The Leader Of The Church Is The Spirit

"Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God, Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament, not of the letter, but of the Spirit" (II Corinthians 3:5-6)

Another distinctive of GLCC is our belief that God will use anyone who is dependent upon the Spirit's leadership. We believe that a person need not be highly educated or theologically trained to be used by God. We believe that a person need not be an intellectual genius or a gifted orator to advance His kingdom and build His church. Paul wrote, "For we see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called" (I Corinthians 1:26). But we believe that the primary requirement for usability is absolute dependence upon the leadership of the Holy Spirit.

When God called Gideon to deliver the nation of Israel, Gideon said, "0 my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is poor in Manasseh and I am the least in my fathers house" (Judges 6:15). God chose Gideon because he had nothing to offer God. He was not a proven leader or a fierce warrior; but he was the babied youngest child from a poor family. God called Gideon because he had no other recourse but to depend upon God and His leadership. The same is true with Jeremiah, when God called him, he responded, "Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am but a child" (Jeremiah 1:6).

When Jesus was looking for twelve men to carry His message and advance his kingdom, He did not visit the rabbinical schools or the theological seminaries instead he went to the fishing ports, side streets, and the market place and chose a group of unschooled, unlettered artisans, and fisherman who had nothing, but were willing to depend upon Him for everything. In Acts 4:13 we are told, "When they saw the boldness of Peter and John they perceived they were uneducated and untrained men..." Yet these uneducated and untrained men "turned the world upside down" (Acts 17:6). At GLCC we recognize that it is not great talent that God uses but dependence upon a great God and God will use anyone who depends on Him.

We must remember having begun in the Spirit we cannot be perfected by the flesh. Paul warned of this in Galatians 3:3. Our ministries must be from start to finish dependent upon the leadership of the Spirit.
 

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