Put Some of Thine Honor Upon Him | Senior Pastor Kenneth Carpenter by Kenneth Carpenter First Apostolic Church of Maryville (Maryville, TN) Kind: sermon Scripture: Numbers 27:18-20, 1 Corinthians 12:1, 1 Corinthians 12:4, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:9-12 Source: https://acts238.life/repository/sermons/kenneth-carpenter--put-some-of-thine-honor-upon-him Published by Acts 2:38 Life from the sermon transcript on that page. Free to copy and share with attribution. ------------------------------------------------------------ brother Hammond we did not discuss this but I have a burden tonight I want us to see our teachers our workers here at the daycare in the school I wants to have renewed vision of how we see them please bear with me for just a few moments as I read from some scripture Numbers chapter 27 Numbers chapter 27 and verse number 18. and the Lord said unto Moses take the Joshua the son of nun a man in whom is the spirit and lay thine hand upon him and set him before Eliezer the priest and before all the congregation and give him and and and give him a charge in their sight here's verse 20. here's what I want you to see Moses and thou shalt put some of thine honor upon him that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient he said God said Moses I want you in the side of all Israel to take some of your honor and place it on Joshua what for because it's going to have an effect on all of Israel they'll all be obedient for 39 years brother and sister Carpenter have been the pastor of this church this church has been gloriously blessed with the revelation of biblical pastoral Authority biblical pastoral Authority I am not viewed me and said Carpenter or not viewed at this church is hirelings we're not viewed of somebody that we hired to be our pastor this congregation believes that we are the god ordained man and woman for First Apostolic Church they believe that if you honor is lavished on such Carpenter and I unbelievable unbelievable honor is given to us unbelievable can't even can't even grab a broom anymore and do anything around the church without having a 10 car pileup out here in the parking lot people getting out they're trying to rip a brim no you're not nobody you could not be you could not be more honored by a group of people than what we're honored but God led me today to do this I don't want our Christian School teachers and our daycare teachers to be viewed as just working at the school working at the daycare but I want to take some honor that's been put on me and I want to put it on them tonight because they are doing a work for God they are doing a work for God these teachers are doing they are doing a work they are doing a work for God First Corinthians 12. First Corinthians 12 and verse number one now concerning spiritual gifts brethren spiritual gifts here comes the honor from pastor upon teachers that they are spiritual gifts verse 4. now there are diversities of gifts but the Same Spirit you see you view brother Carpenter brother Hammond brother Erickson brother Carpenter or anyone else that gets in his Pulpit you view them brother trash on as anointed man they're anointed look at them but can I tell you that our teachers and our daycare workers are just as anointed to do a job as carpenter carpenter Hammond Erickson oh I want you to see this tonight verse number verse number 28 of the same chapter and God everybody say that those two words say it real fiery say it again and God has said some in the church first apostles secondarily profits thirdly thirdly oh bro karma that's talking about oh that I'll tell you what it's talking about it's talking about the men and women in just a few moments that are going to walk through a prayer line and be anointed it's talking about those teachers they're teaching more than just math they're teaching more than just history they're going to be teaching the word of God and if we want to have a church that's going to be obedient we but I don't stop there brother him and I don't stop right there watch this watch and God has set some in the church first apostles secondarily Prophets thirdly teachers after that miracles would you please notice it didn't say God said apostles then miracles he didn't say God set Apostles prophets then Miracles Miracles is something that only God can do there's so much locked up in the sides of in inside of these students Minds that it's going to take a miracle to unlock it but we're going to need more than an apostle and we're going to need more than a prophet we've got to have some teachers but if oh but if I can get some teachers if I can get some teachers I'll get some Miracles starting to happen miracles brother Hammond not only are we going to have a different perspective of the devil we're going to have a different perspective of our teachers before this is over let me go on one more passage of scripture one more passage of scripture Ephesians chapter 4 matter of fact you read it tonight verse number nine that's some that victory that Jesus crushed the head of Satan verse 9 now he that ascended what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the Earth he that descended is the same also that us send it up far above all heavens and he had that he might feel all things watch it now and he gave some Apostles some prophets some evangelists and some pastors and teachers for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ