The Mark of the Minister of God
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The Christian world is replete with all manner of church leaders and ministers parading as men and women sent by God. For many of these people, Gods work is a lucrative business. Easy money, fame, aggrandizement, and all its paraphernalia. But is that what this is all about? Certainly God did call some. Did God call all these that you see around? Do you know that Satan has men and women who also masquerade as those sent by God? This book will prove handy to help you find the answers to these questions.
Oladeji Toluwaleke Olagoke
Oladeji Toluleke Olagoke Olatunbosun was born in Ibadan in the Western region of Nigeria. He is an Evangelist and Sunday school teacher of Christ Apostolic Church, (Vineyard of Comfort), International Miracle Centre, in Rye Lane, in London. He studied Classics at both the Bachelor and Master of Arts levels at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria from 1985 to 1990, having previously studied advanced level education at Oyo state college of arts and science in Ile-Ife in Oshun state also in Nigeria. He also had a stint on the doctorate program in the fi eld but could not complete that for deep personal reasons. He was born to late Elder Apostle Ebenezer Folorunso Olatunbosun, the supreme head of the sacred order of the Cherubim and Seraphim church in Nigeria, a position he held until his death in April 2005. His mother Mrs. Victoria Modupe Olatunbosun also a respected member of Deeper Life Christian church in Nigeria, is alive, hale and hearty. Oladeji is now fully into evangelism as ordained by God at the Church mentioned above.
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The Mark of the Minister of God - Oladeji Toluwaleke Olagoke
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Balboa Press rev. date: 11/21/2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One Who is a minister of God?
Chapter Two What is the mark of the minister of God?
Chapter Three Second Corinthians chapter six: It’s message for the minister of God.
Chapter Four Are you a true minister of God?
Chapter Five JESUS CHRIST: The exemplary leader and perfect role model for the minister of God.
Conclusion
Bibliography
About The Author
This work is totally and wholly dedicated to the Alpha and Omega of my life. The Lord God Almighty, the creator of heaven and earth and all things both visible and invisible. It goes without saying that without this eternal family, nothing will have been possible for me in the first place.
I owe my very life and existence to God and Lord Jesus Christ. I am deeply grateful.
PREFACE
In the world today, there are many people who do the work of God. Or, put in a different way, there are many men and women today who claim to be ministers of God Almighty and of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. This in itself is not surprising in any way as the Bible states clearly that this will happen in the last days of the world. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself said:
The harvest is plenty but the labourers are few so ask the Lord of the harvest to provide more labourers
(Matthew 9:37-38). This follows logically then that if the harvest is indeed plenty, there must necessarily be plenty labourers and harvesters.
The coming kingdom of God which is to be ruled by the Lord Jesus Christ is being referred to here. The harvest talks about the lives and people of the world that are being invited to be partakers of that kingdom. Harvest in this context means soul winning. Jesus said to His apostles:
Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days to the end of the age
( Matthew 28: 19-20). He repeated the same message in the gospel of Mark saying:
"And He said to them, Go into the world and preach the good news to every creature.
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned" (Mark16:15-16).
The ministers of Christ are therefore to go into the world to gather disciples from the nations and bring them into the kingdom of God. The earth is a vast creation of God. That is the reason that we have so many ministers of Christ today. However the Lord Jesus Himself probably realised that false ministers and prophets will arise in the world and will deceive many, leading them astray. So He warned ahead in the gospels. He said:
And many false prophets shall arise and deceive many and lead many into error. And the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity
(Matthew 24:11-12) Jesus also said:
Beware of false prophets, who come to you dressed as sheep but inside they are devouring wolves. You will fully recognise them by their fruits. Do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
(Matthew 7:15-16)How many people today do not attend church services anymore?
There are many ministers and prophets of God that impressionable minds will be easily confused by their sheer numbers and the many doctrines that are being rolled out of their many pulpits and altars as we have them today. There is so much spiritual obfuscation these days that it will require a very careful study of the word of God, the Bible, and the help of His Holy Spirit to be able to distinguish between a true minister of God and those whom the Lord Jesus called false prophets.
The aim of this book is therefore to try and shed as much light on this issue as possible and endeavour also to point out who it is that appoints these ministers and the steps that must be taken before anyone can become a minister of God. Also, I shall point out to the Christian wherever he may be in the world, what marks he should look out for in the true minister or prophet of God, and of His Son, Jesus Christ.
But, over and above all these, I pray that the Holy Spirit of God who sees all things, knows all things and does all things, will lead you in all that you do including your service and worship of the Lord Jesus our Lord and saviour the author and the finisher of our faith, amen.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
After a church service sometimes in the year 2010, my then Pastor, Taiwo Paul told me that the Lord had said that He would lead me to write some books. The thought of me being an author simply did not go along with my thought process at the time. I found it very hard