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The Gathering
Pastor Kerry Wilson
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The Gathering
• Ephesians 1.10 “ That in the dispensation of the fullness of
times he might gather together in one all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in
him:
• The Sound
• What Does Unity Accomplish?
• Acts 2.1,42‐ 44 “And when the day of Pentecost was fully
come, they were all with one accord in one place.”
• “ And they continued stedfastly in the apostles doctrine
and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and
signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were
together, and had all things common;
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The Gathering
• Acts 4.32‐34a “ And the multitude of them
that believed were of one heart and of one
soul: neither said any of them that ought of
the things which he possessed was his own;
but they had all things common. And with
great power gave the apostles witness of the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace
was upon them all. Neither was there any
among them that lacked:”
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The Gathering
• Acts 5.12‐14 “ And by the hands of the
apostles were many signs and wonders
wrought among the people;( and they were all
with one accord in Solomon’s porch. And of
the rest durst no man join himself to them:
but the people magnified them. And believers
were more added to the Lord, multitudes both
of men and women.)
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The Gathering
• Acts 8.4‐8 “ Therefore they that were scattered
abroad went every where preaching the word.
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and
preached Christ unto them.
And the people with one accord gave heed unto
those things which Philip spake, hearing and
seeing the miracles which he did.” For unclean
spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many
that were possessed with them: and many taken
with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
And there was great joy in that city.”
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The Gathering
• Results, Results, Results
• The Why ? What were Doing
• Harmony
• Presence of God
• Kingdom Advance
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Personal Unity
• Spiritual Confusion and the Origin
• Our Understanding
• Based on Two Things
• 1. Holy Spirit draws people unto Jesus, then we make
a decision whether or not we are going to listen, the
characterization of His sheep is that they hear His
voice. John 10 “ One Shepherd, One Flock”
• 2. Gathering unto Whom? We have found that
people are rallying around many causes, and some of
them worthy, but they will never supplant the eternal
plan of God through Christ Jesus.
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Personal Unity
• Several week ago we talked about choosing, we
decide what we are going to do, there are many
influences in our lives, and even our own desires
that are outside the will of God. However if we
are going to be a part of this “gathering” we are
left with the choice of being Spirit led and Spirit
filled.
• James 4.5 “ Do you think that the scripture saith
in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to
envy.”
• Dependence vs. Independence
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Personal Unity
• We are learning to walk and live in the Spirit, our
measure determines our flow. God created us for
relationship with Him. We need understanding or
revelation to know that it is His will or His way.
• How we measure is very important to unity
• You see you have discern the nature of this
gathering for your position to be intact. It must
be vertical before it can ever be horizontal. It
starts with me.
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Personal Unity
• Ephesians 4.13‐15 “ Till we all come in the unity
of the faith (doctrine), and of the knowledge of
the Son of God (by the Holy Spirit), unto a perfect
man, unto the measure of the stature of the
fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more
children, tossed to and fro, and carried about
with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of
men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in
wait deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may
grow up into him in all things, which is the head,
even Christ:
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Personal Unity
• Fact: If you are not in this process, you are
vulnerable to deception. You see you can’t figure
it out on your own. You see how unstable we are
inside of natural spiritual growth, envision trying
to navigate without the Holy Spirit.
• Fact: Your responsible for your position and your
position only. When you are in position you are in
unity with the body. This is why you can’t
compare yourself with others, they are not the
measure.
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Personal Unity
• Fact: No matter what you say, if your body life
relationships and not in line with the Word,
you are having vertical problems which will
bring disaster to your horizontal relationships.
• God and I are getting along great, but it is all
these other people that you created and
called that are messing things up.
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Personal Unity
• To have personal unity in the spiritual realm,
we must have substantial healing inside of the
church and then healing that has scars behind
to remind us that the past is real.
• I hate what sin and the effects of sin has done
to people. We become products of our
environment, and the emotional damage that
people have endured is life long until the
saving and forgiving grace of God intervenes.
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Personal Unity
• When conflict and hurt or controversy comes, if
we aren’t “filled” we automatically revert back to
what or who hurt us. We begin to bring that hurt
back to substantiate our reaction in the now.
• The original cause of our fear, pain, anger,
security and grief is dealt with at the cross.
• Consider the amount of material that our world
has published on relationships and then ask the
question, why are they so important.
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Personal Unity
• The failure in our world to resolve conflict and
hurt has left a society that is now becoming
individualistic and isolated.
• The definition of love has been so distorted
and defined that the religious world and
evangelicalism is now using that term as an
ecuminical term to embrace diversity.
• Diversity is the miracle of the body of Christ