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Oasis City Church
TEACHING FROM PASTORS STEVE AND KARINA MAILE
WHEN DISCIPLINE IN THE CHURCH IS NECESSARY
Discipline is necessary when anything breaks the unity in the church and the fellowship the church has with Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 59: 1-2
Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will not hear.
Joshua 7: 10
So the LORD said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff.
God wants to send His glory to His church, but He has to clean up His church first.
God has given the church power to execute judgment in certain areas.
1 Corinthians 6:2-3
2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
Matthew 18:15-17
1. “Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. (v15)
2. But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. (v16)
3. And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector. (v17)
It is important for there to be unity in the local church. Biblical discipline prevents the spreading of rebellion in the church to others. The greater love of God is that he will leave the 99 to save the 1. Se we should not break fellowship because of one brother or sister who refuses to change but as the bible tells us to leave them unto God. He is the Great Shepherd and He is capable of saving the brother who is in error.
Discipline is always unto restoration never unto condemnation. We must keep our hearts free from offence.
Responsibility of the Church
1. We are our brother’s keeper.
Galatians 6:1-2
1 Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
2. We must demonstrate that we do not live unto ourselves
Romans 14:7
For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
3. Sin is not insignificant. God is holy, He wants a Holy and powerful church, He makes us holy in our conduct, and then He will release His power.
4. To teach that sin is contagious and must be cured and go into quarantine.
5. Manifestation that the Christian life is a corporate life; involving all of us working together.
1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
We are to be one; think the same way, do the same things. God wants one body in unity.
The rules of the house are set by the Senior Apostolic minister. When Pastor Steve tells us to pray we pray, when he tells us to lift our hands we lift our hands!
6. Demonstrates strong recognition of membership. There are no lone rangers present.
7. Provides sovereignty of the local church. The church is like the Supreme Court on the earth. Our head is in Heaven: Christ.
8. Provides ground for the church to execute discipline in her own ranks so that God can trust her to execute judgment on the heathen.
2 Corinthians 10:6
and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
WE MUST BE IN AGREEMENT AND ALIGNED WITH GOD
Psalm 16:1-6
1 Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.
2 O my soul, you have said to the LORD,
“You are my Lord,
My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
3 As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,
Nor take up their names on my lips.
5 O LORD, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You maintain my lot.
6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.
We must remember that our inheritance is rich, undefiled and fades not away. Our Heavenly Father has an inheritance for us. People who do not get that inheritance live on cheese and crackers! Don’t live like a beggar when you are rich. We are often like that; we should believe for more and for bigger. This way we will bear fruit in our old age!
They main question we need to ask is how can we line up with the will of God for our lives. If you think of a large streamliner ship coming into harbour, you will note that there has to be order when it is coming in, otherwise there will be a major incident. Everything we do must be in accordance with the will of God, the Word of God and the work of God; the peace of God must be present and then the circumstances have to line up. We must walk by faith and not by presumption. We have to grasp it and keep praying – we will then be able to see that God has done it! When you delight yourself in the Lord He will give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 7:11
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Three principles that will change you forever:
1. Principle of Agreement (Covenant)
2. Principle of Alignment
3. Principle of Allegiance.
The word equip in the Greek means to set bones in place, to mend something and put a bone into alignment. The first thing we must do is agree with God against ourselves.
Amos 3:3
Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
You can only walk with God in agreement and you can only walk in a Christian marriage in agreement. The way you treat, walk, and talk with your pastors mirrors your relationship with Jesus. The strongest rope is one with three strands. You must cut covenant, it will not be in place because the pastors have prayed for you! Without a covenant there is divorce. Disagreement comes from the flesh and if you persist it will take you out of the will of God. Also, don’t meddle with someone elses quarrel!
Your disagreement could be in terms of morality – you must agree with God because fornication is out of the will of God. But if you mess up, repent and agree with God quickly!
Alignment must be in these areas:
1. Marriage – we must build according to God’s pattern.
2. Ministry – for example in your serving you used to be focused and come early and now you do not. If this is a bone out of joint it could be painful, but you have to be under fivefold ministry.
3. Your manhood or womanhood
4. Money
5. Management – you could be out of alignment in that you used to read the Word of God and pray. Get back in alignment and make sure you are planted and are at every prayer meeting.
If you hang out with leaders you will become a leader. There is power in your associations.
Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Line up with people of the same quality and substance in God. Do not be unequally yoked. Align yourself with people on fire for God and who are wise with character and influence.
When there is allegiance God’s anointing busts out and eight things will be shaken:
1. Governments
2. Apostles will be released to the Body of Christ
3. Miracles are released – they are easy when we are aligned!
4. We will choose to operate in humility
5. There will be unity with our brothers and sisters
6. You will be set in order:
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.
7. The Vision is set, boldness is released, businesses are set up, cities are taken and nations affected!
8. You will be released to be the leader, the man and woman of God you are called to be.
THE HEART
The Holy Spirit is saying lets go deeper and press into God.
Luke 6:44-45
44 For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Saul could not find restoration because he never had a covenant but David did. God is restoring us and to do this He must expose the heart. David’s heart was bad due to a twisted identity. There is a deception if you will not allow the Holy Spirit to change you. If you behold Jesus you are like Him. People who look in a still lake and see self are divisive because they are in love with their own reflection. We are to love others more than ourselves – if you are self centred you can’t look at God. The foundation of sin is self.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Don’t seek things and your own desires but seek Him. The foundation of Christ is the Kingdom. People are more concerned about their condition on the earth. David fell into that way of thinking, he should have gone to war but he did not. He had a better heart when he was not promoted to success! He started looking at his own reflection and entered into sin. God is shattering the worship at the broken cistern of poisoned water. What are you drinking? Desire to behold Him, then you will love your husband, your wife, your children and people. We must be alert to the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the boastful pride of life.
Ask God to deal with the heart. We do not know the extent of our heart - we must know that when we sin we sin against God. We have been conceived in sin, not Immaculate Conception! We know that God cover our sin when we repent, but God covers without covering up. We have junk in our trunks and God removes the trash! Crisis is normal and necessary to grow and we go from different levels of growth. Every level draws a new devil. But you have to agree with God against yourself. Admit your sin but know that God will touch you for His glory.
Brokenness is needed for this message to work for you. Do not glory over yourself, this is why people fall. We are special and His chosen people but remember to always worship God. Don’t compare yourself to others who you consider to be worse! If you stand next to Hitler you may seem better, but when you stand next to Jesus – how do you look now? Ask Jesus to cleanse you – there are many things that we worry about that He doesn’t! When we hold onto things it stops us holding onto God. Set your face to seek God and allow Him to solve everything in your life – practice His presence. When you die to self, you live. Let the King have dominion in your life. You can not fool God, the truth will always come out. So look to Him!
FACE TO FACE
Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
When we start meditating on the Word of God it changes us. We need to be driven deeper into Christ. Jesus is waiting to have face to face encounters with us. The Lord wants to transform this world with face to face encounters with His people.
Ps Steve had a face to face encounter with the Lord and it changed him and is continuing to change his life.
Romans 15:9-11
and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: “For this reason I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.” And again he says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!” And again: “Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!”
Jesus chooses yielded vessels like Rahab and Ruth. We have the blood of the Omnipotent One running through us. We are the gentiles who have been grafted in. When you feel as though you have lost all hope, remember that He is the hope of Glory in us. Hope is Holding Onto Promises Eternal in Him.
Jesus has called us uniquely to run a race. Our uniqueness is our finger print and DNA to our destiny. We can only achieve this by having face to face encounters with the Lord; a deep level of intimacy and closeness of relationship.
Jesus had intimacy with His disciples. We need to have a great relationship with the Lord so that we can have a great one with each other. We cannot have the Vertical relationship with the Lord without the horizontal relationship with each other. That is why we are a body and need each other. Jesus went to the Cross for us so we no longer need to hold onto offence. We deal with offences by having face to face with Jesus.
Acts 15:16 -19
‘ After this I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will set it up; So that the rest of mankind may seek the LORD, even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the LORD who does all these things
We need to enter into the essence of worship. Every addictive nature within us seeks a spirit encounter with God. That is what why were made to have face to face with Him. When you don’t have the face to face truth will always confront us.
1. Living face to face is God’s way of blessing all humanity.
We are saved when we repent of our sins and accept Jesus as our Lord, not through being born into a Christian family or being connected to a church.
We have been indoctrinated into the ways of Christ, we have to let go of those things that prevents our face to face.
2. Psalms of David: Are an integral part of New Testament Worship.
David lived his life by face to face encounters with God. When he took his eyes off Jesus, he lost his face to face. We have to focus on the triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We need to keep topping up on our face to face so the fire does not go out. Practice the presence of God. Jesus practiced everyday. Let it become a discipline until it becomes a delight.
3. The book of James speaks again about the tabernacle of David: Worship
4. New Testament Apostolic Worship will cause a big difference.
5. Pattern for last day encounters: Prepare the pathway for perpetual praise.
CLAIMING YOUR INHERITANCE
We as people of God have to stand in faith and believe that we have an inheritance that will not pass away!
Our inheritance is BIG! It involves finances, people, nations generational wealth, connections to the Apostolic, palaces, commerce, the market place, businesses, new ideas, hidden treasure, sealed treasure, favour, benefits; The list goes on as long as we believe we have an inheritance in Him!
We have to be strong and bold to possess the land. Just like Caleb and Joshua; different spirited people who do not just sit back but who desire and want and take hold of their inheritance.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry, but money answers everything.
Money is necessary as part of our inheritance. It involves the last day transfer of kingdom wealth to the believers in the body of Christ.
Ephesians 3:20-21
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
We have to pass on our inheritance and legacy to the next generation as it was passed onto us.
Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded: and there were loud voices in heaven saying the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ and He shall reign forever and ever!
We are under the dominion of the King of kings. What He owns we own. We are His ambassadors in the earth. We have to think and behave as citizens of the kingdom of Heaven.
Deuteronomy 8:18
And you shall remember the Lord your God for it is He who gives you power to get wealth that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers as it is this day.
This must be ingrained into our spirits. It will pass us by unless we grab a hold of what He has for us. Just like the woman with the issue of blood who needed healing. In faith she reached out and grabbed a hold of what she needed (Jesus) and received her healing.
We have to be in faith and declare what is to be. Not allowing fate to lead but faith.
Our heavenly Father is there to bless us, heal us, deliver us, and cause us to walk in overflow and in destiny.
Psalm 112:3
Wealth and riches will be in his house and his righteousness endures forever.
God wants us to be righteously aligned to Him. When we understand what the transfer of wealth is for, we will know how to steward it.
Principles of Claiming Your inheritance
1. We have to understand that there is no lack with God
He longs to release and restore what belongs to us.
2. We have to understand transfer
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
We cannot enter the kingdom unless we have been granted access. Once we enter we are fused with Him. We cross over from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of His light. We have a blood covenant connection. We have been translated/transferred.
We have to understand the transfer, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.
3. Kingdom wealth and overflow of inheritance is seeing God face to face.
Romans 8:11
But the spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His spirit who dwells in you
As we pursue His face then comes the outworking of our inheritance. He has ordained good works as part of our inheritance.
4. We have to break the poverty mentality of lack
Psalm 66:12
You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through the fire and through the water but you brought us out to rich fulfillment.
He has brought us out to rich fulfillment.
5. We get our inheritance when we press into God
COMING TO A PLACE OF AGREEMENT WITH GOD
Isaiah 61:1-2
1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me,
Because the LORD has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
Luke 4:18-21
18 “ The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”
20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Jesus’ custom was to go church! He did not just attend but He served and was into it. He chose these passages from the Book of Isaiah because He was expressing His agreement with God – He said the scripture had been fulfilled! Dare to believe God. Everything Jesus says has meaning. We say we believe prophecy but when we come to God we have to live in the fear of God and live with an expectant heart – minute by minute. We have to agree with God without reservation, not having a plan b.
Five truths about agreement with God
1. Agreement with God may disagree with people
Ruth disagreed with Naomi but she knew her destiny was there with her. It was beyond Ruth and she agreed with the Spirit of God.
Ruth 4:17
Also the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi.” And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
She was not insignificant she agreed with God.
2. Agreement with God may disagree with your plans
Daniel 1:3-4
3 Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring some of the children of Israel and some of the king’s descendants and some of the nobles, 4 young men in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to understand, who had ability to serve in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
The king wanted young people to whom he could teach their culture. Daniel was in Babylon but He did not want to defile himself. Despite the rule of that wicked king he would not eat their food. It was God’s plan, not Daniel’s plan to go there. He still served God and did amazing things in God’s Name: he made the king proclaim the name of the Lord!
3. Agreement with God may mean giving up something
Hannah gave her son to the Lord – but she then went on to have many sons. Samuel became the greatest prophet. The very things that you ask of God you may have to give up. But if God asks you for this it is not for nothing!
4. Agreement with God may disagree with the way you see yourself
Gideon had to change the way he saw himself to agree with God. You could be thinking – well I am not that likeable, I am unfriendly and I have sinned – but forget that and agree with God! The Blood of Jesus that was shed on the Cross covers us and God sees this Blood when He looks at those who have accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour. When you do not accept you are a new creation in Christ you are saying to the Lord that His Blood is not enough – this is false humility! This insignificant man Gideon, agreed with God.
5. Agreement with God will disagree with how others see you
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
David’s father Jesse did not recognise him – when the prophet came to anoint one of his son’s as king he presented all of his other sons. Even Samuel did not now it was David – God sees the heart not the outward appearance. When you agree with God it will confound people’s minds and this gives glory to God. In God’s greatness He will use us – the most insignificant. God chooses to use weak vessels and not His legion of Angels. Have the same view of yourself that He has of you. Agree with what He wants according to His will, He has done everything so we need to step up to Him and long to see His glory!
THE TRUTH ABOUT PROPHECY
Prophecy is God entering the future; our future to touch our lives. We can grieve the Spirit of God when we rehash our past. God is into our future not our past. We need to have a ‘God perspective’ and picture of who He says we are.
Sometimes people turn back because they cannot see the future, if we camp in our past we cannot move forward. If we do not understand our future we will stay in the past. However kingdom people can see the future and will move forward!
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to the word, it is because there is no light in them.
The prophetic word is the releasing of the light, love, revelation, and the DNA of God spoken into us. It must line up with the word of God.
Matthew 24:24
For false christs’ and false prophets will rise and show great wonders to deceive, if possible even the elect.
Acid Tests to prove the validity or falsity of prophetic words
1. Does it agree with scripture? If not be wary and reject it.
God releases in the right time the right word. It will line up with the Word of God. Any word we receive should always line up with scripture. If it does not line up with the Word of God, it is not from God.
All Prophecy needs to be; tested, referenced with scripture and judged.
2. Does it honour and exalt Jesus Christ?
1 Corinthians 12:3
Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed and no one can say that Jesus Christ is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
The more we give ourselves to the Spirit, the more God will give of His Spirit to us. When we receive prophetic words we are to take them seriously. It is a little bit of God speaking into our lives and situations.
1 Timothy 1:18-19
This charge I commit to you son Timothy according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you wage a good warfare, having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck.
A HEART AFTER DAVID
Luke 5:36-39
36 Then He spoke a parable to them: “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. 39 And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
We need to be stretched! David had a heart after God but he broke all the commandments in one afternoon! Sin is easily dealt with by a repentant heart towards God. If we really are containers of the New Wine, where are the lost? The lost smell old wine in churches. We need living waters to come out of our belly - the Holy Spirit. People get bruised and battered in the world and then they get bruised and battered at church. This can not be! When you love Jesus you sin less – we are not sinless but we sin less! We need to be containers that can hold the new wine! The old has to go. Whatever you are in the natural could be what is holding you back. Whatever you have been or have done is dung. Don’t glorify the old – old habits need to go.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
We are new creatures in Christ. God will make a new heaven and a new earth. As leaders we all stumble but you have to live with the heart of David that overcomes in the presence of God. The new creates the new! There are new songs, sing a new song to the Lord, there are some that come here and do not walk with us as Pastors because they are unable to take the new wine.
These are the sins we are to avoid:
• The sin of young people is passion
• The sin of middle aged people is pride
• The sin of the old people is prejudice.
If we hold onto old things we become prejudiced. Jesus is the only way, let go of your formula and cultural background because these will not allow the Holy Ghost to flow. The River of God is the life changing history making presence of Jesus in the world today! Put yourself under the Word of God and you will start to flow in this. We are similar to recovering alcoholics because we are also in recovery from sin. Do not mix who you are with what you are becoming because this pollutes the new.
Leviticus 19:19
‘You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you.
We want every kind of people in this church – all are welcome from drug dealers to business men. The new wine will fix the old. When you invest in something that is out of order you get no change. If you spend your time in investing what is not God’s you are wasting your time.
The old bursts and splits and such people will run to old wine skins and they cause breakage. So make a decision today and don’t box yourself or God!
