Bible Zone: Enter with wonder!

Our dedication is to Jehovah our Salvation, Jesus the Christ our Lord and our God. This same dedication is by HIS work in us as we move at HIS direction in Zambia, Africa. Holiness by HIS Grace, the gift of eternal life in Jesus, is our desire for the Tribal People of Africa; that they may turn to HIM receiving forgiveness, remission of sin, just as we have received according to the Scripture.

Phil and Melody Stephens, Servants of Jesus the Christ

Friday, April 22, 2011

Building People and Buildings; In That Order



Chief Mukuni opened the door, Jesus stepped thru with an old Missionary/Evangelist. Jacob, who lives Mukuni Chiefdom, came to Christ from a drug culture thru our Bible Study at Vic Falls Market.
About that time, Chief Mukuni stopped me on his palace road, inviting our ministry to go Southeast side of his kingdom.


Now Jacob is serving Christ on that side. Today I went to direct the building of place for his ministry with children and families to have shelter. Soon, Jacob and I agree, there will be a Church planted by the Lord there.


Today, much more important than the building, building people in the most holy faith took over. There were some questions about the Spirit of Christ, when he is received by the individual believer and the difference in that and Jesus' baptism promised to the assembly of believers with the Apostles. Nearly 2 hours later they saw the gift of the Spirit of Christ, Holy, and new birth were now synonymous for the individual, while the Baptism in the Spirit of God, Holy, same Spirit, was for the Congregation for power to be witnesses around the world.


Then we dealt with some false teaching prevalent around the world about the misunderstanding of these 2 works of Christ by HIS Spirit. We explored how people, looking for individual experience to match false teaching, fall for experiences that mirror rituals of darkness by foul and evil spirits initiated by " greivous wolves" Acts 20 "false prohets and teachers" who through covetiousness, with fake words "make merchandice" of those they deceive II Peter 2. We explored how these teachings cause people to return seeking the same excitment because they are empty when they get home, unchanged and not producing the work of Christ around the world. They revel in the experience not worship in the Person of Christ!


Then we reviewed what the work of Jesus Spirit, Holy, in the life of a believer and the lives of those in HIS CONGREGATIONS, will produce... 1. individual lives changed to HIS life in them by the Holy Spirit I Corinthians 1:30, Galatians 1:3-5 2:20, John 20:19-23 ... 2. witnesses in Congregational accord to the unttermost part of the world , Acts 1:1 and the rest of the book. These works of the Spirit of the LORD do not produce frantic screaming, writhing, foaming at the mouth and morbid appearances of death, noises of animals coming from humans etc. Those things are not imparted by the Spirit of Christ. They are found in souls of bondage that need deliverance from darkness; ...read the Bible as written and let experiences be judged by that, not the Bible judged by that which is right in the eyes beholding or experiencing the moment.


Building people most important because physical buildings fade away and those that have not "learned Christ"will also fade away in eternity to everlasting fire and brimstone.


Truth is a person, let us give HIM, Jesus Christ, to people!


Controversial but in love of God,

Phil