“Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! ¶ And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.¶ The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see” (John 1:35-46).
Beginning of the Ministries of Jesus
The ministries of Jesus publicly started alone with His Baptism in Jordan and God’s divine declaration of , “ This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Matt.3:17). We should understand the facts about the Baptism and Baptism of Jesus. There are different view points regarding the Baptism of Jesus, many consider the Baptism of Jesus with the sin and confession. In fact, the natural water of Baptism can’t was away the spiritual sin, and Baptism has no thing to do with sin and salvation, this is to fulfill the righteousness of God as well to set an example for Christian life, He was Baptized into water.
Man can be saved through his faith in Jesus Christ and repentance of his sin. Baptism is not the repentance, but it is the ordinance of the Church. It is just outward expression of inward change. Not for being saved we take the Baptism, but because we are saved so that we get Baptism. We can see clear Biblical evidence for this volunteer effort of believers in the book of Acts of the Apostle, “And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?” (Acts 8:37)
The Baptism of Jesus was not for His confession of the sin, but He took first step of His ministries in this world with setting forth an example for us. He gave us a spiritual ordinance that the saved ones of the Church need to follow in order to identify ourselves with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus.
Early Followers of Jesus
When some one comes out with a Mission, his/her success depends on the followers he will get. When Jesus started His earthly ministries, He was alone first but soon after two persons joined with Him and they came to be three together. When the two who had joined with him brought one person each, then the number reached five. But after that, the number was always in multitude and on the number of thousands.
Establishment of First Church Congregation
On the day of Pentecost, 120 were praying together before the Holy Ghost came upon them. Suddenly the Upper Room Congregation came into the power of Holy Ghost and started to witness, on the same day, through the mass evangelistic crusade of Peter, three thousands added into the Church of Almighty and then five thousands and after that the number reached uncountable.
The Mathematics of God
On the Mathematics of God, there is no minus and plus but only multiply. Because Church of God is called to multiply not just get some more souls to be added or to loose the membership. This is the saddest fact that the Church Denominations today are unable to understand because of that they are leaving out the word of God and compromising the worldly things just to save the membership.
We should be sure that Christ is the author and finisher of our race, and if God is with us no one can destroy us with any cost. Church of God is called to multiply and it will keep on multiplying till Christ came to rapture His bride. If we stand in the word of God and practice the word of God in our Church and personal life, we will be multiplied always, Churches won’t be turned empty and Church campuses into old graveyard only, but It will be in fire.
Beginning of the Ministries of Jesus
The ministries of Jesus publicly started alone with His Baptism in Jordan and God’s divine declaration of , “ This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Matt.3:17). We should understand the facts about the Baptism and Baptism of Jesus. There are different view points regarding the Baptism of Jesus, many consider the Baptism of Jesus with the sin and confession. In fact, the natural water of Baptism can’t was away the spiritual sin, and Baptism has no thing to do with sin and salvation, this is to fulfill the righteousness of God as well to set an example for Christian life, He was Baptized into water.
Man can be saved through his faith in Jesus Christ and repentance of his sin. Baptism is not the repentance, but it is the ordinance of the Church. It is just outward expression of inward change. Not for being saved we take the Baptism, but because we are saved so that we get Baptism. We can see clear Biblical evidence for this volunteer effort of believers in the book of Acts of the Apostle, “And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?” (Acts 8:37)
The Baptism of Jesus was not for His confession of the sin, but He took first step of His ministries in this world with setting forth an example for us. He gave us a spiritual ordinance that the saved ones of the Church need to follow in order to identify ourselves with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus.
Early Followers of Jesus
When some one comes out with a Mission, his/her success depends on the followers he will get. When Jesus started His earthly ministries, He was alone first but soon after two persons joined with Him and they came to be three together. When the two who had joined with him brought one person each, then the number reached five. But after that, the number was always in multitude and on the number of thousands.
Establishment of First Church Congregation
On the day of Pentecost, 120 were praying together before the Holy Ghost came upon them. Suddenly the Upper Room Congregation came into the power of Holy Ghost and started to witness, on the same day, through the mass evangelistic crusade of Peter, three thousands added into the Church of Almighty and then five thousands and after that the number reached uncountable.
The Mathematics of God
On the Mathematics of God, there is no minus and plus but only multiply. Because Church of God is called to multiply not just get some more souls to be added or to loose the membership. This is the saddest fact that the Church Denominations today are unable to understand because of that they are leaving out the word of God and compromising the worldly things just to save the membership.
We should be sure that Christ is the author and finisher of our race, and if God is with us no one can destroy us with any cost. Church of God is called to multiply and it will keep on multiplying till Christ came to rapture His bride. If we stand in the word of God and practice the word of God in our Church and personal life, we will be multiplied always, Churches won’t be turned empty and Church campuses into old graveyard only, but It will be in fire.
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