Ephesians 4:11-12 ( NKJV ) And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, Yesterday we began to look at this scripture from the perspective of how the…

Ephesians 4:11-12 ( NKJV ) And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, Yesterday we discussed the importance of the local church to the plan of God. …

Matthew 16:17-18 ( NKJV ) Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates…

We will be talking about a number of things this week pertaining to the local church, it’s importance and what God intends it to look like.  First a little review. In Matt. 9, we learned that it is necessary to put new wine into new wineskins.  The background involves the need for these animal skin…

Matthew 9:14-17 ( NKJV ) Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”  And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the…

Matthew 9:14-17 ( NKJV ) Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”  And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the…

Matthew 9:14-17 ( NKJV ) Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”   And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the…

Matthew 9:14-17 ( NKJV ) Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?” And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the…

Matthew 9:12-13 ( NKJV ) When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” Where…

(We were blessed to have Dr. B. J. Pruitt with us for the weekend.  He is the Apostolic covering for our church and my pastor personally.  I wanted to highlight a few things that were said over the weekend in this week’s blog.  You will be able to download the messages from our website, www.livingwordgreene.com,…