A Shift in Leadership

Building Antioch Churches

Teaching helps release the apostolic. Teaching gives us a foundation to build upon. Whatever we do must be based upon the Word. Once people are convinced that what we are doing is scriptural, they can confidently embrace what we are building. Teaching helps us to make the necessary adjustments and corrections needed to build accurately. Teaching exposes the false concepts and foundations that we have built upon in the past. Teaching causes us to operate in truth. Truth sets us free. A new liberty will come in releasing the church to obey the will of God. Teaching also fortifies us against the attacks of darkness that will come for obeying the truth. Once people know that what they are walking in is truth, they will not compromise because of persecution. There can be no doubt in the minds of the people that the changes are scriptural. They must be convinced that this is of God. The people must also see the benefits of change. People will not change if there is no benefit. Why go through all the difficulty of changing if there is no benefit? They need to see the blessing of changing into an apostolic church. They must see the greater blessings and power that will flow through their church as a result of change. Reformation always causes the blessings of God to be released in a greater way. Without reformation, the Church becomes stagnant and eventually loses the full blessing of God. Through reformation, multitudes are blessed and released into their individual destinies. The Church also begins to walk in corporate destiny and release salvation and blessing to multitudes.

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