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Chapter 2:
Growing A Great People
This chapter will not make much sense to you until you have read Chapter 1, so if you haven't already
done so, please read Chapter 1 first.
Proven Sons
Philippians 2:22 KJV - But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served
with me in the gospel.
From the above verse, we can see that God's way of PROVING, TESTING, and PREPARING a man
of God is to have him serve another man of God. Jesus even said in Luke 16:12, "And if ye have not
been faithful in that which is another man‘s, who shall give you that which is your own?"
1 Corinthians 4:17 KJV - For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and
faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach
every where in every church.
Here again, in the above verse, we see that there should exist in the body of Christ father and sons
relationships. Note also that Paul authenticates and validates Timothy's qualifications by noting
Timothy's demonstrated FAITHFULNESS.
This is a problem today. Too many self-appointed people try to become leaders. And too many Godappointed
leaders have not submitted themselves to a period of proving and serving another man of
God. Because of this, many ministries have no seasoning, little experience, little salt, and have not
developed lines of accountability. Then these ministers try to lead God's sheep and they have had no
proving ground first. EVERY MINISTER needs to serve in a proving ground first, yoked to another
more seasoned man of God, BEFORE he leads God's people on his own. This is God's SAFETY
NET, both for the sheep and for his ministers. I am so sick of hearing about people who have gone
out and gotten mail-order ordinations. Also, many ministries today try to join a ministerial association
that they have no natural connection with, in order to accomplish their self-serving motives. But
neither of these strategies can take the place of a true FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIP.
Those that prove themselves are then authenticated, validated, vindicated, and have passed the tests
of character and faithfulness that automatically qualify them for further promotion and responsibility in
God's kingdom.
How To Grow A Great Church
Psalm 127:1-5 KJV - Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the
LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up
late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are an heritage of
the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so
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