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1 | Ordaining Others... | 2 Tim 2:15 | ourfathersheart | 121476 | ||
By what authority can a person give to another a ministry degree? I have been an outreach minister and want to ordain several young women who are already functioning as outreach ministers. I know that God is the judge but because I know their character I can attest to the fact that they are pure and without "blemish" before the Lord. What are the legal boundaries here? Do I have to be a church to do this? I have been functioning outside a normal church ever since I was 17 ministering to the hungry, poor and those who do not know the Lord. Please advise. Above all I want to ask for the Lord's blessing on their ministry and spur them on to love and good deeds. But I do want to be able to declare them ministers in all the legal sense of the word. Any advise would help. There are and will be many called to minister ...coming from all sort of orientations. I have been a minister since I was 17...LONG ago. God ordained me...others recognized and declared it...It was how I functioned and still function. Any advise? | ||||||
2 | Ordaining Others... | 2 Tim 2:15 | Zsuzsi | 121477 | ||
Dear Ourfathersheart, Why are you questioning what God has already decided? Jn 20:21: Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. If they are called, they are called and nobody is able to pluck them out of the Father's hand. (Jn 10:28-29) You do have the authority which God has given to you, to pray for them and bless them; as Christians we are to represent Jesus on earth: preach as He preached, send as He sent, teach as He taught... What we bind on earth will be bound in heaven and what we loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. (Mt 18:18) But you have no earthly authority to give them a 'legal degree': for that, they will need to attend some sort of education, a Bible school, university or seminary. I think it would be a good idea to send them to learn... They would grow in faith and wisdom, and at the same time they would get the qualifications they need for efficient service. But you can be convinced that they are already ordained by God. Hope this helps. God bless you, Zsuzsi |
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3 | Ordaining Others... | 2 Tim 2:15 | ourfathersheart | 121479 | ||
Thank you Zsuzsi. This is what God spoke in my heart this morning. Your biblical reference helped immensely..There is NOTHING impure in these young Christian virgins whose hearts are completely for the Lord. I feel God is calling me to ordain them today when we meet confirming outwardly their pre-existence inner calling. Thank you. | ||||||
4 | Ordaining Others... | 2 Tim 2:15 | Zsuzsi | 121497 | ||
You are very welcome. I am glad to know that God spoke the same thing to your heart and mine. :) "And He was saying to them, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.'" Luke 10:2 I will pray for them tonight.. And for you too. God bless, Zsuzsi |
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