Documenting the Life of Yahshua, Jesus, His works and Master Plan of the Church - By Apostle George

There is no doubt that Yahshua (Jesus) knew that humans may attempt to build His Church haphazardly. He therefore ensured that the Master plan for the Church should be properly released and documented. The sad reality of both the Roman and Protestant versions of Christendom is the deliberate abandonment of the master plan so clearly articulated, at great cost, in the Holy Writ which is the heart of the New Covenant. A conservative estimate of those who are ‘building churches’ even among Pentecostals and Charismatics will reveal that there is no regard by majority of what the Word says. Rather ‘churches’ are built to suit either the fancies of their ‘founders’ or the needs of their ‘target groups’. Consequently, the desire to ‘succeed’ trumps the need to obey the Head of the Church.

Let us review a few salient facts to understand how and why vessels are chosen by divine election to fulfil specific purposes.

Matthew:  To capture His life, words and work in print for the benefit of the Jews, Yahshua personally recruited a man with the right skills of documentation, Matthew the Tax Collector. For this reason, Matthew traced His family tree all the way to David, the great King who Yahweh ordained as human progenitor of the Ultimate King as well as to Abraham, Father of the Hebrew race.

Matthew 9:9 (KJV)   9And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

Matthew 1:1 (KJV)

1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

John: Yahshua also allowed the disciple who loved Him greatly, John, to gain a deep insight into His divinity and to record what he saw and experienced for the benefit of all who believe so that the issue of His dual identity as Divine and Human would be made known to all:

John 1:1-3  (KJV)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Luke: The Holy Spirit subsequently inspired a Medical Practitioner, Luke, who was trained to be systematic and have a keen eye for details to do a comprehensive biography of the Incarnate Man, Yahshua for the benefit of gentile believers. Using source materials from various eye witnesses and after interviewing and cross referencing, the Gospel according to Luke was birthed, tracing the genealogy of Jesus all the way to Adam, father of the entire human race. In the same way, He was used by Holy Spirit to document the life of the early Church from Jerusalem to as far as Rome.

Culture as a stumbling block for the first apostles

If we review the life of the early Church critically, it is obvious that the cultural mindset of the first apostles who walked with Yahshua was a major stumbling block to understanding the finer issues of the Kingdom as well as what they needed to do after Pentecost in fulfilment of the Great Commission of seeking and saving the lost world-wide so that Jews and Gentiles could be saved – Acts 1:8.

This hesitancy and spiritual timidity showed up in a number of ways:

1. After the initial burst of zeal following the experience at Pentecost, the early Church went into maintenance mode. Welfare of those within became the preoccupation of the Apostles. Two immediate outcomes were firstly the sin of Ananias and Shapira which signified a deep level of backsliding had occurred in the hearts of some (Acts 5:1-11). The second was the strife over welfare and favouritism. It was only at this point that the Apostles were strongly awakened to the reality that they had slowed down the gospel mandate! By inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they acted decisively and heaven smiled on their obedience! Let us take note that it was because of this challenge that the early church put in place the first set of Church structure, the Diaconate to handle day to day business of ministry so that the Apostles could function as the Presbytery and concentrate on Prayer, Ministering the Word and leadership. Acts 6:1-7.



2. In the same way, no other office was manifested until the persecution by Herod caused the saints to scatter. In the process of running for his life, Phillip, who was only good enough to serve tables in Jerusalem, was stretched and his higher calling as an Evangelist was manifested. Acts Chapter 8. The struggles of Peter over relating with Gentiles in the matter of Cornelius was only resolved with the direct intervention of Holy Spirit. Acts Chapter 10.

The obvious truth here is that the gospel as envisaged by Yahshua was severely constrained by the mindset of the Apostles who saw Jerusalem as where the action ought to be! They were ready to die, if need be, in Jerusalem and did not flee when all others did!

The assignment of Paul

In order to execute the twin agenda of taking the gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth and to document what the Church is as the His Own Body and principal agency of the Kingdom on earth before His return, Yahshua chose an ardent Pharisee, Saul of Tarsus who was well schooled in understanding the Old Covenant. Some of the most profound revelations of the Church as the Body of Yahshua, the habitation of Yahweh by the Holy Spirit; the One New Man which takes away the old division of the world into Jews and Gentiles were given to the man Saul whose name was later changed to Paul.



Nobody can understand the Kingdom Church that Yahshua is building outside of the very explicit revelations He specifically granted to this chosen vessel. The abundance of revelation granted this vessel also necessitated the quantum of sufferings appointed Him. Here is what Yahshua said of this vessel to Ananias, the obscure minister in Samaria who was used to welcome Saul into the Kingdom:

Acts 9:15-16 (KJV) 15 

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.



That Paul was elected to receive, document and declare the Master plan of the Church above every other being created is a truth Satan has labored to obscure and in the case of Rome and its Protesting children ignore. That He was chosen specifically to be the Master Builder who would lay out the design of the Kingdom Church on its only valid foundation, Yahshua Ha Mashiach is a truth any one can only ignore to eternal regret! Here is the word that is not subject to debate:

1 Corinthians 3:10-15 (KJV)  10 

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.



11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

 12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

A careful examination of 1 Corinthians chapter 3: 10-15 reveals that Yahshua is interested in how we operate His Church and the building blocks we employ in the process. Yahweh has already laid the foundation of the Church in the person and sacrifice of Yahshua, the Chief Corner stone. Yahshua also by His own Sovereign will and determinate counsel made Paul of Tarsus the vessel through which He unequivocally announced the master plan. Yahshua also used Paul to model how the Church is to be planted, grown and multiplied across the earth. Since his time, all saints are not to engage in anything other than to simply build on that foundation which is Yahshua. At the end of the age, Yahshua will call us to account for how and with what we built our own assigned portions!

2 Corinthians 5:10 (KJV)  10 

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Satan knows that his ugly grip on this planet called earth will be broken if the Church is allowed to be what it is ordained to be. Yahweh has ordained to demonstrate His awesome powers through the Church and bless His saints. It was Paul that Yahweh used to describe the Church Kingdom Church as the ground and pillar of truth:

1 Timothy 3:15-16 (KJV)  15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.



No less a person than Peter acknowledged the special place of the revelations granted Paul for the good of the Church universal when he made this declaration:

2 Peter 3:14-18  (KJV) 

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

The Church Growth Crises

These days, people are planning, planting and growing all manner of “churches”. Some are extensions of denominations while others are supposedly fresh expressions of church or churches “designed to meet needs and expectations of contemporary society”. It is obvious that Satan, being unable to scuttle Yahweh’s program for humanity will settle for a tendency to corrupt it. Just as Cain’s sacrifice was unacceptable to Elohim, so will the King not be swayed by the amount of energy expended in “church growth” projects where what are done run contrary to the Master Plan. The implications of this truth are these:



1. Any congregational gathering of saints which rejects the reality of Holy Spirit and need of Him is out of sync with Yahshua, head of the Church. John 14:14-18, 26; John 16: 7-14; Acts 1:8



2. Any congregation which rejects the organic model of the Church granted to Paul to declare in Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4:7-9 is engaged in dead religious works.



3. Saints cannot be matured and perfected to fulfil their redemptive destinies outside of the synergistic input of Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers working together in harmony as Ephesians 4:11-16 says. To truly understand the Five Fold, it is imperative that we study the writings of Paul who is the vessel elected to explain and show how it works in the Church!



Knowing that saints will be unassailable if they dwell in Truth and manifest the Kingdom Church according to the divine pattern granted to Paul by election, Satan has worked over time to shake confidence of leaders and saints in the Word. He has used a variety of humanistic logic. One is the tendency to confuse saints through various agenda driven translations of the Bible that leave off vital truths. Another is the debasement of the sanctity of the Holy Scriptures through placing more emphasis on commentaries and imposing human names on the various translations in a way that suggests their authorship! As more people do this as a mark of prestige and arrival as world theologians, they unwittingly erode the confidence of saints in the Word when their own imperfect lives unravel through their lifestyles or ministry excesses. As the dangerous game of branding bibles after human benefactors and ministries continues to explode, the danger is that many new believers and unstable saints find their confidence in the simple, pure word eroded.



Not only that, saints are in danger of see what Yahweh says through the filter of the personal interpretation of agenda driven ministers and translators and often do not see the need to rely on the Holy Spirit for illumination! It is interesting that only saints dare do this to the Word of the True Living Elohim! No Muslim can ever conceive having his or her name on any translation of the Quran, the Islamic text. No Hindu or Buddhists can conceive such a thought to their religious guide books. It is only children of Yahweh who are glorying in such shameful deeds! The Constitution of the Kingdom is violated by those who are supposed to be its Ambassadors, making sinners to mock our Elohim!



Of all the destabilizing plans of the enemy, nothing however matches the strange logic that He and His Word are too archaic and out of touch with the reality of modern civilized life! Consequently, men of fertile imagination are creating new standards of morality which essentially negate core instructions of the Holy Scriptures. The New Covenant was pronounced by Yahshua as fulfilment of and therefore superior to the Old Covenant. What He declared as the only acceptable way to please the Father and function in His Kingdom has now been replaced by a raft of extra-biblical revelations which justify relativism – that venal sin which makes people to believe what they want to believe and expect a senile old man they call “God” to condone and even applaud. This is idolatry gone wild!



Yahweh is not senile. As the Ancient of Days, He never ages. What He was, is what He remains today and will ever be in future. From the day the Blood of the Lamb sealed the deal of redemption and purchase of saints from the hands of the wicked one, His standards are fixed and will not change. Those who teach otherwise will answer for every deviation they have caused saints to walk in. Those who allow fear of man and desire to glory in men to sway them to acquiesce with evil – in order not to be called intolerant by men will one day, to their eternal regret, discover that they were wrong. Dead wrong!



On this note, saints, we are now ready to explore the root and basis of the Five fold through the ministry of Yahshua to His Church!

Assignment: 1. Explain what you understand of why Yahshua had to specifically arrest Saul of Tarsus. 2. Do you believe the assertion that Yahweh does not change His standards to fit human desire. If yes, why? If you disagree, what are your reasons?