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Russell and Helen Sanders

THE FIVEFOLD MINISTRY

The giftings of the fivefold ministry (Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher) should have one purpose, and that is the teaching and equipping of the saints until we come into unity.

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THE FIVEFOLD MINISTRY

PART 2

THE EVANGELIST AND THE PASTOR



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RUSSELL SANDERS

JESUS’ PRE-INCARNATION MANIFESTATIONS

PART 10 – JACOB’S WRESTLING

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Another theophany occurred with Jacob. This was an important encounter because Jacob would become father to twelve sons which are the twelve tribes of Israel. This would be the nation that would be identified for all eternity as being God’s own chosen people.

God spoke to Jacob upon occasions to reveal himself to him. The first time it happened was when Jacob was leaving Canaan to flee from his brother Esau. As nightfall came, he took stones for his pillow and fell asleep. He had a powerful dream of a ladder extending up into heaven. There were angels of God ascending and descending what we call Jacob’s ladder. The LORD stood above the ladder and spoke to him. [Genesis 28:11-19] He said, “I AM the LORD God (Jehovah Elohiym) of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.” God continued to pronounce a blessing upon Jacob.

Upon waking from this dream Jacob proclaimed the location to be the house of God and named it Beth-el. (Beth means house and El means God in Hebrew.) Jacob pledged to tithe unto the Lord.

However, the theophany occurred many years later as he was returning to Canaan. Jacob feared Esau, his brother. He sent his family and flocks ahead to meet his brother, but he stayed behind alone. (Genesis 32) At nightfall, there came a man (Jesus in human form) who wrestled with Jacob all night long. Neither prevailed over the other (vs. 25-26). The man wanted to leave as the day was coming on, but Jacob would not allow it unless the man (Jesus) blessed him. The man did bless him, but also touched Jacob’s thigh and he became lame.

Jacob named the place that this happened Peniel, which means “the face of God,” saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

This was a face-to-face encounter with the pre-incarnate Jesus (Genesis 32:29-30). 

You might ask, “If Jesus is all-powerful, why did he fight Jacob to have it end in a draw/tie?” Jesus did not wish to defeat Jacob, but rather to bless him with a personal encounter to strengthen his faith for God’s future plans for him.

God will also allow us to wrestle with him over adversities in our lives so as to strengthen our faith also.

HELEN SANDERS

4-22-2024

NAILS IN THE FENCE

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There was a young boy that often lost his temper and was becoming out of control. His father decided to discipline him. His discipline to bring correction in the boy’s life was to put a nail in their family’s fence every time he lost his temper. During the first few weeks there were a lot of nails driven into the fence. By the third week there were less nails, and in time there were no nails at all. The correction through discipline had brought a change in this boy’s behavior.

Then the father had another lesson for the boy to learn. He told the boy that every day that he “didn’t” lose his temper he could take out a nail. In a few weeks all the nails were removed from the fence. The boy and his father were pleased that he had made such a profound change.

Then his father took him out to the fence to teach him another lesson. He said, “Son, look at all the nail holes. These nail holes represent your angry words, which were like nails. Those angry words, like nails, were driven into someone and they caused great pain in their lives. You might have taken the nails out, but now there is a hole left where that nail or a hurt once was. The fence will never be the same. They have left a scar.”

This lesson taught the boy how important it was to not lose his temper. We can all learn a lot from this story. Proverbs 16:32 says, “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” Again, Proverbs 15:1 says, “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”

Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”

The next time we are tempted to be angry and speak in anger, let us remember that our angry words are like those nails in the fence. We cannot take them out or back without leaving a scar.

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