We are continuing our series on "A Jesus Looking Church" and this week, Session 6, Brian looks at Four Core Relationships for Kingdom Ministry

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2. ESSENTIALS
1
REVELATION
2
SPHERE
3
TEAM
4
APOSTOLIC

3. ESSENTIALS
1
GOD HAS REVEALED WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO
REVELATION
2
THIS REVELATION IS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND
PLACES
SPHERE
3
GOD WORKS THROUGH A BODY – A TEAM
TEAM
4
APOSTOLIC
GOD HAS ANOINTED PEOPLE TO
EQUIP THE TEAM TO DO THE WORK

4. ESSENTIALS
1
WHAT GOD HAS TOLD US
about his loving intentions for the people and the planet
REVELATION
2
THE PEOPLE and WHERE ARE THE SPHERES
where the revelation intends you to serve God’s purpose
SPHERE
3
THE TEAM
people who share the same sense of call and
responsibility to see the work accomplished
TEAM
4
APOSTOLIC
THE APOSTOLIC SUPPORT
the people God has anointed to equip
and support you in the work

5. THE WORD OF GOD to PAUL
1
REVELATION
BIBLICAL REVELATION
And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom
you are persecuting. But rise and
stand upon your feet, for I have
appeared to you for this purpose, to
appoint you as a servant and witness
to the things in which you have seen
me and to those in which I will appear
to you,
For background to this experience read: Acts 8-26; Galatians 1-2

6. THE WORD OF GOD to PAUL
1
REVELATION
BIBLICAL REVELATION
delivering you from your people and
from the Gentiles— to whom I am
sending you to open their eyes, so
that they may turn from darkness to
light and from the power of Satan to
God, that they may receive
forgiveness of sins and a place among
those who are sanctified by faith in
me
For background to this experience read: Acts 8-26; Galatians 1-2

7. TWENTY FIVE YEARS ON
1
REVELATION
BIBLICAL REVELATION
“Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not
disobedient to the heavenly vision,
but declared first to those in
Damascus, then in Jerusalem and
throughout all the region of Judea,
and also to the Gentiles, that they
should repent and turn to God,
performing deeds in keeping with
their repentance.
For background to this experience read: Acts 8-26; Galatians 1-2

8. 1
REVELATION
TWENTY FIVE YEARS ON
BIBLICAL REVELATION
For this reason the Jews seized me in
the temple and tried to kill me. To this
day I have had the help that comes
from God, and so I stand here
testifying both to small and great,
saying nothing but what the prophets
and Moses said would come to pass:
For background to this experience read: Acts 8-26; Galatians 1-2

9. 1
TWENTY FIVE YEARS ON
BIBLICAL REVELATION
REVELATION
that the Christ must suffer and that,
by being the first to rise from the
dead, he would proclaim light both to
our people and to the Gentiles
For background to this experience read: Acts 8-26; Galatians 1-2

10. WHAT MAKES A VISION BIBLICAL?
1
REVELATION
1. SOURCE It originated from God.
2. BIBLE It has clear Biblical
testimony.
3. PARTICULAR It applies here and
now.
4. PERSONAL It is a personal story.
5. COMMUNITY It has apostolic
confirmation.
6. FRUIT It produces change that
evidences a work of God.

11. EXAMPLE
To complete the task of seeing the
gospel preached to every person BY
• learning how to make and train
REVELATION
disciples who can also make and
train disciples: THROUGH
• Jesus-looking indiscriminate
redemptive love,
• teams that work together in
 SOURCE
one-ness
 BIBLE
• teams that are enabled by
 PARTICULAR
 PERSONAL
apostolic equipping
 COMMUNITY
1

FRUIT

12. 2
PAUL’S UNFOLDING
SPHERES OF WORK
SPHERE
“Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was
not disobedient to the heavenly
vision, but declared first to those in
Damascus, then in Jerusalem and
throughout all the region of Judea,
and also to the Gentiles, that they
should repent and turn to God,
performing deeds in keeping with
their repentance.

13. PAUL’S UNFOLDING SPHERES OF WORK
2
DAMASCUS
immediately
ARABIA
next
SPHERE
JERUSALEM
when he visited Peter (3)
ANTIOCH
when Barnabas invited him (10)
CYPRUS/GALATIA when commissioned by the
church in Antioch (12)
ASIA/MACEDONIA/GREECE when the church
settled the issue about Gentiles and Jewish laws (16)
ROME
when he was arrested and after
two years imprisoned in Caesarea (24)
SPAIN
after he was released because it
was the next unreached region (26)

14. LET THE VISION CHOOSE THE SPHERES
2
1. DoSPHERE
it where you are as much as you can.
2. Go as far as you can with the revelation you
have
3. As you are faithful with what you have God will
give you further spheres.
4. Allow the original vision to shape the futher
spheres
5. Start doing the work and let your faith and
obedience discover the team and the apostolic
equipping.

15. PAUL’S EXPERIENCE OF TEAM
2
SPHERE
Barnabas
Leaders at Antioch
Timothy
Silas
Luke
Titus
And many many others mentioned
in the letters as “fellow workers.”

16. TEAM
3
1. There is no such thing as a one person
TEAM
ministry
2. God has always spoken to other people
about the things he has revealed to you.
3. These are people who share the same sense
of call and responsibility to see the work
accomplished
4. This team of people should be intentionally
formed.
5. The team needs to discover the one-ness of
the Father and Son (John 17)

17. ESSENTIALS
1
WHAT GOD HAS TOLD US
about his loving intentions for the people and the planet
REVELATION
2
THE PEOPLE and WHERE ARE THE SPHERES
where the revelation intends you to serve God’s purpose
SPHERE
3
THE TEAM
people who share the same sense of call and
responsibility to see the work accomplished
TEAM
4
APOSTOLIC
THE APOSTOLIC SUPPORT
the people God has anointed to equip
and support you in the work

18. APOSTOLIC FOR PAUL
4
APOSTOLIC
• The revelation he received
directly from Jesus
• Peter
• The apostles in Jerusalem
• The leaders at Antioch
• James and the church in
Jerusalem

19. PERSONAL EXAMPLE
4
APOSTOLIC
• Pastors I have worked under
(Allan and Kay; Colin; Dan and
Sue)
• Leaders I have intentionally got
to know and heeded (Pawson,
Wimber, Silvoso, Boyd, T4T)
• Groups of leaders I have
belonged to (Wallace, Holmes,
CCN, national, Crosslink etc.)