3 FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH

This is what God designed the church for, that is the mission of the church.

The main purpose of the church is to establish God’s kingdom on earth. The kingdom of God is not necessarily a geographical area. It is any place where the word of the king is law.

The first thing we are to do as a church is to spread the principles of the church. When someone gives his life to Christ, salvation is established. The next thing that shows up is personal transformation.

The second thing the church exists for is the salvation of the lost. This is because spiritual transformation must precede personal transformation.

Thirdly, developing deliverance. In every sphere God has placed you, you have to be an agent of change and spread God’s principle over there. There has to be practical relevance of the scripture you are reading. This is what makes you a leader in that place. 

THREE FACTORS THAT WILL HELP YOU BECOME A DELIVERER.

Time and its characteristics. For you to become a deliverer, you need to understand time and its characteristics. You need to know the time and season you are in.

Luke 19:44 says: and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation."(NKJV)

The knowledge of time is key. Time is precious and it should not be wasted.  

Learn the lessons of history. In the church there is history, in your individual life there is also history. If you want to live after a great person like mother Theresa, then you need to study her life history and the kind of person she was.

Understand the gospel of the kingdom which consists of grace and work. When you get born again, you don’t just stop there.

Ephesians 2:10 says: For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.(NKJV)

Redemption is not the establishment of God’s program. There has to be a combination of grace and good works and this will bring about transformation. If salvation is the end then, we won’t change.