EMERGING TRENDS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD TODAY

EMERGING TRENDS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD TODAY
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OUTLINE
1.SPIRITUALLY HUNGRY SOULS IN NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS
2.SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE MINISTERS FUNCTIONING INDEPENDENTLY
3.DESPERATE NEED FOR HOLINESS AND EXEMPLARY LIVES AMONG CHRISTIANS
4.NEED FOR UNITY AND PARTNERSHIP AMONG MINISTRIES
5.WISDOM IN SOUL WINNING METHODS

THE MESSAGE

1.SPIRITUALLY HUNGRY SOULS IN NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS
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There are many people today who are like Cornelius in Acts 10 . They
do not know the name of Jesus .They do not belong to the religion
called Christianity . They belong to other religions . But like
Cornelius they are so hungry for God and their hearts are crying out
to God constantly and like Cornelius they have a heart and a burden
for those in need and pain and are reaching out to them . And just as
the prayers and alms of Cornelius reached the throne of God as a
memorial , the prayers and the alms of these millions of hungry souls
who belong to other religions have reached God . And the time is ripe
for a supernatural visitation of God to reveal Himself to these
millions of souls in non-christian religions.

And just as God had to remove the traditional barriers in the heart of
Peter before he would be willing to reach Cornelius , the church today
needs a major transformation in their attitudes towards the people of
other religions . Many traditional attitudes which are hindering the
church from reaching out to the lost must be shed even though it may
be a painful process .

And we know that many apostles got upset with Peter for going to the
house of Cornelius as they did not realise that it was the Spirit of
God who had led Peter to the house of Cornelius . Today the Church
and especially it’s leaders need a divine discernment to recognise the
leading of the Holy Spirit in reaching the lost in new and
non-traditional ways. The Church should be a source of inspiration
instead of being a barrier and a road block to those who are raised up
by God in these days to reach the lost in novel ways.

2.SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE MINISTERS FUNCTIONING INDEPENDENTLY
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There is an incident during the ministry of Jesus when His disciples
saw a man casting out devils in the name of Jesus . And the disciples
forbid him because he was not following after them . But Jesus told
them not to do so because he who is not against them is indeed for
them.

Today there are so many hungry people who cry out to God to use them
as His instruments and God answers their cry and begins to use them
wonderfully. They are simple , ordinary people whose faith is simple
and childlike without being complicated and confused by various church
divisions and dogmas. These people are rising up and doing great
things for God within their sphere of influence and making a real
difference in the lives of people and bringing multitudes to the
knowledge of Jesus Christ through their simple child-like faith.

Therefore there is a great need for the church and its leaders not to
forbid these servants of God or force them to come under their control
. These simple messengers are very effective in their respective
ministries and they would lose their effectiveness if the church