PART 5 LEADER DOCTRINES FOR A NEW DAY

This was first posted February 15, 2013

PART FIVE: LEADER DOCTRINES FOR A NEW DAY

THE NEWBIE IN TOWN: APOSTLE PAUL

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” Yes, doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.” Philippians 3:8

READER NOTE:  Each of  Parts 1-5  in the LEADER DOCTRINES FOR A NEW DAY (PROLOGUE )
 are written to build a Bible foundation that will set the stage for  what Dr. Taveau D’Arcy Pioneering Leadership Training Ministries would name, “Cross Body True Unity.” 

 Every leader concept is a humbly submitted, Selah Food for Thought:

This Pure Hearted, Organic Christ Following, sans any mixture ongoing Community would be found in the writings of Apostle Paul to the Church of Ephesus.

(Much more about this after we finish what seems to be a never ending,but deemed to be necessary

 PROLOGUE) 

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h3>Let’s Review LEADER DOCTRINES FOR A NEW DAY Parts 1-5

All through the last 27 pioneering years, the apostolic writer has noted that every pastors group and nearly every  ministry organization paints it’s own particular  ministry picture of what each one of the 5 fold lamp stand offices are supposed to embody.

The writer repeatedly observes that among the 3 most prone to stir up big controversy Red Flag Pioneering Leader Big Buzz Words, are the following Top Three:

APOSTLE

PROPHET*

PASTOR*

* Due to need for brevity, to stick to the main point, during this series, we prefer not to delve into the last two RFMBW (Red Flag Ministry Buzz Words)

And absolutely, the writer heartedly concurs with the idea that every single pastor/ministry is entitled to what they feel is God’s picture of any apostle, prophet, pastor, teacher or evangelist. So each one of us should be like a Noble Berean and check out any Buzz Words, leader doctrines in the Bible “To see if it’s really true!”

Yet, it is due to the great uproar that happens when one ministry “subgroup” attempts to discuss the three Red Flag, Hopping Mad Buzz Words, with any other,  that the peaceable, not naive writer, now hopes  to officially paint the Taveau D’Arcy Leadership, IFFM Ministry official in ministry house picture of OUR God strongly impressed version of  at least for right now, the spiritual apostolic picture and  definition of both the words APOSTLE, and apostle:

A) Dr. Taveau D’Arcy Leadership Ministries uses the word apostle to signify ” servant pioneering senior leader,” “God’s divinely sent messenger,” “divinely commissioned Holy Spirit  work birther” “Holy Spirit mandated spiritual trail blazer” “Bible believing, organic  chief doctrine originator” and  ”off scouring of the world.”

B) THE OFFICE OF THE APOSTLE VS DOING APOSTOLIC MINISTRY:

** Being viewed as “doing the work of an apostle” and anyone “being apostolic” is not necessarily the same as that person holding the “OFFICE OF AN APOSTLE.” Note the description above for the writer’s view of any God called person being used often or regularly in the above described clearly “apostolic” manner.

**And clearly the God mandated  servant leader, entrepreneur, the lay leader, the inventor, the senior pioneering office planter, may be used in an “apostolic” fashion ( “birthing, planting, overseeing” Spirit directed manner , as described above) yet  still not be molded, fashioned or called to  walk in  the OFFICE of an APOSTLE, much less as a CHIEF APOSTLE.

**However, the OFFICE of the apostle, a chief doctrine originator, or a God ordained business empire building organic senior mature leader, senior pastor, is one that is never ACHIEVED  but created FROM WITHIN only by the Lord

The  OFFICE of being an “apostle” is not achieved by any human performance, based on personal decisions, or personal merit, rather the OFFICE of the senior chief apostle is a call from God which requires much sifting, maturation, repeated breaking and God molding, fashioning and finally creating the office of the apostle after what can only be regarded as GOD’S REQUIREMENT OVER A GOD APPOINTED LENGTH OF TIME AND IN HIS ,OVER ALL DUE PROCESS.

Example: Paul himself stated in Ephesians 3:7, “Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.”

 Example : Apostle Paul himself stated in Philippians 3: 12″Not that I have  attained or am already perfected, but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ has laid hold of me”

(NOTE: This statement comes following Paul’s lengthy long description of all his natural, educational,worldly big qualifications, for which he now, for the knowledge and High Call of Christ regards as “dust”.)

READ the whole passage in context: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+3&version=NKJV

C) The TD Ministry uses the CAPITAL A Apostle when addressing the first 12 Chief Apostles, and Apostle Paul. (Even when Paul NEVER uses a capital letter when writing about ANY the 5 fold offices, OR when referring to himself.

D) Yet,  out of honor and respect for the pioneering apostolic forefathers in the organic Christian faith,the writer does  will use capital letters when mainly describing the Chief 12 and Apostle whose name was Paul.

E) However,  when we refer all the apostolic males and females who have followed each of them , most all of the time, due to the fact that OCFC and Taveau D’Arcy Pioneering Ministries  attempt to role model servant leadership, the writer will most all of the time use a “small letter,” as Pioneering Paul did, when describing, referring to nearly all modern pioneering senior leaders of  ALL 5 fold leader office  lamp stands.

FURTHERMORE

To fully understand what the pioneering chief apostle Paul meant by his many different letters to the various Lamp Stand new born again passionate Churches, we must review the leadership settings.

Hence in the first 6 parts, mainly the Prologue, the writer gives an over view of the First Organic Original Chief Apostles, but because Paul was not among them, we then use Bible scripture to compare and contrast WHAT Paul comments on that makes him very different from the other Organic Chief Apostles.

 And with all that stated, let us Bible study Apostle Paul and the already existing First Church around Judea and Jerusalem:

PAUL’S BACKGROUND
 The writer submits to the reader, that Paul may have been raised in a more well off, even leader family, which means that he was well trained, well mannered  and understood the Law, Jewish government with it’s moral and Levitical authority.

This is said because Paul’s writings reveal a depth of word skill, perception and humility, that is covers many deep, even tending to be set leader doctrine additions to the Gospels.

Yet,before he was spiritually converted,  significantly transformed, called, leader commissioned and  renamed  Paul, the former Saul, was  a   legalistic  religious Pharisee, who took great superior pride in his OWN religious rules, professional degrees and ministry achievements.

Paul’s callous murder of many early Christ followers,  as if they  moral and religious scum, revealed the hardened darkness of his inner belief system.

Before his conversion, Paul could self deceive himself into mistakenly believing, with 100 percent  of his self righteous heart,  that by killing many innocent men, women and children, he was  actually pleasing  God.

Apostle Paul explained his life before Christ in Galatians 1:13-14,

“For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. 

And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.”

And as a Pharisee’s Pharisee by training, Saul had been trained and mentored by the high ranking leader Pharisee, Gamaliel, who was a very respected leader and  member of the Sanhedrin council.

PAUL’S HEBREW MENTOR (Writer’s Aside)

A brief comment on Gamaliel:

Although Saul was mentally tough, hardened and deeply self righteous, enough to the point of killing completely innocent people, Gamaliel his teacher is described as being the opposite.

 THE  APOSTOLIC MAIN LESSON in this may be that many wise true spiritual fathers, leaders, may sometime have gifted off spring which do not reflect well on their own good Godly character. But, just as on the Final Day: may every persons life one day speak for them SELF.

Acts 5:24-40 states that Gamaliel gave strong witness to compassion, deep humility and what appears to be the ‘awesome fear of the Holy God:” when  legalistic Jews wanted to rise up and kill all of the early church disciples: but Gamaliel rose up and persuaded them not to do such. However, Gamaliel’s pupil, Saul, was not as easily entreated. Instead he was a rampaging accuser and Christian slayer and actively participated in the stoning of Steven.( Acts 7:57-8:3)

SAUL’S CONVERSION TO PAUL

In Acts 9:3-9  Paul himself describes his deep spiritual encounter:
“As he journeyed he came near Damascus, Syria,and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 

Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him,“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”

Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

 It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”

So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”

Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. 

Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one.

But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.”

 V. 13-14 With deep humility, the renamed Paul, now a sent messenger to the Gentiles,  humbly shares  his personal life testimony before his life transforming personal encounter. Paul had been a a persecutor, murder and, in today’s modern perception:( implied)  a well educated superior elite snob.