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Through the declaration
of purpose, the Conquering Generation Ministry summarizes in a simple way the
intention and plan that God has for the world.
When Jesus taught his apostles to pray: “…your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (see Mathew 6:10) he condensed into one phrase what must happen on earth permanently.
Jesus Christ is the King of the Kingdom (see John 18:36, Colossians 1:13), which is why he was the first one to bring it to earth in a tangible way. It was Jesus himself who during John the Baptist’s ministry declared: “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it” (see Luke 16:16). These words not only demonstrate that the Kingdom of Heaven is being announced but also that God’s purpose is that human beings may enter it so they can live and extend it over the earth. Jesus had been sent to earth to be the pioneer of God’s Kingdom on earth, but afterwards He delegated that command to his people so that they may continue to do so. Being aware of this reality, he prayed this before His death: “As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world” (see John 17:18). This prayer by Jesus later turned into an apostolic declaration sending them when He appeared to them after His resurrection saying: “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (see John 20:21b).
The importance of the Kingdom is so relevant that the only topic that the resurrected Christ shared for forty days with his apostles was the Kingdom of God (see Acts 1:3).
Evidently, it was important for Jesus Christ that his apostles receive this teaching, so that the Church could accomplish what is written in Mathew 6:10: That the Kingdom of Heaven and God’s will may be established and manifested on earth with the same power as they do in heaven.
The first step needed to make the Kingdom real in the world is that the absolute and total government of Jesus Christ be over everyone who has become a son of God. When somebody surrenders to the Holy Spirit, the government of Christ becomes real in that person and the Kingdom of heaven no longer has an obstacle to become tangible. In this way the Kingdom of heaven will become tangible over the Church once all of its members live absolutely governed by Jesus Christ. This is the only way the influence of the Kingdom through the Church will produce substantial changes in society.
Everything written up to here is evidence that the Church is God’s instrument to continue the development of the purpose Jesus started when He came to the world. Therefore, establishing the Kingdom on earth through the Church is the purpose revealed by the Lord through the scriptures and it was not a human desire. We are fully aware that the devil “…works in the sons of disobedience” (see Ephesians 2:2b) and “…the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one” (see 1st John 5:19b) and that “…there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts” (see Judas 1:18b). So when we speak about the Kingdom of God producing substantial changes on earth we aren’t referring to absolute and total changes that eradicate the darkness and its work, which will happen during Jesus Christ’s millennial reign.
Still, the negative thing we just presented doesn’t have the power to nullify what has been done by the Lord in those who are in Christ and have been freed “…from this present evil age…” (see Galatians 1:4b) because “…He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (see 1st John 4:4b) knowing that “…whoever is born of God… the wicked one does not touch him” (see 1st John 5:18).
With foundation on these truths from the Word, we know categorically that God’s original purpose is still viable, and the command given to the Church to manifest and establish the Kingdom of God over the earth must continue until the second coming of Jesus for his people. With these principles as a base, what the Ministry expresses as a declaration of purpose isn’t an idea born from the hearts of its members.
Sincerely, genuinely, and consciously reflecting on everything analyzed by the light of the Word we can conclude the Church is on earth to establish and extend God’s Kingdom. This divine objective is aborted or hindered when the command is “mixed” with human interests that seek to make ministries, organizations, institutions, or denominations grow, equivocally believing that they are working for Christ and His Kingdom.
Aligned with this spiritual conviction, the Apostolic-Prophetic Ministry Conquering Generation doesn’t seek to perpetuate its name; instead it works so the Church may accomplish the purpose God has commended it with. The name granted by the Holy ’s call to its members:
When Jesus taught his apostles to pray: “…your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (see Mathew 6:10) he condensed into one phrase what must happen on earth permanently.
Jesus Christ is the King of the Kingdom (see John 18:36, Colossians 1:13), which is why he was the first one to bring it to earth in a tangible way. It was Jesus himself who during John the Baptist’s ministry declared: “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it” (see Luke 16:16). These words not only demonstrate that the Kingdom of Heaven is being announced but also that God’s purpose is that human beings may enter it so they can live and extend it over the earth. Jesus had been sent to earth to be the pioneer of God’s Kingdom on earth, but afterwards He delegated that command to his people so that they may continue to do so. Being aware of this reality, he prayed this before His death: “As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world” (see John 17:18). This prayer by Jesus later turned into an apostolic declaration sending them when He appeared to them after His resurrection saying: “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (see John 20:21b).
The importance of the Kingdom is so relevant that the only topic that the resurrected Christ shared for forty days with his apostles was the Kingdom of God (see Acts 1:3).
Evidently, it was important for Jesus Christ that his apostles receive this teaching, so that the Church could accomplish what is written in Mathew 6:10: That the Kingdom of Heaven and God’s will may be established and manifested on earth with the same power as they do in heaven.
The first step needed to make the Kingdom real in the world is that the absolute and total government of Jesus Christ be over everyone who has become a son of God. When somebody surrenders to the Holy Spirit, the government of Christ becomes real in that person and the Kingdom of heaven no longer has an obstacle to become tangible. In this way the Kingdom of heaven will become tangible over the Church once all of its members live absolutely governed by Jesus Christ. This is the only way the influence of the Kingdom through the Church will produce substantial changes in society.
Everything written up to here is evidence that the Church is God’s instrument to continue the development of the purpose Jesus started when He came to the world. Therefore, establishing the Kingdom on earth through the Church is the purpose revealed by the Lord through the scriptures and it was not a human desire. We are fully aware that the devil “…works in the sons of disobedience” (see Ephesians 2:2b) and “…the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one” (see 1st John 5:19b) and that “…there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts” (see Judas 1:18b). So when we speak about the Kingdom of God producing substantial changes on earth we aren’t referring to absolute and total changes that eradicate the darkness and its work, which will happen during Jesus Christ’s millennial reign.
Still, the negative thing we just presented doesn’t have the power to nullify what has been done by the Lord in those who are in Christ and have been freed “…from this present evil age…” (see Galatians 1:4b) because “…He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (see 1st John 4:4b) knowing that “…whoever is born of God… the wicked one does not touch him” (see 1st John 5:18).
With foundation on these truths from the Word, we know categorically that God’s original purpose is still viable, and the command given to the Church to manifest and establish the Kingdom of God over the earth must continue until the second coming of Jesus for his people. With these principles as a base, what the Ministry expresses as a declaration of purpose isn’t an idea born from the hearts of its members.
Sincerely, genuinely, and consciously reflecting on everything analyzed by the light of the Word we can conclude the Church is on earth to establish and extend God’s Kingdom. This divine objective is aborted or hindered when the command is “mixed” with human interests that seek to make ministries, organizations, institutions, or denominations grow, equivocally believing that they are working for Christ and His Kingdom.
Aligned with this spiritual conviction, the Apostolic-Prophetic Ministry Conquering Generation doesn’t seek to perpetuate its name; instead it works so the Church may accomplish the purpose God has commended it with. The name granted by the Holy ’s call to its members:
Form and enable the members of the Church
so that through the example of their lives
and the power of the gospel they announce,
the disciples of Jesus Christ may be multiplied..
so that through the example of their lives
and the power of the gospel they announce,
the disciples of Jesus Christ may be multiplied..
We want to denote that we haven’t used
the word “vision” to define the declaration of purpose. Companies or
institutions usually utilize the word “vision” to express the primary objective of their labor. However, the word “vision” doesn’t have this meaning in God’s Word. When
the Bible refers to a vision it describes everything a person saw and received
from the Lord through dreams, ecstasy, or other manifestations.
We used the word “purpose” because it describes the original intention for which something or someone was created. This principle allows us to understand God’s original plan for the Church: Establishing God’s Kingdom on earth.
Due to the cultural and corporate idea of having an “personal or independent vision” having permeated into the Church and it has rooted at the core of Christianity, every local church and ministry tries to come up with a vision which identifies them, which usually supports itself on an exaggerated emphasis of certain biblical truths. The result of this reality is where the very common expression comes from: “This is our vision and we are working on it”.
The Word doesn’t contain any facts that allow each local church or ministry to possess a “particular vision”. In fact, in a way, this wrongful practice has been the consequence of the apostolic and prophetic functions being absent during the largest part of the Church’s history.
When we carefully study the apostolic letters, “particular visions” are never detected and neither are “particular purposes” of each minister or local church; in other words, no different “visions or purposes” existed between the churches in Corinth, Ephesus, or Colossi. The fundamental reason for this was that because they were all under the government and direction of the apostles and prophets, they had the revelation of the only purpose established by God and was unified in order to accomplish it. This is why we never see that the apostles wrote a letter abiding to a “vision or personal purpose”, instead they shared all of God’s teaching.
When we speak about the Church of Jesus Christ establishing the Kingdom of God to transform the world, we are referring to:
We used the word “purpose” because it describes the original intention for which something or someone was created. This principle allows us to understand God’s original plan for the Church: Establishing God’s Kingdom on earth.
Due to the cultural and corporate idea of having an “personal or independent vision” having permeated into the Church and it has rooted at the core of Christianity, every local church and ministry tries to come up with a vision which identifies them, which usually supports itself on an exaggerated emphasis of certain biblical truths. The result of this reality is where the very common expression comes from: “This is our vision and we are working on it”.
The Word doesn’t contain any facts that allow each local church or ministry to possess a “particular vision”. In fact, in a way, this wrongful practice has been the consequence of the apostolic and prophetic functions being absent during the largest part of the Church’s history.
When we carefully study the apostolic letters, “particular visions” are never detected and neither are “particular purposes” of each minister or local church; in other words, no different “visions or purposes” existed between the churches in Corinth, Ephesus, or Colossi. The fundamental reason for this was that because they were all under the government and direction of the apostles and prophets, they had the revelation of the only purpose established by God and was unified in order to accomplish it. This is why we never see that the apostles wrote a letter abiding to a “vision or personal purpose”, instead they shared all of God’s teaching.
When we speak about the Church of Jesus Christ establishing the Kingdom of God to transform the world, we are referring to:
• The
recognition and subjection of the Church to the government designed by God and
constituted by Jesus Christ through the five ministries so that the Body of
Christ may be able to transmit the true gospel of the Kingdom of God, in the
same manner Jesus and the apostles preached (see Mathew 24:14, Mark 1:14-15,
Luke 9:23, 1st Corinthians 15:1-2, Colossians 1:5).
• The Kingdom of God, which is invisible and spiritual, becoming visible and practical through the Church (see Mathew 6:10).
• Every son of God and the Church itself being a bearer of God’s Kingdom and its government, which means that wherever the Church is the Kingdom of God is manifested (see Luke 12:32, 1st Thessalonians 1:4-10).
• The presence of the Church in every social level, exerting an influence of spiritual authority that provokes substantial changes (see Acts 13:6-12; 16:16-18, 25-34; 28:7-10).
• The powerful testimony of each Christian, which expresses and announces the kingdom of God and his gospel through his life and his words with signs, prodigies, and miracles (see Romans 15:18-19; 1st Corinthians 2:3-5; 4:20,).
• The preaching of the Kingdom of God in its original purity, free of all pollution of thought, culture, and doctrinal adaptations, which come from diverse currents of the theological interpretation of Christian organizations (see 2nd Thessalonians 2:15, 1st Timothy 1:3, 2nd John 9-10).
• The Kingdom of God, which is invisible and spiritual, becoming visible and practical through the Church (see Mathew 6:10).
• Every son of God and the Church itself being a bearer of God’s Kingdom and its government, which means that wherever the Church is the Kingdom of God is manifested (see Luke 12:32, 1st Thessalonians 1:4-10).
• The presence of the Church in every social level, exerting an influence of spiritual authority that provokes substantial changes (see Acts 13:6-12; 16:16-18, 25-34; 28:7-10).
• The powerful testimony of each Christian, which expresses and announces the kingdom of God and his gospel through his life and his words with signs, prodigies, and miracles (see Romans 15:18-19; 1st Corinthians 2:3-5; 4:20,).
• The preaching of the Kingdom of God in its original purity, free of all pollution of thought, culture, and doctrinal adaptations, which come from diverse currents of the theological interpretation of Christian organizations (see 2nd Thessalonians 2:15, 1st Timothy 1:3, 2nd John 9-10).
According
to everything that we’ve expressed so far, the establishment of the Kingdom of God in the world through the Church:
• Is not the exercise of a material and political dominion in the government of
nations (see John 18:36).
• Is not the total extermination of evil, corruption, and the practice of sin in the entire world (see Mathew 24:4-12, 2nd Timothy 3:1-9).
• Is not the absolute and global establishment of the Kingdom in present times, because if that is to happen, it is necessary for Christ to seize His Church to reunite with Him in the clouds, and in his second coming with all the saints to establish his absolute and visible Kingdom on earth for a thousand years (see 1st Thessalonians 4:15-17, Revelation 20:4-6).
• Is not the total extermination of evil, corruption, and the practice of sin in the entire world (see Mathew 24:4-12, 2nd Timothy 3:1-9).
• Is not the absolute and global establishment of the Kingdom in present times, because if that is to happen, it is necessary for Christ to seize His Church to reunite with Him in the clouds, and in his second coming with all the saints to establish his absolute and visible Kingdom on earth for a thousand years (see 1st Thessalonians 4:15-17, Revelation 20:4-6).
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