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    Sing To The Lord A New Song: Book 7
    Sing To The Lord A New Song: Book 7
    Sing To The Lord A New Song: Book 7
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    Sing To The Lord A New Song: Book 7

    By Doug Vermeulen

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    Five-Fold Ministry – Plan For Perfection
    Book 7 covers the in detail functioning of the five-fold ministry mentioned in Ephesians in the Bible. It also shows how the various ministries interact with each other. The overall relationship of God & man is presented in chart form to contextualize the discussion. We also need to know what tests we are going to face as ministers of Christ. Let’s look at how the Five-fold Ministries are made up.
    *Apostle, Meets effectiveness needs
    The seal of an Apostle is fathered sons [bringing the four ministries, and the believers of all descriptions to spiritual maturity
    An Apostle is only ever described as a `special messenger'. [See Apostle definition in the Amplified Bible]. There is absolutely no mention of `I will set myself above'!
    How do we define special messenger? We look at what the situation was with regard to the Apostles in Jesus time.
    The function of special messenger is rooted in years of intimate knowledge, dearly bought experience, and intensive training. Implied in this function is the commission to witness by the Holy Spirit, whose witness it is, by word and sign, to the risen Jesus Christ and His completed Work. The essential quality displayed is the one `did not think that Glory was something to be grasped, but made Himself as nothing `to redeem mankind’.'
    These qualities will be evident in the life of the Minister who is now called by the Holy Spirit to be an Apostle in a particular area. He will be called to be, and do these things in that area
    *Prophet, Meets spiritual needs
    Meets personal needs
    Meets financial and material needs
    The prophet Interprets the divine will and purpose, with inspired revelation, through inspired preaching and expounding, as well as inspired teaching.
    However, there is a clear difference between inspired teachings by revelation in the spur of the moment; as compared to the teacher's gift of
    `Clarifying’ truth and giving it structure and order. The prophet has the motivation to reveal unrighteous motives or actions by presenting God's truth.
    *Pastor, Meets sympathetic and emotional needs
    Meets practical needs
    Shepherds of Jesus flock. They will guard and watch over the flock. The motivation to demonstrate love by meeting practical needs. Their gift flows best through deeds rather than words. They seem to `see' what needs to be done and are gifted with their hands and equipped with physical stamina, and a disregard for weariness. They enjoy manual projects and will work until finished.
    *Evangelist
    Meets sympathetic and emotional needs.
    Meets personal needs
    Preachers of the Gospel - travelling missionaries. They are anointed to bring repentance to people through presenting the goodness of God by means of the Good News of the Gospel. Has the motivation to stimulate the faith of others.
    *Teacher
    Meets mental needs
    Clarifying truth for the purposes of indoctrination in God's Word and His commandments. Believers can mistake impartation of information as ‘teaching’. Unless truth is being ‘clarified’, no teaching is taking place.
    They have the ability to impart knowledge, and lead others into revealed truth. Teachers are indispensable to the Body of Christ, as they provide the ammunition with which the other ministries can wage their war against evil with greater success.
    Because people are people the question is always – “What is the most effective way to work together?
    In Ephesians 4:11 – 16 the bible says that if the Five-fold ministry, as above, train the saints to do the work of the ministry that we will become like Jesus, not be Him, but like Him. Glory!!!
    God designed the Five-fold Ministry to make us to be like Jesus Christ. See how - here

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDoug Vermeulen
    Release dateMar 29, 2013
    ISBN9781301672189
    Sing To The Lord A New Song: Book 7
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    Doug Vermeulen

    Awarded the Training to Reign Certificate in 1987 and a Diploma in Theology in 1988 & from Christian International University Course Completion certificates in Bible Music & Worship and TCR Bible Study Methods. The years since then have been spent gaining hands on experience of the subject matter of this book; with the ministry being known as Zion Ministries, and this also required flowing in Apostolic function. Zion Ministries operates essentially as a teaching ministry, whose concern is training Christians in the five-fold ministry mentioned in Ephesians 4:11-16 [see Amplified Bible]

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      Sing To The Lord A New Song - Doug Vermeulen

      Sing To The Lord A New Song

      Psalm 33:3, 40:3, 96:1-13, 144:9, 149:1,

      I Chronicles 16:23-33, Isaiah 42:10,

      Revelations 14:3, 19:6.

      Book 7

      Five-Fold Ministry – Plan For Perfection

      by Doug Vermeulen

      Published by Doug Vermeulen, at Smashwords

      Copyright. 2004 Doug Vermeulen.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Dear Reader, the lead-in to the text of the book is vital to the understanding of the context of this the first book of a series of twelve.

      I would be doing you a disservice if I threw you in the deep end of the pool, in terms of capturing the thought stream of the Sing to the Lord a New Song.

      Thank you for your patience; you will be rewarded in travelling a journey which pushes to the frontiers of the New Song. Bless you.

      Copyright

      N.I.V. text may be copied and /or reprinted up to and inclusive of one thousand (1,000) verses without express written permission of the publisher, providing the verses quoted do not amount to a complete book of the Bible nor do the verses quoted account for more than 50% or more of the total work in which they are quoted.

      Notice of the copyright must appear on the title or copyright page of the work as follows:

      Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

      When quotations from the N.I.V. text are used as church bulletins, orders of service, posters, transparencies or similar media, the initials N.I.V. may be used at the end of each quotation.

      Quotations and/or reprints in excess of one thousand (1,000) verses or other permission requests must be directed and approved in writing by Zondervan Bible Publishers.

      The Easy to Read Version applies the same permissions as that above, namely 1,000 verses.

      Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read- Version

      Taken from the Holy Bible: Easy To Read Version

      © 2008 by the World Bible Translation Centre, Inc. and used by permission.

      Psalm 33:3 Sing a new song to him. Play it well and sing it loud!

      Psalm 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see what he did and worship him. They will put their trust in the Lord.

      Psalm 96:1 -13 Sing a new song to the Lord! Let the whole world sing to the Lord!

      Sing to the Lord and praise his name! Tell the good news every day about how he saves us!

      Tell all the nations how wonderful he is! Tell people everywhere about the amazing things he does.

      The Lord is great and worthy of praise. He is more awesome than any of the gods.

      All the gods in other nations are nothing but statues, but the Lord made the heavens.

      He lives in the presence of glory and honor. His Temple is a place of power and beauty.

      Praise the Lord, all people of every nation; praise the Lord’s glory and power.

      Give the Lord praise worthy of his glory! Come, bring your offerings into his courtyard.

      Worship the Lord in all his holy beauty. Everyone on earth should tremble before him.

      Tell the nations that the Lord is King! The world stands firm and cannot be moved. He will judge all people fairly.

      Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout for joy!

      Let the fields and everything in them be happy! Let the trees in the forest sing for joy

      when they see the Lord coming! He is coming to rule the world. He will rule all the nations of the world with justice and fairness.

      Psalm 144:9 God, I will sing a new song for you. I will play a ten-stringed harp and sing praise to you.

      Psalm 149:1 Praise the Lord. Sing a new song to the Lord! Sing his praise

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