Let go of old thinking.

 Jesus has commissioned us as believers to help people who are suffering. Through God's love in our hearts, we must be guides so that all those around us find the way to Jesus.

Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Mt 28:19 NIV

A Christian wants to serve Jesus and be a missionary, reaching out to people in the street. He is not an ordained pastor, but he has meetings at home.

People from the street with troubled lives are converted.

They want to be baptised. The home group leader thinks a pastor should baptise and he seeks help from pastors. Every pastor will gladly baptise a new Christian if he joins his church, but the new Christians only want to stay in the house group.

Then the house group leader makes the decision to baptise the new Christians himself.
Then all hell breaks loose. All the Christians in the neighbourhood avoid the house group missionary. Nobody welcomes him.

But please. Where can you find a text in the Bible that only authorises ordained pastors to baptise Christians?

There must be order! But whose order?

“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”
“Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.” Lk 9:49–50 NIV

I believe a powerful worldwide revival is coming. The established churches and even the non-denominational churches will not be able to cope with the multitude of newly converted Christians.

We need to get rid of our old limited ways of thinking so that the Holy Spirit can accomplish the work of God in the end times.

God Calls All Kinds of People

 In China, Christians are multiplying every year. Over twenty years ago, missionary experts said that there were at least one hundred million Christians in China and that several million Chinese were converting to Jesus every year.

Nobody knows how many Christians there are in China now, but the communist government is afraid of Jesus. The basis of the powerful Christian movement in China is not an ordained leadership with professional preachers who have to undergo years of theological training.

Most meetings are not held in well-equipped churches, but in private homes. Many pastors are arrested or simply disappear. Someone then has to lead.

More than seventy per cent of the church leaders in these house churches are women with no extensive theological training, but they burn with love for Jesus and their devotion is unlimited.

Education is not worthless. Paul and Luke were educated men. Martin Luther and John Wesley were educated, but Peter and John were fishermen.

In the mighty move of the Holy Spirit that is soon to come, educated preachers will also be anointed with power, but the mark of the coming revival will not be education, but heavenly love, miracle-working faith and unstinting devotion.

A woman in Brazil was the daughter and granddaughter of high-ranking witches. She became a prostitute and then a witch with terrifying demonic powers, but true Christians love their enemies. Christians prayed for this woman until she converted to Jesus in a traumatic crisis. She became a preacher who was able to reach many lost souls for Jesus.

But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. Mt 19:30 NIV

A highly respected Muslim preacher in Africa led a double life. He secretly visited prostitutes until he was infected with AIDS. The Christians prayed for their persecutor and God answered. On his deathbed, he experienced a visitation from Jesus. He was converted. He was supernaturally healed and then became an influential evangelist for Jesus.

But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. Mt 19:30 NIV

In the revival that is coming in Europe, God will call evangelists who are now in other religions or in pubs or brothels.

The apostle Paul said:

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 1 Ti 1:15 NIV