childish things. So proper feeding to every child in God
is very important because it will enable (v 13) the new born
child to see through a grass darkly.
Coming to Christ means that things are going to be new, not
new in the world but new in God; we begin our journey to
God’s divine plan and purpose he intended for us in life. Old
things must go away and new things take over; remember
when a person is in Christ, he is a new creature, old things
have gone and all are new now.

(1Corinthians. 5:17) Therefore if any man be


in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become
new.)

So when things become new then we must do all things


with God and God alone, because it says in the word of God
(Gen. 1:1) that in the beginning God created. This means
God will create our marriages, our jobs, our children, our
Churches e.t.c. He must be the author of everything we do
here on earth.

Paul told the Saints in Philipian that he who began a good


work in them will be faithful to complete it (Being confident
of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work
in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: (Phil.
1:6)
He begun with the past tense of the word ‘begin’ or beginning
in this verse which is the same word we have in Gen 1:1 “in
the beginning”. Compare Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto
Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy
that was set before him endured the cross, despising the
shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne
of God” (Phil. 3:14; 1 Cor. 9:24).

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How does a person begin his or her journey in
Christ?

(Heb. 5:11-16; 6:1-2) shows us briefly how every person


should start off his journey.

“Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be


uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For when for the
time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach
you again which be the first principles of the oracles of
God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not
of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful
in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong
meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those
who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern
both good and evil. Therefore leaving the principles of the
doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying
again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and
of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of
laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of
eternal judgment.”

These are the six battles

1. Repentance from dead works,


2. Faith toward God,
3. Doctrine of Baptisms
4. Laying on of hands,
5. The resurrection of the dead,
6. And the eternal judgment.

If any of the new born babies misses one of these six battles,
his or her life is or will be in danger. Remember the way
you start determines alot about the way you finish your
journey.
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(b) God- the Hebrew word for one here is Echad (Deut.
6:4) – The ONE here is the compound/collective one which
works on our God, not Yachead – The one here is a singular/
absolute one. Elohim is the name used on God which
symbolizes the plural and not the singular

TRIUNITY - Here we see what the Bible calls the Godhead


and that is God the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. (John 1:
1-3) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning
with God. All things were made by him; and without him
was not any thing made that was made.
Acts 17:29 For as much as we are the offspring of God,
we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold,
or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the


creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood
by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power
and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

The plurality of the persons in the Godhead, Father, Son and


the Holy Spirit is seen in the name ‘ELOHIM’
This plural name of God, in Hebrew which speaks of him
as many though He is one God, confirming our faith in the
doctrine of the Trinity which though obscurity intimated in
the O.T is clearly revealed in the N.T, we are often told
the world was made by Him and nothing was made without
him.

(Jn. 1:3,10; Eph. 3:9; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2)


Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the
Godhead bodily. Our God is in plurality not singular. Ezra
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children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered
themselves together as one man to Jerusalem”

It seems to be true when it comes to God that every person


knows God, God is very much known to almost everyone
here on earth, every person and every living thing created
by him, but the question is; how do you know your God?
(Dan. 11:32)

In summary I will give you two departments in our God, the


JEHOVAHISTIC department and the ELOHISTIC one.
The word or name ‘EL’ means to be strong, powerful, mighty
(this is the creatorship name of God)
The name or this word ‘JEHOVAH’ means ‘IAM THAT IAM’, It
signifies “to be” or “I will be all that I will be” ( and this is
the redemptive name of God).
The level of trust and confidence in God and dependence to
every person in God depends on how they know their God;
it is good to know him as a savior and a helper in all.

(Daniel 6:2) He delivereth and rescueth, those two stand


in the two departments mentioned above and that is the
way our God wants us to know him, he delivers and rescues,
he stands in times when things are impossible and creates
possibility, a lot of scriptures talk about this issue as one
who makes a way where it seems to be no way and this is
done under the evangelistic ministry.

To cut down (a wood)


It means to select
(C) Created It is also to feed (as formative processes)
It is to Choose, create, dispatch, to make
(It is the idea of proprietorship of the
manufacture)
To fabricate i.e. found (form originally):-

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To cut down: In this place we find God prunning our lives,
putting away all those things he doesn’t want to see in us;
the unfruitful branches are cut down and the fruit bearing
branches stay to give more fruits.
It is the believers’ responsibility to accept the work being
done in him or her by a minister.

Matthew 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it


off, and cast [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee
that one of thy members should perish, and not [that]
thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matthew 18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend


thee, cut them off, and cast [them] from thee: it is better
for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than
having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting
fire.

The believer accepts the working of God through the


fivefold; the minister is God’s instrument that He (God) uses
to prune his vine (removing ungodliness).

Jeremiah 51:20 Thou [art] my battle axe [and] weapons


of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations,
and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

Matthew 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root
of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not
forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Luke 3:9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of
the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth
good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

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John 15:1-2 I am the true vine, and my Father is the
husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit
he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he
purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Daniel 4:14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the
tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and
scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it,
and the fowls from his branches:

To chose and select:

Deuteronomy 7:6 For thou [art] an holy people unto the


LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to
be a special people unto himself, above all people that
[are] upon the face of the earth.
Psalm 65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and
causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy
courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy
house, even of thy holy temple.

Nehemiah 9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst
choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the
Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

Deuteronomy 14:2 For thou [art] an holy people unto


the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be
a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations
that [are] upon the earth.

Matthew 12:18;20:16;22:14 Behold my servant, whom


I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well
pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew
judgment to the Gentiles. So the last shall be first, and

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the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. For
many are called, but few [are] chosen.

Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those
days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake,
whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

One may ask a question, ‘how does God make his selection
and, by the way, why does he select? The answer is simple,
that we ourselves determine the selection by making
ourselves pure before the Lord or not, remember God does
not discriminate in people, He loves us all. (Jn. 3:16; Rom.
2:11; 2 Tim 2:19-21)

Acts 10:34-35 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said,


Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh
righteousness, is accepted with him.

(D) The Heaven and Earth:

Psalms 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the


LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of
men.

Heaven is God’s Headquarters.


The ability to do things here on earth comes from our father
God (Let your Kingdom come and your will be done here
on earth as it is in heaven (Mat. 6:9-11) “Hear us from
heaven” were the words Solomon spoke in his prayer and
God answered him right. Heaven is our resource centre for
doing Gods work

Earth is man’s Headquarters (Gen. 28:11-20)


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to know the real reason why he or she came into existence.
It is very good to know why and what we came for. In the
Bible it is stated that we should multiply and then have
dominion over all things on earth; whatever things we do,
all fall in those two lines in life.

(E) Without form: To lie waste; a desolation (of


surface) i.e. desert; fig, a
worthless thing; Adverb in
vain: - confusion, empty place,
without form, nothing (thing of)
naught, vain, wastes, vanity and
wilderness.

(Ps. 51) There isn’t any person who has ever come to
Christ when his or her life is perfect. We all come with our
imperfections as though we will not be profitable to the
kingdom of our God and it takes only those who know the
mysteries of God to know that something great is hidden
inside there and just after few days, perfection will be
unveiled in them. As grown up Christians, we should give
room to every new born baby in Christ to grow the same
way we grew in God. We shouldn’t take the newborn Saint
to be like a mature Saint - we all come empty and confused
on the first day.

(F) And Void: An undistinguishable ruin, Emptiness,


A vacuity and it means to be empty.

Never expect what you have not inspected. There will be


time for every one of us to be empty and then wait for the
Lord to fill in what he wants us to have in our lives (‘Let the
word of the Lord dwell in you richly’ are the right words to
each of our newborn babies in Christ (Col. 3:16). No one
comes as a Pastor or a Prophet or any of those gifts of the
Spirit in his or her life. The infilling will be given when they
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stay in Christ, the deal is that, stay here until you will
receive.

Don’t expect them to sing when they are empty, they will
not prophesy for they are empty. Do not push them into a
one or two hours prayer, they are empty, remember you
cannot give what you don’t have, first you receive and then
give out.

(G) Darkness: The dark, darkness Fig: Misery,


destruction, death Ignorance,
sorrow, wickedness Dark (ness)
night, obscurity

One of the first things God told Paul to do in the lives of


the gentiles was to open their eyes to see the light of God.
The scripture in (Matt. 11:28-29) show us the condition of
a person who comes to God, the above words describe well
the very state of a new comer in Christ and what should be
dealt with immediately in that person’s life.

Another good word Jesus said was that ‘the Sick person seeks
the Doctor’. That very word implies that those who come to
Christ are the people who need help and protection, there
is need to open people’s eyes in the Church and this is one
of the first things that are needed to be done to them for
they come with all their ignorance full of sorrow and misery.
Wickedness is also expected in them and all the works of
the kingdom of darkness on this first day.

Isiah 9:1-2 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such


as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly
afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way
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people that walked in darkness have seen a great light:
they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon
them hath the light shined.

(H) Face means: To turn, appear, look,


countenance Forefront (part)
presence e.t.c

The scripture is true here that the Lord looks at the heart
not at the body as do human beings. What human beings do
is to judge the outside of a person but the fact stands that
the real and true man is not seen and if we want to know
what that person is, we have to go to their spirit.

What we see in a newborn person in Christ are their sins.


Sins are evident of the new believer but we should not
emphasize on what we see on the external, let us see the
inner man, the newborn spirit.

(2 Cor. 5:17) when a person comes to God we expect them


to turn to the truth and their faces will change to the true
image and likeness of God.

(I) Deep: An Abyss (as a surging mass of water)


Especially the deep (the main sea or
subterranean water supply:
deep (place) depth.

I love the word of the Lord which says “deep calls deep”. In
everyone’s life there is a place called deep, a place where
God keeps his mysteries. Mysteries are kept in a far place
where people don’t just see and when a person grows in
the Lord these mysteries come into reality and these are
the Ministries and Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Failing to see
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kingdom. Take time to dig deep inside that life, you will find
treasures hidden in there.

And the spirit of God walked upon the face of the waters,
(waters not water): (Prov. 25:1& Ps. 44:9)

It is good to major on majors when it comes to the growth of


the Church, the infilling of the Holy Spirit is very foundational
in the Church’s life. It is the Spirit of God who will whisper
individual’s life to bring change, to divide and to separate
things. It is very important that every one be overshadowed
by the Spirit of God in order that life is given.

Zechariah 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me,


saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel,
saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,
saith the LORD of hosts.
(Acts 1:8, Luke 24:49)

(J) LET THERE BE LIGHT:


2 Corithians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light
to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts,
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Jesus Christ.
(Jn. 1:4-9; 3:19-21)

It is God, by the power of the Holy Spirit, who commands


light into darkness, no else one will be able to do that. It is
only God who does that and this comes when a person allows
the Holy Spirit to dwell in his or her life. When the Spirit
overshadows, then God commands LIGHT into darkness. So
we ougth to do one thing into a sinner’s life, and that is; to
bring the knowledge of the Spirit into his/her life and then
the Lord himself will speak light into them.

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Sometimes we seem to be so hard on people because we want
them to walk in the light of God’s word, but we ought always
to put our emphasis on the in filling of the Holy Spirit. When
he (the Holy Spirit) comes in them, he will bring that light, the
change that we want to see in the people we are shepherding,
because it is the flock of God and he knows it more and better
than we do. John 10 is the scripture to read here.

(K) Day: An open mind to understand the will and


purpose of God

(Acts 26: 14-18)


The devil doesn’t want to see us understand the will of God in
our lives. And it is true that once we fail to understand the will
of God, we will do our own will or the Devil’s will. Therefore
opening our eyes brings a new day and a day of purpose to fulfill
the will of God. Day means that one sees what to do and that
is the will of God.

The simplicity of this message is given by the Evangelist.

How many times has the Church (Saints) wondered without


understanding the will of God? How many times have we failed
to do what we are supposed to do because we don’t know what
should be done? How many times do people sit down to read
and learn the word and leave without a word? The day which is
the enlightenment to the people of God must come to let God’s
people know what they have to know and do. (Eph. 1:17-18)

(L) Night: Obadiah 1:5


Job 36:20 “Desire not the night, when people
are cut off in their place”.

1Thessalonians 5:5 “Ye are all the children of light, and the
children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness”.
Doing wrong thinking that none sees or understands. Jesus is
telling his disciples to walk when it is still day, the night will
come when no person will do anything, it is only the ungodly
things that are done in the night, In this world, there are
people who speak or do things as though none is seeing
them. These people are called scorners in the scriptures for
they speak awful words against God, it is as though they will
not die and leave this world.

Under this ministry people are told to walk when it is still


day.

(Ps. 1:1, 73:3-12; 1 Jn. 2:15-17) so, the righteous person


should strive much to fight the desires of this world.

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The Evangelist and the
gifts of the Holy Spirit
Miracles, Healing, Faith and Knowledge and Faith

The Evangelistic minister stands with qualities that will


help us to distinguish him with other ministers of the gospel
whom he works with and we call this the gifts of the Holy
Spirit. These are the gifts that help you know who is an
evangelist.

An Evangelist is a miracle worker, he is a healing minister


of the gospel, he obtains faith and knowledge to help him
do this work and these miracles/healings help him to bring
sinners into the kingdom of God, they help a sinner to believe
that there is God, they (miracles) stand as motivators to the
nonbelievers and this doesn’t mean that this person will
be sustained and maintained on or with miracles, when
he or she is done with this level then they are taken to
another level where they find the teaching ministry to bring
principles into their lives and this is very important that
Saints should stop living by miracles (persuasion) and start
living by the word (principles).

(Joshua 1 & Psalms 1)


Evangelists don’t do pastoral work as senior ministers of the
Church, though they have to operate under the spirit of a
shepherd in their work as evangelists. The reason is that if
they pastor a Church, they will keep the Church in childhood
without growth; their ability is to bring sinners into the
kingdom and leave other things to the other ministers in
the Body.

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The summary of the evangelistic ministry
He makes the beginning of everyone who comes to God, he
reminds a sinner that there is God who created all living
things here on earth and he ought to be obeyed always,
he as a preacher by the power to create, he makes people
to throw away their sins because of God, The evangelist
tells the people the purpose of their creation here on earth,
to fear and love God because though they have been on
earth one day they will face heaven where they came from
and where they have been getting their sustainance, the
evangelists though very powerful in the Lord bring those
souls when they are empty (without form and Void), the
evangelist will bring them with their darkness over their lives
which is their face and the deep where Godly treasures are
reserved in man, the evangelistic work in the kingdom stops
at this juncture and the teacher or the teaching ministry
takes over on the second day.

With all due respect to the other ministers in the fivefold


ministry, the Apostles, Evangelists, Teachers and Prophets
they all submit to the pastoral ministry to shepherd them.

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Second Day

The Teaching Ministry


Firmament
Waters
From Waters
The teacher and the gift of the Holy Spirit
Summary of the Teaching Ministry
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THE TEACHING Ministry

Definition: The word Teacher in Greek means to diligently


instruct, to learn, and to give skill to someone; to teach and
it means a teacher. So a teacher is one who points out by
finger, directs, informs, instructs, shoots as an archer and
shows by teaching the ways of God. His teaching flows like
water and comes down like rain he skillfully instructs and
causes others to learn by his words.

There are four Lessons in (vs. 6-8) and these will help us to
know the work a teacher does in our lives and to the Church
as a whole.
(a) Farmament (b) Waters (c) From Waters

(A) Firmament: An expanse i.e. the firmament or


(apparently) Visible arch of
the sky, Separate into, (Division) this
stands for separation between Saints and
sinners,

There must be a difference between those who love God


and those who do not.
Firmament works as a devider between ignorance and
knowledge in God.

There must be a difference between heaven (where God


dwells)and earth (where we have our dwelling). We must
know very well what we get from there and must know
what we have in this world. It is very good to understand
that, that area called firmament works a lot for our victory
or failure in life.

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2 Chronicacles 7:13-14 “If I shut up heaven that there be
no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land,
or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people,
which are called by my name, shall humble themselves,
and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked
ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall
be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is
made in this place.”

In the spiritual realm (spiritual world) there are so many


things done and it is the responsibility of a person to stand
and clear that space called the heavens. Read (1 Cor.
10:3-6) and (Eph. 6:10-18; Dan. 10:12-13)

Teaching ministry comes in, on the second day to bring a


separation between those who love the Lord and those who
do not, walking in the light will help us to tell the ungodly
that we are different from them and that we have different
rules and guidelines that guides our lives, Our principles and
destinies also are totally different from theirs. The whole
issue here is that there must be a difference between those
who fear the Lord and those who don’t.

2Timothy 2:15: Study to shew thyself approved unto


God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth.
Waters from above are the words of the Lord that enable
us to sow the seed of the word and wait for the fruits that
will come.
Waters under are worldly words of men and Satan, words
we should’nt be bothered with in life.

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People, Nations and Tongues
(B) Waters: Nations (Rev. 17:15) of the earth
Restlessness, under – currents, cross-currents
(Jer. 47:1-3, 46:7, 8; Is: 8:7, 17:13)

There are so many words today in the world but God gives
only a word not words and we ought to listen to it alone.

Is 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the


arm of the LORD revealed?

It is of a great value for a believer to know that he is not the


only person in the world; the world is full of other people
who must know and do the will of God. (Acts 2:38-39; Jn
17:20)

Eternal life through Christ


(C) From waters: (Jn. 4:13, 14:7:37-39; Rev. 21:6,
Rev. 22:17)
The Holy Spirit flowing
(Jn. 7:37-39, Matt 3:11-16)
Water is the word of God (Eph. 5:27)

The world must have people whose purpose in the world is


to reflect the will and purpose of God in their lives; they
have to be epistles of the Lord here on earth. 2Cor 3:1-8
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as
some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of
commendation from you?

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The Teacher and the gifts
of the Holy Spirit
Wisdom, Knowledge and Discerning of spirits

These are gifts that help this minister to move in the way
that God wants him to. Wisdom and Knowledge help him to
illuminate the word of the Lord and because he is a teacher,
discerning spirits will help him to teach the sound doctrine
according to word of the Lord. He needs the leading of
the Spirit that he may discern which spirit is at work in his
life or in the lives of the upcoming ministers in that same
ministry.

These are the gifts that follow the ministry of a Teacher. With
these gifts he will be able to bring the full understanding
of the word of the Lord to the people of God. He operates
under this grace he doesn’t operate in miracles though
he may be used when need rises, more especially when a
person in that office is not available.

Because he is a Logos minister, he doesn’t take the seniority


of the Church. He must also be under the pastor. Why?
Because when this minister (teacher) stands to be a senior
minister of the Church; that Church will be a head knowledge
Church without applications of the words he (teacher) gives
to the Church.

Malachi 3:16-18: Then they that feared the LORD spake


often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and
heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before
him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought
upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the LORD

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of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and
I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that
serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between
the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth
God and him that serveth him not.

The summary of the Teaching ministry

Teaching ministry brings Light to the Body of Christ and to


the believers individually. The significance of the Day is
to see things in the light of God’s will. He (the teacher)
helps people to distinguish between good and bad, he helps
believers not to do things when they think that God doesn’t
see or know what they are doing as though it is night. He
will always tell them to keep their heavens open for God to
keep in touch with them. In order for this to happen. God
sets foundations which are called principles, as recorded in
Hebrews 6. That is the work of the teaching ministry in the
body.
After the Teaching ministry comes the apostolic ministry.

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Third Day

The Apostolic Ministry


Dry land appear
Called He seas
Let the earth bring forth
The fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind
whose seed is in its self
Upon the earth
The Apostle and the gift of the Holy Spirit
Summary of the Apostolic Ministry
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THE APOSTOLIC Ministry
The original word for the apostle here means one who is sent
forth, a sent one. One who is commissioned and authorized
by another to represent another and carry out his will.

Essentials about an Apostle

He has Spiritual authority with sound doctrine and he does


this with Humility and Patience.

He founds and establishes churches with the ability to preach


and teach. His preaching and teaching will be followed by
miracles and signs and other miraculous events.

He ordains and appoints ministers; he prays for others to


receive the Holy Spirit. - The apostles Peter and John to the
Samarian Church that Saints would receive the Holy Spirit.
(Acts 8:14-17)

He holds the vision for the whole Body of Christ and he


suffers for the church. (I Cor. 7:17 & II Cor. 11:28).

Seven lessons are to be given here in (vs. 9-13) to let you


know what the apostolic ministry does in our lives and in
the Body of Christ.

Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read


of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared
to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not
with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in
tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. And
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we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of
ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new


testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the
letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. But if the
ministration of death, written and engraven in stones,
was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not
stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his
countenance; which glory was to be done away: How shall
not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

There must be people who get their flow from heaven


when the world goes on to stagger. (Ps. 46:1-5 Zeph. 3:13)
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies;
neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for
they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make [them]
afraid.

(A) Dry land appear:

Dry land stands for your stability in the ways of the Lord
and the things that the Lord has planned for you to do in
this life, failing to know what you have to do will cause
you to always try and fail, it will also cause you to live an
unplanned life and this will result into fruitlessness in the
kingdom of God.

There must be a place/Rock on which we stand to do


God’s will/Purpose

Psalm 40:3 “He brought me up also out of an horrible


pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock,
and established my goings”.

I Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual


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drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed
them: and that Rock was Christ.

The Apostolic ministry ministers stability (dry land/rock) to


the body of Christ.

(B) CALLED HE SEAS: Planet Earth,

Acts 1:8 “Jerusalem, Judea Samaria and uttermost parts


of the earth”.

The Apostolic Ministry has its ground in the word (great


commission in (Matt 28:18-20). The assignment is to go
to the whole world and preach the good news. Though this
minister goes out as the sent one of the Lord, he is also
a father to other ministers, the upcoming ministers. The
Apostolic minister is the most fruit bearing minister among
all ministers indicated in the scripture. Though each minister
stands the responsibility to raise another minister to come
after him as a successor, the apostolic minister is the most
fruit bearing minister among the ministers indicated in the
scriptures.

The Apostolic minister goes into the nations of the earth:

Acts 17:26: And hath made of one blood all nations of


men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath
determined the times before appointed, and the bounds
of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if
haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he
be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and
move, and have our being; as certain also of your own
poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Forasmuch
then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to
think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or
stone, graven by art and man’s device.
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(C) LET THE EARTH BRING FORTH: Invention in the
hearts of men is found right here. Here is where and when
men bring out things which are not Godly at all.

2Chronicles 26:15: And he made in Jerusalem engines,


invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon
the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal.
And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously
helped, till he was strong.

Amos 6:5: That chant to the sound of the viol, [and]


invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

Note: this word like shows us that it wasn’t the real thing
of David but it looked like that of David. Many of the things
that divert us from the will of the father are the things that
look like our father’s things but when they are not.

2Corinthians 11:14: And no marvel; for Satan himself is


transformed into an angel of light.

Grass – Life is measured and must be calculated for, it is very


important to know that as a human being you do have few
days on earth to live and do your God given work, knowing
that you do have a limited time here on earth will help you
do all things under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
(Gal. 5:16-18)

Psalms 39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the


measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how
frail I [am].

Psalms 90:10-12: The days of our years are threescore


years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be
fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow;

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for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.Who knoweth the
power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy
wrath. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply
our hearts unto wisdom.

Isaiah 40:6-8: The voice said, Cry. And he said, What


shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness
thereof [is] as the flower of the field: The grass
withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the
LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is] grass. The
grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our
God shall stand for ever.
(Jam. 1:10 -11 and 1Pet. 1:24)

The herb yielding fruit: this is the Lord’s will that everyone
of us brings fruit. It is very good to know that we reflect
After God and that we show exactly who you.

There should come a generation after you

John 15:8, 27: Herein is my Father glorified, that ye


bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. And ye also
shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from
the beginning.
Note: These are very important scriptures to help you know
exactly the personality you are representing.

Matthew 3:10: And now also the axe is laid unto the root
of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not
forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 7:17-19: Even so every good tree bringeth


forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil
fruit.A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither

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[can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree
that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and
cast into the fire.
Matthew 12:33: Either make the tree good, and his
fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit
corrupt: for the tree is known by [his] fruit.

Isaiah 5:1-7: Now will I sing to my well beloved a song


of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved
hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it,
and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with
the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it,
and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that
it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild
grapes. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of
Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that


I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it
should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard:
I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten
up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be
trodden down: And I will lay it waste: it shall not be
pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and
thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no
rain upon it. For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the
house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant:
and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for
righteousness, but behold a cry.

Keep it in mind that the Lord will one day come for our
fruits, bear fruit in due times so that when he comes, we
will not find ourselves guilty. When we read the book of
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in the body of Christ we fellowship with and sometimes
minister to them yet there are no fruits on their trees.

Jude 1:12: These are spots in your feasts of charity,


when they feast with you, feeding themselves without
fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of
winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice
dead, plucked up by the roots;

Revelation 7:3, 8:7: Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither


the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of
our God in their foreheads. The first angel sounded, and
there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they
were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was
burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

To my understanding, according to the scripture in Luke


13, three to four years will be enough to make someone
mature in the Lord. Christ spent three and half years with
his disciples but he was able to entrust them with the work
of the Church.

Luke 13: 6-9 He spake also this parable; A certain man


had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and
sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto
the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I
come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it
down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said
unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig
about it, and dung it And if it bear fruit, well : and if not,
then after that thou shalt cut it down.
(Jer. 17:7-8; Ps. 1:1)

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(d) Upon the Earth

The world needs people to set a dry ground so clear that


stability will come to the world of the living. {Let the dry
land appear; here is the work of an apostle}. The Apostles
stands as the spiritual father to the children of God in the
Church; to bring them up, nurture them and give them
places in which they must stand to do the will of their God
after they’ve grown up in God.

1 Thessalonians 2:4-7 But as we were allowed of God


to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak;
not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye
know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: Nor of
men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others,
when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles
of Christ. But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse
cherisheth her children: So being affectionately desirous
of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not
the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because
ye were dear unto us.

The apostle raises leaders in the Church (putting elders in


the Church). He doesn’t import them, he raises them and
then puts them into places of work. This is because his eyes
are targeting the whole world with the idea of planting
Churches. (People, Nations and Tongues) (Acts 1:8) because
of this great work he is entrusted with the following gifts;

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The Apostle and the gifts
of the Holy Spirit
The Gifts of Faith, Miracles and Healing, Prophecy and
Knowledge, Wisdom and Speaking in other tongues and
Interpretation of tongues and the discernment of spirits.

All these gifts will be given to him because he is a ministers’


raiser, the father of ministers in the Lord. He gives what he
owns to those who do not have (remember that you can’t
give what you don’t have). He must have these gifts with
him.

Very different with the first two ministers, this minister


pastors a Church but just for a period of time given by
the Lord and he is the only minister that can touch all the
other ministries. Being an Apostle, he is sent to start a new
work somewhere; when he gets there, he Evangelizes and
therefter pastors that Church which he will have raised
from evangelism. He teaches and when the need rises to
Prophesy to the Church, he is there to do that for that new
born Church.

The time this apostle will spend doing this work will depend
on how fast he will raise up ministers in that Church, but
it can take three to five years. He does not remain in this
pastoral office when the owners of the office come/grow.
Pastoral work was given only to pastors in that office. If
they remain in that office, they will make all people to be
ministers no matter how failing this Church will be in other
aspects of life.

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The summary of the apostolic ministry

The apostle sees wider and beyond other ministers. When it


comes to people, he sees them as waters; his heart stands
to see that they are reached with the love of God before
they are poured out (killed). He will help believers to keep
their words seasoned with salt to speak not as the world
speaks, (that in many words they will speak the Word). He
will cause the Dry land to appear by showing each believer
what they have to do in this world and their positions in
ministry; this is what it means to be a spiritual father. He will
always, as an apostle, see the need of the Church worldwide
not locally (called He sea). He deals with carnality which
is called earth that brings forth grass (shortened years),
he also reminds believers that whatever they have to do
will be done here on this earth not in heaven, because in
heaven there will be no work, it will be worshipping God
only, ministries will stop here.

When this minister on this day is done , he then sends them


to the fourth day where they will be told when and how to
do their God given work.

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Fourth Day

The Prophectic Ministry

The light, Sun, Moon and the Stars


Light
The Prophet and the gifts of the Holy Spirit
Summary of the Prophetic Ministry
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the Prophetic Ministry
Definition: To foretell events, it is divine speaking under
inspiration, to proclaim a divine revelation, prophecy; to
break forth under sudden impulse in lofty discourse or in
praise of divine counsel.

Amos 3:7-9: Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he


revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The
lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath
spoken, who can but prophesy? Publish in the palaces at
Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say,
Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and
behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the
oppressed in the midst thereof.

Ephesians 2:20: And are built upon the foundation of the


apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief
corner [stone];

2Peter 3:2: That ye may be mindful of the words which


were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the
commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

It is the plan of our father that his word will be given to his
people every time he needs to speak to them and the only
way to that is and will be through the prophetic ministry,
shewbread as it was in the O.T It represents the prophetic
word which word must come in those bold occasions;
(1Chron. 9:32) every Sabbath.

2Chronicles 8:13: Even after a certain rate every day,


offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the
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three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened
bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of
tabernacles.

In Genesis 1: 14 we find, Day, Night, Signs, Seasons,


And Days, Years, That’s 12 - 24 hours, Weeks,
Months and year/s 365/366

God wants to talk to you in your day or days and throughout


seasons and years if you open your mind/ear to listen to
him.

Psalms 39:4-6: LORD, make me to know mine end, and


the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how
frail I am.

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and


mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at
his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. Surely every man
walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain:
he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather
them.

In Job 33:14-17 we find six diverse ways of God’s speaking


here in this scripture and all these are to help man not to
sin against his God.

1. In dream of the night


2. In trances
3. In deep sleep
4. The audible voice
5. The inner voice
6. Teaching or instructions

Job 33:12-18 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will


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answer thee, that God is greater than man. Why dost
thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of
any of his matters. For God speaketh once, yea twice,
yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the
night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings
upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and
sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man
from his purpose, and hide pride from man. He keepeth
back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by
the sword.

One of the reasons why sin is kept in the Church today is


that there is no one to talk about it prophetically as it was
in the case of the early Church, Acts Chap 5 gives us the
whole account of Ananias and Sapphira who died under the
prophetic word from the mouth of Apostle Peter.

The reason why so many people are seated in Church without


serving their God is that there is no one showing them where
to go and what they ought to do and when to do it,
(Acts 13:1-5)

There must be prophets and prophecies in the Church today


if the Church is to walk in the way that the Lord wants her to
take. Moving without this prophetic ministry in the Church
means that the Church is moving by its power and ability
which is not God himself leading the Church. Prophets are
the mouthpiece of God helping people to know exactly what
they ought to do and when to do it.

Remember he said that, “I will build my Church”. The


Church belongs to God and he is the one to build it through
people (ministers). (Matt. 16:18)

Jeremiah 23:15-18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts


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concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with
wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for
from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth
into all the land. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken
not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto
you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their
own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. They
say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said,
Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that
walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil
shall come upon you. For who hath stood in the counsel
of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word?
who hath marked his word, and heard it ?

Prophets are supposed to sit under the counsel of the


almighty God to bring Godly counsel to the ears of men.
Therefore when prophets are missing, people will not hear
from their father who is in heaven.

Jer. 23:20-23: I have not sent these prophets, yet they


ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my
people to hear my words, then they should have turned
them from their evil way, and from the evil of their
doings. Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a
God afar off?

Here are the three lessons we need to know in (vs.14-19)


about the ministry of a prophet to an individual and to the
body of Christ. (a)The lights, (b)Light, (c)Darkness

(A) The lights: Sun = Christ the Greater light


Moon = Church the lesser light
Stars = Individual Saints the other
lights

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It is very important for every minister to know that he
should not do what he wants to do, but that he should do
the will of him who sent him (the minister) to be a minister.
This will help them walk and do right when they have heard
from their master and it will help the Church not to walk
blindly. It is the purpose of God that they walk in the light
of God. It is very important to know that these lights are
supposed to rule over the world (sin).

John 12:49: For I have not spoken of myself; but the


Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what
I should say, and what I should speak.

John 17:18: As thou hast sent me into the world, even so


have I also sent them into the world.

1Corinthians 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but


to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the
cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

It is God the father, the head of Christ, who directs these


lights and failing to be in touch with him means that your
light will have no effect at all in and to the world.
(I Cor. 11:3)

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with
whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Christ brought light into darkness and this light shines into
the world for all sinners.

Matthew 4:16: The people which sat in darkness saw

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great light; and to them which sat in the region and
shadow of death light is sprung up.

John 1:4-5: In him was life; and the life was the light of
men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness
comprehended it not.

In the same manner Saints are supposed to be shinning into


darkness, mostly, and the prophet shines by bringing pure
knowledge and understanding to the body of Christ by the
Rhema word of God.

Matthew 5:14-16 Ye are the light of the world. A city


that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light
a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick;
and it giveth light unto all that are in the house; Let
your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 6:22-23 The light of the body is the eye: if


therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be
full of light; But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body
shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in
thee be darkness, how great [is] that darkness!

As the Body of Christ (Church), we should shine as well as


the individual Saints; it is the responsibility of the Moon
and stars to shine into the darkness. We shine from above
not beneath, the Church must be above in order to shine
into darkness and it is very important to know that Christ
shines but the Church also ought to do the same thing and
not only the Church but even the individual Saints. It is your
obligation to shine into the darkness, that it is, not only
Christ is supposed to shine.

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Matthew 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it
under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light
unto all that are in the house.

(B) Light: Symbol of God, of Christ, of the Church


(1 Jn. 1:5, Jam. 1:17 Ps. 104:2
Eph. 5:14, 1 Pet. 2:9 Matt. 5:14)

Ezekiel 32:8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make


dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith
the Lord GOD.

It is real hard and bad when you face times of darkness


when the Godhead stops to give you light and the same
applies when the Church faces the same thing.

John 20:21-23 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be


unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I
you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them ,
and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose
soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and
whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

(C) Darkness: Symbol of ignorance, blindness sorrow


and distress
(Ex. 10:21-23, Jn. 8:12, 1:5, 1 Jn. 2:8
Eph. 5: 8-11, Job 18:18
1Thess. 5:4-5; Col. 1:13, 1 Jn. 2:11)

Ephesians 5:8, 11; 6:12: For ye were sometimes darkness,


but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of
light: And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove [them]. For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
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Revelation 16:10: And the fifth angel poured out his vial
upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of
darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

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Prophets and the gifts
of the Holy Spirit
Prophecy, Discernment of spirits and Faith
Speaking in tongues and interpreting them.

Prophets speak forth and fore things to the Church and to


the believers individually to help them know what happened
before or what will come after. This ministry helps us the
Church and the Nation not to walk blind. When we search
out in the bible about this ministry we will find what I say.
This ministry will help us to know our tomorrow and how to
go about it; what is to there and how to do it, when to start
and end that thing precisely.

This ministry also is not a miracle working ministry though


God can use them in that line and they are not pastors as
it has been given to you already, if at all they stand in the
office of a pastor they will keep people/the Church in hyper
life without proper balance of our Christian life, God hates
imbalance in the Church. (Prov. 11:1)

Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from
ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying,
My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

The summary of the prophetic ministry

The prophet is the light giver in all ministries and the way
he gives his light is in the way he speaks a now-word to
the people that are listening and apart from the second
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ministration goes beyond a personal level and reaches the
body of Christ as far as the now-word is concerned but the
main reason of his ministry is to tell believers what their
work is in the Lord and when to do it. He tells them when
and where to start the work they have been given. By doing
this the prophetic ministry will help people stop going out
into ministry when they have not been sent by the Church/
elders which causes darkness doing things thinking that no
one sees or knows what you are doing.

And from here establishment and settlement will be given


on the following day.

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Fifth Day

The Pastoral Ministry


Fowl
Whale
The Pastor and the gifts of the Holy Spirit
Summary of the Pastoral Ministry
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the Pastoral Ministry
The word Pastor originally means: One who tends a flock,
pastures, grazes, feeds, herds, rules and shepherds sheep.
(Lk. 12:42-53; Mk. 13:34-37)

Fowls and Whales are the lesson we will get to know from
this pastoral ministry in the Church and in the individual
believer in Christ.
It is in (vs. 20-23.)

To get the perfect view of the ministry of a pastor you


meditatively read (Ps. 23) but what I will do is underline
some of the major roles that the pastor plays in our lives.

Psalms 23:1-6 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.


He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth
me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he
leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s
sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow
of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy
rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a
table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou
anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely
goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my
life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

As the world goes on to stagger, Saints should be strong


enough to go forth with their faith in the Lord. What the
pastor does is to feed the flock, lead them well, restore
those who have faced troubles, and lead them again. He
gives them a righteous way to walk in, uses the rod to fight
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pits of life. And with all that he gives them comfort, and
makes sure that judgment is made between them and their
enemies (Satan). He makes sure that no burden will be upon
them and by the anointing, he will break those burdens from
them. With this they will be assured of their inheritance in
heaven forever.

The Pastoral Ministry is not a miracle working ministry


though God may use the pastor to operate in that line.

V 20- 21:
(Mathew 20:16) few are chosen
(Mathew 25:32-33) Goats and sheep are
separated
(Leviticus 11: 1-47) Clean and unclean
creatures

(A) Fowl: Symbol of spirits, either evil or good


(Rev. 18:2, Mk. 4:26-29,32)

It is godly that every person flies in the Lord and is above


all the enemies of life and the picture of God bringing his
people from Egypt is given as an Eagle carrying them.

Exodus 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians,


and [how] I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you
unto myself.

Deuteronomy 32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest,


fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings,
taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

Ruth 2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full


reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under
whose wings thou art come to trust.

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Saints must fly in the Lord above their enemies and above
the ways of the world. The pastor will help the believer to
fly to the Holy of Holies. He makes sure that the wings of
those he shepherds are free to fly and to go wherever the
lord wants them. Because pastors are the last ministers of
the truth, there will be no spiritual time of waiting that
they will tell you when to be ready for death if it is your
time. They will not entertain you with simple words that
will not push you into your next level of maturity. These are
the people to tell you your sin but with love, to help you
pass the veil to the resting day of maturity.

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall
renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings
as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they
shall walk, and not faint.

So as it is in the spiritual world to those who fear and love


the Lord, so is it to the side of the devil; He flies and his
demons too, they feast on the dead (spiritually they torment
those who have lost their relationship with the Lord) and on
the leftovers. This is unbiblical. The word is given us today
as our daily bread. Matthew 6:11 “Give us this day our
daily bread”.

Ezekiel 39:17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord
GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every
beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come;
gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I
do sacrifice for you, [even] a great sacrifice upon the
mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink
blood.

Daniel 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a


leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a

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fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was
given to it.

Isaiah 18:6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of


the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the
fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the
earth shall winter upon them.

(B) Whale: Instability (Ez. 32:2; Job. 7:12


and Matt. 12:40)

There is a lot of insecurity in this world. Every person lives


in fear for what will come tomorrow. The fear of tomorrow
has become another big problem to the world today and
this has caused the stand-still of the body of Christ. The
Spiritual significance of a whale in the Bible is trouble. The
whale creates fear that life has ended, it has the ability to
swallow life.

Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three


nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be
three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Stability to the body of Christ will come only when true


pastors stand to minister to the body. (Psalms 23) will bring
the full meaning of what we need here. As many as they will
come in the world, whales must leave the Church (believers)
stable and strong enough. His (the pastor’s)work is to see
that beasts are kept away from the believer. However much
they come, he will be able to keep them out.

The very reason why pastors are given the gift of wisdom
is that they are supposed to see things before being told.
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handover the house to the owner (God). They must make
sure that everything is in the line as it is supposed to be.
They take it to be a point to see that there is no ungodly fowl
in the Church or Whale to cause instability in the Church.

The Pastor, like any other ministers has his operational gifts
from the Holy Spirit.

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THE Pastor and the gifts of
the Holy Spirit
Wisdom, Knowledge and Discerning of spirits

These are the gifts that help this ministry to move in the way
that God wants it to. Wisdom and Knowledge help pastors to
be able to discover things before they tell them of anything
and before it happens to the flock of God. Because a pastor
is a shepherd. Discerning of spirits will help him protect
the flock as he leads and tends it. With those gifts, he will
be able to push people into the Holy of Holies where they
belong.

This is what he must keep in his mind, that he doesn’t


have anything to do in the kingdom of God if the first four
ministers are not in place, i.e the evangelist goes in the field
to bring souls, the teacher washes them with the word to
help them enter into the Holy Place and the apostle raises
them to stand in their places of work in order to become
profitable to the kingdom of God. Understanding when and
how to do things will come from the prophet and the pastor
stands on the door and makes sure that goes to the Holy of
Holies and these Saints enter.

Summary of the ministry of a pastor


Pastors bring solidity to the Church and to the Individual
believers. As spiritual Fowls and through this minister, we
will fly only when we go higher in the Lord. We wont fly if we
want to skip God’s step of life while we search for our own
desires in life. A true pastor will enable believers to wait
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instability will be caused by the spiritual Whales, with his
(pastors) sharp eye, he will be able to discern the situation
and then keep the flock safe. He is the only minister in the
Body of Christ who can help and save the Church from being
taken by the powers of the Cattle (the lust of the Eyes, the
lust of the flesh and the Pride of life) under the power of
his gifts.

After this pastoral ministry the checking and searching will


come on the sixth day

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Sixth Day

Godhead Touch

The FIVE ‘I WILL(S)’ of the devil


The spiritual meaning of the Sixth Day
The sixteen categories of beasts
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GODHEAD TOUCH

The sixth day comes when all the five ministers are done
with the believer’s life, there is a set time for everyone
of us, that the work of these five ministers will be done in
such and such a time and when it comes or when they are
done with you, they send you for the touch of the Godhead
to have your final touch. He (God) is supposed to check and
see if there is any ungodly beast or fowl in the believer,
Christian life is symbolized with an Eagle; to fly higher in
the Lord by waiting upon the Lord, to a Lion; to rule the
enemy the devil with the Lord, to a sheep; to be obedient
to their master Jesus, to trees; to bear fruits for the Lord
as it is in (Gal. 5:22). It is only God that can fight these
ungodly beasts in the life of a believer. Is. 40:31; Jn. 10.

On this sixth day, we find people we take to be grown up


people in the Lord, people we take to be our examples in
the Lord more especially Leaders of Churches where we
fellowship from, these are the Bishops, the Pastors as we
call them and many other ministers in the Body of Christ.
These are the people we think that in case they die, they
just directly go to heaven because we know them as holy
people of God. With this being true to us, to God it looks
different and heaven will not be simply granted unto them
(to us). It takes God’s time to check and see if you’ve
come alone, not you and another ungodly beast or fowl with
you.

BEAST – Literally, an animal; figuratively, a symbol, often


prophetic. The word “Beast” is used literally in three ways
in the Bible: (1) any animal CLEAN and UNCLEAN (Gen. 6:7;
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domesticated animals (Gen. 1:24; 2:20; Ex. 19:13).
As a prophetic symbol, the word is used especially in the
Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation. The four beasts
of Daniel symbolize four cruel, tyrannical governments:
(1) a lion (Babylon) (2) a bear (Medo-Persia); (3) a leopard
(Greece); and (4) a dread and terrible beast (Rome); (Dan.
7:3-7). In the Book of revelation, two beasts are described
in detail: the beasts of Daniel (Rev. 13:1-10), and the beast
from the land (Rev. 13:11-18). Apparently, these two beats
symbolize political and religious power respectively.
In John’s day, at the time when he wrote the Book of
Revelation, the two “beasts” that opposed and persecuted
the Church were the Roman Empire (the political “beast from
the sea”). Together with the Dragon (Satan), they formed
an unholy trinity that tried to destroy God’s people.
The Bible often uses the word beast in other symbolical or
figurative ways. For instance the psalmist wrote “I was as
a beast before thee.” (Ps. 73:22) referring to his foolish
behavior. The apostle wrote, “I have fought with beasts at
Ephesus” (1Cor. 15:32) – a metaphor for the enemies who
fought ferociously against him and the gospel of Christ that
he preached.

Although we will see sixteen kinds of these creatures in the


Bible, these creatures fall in three categories.
We all have to be very aware of them as we proceed to our
seventh day;
1. The lust of the eyes - Soul
2. The Lust of the flesh and - Body
3. The pride of Life - Spirit
Every believer is tested in these three areas. Jesus is our
perfect example and He was tested as well in these same
areas and manner as we:

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a. Spirit - tempted to worship Satan.
b. Soul - tempted to presume upon God’s
preserving power.
c. Body - tempted to satisfy a normal human bodily
appetite by the use of miracle power.
(Matt. 4:1-11).

TEMPTATION: THE TWO ADAMS CONTRASTED


1Jn 2:16 Gen3:6 Luke 4:1-13
“The lust of “The tree “Command this stone
the flesh” was good” to become bread”
“The lust of “it was pleasant

“the devil showed him
the eyes” to the eyes” all the kingdoms”
“The pride “a tree desirable “throw Yourself down
of life” to make one wise” from here”

All the sixteen kinds are found in these three and to know
them will be very easy, we only need to follow the steps of
growth through the ministers of the way.

Genesis 1:24 More creatures after their kind


And creeping things and beasts of
The earth after their kind

Every day and Every night, there are many things that are
coming into this world with the purpose of challenging
our minds, trying to change and divert us from the real
purpose and will of God. They are innumerable; they come
slowly (creeping) reaching where you are going, but they
are coming and some are powerful, speedy and territorial
(beasts) and they are all working under the influence of this
world.

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1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things
that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love
of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he
that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Study the lives of these beasts that we have in our Bibles


Ask Beasts and they shall teach thee
And the fowls – and they shall tell thee
Speak to the earth – and it shall teach thee
Fishes - shall declare unto thee

Beasts, fowls, fishes and Earth all have something to say


to mankind. The name that was given to each of them was
according to its nature.

Job. 12:6-9 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and


they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God
bringeth abundantly. But ask now the beasts, and they
shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall
tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee:
and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who
knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath
wrought this?

SIXTH DAY IS THE GODHEAD TOUCH


(Veil) (Ps. 26:1-3, 4-12)

This sixth day is a day of testing the work of the fivefold


ministers, working and ruling with God, self examining to
see if you’ve been established and matured in the Lord,
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retesting. In the sixth day we find the work of the beast but
not necessarily the Antichrist, there are many scriptures in
the Bible symbolizing us to beasts and I will lead you to
discover some of these scriptures and get to know why we
are likened to them and what kind of beast you are.

Jesus, our perfect example, faced this beastily nature but


overcame it.
Mark 1:3 And he was there in the wilderness forty days,
tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and
the angels ministered unto him

The Apostle Paul says to the Galatian and the Corinthian


Churches, “he fought the beast and with these two
witnesses”. We ought too as the Church of Christ in our
days to fight this beast.

Galatians 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another,


take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
1Corinthians 15:32 If after the manner of men I have
fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me,
.....
Acts 20:19. Apostle Peter also sees the same thing in the
Church and talks about it or warns the Church about it.

2Peter 2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made


to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that
they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their
own corruption; The warning goes on in Jude’s teaching
to the Church about these beasts that mix themselves
together with the Saints, the Church of Christ.
Jude 10 But these speak evil of those things which they
know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts,
in those things they corrupt themselves.

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The Old store (O.T) gives us a number of these examples.

Ecclesiastes 3:17-18 I said in mine heart, God shall judge


the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there
for every purpose and for every work. I said in mine
heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God
might manifest them, and that they might see that they
themselves are beasts. (Lev. 11:47; Deut. 14:4-21)

It is very important to know that there are two kingdoms


and two ruling beasts of the earth; amazingly they are
both Lions, though the Lion of Judah (Jesus) takes the full
authority over all the beasts and fowls of the earth and
those characteristics are seen in him.

Revelation 4:7 And the first beast [was] like a lion, (this
symbolizes the power to rule the world with the Lord) and
the second beast like a calf, (this symbolizes the sacrificial
life which Christ did for us on the cross, and we must also
give our lives to God sacrificially) and the third beast had
a face as a man, (this stands for the human life Jesus lived
here on earth and the life we have to live here on earth)
and the fourth beast [was] like a flying eagle. (A symbol
to fly away and to fly higher in the Lord) (Ps. 9:10, 40:42)

Remember that the Lion is the king of beasts, the Calf is the
king of domestic beasts; Man is the king of creation and the
Eagle is the king of birds, heavenliness.

Revelation 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep
not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of
David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the
seven seals thereof.

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another type of lion called the Devil and it also Roars for its
living and there are those who hear that voice. Some have
been scared and some trapped.

1Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary


the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom
he may devour:

Revelation 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto
a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and
his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave
him his power, and his seat, and great authority’s

Cattle: A Water Ox i.e. the (Hippopotamus) the word


Hippopotamus is a Greek word which is divided into two,
Hippos meaning water, and Potamus meaning horse,thus the
hippopotamus is the water horse and is also known as the
Nile horse (Heb: Behemoth)

As we read our Bibles we find the mentioning of the word


Cattle and we take it to mean Cows, which, though, is
partially true. When it comes to Cows, the Bible uses the
word Ox (en) to mean cow, but here when it talks about this
word cattle from the original Hebrew word (s), the Bible talks
about A water Ox or call it the Nile Horse (Hippopotamus).

The Hippopotamus is known to be a luxurious (Comfortable


life) animal in the world of animals. It is one animal that
spends its time in water and it is one animal that lives in
swampy places a symbol of heaviness and spiritual coldness.
Now when we talk about the spiritual significance of all this,
we find God’s word cautioning us about coldness. (Matt.
24:20; Rev. 3:15-16)

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mature one and it eats from 800 kg to a tone when it starts
to eat and this talks more of loving worldly things. It is very
regrettable that when it dies, they say it decays in only one
day.

It is thirteen feet long (symbol of rebellion) and five feet high


(symbol of grace) and its life span is fifty years. (Symbol of
the infilling of power). These are the people that take many
days seeking God and then in just a day because of the sins
they commit, they waste their anointing and because of
that, they keep on asking for more of God’s infilling of the
anointing)

THE 5 “I WILLS” OF THE DEVIL

We have to be very aware about the five: “I WILLS” OF THE


DEVIL, when we talk about the five feet high of this great
beast the Hippos. If the Church goes on to have one man
(one man’s rule) doing the work of the Church he or she will
be caught up with this spirit of pride called the “I WILL”.
I will do it takes over his or her life and the fall of that
minister will be inevitable, you can’t do it and you can’t do
it alone.

Isaiah 14:12-15 How art thou fallen from heaven, O


Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast
said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt
my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the
mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I
will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like
the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to
the sides of the pit.

Taking from the scripture, these are the 5 “I WILLS” of the


devil:
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1. I will ascend into heaven
2. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God
3. I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation
4. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds
5. I will be like the most High

The only way to fight these five I wills of the devil is by


allowing the fivefold ministry and the plurality of leadership
to be in the Church in our generations, because when you
read with meditation you will find how each minister faces
atleast one of these five I wills.

Following is that great scripture talking about behemoth


(hippos). Though am not fully able to give you the full work
of this beast, I ill give you some of its operations on earth in
those underlined sentences in (Job 40:15-24).
First of all, it behaves domestically because it eats the
same food (the word of God), but the difference here is
that it has no truth in it. Its father is the father of lies (John
8:44), it works for eating and filling its belly and its God is
its belly (Phil 3:19), they fights to see that it pulls many to
their purpose as did their master in heaven when he pulled
the angels of God from heaven they are persuasive in doing
things ( its tail), it is unchangeable and it sticks on the
ungodly things and it does them (its borne is like iron), it
is under the spirit of ruling (not leading) it is a chief not a
priest.

When a minister reaches this level it is only God on this very


day that can fight him or change him as he is the one who
made him.

These are the people who use others as a source of their


income/living; they bring them food, they are very secure in
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the people they have. When people go on giving out money,
give out amen (s), filling that building called “Church”,
those are the shadows covering them and bad enough this
minister will cause people to cease growing in the Lord
because he dries the rivers of God’s people, I will talk about
these rivers in the seventh day. Do you know what he does?
He drinks up their rivers and even if judgment comes, they
don’t take it as a point to think about.

Job 40:15-24, Behold now behemoth, which I made with


thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is
in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He
moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones
are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of
brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him


can make his sword to approach unto him. Surely the
mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts
of the field play. He lieth under the shady trees, in the
covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him
with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him
about. Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not:
he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through
snares.
Genesis 2:19-20 And out of the ground the LORD God
formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the
air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would
call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living
creature, that was the name thereof.

There are imperfections in our lives but we ought to do


something to bring/blot them out and fight them, (who goes
to the war when he has not calculated well the number of
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the soldiers he has?) You will be able to rule what you have
named. Failing to name them means you will not be able
to know them and have power over them in any way, what
I mean here is that you have to know the exact sin that
disturbs your mind and life and fight it.

Luke 14:31 Or what king, going to make war against


another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth
whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that
cometh against him with twenty thousand? And Adam
gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and
to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not
found an help meet for him.
Naming them will also help you know perfectly the true
matching for everything, which is cow to cow, not cow to
goat not Lion to Sheep but Lion to lion (Righteous and sin
or love and hatred, it is love with mercy) etc.

2Corinthians 6:14-18 Be ye not unequally yoked together


with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness
with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light
with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial?
or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And
what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for
ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I
will dwell in them, and walk in them ; and I will be their
God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out
from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,
and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will receive you,
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons
and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness:


The purpose of the fivefold ministry from day one to
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comes, the need for that man will be unavoidable (to form
Christ). When we talk about God’s image, we talk about his
perfect Righteousness and true Holiness (Eph. 4:24) and
righteousness is given right from the day we accept Christ in
our lives. Holiness is made progressively as a believer walks
with the Lord under the lead of the five ministers of the
Church and then confirmed on the sixth day.

Talking about God’s likeness is to talk about his unity, which


is God the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. If the Church is
going to make it to the perfect and mature man, then unity
in the Body of Christ is importantly needed. Remember it
is not a one man Church, but plurality of leadership in the
local Church and it is not a Church but Churches that make
up the Body of Christ.

True holiness (image) to the Church/believers is on the sixth


day and the true likeness (unity) to the Church/believers is
on this sixth day. If it all goes well on this sixth day, we will
begin to see things the way God sees them (the image and
likeness) and this will prompt God to give us rest on the
seventh day in the garden/His garden.

The original Hebrew meaning for the word make is: To


accomplish and advance, to appoint and be at or to become
and bring forth and to be busy, it is also to exercise or to
fashion, furnish and finish.

Other meanings in our dictionaries are: To Create and build


or construct something, to formulate and compose or to put
things together.
Expect the above mentioned work (words) to be done in
you and when this is done in you/us the Church, we will
be sure that the Church is without spot and wrinkle, the
Church Christ is looking/coming for (Eph. 5:25-26).
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John the Apostle brings it this way when he talks about the
perfect man in Christ and the perfect Church we are looking
for.

1John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it


doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that,
when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall
see him as he is. When he is made and formed in us, we will
be exactly as he (Christ) is, to multiply and then dominate
all things in this world. This is his original plan, even as Paul
the Apostle notes in Galatians 4:19 My little children, of
whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you.
This must come to its reality to the Church in all ways and
that is his appearance and shape, His structure and figure he
wants us to show to the world today as the living epistles.
In order for this to appear in the Church, each Church should
allow to have the plurality of leadership and the fivefold
ministry in each local Church in the whole world with one
among equals, the truth is that though we are different in
many ways, like tongues and tribes, nations and continents,
when it comes to the Church, these offices do the same
work.

The ministers of the Church have the same offices and the
same qualifications. So when a Prophet in America stands
in his office to do his work and another Prophet in Africa
also stands, they will the use same qualities and abilities
and they will bring one thing to the body of Christ, and
that is: Light/s in the Body of Christ. The same applies to
other ministers in the Body. Those other things we try to do
to bring unity in the Body of Christ are man made but the
perfect and true formality is to allow God’s way. (Plurality
of Leadership and the Fivefold Ministry in each Local
Church in the Whole World)
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ourselves? or need we, as some others , epistles of
commendation to you, or letters of commendation from
you? Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and
read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared
to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not
with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in
tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

This shouldn’t be left to certain individuals in the Church or


some local Churches as we do it today; it is Christ’s will that
His Body reaches this measure of the stature of his fullness.
(Eph. 4:12-13)

Hebrews 8:10-11 For this is the covenant that I will make


with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord;
I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in
their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall
be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man
his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know
the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the
greatest.

Do the Church and the individuals show this to the world


the way Christ did it?

Let us check out the way we do things compared to Him:


In Holiness and Righteousness
In Love and Faithfulness
In Conduct and Relationship with others
In Leadership and in the Word
In Sacrificing Himself for the Church (his Body), remember
that what we do as ministers in ministry will be counted for
Christ’s work done in his name, his commission.
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Who we are will be revealed in our personality/characters;
the way we conducted our lives and the way we examined
ourselves will bring different natures of personalities as we
have in the creatures of the Bible. The unclean creatures
are to be killed and eaten:

Acts 10:10-22 And he became very hungry, and would


have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a
trance, And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel
descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit
at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein
were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and
wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and
eat.
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any
thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake
unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed,
that call not thou common. This was done thrice: and
the vessel was received up again into heaven. Now while
Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had
seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from
Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood
before the gate, And called, and asked whether Simon,
which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.

While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto


him, Behold, three men seek thee. Arise therefore, and
get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I
have sent them. Then Peter went down to the men which
were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I
am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are
come? And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man,
and one that feareth God, and of good report among all
the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy
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angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words
of thee.

What I mean here is that we have the ability and the


responsibility to kill those ungodly natures and to destroy
them from our lives and then become a new person in Christ.
(Kill them, eat them) (Num. 14:6-9)

There are sixteen categories of beasts/creatures in the


Bible. Though I will not be able to talk about them all,
they fall into two departments:
‘The clean ones’ and the ‘unclean ones’

Though I will try to give you some of the spiritual Significances


from out of these sixteen categories, I will not be able to
mention each of all these categories. What is given to you
is just a glimpse of that particular beast, fowl and fish; it is
my heart’s desire that you will be enlightened by the Spirit
of God to get to understand the mysteries hidden in them.
Remember; it is your glory to reveal these secrets, yes you
can and in this remember that scriptures reveal themselves,
you just need your Bible to understand your Bible well.

1. Domestic Animals, goats, sheep & oxen


They provide meat, milk, wool & service to mankind.
Domestic animals are likened to the life of believers where
we find believers delivering life from themselves unto
others, (milk, wool, skins, meat and other things). Every
Saint should live that kind of life where he or she is profitable
to others in the body. If we don’t provide milk (foundational
truth), then let’s atleast provide wool (spiritual covering)
etc. Though we’re that, we find many different characters
in the flock of God (Church), sheep follow their masters
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despite the fact that sometimes they knock themselves
and their shepherds too. Goats are to pull, that’s if one is
to take them somewhere - they always resist while being
taken to another level, but they are always there to solve
those quick problems in life (scapegoats).

Leviticus 16:8, 10, 26: And Aaron shall cast lots upon the
two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for
the scapegoat. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be
the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD,
to make an atonement with him, [and] to let him go for
a scapegoat into the wilderness. And he that let go the
goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe
his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

Note this: Saints should always strive to be sheep and


not goats, knowing that at the judgment day they will be
separated from sheep knowing that there will be no place
for goats in heaven. ‘Don’t wait until others are pushing or
pulling you into Gods things. Open your heart freely to God
and do all that he says to you’.

Matthew 25:32-33: And before him shall be gathered all


nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a
shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats: And he shall
set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

2. Beasts of Burden camel, donkey, horse and


mule, were all beasts of burden

Matthew 11:28-30: Come unto me, all ye that labour and


are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke
upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my
yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

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It’s Godly to carry burdens, but these burdens should always
be God’s burdens are lighter and this is the divine purpose
and will of God to us. Remember; there are two different
burdens, one from Satan and the other from God.

Jeremiah 23:38: But since ye say, The burden of the


LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say
this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto
you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

Zechariah 9:1: The burden of the word of the LORD in the


land of Hadrach, and Damascus [shall be] the rest thereof:
when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, [shall
be] toward the LORD.

Zechariah 12:1: The burden of the word of the LORD


for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the
heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and
formeth the spirit of man within him.
Malachi 1:1: The burden of the word of the LORD to
Israel by Malachi. “The Burden of the Enemy should not
be part of God’s People”

Isaiah 23:1: The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish;


for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering
in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
Isaiah 30:6: The burden of the beasts of the south: into
the land of trouble and anguish, from whence [come] the
young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent,
they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young
asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels,
to a people [that] shall not profit [them]. These are
the burdens that ministers, under the power of God’s
anointing must break.
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Isaiah 9:4: For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden,
and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as
in the day of Midian.

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.

3. Beasts of Chase; wild ox, desert ox, mountain


sheep deer, these are for meat

Meat is needed but we can’t get it unless we have slaughtered


an animal. In doing that, there will be blood shedding
following, simply call it sacrificing. There must be a sign of
willingness to sacrifice our lives unto God. Doing this will
help us to be able to run swiftly, to be be able to endure all
hardship in life and then also, to be able to go high in those
levels that God intended for us.

Romans 12:1: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the


mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service.

4. Beast -Unclean and great wild and domes-


ticates swine, Hippopotamus & Elephant,

These are the self loving beasts, which are the representatives
of the character we all have to fight once we come to
Christ; it is the spirit that causes God’s ministers to yearn
much after the things of this world. They develop a love for
money, they love offerings than those who give them, they
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what to eat and where to go, which people they should meet
and which they should send away. They sometimes demand
for money for Church service or prayer to an individual.

5. Beast of the Cat family Leopard - Cheetah.

These are the jumpy beasts: the people of this similar


character always skip Gods steps of growth, they take some
things more important than others. Cheetahs can jump to
seven metres, that is more than twenty feet and they can
run 110 kilometers per hour. Skipping Gods steps of growth
is unbiblical. The Bible says to us, “precept upon precept
and line upon line here little and there little” See Isaiah
28:10. There is nothing like a quick growth in Christianity.
We should all go ahead through precept upon precept, line
upon line, here little and there; there is no skipping steps
in the Lord.

6. Beasts of prey, Bears, wolf, Dog, Fox, Jackal


and Hyena

These beasts eat dead things; they are crafty, cruel,


carnivorous & cunning.
It is not the will of God that we live only by the words
others hear from God on our behalf. We should develop the
life that will help us hear from God by ourselves. Sometimes
they can fail us or sometimes they can’t be in line to do so.
We must avoid second hand information.

Zechariah the priest who sinned against God and needed


to be cleansed is one of the priests who disappoints when
it comes to the mediators in Christ. With such an example,
it is necessary that each person reaches the throne of God
for themselves. Know what the Lord is telling you at the
right time. failure to get it at the right time will lead to

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feasting on a dead thing. One day, Christ cried loudly to
the city of Capernaum, “oh I wish you knew the time of your
visitation”, and He also said in the great prayer, give us our
daily bread.

7. All manner of Beasts

Coney, Hare, Mouse, Hedgehog, Porcupine, Mole-rat, Bat,


Ape and Whale.

Let us talk about mouse and bats here: these are very
destructive animals. They destroy things and if we are not
careful, they always destroy clothe; our spiritual clothing is
righteousness and holiness which God desires to see in us.
Bats can also bring spots in our clothes, they also cause a
very bad odor in the house. The bible says that he will come
for the Church which has no spot nor wrinkle.

8. Birds of prey

Buzzard, Kites, Falcon, Hawks and Owls

Let us know a bit about this Owl. In Africa, when owls cry,
old people tell us that they cry to announce death thus
causing fear in the hearts of men.
I have heard of a person who prophesied to somebody that
if she left her Church and went to another, she would die.
Others say that if one fails to give certain amounts money,
his or her business will crack down.

9. Birds of passage

Pelican, Stocks and Cranes, these birds are birds of


immigration, transitional.
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move from one place to another searching for safety and
peace. When things are not working their way, they will
easily leave that place to another place and when things
become normal, they will decide to come back. They are
like Naomi in the book of Ruth

10. Fowls after their kind

Domestic fowls, Partridge, Quails, Peafowl, Doves and


Pigeons.

There are about 20 birds forbidden to be eaten by the


Israelites and counted as unclean birds.

In this category, doves are godly and we should always strive


to be as doves in our days. One thing that amazes me about
doves is that; they don’t divorce. They have that sincere
love to each other, they always have peace with other birds
and Biblically, they are the symbol of the Holy Spirit of God.
Christians must be with this character.

11. Birds of the Water side

Herons, Gulls and Terns, Kingfisher, Waders, Ducks and


Geese

Most of these are birds of the marshes and open waters.


We look at the kingfisher here: Jesus said to his disciples
that they should pray for the harvesters in the field because
the harvest was ready. Fishes are symbolic of the souls of
men and it should be kept in our minds that sinners need
Christ in their lives.

12. Birds of every sort


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Raven, Swallow and Sparrow, Ostrich (Job. 39:13-18; Lam.
4:3)
The Ostrich, a very bad bird, is counted to be one of the
foolish bird in all birds. It doesn’t know how to protect its
self neither its babies. It trusts its power and speed which
results in failure to trust God. But, “Blessed is the man that
trusts in the Lord and “then cursed is the man that trusts
in man/ himself and when good things come he doesn’t
know”.

13: Serpents in the wilderness.

Crocodile, Lizards, Snakes and serpents of various kinds,


Leviathan. Craftiness and cunningness are found right
here.

Have you ever touched a snake and got to know how good or
smooth its skin is? You need to experience that. That is true
in reality but when we dig deep inside this creature we will
find venom which is unto death. The first sin came because
of this same creature with its crafty words that it used to
persuade Eve to eat the forbidden fruit in Genesis. Good
and sweet words to hear but life is not in there!

It is not all about our perfectionism in preaching the gospel


but rather about the life we give to those listening to us.
They need life and not our good speeches and suits We are
to give them life and it will be well with them; Jesus came
to give life and life in abundance. (Jn. 10:10)

14. Fishes of the sea.

Fishes that could be eaten were those having fins and scales
and any others were counted unworthy according to the
word of the Lord.

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Some Christians are easily wounded (irritated); they are
short-tempered and very protective, they cant stand in
times when things are not good and well, they always need
protection to stand.

15. Winged creeping things and others.

Animals without backbones, Scorpion, Spider, Moth,


Beetle, Flea, Fly, Gnat, Snail, Worm and others Damaging,
destructive and without backbone.
These like the snakes are poisonous. They are life-
terminators in many ways and most of their work is done
through speaking; they use their tongues to destroy others,
their words are poisonous and destructive.

16. Locusts, Bees and Ants.

Locusts, Bees and Hornets, Wasps and Ants. Among these


creatures, some are wise and destructive and bring
desolation to the land (the green trees and grass).

I can’t really give each of these sixteen categories one by


one, but what I can do is to give a briefed light. A summary
of them is given to you down here knowing that the Lord will
take you through these sixteen categories of creatures.

So many times, God shows us these things but we fail to


understand them and failing to understand them means
that we miss His voice in that line. Therefore, we need to
get a glimpse of some of these creatures. While some are
showing us the satanic nature, others are showing us the
Godly one.

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Following are the creatures showing the ungodly
charcters.
1. Adders (serpents) talks about false teaching remember,
subtility and deception of Eve in Genesis 3
2. The Ass shows the spirit of self-will (Jer. 2:24)
3. Bears talk about cunning spirit and cruelty (2Sam.17:8)
4. Dogs talks about spiritual adultery and uncleanness
(Rev. 22:15)
5. Cranes and Pelicans shows us loneliness (Is. 38:14)
6. Frogs are evil spirits and show uncleanness (Rev. 16:13)
7. Locusts and Moths are destructive creatures (Nah. 3:17;
Job. 13:28)
8. Ravens are evil spirits showing famine (Is. 34:11)
9. Goats are a symbol of sin in one’s life or sin offering.
(Matt. 25:32-33; 2Cor. 5:21)
10. Flowers are a symbol of a vanishing glory of man.
(Jam. 1:10-11; 1Pet. 1:24; Is. 40:1-3)

The Following are creatures revealing the Godly nature:


1. Ants are Industrious and they are full of wisdom in their
preparations for the future. (Prov. 30:25, 6:6-8)
2. Bees produce sweetness, power to sting. (Deut. 1:44;
Jug. 14:8)
3. Calf stands for prayers, praise and thanksgiving of our
lips. (Hos. 13:2;14:2; Heb. 13:15)
4. Camel Talks about the burden of the Lord, to be a servant.
(Gen. 24:10)
5. Hens are the symbol of that great care, motherhood, one

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who gathers. (Matt 32:37; Lk 13:34)
6. Horses are showing us swiftness, strength and spiritual
support. (Ps. 32:9; Jer. 8:6)
7. Hinds (deers) show the beauty and swiftness or agility
Christ wants us to have. (2Sam. 22:34; Ps. 18:33;
Is. 35:6)
8. Lion stands for kingship and royalty or rulership and
strength, boldness and courage.
9. Lambs the lamb of God, Jesus our sacrifice and it shows
a young believer (Jn. 1:29)
10. Eagles a symbol of swiftness of flight. (Job 9:26;
Deut. 28:49; Rev. 12:14)
11. Sheep shows Christ and the people of God (Jn. 10:1-11;
Acts 8:32; Matt 9:36)
12. Olive trees stand for the anointing, it is a tree of the
anointing. (Jer. 11:16; Ps. 52:8, 128:3)
13. Pine trees show us the fragrance and beauty which is the
heart of the Lord to us. (Neh. 8:15; Is. 49:19, 60:13).
14. And the Pomegranate trees bring the picture of
fruitfulness and joyfulness in our Christian life. (Ex.
28:34; Songs 4:3; Joel 1:12) and remember that trees
also are the symbols for Nations, Individuals, the Church
and Jesus Christ.

Giving you this doesn’t mean that I have given you the whole
meaning of all the creatures we have mentioned. It is my
heart’s cry that you will receive the illumination you need
in the word

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Seventh Day

The day of perfection and maturity to the


individuals and the Church of God as a
whole (the Body of Christ)
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The Day of Perfection and Maturity to
individuals and the Church of God as a
whole (the Body of Christ)

Genesis 2:1-25
The journey of a believer/Church is given in this chapter
from the day we accept Christ to the day we become mature
in the Lord; the beginning and the end of our relationship
with God as our husband.

(Gen. 2:1-3). In these verses, we find these very great


statements that will help us know what happens to a person
when he or she submits his/her life to the work of the
fivefold ministry. In these verses we find phrases like, were
finished, God ended his work, He rested on the seventh day,
From all his work, Created and made. Then, Jesus rested in
the boat.
(Lk. 8:22-25; Mk. 4:35-41)

It will be a humbling process if the Church goes through the


work of the fivefold ministries. Then the work of the Lord
will be finished in us and the end of his purpose for here on
earth will be realised. The resting we all need will appear
to and in the Church at the seventh day according to all he
that God intended for us to do In this world.

It is God’s will that everyone of us knows how far he has


gone in the Lord and what exactly he or she needs to do to
be perfect in the ways of the Lord. This is where we find
the perfect use of this scripture in the book of Revelation
22:10-14 “And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings
of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

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He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be
holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward
is with me, to give every man according as his work
shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his
commandments, that they may have right to the tree of
life, and may enter in through the gates into the city”.

Vs 4-5 The history of the movement of the Church and


that of the of the believer is lightly given in these verses.
The verses also tell us what the Lord has done in our lives,
because we must know exactly what he has accomplished
in us and the time it has taken us to become mature in the
Lord.

Vs 6, Mist. The need for God’s intervention, where no man


can stand. Sin (mist) is what caused God to send his son
to die on the cross. It is a personal responsibility to walk
worthy so that our good works will call upon the Lord to
come and do a work or give us breathe to create life where
there is no life.

Acts 10:2-4 “A devout man , and one that feared God


with all his house, which gave much alms to the people,
and prayed to God always. He saw in a vision evidently
about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming
in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. And when he
looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord?
And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are
come up for a memorial before God”.

V 7: There must be a man (Christ) in the world to take care


of the world and the things therein. Man should keep it in

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mind that life is given and sustained by only God and it only
makes sense when we get it from (God). Here, God’s life
through Christ and his Holy Spirit will be given to us to make
us alive and profitable to him.

1Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but


godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of
the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

(Gen.2: 8) A True reward is always set to those who win


and a place for living in for those who have been formed.
Heaven being our home, we have to believe and trust in the
working power of our Lord to take us back where we came
from. You can’t make it by yourself alone.

Philippians 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from


whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus
Christ:

1Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers


and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war
against the soul; Walking right in the ways of the Lord
will help us enjoy the good things God planned for us in
life, but we must be very much mindful that we don’t
have to become materialistic, to covet other people’s
things.

Isaiah 1:18-19 Come now, and let us reason together,


saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye
shall eat the good of the land:

Four streams of waters in the garden of Eden shows


us that we can’t do anything for ourselves, we need

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someone to help lead us into that desired life and this is
the power of the Holy Spirit in us.

Zechariah 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me,


saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel,
saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,
saith the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah 14:8 And it shall be in that day, [that] living


waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward
the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea:
in summer and in winter shall it be.

When a person grows well in the Lord he or she stops to be


led by the law. He begins to allow the Holy Spirit to take
charge of his or her life.

Galatians 5:16-18,25 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit,


and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh
lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so
that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be
led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. If we live in
the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit”.

The four rivers or streams (as seen in Genesis chapter 2)


are the symbols of the four corners of a person’s life in this
world.
Following is what will happen when one allows the leading
of the Holy Spirit in their four corners.

Verses 10-14: The four rivers

1. Pison which symbolizes God


2. Gihon symbolizes family
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3. Hiddkel stands for the ministry
4.Euphrates stands for the world

To keep our lives in these four corners, we really need the


power of the Spirit of God to guide us always.

Verses 15-25: (Tilling and dressing or tilling and keeping)


Jn. 5:16-18)

We experience and express heaven (Eden) right here on


earth before we inherit that ‘heaven’ we all think about
(seeing God face to face and enjoying living without sin).
Living that perfect life will cause the Lord to trust us with his
lovely Son (second Adam). The work that takes time (deep
sleep), that is, maturity (making) doesn’t come overnight.
To some it takes a year and to others years. When people
stand to take the responsibility to till and dress/keep the
ground/garden - and this means to examine oneself and find
if there is any fault that needs to be dealt with. (1Cor.
11:27-31; 2Cor. 13:5-8).

There is something good that I love about the sixth day when
God created creeping things. The creeping things are the
weak and the young of the flock. God knows very well that
some believers are very slow in following and in growing
and that some have been crippled because of the spiritual
battles they have undergone. They need a special touch to
enable them enter the seventh day of the Lord. (1Thess.
5:14)

Hebrews12 “Wherefore lift up the hands which hang


down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for
your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the
way; but let it rather be healed”.

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We should be every careful about the fishes of the sea
more especially when it comes to the forbidden ones which
represent the weak believers in the Lord; These are they
that are easily taken by the enemy, easily diverted from the
will of God and from the truth of God’s word since they are
easily irritated. We should be resistant concerning scales
not fishes without scales, being uncovered (spiritually
protected) to the fiery darts and threats of the Devil. And
the devil does this so many times through the teachings he
pours into our Churches. Guard against this.

2Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth


another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or [if] ye
receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or
another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might
well bear with [him].

Galatians 1:6-7 “I marvel that ye are so soon removed


from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto
another gospel: Which is not another; but there be
some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of
Christ”.

Hebrews 11:33-40 “Who through faith subdued kingdoms,


wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the
mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped
the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong,
waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the
aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again:
and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance;
that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others
had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover
of bonds and imprisonment:
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were
tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about

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in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted,
tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they
wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens
and caves of the earth. And these all, having obtained
a good report through faith, received not the promise:
God having provided some better thing for us, that they
without us should not be made perfect”.

These beasts and fowls were made out of the ground which
means earthly things, the ungodly ones. Christ in us (Adam)
will help us to give names to these beasts (spiritual battles)
and fowls (demons) and it is relevant that when Christ points
to us a certain sin in our lives, we must accept it so that we
will be able to fight it victoriously.

We are very much assured of the power of him who gave his
life into that deep sleep (death at the cross), gave up his
rib (his life) and closed that gap with just flesh (allowing us
to become his body and he became the head) and from that
rib we are the bride of Christ; (Rev. 21:2) and in this we
became one flesh with Christ, with that covenant which no
one can change or break, (bone of my bones).

2Corinthians 11:2-3 “For I am jealous over you with


godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband,
that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But
I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve
through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted
from the simplicity that is in Christ”. (Eph 5:21-33).

It also takes commitment to decide and leave lovely things


and purpose to join oneself to the leadership of Christ
through the power of the Holy Spirit of God no matter how it
will appear to the world of darkness. As he wasn’t ashamed
of his death at the cross at Calvary for us and also left his

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glory in heaven to come in the flesh, we should, as well, not
be ashamed of his ways and of the gospel. (Rom. 1:16).

Matthew 10:32-33 Whosoever therefore shall confess


me before men, him will I confess also before my Father
which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before
men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in
heaven.

He blessed them and told them to multiply and be fruitful


and replenish the earth and then to rule over the beasts,
the fowls and the fish of the seas and those creeping things.
We need to be many leaders and many mature persons in
order to win our adversary, the enemy of God’s will of the
earth.

Proverbs 14:28 In the multitude of people [is] the king’s


honour: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the
prince.
It is not one leader, but many leaders that are needed in the
Church with one among equals.
Where is the Church Standing in this Journey into her
Maturity?

To answer that question we have to look into how Church


leadership runs in our generation. Does the Church as the
body of Christ have all the ministers as mentioned in (Eph.
4:11)? In this we are talking about apostles or evangelists
and teachers, as many as they can be in the Church.

The early Church had twelve apostles not one apostle,


and this was a Church of 108-members plus their twelve
ministers that is the 120 Saints. The simple question would
be; how many apostles, teachers etc are in your Church?
Remember the Bible says that if prophecy “let them”……..
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“not let him”. Each local Church should have many Pastors,
Prophets and Apostles, many Evangelists and Teachers.

1Corintians 14:29-31 Let the prophets speak two or


three, and let the other judge.If any thing be revealed
to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn,
and all may be comforted.
The first persecution in the early Church in Acts 7, 8 and 9
came because this Church was being governed by apostles
only with the ability to raise ministers whom they did not
send out into the field to do their divine work and the
missing ministry here was the prophetic ministry which had
to tell them the right time to go out, the right picture how
this should be is given in Acts 13:1-4.

Acts 13:1-4 Now there were in the Church that was at


Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas,
and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene,
and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the
tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord, and
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and
Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And
when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands
on them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth
by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from
thence they sailed to Cyprus.

In this Church we find Prophets and teachers with Phillip


being an Evangelist and the receiving of the Apostles Peter
and John from the Jerusalem Church. In this Church we see
the work of an Evangelist Phillip, the work of the Apostles
Peter and John, the work of Prophets and Teachers. When
the Church maintains the work of an evangelist (that is to
preach only) this automatically means that that Church is

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at the door/field (harvest). When the emphasis is placed
on teaching in the Church then she has kept on being on
the way and there will be a regular washing because of the
dust.

Isaiah 52:2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, [and] sit
down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy
neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with]


my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that
dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and
the earth shall cast out the dead.

Putting much emphasis on raising leaders/ministers as a


Church will mean that the need for truth is prioritized. But
without other ministers, it will become a head knowledge
which will not benefit the Body of Christ and head knowledge
is more dangerous than ignorance..

James 2:14, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 “What [doth it]
profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith,
and have not works? can faith save him?Even so faith,
if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man
may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy
faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith
by my works. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith
without works is dead? Seest thou how faith wrought
with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? Ye
see then how that by works a man is justified, and not
by faith only. For as the body without the spirit is dead,
so faith without works is dead also”.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of the Lord.


We need to put the word into action (Rom. 10:17).

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A Prophetic Church emphasizes the hearing of God’s voice
which leads to having present day truth of the Church
but the question comes again on who the recipients are?
Because we have to prophecy to the people given us from
the first three ministers, the evangelist, the teacher and
the apostle, without these three ministers; it means that
we will not have the people to prophecy to.

Praise God for the many pastors we say we have in our


Churches everywhere in the body of Christ, but they only
push people into maturity/heaven. The simple question is;
where do they get those people they send into maturity if
the first four ministers are not around? The pastoral ministry
will be very important if the first four ministers stand to do
their God given work. The pastor alone in that office can do
nothing without other ministers.
Therefore, we have the first two ministers of the way and
these are the evangelists and teachers. The last three
ministers of the truth are the apostles, prophets and pastors.
With each minister standing in his or her place/position of
work, you/we will be able to locate where the Church is
concerning this journey unto MATURITY.

According to my observation in the fifteen years of ministry


in the four countries I have ministered into, I see the
Church on the first two days of the journey and in these
two days the first day is more powerful than the second
day and this is seen in the way the Church desires to be
preached to but not to be taught. There is more preaching
and more miracles in the Church than the giving of principles
(Teaching ministry) and that means that the Church is under
persuasions (miracles and wonders) but not the true love
towards God (principles) This happened in the days of our
Lord Jesus as some people followed him because of bread
and not because of loving Christ himself.
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John. 6:26 “Jesus answered them and said, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw
the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and
were filled”.

The Church should seek God but not the things of God;
seek his face but not his hands and, his way but not other
perishable things, though we need them as well. (Matt.
6:33).

Proverbs 8:17 “I love them that love me; and those that
seek me early shall find me”.

Isaiah 58:2 ‘Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know


my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook
not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the
ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching
to God’.

Jeremiah 29:13 “And ye shall seek me, and find [me],


when ye shall search for me with all your heart”.

Don’t you believe in miracles? You may ask: Ofcourse I


believe in miracles and in the fivefold ministries. My ministry
is a miracle working ministry; I began to experience miracles
in 1993 October and until this day. Many miracles happen
when I pray and I am a minister who says that when God
stops working miracles I also stop ministering because with
miracles, we discover that our God is still at work and that
he is living and at work in us. However it is not miracles
that make God God; He is God even without miracles. God
has been performing miracles all through the New and
Old Testaments to let his people know that he is God the
Almighty with them in their journey.

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Deutronomy 3:33-36 “Did ever people hear the voice
of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou
hast heard, and live? Or hath God assayed to go and
take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by
temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and
by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by
great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God
did for you in Egypt before your eyes? Unto thee it was
shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is
God; there is none else beside him. Out of heaven he
made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee:
and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou
heardest his words out of the midst of the fire”.

John 4:48 “Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs
and wonders, ye will not believe”.
(Mark 16:15-20; Rom. 15:15-19)

1Corinthians 2:4-5 And my speech and my preaching


[was] not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in
demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your
faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the
power of God.

But remember in all this that miracles happen on the first


days when people are being brought to the kingdom of God
by the evangelists. The second time we see miracles is on
the third day of the apostolic ministry when new ministers
are sent into the field to harvest souls for the kingdom of
God. Then principles will be given to the Church through
Teachers and Pastors, the “When, Where and How” will be
given/brought to the Church through Prophets.

Now we have the responsibility to check and see how far

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the Church has reached in her walk on her JOURNEY TO
PERFECTION. And, let us pray for more Apostles, Prophets
and Pastors if the Church is to make it to her destiny
because we need the second Adam (Christ) to be formed in
everyone’s life. This requires an open spiritual eye to see
this and it takes a team of those who open that eye to see
it.

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CONCLUSION
The ministry of an Evangelist is: He goes to the field, does
the harvesting work and then sends these souls to a Teacher
who does the transforming work. Having finished that, the
Apostolic ministry receives them to equip them for the work
of the Lord divinely set for them.

Having given all the equipments needed into the work field,
then they will be told when, where and how to start the
work of the Lord by the prophet. On their way doing the will
of their master they need to be kept pure and worthy for the
return to heaven from where they came. Thus the Pastoral
ministry will always keep these people in connection with
their master no matter what they face in and on the way.
This will help these Saints to reach the sixth day where we
find the work of fire perfecting our three parts; The Spirit,
Soul and Body and this is the work of the Father, Son and
the Holy Spirit and here they will be checked in how they
walked with their God, them Selves and with their World.

1Thessalonians 5:23-24 And the very God of peace


sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and
soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you,
who also will do it.

According to Apostle Paul, this is the terminology he used


about the five ministers. He calls the Evangelist the Hand
which is used to hold fast the sickle to bring the harvest;
He calls the Apostle a foot because he is the sent one of the
Lord and he is dealing with the sending out of ministers.
He calls the Pastors an Eye because they tend the flock. In

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order to feed well the flock they need to see the flock, they
are the seers of the Lord. He calls the Prophet an Ear. They
hear the voice of the Lord and speak according to what
they have heard from heaven, the smelling here stands for
(nose) the Teaching ministry because they have to be very
sensitive when it comes to the word given to the people of
God, and they smell the need and teach according to the
word needed.

Note: Paul’s conclusion in this sensitive matter ends up


telling us that we have to know that not all of us will be
pastors for the Church to end up being on one thing. That
is an abnormality in the body of Christ. Let every part
participate in building the body of Christ. Let some be
healers in the body and others do what is entrusted to them
as it profits withal. Feel it very important and necessary to
fill those gaps you can’t fill by yourself Search out for the
missing joints and make sure you join the body. Remember,
each minister that lacks in your flock will cause a stand
still in the whole body of Christ, not only in your local
congregation.

Here is the way these five ministers cooperate with each


other in ministry as the fivefold ministers and how the
operation of the gifts are determined to each minister:
(1Cor. 12: 7-31).

1. The foot goes with the hand, (Apostles and Evangelists)


Ministry to the body.
Here we have power gifts (ministering to the needs of man
in life, healing plus) (a) Miracles (b) Healing (c) Faith

2.The Eye goes with the smell (nose), (Pastors and


Teachers) Ministry to the soul. Here we have revelation gifts
(ministering to needs of your mind, soul and emotions)

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(a) Wisdom (b) Knowledge (c) Discernment of spirits

3. The ear with the foot, (Prophets and the apostles) –


Ministry to the spirit. Here we have speaking gifts
(ministering your relationship with God) (a) Prophecy
(b) Speaking in tongues (c) Interpretation of tongues

According to this setting, we find the perfect flow of


the anointing of God in the Church and in the ministers
themselves, though they all work as a team for the perfecting
of the Body of Christ.

When all or any of these five ministers is absent or fails to


minister to a believer, the main result is “SIN”. Though all
these wrongs are called ‘SINS’ they have got three different
levels depending on their cause:

1. Sin:
This is committed unknowingly when one is unconscious
about it. It may happen when a believer is still a baby
in Christ and the world puts up a situation to commit
that sin in fear of the seemingly harsh results of that
situation. This is seen when Peter (Simon) denied Jesus
in fear of being killed by the authorities.

2. Transgression:
This is committed when a believer knows the truth but
hardens the heart to the voice of the Son of God/Sprit of
God; One decides to commit the Sin and that is the soul.
This is seen when Jonah heard God’s voice but decided
not to go to Nineveh.

3. Iniquity:
This level of ‘SIN’ comes/is committed when a believer
decides to stand against God and His word, whatever
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the outcomes may be and does this wrong. The believer
loses connection to God through the Holy Spirit. An
example is of David, when he decided to kill Uriah. Still,
it is a prophet’s duty to help the believer out. (Prophet
Nathan).
David is an example who fell into all these three sins
in Psalms 51:1-11. The first sin was to stay in the
city when it was time to go to war. The second sin
(transgression) is when he decided to take Uriah’s
wife

The third sin (iniquity) is when David decided to kill Uriah


after taking his wife. This third sin is what the Bible calls
the unpardonable sin in (Matt. 12:31-32; 1Jn. 5:16-18)

Minister(s) Result Cause Part of the man


absent (Type of ‘sin’) affected

Evangelists Sin The World Body Jn. 18:37


Apostles presses/ Phil. 1:21-24
pressures the
believer until
he does or
falls into this.
Pastors Transgression/ Self Pressures Soul
Teachers Filth the believer. 1Cor.9:27
Rom. 12:29

Prophets plus Iniquity The believer Spirit


Apostles (under Satan’s Rom. 14:-16
under the pressure) Gen. 28:10-22
gift Of decides to do
prophecy wrong and
Prophets plus stand against
Apostles God and His
under the word.
gift Of
prophecy

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Following are the scriptures given to show how each member
of the body functions and makes profit to the whole body
and how each one should know the importance of the
other members in the body (1Cor 12:14-31). Secondly, in
Mattthew 16:17-19 it is given to us that Christ is the one
who builds his Church under or through the ministries He
gives to his body and if this is followed accordingly, we as
the Church will always live a victorious life. Thirdly, these
ministries are given to us in (Eph. 4:11-16). and the work
they are supposed to be doing in our lives is clearly indicated.
The result of this will be HOLINESS AND RIGHTEUOSNESS
unto the Lord our God and we will be sure to walk with God
through to eternity.

1Corinthians 12:14-31 “For the body is not one member,


but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the
hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the
body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye,
I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If
the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If
the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But
now hath God set the members every one of them in the
body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one
member, where were the body? But now are they many
members, yet but one body. And the eye cannot say unto
the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to
the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those
members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are
necessary: And those members of the body, which we
think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more
abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more
abundant comeliness. For our comely parts have no
need: but God hath tempered the body together, having
given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
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members should have the same care one for another. And
whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with
it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice
with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in
particular. And God hath set some in the Church, first
apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after
that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments,
diversities of tongues. Are all apostles? are all prophets?
are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? Have all
the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all
interpret? But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet
shew I unto you a more excellent way”.

I wish you the perfect growth Christ needs in the


local Church And in the Body of Christ, Amen.

Matthew 16:17-19 “And Jesus answered and said unto


him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood
hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is
in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church; and the gates
of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto
thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever
thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in
heaven”.
He builds according to the ministries
He gave together with the gifts of the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:11-16 “And he gave some, apostles; and


some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the Saints,
for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body
of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and
of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,
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unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and
fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by
the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby
they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in
love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the
head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly
joined together and compacted by that which every
joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in
the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body
unto the edifying of itself in love”.

The only reason why God sanctified the seventh day is that
your God is interested and delights more in your victory
than your work (ministry) for him and whoever reaches the
seventh day is the holy and perfect man the Lord desires
to see there.

Leviticus 19:2 “Speak unto all the congregation of the


children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy:
for I the LORD your God [am] holy”.

1Peter 1:16-17 “Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I


am holy. And if ye call on the Father, who without respect
of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass
the time of your sojourning here in fear:

The fivefold ministry should work as a foundation of the


Church, Every starting Church should make sure they start
with these five ministers as it was at the starting of the
Church in Jerusalem in the book of Act.,
For the perfecting or maturing of Saints, For the work of
the ministry and To bring the Saints into the work of their
ministry, For the edifying or building of the Body of Christ
(Eph. 4:11-16) Amen

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Five-Fold Ministries in the
image of the cross

The Godhead (6)

Apostolic Pastoral Ministry (5) Prophetic


Ministry (3) Ministry (4)

Teaching
Ministry (2)

Evangelistic Ministry (1)


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The Making of a Leader.
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Bible Temple publishing
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Present Day Truth
Bible Temple publishing
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Interpreting Symbols & Types
Bible Temple publishing
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The Holy Spirit Today
Bible Temple publishing
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Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, Guardian Press
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Team ministry.
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