II Corinthians 3:5 “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is of God: (6) Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament: not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.”

  • Able to minister the New Commandment of Love
  • Able to minister the Spirit of God
  • Galatians 5:22,23 (9 fruit of the Spirit)
  • Minister: to administer, to give service or aid

Matt. 10:1 (NIV) “He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. (8) Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons.  Freely you have received, freely give.”

  • Acts 20:35 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Mark 16:15 “Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel [of the Kingdom] to every creature. (17) And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; (18) …they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”

 I Cor. 2:4 (NIV) “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power (5) so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.”

  • Information – Inspiration – Demonstration

Acts 1:8 “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me  both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

Acts 10:38 “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him.”

  • Romans 2:4 – It’s the goodness of God that leads men to repentance.

Acts 3:1-19 – Peter & John doing ministry                           

  • At the time of prayer
  • A man crippled from birth
  • Peter said, “Look at us!”
  • Taking him by the right hand
  • Then he went with them into the temple
  • All the people saw him
  • By faith in the name of Jesus, he walks!

II Cor. 5:20 (NIV) “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us.  We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.

  • Ministry of Reconciliation – connecting people to God
  • Connecting people to God – IMPARTATION
  • The Most important MESSAGE in the World – John 3:16