USING THE WINE PRESS TO FEED YOUR FLOCK AND REAP THE HARVEST
Afterward shall the Children of God return…in the Latter Days!
Outline:
1) The Harvest of returning Family Members
2) There are thousands of former members to reach
3) Former members already have a foundation in the Word and doctrine
4) Helping Wine Press members find their level of service
5) Remember the needs of a new disciples (Raul’s Knife)
6) Use the WPs as a new disciple feeding course to get them up to speed with the new wine
7) Winepress Tips, by Sara
1) The Harvest of returning Family Members
From “What the Future Holds – Part 1”:
(Jesus speaking:) Many who have departed from your folds will return once again. You will see the beginnings of a great harvest in many ways, including the harvest of My ex-member children returning. There will be many, young and old, who have turned aside from My highest will in their lives and from following Me closely, but who, as the days grow darker, will be humbled enough to return.
These who return will serve in different capacities. Some will desire to return to full-time service. Others will join your ranks as Fellow members or as live-outs or outside witnessers. But there will indeed be a great reaping of My ex-member brides--those who have been living only for themselves, but in whose hearts I will rekindle a desire to be of service to mankind and to reach others with My love.
Prepare yourselves for an influx of returning wayward brides, those who were meant to be Mine and serve Me, but whose hearts were distracted or filled with other things, and who therefore pulled away from Me and now feel the loss. Prepare to reintegrate those who have been very weakened, but who will see the truth and desire to fight for it by your side once again. It may take some time for some to be strengthened enough to be a blessing to and even those who return may not all become full-time elite troops, but they will become part of your greater extended Family membership--a part of My push within the Family to teach others to teach others.
This harvest of returning former members will not be the greatest harvest of your future in this era of action. The greatest and most spectacular harvest will be that of the many lost souls who will find Me through you, and specifically through the Activated program and the Family's renewed determination to spread the message and feed My sheep. Yet this harvest of your own who return--both young and old--will be great and dramatic in its own way, for it will be the fruit of your prayers.
Pray them in! Fight for them in prayer! This is one part of the great harvest of the future. This is a part of the era of action. This is a part of the Activated vision. This is a part of feeding My sheep. This is a part of the Last Days. …It is coming. The Last Days are coming. A great reaping is coming. A wave of those who will return to Me is coming. (End of mess from Jesus.)
2) There are thousands of former members to reach
From: “The Action Series – Part 2” (#3301) “Through out the 30 years of the Family's existence, there have been about 26,000 people who've joined for a time and then left.”
3) Former members already have a foundation in the Word and doctrine
They are:
• Saved
• Filled with the Holy Spirit
• Light years ahead of the average Christian in understanding discipleship & commitment to the Lord’s service
• They know what it means to be an active witness
• Understand the principle of tithing
• Know Endtime prophecy/ believe we are living in the Time of the End
• Accept Dad and Maria as God’s anointed prophets of the End
• Understand the Law of Love/One Wife/Communal living
4) Helping Wine Press members find their level of service
From GN 908:
“I intend to bring new disciples to you—those who want to serve Me in whatever capacity they can. Most of these new disciples will not drop out and serve Me full time, but they will be disciples nonetheless. They will be members of the Family. They will be coworkers and co-laborers with you. They will help open doors that you could never enter. They will be believers, followers, disciples, helpers, and supporters. They will be your flock; they will be your brothers and sisters, and together all of you will be part of My new expanded Family. I’m going to open the doors wide so that many more can join your ranks at the level of belief and discipleship they can attain.
“I will expand your ranks to include various levels of discipleship and believership. Rather than closing them off, I now want to open the circle and let them in. I wish for those who want to be part of you, in faith, to be able to be so. I will make a way for those who want to believe and receive, but who don’t feel they can do a great deal, to nevertheless be a part of My Family. I will make a way for those who wish to be disciples to be so, even if they can’t leave all and follow Me” (GN 908:28-30).
WP members are:
o Disciples
o Members
o Coworkers
o Co-laborers
o Believers
o Followers
o Helpers
o Supporters
o Our Flock
o Brothers and Sisters
From #3361, “Coming Persecution”
(Jesus speaking): The difference between the various circles of membership in the Family should be a matter of the practical application of the Word, not a matter of faith in the Word. In other words, all members of the Family at every level should believe and accept the doctrine, the Words that I have given through David and Maria. That is what being in the Family is all about. But various "circles" are allowed, based on how much that Word is lived and practiced on a day-to-day basis. This is especially true of beliefs or goals that affect your daily living or lifestyle, such as: forsaking all to live together, being full-time missionaries, home schooling your children, going into all the world, living by faith, etc. These things are the practical application of your beliefs.
But not all Family members are able to live these to the full, either due to former commitments, obligations that they're not able to get free from, the laws of the land, or other conditions and circumstances. But even without being able to live and practice all aspects of the Word, there should still be a belief in it, an acceptance of it, and an acknowledgement that that is the ideal.
The standard is this: All Family members should accept and believe the Word that is unique to the Family, otherwise they're not Family members. If they don't accept and believe the Words that I have given you which are recorded in the Letters, then they could simply be members of any church. So belief in the Letters is the single defining qualification of Family membership at any level.
On the other hand, however, there is leniency given to the practical application of the Word. There are many who for a multitude of reasons cannot live the Word to the full, hence the need for various "levels" or concentric circles of membership. But the circles should not denote a weakening of faith in the doctrine and belief in the Word. The circles denote a difference in the lifestyle or level of discipleship, regarding such things as: living by faith, living communally, being full-time witnessers and missionaries, home schooling your children, going to foreign fields to preach the Gospel, putting God first and not allowing friends, relatives or others to pull you off the wall, etc. These things are the application of the Word, the practical manifestation of your beliefs.
The new members of the outer circles of the Family don't necessarily need to be samples of the full picture of what the Family stands for, such as communal living, going into all the world, forsaking all, living by faith, etc., because the full-time disciples, the Charter members are that sample. I don't require that of all members, for that's not every person's primary place or calling. But what I do expect of new members is that they believe and are willing to witness the Words of David. If they don't have faith in the Letters, including those things that make the Family different and radical, then they're not really members of the Family; they're simply Christians, like the millions of other church members. (end of excerpts of message from Jesus)
5) Remember the needs of a new disciples (Raul’s Knife)
• Prayer
• Love
• The Word
• Jesus
• Fellowship
6) Use the WPs as a new disciple feeding course to get them up to speed with the new wine
Emphasis on learning how to use the new weapons:
Hearing from the Lord in prophecy
Loving Jesus
Praise Time
The underused weapon of prayer
o Use the list of New Wine letters to choose feeding pubs for your Wine Press members
o Have your WP members sign up for the WP mailings, so you’ll be sure they’re getting the latest new wine.
o The regular mailings and Wine Press publications also provide a link with other returning former members.