Live the Movement
Pastor Erickson opens the conference from Acts 6, where the twelve apostles give themselves to prayer and the word while seven men full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom serve tables, and the church grows. He calls every believer to be unapologetically Apostolic, to serve alongside their pastor with right motives like Stephen did, and to leave the conference making disciples.
The message in 6 points
Welcome to a disciple-making movement
He welcomes the conference and says the movement is about every person knowing who they are in God and becoming a disciple maker. He reads Acts 6, where the twelve give themselves to prayer and the word while seven are chosen to serve, and he titles the message Live the Movement.
36:02Unapologetically Apostolic
He says he wants to pass down the same message and Holy Ghost anointing that was passed to him. He wants to teach what the apostles taught, live separated from the world, make disciples, and still follow the unction of the Holy Ghost.
43:07Let the twelve keep praying and preaching
Now is not the time for leaders to hang up their prayer garments or close their study Bibles. Churches stop growing when senior leaders are pulled away from what they are anointed to do, so as associate pastor he works to keep his pastor in the word and the prayer closet.
47:31No shame in being one of the seven
The seven were not waiters but honest people, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, trusted to lead and manage. He tells of mowing church fields after Bible school so his pastor could study, and asks who will make their pastor's road easier.
51:46Waiting on the Lord means serving
He says the word wait in Isaiah 40:31 means to serve, so those who serve alongside their pastor renew their strength. The seven do not need a title, a spotlight or credit; they serve with the right motives, and that is when the church grows.
1:00:33Stephen and the call to make disciples
Stephen was one of the seven, full of faith and power, and did great wonders. His death led to Saul becoming Paul, so he calls the seven to rise up, live the movement, and leave the conference to turn their cities upside down making disciples.
1:04:23
In his words
“More than ever before, y'all, I want to be Apostolic. More than ever before I want to pass down the same message it was passed down to me, the same Holy Ghost anointing that was passed to me.”
“They that serve the Lord shall renew their strength. They that serve alongside their pastor will renew their strength. They that serve the local church will renew their strength.”
“If you do nothing else, leave here and turn your cities upside down. Make disciples like you've never made disciples before.”
Taken word for word from the video, with punctuation added.
Scripture
He reads
Acts 6:1-8
1And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 2Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. 3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. 4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. 5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: 6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. 7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. 8And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
King James Version.
Isaiah 40:31
31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
King James Version.
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