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1. Apostleship
a. Apostleship Equals “Sent-ship”, and Is Not Obsolete Go To Apostleship Section
1. Item#1 Apostle Means Sent One
2. Item#9 Apostleship Equals “Sent-ship”
3. Item#12 Sent by Commandment of God
4. Item#29 Pre-Pentecost Peter Selects Judas’ Replacement
5. Item#40 Apostles Stay in Jerusalem
6. Item#54 The Need for an Actual Sending by God
7. Item#80 Apostleship Belongs to the Church
8. Item#85- Evangelism Section; Apostle Merely Means Sent
b. Apostles Other than the Twelve
1. Item#4 Seven Apostles Other than the Twelve
2. Item#17 Jesus was also an apostle
3. Item#20 Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ- Six Apostles of the Holy Spirit
4. Item#44 Luke Confirms the Apostleship of Barnabus
5. Item#53 Junias and Andronicus- Apostles of the Holy Spirit
6. Item#69 Silas and Timothy Cited as Apostles
c. The Authority of Apostleship- the Holy Spirit and the Lord Jesus Christ
1. Item#7 The Authority of Apostleship
2. Item#28 Apostolic Power through the Holy Spirit
3. Item#34 Apostolic Signs and Wonders for Apostolic Works
4. Item#55 Practicing Apostleship
5. Item#60 Mark These Supposed Super Apostles
6. Item#70 Apostle’s Authority Comes Directly from Christ
7. Item#75 “The Apostle’s Teaching” Cannot be Altered
d. “Magisterium”, and Apostolic Succession
1. Item#46 “Magisterium”, and Apostolic Succession
2. Item#82 “Magisterium”, and Apostolic Succession- More Considerations
e. The Twelve- Representational. Typological, and Foundational
1. Item#66 Foundational but not Abolished
2. Item#74 Twelve Apostles and twelve Tribes- Representational, Typological, and Foundational
f. Summary of Apostleship
2. Prophecy
a. Prophecy Never Became Obsolete Go To Prophecy Section
1. Item#1 “Face to Face”- Critical to Understand this Term
2. Item#2 Prophecy Ceases when “Face to Face” Occurs
3. Item#11 Manifested by the Holy Spirit
4. Item#97 “I Will Pour Out My Spirit”
5. Item#99 It’s God’s Nature to Speak to his Church
6. Item#385 The Law and the Prophets
7. Item#226 No Prophecy During Christ’s Millennial Reign
8. Item#285 Ongoing New Testament Prophecy- Agabus
9. Item#340 Israel’s Deep Sleep- Israel’s Eyes (the Prophets) are Sealed
10. Item#373 Cultural Resistance to Prophecy and Holy Living- “You made the Nazirites to drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy”
11. Item#381 Foundational, but not Abolished
12. Item#406 Prophets- Grouped with the Patriarchs
b. Prophecy- Definition, Purpose, and Scope
1. Item#28 Spiritual Ability of Prophecy Defined
2. Item#64 Singers and Musicians- Still a Type of Prophecy Today
3. Item#108 Prophetesses
4. Item#124 First Occurrence of the Word “Prophet”
5. Item#125 Aaron the Prophet
6. Item#218 Prophecy- Semantics and definition
7. Item#288 New Testament Prophecy- An Example
8. Item#293 Miriam the First Prophetess
9. Item#316 “The Sons of the Prophets”
10. Item#320 My Servants the Prophets
11. Item#322 The Difference Between Prophets and Seers
12. Item#326 All Israel were Prophets
13. Item#365 Idolatry, False Prophecy, Sin is not Exposed, God’s Judgment- The Repeating Cycle
14. Item#369 End Times Prophecy, a.k.a. Eschotology
c. Semantics- How is Prophecy Accomplished?
1. Item#22 The Spirit of God Causes Prophecy
2. Item#13 Prophecy Fulfilled- a New Testament Example
3. Item#34 Professor Jeremiah’s Prophecy Class
4. Item#35 The Lord’s Historical Practicing of the Golden Rule
5. Item#50 A Class in New Testament Prophecy
6. Item#51 The Partial Knowledge Aspect and Semantics of Prophecy
7. Item#56 Head Covering/ Uncovering While Before God’s throne
8. Item#62 Prophets cannot speak falsehood. It’s not in their nature
9. Item#70 Public Prophecy, Jeremiah
10. Item#85 In-your–face Prophecy and God’s Sovereignty in Judgment
11. Item#100 The Call of Amos
12. Item#143 Elijah at Mt. Carmel
13. Item#180 The Lord Changes a Prophecy
14. Item#211 Ezekiel’s Call
15. Item#216 Community Sin Affecting the Prophet
16. Item#221 An Oracle to the Prophet, Habakkuk
17. Item#239 Prophecy- Semantics and Typology
18. Item#286 Prophecy- Applies to Many Generations
19. Item#294 Deborah the Prophetess
20. Item#313 Semantics of Prophecy-The Last Encounter Between Elijah and Elisha
21. Item#389 Some Semantics of Prophecy
22. Item#401 Fellowship of Prophets in Persecution
23. Item#375a Word of Knowledge Section- John the Baptist
d. Test for Prophecy
1. Item#37 The Test for True Prophecy
2. Item#122 Contempt Toward a Prophecy Quenches the Holy Spirit
3. Item#346 False vs. True Prophecy- Wind vs. Fiery Wind
4. Item#352 True vs. False Prophets, Jeremiah 23:9-30
5. Item#443 Patience in the Face of Suffering
6. Item#447 Test the Spirits
e. Prophecy Doesn't Add to Scripture
1. Item#20 Adding to Scripture- A Succinct and Often Misunderstood Warning, Revelation 22:18, & 19
2. Item#157 Not All Prophecy is Scripture
f. Authority of Prophecy
1. Item#74 Prophets and Apostles are Sent by God
2. Item#172 Treat Prophecy and, therefore, Prophets with Respect and Honor
1. Item#54 False Prophecy- Some Points
2. Item#44 Recompense of False Prophecy
3. Item#69 False Prophecy- The Practice and the Results
4. Item#71 False Prophecy- Distorting the truth of the Living God
5. Item#75 The Reason for False Prophecy- Removing God’s Blessing
6. Item#82 False Prophecy- Some Semantics
7. Item#83 Nuns and Clergy
8. Item#127 False Prophecy- Working False Signs & Wonders From Day One
9. Item#128 False Prophecy- By a False God or Not By God’s Command
10. Item#283 False Prophecy- Seven Things
11. Item#289 False Prophecy- It’s Motivation
12. Item#292 The False Prophet of the Tribulation- His Destruction
13. Item#321 The Lord’s Judgment Upon False Prophets- Jehu Traps the Prophets of Baal
14. Item#327 False Prophets Driven by False Spirits
15. Item#347 “The prophets prophecy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way”- Horrible Necromancy and Shamanism
16. Item#350 False Prophecy and Idolatry- Repeated Warning of Impending Judgment
17. Item#394 False Prophets and False Signs
h. Prophecy Not Limited to Prophets
1. Item#47 Pre-Calvary Infilling by the Holy Spirit; “Always” and “Never” Must Be Left Up to Scripture
2. Item#130 Moses Knew the Lord “Face to Face”
3. Item#278 Prophecy defined- King David as a Prophet
4. Item#329 Jehaziel’s prophecy and Generational Gifts
5. Item#426 Silas Cited as a Prophet
i. Prophecy- Given for Edification, Strengthening, Encouragement, and Comfort of the Church
1. Item#118 Provision and Prosperity Through Prophecy
2. Item#131 Prophecy as Pure Edification
3. Item#223 Prophecy- Edification and Successful Correction
4. Item#224 Prophecy- As Encouragement
5. Item#281 Prophecy- Correction and Edification, Old and New Testament Times
6. Item#333 Prophecy- Edification and Correction
7. Item#438 Holy New Testament Prophets- Necessary for the Church
j. Be Eager to Prophesy
1. Item#16 The Last Two Prophets- Pure Gold
2. Item#299 Anna a New Testament Prophetess
3. Item#435 Eagerly Desire the Greater Gifts
k. Summary of Prophecy
l. Prophecy According to Jeremiah
m. Speaking from God According to I Corinthians 14
3. Evangelism
a. Evangelism Defined and Differentiated Go To Evangelism Section
1. Item#1 Phillip the Evangelist
2. Item#9 An Orderly Account
3. Item#17 Teaching vs. Preaching the Gospel
4. Item#27 Pending Judgment is Part of the Gospel
5. Item#42 False Gospels
6. Item#56 The Word of Truth
7. Item#67 There is a Rest for the People of God
8. Item#82 Preaching Differs from Teaching
9. Item#83 Repentance Prepares the Way
10. Item#94 Repentance is Part of the Gospel
b. There is Only One True Gospel, and It is the Power of God for Salvation
1. Item#23 The Notion of a “Gospel of the Kingdom”
2. Item#26 The Only Power for Salvation
3. Item#31 “My Gospel”
4. Item#32 Gospel Separate from Baptism
5. Item#35 The One True Gospel, The Whole Gospel, and the Minimum Gospel for Salvation
6. Item#112 Only One Gospel
7. Item#149 Chronicling the Gospel Message
c. Semantics- How is Evangelism Accomplished?
1. Item#18 Salvation Only by the Gospel
2. Item#21 Gospel as a Message
3. Item#37 The Glorious Gospel
4. Item#97 Holy Spirit Direction- Who to Evangelize
5. Item#109 Holy Spirit Direction- Open and Closed doors
6. Item#135 Taking the Kingdom by Force- The Power of the Gospel
7. Item#143 The Sequence of Salvation
8. Item#158 Thoroughly Preach the Gospel
9. Item#170 The Lord Jesus as an Evangelist
d. The Spreading and Public Proclamation of the Gospel
1. Item#22 The Enormous Need and the Real Help for that Need
2. Item#28 How to have Beautiful Feet
3. Item#75 “Me and the Gospel”
4. Item#77 The Anointed Ministry of the Lord Jesus- the Christ
5. Item#84 Spreading the Gospel
6. Item#86 Great Commission
7. Item#116 Preaching Christ out of Selfish Ambition
8. Item#145 Water Baptism ASAP
9. Item#198 Heralding the Good News
e. Evangelism- Necessary for the Church and Not Obsolete
1. Item#36 Evangelism, a Large Part of Apostleship
2. Item#60 Obedience and Disobedience to the Gospel, II Thessalonians
3. Item#153 Church Building (a.k.a. apostleship)- Evangelism, Organization, and Continuing Edification
f. Manifestation of God's Grace
1. Item#3 To Each One Grace is Given
2. Item#15 Fulfillment of Prophecy
3. Item#58 Not Just Words, but Power
4. Item#68 Evangelism is Always by Holy Spirit Power
5. Item#107 Compelled to Evangelize
6. Item#174 Evangelism is a Witness of God’s Presence
g. Summary of Evangelism
4. Shepherding
a. Being the Lord’s Shepherd First. Go To Shepherding Section
1. Item#1 Pastors as a Work of the Spirit vs. a hireling
2. Item#27 “The Lord is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want”
3. Item#36 The World Hates Pastors
b. Shepherding Defined and Differentiated
1. Item#3 Pastors in the Millennium
2. Item#196 Sheep Available for Slaughter
3. Item#314 Bishop Merely Means Overseer, Plurality of Elders, Pastors- Only Through the Holy Spirit’s Power
c. Semantics- How is Shepherding Accomplished?
1. Item#5 Pastors Who Don’t Care
2. Item#10 Typology Explained, Tasks of a Pastor- Searching for Pasture
3. Item#20 The Lord’s Complaint Against the Pastors and Against the Flock, also the Good Shepherd of the Millennium
4. Item#44 The Lord as a Shepherd
5. Item#57 A Shepherd Saves from the Lions Mouth
6. Item#92 The Lord- Our True Pasture
7. Item#123 Redemption is of First Importance
8. Item#139 Every Living Thing Including Men and Cattle Are the Lord’s
9. Item#162 The Following Leader
10. Item#200 Sheep Recognize the Shepherd’s Voice
11. Item#331 Rule: Obedience = Blessing
d. Shepherding (pastor)- a Grace Gift of the Holy Spirit, Not a Title or an Office.
1. Item#8 A Critical Passage, Pastors by the Spirit’s Power not a Title
2. Item#37 The Good Shepherd in the Old Testament
e. Every Elder, Mature Believer Exhorted by God to Pastor.
1. Item#58 Rule: No Shepherd = Satanic Attack
2. Item#75 All Elders Should Pastor
3. Item#152 It’s Impossible for a Pastor to be Separated from Community Life
4. Item#237 If You Love Christ, Pastor His Lambs
5. Item#252 Shepherding a Fleshly Flock
6. Item#312 Pastors Should Live Day to Day With Their Flock
f. Shepherding- a Manifestation of God’s grace, and Necessary for Growth in the Gathering.
1. Item#12 The Sheep of Your Pasture
2. Item#40 Rule: No Shepherd = Sheep Scattered
g. Paying a Hireling Cleric Versus Shepherding by the Gathering's Elders.
1. Item#25 I am the Good Shepherd
2. Item#108 Flocks as a Measure of Wealth
h. Summary of Shepherding
5. Teaching
a. Purpose of Teaching- Paramount in any Study of Teaching Go To Teaching Section
1. Item#1 Purpose of Teaching
2. Item#6 Blessings through Teaching- Generational
3. Item#114 Who’s and Why’s of Instruction
4. Item#124 Results of Learning God’s Decrees
5. Item#172 The Spread of Christian Teaching
1. Item#9 Consecrated Teachers
2. Item#53 Golden vs. Wooden Pulpit
3. Item#76 Requirements of Elders- Apt to Teach
4. Item#167 A Woman is not to Teach or Have Authority over a Man
5. Item#168 Elders as the Principal Teachers of the Local Gathering
6. Item#194 Itching Ears- the Opposite of Holy Spirit Teaching
7. Item#215 The Romans List of Gifts- “Let Him Teach”
8. Item#237 Many Teachers within Each Congregation
d. God, Especially the Holy Spirit, as the Actual Teacher
1. Item#11 Ultimately God is the Actual Teacher
2. Item#17 Excellent Overall Definition of Teaching
3. Item#54 The Holy Spirit as Teacher
4. Item#70 Teaching versus Revelation
5. Item#120 Teaching through Desperate Times
6. Item#138 Teaching by Trial and Error and by Common Sense
7. Item#144 Teaching in the Millennium
8. Item#244 Grace Teaches and Urges Self-control
9. Item#263 Direct Instruction from the Lord
10. Item#272 Reality as Teacher
e. False Teachings and False Teachers
1. Item#26 False Teaching and Punishment for False Teaching
2. Item#73 Worldly Teaching and Philosophy vs. the Truth of Jesus
3. Item#92 Taught to Sin
4. Item#202 Christian Teaching versus Customs and Traditions
5. Item#274 Who to Imitate
f. Semantics- How to Teach
1. Item#2 God’s View of Teaching
2. Item#3 Corporal Punishment
3. Item#14 Parental Teaching
4. Item#15 Bible Memorization
5. Item#23 Teaching by Repetition
6. Item#46 Where to Teach
7. Item#58 Serious Prayer Accompanies Teaching and all Christian Work
8. Item#67 Apollos- a New Testament Teacher and Preacher
9. Item#77 Semantics of Holy Spirit Teaching
10. Item#96 Testing as Part of Teaching
11. Item#137 Lifestyle Qualifications of a Teacher
12. Item#149 When is a Pulpit Needed?
13. Item#158 “To Do and To Teach”
14. Item#161 Persistent Teaching = Effective Teaching
15. Item#175 Maturity Level for Teaching
16. Item#275 Gentle Instruction
g. What to Teach
1. Item#33 The Sermon on the Mount- Discipleship Training
2. Item#50 How to Pray- to the Father, through the Son
3. Item#95 Knowledge, Understanding, Insight, Wisdom, and Prudence
4. Item#117 Fear of the Lord
5. Item#141 Teaching the Difference between the Holy and the Common, What to Teach
6. Item#144 Teaching in the Millennium
7. Item#146 Teach Grace and Law
h. Instruction, in the Form of Chastisement or Reproof, is Necessary
1. Item#277 Instruction as Chastisement and Reproof
2. Item#278 Proverbs is the Main Book of Instruction
3. Item#305 Instruction by Prophets or by Wrath?
a. The Abundant Life Promise
1. Item#14- Apostleship Section; Spiritual gifts as Fulfillment of the Abundant Life Promise
2. Item#443- Prophecy Section; Patience in the Face of Suffering
b. Grace Study as a Perspective or Broad View of Scripture
1. Item#15g, 16b, & 10- Word of Knowledge Section
2. Item#14- Apostleship Section
3. Item#145- Evangelism Section
4. Item#37a- Shepherding section
5. Item#54- Teaching Section
c. Flesh Wars Against the Spirit- Sometimes Persecution
1. Item#24- Apostleship Section; Flesh vs. Spirit- a History of Persecution
2. Item#66- Prophecy Section; The Flesh Wars Against the Fiery Spirit of God in the Prophet
3. Item#68- Prophecy section; The Flesh Wars Against the Fiery Spirit of God- Two Different Natures
4. Item#147-Prophecy Section; The Persecution of God’s Prophets
5. Item#217-Prophecy Section; Prophets as Fools and Fanatics
6. Item#241- Prophecy section; Prophet- Generally Not Honored in his Own Town and Household
7. Item#3- Word of Wisdom Section- Wisdom is Proved Right by Her Actions
8. Item#277- Word of Knowledge Section- Persecution because of the Word
d. A Ranking of Spiritual Abilities
1. Item#56- Apostleship Section; An Order to the Spiritual Abilities
2. Item#191-Teaching Section; Ranking the Spiritual Abilities
e. God's Indwelling of the Church Through Gifts
1. Item#68- Apostleship Section; Gifts- God’s Indwelling of the Church
2. Item#439- Prophecy Section; Gifts- God’s Indwelling of the Church
3. Item#85- Evangelism Section; Apostle Merely Means Sent
4. Item#109- Evangelism Section; Holy Spirit Direction- Open and Closed doors
5. Item 1b- Word of Wisdom Section- Basic Definition and Concepts
f. Receiving Pay for Spiritual Abilities
1. Item#55- Apostleship Section; Practicing Apostleship
2. Item#106- Evangelism Section; Subsidizing Evangelists and Apostles- a Commandment
3. Item#1- Shepherding Section; Pastors as a Work of the Spirit vs. a Hireling
4. Item#25c&d- Shepherding Section; I am the Good Shepherd
5. Item#108- Shepherding Section; Flocks as a Measure of Wealth
6. Item#143- Teaching Section; Receiving Pay for Spiritual Abilities
g. Paul's Position on the Spiritual Abilities
1. Item#1- Prophecy Section
2. Item#97- Prophcecy Section
3. Item#172- Prophecy Section
4. Item#373- Prophecy Section
5. Item#435- Prophecy Section
6. Item#56- Apostleship Section
7. Item#5- Shepherding Section
h. Warnings Against Gnosticism
1. Item#1a1, 1a4, & 1f- Prophecy Section
2. Item#10- Word of Knowledge Section
i. Glimpses of heaven
1. Item#2- Prophecy Section
2. Item#130c- Prophecy Section
3. Item#147e- Prophecy Section
4. Item#226- Prophecy Section
5. Item#3- Shepherding Section
6. Item#50b&c- Teaching Section
7. Item#15k- Word of Knowledge Section
j. The Friendship of the Lord Jesus Christ
1. Item#130- Prophecy Section
2. Item#313b- Prophecy Section
3. Item#322- Prophecy Section
4. Item#16j- Word of Knowledge Section
5. Item#18- Word of Knowledge Section
k. Love as the basis for Spiritual abilities
1. Item#1, and 373- Prophecy Section; Paul's position
2. Item#12- Word of Knowledge Section; I Corinthians 13- Chapter analysis
3. Item#109- Evangelism Section, Opening the Philadelphian door; also Items#12a, 16i, and 41j of the Word of Knowledge Section.
4. Item#22- Word of Knowledge Knowing, even as we are known
l. Knowing, even as we are known
1. Item#1f- Prophecy; “Face to Face”- Critical to Understand this Term
2. Item#12b- Word of Knowledge; Knowledge will vanish away
3. Item#15k- Word of Knowledge Section
4. Item#22- Word of Knowledge; Knowing, even as we are known
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1. Apostleship
a. Apostleship Equals “Sent-ship”, and Is Not Obsolete Go To Apostleship Section
1. Item#1 Apostle Means Sent One
2. Item#9 Apostleship Equals “Sent-ship”
3. Item#12 Sent by Commandment of God
4. Item#29 Pre-Pentecost Peter Selects Judas’ Replacement
5. Item#40 Apostles Stay in Jerusalem
6. Item#54 The Need for an Actual Sending by God
7. Item#80 Apostleship Belongs to the Church
8. Item#85- Evangelism Section; Apostle Merely Means Sent
b. Apostles Other than the Twelve
1. Item#4 Seven Apostles Other than the Twelve
2. Item#17 Jesus was also an apostle
3. Item#20 Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ- Six Apostles of the Holy Spirit
4. Item#44 Luke Confirms the Apostleship of Barnabus
5. Item#53 Junias and Andronicus- Apostles of the Holy Spirit
6. Item#69 Silas and Timothy Cited as Apostles
c. The Authority of Apostleship- the Holy Spirit and the Lord Jesus Christ
1. Item#7 The Authority of Apostleship
2. Item#28 Apostolic Power through the Holy Spirit
3. Item#34 Apostolic Signs and Wonders for Apostolic Works
4. Item#55 Practicing Apostleship
5. Item#60 Mark These Supposed Super Apostles
6. Item#70 Apostle’s Authority Comes Directly from Christ
7. Item#75 “The Apostle’s Teaching” Cannot be Altered
d. “Magisterium”, and Apostolic Succession
1. Item#46 “Magisterium”, and Apostolic Succession
2. Item#82 “Magisterium”, and Apostolic Succession- More Considerations
e. The Twelve- Representational. Typological, and Foundational
1. Item#66 Foundational but not Abolished
2. Item#74 Twelve Apostles and twelve Tribes- Representational, Typological, and Foundational
f. Summary of Apostleship
2. Prophecy
a. Prophecy Never Became Obsolete Go To Prophecy Section
1. Item#1 “Face to Face”- Critical to Understand this Term
2. Item#2 Prophecy Ceases when “Face to Face” Occurs
3. Item#11 Manifested by the Holy Spirit
4. Item#97 “I Will Pour Out My Spirit”
5. Item#99 It’s God’s Nature to Speak to his Church
6. Item#385 The Law and the Prophets
7. Item#226 No Prophecy During Christ’s Millennial Reign
8. Item#285 Ongoing New Testament Prophecy- Agabus
9. Item#340 Israel’s Deep Sleep- Israel’s Eyes (the Prophets) are Sealed
10. Item#373 Cultural Resistance to Prophecy and Holy Living- “You made the Nazirites to drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy”
11. Item#381 Foundational, but not Abolished
12. Item#406 Prophets- Grouped with the Patriarchs
b. Prophecy- Definition, Purpose, and Scope
1. Item#28 Spiritual Ability of Prophecy Defined
2. Item#64 Singers and Musicians- Still a Type of Prophecy Today
3. Item#108 Prophetesses
4. Item#124 First Occurrence of the Word “Prophet”
5. Item#125 Aaron the Prophet
6. Item#218 Prophecy- Semantics and definition
7. Item#288 New Testament Prophecy- An Example
8. Item#293 Miriam the First Prophetess
9. Item#316 “The Sons of the Prophets”
10. Item#320 My Servants the Prophets
11. Item#322 The Difference Between Prophets and Seers
12. Item#326 All Israel were Prophets
13. Item#365 Idolatry, False Prophecy, Sin is not Exposed, God’s Judgment- The Repeating Cycle
14. Item#369 End Times Prophecy, a.k.a. Eschotology
c. Semantics- How is Prophecy Accomplished?
1. Item#22 The Spirit of God Causes Prophecy
2. Item#13 Prophecy Fulfilled- a New Testament Example
3. Item#34 Professor Jeremiah’s Prophecy Class
4. Item#35 The Lord’s Historical Practicing of the Golden Rule
5. Item#50 A Class in New Testament Prophecy
6. Item#51 The Partial Knowledge Aspect and Semantics of Prophecy
7. Item#56 Head Covering/ Uncovering While Before God’s throne
8. Item#62 Prophets cannot speak falsehood. It’s not in their nature
9. Item#70 Public Prophecy, Jeremiah
10. Item#85 In-your–face Prophecy and God’s Sovereignty in Judgment
11. Item#100 The Call of Amos
12. Item#143 Elijah at Mt. Carmel
13. Item#180 The Lord Changes a Prophecy
14. Item#211 Ezekiel’s Call
15. Item#216 Community Sin Affecting the Prophet
16. Item#221 An Oracle to the Prophet, Habakkuk
17. Item#239 Prophecy- Semantics and Typology
18. Item#286 Prophecy- Applies to Many Generations
19. Item#294 Deborah the Prophetess
20. Item#313 Semantics of Prophecy-The Last Encounter Between Elijah and Elisha
21. Item#389 Some Semantics of Prophecy
22. Item#401 Fellowship of Prophets in Persecution
23. Item#375a Word of Knowledge Section- John the Baptist
d. Test for Prophecy
1. Item#37 The Test for True Prophecy
2. Item#122 Contempt Toward a Prophecy Quenches the Holy Spirit
3. Item#346 False vs. True Prophecy- Wind vs. Fiery Wind
4. Item#352 True vs. False Prophets, Jeremiah 23:9-30
5. Item#443 Patience in the Face of Suffering
6. Item#447 Test the Spirits
e. Prophecy Doesn't Add to Scripture
1. Item#20 Adding to Scripture- A Succinct and Often Misunderstood Warning, Revelation 22:18, & 19
2. Item#157 Not All Prophecy is Scripture
f. Authority of Prophecy
1. Item#74 Prophets and Apostles are Sent by God
2. Item#172 Treat Prophecy and, therefore, Prophets with Respect and Honor
- Item#229 Messianic Prophecy Fulfilled- One of Many
- Item#295 Huldah the Powerful Prophetess
1. Item#54 False Prophecy- Some Points
2. Item#44 Recompense of False Prophecy
3. Item#69 False Prophecy- The Practice and the Results
4. Item#71 False Prophecy- Distorting the truth of the Living God
5. Item#75 The Reason for False Prophecy- Removing God’s Blessing
6. Item#82 False Prophecy- Some Semantics
7. Item#83 Nuns and Clergy
8. Item#127 False Prophecy- Working False Signs & Wonders From Day One
9. Item#128 False Prophecy- By a False God or Not By God’s Command
10. Item#283 False Prophecy- Seven Things
11. Item#289 False Prophecy- It’s Motivation
12. Item#292 The False Prophet of the Tribulation- His Destruction
13. Item#321 The Lord’s Judgment Upon False Prophets- Jehu Traps the Prophets of Baal
14. Item#327 False Prophets Driven by False Spirits
15. Item#347 “The prophets prophecy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way”- Horrible Necromancy and Shamanism
16. Item#350 False Prophecy and Idolatry- Repeated Warning of Impending Judgment
17. Item#394 False Prophets and False Signs
h. Prophecy Not Limited to Prophets
1. Item#47 Pre-Calvary Infilling by the Holy Spirit; “Always” and “Never” Must Be Left Up to Scripture
2. Item#130 Moses Knew the Lord “Face to Face”
3. Item#278 Prophecy defined- King David as a Prophet
4. Item#329 Jehaziel’s prophecy and Generational Gifts
5. Item#426 Silas Cited as a Prophet
i. Prophecy- Given for Edification, Strengthening, Encouragement, and Comfort of the Church
1. Item#118 Provision and Prosperity Through Prophecy
2. Item#131 Prophecy as Pure Edification
3. Item#223 Prophecy- Edification and Successful Correction
4. Item#224 Prophecy- As Encouragement
5. Item#281 Prophecy- Correction and Edification, Old and New Testament Times
6. Item#333 Prophecy- Edification and Correction
7. Item#438 Holy New Testament Prophets- Necessary for the Church
j. Be Eager to Prophesy
1. Item#16 The Last Two Prophets- Pure Gold
2. Item#299 Anna a New Testament Prophetess
3. Item#435 Eagerly Desire the Greater Gifts
k. Summary of Prophecy
l. Prophecy According to Jeremiah
m. Speaking from God According to I Corinthians 14
3. Evangelism
a. Evangelism Defined and Differentiated Go To Evangelism Section
1. Item#1 Phillip the Evangelist
2. Item#9 An Orderly Account
3. Item#17 Teaching vs. Preaching the Gospel
4. Item#27 Pending Judgment is Part of the Gospel
5. Item#42 False Gospels
6. Item#56 The Word of Truth
7. Item#67 There is a Rest for the People of God
8. Item#82 Preaching Differs from Teaching
9. Item#83 Repentance Prepares the Way
10. Item#94 Repentance is Part of the Gospel
b. There is Only One True Gospel, and It is the Power of God for Salvation
1. Item#23 The Notion of a “Gospel of the Kingdom”
2. Item#26 The Only Power for Salvation
3. Item#31 “My Gospel”
4. Item#32 Gospel Separate from Baptism
5. Item#35 The One True Gospel, The Whole Gospel, and the Minimum Gospel for Salvation
6. Item#112 Only One Gospel
7. Item#149 Chronicling the Gospel Message
c. Semantics- How is Evangelism Accomplished?
1. Item#18 Salvation Only by the Gospel
2. Item#21 Gospel as a Message
3. Item#37 The Glorious Gospel
4. Item#97 Holy Spirit Direction- Who to Evangelize
5. Item#109 Holy Spirit Direction- Open and Closed doors
6. Item#135 Taking the Kingdom by Force- The Power of the Gospel
7. Item#143 The Sequence of Salvation
8. Item#158 Thoroughly Preach the Gospel
9. Item#170 The Lord Jesus as an Evangelist
d. The Spreading and Public Proclamation of the Gospel
1. Item#22 The Enormous Need and the Real Help for that Need
2. Item#28 How to have Beautiful Feet
3. Item#75 “Me and the Gospel”
4. Item#77 The Anointed Ministry of the Lord Jesus- the Christ
5. Item#84 Spreading the Gospel
6. Item#86 Great Commission
7. Item#116 Preaching Christ out of Selfish Ambition
8. Item#145 Water Baptism ASAP
9. Item#198 Heralding the Good News
e. Evangelism- Necessary for the Church and Not Obsolete
1. Item#36 Evangelism, a Large Part of Apostleship
2. Item#60 Obedience and Disobedience to the Gospel, II Thessalonians
3. Item#153 Church Building (a.k.a. apostleship)- Evangelism, Organization, and Continuing Edification
f. Manifestation of God's Grace
1. Item#3 To Each One Grace is Given
2. Item#15 Fulfillment of Prophecy
3. Item#58 Not Just Words, but Power
4. Item#68 Evangelism is Always by Holy Spirit Power
5. Item#107 Compelled to Evangelize
6. Item#174 Evangelism is a Witness of God’s Presence
g. Summary of Evangelism
4. Shepherding
a. Being the Lord’s Shepherd First. Go To Shepherding Section
1. Item#1 Pastors as a Work of the Spirit vs. a hireling
2. Item#27 “The Lord is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want”
3. Item#36 The World Hates Pastors
b. Shepherding Defined and Differentiated
1. Item#3 Pastors in the Millennium
2. Item#196 Sheep Available for Slaughter
3. Item#314 Bishop Merely Means Overseer, Plurality of Elders, Pastors- Only Through the Holy Spirit’s Power
c. Semantics- How is Shepherding Accomplished?
1. Item#5 Pastors Who Don’t Care
2. Item#10 Typology Explained, Tasks of a Pastor- Searching for Pasture
3. Item#20 The Lord’s Complaint Against the Pastors and Against the Flock, also the Good Shepherd of the Millennium
4. Item#44 The Lord as a Shepherd
5. Item#57 A Shepherd Saves from the Lions Mouth
6. Item#92 The Lord- Our True Pasture
7. Item#123 Redemption is of First Importance
8. Item#139 Every Living Thing Including Men and Cattle Are the Lord’s
9. Item#162 The Following Leader
10. Item#200 Sheep Recognize the Shepherd’s Voice
11. Item#331 Rule: Obedience = Blessing
d. Shepherding (pastor)- a Grace Gift of the Holy Spirit, Not a Title or an Office.
1. Item#8 A Critical Passage, Pastors by the Spirit’s Power not a Title
2. Item#37 The Good Shepherd in the Old Testament
e. Every Elder, Mature Believer Exhorted by God to Pastor.
1. Item#58 Rule: No Shepherd = Satanic Attack
2. Item#75 All Elders Should Pastor
3. Item#152 It’s Impossible for a Pastor to be Separated from Community Life
4. Item#237 If You Love Christ, Pastor His Lambs
5. Item#252 Shepherding a Fleshly Flock
6. Item#312 Pastors Should Live Day to Day With Their Flock
f. Shepherding- a Manifestation of God’s grace, and Necessary for Growth in the Gathering.
1. Item#12 The Sheep of Your Pasture
2. Item#40 Rule: No Shepherd = Sheep Scattered
g. Paying a Hireling Cleric Versus Shepherding by the Gathering's Elders.
1. Item#25 I am the Good Shepherd
2. Item#108 Flocks as a Measure of Wealth
h. Summary of Shepherding
5. Teaching
a. Purpose of Teaching- Paramount in any Study of Teaching Go To Teaching Section
1. Item#1 Purpose of Teaching
2. Item#6 Blessings through Teaching- Generational
3. Item#114 Who’s and Why’s of Instruction
4. Item#124 Results of Learning God’s Decrees
5. Item#172 The Spread of Christian Teaching
- Scripture- the Primary Curriculum
- Item#110 Correctly Partitioning the Scripture
- Item#306 The God-breathed Scripture- Profitable for Teaching, Rebuking, Correcting, and Training in Righteousness
1. Item#9 Consecrated Teachers
2. Item#53 Golden vs. Wooden Pulpit
3. Item#76 Requirements of Elders- Apt to Teach
4. Item#167 A Woman is not to Teach or Have Authority over a Man
5. Item#168 Elders as the Principal Teachers of the Local Gathering
6. Item#194 Itching Ears- the Opposite of Holy Spirit Teaching
7. Item#215 The Romans List of Gifts- “Let Him Teach”
8. Item#237 Many Teachers within Each Congregation
d. God, Especially the Holy Spirit, as the Actual Teacher
1. Item#11 Ultimately God is the Actual Teacher
2. Item#17 Excellent Overall Definition of Teaching
3. Item#54 The Holy Spirit as Teacher
4. Item#70 Teaching versus Revelation
5. Item#120 Teaching through Desperate Times
6. Item#138 Teaching by Trial and Error and by Common Sense
7. Item#144 Teaching in the Millennium
8. Item#244 Grace Teaches and Urges Self-control
9. Item#263 Direct Instruction from the Lord
10. Item#272 Reality as Teacher
e. False Teachings and False Teachers
1. Item#26 False Teaching and Punishment for False Teaching
2. Item#73 Worldly Teaching and Philosophy vs. the Truth of Jesus
3. Item#92 Taught to Sin
4. Item#202 Christian Teaching versus Customs and Traditions
5. Item#274 Who to Imitate
f. Semantics- How to Teach
1. Item#2 God’s View of Teaching
2. Item#3 Corporal Punishment
3. Item#14 Parental Teaching
4. Item#15 Bible Memorization
5. Item#23 Teaching by Repetition
6. Item#46 Where to Teach
7. Item#58 Serious Prayer Accompanies Teaching and all Christian Work
8. Item#67 Apollos- a New Testament Teacher and Preacher
9. Item#77 Semantics of Holy Spirit Teaching
10. Item#96 Testing as Part of Teaching
11. Item#137 Lifestyle Qualifications of a Teacher
12. Item#149 When is a Pulpit Needed?
13. Item#158 “To Do and To Teach”
14. Item#161 Persistent Teaching = Effective Teaching
15. Item#175 Maturity Level for Teaching
16. Item#275 Gentle Instruction
g. What to Teach
1. Item#33 The Sermon on the Mount- Discipleship Training
2. Item#50 How to Pray- to the Father, through the Son
3. Item#95 Knowledge, Understanding, Insight, Wisdom, and Prudence
4. Item#117 Fear of the Lord
5. Item#141 Teaching the Difference between the Holy and the Common, What to Teach
6. Item#144 Teaching in the Millennium
7. Item#146 Teach Grace and Law
h. Instruction, in the Form of Chastisement or Reproof, is Necessary
1. Item#277 Instruction as Chastisement and Reproof
2. Item#278 Proverbs is the Main Book of Instruction
3. Item#305 Instruction by Prophets or by Wrath?
- Summary of Teaching
- Healing
- Item#37d Word of Knowledge
- Word of Wisdom
- Basic Definition Go to Word of Wisdom Section
- Item#1- Basic Definition and Concepts
- Examples
- Item#2- Acts 15:28 "It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us..."
- Item#5- Words of Wisdom Even to the End Times
- Item 5a- Stephen's Word of Wisdom
- Item#6- Why we Need an Occasional Word of Wisdom and of Knowledge
- Item#8- Instant Wisdom for a Decision
- Godly Wisdom in General
- Item#3- Wisdom is proved right by her actions"
- Item#4- "The wisdom of the righteous"
- Man's Wisdom
- Item#7- Man's Wisdom Even of Christian Principles
- Summary of Word of Wisdom
- Word of Knowledge Under Construction
- Mercy
- Under Construction
- Rule
- Under Construction
- Encouragement
- Under Construction
a. The Abundant Life Promise
1. Item#14- Apostleship Section; Spiritual gifts as Fulfillment of the Abundant Life Promise
2. Item#443- Prophecy Section; Patience in the Face of Suffering
b. Grace Study as a Perspective or Broad View of Scripture
1. Item#15g, 16b, & 10- Word of Knowledge Section
2. Item#14- Apostleship Section
3. Item#145- Evangelism Section
4. Item#37a- Shepherding section
5. Item#54- Teaching Section
c. Flesh Wars Against the Spirit- Sometimes Persecution
1. Item#24- Apostleship Section; Flesh vs. Spirit- a History of Persecution
2. Item#66- Prophecy Section; The Flesh Wars Against the Fiery Spirit of God in the Prophet
3. Item#68- Prophecy section; The Flesh Wars Against the Fiery Spirit of God- Two Different Natures
4. Item#147-Prophecy Section; The Persecution of God’s Prophets
5. Item#217-Prophecy Section; Prophets as Fools and Fanatics
6. Item#241- Prophecy section; Prophet- Generally Not Honored in his Own Town and Household
7. Item#3- Word of Wisdom Section- Wisdom is Proved Right by Her Actions
8. Item#277- Word of Knowledge Section- Persecution because of the Word
d. A Ranking of Spiritual Abilities
1. Item#56- Apostleship Section; An Order to the Spiritual Abilities
2. Item#191-Teaching Section; Ranking the Spiritual Abilities
e. God's Indwelling of the Church Through Gifts
1. Item#68- Apostleship Section; Gifts- God’s Indwelling of the Church
2. Item#439- Prophecy Section; Gifts- God’s Indwelling of the Church
3. Item#85- Evangelism Section; Apostle Merely Means Sent
4. Item#109- Evangelism Section; Holy Spirit Direction- Open and Closed doors
5. Item 1b- Word of Wisdom Section- Basic Definition and Concepts
f. Receiving Pay for Spiritual Abilities
1. Item#55- Apostleship Section; Practicing Apostleship
2. Item#106- Evangelism Section; Subsidizing Evangelists and Apostles- a Commandment
3. Item#1- Shepherding Section; Pastors as a Work of the Spirit vs. a Hireling
4. Item#25c&d- Shepherding Section; I am the Good Shepherd
5. Item#108- Shepherding Section; Flocks as a Measure of Wealth
6. Item#143- Teaching Section; Receiving Pay for Spiritual Abilities
g. Paul's Position on the Spiritual Abilities
1. Item#1- Prophecy Section
2. Item#97- Prophcecy Section
3. Item#172- Prophecy Section
4. Item#373- Prophecy Section
5. Item#435- Prophecy Section
6. Item#56- Apostleship Section
7. Item#5- Shepherding Section
h. Warnings Against Gnosticism
1. Item#1a1, 1a4, & 1f- Prophecy Section
2. Item#10- Word of Knowledge Section
i. Glimpses of heaven
1. Item#2- Prophecy Section
2. Item#130c- Prophecy Section
3. Item#147e- Prophecy Section
4. Item#226- Prophecy Section
5. Item#3- Shepherding Section
6. Item#50b&c- Teaching Section
7. Item#15k- Word of Knowledge Section
j. The Friendship of the Lord Jesus Christ
1. Item#130- Prophecy Section
2. Item#313b- Prophecy Section
3. Item#322- Prophecy Section
4. Item#16j- Word of Knowledge Section
5. Item#18- Word of Knowledge Section
k. Love as the basis for Spiritual abilities
1. Item#1, and 373- Prophecy Section; Paul's position
2. Item#12- Word of Knowledge Section; I Corinthians 13- Chapter analysis
3. Item#109- Evangelism Section, Opening the Philadelphian door; also Items#12a, 16i, and 41j of the Word of Knowledge Section.
4. Item#22- Word of Knowledge Knowing, even as we are known
l. Knowing, even as we are known
1. Item#1f- Prophecy; “Face to Face”- Critical to Understand this Term
2. Item#12b- Word of Knowledge; Knowledge will vanish away
3. Item#15k- Word of Knowledge Section
4. Item#22- Word of Knowledge; Knowing, even as we are known