12 CORE PRINCIPLES AND TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH
The core of the message is to build living stones for Christ within the body of Christ The process is through teachings focused on purposeful stewardship. The goal must be driven towards helping believers to become purposeful ambassadors for Christ outside the Church
Vision
Vision from the Word of God
Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a branch or shoot of an almond tree [the emblem of alertness and activity, blossoming in late winter]. Then said the Lord to me, You have seen well, for I am alert and active, watching over My word to perform it. Jeremiah 1:11-12
The Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit Baptism
Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit, for the [Holy] Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything, even sounding the profound and bottomless things of God [the divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man’s scrutiny] 1 Corinthians 2:10
Saving Grace
Salvation is by Grace alone and not by works
The necessity of Faith in salvation
And raised us up together ,and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by GRACE you have been SAVED through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2:719
Self-Discovery in Christ
Know Christ
Know who you really are in Him
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new 2 Corinthians 5:17
For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16
Jesus came back, “God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn’t get that answer out of books or from teachers. My Father in heaven, God himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am. And now I’m going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out. Matthew 16:17-18
Believers' Maturity
The expectation of Christ
Maturity through faith and the word
[That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ’s own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him. Ephesians 4:13
Evangelism and Outreach
Our task - The great commission
Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them [b]into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you [c]all the days ([perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age. [Amen (so let it be). Matthew 28:19-20
Keys to Successful Stewardship
Profitable and purposeful stewardship
The importance of obedience
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall read [and meditate on] it day and night, so that you may be careful to do [everything] in accordance with all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will be [successful. Joshua 1:8
Signs and Wonders
Signs and wonders - the heritage of the church
The great manifestation of the Holy Spirit
And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;
They will pick up serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well. Mark 16:16-17
Accountability
The awareness of accountability
The importance of daily accountability
Now after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. Matthew 25:19
Behold, I am coming soon, and I shall bring My wages and rewards with Me, to repay and render to each one just what his own actions and his own work merit Revelations 22:12
Capacity Building
Spiritual, mental and physical capacity in Christ
Biblical Ingredients of Capacity
I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfill His purpose—I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace.] Philippians 4:13
Holiness
The demand for Righteousness and Holiness
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14
Shun youthful lusts and flee from them, and aim at and pursue righteousness (all that is virtuous and good, right living, conformity to the will of God in thought, word, and deed); [and aim at and pursue] faith, love, [and] peace (harmony and concord with others) in fellowship with all [Christians], who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:2
Love
God's love for us shown through Christ
God's love for others shown through us
For this is how much God loved the world—he gave his one and only, unique Son as a gift. So now everyone who believes in him will never perish but experience everlasting life. John 3:16
and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul (life), and with all your mind (thought, understanding), and with all your strength. ’This is the second: ‘You shall [unselfishly] love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31
The core of the messages must be to build living stones for Christ within the body of Christ
The process is through teachings focused on purposeful stewardship
The goal must be driven towards helping believers to become purposeful ambassadors for Christ outside the Church