ORDER of The New Testament Church REVEALED

By Dr. Michael Smith,

Have you ever wondered, what does the Bible really say about church?

Is the organizational structure of our churches following the pattern that Jesus (Yeshua) the Christ left?

Why is there so much chaos in Christian churches?

Do Christian believers really know who and what they are?

What is your role in the church if you are not a pastor, apostle, prophet, teacher, or evangelist?

How does one begin to communicate with God?

Do you need to change your heart (thoughts/soul/mind) in order to serve God?

Discover these truths and more as Dr. Smith unveils...

The Order of God's New Testament (Covenant) Church.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 18, 2024
• ISBN: 9798891309203

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ORDER of The New Testament Church REVEALED

Dr. Michael Smith, Sr.

ISBN 979-8-89130-919-7 (paperback)

ISBN 979-8-89130-920-3 (digital)

Copyright © 2024 by Dr. Michael Smith, Sr.

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Scriptures used were taken from the following Biblical Translations; King James, The Living Bible and the International Version.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

1

Order

Notes

2

A Sure Foundation

Notes

3

Finding Your Place in the Kingdom

Notes

4

Readiness for Dispensational Change

Notes

5

New Testament Church Order

Notes

6

A Refection (Manifestation) of Heaven

Notes

7

Communicating with God

Notes

8

My Prayer for You

About the Author

Introduction

This book is purposely written simple to convey the simplicity of the New Testament Church.

Too often, God's truths are described in a way that promotes and puffs the conveyer's ego and not the revelation itself, thus yielding more confusion and requiring more personal research from the one seeking the truth.

I've done my best to stay away from fancy theological terminology and have tried my best to reveal in a simple form the revelations of God's New Testament Church order through His written Word.

These truths have been hidden from us due to mankind's constructed religion, traditional doctrine (often pagan), and personal concepts. I have chosen not to follow these traditional standards in a hope to bring a more vivid description to the topics and issues addressed in the book.

Simply, it's written to be understood, and may Father God bless the readers and hearing of this truth.

1

Order

Order is defined as a state or condition marked by harmony or methodical arrangement, alignment, the opposite of chaos.

In other words, when we're in order, we're in a particular state or condition; and this state or condition will produce harmony, which is an inner calmness, sympathetic relationship, and friendship.

There is a systematic approach to accomplish this end.

By having things in order, it equals an uninhibited flow.

When one is in order, alignment, or harmony with God, we show it by our actions, what we do in the earth to and with others that are centered around our purpose.

When we're in order/alignment in the earth, we have a calmness and peace about ourselves regardless of any circumstance or situation we face, those we deem as good or bad.

This calmness is due to a developed and aligned relationship with Father God, which automatically produces a better relationship with our fellow mankind.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. (John 13:34–35 KJV)

You see everything first starts with Father God.

How can we love someone else if we don't have an aligned relationship with the one that created love?

When we are in order/alignment our entire life, our being and not just what we consider our spiritual awareness must be aligned with God's purpose for our lives.

This includes every phase of our life, our occupation, our relationships, and even our physical residence (our body).

May the God of peace himself make you entirely pure and devoted to God; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept strong and blameless until that day when our Lord Jesus Christ comes back again (1 Thessalonians 5:23 TLB).

Before order or this harmonious state can be instituted in one's life or a group of people there must first be willingness to obey truth; otherwise, there will be rebellion inwardly and outwardly.

Inwardly meaning, what is your heart (soul/mind) fixed on in the way of desire?

Outwardly meaning, are you willing to verbally and physically follow through with the instructions given by Father God?

The only truth there is in the earth and the heavens is God's way of truth.

This is extremely important because we know from scripture that rebellion is as disruptive as witchcraft.

Reference is 1 Samuel 15:23a, For rebellion is as bad as the sin of witchcraft (TLB).

A famous passage of scripture that bears out the meaning of obeying truth is 1 Samuel 15:1–3, 7–11, 13–23:

One day Samuel said to Saul, I crowned you king (President) of Israel because God told me to. Now be sure that you obey him. Here is his commandment to you: ‘I have decided to settle accounts with the nation of Amalek for refusing to allow my people to cross their territory when Israel came from Egypt. Now go and completely destroy the entire Amalek nation-men, women, babies, little children, oxen, sheep, camels, and donkeys.

Then Saul butchered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt. He captured Agag, the king of the Amalekites, but killed everyone else. However, Saul and his men kept the best of the sheep and oxen and the fattest of the lambs-everything, in fact, that appealed to them. They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.

Then the Lord said to Samuel, I am sorry that I ever made Saul king, for he has again refused to obey me.

(This was not the first time he disobeyed.)

When Samuel finally found him, Saul greeted him cheerfully.

Hello there, he said. Well, I have carried out the Lord's command!

Then what was all the bleating of sheep and lowing of oxen I heard? Samuel demanded.

It's true that the army spared the best of the sheep and oxen, Saul admitted, but they are going to sacrifice them to the Lord your God; and we have destroyed everything else.

Then Samuel said to Saul, Stop! Listen to what the Lord told me last night!

What was it? Saul asked.

And Samuel told him, When you didn't think much of yourself, God made you king of Israel. And he sent you on an errand and told you, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.' Then why didn't you obey the Lord? Why did you rush for the loot and do exactly what God said not to?

But I have obeyed the Lord, Saul insisted. I did what he told me to; and I brought King Agag but killed everyone else. And it was only when my troops demanded it that I let them keep the best of the sheep and oxen and loot to sacrifice to the Lord.

Samuel replied, "Has the Lord as much pleasure in your burnt offerings and sacrifices as in your obedience? Obedience is far better than sacrifice. He is much more interested in your listening to him than in your offering the fat of rams to him. For rebellion is as bad as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as bad as worshiping idols. And now because you have rejected the word of Jehovah, he has rejected you from being king." (TLB)

God deals with us (mankind) based on how we serve, honor, and obey Him; He does not change.

Our personal choices, desires, and intentions are what create and change the atmosphere around us.

It is extremely important that we reach past our personal thoughts, desires, and ego to find the heavenly streams or portals of God's will for our lives.

A truth that the Spirit of the Lord revealed to me some time ago was as follows:

As we are in the earth and those that choose to pursue the purpose that has been given to them by Father God have access to the resources for that purpose.

God supplies and sends the resources from heaven that support the purpose of which he's given us, but we must first get in alignment under the flow of those blessings.

After that is done, there is still more work that we must do to create and maintain an uninhibited flow.

Things don't just happen because one is gifted, called, or chosen.

For you see, within us and above us are things that can block the flow of the Father's resources to us for our purpose.

Also, let us not forget about the principality (evil spiritual prince of the kingdom of Persia) that blocked Daniel's answer for twenty days.

See Daniel chapter 10.

When we find that stream/alignment, we must constantly work to remove further blockage, thereby allowing more of His blessings and resources for our purpose to be materialized in the earth.

The more we align ourselves with Him via obedience, the wider the streams or portals of blessings become.

The chart below is a diagram of this purposed flow of resources the Holy Spirit gave me while in prayer with other elders.

As we are walking out our purpose in the earth (see Matthew 6:10–11, 33), the Father sends the resources to fulfill what He's called us to do, but we must work through, remove or transform any blockage not due to timing and season that prevents the fullness of His anointing and resources from coming through to us.

This is not an easy thing to obtain nor understand due to spiritual blindness because most believers believe that God works for them and not them (us) for His will, meaning…

God is not moved by our personal selfish desires; that is, attempting to use Him as a genie to obtain material wealth or status.

God has always only supported His purpose and will in and for the earth. (See Matthew 6:10.) We must come into alignment with His purpose for our lives!

Now back to our referenced scripture:

Saul was called, appointed, and anointed by God to do the will of God in the earth concerning God's people. Saul was obedient to the Lord in the beginning of his kingly reign. But here in scripture, we see that he chose to be caught up in self, his desires, and the desires of his army (see verse 20–21).

Whenever we're placed in a position of leadership, authority, bounty, or surplus of