Introduction
Minister: To give aid: Serve. This manual is designed to teach Christian ministers how to give aid to those in need, and to provide the tools necessary to properly administer the biblical principles of becoming a servant as recorded by Matthew.

Matthew 28:19­20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

And viewed from the ambassadorship angle, since we are emissaries of His peace.

2 Corinthians 5:18 “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:” NIV

The principles that we will teach here are to apply first to oneself because you cannot give that which you do not possess, and then to others. Once you have received the Lord’s aid, then the Lord will bring to you those in need for you to aid.

Here is a basic but powerful outline of the ministry to which we are called.

Matthew 10:8 “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.”

Heal the Sick

3 John 2 “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.”
True healing begins from within, as we mature in spiritual health, our physical bodies will manifest outwardly that spiritual health within us. That health emanates from our spirit being led by the Holy Spirit and it will be projected outward toward those who are in need and seek our counsel. We give of that which has been given to us.

James 5:14­16 “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.”

The process is two­fold: Salvation that leads to deliverance (from sins and its consequences) and then restoration of sanity to the mind that brings the outward manifestation of physical healing and the restoration of the body.

An elder is one who has maturity in the Word of God and has experienced personally many of the needs of those who come to him/her for help. Their experience in the Word of God has brought to them deliverances and victories over time, and they are able to testify of the faithfulness of the Word of God to those who faithfully endure and conquer in the battle of faith. So that when they counsel others of their need to let go of the things of the world that hinder their deliverance, they can speak with a forceful anointing that points them not to us, but rather to the Word of God.

2 Timothy 2:8­10 “Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel, for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained. Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.”

Cleanse the Lepers

Exodus 4:6­7 “Furthermore the LORD said to him, ‘Now put your hand in your bosom.’ And he put his hand in his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, like snow. And He said, ‘Put your hand in your bosom again.’ So he put his hand in his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and behold, it was restored like his other flesh.”

Leprosy is a type of our sinful nature and is always lurking within us. As Moses was being called to his ministry, he was made very much aware that it wasn’t his righteousness that he was called to proclaim, but God’s. A minister is but a simple vessel that channels the divine anointing which is being poured upon him/her.

2 Peter 1:5­11 “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self­control, to self­control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

The message that Peter is saying is very simple: As we work faithfully to receive the knowledge and virtue of self-control through perseverance in our pursuit of godliness, not for the purpose of flaunting our “righteousness” but for the goal of brotherly kindness; being able to help others overcome in their struggles. As we begin to abound in those spiritual qualities, we will not be barren nor unfruitful. But furthermore, an entrance will be supplied to the one seeking those spiritual qualities into the everlasting kingdom: this door is the ministry of deliverance into which our Savior calls us as part of our Christian ministry.

Raise the Dead

Ephesians 2:1 “And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins.”

When Paul preached, he preached Christ crucified. The simplicity of the Gospel is so amazing that we have the tendency to make it look harder, but it’s not! We were dead and on our way to hell, when we heard the Gospel we responded yes, and now we are alive and on our way to heaven. And our new life has a definite impact on those around us of which we are to take advantage of for Christ’s sake.

John 11:25­26 “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?’”

We have the tendency to accept the notion that if some ministry or minister has raised people from physical death, that their ministry is a great miracle working ministry and thereby superior to other ministries. But in reality, every single time that a sinner repents at the preaching or teaching of the Word of God they are raised from the dead. If you raise someone from the dead who was not saved, and afterward they do not get saved, they will die again. However, one converted sinner who truly repents will never die again. So, tell me, which ministry is greater?

Though the raising of someone from the dead is a sign of a great apostolic anointing upon the ministry or minister, it should not detract us from serving God by thinking of our work for the Kingdom of God as inferior. For indeed God knows the afflictions that His children suffer, and He takes great pleasure when one of His saints takes upon himself/herself the mantel of our Lord’s compassion and ministers to the needs of others, no matter how menial or insignificant their work may seem to the world. For to our Lord the rescue and comfort of one of His least known or deserving little ones is as important as the deliverance of one of His mighty saints.

Hebrews 4:14­16 “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

Drive out Demons
Exodus 4:2­5 “So the LORD said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ He said, ‘A rod.’ And He said, ‘Cast it on the ground.’ So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Reach out your hand and take it by the tail’ (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand), that they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.” (parenthesis not added by me)

Jesus the last Adam restored the dominion back to man that the first Adam lost when he failed to trust the Word of the Lord. Jesus demonstrated His power over the devil by destroying all of his works:

1 John 3:8 “…For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

Then He said to us to follow His example and do what He did: Mark 16:17 “…In My name they will cast out demons…”

The rod in Moses’ hand represented the authority of God’s Name and of His Word: the Hebrew letters that spell God’s Name, Jehovah: Yod Hay Vav Hay; the Yod represents the hand, the Vav represents the rod or hook which connects the promises of God represented by the Hay twice; for the promises of God are Yes and Amen! Moses was to execute God’s power over God’s enemies in the authority of God’s Name and of His Word. Just as it is for us today in Jesus Name and in accordance to His Word.

Freely Give

Galatians 5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.”

Ministry is service, not slavery. One of the tricks of the enemy is to tie down a minister under a load of obligations and maybe fear of what would happen to those he or she is currently ministering to, if he or she were to move on to where the Holy Spirit is now leading them to. We are just vessels. Let’s not forget; we must be under the flowing in order to emanate. As with Moses, when the cloud moved, they simply followed; so, it is with us in ministry. It is His ministry not ours!

The Foundation

The first layer in the foundation to minister is found in:
2 Corinthians 13:5­6 “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you­­unless, of course, you fail the test? And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test.” NIV