Dear Friend in CHRIST
I have been thinking a lot about the distinction between priests and priests....
The universal priesthood off all believers and this specialized priesthood of those full-time workers in the church...
I think that it is very evident that there is a distinction between disciples and believers..
The above Protestant explanation mydisciplemaker.org makes it very clear. It is a bit long-winded but definitely worth reading..
In one section it emphasizes bringing forth fruit... For those of us who don't particularly like to do one on one witnessing, we generally look at fruit as being the fruits of the Spirit... Yes for sure that is a part of fruitfulness but the writer also makes it clear that it involves winning souls and making disciples out of them so that they can win more souls. In the NAVIGATOR missionary movement, we called them multiplying believers or disciples... The emphasis being on multiplying... Second Timothy chapter 2 verse two...WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM ME, he tells his disciple Timothy,I WANT YOU TO PASS ON TO FAITHFUL MEN WHO WILL THEN BE ABLE TO TEACH OTHERS ALSO....THE EXACT QUOTE FROM THE KJV IS AS FOLLOWS.................
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.u
I VERY MUCH LIKE THE ANALOGY..........drawn between The freshwater sea of Galilee full of life and fish and the super salt water Dead Sea! One sea has rivers running in and then running out, and of course the Dead Sea has no outlet except through evaporation.
Christians who want to share their faith with the lost hurting world are like this sea of Galilee... They take in and then they give out. The vast majority of Christendom, do not give out... They just take it in and slowly die on the vine... Why do they not give out? There are a few reasons and I wonder if
you are going to agree with me? One is because giving out is a scary and embarrassing, business, many times....... It may cost your pride and reputation... But another I think more important reason, is
because of the lack of instruction from the shepherds.....The shepherds do not do this and so of course they cannot teach something which they do not practice... I can tell you from first-hand experience that when you do give out then you get a huge spiritual high.... When Jesus sent his disciples out two buy two, they came back in high spirits.. They were overjoyed!!! I am going to send this off to you now because I don't know how to save this while I look up an important verse in the Bible... I think it is Isaiah chapter 58, v 10 and 11
Let us see if my memory is correct??! Verse 10..!IF YOU DRAW OUT YOUR SOUL TO THE HUNGRY AND SATISFY THE AFFLICTED SOUL(this could refer to food or the Word)THEN SHALL YOUR LIGHT RISE IN THE DARKNESS AND YOUR WORST MOMENTS WILL BE LIKE THE NOON DAY SUN....
Love to hear from you.... Let's start a revolution!!!FOR WINNING THE LOST!!
Get out the GOSPEL to the LOST!!!
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