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How You Get "Residual Income" in God's Kingdom

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From the site 123RF It's all so wonderful! Working for God in his Kingdom is very profitable. Whether you are a sower, a reaper, the one who waters or all of the above, you earn "points" that translate to rewards in God's Kingdom. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. [1 Corinthians 3.8] You see two things here: 1. The one who plants and the one who waters should "have one purpose." As long as they have one purpose, everything will be fun and smooth sailing. The problem happens if they have opposing purposes. For instance, if churches are in competition because they have different denominations. They try to outdo each other in evangelism, ending up grabbing people from each other. One church may even say the other church "stole" its members. Clearly, they don't have one purpose, so what they do is not God's work---because God's work, acc

Kingdom Purpose for the Church

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wallpaperup.com This is how Jesus envisioned the church: "The gates of hell shall not prevail against it." This gives us a picture of a fierce battle, with the church in the offensive and hell in the defensive. And Jesus himself will build this church for this purpose---for war. Clearly, the church is an army of believers. More than singing and Sunday worship programs and performing traditional rituals, the church is for training warriors. Specifically, believers should be trained how to wear and use the armor of God and eventually become experts at it. This is the only real use of church---or the gathering of believers in Jesus' Name, nothing more nothing less. For deeper insights on what a true Jesus believer should be, this e-book will help. Click this link to check it out. Singing, choir, Sunday programs, concerts, and other traditional church activities are really of no use. You cannot attack the gates of hell by perfecting your tenor or bass voice or by