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OUR FIRST GOAL IN LIFE:OUR FIRST GOAL IN LIFE:

• to know Christ and to serve the Body of Christ• to know Christ and to serve the Body of Christ

HOW WILL I KNOW MY CALLING:HOW WILL I KNOW MY CALLING:

• As you give your life away to Christ and His Church, you will discover it.

• As you give your life away to Christ and His Church, you will discover it.

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• is the point of revelation, the personal foundation for ministry.

• is the point of revelation, the personal foundation for ministry.

For a Christ

• the most exciting event in a life of a Christian.• the most exciting event in a life of a Christian.

• Focus• Focus

• Confidence• Confidence

• Anointing• Anointing

• Presumption• Presumption

• Innocent & noble motives• Innocent & noble motives

• Profession of the world• Profession of the world

This is what is called false leadership whom God rejects.

This is what is called false leadership whom God rejects.

Jeremiah 23:21 Jeremiah 23:21 I did not send I did not send these prophets, yet they these prophets, yet they have run with their have run with their message; I did not speak message; I did not speak to them, yet they have to them, yet they have prophesied. prophesied.

Jeremiah 23:21 Jeremiah 23:21 I did not send I did not send these prophets, yet they these prophets, yet they have run with their have run with their message; I did not speak message; I did not speak to them, yet they have to them, yet they have prophesied. prophesied.

• takes upon himself the authority and responsibility of an office into which he has been divinely called (Numbers 16:1-11)

• takes upon himself the authority and responsibility of an office into which he has been divinely called (Numbers 16:1-11)

• He caused others to rise up

against existing spiritual

leadership (Numbers 16: 2)

• He caused others to rise up

against existing spiritual

leadership (Numbers 16: 2)

Numbers 16: 1-2, 1 Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites--Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth--became insolent 2 and rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council.

Numbers 16: 1-2, 1 Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites--Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth--became insolent 2 and rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council.

• He publicly criticized and questioned the existing leadership (Numbers 16: 3a)

• He publicly criticized and questioned the existing leadership (Numbers 16: 3a)

Numbers 16: 3 They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the LORD’s assembly?”

Numbers 16: 3 They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the LORD’s assembly?”

• He accused leadership of what he himself was guilty (Numbers 16: 3b)

• He accused leadership of what he himself was guilty (Numbers 16: 3b)

Numbers 16: 3 They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the LORD’s assembly?”

Numbers 16: 3 They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the LORD’s assembly?”

• He was not satisfied with position that he had been given. He continually wanted more authority and a higher position (Numbers 16: 10)

• He was not satisfied with position that he had been given. He continually wanted more authority and a higher position (Numbers 16: 10)

Numbers 16: 9 Isn't it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the LORD's tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?

Numbers 16: 9 Isn't it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the LORD's tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?

Numbers 16: 10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.

Numbers 16: 10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.

• Man-appointed leaders claim to receive a call from God, but the call is by the authority of human vessels.

• Man-appointed leaders claim to receive a call from God, but the call is by the authority of human vessels.

• He will take your sons and appoint them for himself (1 Samuel 8: 11)

• He will take your sons and appoint them for himself (1 Samuel 8: 11)

• He will appoint many men to work his ground, to harvest his crops, to make his instruments of war and his chariot (1 Samuel 8: 12)

• He will appoint many men to work his ground, to harvest his crops, to make his instruments of war and his chariot (1 Samuel 8: 12)

• He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks and bakers (1 Samuel 8: 13)

• He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks and bakers (1 Samuel 8: 13)

• He will take the best of your fields, vineyards and olive yards and give them to his servants (1 Samuel 8: 14)

• He will take the best of your fields, vineyards and olive yards and give them to his servants (1 Samuel 8: 14)

• He is destined to rob and spoil the people of the Lord.

• He is destined to rob and spoil the people of the Lord.

• He is not concerned with the needs of the sheep.

• He is not concerned with the needs of the sheep.

- are given divine authority to rule the Body of Christ through the offices invested in them (Ephesians 4:11)

- are given divine authority to rule the Body of Christ through the offices invested in them (Ephesians 4:11)

• Apostles• Apostles • Prophet• Prophet

• Evangelist• Evangelist • Pastor• Pastor • Teacher• Teacher

• to function in one of these offices, a person must receive a divine call from God.

• to function in one of these offices, a person must receive a divine call from God.

• to function in this ministry,

a person must understand

his position of responsibility

and his limitations

• to function in this ministry,

a person must understand

his position of responsibility

and his limitations

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