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Prophetic Evangelism Training School
Prophetic Evangelism Training School, will start in God's timing for Wollongong
Reformation of Prophetic Vision
We need a renewed vision of what it means to usher in the Kingdom of God. We need a renewed belief that Jesus came to transform our world, and that salvation is received individually but is intended to transform culture. Our calling is to be salt and light. To rediscover what that means is to reform our prophetic vision.
"Where there is no vision, the people perish".
We pray the Lord's Prayer... "Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven". How then shall we live, we who have been redeemed? What kind of lives should we live in light of the coming of Jesus in His first coming? As Christian and church people, we understand very well our theology and know many verses from the Bible, but can we relate to our culture? What does the Bible say to us?
In the first century, the apostle Paul (formerly Saul) related by starting from a point of reference that his hearers were very familiar with in Acts 17. Much like Jesus, he used stories and figures common to the audience and adapted to their learning. He also refers to the general revelation of God in the creation (who made the earth and all things in it), and once he had their attention he directed them to the risen Christ, with all boldness, and declared Him to be the one they they too needed to deal with, either now through His amnesty, or later in the great universal day of judgement.
What gave Paul such a command? He had a clear vision. First, he had a vision of the risen Jesus, whom he met on the Damascus Road; and second, he saw that God was doing a wonderful thing, expanding the message beyond the Jews to the Gentiles.
Paul had a yearning, a hunger to know Christ: "that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection". it affected his outlook on evangelism: "Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men". Christ's love toward Paul was a primary motive: "The love of Christ constraineth us". To Paul, He was the incomparable Christ.
Christ Jesus was his life, his mission, everything. it is summed up in this: "For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified". This was to him an all-consuming passion, and like the prophet Jeremiah, who said "in my heart it becomes like a burning fire", so Paul, when he said: "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain", and again, "woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel". With this inner engine, Paul turned the world upside down.
Have you had an encounter with the risen Lord Jesus Christ? This is what our pulpits need, and this will bring reformation to the pews, then out into the streets, then finally to our nation. this is the bread that will satisfy.
Reformation of Prophetic Vision
We need a renewed vision of what it means to usher in the Kingdom of God. We need a renewed belief that Jesus came to transform our world, and that salvation is received individually but is intended to transform culture. Our calling is to be salt and light. To rediscover what that means is to reform our prophetic vision.
"Where there is no vision, the people perish".
We pray the Lord's Prayer... "Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven". How then shall we live, we who have been redeemed? What kind of lives should we live in light of the coming of Jesus in His first coming? As Christian and church people, we understand very well our theology and know many verses from the Bible, but can we relate to our culture? What does the Bible say to us?
In the first century, the apostle Paul (formerly Saul) related by starting from a point of reference that his hearers were very familiar with in Acts 17. Much like Jesus, he used stories and figures common to the audience and adapted to their learning. He also refers to the general revelation of God in the creation (who made the earth and all things in it), and once he had their attention he directed them to the risen Christ, with all boldness, and declared Him to be the one they they too needed to deal with, either now through His amnesty, or later in the great universal day of judgement.
What gave Paul such a command? He had a clear vision. First, he had a vision of the risen Jesus, whom he met on the Damascus Road; and second, he saw that God was doing a wonderful thing, expanding the message beyond the Jews to the Gentiles.
Paul had a yearning, a hunger to know Christ: "that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection". it affected his outlook on evangelism: "Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men". Christ's love toward Paul was a primary motive: "The love of Christ constraineth us". To Paul, He was the incomparable Christ.
Christ Jesus was his life, his mission, everything. it is summed up in this: "For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified". This was to him an all-consuming passion, and like the prophet Jeremiah, who said "in my heart it becomes like a burning fire", so Paul, when he said: "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain", and again, "woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel". With this inner engine, Paul turned the world upside down.
Have you had an encounter with the risen Lord Jesus Christ? This is what our pulpits need, and this will bring reformation to the pews, then out into the streets, then finally to our nation. this is the bread that will satisfy.
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