PAUL, AQUILA AND PRISCILLA: LEAVING A LEGACY FOR YOUNG PRIESTS PR. VINCI BARROS (VITÓRIA/ES - BRAZIL) SLIDE 01 DE 28 PAUL, AQUILA AND PRISCILLA: LEAVING A LEGACY FOR YOUNG PRIESTS SLIDE 02 DE 28 ACTS 18:2 MANY MEN HAVE IMPORTANT RECORDS OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT TIME, BUT THERE WAS A COUPLE, WHO HAD THE VISION OF USING THEIR HOUSE TO EDIFY THE CHURCH MANY OTHER NOT VERY WELL-TUNED COUPLES ARE DESCRIBED IN THE SCRIPTURE THE BIBLE IS A LOVE STORY BASED ON RELATIONSHIP, COMMUNION AND FULL OF THE LIFE OF GOD SLIDE 03 DE 28 I SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES FOR COUPLES THAT WOULD SERVE AS A PERFECT MODEL IN EVERY ASPECT, HOWEVER, THE COUPLES IN THE BIBLICAL PAST DID NOT MEET THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF UNITY AND CHRISTIAN COMMITMENT, AND BASICALLY, THEY FAILED. SLIDE 04 DE 28 SOME OF THEM: ADAM AND EVE: ACCUSATION ABRAHAM AND SARAH: FEAR ISAAC AND REBECCA: LIES SAMSON AND DELILAH: RUINED HIS LIFE, AFTER MANY ERRORS SLIDE 05 DE 28 THE SCRIPTURE DESCRIBES FAILURES IN THE LIVES OF THE GODLIEST MEN AND WOMEN, INDICATING OUR IMPERFECTIONS AND SHOWING US THE ONLY WAY TO BE HAPPY AS COUPLES AND AS FAMILIES : BY DEPENDING COMPLETELY ON GOD! GOD ALWAYS DID HIS WORK BEGINNING AT OUR HOMES WE VE CHANGED THIS PRACTICE, BY PUTTING UP NAMES AND SIGNS AND CALLING OURSELVES CHURCH "WHATSOEVER" SLIDE 06 DE 28 THE MODEL COUPLE 1
LET S TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF AQUILA AND PRISCILLA. THE BIBLE TELLS US ABOUT ONLY ONE ARGUMENT BETWEEN THEM, BUT POSSIBLY THEY HAD QUITE A FEW! THOUGH THERE IS NO INFORMATION ABOUT LOVE SCENES, THEY SURELY LOVED EACH OTHER DEARLY. SOMETIMES PRISCILLA IS MENTIONED FIRST, AS IF TO SHOW THAT SHE WAS MORE OUTGOING THAN AQUILA. ACCORDING TO THIS MODEL, GOD WANTS TO ESTABLISH COUPLES IN THE CHURCH. ALL I WANT TO SHOW IS THE PROFILE OF A COUPLE IN THE MINISTRY. THE CHURCH MUST GET INTO THE HABIT OF SEEING COUPLES AS PEOPLE COMMITTED TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH. SLIDE 07 DE 28 TAKING A LOOK AT OURSELVES THROUGH SCRIPTURE ACTS 18: 1 AND 2 PAUL, AQUILA AND PRISCILLA CAME CLOSE TO EACH OTHER ACTS 18:3 - THE MODEL COUPLE DIVIDES THE TASKS OF EVERYDAY LIFE, NOT FOR THE SAKE OF PERSONAL COMFORT, BUT FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD!! ACTS 18: 4 DON T LET WORK DOMINATE YOU... THE GOAL IS JESUS!! GO OUT TO DO HIS WORK!! PHIL. 1:21 FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST ACTS 18:13 - MODEL COUPLES ARE THOSE WHO SIMPLY WORK TOGETHER IN THE SAME WORKSHOP, BUT WHO LEAVE ROOM FOR OTHERS TO JOIN THEM! THE MODEL COUPLE, PARTICULARLY HOSPITABLE, RECEIVED PAUL SLIDE 08 DE 28 AQUILA AND PRISCILLA ACTS 18: 18 - PERFECT IN THE MISSION OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. ACTS 18: 24 - THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCRIPTURES ACTS 18: 26, - TEACHING/SHAPING MEN IN THE WORD. ACTS 18: 27 PEOPLE WITH INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS, WHO SENT OUT THEIR MEN FOR THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCH ACTS 19: 1 - BUSY WITH THE EXTENSION OF GOD'S PURPOSE. THEY HAD A VISION ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF THE CHURCH SLIDE 09 DE 28 AQUILA/PRISCILLA AND PAUL ACTS 28: 23 AND THEN 30, 31 PAUL HAD ALREADY GIVEN AN EXAMPLE, WHEN HE RENTED A HOUSE MAT. 4: 13 JESUS ALSO LIVED IN A HOUSE BY THE LAKESIDE, AND LATER MADE DICIPLES AT HOME ROMANS 16: 3 PRISCILLA AND AQUILA, PAUL S FRIENDS ROMANS 16: 4 RISKING THEIR LIVES 2
ROMANS 16: 5 THE CHURCH MET AT THEIR HOUSE WE ARE GETTING OLD AND WHEN WE START TO DIE, WHO WILL GO ON SHEPHERDING THE FLOCK? SLIDE 10 DE 28 THE "MODEL COUPLE" DOES NOT LIVE ON ITS OWN, BUT FOR ITS NEIGHBORS; WHENEVER POSSIBLE, WE GIVE OUR LIFE FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS! WE ARE CALLED TO BUILD HIS CHURCH SLIDE 11 DE 28 WE NEED: WORD, PRAYER AND ACTION TESTIMONY AND FORMATION DISCIPLINE COMMITMENT LIFE OF GOD MULTIPLICATION - SIGN OF LIFE SLIDE 12 DE 28 WHAT IS YOUR HOUSE LIKE? IS YOUR HOUSE LIKE THE ONE OF AQUILA AND PRISCILLA? IS YOUR HOUSE A POND OR A FOUNTAIN? WE VE MOVED THE ADDRESS FROM WHERE THINGS SHOULD HAPPEN SLIDE 13 DE 28 LUKE 19:10 WHILE WE ARE BUSY WITH KEY ISSUES WHICH INDEED, WE CANNOT PUT OFF, THE WORLD IS DYING BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING. SLIDE 14 DE 28 WE VE LOST THE MODEL OF THE CHURCH THAT GOD WANTS WE VE LOST THIS LEGACY OF OUR HEROES OF FAITH IN PSALM 90, MOSES IS PRAYING AND SINGING IN INTIMACY WITH GOD. HERE HE LEFT SOME LESSONS HE LEARNED WITH AGE ABOUT HOW TO FACE LIFE WITH MATURITY. I WANT TO LEAVE A LEGACY: A MODEL OF CHURCH ACCORDING TO THE PURPOSE OF GOD, A MODEL THAT WORKS, AN EXPRESSION OF LIFE. SALM 90:12. TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS, THAT WE MAY GAIN A HEART OF WISDOM. (NIV). THE LEGACY I WISH TO LEAVE BEHIND IS TO COMMUNICATE A HEART. GOD SPENDS OUR ENTIRE LIFE TO REACH THIS, AND WE RE STILL DEBTORS SLIDE 15 DE 28 HOW MANY DAYS DO WE HAVE TO DO THE WORK OF THE LORD? IT IS BETTER TO LIVE ONE DAY WITH THE LORD THAN 1000 WITHOUT HIM; THIS IS A MASSIVE STATEMENT. 3
MOSES WAS IMPULSIVE, RESTLESS EVER SINCE HIS BIRTH, AND WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE DIED, BUT BY A MIRCLE OF GOD, HE BECAME THE LIBERATOR OF ISRAEL ISAIAH, PETER, JAMES AND JOHN WOULD CONFIRM SEVERAL VERSES OF THIS PSALM, AND WE ALL SEE THAT LIFE PASSES VERY QUICKLY. SLIDE 16 DE 28 WHAT HAS GOD TOLD ME? LIVE INTENSELY WITH GOD BE PASSIONATE ABOUT HIM TOUCH PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT VIRTUE GOES OUT FROM YOU LOVE AT ALL TIMES, WHEREVER YOU ARE, WHOEVER YOU SPEAK TO, AND GAIN PEOPLE FOR THE LORD. I SEE PEOPLE CRYING EVERY DAY, AND I HAVE SEVERAL EXPERIENCES, THAT RENEW ME. SHARE JESUS, WHO IS OUR LIFE SLIDE 17 DE 28 EACH ONE OF US SHOULD WORK TO LEAVE A LEGACY. SOME LEFT RESEARCH RESULTS THAT LED TO A VACCINE, A DISCOVERY, A TREATY, A COMPILATION, SOME SORT OF HELP FOR MEN BUT WHO LEAVES A SUPPORT FOR THE HEART? SLIDE 18 DE 28 AWAKENING THE PASTORS WE HAVE FAILED AS "SPIRITUAL FATHERS" FOR NOT INCLUDING, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, MANY OF THIS NEW GENERATION IN THE SPIRITUAL WORK IT IS POSSIBLE TO INVEST INTO THE NEXT GENERATION IT IS STILL A TIME OF GREAT HARVEST GOD WANTS US TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF SPIRITUAL FATHERHOOD. SLIDE 19 DE 28 WHAT IS SPIRITUAL FATHERHOOD? WHEN ONE GENERATION PASSES AND INVESTS WHAT IT HAS INTO THE NEXT. IT IS ABOUT TRANSMITTING A SPIRITUAL LEGACY THAT CAN BE IMPROVED OR MULTIPLIED. GAL. 4:19 TRANSMITTING SCRIPTURE HAS TO BE SIMILAR TO A CHILDBIRTH, IT HAS TO BE A WORD GENERATED BY THE SPIRIT, AND THEN, WE WILL DELIVER CHILDREN WITH LABOR PAINS. IT S NOT ABOUT A COLD, STATIC, FAILED STRUCTURE, A SYSTEM, BUT ABOUT A LIVING ORGANISM. OUR LEGACY IS TO TRANSMIT A BROKEN AND HUMBLE HEART. 4
SLIDE 20 DE 28 CHALLENGES LACK OF VISION LACK OF FUNDS SPIRITUAL INVERSION EXCESS OF CAREFULNESS FEAR LACK OF SUPPORT FOR EACH OTHER SLIDE 21 DE 28 THE GENERATION OF NEW LEADERS BEGINS WITH THE GENERATION OF NEW SHEEP. THIS MEANS A CHANGE OF MINDSET. SLIDE 22 DE 28 PAUL DELEGATED GREAT RESPONSIBILITY TO YOUNG TIMOTHY > II TIM2:1-5 II TIM 2:2 -.ENTRUST TO RELIABLE PEOPLE WHO WILL ALSO BE QUALIFIED TO TEACH OTHERS. I TIM 3:6 - HE MUST NOT BE A RECENT CONVERT, OR HE MAY BECOME CONCEITED IT S NOT THE AGE THAT DEFINES A NEOPHYTE SLIDE 23 DE 28 THE CONTINUITY OF THE MINISTRY YOUNG PEOPLE WILL GENERATE YOUNG PEOPLE, SHEEP WILL GENERATE SHEEP, PASTORS GENERATE PASTORS AS PAUL DID WITH TIMOTHY, DIVIDING THE LOAD, DELEGATING AUTHORITY. LEADERS HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE VISION AND WORK TO TRAIN NEW LEADERS, BUT FOCUSED ON THE YOUNG GENERATION. ONE GENERATION SHARING THE BEST IT HAS WITH THE FOLLOWING. SLIDE 24 DE 28 THE VISION OF STAIRS THIS IS NOT ABOUT PERSONAL BENEFITS; WE ARE STEPS ON THE WAY, SO THAT THE YOUNGER WILL BE ABLE TO GO BEYOND WHAT WE DID, GO HIGHER, TO GLORIFY ONLY THE ONE WHO CALLED US OUT FROM THE DARKNESS INTO HIS WONDERFUL LIGHT. SLIDE 25 DE 28 PRACTICAL EXAMPLES SOLDIER > II TIM 2:3-4 - A SOLDIER DOES NOT SERVE WHEREVER HE WANTS TO, BUT IS CONSTANTLY OBEYING ORDERS. 5
ATHLETE > II TIM 2:5 ATHLETES WORK OUT A LOT, REPEATING TENS, HUNDREDS OF TIMES THE SAME EXERCISE, AND HAVE A SPECIAL DIET. PASTORS SHOULD HAVE THE SAME ATTITUDE IN TERMS OF COMMUNION WITH GOD, THE FOUNDATION IN THE WORD AND INTERCESSION. LEADERSHIP AND SOCCER > GOOD ATHLETES SPEND HOURS EVERY DAY TRAINING, THE SOURCE OF MEDALS AND FAME. SLIDE 26 DE 28 A CORRECT MINDSET SOLIDARITY > EVEN THE MOST SKILLED OR FASTEST PLAYERS, IF THEY DON T PASS THE BALL, THEY HAMPER THE TEAM. THERE IS NO POINT IN TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING ALONE; I HAVE TO TRUST, PASS THE BALL TO A YOUNGER PERSON, WHO HAS LESS EXPERIENCE. DISCIPLINE > EXPERIENCED PLAYERS ARE THOSE WHO SEE COLLECTIVELY, WHO ARE ON THE MOVE IN SEARCH OF OPPORTUNITIES, WHO DO MORE THAN FULFILL A DUTY, AND ARE AWARE OF THE NEED FOR MOTIVATION SLIDE 27 DE 28 WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE RESERVE BENCH KEEP OUR EYES FIXED ON THE TARGET CELEBRATE THE GOAL OF THE COMPANION > REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO REJOICE PLAY ACCORDING TO THE RULES > ANABOLICS, WHEN THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS HEAR THE REFEREE WHISTLE > THE REFEREE IS OUR CONSCIENCE, ILLUMINATED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT SLIDE 28 DE 28 I CORINTHIANS 4: 14-16 I AM WRITING THIS NOT TO SHAME YOU BUT TO WARN YOU AS MY DEAR CHILDREN. EVEN IF YOU HAD TEN THOUSAND GUARDIANS IN CHRIST, YOU DO NOT HAVE MANY FATHERS.THEREFORE I URGE (I BEG) YOU TO IMITATE ME. THIS IS THE LEGACY I WANT TO LEAVE, A HEART IN PASSION FOR THE WORK OF THE LORD, AND TO DO IT THE WAY GOD WANTS IT TO BE DONE. 6