* The God/man team.
* The husband/wife team.
* The family team.
* The local congregation team.
Here is an overview of my intended message this morning, though I only got to skim the first couple of points.
TEAMS DESIGNED FOR VICTORY
Secrets to success...
* For a musical performer getting to Carnegie Hall… Practice Practice Practice
* For an entrepreneur starting A BUSINESS… Location Location Location
* For A SPIRITUAL TEAM... VISION VISION VISION
Vision of God
Vision of the leader
Vision of the team
OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY
* To God
* To leadership
Other components of a victorious team.
teammates,
different positions and assignments,
a common adversary and objective,
a captain,
a coach,
a manager,
an owner,
rules,
team work,
a common bond.
GOD-MAN TEAMS.
When a man (speaking of the human race, not the male gender exclusively) teams with God in a loving and living relationship, he is destined for victory. (BTW, today's ridiculous political correctness got a foothold on our modern world when the feminist movement started attacking the imaginary "mankind" versus gender issue. It seemed simple and harmless to a lot of people. Some people even thought it was the fair thing to do. However, it was a ploy from the beginning by Satan to open girls bathrooms to male perverts.
God designed man with the express purpose of teaming with God.
Man was created in the image of God.
Even though man would become separated from God through sin, God designed a plan of salvation which would restore man to a right relationship with God and man would become a partaker of Divine nature.
The plan of teaming with man was introduced in the Garden (Satan would crush the Seeds heel and the Seed would crush the head of the serpent), and was the driving force of the ministry of Christ (He came to seek and to save that which was lost).
God teamed with men and women who submitted themselves to Him.
OT times
Able, Enoch, Noah
Abraham, Joseph, Moses
Joshua, Ruth, Gideon, Samson, Deborah
David
Elijah, Isaiah, Esther, Nehemiah, Ezra
NT times
Zachariah, Anna,
Mary, John the Baptizer,
John the Disciple whom Jesus loved, Peter, Paul, Timothy.
HUSBAND-WIFE TEAMS
God designed the holy union of a man and woman (husband-wife) to be the foundation of human teaming. God makes a man and woman one through marriage, but He does not make them the same. They both have their strengths and their abilities. Man was intended to be the head of the wife from the very beginning and God has reiterated this principle. In the Biblical examples of marital teaming, failure is often related to a reversal of roles. Remember…
* Eve was deceived and tempted Adam.
* Abraham listened to Sarah as she panicked concerning barrenness.
God revealed His view of marriage when He likened it to His relationship with His people.
Teaming through marriage.
* Adam and Eve
* Abraham and Sarah
* Isaac and Rebecca
* Zachariah and Elizabeth
* Joseph and Mary
1 Peter 3:5-7
(5) For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
(6) Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
(7) Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
FAMILY TEAMS
Children are little people in training to be big people. Children learn and follow the example of their parents, especially when the example is a bad example. Boys need to be taught to love and honor their wives. Girls should be taught to obey and trust their husbands.
Family teams are the seed of tribal and national unity and cooperation. God designed the family unit and family relationships to be the first community and to be the foundation of nations. When individuals learn how to properly relate to family members, they are well on their way to establishing national camaraderie.
* Noah and his three sons
* Jacob and his children
* Tribes of Israel
HUSBAND-WIFE TEAMS
God designed the holy union of a man and woman (husband-wife) to be the foundation of human teaming. God makes a man and woman one through marriage, but He does not make them the same. They both have their strengths and their abilities. Man was intended to be the head of the wife from the very beginning and God has reiterated this principle. In the Biblical examples of marital teaming, failure is often related to a reversal of roles. Remember…
* Eve was deceived and tempted Adam.
* Abraham listened to Sarah as she panicked concerning barrenness.
God revealed His view of marriage when He likened it to His relationship with His people.
Teaming through marriage.
* Adam and Eve
* Abraham and Sarah
* Isaac and Rebecca
* Zachariah and Elizabeth
* Joseph and Mary
1 Peter 3:5-7
(5) For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
(6) Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
(7) Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
FAMILY TEAMS
Children are little people in training to be big people. Children learn and follow the example of their parents, especially when the example is a bad example. Boys need to be taught to love and honor their wives. Girls should be taught to obey and trust their husbands.
Family teams are the seed of tribal and national unity and cooperation. God designed the family unit and family relationships to be the first community and to be the foundation of nations. When individuals learn how to properly relate to family members, they are well on their way to establishing national camaraderie.
* Noah and his three sons
* Jacob and his children
* Tribes of Israel
NEW TESTAMENT TEAMING
* Pastor… leadership
* Congregation… followship
* Church… fellowship
* Pastor… leadership
* Congregation… followship
* Church… fellowship
Principles of Church Victory
* Vision
* Unity
* Calling
* Gifts
* Ministries
