The Man, Not the Method

It’s the Man, Not the Method

THANK MINISTRY & LEADERS

Acts 19:11-20 The Sons of Sceva

· Even the most effective methods without the Lord are useless. It’s about Jesus!!!

· Copying the process, tradition, etc. will do nothing if we do not lead people from our encounter to their encounter.

Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

· The devil isn’t scared of man working in his own strength. . . but a man empowered by the Spirit of God. Satan knows the real Christians from the fake. 1 John 4:4 à Greater is He, Not Greater is Me.

John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

|Lasting Fruit only comes from being connected to the vine|

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide (remain), so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

|We are co-laborers with Christ|

|I would rather have instruction from heaven than a good idea|

Following tradition doesn’t require obedience or sacrifice.

John 16:2-3 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.

John 16:13 The Spirit of God will guide into all the truth. . . and he will teach us off things that are to come.

|Seeking and obeying the Spirit of Jesus is absolutely necessary for every Christian|

Galatians 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

John 16:7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

1 Corinthians 2:4 And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.

John 14:12 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

|The World needs something they aren’t familiar with. A fresh start, fresh hope|

| The most important method is an introduction to Jesus Christ! |

Tradition or the Word of God??

Don’t copy methods we learned from man. Get fresh, specific revelation for our circumstances from the Lord.

Tradition doesn’t require obedience. Instruction does.