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All Renewal Journal Topics

1 Revival, 2 Church Growth, 3 Community, 4 Healing, 5 Signs & Wonders,
6 Worship, 7 Blessing, 8 Awakening, 9 Mission, 10 Evangelism,
11 Discipleship, 12 Harvest, 13 Ministry, 14 Anointing, 15 Wineskins,
16 Vision, 17 Unity, 18 Servant Leadership, 19 Church, 20 Life

Contents of all issues

1: Revival

Praying the Price, by Stuart Robinson
Prayer and Revival, by J Edwin Orr
Pentecost in Arnhem Land, by Djiniyini Gondarra
Power from on High: The Moravian Revival, by John Greenfield
Revival Fire, by Geoff Waugh
Reviews – Prayer: Key to Revival, by David Yonggi Cho: Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, by Burgess and McGee; Experiences of the Spirit, by Jan Jongenell, ed.; Pentecost, Mission and Ecumenism: Essays on Intercultural Theology. Festschrift in Honour of Professor Walter J. Hollenweger, Jan Jongeneel, ed.; Church on Fire, Geoff Waugh, ed.; YWAM Videos/DVDs.

14: Anointing

A Greater Anointing, by Benny Hinn
Myths about Jonathan Edwards, by Barry Chant
Revivals into 2000, by Geoff Waugh
Book Reviews:
The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition by Vinson Synan
The God Chasers, by Tommy Tenny
Primary Purpose, by Ted Haggard

15: Wineskins

The God Chasers, by Tommy Tenny
The New Apostolic Reformation, by C. Peter Wagner
The New Believers, by Diana Bagnall (The Bulletin)
Vision and Strategy for Church Growth, by Lawrence Khong
New Wineskins for Pentecostal Studies, by Sam Hey
New Wineskins to Develop Ministry, by Geoff Waugh
Book and DVD Reviews:
Pentecostalism, by Walter Hollenweger
The Transforming Power of Revival, by Harold Caballeros and Mell Winger
Transformations 1 and 2 DVDs (The Sentinel Group)

16: Vision

Almolonga, the Miracle City, by Mell Winger
Cali Transformation, by George Otis Jr.
Revival in Bogotá, by Guido Kuwas
Prison Revival in Argentina, by Ed Silvoso
Missions at the Margins, by Bob Ekblad
Vision for Church Growth, by Daryl & Cecily Brenton
Vision for Ministry, by Geoff Waugh
Book Reviews: Jesus on Leadership by Gene Wilkes
Supernatural Missions, by Randy Clark

17: Unity

Snapshots of Glory, by George Otis Jr.
Lessons from Revivals, by Richard Riss
Spiritual Warfare, by Cecilia Estillore Oliver
Unity not Uniformity, by Geoff Waugh
Reviews – Transformation DVDs; Informed Intercession, by George Otis Jr.

18: Servant Leadership

The Kingdom Within, by Irene Alexander
Church Models: Integration or Assimilation? by Jeannie Mok
Women in Ministry, by Sue Fairley
Women and Religions, by Susan Hyatt
Disciple-Makers, by Mark Setch
Ministry Confronts Secularisation, by Sam Hey
Book Reviews: In the Spirit We’re Equal by Susan Hyatt,
Firestorm of the Lord by Stuart Piggin,
Early Evangelical Revivals in Australia by Robert Evans
Evangelical Revivals in New Zealand by Robert Evans & Roy Mckenzie.

19: Church

The Voice of the Church in the 21st Century, by Ray Overend
Redeeming the Arts: visionaries of the future, by Sandra Godde
Counselling Christianly, by Ann Crawford
Redeeming a Positive Biblical View of Sexuality, by John Meteyard and Irene Alexander
The Mystics and Contemporary Psychology, by Irene Alexander
Problems Associated with the Institutionalization of Ministry, by Warren Holyoak
Book Reviews – Jesus, Author & Finisher by Brian Mulheran,
South Pacific Revivals by Geoff Waugh

20: Life

Life, death and choice, by Ann Crawford
The God who dies: Exploring themes of life and death, by Irene Alexander
Primordial events in theology and science support a life/death ethic, by Martin Rice
Community Transformation, by Geoff Waugh
Book Reviews: Body Ministry and Looking to Jesus: Journey into Renewal and Revival, by Geoff Waugh

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Signs and Wonders: Study Guide

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Signs and Wonders

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These Study Guides are adapted from former Distance Education materials produced by Citipointe Ministry College, the School of Ministries of Christian Heritage College in Brisbane, Australia. Now they are adapted into these books for your benefit. The current courses use different and updated materials as part of internet resources for students.

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Welcome to this Study Guide on Signs and Wonders.

Signs and wonders occur throughout the Old and New Testaments. They express the magnificent creativity and sovereignty of the Lord, described in the Bible. They are also expressions of the power, goodness, mercy, grace, compassion, and love of the Lord, and show the nature of our omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent God.

Signs and wonders point to the One and True Living God, and also demonstrate that this Living God is a Personal God who is very interested in people, both individually and corporately. This same God described in the Bible is very much alive and active today just as he was then.

Our hope is that through this subject you will encounter God and be transformed in this encounter. We pray that you will be challenged and stirred up to move in faith and obedience to God who can empower you with his Holy Spirit to do what Jesus did and even greater works (John 14:12). As you learn to move in God’s power and in ways that are naturally supernatural and supernaturally natural, may you become more Christ-like in your personal life, ministry, and vocation in this world. And may you be an instrument in advancing the Kingdom of God on earth as you become filled with passion and clothed with power from on high.

We especially thank Cecilia Estillore Oliver, a medical doctor and B.Min. graduate, for her work in helping to compile and write this Study Guide. Cecilia prepared and compiled the information in this Study Guide from materials gathered and arranged by Geoff Waugh for the degree programs of Citipointe Ministry College, the School of Ministries of Christian Heritage College in Brisbane, Australia, and made available here with permission of the college. This book reproduces the content of that former Study Guide, adapted here for general use.

This Signs and Wonders study guide includes

Biblical Foundations:

Old Testament

Jesus’ Ministry

The Epistles

The Cross – see blog

Theological Foundations:

The Supernatural

Worldview

The Kingdom of God

Spiritual Gifts

Ministry Foundations:

Church History

Case Studies

Practices and Pitfalls

Integrated Ministry

Much of the material is developed and adapted from the course at Fuller Theological Seminary conducted by John Wimber in 1984, titled MC510: Signs and Wonders and Church Growth, used with permission.

Class Testimony

Reproduced from the Signs and Wonders Study Guide Appendix

A student we prayed for one morning in class went to her doctor that afternoon for a final check before having a growth removed from her womb. That afternoon her doctor could find no trace of the growth after checking with three ultrasound machines, so he cancelled the scheduled operation.

“My class at college laid hands on me and prayed for me,” she explained to her doctor. “I believe God healed me, and that’s why you can’t find the growth any more.”

“I don’t know if God healed you,” he responded. “But I do know that you don’t need an operation.”

Our class studied this Signs and Wonders subject. We usually began each class with prayer, and that day our prayer included praying for specific needs such as that woman’s health. One of those praying in class was Cecilia, a medical doctor. She prayed with strong faith, joining us in laying hands on the ‘patient’ student, knowing that God heals through prayer as well as through medicine. What rich resources we have for ministry – right there in the group.

See an article (a former subject assignment) by that student Cecilia.

I love hearing medical people pray for healing. They have medical skills as well as faith in God. A nurse in one of our week night meetings prayed for another lady who had severe back pain.

“L4, be healed in Jesus’ name,” the nurse commanded as she prayed with her hand on the woman’s back. It takes medical knowledge plus the revelation of a ‘word of knowledge’ to be able to pray like that. All pain immediately left the lady being prayed for. Apparently the problem was in the Lumbar 4 (L4) section of her spine.

Many people are not healed so quickly. Perhaps most are not healed so quickly in our materialistic Western society. There are many reasons for that, including our Western scepticism, lack of compassion or faith, and our sinfulness such as jealousy, competition or failing to forgive others freely as God has forgiven us.

We all can learn more together about effective ministry. That learning is enhanced and expanded rapidly when we share our experiences and learning together. The ‘teacher’ usually shares from his or her experiences, but others can do also. So the more that our ministry education fosters mutuality, the more we can learn from one another.

We call this open education, or open ministry education. It is open to everyone and everyone can be involved. It is not just for leaders. Our leaders can help us, but their main job is to equip the saints for the work of ministry for building up the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12). We can do these things in classes, small groups, seminars, training courses and home or church groups.

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Uproar in the Church, by Derek Prince

A Season of New Beginnings, by John Wimber

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Learning Together in Ministry

Mutual Education: from competition to co-operation

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This educational book is reproduced and expanded from chapter 5 of The Body of Christ, Part 2: Ministry Education and chapter 15 of Body Ministry: The Body of Christ Alive in His Spirit.

Learning Together in Ministry describes how we all can learn together to minister more effectively. Expanded from chapter 15 of ‘Body Ministry: The Body of Christ Alive in His Spirit’ this book gives further comment and examples of Spirit-led and Spirit-empowered ministry by ordinary people alive in the Spirit of God.

Geoff Waugh taught Ministry and Mission subjects in Bible Schools in Papua New Guinea and at Trinity Theological College and Christian Heritage College in Brisbane, Australia. He has a Doctor of Missiology degree from Fuller Theological Seminary and is an author of books on mission including Flashpoints of Revival and South Pacific Revivals.

Introduction

1 Aims and Objectives

Affective, Behavioural, Cognitive

2 Implications for Ministry

a. Climate

b. Planning

c. Meeting Needs

d. Objectives

e. Learning Plans

f. Learning Activities

g. Evaluation

Conclusion

Appendix: Resources

Endorsement

by the Rev Dr Lewis Born, former Moderator of the Queensland Synod of the Methodist and Uniting Church in Australia and Director of the Department of Christian Education.

Body Ministry and Open Ministry Education come in its right time for adult education, gospel communication, and the growth of the church. Open Education promises to become the most commonly used adult educational methodology of the new millennium. The demand is likely to increase. This indicates that the work of Geoff Waugh is a significant contribution to the current educational enterprise. It is particularly valuable to Christian Educators. The author’s orientation is theological and his target audience is the faith community, its nurture, growth and outreach.

To this point in time the educative process has been inhibited by dependence on structured courses, the classroom and qualified teachers. Accelerated technology, as Mr Waugh observes, has made modern resources commonly available to individuals, churches and schools in every village community. By this medium Open Education for the first time in history is able to offer high quality education from the world’s best teachers to people in their own lounge, church or local group meeting place. All this coinciding with the renewal movement has stimulated interest in theological learning to an unprecedented degree in the history of Christendom.

The incredible numerical religious revival in the Asian and Latin church has been stimulated and served by modern technology. This gives Open Ministry Education and therefore Mr Waugh’s work a global relevance, which he has applied in the Australian context. As a fellow Australian I am appreciative. My appreciation is greatly enhanced by a deep respect and affection for the author. He is a competent teacher, an excellent communicator, an informed, disciplined renewalist and an experienced extension educator. All these qualities combine to commend the author and his work.

Reproduced from Body Ministry: The Body of Christ Alive in His Spirit and The Body of Christ, Part 2: Ministry Education

From the Introduction

“My class at college laid hands on me and prayed for me,” she explained to her doctor. “I believe God healed me, and that’s why you can’t find the growth any more.”

“I don’t know if God healed you,” he responded. “But I do know that you don’t need an operation.”

Our class studied Christian ministry in the power of the Spirit. We usually began each class with prayer, and that day our prayer included praying for specific needs such as that woman’s health. One of those praying in class was Cecilia, a medical doctor. She prayed with strong faith, joining us in laying hands on the ‘patient’ student, knowing that God heals through prayer as well as through medicine. What rich resources we have for ministry – right there in the group.

See an article (a former subject assignment) by Cecilia.

Dr Cecilia Estillore Oliver prayed in the class group.

I love hearing medical people pray for healing. They have medical skills as well as faith in God. A nurse in one of our week night meetings prayed for another lady who had severe back pain. “L4, be healed in Jesus’ name,” the nurse commanded as she lay her hand on the woman’s back. It takes medical knowledge plus the revelation of a ‘word of knowledge’ to be able to pray like that. All pain immediately left the lady being prayer for. Apparently the problem was in the Lumbar 4 (L4) section of her spine.

Before commenting on open ministry education I want to give you two examples of ordinary people learning to do more.

Vanuatu

The heathen village of Bunlap on the east coast of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu is famous as the spiritual centre for pagan witchcraft and curses. I went there with my ‘student’ Grant Shaw in 2006 on a five hour trek across to Ranwas village and then via Bunlap on a seven hour trek to Ponra village where we saw the power of God at every meeting and I heard angels singing in the night, like the church was full although no people were there.

Previously, Grant had prayed for the paramount chief’s son whose groin was healed at Pangi village on the west coast, so we offered to go to Bunlap and pray for the sick. A couple of days later we heard that the chief had invited us to come and pray – the first white people to ever be invited to pray for people there.

Then in 2012 Grant’s cousin Andrew Chee and I were swimming off the jetty near Pangi when one of the chief’s sons from Bunlap and his friends wandered onto the jetty. Two of those young men had pain so Andrew prayed for them and the pain left. The chief’s son told us they would be there when we came to Bunlap the following Saturday to pray for sick people again.

People were even more welcoming this time at Bunlap. We prayed for dozens of people, and their pain left. We talked about the kingdom of God and how Jesus saves and heals. Some of the people told us that they believed and when the chief allowed it they would be part of a church there. The paramount chief once burned a Bible given to him by a revival team from Christian villages. Now he is willing for a church to be built on the ground where he burned the Bible.

Hallelujah – what a testimony to God’s grace and glory. For the first time ever that paramount chief asked for prayer. He wanted healing from head pain. Andrew placed his hands on the sides of the chief’s head and we prayed for him in Jesus’ name. The pain left. Then another chief there prepared lunch for us so the pastors in the team and Andrew and I ate in his house – again that was the first time ever for white people on mission there to be hosted by a chief. Like Jesus’ disciples, we returned rejoicing that afflicting spirits were cast out, people were healed in Jesus’ name, some believed in Jesus, and they now plan to have a church there. Our host chief told the local Christians that they can bring their guitars and have meetings in the chief’s house anytime. Andrew encouraged village leaders to pray with him for people’s healings, just as he had learned from leaders in his church. Soon those village leaders and others were praying more strongly in faith. This photo shows the paramount chief (front left) and some of the team including Andrew (2^nd from right in back).

Mision team prayed for a paramount chief in Vanuatu

Papua New Guinea

Johan van Bruggen, a missionary at the Lutheran Evangelist Training Centre at Kambaidam near Kainantu in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, wrote in November 1990:

This is what happened about two months ago. A new church building was going to be officially opened in a village in the Kainantu area. Two of our last year’s graduates took part in the celebrations by acting the story in Acts 3: Peter and John going to the temple and healing the cripple. Their cripple was a real one ‑ a young man, Mark, who had his leg smashed in a car accident. The doctors had wanted to amputate it, but he did not want to lose his useless leg. He used two crutches to move around the village. He could not stand at all on that one leg. He was lying at the door of the new church when our Peter and John (real names: Steven and Pao) wanted to enter.

The Bible story was exactly followed: “I have got no money, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” Well, they acted this out before hundreds of people, among them the president of the Goroka Church District and many pastors and elders. Peter (Steven) grabbed the cripple (Mark) by the hand and pulled him up. And he walked! He threw his crutches away and loudly praised the Lord! Isn’t that something? What a faith!

Their testimony was given at a meeting of elders when Kambaidam was discussed. Mark was a most happy fellow who stood and walked firmly on his two legs. He also had been involved in criminal activities, but in this meeting he unashamedly confessed his faith in the Lord Jesus.

Later I talked with them. Steven (Peter) told me that the Lord had put this on his heart during a week‑long period of praying. “I had no doubt that the Lord was going to heal Mark, and I was so excited when we finally got to play‑act!” And Mark? He told me that when Steven told him to get up he just felt the power of God descend upon him and at the same time he had a tingling sensation in his crippled leg: “I just felt the blood rushing through my leg, bringing new life!” Mark is now involved in evangelistic outreach and his testimony has a great impact.

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Acts 3 cripple healed – acted out in faith in PNG

by Geoff 17 February 2015 1 Comment

Acts 3 cripple healed – acted out in faith in PNG

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Acts 3 tells how Peter and John went to worship in the temple and Peter commanded healing in Jesus’ name for a man over 40 crippled from birth.

But Peter said, ‘I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.’ And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. (Acts 3:6-7)

That still happens, worldwide. Here is an example from Papua New Guinea, reported in 1990 by Dutch missionary Johan van Bruggen, then principal of the Lutheran Bible School at Kambaidam near Goroka in the highlands on PNG. See Late Twentieth Century Revivals

Their cripple was a real one – a young man, Mark, who had his leg smashed in a car accident. The doctors had wanted to amputate it, but he did not want to lose his useless leg. He used two crutches to move around the village. He could not stand at all on that one leg. He was lying at the door of the new church when our Peter and John (real names: Steven and Pao) wanted to enter. The Bible story was exactly followed: “I have got no money, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”

Well, they acted this out before hundreds of people, among them the president of the Goroka Church District and many pastors and elders. Peter (Steven) grabbed the cripple (Mark) by the hand and pulled him up. And he walked! He threw his crutches away and loudly praised the Lord! Isn’t that something? What a faith!

Later I talked with them. Steven (Peter) told me that the Lord had put this on his heart during a week-long period of praying. “I had no doubt that the Lord was going to heal Mark, and I was so excited when we finally got to play-act!”

And Mark? He told me that when Steven told him to get up he just felt the power of God descend upon him and at the same time he had a tingling sensation in his crippled leg: “I just felt the blood rushing through my leg, bringing new life!”

Mark is now involved in evangelistic outreach and his testimony has a great impact.

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8 Keys to Godly Living

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Keys to godly living

Adapted from “8 things God won’t ask you” (God Vine)

1. It’s not what kind of car you drive.
It’s how many people you drive who don’t have transportation.

2. It’s not the square footage of your house.
It’s how many people you welcomed into your home.

3. It’s not the clothes you have in your closet.
It’s how many you helped to clothe.

4. It’s not what your highest salary was.
It’s how you obtained it and what you did with it.

5. It’s not what your job title was.
It’s whether you performed your job to the best of your ability.

6. It’s not how many friends you had.
It’s how many people to whom you were a friend.

7. It’s not in what neighbourhood you live.
It’s how you treated your neighbours.

8. It’s not about the colour of your skin.
It’s about the content of your character.

Adapted from “8 things God won’t ask you” (God Vine)

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Your Spiritual Gifts: to serve in love – Chapter 1

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Your Spiritual Gifts: to serve in love

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Chapter 1: your spiritual gifts

Bible passages on the church as the body of Christ emphasize spiritual gifts. All God’s people have spiritual gifts.

Two obvious but sometimes overlooked aspects of spiritual gifts need our attention: they are gifts, and they are spiritual.

They are gifts

Spiritual gifts are given, they develop with use, and they vary among us all.

Gifts are given, not earned

Christ our Lord, the head of his church, gives gifts to his people as he chooses. We do not gain them by special effort, holiness, orthodoxy or obedience. They are not a prize for good works, pure living, correct doctrine or personal dedication. Gifts of God’s amazing grace often show up in most unlikely people.

0ur obedience to God enhances our spiritual gifts. Like jewels in fine settings they shine best in wholehearted surrender to God’s will and in holy lives. The gifts, nevertheless, are not a reward for obedience nor a measure of our obedience. Like our abilities, they are part of us even when we fail or sin. Paul reminds us that ‘the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable” (Romans 11:29).

God gives. We receive. His gifts express and demonstrate his grace; they do not depend on our worthiness.

Gifts develop with use

They may not grow in us just because we are holy or dedicated. The more we respond to God in love and obedience, of course, the more anointed we will be and the more Christ-like we will become. Our Christ-likeness is the arena in which our gifts can grow and flourish. That growth, however, comes from use not from our worthiness.

Young, immature Christians can use their spiritual gifts wholeheartedly or enthusiastically and find that they grow in that use. They begin praying in simple faith for the needs of others. Their prayers are answered; their faith grows. As their faith grows their prayers and ministry become stronger. Yet they could still be immature Christians or not Christ-like. They may have much to learn, habits to change, deeper surrenders to make, and more of the fruit of the Spirit to show in their lives. Nevertheless, they can grow rapidly in using their spiritual gifts.

Spiritual gifts are given to use, not to hide away. We grow in ministry as we use our gifts for God’s glory. Gifts may also be abused, misused for our own glory, or used without love in harsh and divisive ways. The answer to abuse and misuse is not disuse but proper use – for the glory of God.

Gifts vary

We differ from each other in personalities and in our gifting. As Christians we all have the Spirit of God within us. So we can grow in using a variety of the gifts of the Spirit and grow in using Christ-like fruit of the Spirit.

We don’t need to mechanically limit God’s work in our lives to just some of the gifts and some of the fruit of his Spirit in our lives. Most of us are more spiritually gifted than we realize. God gives abundantly. The fruit and gifts of his Spirit flow within and among us in many unexpected ways and in beautiful harmony.

Other people in Christ’s body often see our gifts more clearly than we do. Each of us needs to know our gifting and others can help us understand that, especially our spiritual elders or leaders. It’s unwise to think we have gifts which others do not see in us.

We can also confuse our natural abilities with spiritual gifts. Others can help us see the difference and use both for God’s glory. So we can confirm and encourage one another in using and developing our abilities and gifts.

They are spiritual

Our spiritual gifts are not just human abilities, they belong to the body of Christ, and we need one another to function with our spiritual gifts.

Spiritual gifts are spiritual; not just human abilities

These special or spiritual gifts come from the Holy Spirit who is the Spirit of Jesus and the Spirit of God (Galatians 4:6). God’s Spirit expresses his life in us. He works in and through us as we yield ourselves to him and respond to his prompting or leading.

Personality and natural abilities differ from spiritual gifts although our spiritual gifts are expressed through them and enhance them. Both our natural abilities and our spiritual gifts bring glory to God. They flow together in our lives and service.

Our natural human abilities, however, can get in the way and choke off spiritual power. We may depend on them and not on God.

A preacher may be gifted in speaking, for example, so may not really listen to God’s Spirit nor depend on Him. Even agnostics or atheists can preach scholastic sermons. Some do! On the other hand, the gift of prophecy or speaking God’s word can flow with great power and wide impact through those naturally gifted in oratory or scholarship, but also in people not naturally gifted in public speaking.

Likewise, a Sunday School or Church School teacher may be an expert teacher who can use teaching aids well. Yet unless that teacher also uses a spiritual gift for teaching and caring for those being taught, the teaching is unlikely to give life. Similarly, a children’s teacher who is gifted spiritually in teaching will usually be effective, and that gift may also be expressed powerfully through natural teaching ability as well.

Spiritual gifts belong to the body of Christ

“The unspiritual person does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to them, and they are not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14).

Christians share Christ’s life. His Spirit indwells and empowers us. Yet, we can limit his work in and through us. We can quench the Spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:19), grieve the Spirit (Ephesians 4:30), and resist God’s Spirit (Acts 7.51). We all do at times. Only Jesus was fully led by the Spirit all the time.

Even if our gifts have already grown with some use, we can still resist God’s Spirit in our lives. Then our ministry suffers. It fails to be as effective and powerful as it could be. Body ministry (the body of Christ functioning together) works well when all of us respond more fully to God’s spirit.

We need one another for body ministry

No one is gifted in everything. All of us as members of Christ’s body share in ministry together; no one person can do it all. Spiritual ministry flows through all kinds of people in all kinds of ways.

That is the amazing but basic fact about body ministry: it is literally Christ’s body, not ours. We all are part of his body. Our spiritual gifts enable body ministry when we are led and empowered by the Spirit.

Body Ministry – in One Body

Each passage on the gifts of the Spirit stresses that we are one body in Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12‑13; Romans 12:4‑5; Ephesians 4:4). The whole context of Paul’s teaching on the gifts of the Spirit is one of unity with diversity; unity in community; one body with many parts functioning in harmony. Paul repeats many themes in the three key passages in 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, and Ephesians 4:

One body: The church is the one body of Christ on earth (1 Corinthians 12:12‑27; Romans 12:4‑5; Ephesians 4:4‑6).
Gracious gifts: They are given, not earned and not achieved (1 Corinthians 12:1, 4, 6, 8‑11; Romans 12:6; Ephesians 4:7‑8, 11).
All Christians have gifts: There are no exceptions; and each gift is important (l Corinthians 12:7; Romans 12:6; Ephesians 4:7).
Gifts differ: Value our differences; we need each other (1 Corinthians 12:4‑7; Romans 12:4‑6; Ephesians 4:7 8).
Unity: They function in unity and promote unity (1 Corinthians 12:12‑13, 25; Romans 12:4‑5; Ephesians 4:3, 13, 16).
Maturity: Spiritual gifts build up the body in maturity (1 Corinthians 12:7; Romans 12:9‑21; Ephesians 4:12‑15).
Love: Love is the top priority; gifts must be used in love (1 Corinthians 13; Romans 12:9‑10; Ephesians 4:4, 15‑16).

Right at the beginning of his letter to the Corinthians, Paul tackles the problem of divisions in the church. This letter was written to answer questions in dispute among the Corinthian Christians, e.g. lawsuits (6:1), marriage (7:1), food offered to idols (8:1), worship and communion (11:17), and gifts of the Spirit (12:1).

Division, even over spiritual gifts, was a problem in the early church, as it is now. Why does this happen? In 1 Corinthians Paul addresses the problems causing division:
taking sides (1:12);
worldly or unspiritual attitudes (2:12; 3:1);
childish or immature actions (3:1);
jealousy and quarrels (3:3‑4);
boasting(3:21).

What are the answers to divisions over spiritual gifts? The passages on spiritual gifts specifically address division. Note some of Paul’s Spirit‑filled teaching:
Jesus is Lord (I Corinthians 12:3);
we need each other (1 Corinthians 12:21);
be concerned for one another (1 Corinthians 12:25‑26);
we all belong together (1 Corinthians 12:27);
be a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1);
don’t conform to the world’s standards (Romans 12:2);
let God transform you (Romans 12:2);
be modest (Romans 12:3)
value our differences (Romans 12:4);
use our different gifts with grace (Romans 12:6);
become mature (Ephesians 4:13);
stop being childish (Ephesians 4:14);
speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15);
grow up (Ephesians 4:15);
be controlled by Christ (Ephesians 4:16);
fulfil your part (Ephesians 4:16).

The answer to abuse and misuse is not disuse but wise use of the Spirit’s gifts and power in our personal lives and our life together.

Gifts of the Spirit are given for mission, ministry or service.

They are tools for the job of serving God in the church and in the world, to meet the needs of people in compassion, grace, and with authority.

The book Body Ministry explores this topic in greater detail including current examples of the Body of Christ alive in His Spirit, as in revival.

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The Lion of Judah (3) The Life of Jesus

by Geoff 31 January 2015 7 Comments

The Lion of Judah Book 3: The Life of Jesus

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Selection from (1) The Titles of Jesus: Aslan – The Lion of Judah

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Selection from (3) The Life of Jesus: Prayer, Crowds and Healing

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Contents of Book 3: The Life of Jesus

Introduction

The Life of Jesus

The Birth and Boyhood of Jesus

The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry

Jesus’ Ministry – Overview

Jesus’ Ministry – Characteristics

~ Prayer ~ Crowds & Healing ~ Teaching ~ Parables ~ Opposition

Chronology with Jerusalem festivals

Holy Week

The Resurrection & Ascension

Appendix: Book Resources

Jerusalem Emblem: The Lion of Judah The Hebrew word is Jerusalem

This book surveys the life and ministry of Jesus, the Lion of Judah, using key passages and a harmony of the Gospels,

*The Nativity and Early Life of Jesus*
Description	Location	Scripture
The Divinity of Christ	.	Joh 1:1-5
Annunciation of birth of John the Baptist	Jerusalem	Lu 1:5-25
Espousal of the Virgin Mary	Nazareth	Mt 1:18 Lu 1:27
The annunciation of the birth of Jesus	Nazareth	Lu 1:26-38
about 120 miles – about two weeks travel
The visitation of Mary to Elisabeth	Hebron,or Juttah	Lu 1:39-55
about 120 miles – about two weeks travel
Her return to Nazareth	Nazareth	Lu 1:56
Joseph’s vision	Nazareth	Mt 1:20-25
Birth and infancy of John the Baptist	Hebron	Lu 1:57-80
about 90 miles – about ten days travel from Nazareth, and ten miles PAST Jerusalem
Birth of Jesus	Bethlehem	Lu 2:1-7
Adoration by the shepherds	Bethlehem	Lu 2:8-16
Circumcision	Bethlehem	Mt 1:25 Lu 2:21
about 10 miles – about one day’s travel
Presentation and purification	Jerusalem	Lu 2:22-29
The Genealogies	.	Mt 1:1-17 Lu 3:23-38
about 10 miles – about one day’s travel
Adoration by the wise men	Bethlehem	Mt 2:1-12
Flight into Egypt	.	Mt 2:13-15
Massacre of the innocents	Bethlehem	Mt 2:16-18
about 100 miles – about ten days’ travel
Return to Nazareth	Nazareth	Mt 2:19-23 Lu 2:39
Childhood of Jesus	Nazareth	Lu 2:40
about 90 miles – about ten days’ travel
With the doctors in the Temple	Jerusalem	Lu 2:46-50
about 90 miles – about ten days’ travel
Youth of Jesus	Nazareth	Lu 2:51

*From the Preaching of John the Baptist to the First Passover*
Description	Location	Scripture
Ministry of John the Baptist	Bethabara	Mt 3:1-4 Mr 1:1-8 Lu 3:1-6 Joh 1:6-15
Baptisms by John	Bethabara	Mt 3:5 Mr 1:5 Lu 3:7
First testimony of the Baptist to Christ	Bethabara	Mt 3:11,12 Mr 1:7,8 Lu 3:15-18
Baptism of Jesus by John	Bethabara	Mt 3:13-17 Mr 1:9-11 Lu 3:21,22
Temptation of Jesus Wilderness Of Judea	Judea	Mt 4:1-11 Mr 1:12,13 Lu 4:1-13
John the Baptist’s second testimony	Bethabara	Joh 1:19-35
Call of the first disciples	Bethabara	Joh 1:37-51
First Miracle at Cana	Cana	Joh 2:1-11
Visit to Capernaum	Capernaum	Joh 2:12
First Passover: Cleansing of the Temple	Jerusalem	Joh 2:13-23
Discourse with Nicodemus	Jerusalem	Joh 3:1-21

*From the First Passover to the Second*
Description	Location	Scripture
The Baptist’s last testimony	Aenon	Joh 3:23-36
Christ’s visit to Samaria	Sychar	Joh 4:1-42
Return to Cana	.	Joh 4:43-46
Miraculous Healing of the Nobleman’s son	Cana	Joh 4:46-54
Brief visit to Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Joh 5:1-47
Miracle at pool of Bethesda	Jerusalem	Joh 5:1-47
Imprisonment of John the Baptist	Machaerus	Mt 4:12,17 Mr 1:14,15
Christ preaches in Galilee	Galilee	Lu 4:14,15
about 15 miles – about two days’ travel
Christ preaches at Nazareth	Nazareth	Mr 6:1 Lu 4:15-30
Christ preaches at Capernaum	Capernaum	Mt 4:13-16 Lu 4:31
Call of Andrew,Peter,James and John	Capernaum	Mt 4:18-22 Mr 1:16-20 Lu 5:1-11
Miracle draught of fishes	Capernaum	Lu 5:1-11
Miraculous Healing of a demoniac	Capernaum	Mr 1:23-27 Lu 4:33-36
Miraculous Healing of Peter’s mother-in-law	Capernaum	Mt 8:14,15 Mr 1:29-31 Lu 4:38,39
Miraculous Healing of many sick and diseased	Capernaum	Mt 8:16,17 Mr 1:32-34 Lu 4:40,41
Retirement for solitary prayer	.	Mr 1:35 Lu 4:42
Circuit through Galilee	.	Mr 1:35-39 Lu 4:42-44
Miraculous Healing of a leper	Galilee	Mt 8:1-4 Mr 1:40-45 Lu 5:12-16
Retirement for a solitary prayer	Galilee	Mr 1:45 Lu 5:16
Miraculous Healing of a paralytic	Capernaum	Mt 9:1-8 Mr 2:1-12 Lu 5:18-26
Call of Matthew(Levi) Discourse at the feast	Capernaum	Mt 9:9-17 Mr 2:13-22 Lu 5:27-39
Disciples pluck the ears of corn	Galilee	Mt 12:1-8 Mr 2:23-28 Lu 6:1-5
Miraculous Healing of the man with a withered hand	Capernaum	Mt 12:9-14 Mr 3:1-6 Lu 6:6-11
Retirement for solitary prayer	.	Lu 6:12
Call of the Twelve Apostles	Hill of Hattin?	Mt 10:2-4 Mr 3:13-19 Lu 6:13-16
Sermon on the Mount	Hill of Hattin?	Mt 5:7-29 Lu 6:17-49
Parable of House on rock or sand	Hill of Hattin?	Mt 7:24-29 Lu 6:47-49
Miraculous Healing of the centurion’s servant	Hill of Hattin?	Mt 8:5-13 Lu 7:1-10
Miraculous Raising of the son of the Widow of Nain	.	Lu 7:11-17
Message from John the Baptist	Capernaum	Mt 11:2-19 Lu 7:18-35
Christ’s testimony respecting him	Capernaum	Mt 11:2-19 Lu 7:18-35
The woman which was a sinner	Capernaum?	Lu 7:36-50
Parable of two debtors	Capernaum?	Lu 7:41,42
Tour through Galilee with the twelve	Galilee	Lu 8:1-3
Miraculous Healing of a demoniac	Capernaum	Mt 12:22
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit	Capernaum	Mt 12:24-37 Mr 3:22-30
The unclean spirit	Capernaum	Mt 12:43-46
The interruption of his relatives	Capernaum	Mt 12:46 Mr 3:31
Parables: The Sower	Plain of Gennesaret	Mt 13:1-9,18-23 Mr 4:1,14-20 Lu 8:4,11-15
Parables: The Tares	Plain of Gennesaret	Mt 13:24
Parables: The Mustard seed	Plain of Gennesaret	Mt 13:31 Mr 4:30
Parables: The Leaven	Plain of Gennesaret	Mt 13:33 Lu 13:20,21
Parables: The Candle	Plain of Gennesaret	Mt 5:15 Mr 4:21 Lu 8:16
Parables: The Candle	Plain of Gennesaret	Mt 5:15 Mr 4:21 Lu 11:33
Parables: The Treasure	Plain of Gennesaret	Mt 13:44
Parables: The Pearl	Plain of Gennesaret	Mt 13:45
Parables: The Drawnet	Plain of Gennesaret	Mt 13:47
Parables: The Seed growing secretly	Plain of Gennesaret	Mr 4:26-29
Christ miraculously calms the storm	Sea of Gennesaret	Mt 8:24-27 Mr 4:37-41 Lu 8:23-25
Miracle involving the Gergesene demoniacs	Gergesa	Mt 8:28-34 Mr 5:1-15 Lu 8:27-35
Parables: The Bridegroom	Capernaum	Mt 9:15
Parable of new cloth on old garment	Capernaum	Mt 9:16 Mr 2:21 Lu 5:36
Parable of new wine in old bottles	Capernaum	Mt 9:17 Mr 2:22 Lu 5:37,38
Miracles: Woman with issue of blood	Gennesaret	Mt 9:18 Mr 5:22 Lu 8:41
Miracles: Jairus’ daughter	Capernaum	Mt 9:18 Mr 5:22 Lu 8:41
Miracles: Two blind men	Capernaum	Mt 9:27,30
Miracles: Dumb spirit	Capernaum	Mt 9:32,33
Mission of Twelve Apostles	Capernaum	Mt 10:1 Mr 6:7-12 Lu 9:1-6
Death of John the Baptist	Machaerus	Mt 14:1-12 Mr 6:14-29 Lu 9:7
Feeding of the five thousand	Bethsaida	Mt 14:13-21 Mr 6:30-44 Lu 9:12-17 Joh 6:1-13
Miraculous walking on the water	Lake Gennesaret	Mt 14:25 Mr 6:48 Joh 6:19
Discourse in synagogue on the Bread of Life	Capernaum	Mt 14:34 Joh 6:26-70

*From the Second Passover to the Third*
Description	Location	Scripture
Opposition of Scribes and Pharisees	Capernaum	Mt 15:1
Discourse on Pollution	Capernaum	Mt 15:2-20 Mr 7:1-23
Miraculous Healing the daughter of the Syrophoenician woman	Phoenicia	Mt 15:21-29 Mr 7:24-30
Miraculous Healing of the deaf and dumb man	Tyre, Sidon	Mr 7:32
Miraculous Healing of many sick persons	Decapolis	Mt 15:30,31
Miraculous Feeding of the four thousand	Gennesaret	Mt 15:32-39 Mr 8:1-9
Parable of the leaven of Pharisees	Gennesaret	Mt 16:1-12 Mr 8:14-22
Miraculous Healing of the Blind man	Bethsaida	Mr 8:23-27
Peter’s confession of Christ	Caesarea Phillippi	Mt 16:13-21 Mr 8:27-30
First prediction of the passion	Caesarea Phillippi	Mt 16:21-28 Mr 8:31-38 Lu 9:22-27
The transfiguration	Mt. Hermon	Mt 17:1-8 Mr 9:2-8 Lu 9:28-36
Miraculous Healing the demoniac child	Mt. Hermon	Mt 17:14-21 Mr 9:14-27 Lu 9:37-42
Second prediction of the passion	Mt. Hermon	Mt 17:22,23 Mr 9:31 Lu 9:43,44
Miracle: The stater in the fish’s mouth	Capernaum	Mt 17:27
Lesson on docility	Capernaum	Mt 18:1-14 Mr 9:33-37 Lu 9:46-48
Lesson on forgiveness	Capernaum	Mt 18:15 Mr 9:43
Lesson on self-denial	Capernaum	Mt 18:18
Parable of the unmerciful servant	Capernaum	Mt 18:23-35
Journey to Jerusalem through Samaria	.	Lu 9:51,52
Jealousy of the Samaritans	Samaria	Lu 9:53
Anger of the ‘sons of thunder’	Samaria	Lu 9:54-56
The feast of tabernacles	Jerusalem	Joh 7:2-10
Discourses	Jerusalem	Joh 7:10-46
Officers sent to arrest Christ	Jerusalem	Joh 7:30,46
The adulteress	Jerusalem	Joh 8:3
Discourses	Jerusalem	Joh 8:12
Christ threatened with stoning	Jerusalem	Joh 8:59
Miraculous Healing of the Blind man and discourses	Jerusalem	Joh 9:1
Christ the Door	Jerusalem	Joh 10:1
Christ the Good Shepherd	Jerusalem	Joh 10:11
Departure from Jerusalem.
Mission of the seventy	Judea	Lu 10:1-16
Return of the seventy	Judea	Lu 10:17-24
Parable of the Good Samaritan	Judea	Lu 10:30-37
Visit to Martha, Mary	Bethany	Lu 10:38-42
Jesus teaches his disciples to pray	Judea	Lu 11:1-13
Parable of importunate friend	Judea	Lu 11:5-8
He miraculously heals the mute demoniac	Judea	Mt 12:22-45 Lu 11:14
He rebukes the blasphemy of the Pharisees	Judea	Mt 12:22-45 Lu 11:14
Discourses:- The repentant Ninevites	Judea	Mt 12:41 Lu 11:29-36
God’s providence to birds and flowers	Judea	Lu 12:1-12
Parable of the Rich fool	Judea	Lu 12:13-21
Parable of servants watching	Judea	Lu 12:35-40
Parable of the wise steward	Judea	Lu 12:42-48
The murdered Galileans	Judea	Lu 13:1-5
The barren fig tree	Judea	Lu 13:6-9
Miraculous Healing of a woman with an infirmity	Judea	Lu 13:10-17
Visit to Jerusalem at the feast of Dedication	.	Joh 10:22-30
Attempt to stone Jesus	Jerusalem	Joh 10:31
Jesus retires across Jordan	Peraea	Joh 10:40
Are there few that be saved?	Peraea	Lu 13:23-30
The message to Herod	Paraea	Lu 13:31-33
Miraculous Healing of the man with the dropsy	Peraea	Lu 14:1-6
Parable of the great supper	Peraea	Lu 14:15-24
Parable of Tower, King going to war	Paraea	Lu 14:28-33
Parable of the lost sheep	Peraea	Mt 18:12,13 Lu 15:1-7
Parable of the lost coin	Peraea	Lu 15:8-10
Parable of the prodigal son	Peraea	Lu 15:11-32
Parable of the unjust steward	Peraea	Lu 16:1-13
Parable of the rich man and Lazarus	Peraea	Lu 16:19-31
Parable of the unprofitable servants	Peraea	Lu 17:7-10
Sickness of Lazarus	Bethany	Joh 11:1-10
Return of Jesus from Peraea to Bethany	.	Joh 11:11-16
Miraculous Resurrection of Lazarus	Bethany	Joh 11:17-46
The council: Advice of Caiaphas	Jerusalem	Joh 11:47-53
Jesus retires to the town of Ephraim	.	Joh 11:54
Last journey to Jerusalem	Borders of Samaria	Mt 19:1 Mr 10:1 Lu 17:11
Miraculous Healing of the ten lepers	Borders of Samaria	Lu 17:12-19
Parable of the unjust judge	Borders of Samaria	Lu 18:1-8
Parable of the Pharisee and the publican	Borders of Samaria	Lu 18:9-14
The question of divorce	Borders of Samaria	Mt 19:3-12 Mr 10:2-12
Christ blesses little children	Borders of Samaria	Mt 19:13-15 Mr 10:13-16 Lu 18:15-17
The rich young ruler	Borders of Samaria	Mt 19:16-22 Mr 10:17-22 Lu 18:18-23
Parable of the labourers in the vineyard	Borders of Samaria	Mt 20:1-16
Third prediction of the passion	Borders of Samaria	Mt 20:17-19 Mr 10:32-34 Lu 18:31-34
Request of James and John	Borders of Samaria	Mt 20:20-28 Mr 10:35-45
Miraculous Healing of Blind Bartimaeus	Near Jericho	Mt 20:29-34 Mr 10:46-52 Lu 18:35-43
Jesus at the house of Zacchaeus	Jericho	Lu 19:1-10
Parable of the pounds	Jericho	Lu 19:11-28

*Holy Week*
Description	Location	Scripture
The supper in Simon’s house	Bethany	Mt 26:6-13 Mr 14:3-9 Joh 12:1-9
Mary anoints Jesus	Bethany	Mt 26:7-13 Mr 14:3-8 Joh 12:3-8
Triumphal entry into the city	Jerusalem	Mt 21:1-11 Mr 11:1-10 Lu 19:29-44 Joh 12:12-19
Survey of the Temple	Jerusalem	Mr 11:11
Retirement to Bethany	.	Mr 11:11
Miraculous Withering of the barren fig-tree	Mt. of Olives	Mt 21:18-19 Mr 11:12-14
Second cleansing of the Temple	Jerusalem	Mt 21:12-17 Mr 11:15-19 Lu 19:45-48
Retirement to Bethany	.	Mt 21:17 Mr 11:19
The lesson of the fig-tree	Mt. of Olives	Mt 21:20-22 Mr 11:20-25
Discourses in the Temple:	.	Mr 11:26
The rulers’ question	Jerusalem	Mt 21:23-27 Mr 11:27-33 Lu 20:1-8
The parable of the two sons	Jerusalem	Mt 21:28-32
Parable of the wicked husbandmen	Jerusalem	Mt 21:33-46 Mr 12:1-12 Lu 20:9-19
Parable of the wedding garment	Jerusalem	Mt 22:1-14
The subtle questions:-
1a) of the Pharisees – the tribute money	Jerusalem	Mt 22:15-22 Mr 12:13-17 Lu 20:20-26
1b) of the Sadducees – the resurrection	Jerusalem	Mt 22:23-33 Mr 12:18-27 Lu 20:27-39
1c) of the Lawyer – the great commandment	Jerusalem	Mt 22:34-40 Mr 12:28-34
Our Lord’s counter question	Jerusalem	Mt 22:41-46 Mr 12:35-37 Lu 20:41-44
The woes on the Scribes and Pharisees	Jerusalem	Mt 23:13-33
The widow’s mite	Jerusalem	Mr 12:41-44 Lu 21:1-4
The coming of the Greeks	Jerusalem	Joh 12:20-36
The departure to the Mount of Olives	.	Mt 24:1-3 Mr 13:1-3
The prediction –
1a) of the destruction of Jerusalem	Olivet	Mt 24:3-28 Mr 13:3-23 Lu 21:5-24
Parable of fig-tree and all the trees	Olivet	Mt 24:32,33 Mr 13:28,29 Lu 21:29-32
The prediction –
1b) of the second coming	Olivet	Mt 24:28-51 Mr 13:23-37 Lu 21:24-36
Parable of the householder	Olivet	Mr 13:34
Parables:- The ten virgins	Olivet	Mt 25:1-13
Parables:- The talents	Olivet	Mt 25:14-30
Parables:- The sheep and the goats	Olivet	Mt 25:31-46
The Sanhedrin in council	Jerusalem	Mt 26:3-5 Mr 14:1-2 Lu 22:1-2
Compact of the traitor	Jerusalem	Mt 26:14-16 Mr 14:10,11 Lu 22:3-6

The Death and Burial

Description	Location	Scripture
Preparation of the Passover	Jerusalem	Mt 26:17-19 Mr 14:12-16 Lu 22:7-13
Washing the apostles’ feet	Jerusalem	Joh 13:1-17
The breaking of bread	Jerusalem	Mt 26:26 Mr 14:22 Lu 22:19
‘One of you shall betray me’	Jerusalem	Mt 26:21 Mr 14:18 Lu 22:21 Joh 13:21
‘Is it I ?’	Jerusalem	Mt 26:22-25 Mr 14:19
Giving of the sop ‘That thou doest, do quickly’	Jerusalem	Joh 13:26,27
Departure of Judas Iscariot	Jerusalem	Joh 13:30
Peter warned	Jerusalem	Mt 26:34 Mr 14:30 Lu 22:34 Joh 13:38
Blessing the cup	Jerusalem	Mt 26:27,28 Mr 14:23,24 Lu 22:17
The discourses after supper	Jerusalem	Joh 14:1-16:33
Christ’s prayer for his apostles	Jerusalem	Joh 17:1-17:26
The hymn	Jerusalem	Mt 26:30 Mr 14:26
The agony	Gethsemane	Mt 26:37 Mr 14:33 Lu 22:39 Joh 18:1
The thrice-repeated prayer	Gethsemane	Mt 26:39-44 Mr 14:36-39 Lu 22:42
His sweat and comforting by the angel	Gethsemane	Lu 22:43,44
The sleep of the apostles	Gethsemane	Mt 26:40-45 Mr 14:37-41 Lu 22:45,46
Betrayal by Judas	Gethsemane	Mt 26:47-50 Mr 14:34,44 Lu 22:47 Joh 18:2-5
Peter smites Malchus	Gethsemane	Mt 26:51 Mr 14:47 Lu 22:50 Joh 18:10
Christ miraculously heals the ear of Malchus	Gethsemane	Lu 22:51
Christ forsaken by his disciples	Gethsemane	Mt 26:56 Mr 14:50
Christ led to Annas	Jerusalem	Joh 18:12,13
Christ tried by Caiaphas	Jerusalem	Mt 26:57 Mr 14:53 Lu 22:54 Joh 18:15
Peter follows Christ	Jerusalem	Mt 26:58 Mr 14:54 Lu 22:55 Joh 18:15
The high priest’s adjuration	Jerusalem	Mt 26:63 Mr 14:61
Christ condemned, buffeted, mocked	Jerusalem	Mt 26:66,67 Mr 14:64,65 Lu 22:63-65
Peter’s denial of Christ	Jerusalem	Mt 26:69-75 Mr 14:66-72 Lu 22:54-62 Joh 18:17-27
Christ before Pilate	Jerusalem	Mt 27:1,2 Mr 15:1 Lu 23:1 Joh 18:28
Repentance of Judas	Jerusalem	Mt 27:3
Pilate comes out to the people	Jerusalem	Joh 18:29
Pilate speaks to Jesus privately	Jerusalem	Joh 18:33
Pilate orders him to be scourged	Jerusalem	Mt 27:26 Mr 15:15 Joh 19:1
Jesus crowned with thorns	Jerusalem	Mt 27:29 Mr 15:17 Joh 19:2
Jesus exhibited by Pilate;’Behold the man’	Jerusalem	Joh 19:5
Jesus accused formally	Jerusalem	Mt 27:11 Mr 15:2 Lu 23:2
Jesus sent by Pilate to Herod	Jerusalem	Lu 23:6-11
Jesus mocked, arrayed in purple	Jerusalem	Lu 23:6-11
‘Behold your King’	Jerusalem	Joh 19:14
Pilate desires to release him	Jerusalem	Mt 27:15 Mr 15:6 Lu 23:17 Joh 19:12
Pilate receives a message from his wife	Jerusalem	Mt 27:19
Pilate washes his hands	Jerusalem	Mt 27:24
Pilate releases Barabbas	Jerusalem	Mt 27:26
Pilate delivers Jesus to be crucified	Jerusalem	Mt 27:26 Mr 15:15 Lu 23:25 Joh 19:16
Simon of Cyrene carries the cross	Jerusalem	Mt 27:32 Mr 15:21 Lu 23:26
They give him vinegar and gall	Golgotha	Mt 27:34 Mr 15:23 Lu 23:36
They nail him to the cross	Golgotha	Mt 27:35 Mr 15:24,25 Lu 23:33 Joh 19:18
The superscription	Golgotha	Mt 27:37 Mr 15:26 Lu 23:38 Joh 19:19
THE SEVEN WORDS
1a) Father, forgive them	Golgotha	Lu 23:34
His garments parted, and vesture allotted	Golgotha	Mt 27:35 Mr 15:24 Lu 23:34 Joh 19:23
Passers-by rail, the two thieves revile	Golgotha	Mt 27:39-44 Mr 15:29-32 Lu 23:35
The penitent thief	Golgotha	Lu 23:40
1b) Today shalt thou be with me in paradise	Golgotha	Lu 23:43
1c) Woman, behold thy son, etc	Golgotha	Joh 19:26,27
Darkness over all the land	Golgotha	Mt 27:45 Mr 15:33 Lu 23:44,45
1d) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me	Golgotha	Mt 27:46 Mr 15:34
1e) I thirst	Golgotha	Joh 19:28
The vinegar	Golgatha	Mt 27:48 Mr 15:36 Joh 19:29
1f) It is finished	Golgotha	Joh 19:30
1g) Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit	Golgotha	Lu 23:46
Rending of the veil	Jerusalem	Mt 27:51 Mr 15:38 Lu 23:45
Opening of the graves, resurrection of saints	Jerusalem	Mt 27:52
Testimony of Centurion	Golgotha	Mt 27:54 Mr 15:39 Lu 23:47
Watching of the women	Golgotha	Mt 27:55 Mr 15:40 Lu 23:49
The piercing of his side	Golgotha	Joh 19:34
Taking down from the cross	The Garden	Mt 27:57-60 Mr 15:46 Lu 23:53 Joh 19:38-42
Burial by Joseph of Arimethea, Nicodemus	The Garden	Mt 27:57-60 Mr 15:46 Lu 23:53 Joh 19:38-42
A guard placed over the sealed stone	The Garden	Mt 27:65,66

*The Resurrection and the Great Forty Days*
Description	Location	Scripture
Women carry spices to the tomb	The Garden	Mt 28:1 Mr 16:1,2 Lu 24:1
The angel had rolled away the stone	The Garden	Mt 28:2
Women announce the resurrection	Jerusalem	Mt 28:8 Lu 24:9,10 Joh 20:1,2
Peter and John run to the tomb	The Garden	Lu 24:12 Joh 20:3
The women return to the tomb	The Garden	Lu 24:1
The guards report these things to the chief priests	Jerusalem	Mt 28:11-15
APPEARANCES OF CHRIST AFTER HIS RESURRECTION
1a) To Mary Magdalene	The Garden	Mr 16:9,10 Joh 20:14
‘All hail! Fear not. Touch me not’	The Garden	Mt 28:9 Joh 20:17
1b) To the women returning home	The Garden	Mt 28:9
‘Go tell my brethren that they go	The Garden	Mt 28:10
Into Galilee – there shall they see me’	The Garden	Mt 28:10
1c) To two disciples going to Emmaus	.	Mr 16:12 Lu 24:13
(Exposition of prophecies on the passion)
1d) To Peter	Jerusalem	1Co 15:5 Lu 24:34
1e) To ten Apostles in the upper room	Jerusalem	Lu 24:33 Joh 20:19
‘Peace be unto you As my Father hath..	Jerusalem	Joh 20:21
‘sent me, so send I you’	Jerusalem	Joh 20:21
‘Receive ye the Holy Spirit..	Jerusalem	Joh 20:22,23
Whose sover sins ye remit,’ etc	Jerusalem	Joh 20:22,23
1f) To the eleven Apostles in the upper room	Jerusalem	Mr 16:14 Joh 20:26
‘Peace be unto you’	.	Joh 20:26
To Thomas’ reach hither thy finger,’ etc	Jerusalem	Joh 20:27
‘Blessed are they that have not seen, yet have believed’	Jerusalem	Joh 20:29
Miracle – Draught of fishes	Tiberias	Joh 21:1-11
1g) To the disciples at the sea of Tiberias	.	Joh 21:1-24
1h) To Peter;’Feed my sheep,fead my lambs’	Tiberias	Joh 21:15-17
1i) To the eleven disciples on a mountain..	Galilee	Mt 28:16
1j) in Galilee (1 Cor.15.5)	Galilee	Mt 28:16
‘All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth’	Galilee	Mt 28:18
‘Go ye and teach all nations, baptizing them,’ etc	Galilee	Mt 28:19
‘Lo, I am with you alway,..	Galilee	Mt 28:20
‘even unto the end of the world. Amen’	Galilee	Mt 28:20
1k) To five hundred brethren at once	Galilee	1Co 15:6
1l) To James	.	1Co 15:7
THE ASCENSION	Bethany	Mr 16:19 Lu 24:50,51

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The original 10 domains are now expanded to 12 spheres of influence – https://prayerstrategy.org.

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The vision for the ten domains was revealed to Peter Kentley, the former CEO of Australian Marketplace Connections. Since 2009 we have received a number of confirmations to adopt and develop this vision in Australia, and to establish prayer (and mission) strategies for these domains.

The original ten domains were:

1. Trade and Finance (Business)
2. Government and the Military
3. Law and Justice
4. Religion and Philosophy
5. Creative Arts
6. Education
7. Charity and Not for Profit Welfare
8. Health and Science
9. Media and Entertainment
10. Sport and Recreation

These are now expanded to 12 spheres of influence – https://prayerstrategy.org.

Introduction

During the 20th Century life became multi-faceted and overly busy with Marketplace spheres (or mountains or domains) of influence dominating and competing for the Families’ time, money, affections and ambitions, and drawing them away from the Church (the eternal family) and God our creator.

Every month we dedicate prayer for these spheres (click on each):

To a great extent God is being largely relegated outside these spheres of our society. The cost of this relegation has been incredible: costs to society in the form of corporate ethical failures, physical and mental health burdens resulting from people failing to engage with Biblical solutions such as forgiveness, and the near meltdown of the whole global financial system (the ‘GFC’ and potential ‘GFC2’) as a result of debt-driven artificial wealth creation that was not based on Godly values and principles.

Even the Church has been largely seduced into a Greek world view of the division of sacred and secular, creating a separation of Sunday from Monday. This resulted in the Church only accessing some 5% of its people’s waking time and Christian discipleship becoming emasculated (minimizing the impact of the Great Commission).

Yet the Marketplace is the place where Christians spend some 67% of their waking time Monday to Friday. It is in the workforce that the Christians’ attitudes and character are put to the reality test…

…and if the Christians’ Monday behaviour does not reflect their Sunday belief, why would anyone believe their belief?

From this we can conclude that the BIG answer for the Church impacting the world is not primarily in programs, as good as some of these may be. The answer is in the excellence of discipleship expressed into the world: i.e. into the workforce, into the marketplace, into the shopping centres, into the schools, into the hospitals, into the courts and onto the sports fields and so on. This is our original Commission from Jesus in Matt 22:37-40 and 28:17-20 and John 17:18.

Our Principles are God’s Principles;
‘… on earth as it is in heaven’ (Matthew 6:19)

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At this time in history we are living under God’s grace, where good and evil can produce order or disorder (respectively), and according to our obedience or disobedience to God. In this reality two doctrines work in parallel: the free will of man and the sovereignty of God. While God calls all people to himself through His truth and kindness, not all will respond. God is not responsible for our sin and He will ultimately have the last say.

Ultimately, for the life we have been given we will all be held individually accountable (John 3:16-18). The time will certainly come when the Lord Jesus Christ will return to earth to rule and reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords over the whole earth from the city of Jerusalem (Micah 4:1-8).

Therefore, our faith is in Christ the Son of the Living God (John 3:18), and this is where we stand.

Our Mission is to pray and connect people who are passionate about participating in growing the governance of Christ in every sphere/mountain/domain of influence in our society and follow God’s command to love one another as He loved us (John 13:34-35).

We look to connect Christians, who are passionate about the Great Commandments (Matthew 22:34-40) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) in everyday life. This connection is without regard for denominational affiliation.

Our ethos is vibrantly alive around nine magnificent truths:

The Government rests on the shoulders of Jesus and his government and peace will never end – the Lord Almighty will accomplish this (Isaiah 9:6-7).
The offices of Jesus in Heaven and Earth are Prophet (Hebrews 1:1-2), Priest (Hebrews 4:14-16) and King (Revelation 19:16).
The three institutions of God on earth are Family, Government and Church.
Church and State have separate jurisdictions under Jesus. For the Church Jesus is the head and high priest. For the State Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Society operates through spheres/mountains/domains with a multitude of sub-spheres/mountains/domains.
The foundations of the Kingdom of God are Justice and Righteousness (Psalm 89:14).
The Power of God works through all spheres/mountains/domains.
Jesus Christ will come again to rule and reign over the earth.
Our connection with God is through humility, faith and obedience (Matthew 18:4, Hebrews 11:6).

We are implementing these truths through praying and encouraging many church and marketplace leaders who represent their spheres/mountains/domains of influence.

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Many people publish digital books for free, and don’t bother with a printed version. You can do both, or either – for free.

One huge advantage of uloading your digital publication to Kindle is that you can make it available to everyone for $1 or less – immediately!

Amazon now sells more Kindle books than printed books.

Renewal Journal began traditionally over 20 years ago in 1993. It cost a lot to print hundreds of copies, and cost more to mail them. Now it’s all done for free, including digital versions.

Look at the Renewal Journals page – see Masthead. All those 20 journals originally cost hundreds of dollars to print and mail. We needed subscription lists – a big job. Now the updated second editions cost nothing to print and are available with free airmail worldwide, and no subscriptions needed. They are immediately available with free airmail from The Book Depository – see links. The Renewal Journals and books are also published on Amazon and Kindle for free, and are immediately available with their Free App for PC/Laptop/Tablet/Smartphone.

You can do that – for free.
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You set the price per copy (eg $5, $8, $10). You also get authors/publishers discount.

How?

I published most of the books and journals on these web pages for free. Initially I paid for some covers and some internal layouts, but now I do it for free.

One huge advantage is that you can then upload new editions or corrections, also for free, for both digital and printed versions.

Digital eBooks are easiest to do now. Just upload your Word file to Kindle! Add a free cover you create with Cover Creator.

For printed books go to CreateSpace.com (an Amazon company) and follow the links.
What you publish there goes on Amazon and Kindle for free.
Expanded distribution adds your book(s) to The Book Depository with free airmail worldwide, and your books are listed on other distributors, some of which get listed on Amazon as well.

You can start small. For example, King of the Granny Flat (a biography – Look inside) was a Grade 7, primary school assignment done by Dante Waugh, including the layout and photo selections. So his Grandpa just published it – for free. There’s an idea for parents and grandparents!

The main disadvantage is that all your errors get published (in print or digitally) just as you upload them! But it’s easy to then upload a corrected version for free. If you have a spouse or friend good at editing, you’re home and hosed. CreateSpace now provides a brilliant digital proof of your book that you can examine before publishing.

You can pay for services, such as covers, layout, editing, marketing. But these are all optional extras. At first I used their services for layout and covers. Here are examples of their cover designs I paid for:

Here are examples of cover designs done by others that we reproduced:

Most of the rest were done by the CreateSpace cover creator for free. For example, the 20 issues of Renewal Journal have the same cover design and fonts, but different colours and photos – See Renewal Journals page:

You will see many books with the same cover design but different colours and photos on the Books and Welcome pages here, all done for free, such as these in the Lion of Judah series I am now producing:

Other books, including the digital versions, have a range of free cover designs such as this design:

What?

What can you publish? Possibilities are endless!

What about studies you have written? Years ago I led electives on Spiritual Gifts at a National Christian Youth Convention (NCYC). We photocopied booklets as a handout. I had it on my computer, so I just uploaded an edited, expanded version to CreateSpace/Amazon and Kindle. Now it is available on the Renewal Journal website as well. You can do that for your resource.

An easy way to start your own books would be by using your family or holiday photos. Many people have albums on web pages such as Facebook but books are still popular and welcome, especially as gifts.

Perhaps you could consider fiction or non-fiction. Most of my books are non-fiction, but I have published fiction stories that a pre-school grandson told me when he was 3 and 4. Uploading many edited copies to the publisher cost nothing as I gradually improved the layout of the book. There’s a holiday idea for you with your children or grandchildren

An older grandson wrote a biography for a primary school assignment so I published that and it became a welcome and popular gift. He did the layout himself. You could help your children or grandchildren make a small book of around 24 pages.

Your children or grandchildren may appreciate your autobiography, or part of your life story. The world has changed so much since the twentieth century that your story could be really interesting especially if you illustrate it with some photos. You could start with some small books and then combine them into one larger volume later.

I have published various essays written by my students and made them available in a book. If you do that you become the editor of that book. Students often gave their work to me with better formatting than I can do myself. I have encouraged students to publish their work, for free.

Maybe you lead or speak in a study group and could gather your material into a small resource book. You can have that published and in your hands within a month, or have it available on Kindle tomorrow! I often use my books as resources for my speaking or teaching.

Why not try something to begin? You may find yourself enjoying this hobby and helping or blessing others in the process.

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Contents

Class Testimony

Related Books

BLOGS INDEX 1: REVIVALS (BRIEFER THAN REVIVALS INDEX)

BLOGS INDEX 2: MISSION (INTERNATIONAL STORIES)

BLOGS INDEX 4: DEVOTIONAL (INCLUDING TESTIMONIES)

BLOGS INDEX 6: CHAPTERS (BLOGS FROM BOOKS)

BLOGS INDEX 7: IMAGES (PHOTOS AND ALBUMS)

Contents

Endorsement

From the Introduction

BLOGS INDEX 2: MISSION (INTERNATIONAL STORIES)

BLOGS INDEX 3: MIRACLES (SUPERNATURAL EVENTS)

BLOGS INDEX 4: DEVOTIONAL (INCLUDING TESTIMONIES)

BLOGS INDEX 6: CHAPTERS (BLOGS FROM BOOKS)

BLOGS INDEX 7: IMAGES (PHOTOS AND ALBUMS)

Acts 3 cripple healed – acted out in faith in PNG

HEALING BLOGS

BLOGS INDEX 1: REVIVALS (BRIEFER THAN REVIVALS INDEX)

BLOGS INDEX 2: MISSION (INTERNATIONAL STORIES)

BLOGS INDEX 4: DEVOTIONAL (INCLUDING TESTIMONIES)

BLOGS INDEX 6: CHAPTERS (BLOGS FROM BOOKS)

BLOGS INDEX 7: IMAGES (PHOTOS AND ALBUMS)

Keys to godly living

Chapter 1: your spiritual gifts

The Lion of Judah Book 3: The Life of Jesus

Contents of Book 3: The Life of Jesus

See also

BLOGS INDEX 1: REVIVALS (BRIEFER THAN REVIVALS INDEX)

BLOGS INDEX 2: MISSION (INTERNATIONAL STORIES)

BLOGS INDEX 4: DEVOTIONAL (INCLUDING TESTIMONIES)

BLOGS INDEX 6: CHAPTERS (BLOGS FROM BOOKS)

BLOGS INDEX 7: IMAGES (PHOTOS AND ALBUMS)

Introduction

Our Principles are God’s Principles; ‘… on earth as it is in heaven’ (Matthew 6:19)

BLOGS INDEX 1: REVIVALS(BRIEFER THANREVIVALS INDEX)

BLOGS INDEX 2: MISSION (INTERNATIONAL STORIES)

BLOGS INDEX 4: DEVOTIONAL (INCLUDING TESTIMONIES)

BLOGS INDEX 6: CHAPTERS (BLOGS FROM BOOKS)

BLOGS INDEX 7: IMAGES (PHOTOS AND ALBUMS)

How?

What?

Our Principles are God’s Principles;
‘… on earth as it is in heaven’ (Matthew 6:19)