The Basic Beginnings 2

Pastor Kerry Wilson

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• Last Week we ministered on
a. Haggai 2.9 “The latter would be greater than that
of the former”
The former in our case is historically the prophetic
fulfillment of Joel 2.28, we know this because that
Peter revealed this to us ( Acts 2.16-20 )in his sermon
on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Ghost fell and
every nation under heaven was introduced to finished
works of God in Jesus. What ever the tongues were,
whether in the language of heaven or every dialect,
what was heard was translated to them in their own
language.
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• “And it shall come to pass in the last days,
saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all
flesh: and you sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, and your young men shall see
visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
and on my servants and on my handmaidens I
will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and
they shall prophesy:
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• Facts:
• A universal language now established in the
earth.
• Prophetic fulfillment of the words of Jesus
concerning an impartation to get the work
done
• Jesus said that “He was with them but the
Holy Ghost would be in them.”
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• This impartation was to enable the church to
be connected to the person of Jesus. This
indwelling would enable the believer to be
conformed into the “image of Christ”. This is
the only type of “predestination”( Romans
8.29) spoken of in the New Testament. The
predestination of “adoption” ( Ephesians 1.5)
and the “purpose” (Ephesians 1.11)of God will
come to pass.
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b. Glory and Peace bound to be entwined
inside of this latter house. We are the latter
house of which the eternal plan of God will
be fulfilled.
c. Faith has been supplanted by “Belief
Systems”, these belief systems all put in place
to create the buy in effect on man for the
denomination of their choice. Belief has
become propositional and subject to change.
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• Faith is putting God in charge and reflects our
surrender and trust in His Word. Faith is an action
word based on the God who is there.
• We have discussed the reformation and the
renewal periods of the 20th century. We have
spoken of revival and the need for a life changing
experience by each person. The latter house has
an expectation, not based on an imitation of the
Early Church, the acts of the apostles and
comparative notes of performance.
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• What we need is a “Return”, a change of
direction if you will, a change of heart, we have
left the source of the very life that we preach.
• We don’t need a reform, a cosmetic change, a
new idealism, we need an old, old, story that has
stood the test of time to be re-enacted upon our
hearts. A return that will cause “rivers of living
waters to flow from us”, our flow being increased
because of the measure of Jesus in us.”
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• Have you noticed, that we are only getting so
far and then we run into this brick wall,
decade after decade, a cycle that must end.
• The Three Major Schools of
Church Operation
• The Words of Jesus
• Sola Scriptura
• The Age of the Spirit
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• Pentecostalism is the fastest growing
movement in the world.
• In the early 1900’s, 90% of all Pentecostals
were in the United States and Europe.
• In 1990, 70% of all Pentecostals are in Africa,
Asia and Latin America. This means that
Pentecostalism and the growth are now black,
yellow and brown.
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• They are creating communities of believers
that are experiencing Jesus in a real way. Here
is a fact, they are almost all poor but have an
exchanged life that brings them purpose and
birthright.
• The Bible speaks of these times as being
especially deceptive. I think that Satan has
thrown a curve to the western church and
that we are beating the air in many cases.
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• In my times of trouble I began to ask the Lord
what has happened or what is up with and for
us. I want to share my vision or dream with
you concerning this area.
• I believe that Satan is trying to confuse this
generation in matters of the Spirit. I believe
that he has tried to supplant the eternal plan
of God in Jesus with a program that is spiritual
in nature but lacks the power thereof.
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• The age of the Spirit has brought much
confusion in the menagerie of idealisms as to
how the Spirit operates. We have focused on
spiritual gifts, motivational, ministry and
trying to differentiate who has them. We have
focused on tongues as a sign of spiritual
maturity, when in fact it is not. There are
many warnings in the New Testament
concerning the spiritual.
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• The enemy has tried to plant a sub-culture
inside of the church as it relates to matters of
the Spirit. People, who are spirit filled have
made the mistake of thinking that after
baptism of the Holy Ghost that now the life
lived and the decisions made are in
conference between them and the Holy
Ghost.
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• This is a deception, the Holy Ghost will only
verify and confirm the finished work of Jesus
Christ in a persons life. It is Jesus life and His
words that will set a person free.
• It is a deception to think that the Spirit in your
life has the pre-eminence over the words of
Jesus. The Holy Ghost doesn’t play with giving
identity or glory to anything but God’s plan in
Jesus.
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• Matters of the Spirit will never take
precedence over the foundational principles
of God’s Word.
• Freedoms are taken inside of spiritual matters
because deception has convinced people that
you can’t question statements are actions that
have the word “spirit” in front of them.
• The Spirit of God will never initiate an agenda,
mission or vision that is not in the Bible.
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• We are experiencing a deficiency in matters of
power because that power is relative to
nature. The nature of the name of Jesus must
be recognized in order for power to be seen.
• This phenomena has caused the individual to
become the center of the spiritual result and
not the glory of God. Hebrews 4.12,13
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• Why is the black, brown, yellow church
experiencing such glory.
• They don’t talk about the Hellenistic culture,
the influence of reason and humanistic
idealisms have never infiltrated their minds
because they haven’t been injected like the
west was, they depend on the works and
words of Jesus to set them free and empower
them.
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• They realize that miracles, signs and wonders are
natural by products of a life lived in the Spirit
after the person of Jesus.
• They realize that only the life of the church can
bring the structure needed inside of a church.
• They realize that spiritual matters must be and
will be judged. We have been deceived into
thinking you can’t judge anything that has the
word “spirit led” in front of it. I tell you that is
what needs judged the most.
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• A return to the mission and vision that Jesus
left the church will open the flood gates of
signs that follow believers.
• A new emphasis on the social and political ills
of our society
• A return to the words of Jesus to tarry until we
be endued with power from on High.
• A humbling and repentance that need not be
repented of