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Inheritance Walk

INHERITANCE WALK 1.       After separation from his nephew Lot, God showed the promised land of Canaan from the top of the hill to Abraham and commanded him to “Arise and walk the length and breadth of land” that God was going to give it to his descendants as an inheritance to possess the gates (cities) of the enemy. Genesis 13:17; 22:17,18 2.       Whenever and wherever Abraham had an encounter with God, he did not build temples or houses for himself but he built altars and worshipped God with a sacrifice and eventually surrounded the entire land of Canaan, as his inheritance . Gen. 12:7,8 3.       Altars were built with plain mud or uncut stones, out in the open, so that no man could take glory for building religious edifices and indulge in idolatry. Exodus 20:24,25 4.       God told Joshua that wherever the sole of your feet tread the ground, I have given it to you. Only be courageous, strong and obedient. Later Joshua chided the children of Israel for bein

Definitions

BIBLICAL DEFINITIONS Apostolic Interpretations Preaching  is not from the pulpit to the already converted but where Christ has not been named among people who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. Evangelism is not one way presentational preaching (lecture) on the street corner but engagement with the people. Jesus did that all the time. Most Christians have very poor relationship with the people of other faiths and lack training and therefore confidence on how to start even a simple conversation with them. 97% of youth grown up in good Christian homes, who went through regular Sunday school, cannot share their faith even with their best friends, when they enter college and quickly turn lukewarm or even anti-church. Matt. 4:16 Fully preaching  is, not using church language with enticing words full of man’s wisdom but with demonstration of power. In the NT preaching nearly always resulted in healing, deliverance followed by immediate repentance and baptisms and discipl