Between the Calling and the Separation | Pastor Marie Helene Moulin
Recap
Our very special guest minister came all the way from Nice, France to deliver a special word from the Lord to us. When Pastor Marie-Hélène Moulin was praying about the message the Lord wanted her to share with our congregation, His words were simply to tell us, “The Lord is recruiting!” In preparation for the work of end time harvest, the Lord has begun to call believers into full-time ministry. She explained that not every believer is called to full-time ministry. However, every believer is called to the ministry of reconciliation—sharing Jesus with the lost.
Dive Deeper
In the year 2021, Pastor Marie-Hélène Moulin said the Lord gave her a word for her congregation. He said, “Tell the people that I am recruiting.” He is recruiting people into full-time ministry. Some congregants, indeed, received the call of God into full-time ministry. For each one of them, it was a step of faith. For Pastor Marie, it was also a step of faith to hire them. The Lord was faithful and provided the monies.
After hiring full-time staff, Pastor Marie said, “I cannot tell you the difference it made in the ministry. It was like day and night.”
When Pastor Marie was praying about the message she was to give to the Living Word congregation, the Lord said to her the same message He gave her congregation: “The Lord is recruiting!”
She talked about the “huge mandate” on Living Word.
She clarified that she was not talking about simply serving the Lord because every Christian should be serving the Lord in one way or another. She specified that she was talking about the Lord recruiting people into the full-time ministry.
Romans 1:1 helps us to understand the steps, or phases, one has to go through when one is called to full-time ministry: “Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God…”
First there is “the call.” The next phase is “separation.”
2nd Corinthians 5:19, “…that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.”
The Lord wants all people to have at least one opportunity to hear that God is not mad at them. He wants to make peace with them. This is a call that is not a specific calling. It is a calling for which every believer is responsible. It’s called “witnessing.” We all are called to witness the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the lost.
Pastor Marie said, “When I said the Lord is recruiting. I’m not talking about the ministry of reconciliation, something every believer is called to do. I’m talking about those who are called to the five-fold ministry.”
Being “called” is a Greek word that means “invitation.”
When the Lord calls you into the ministry, it is not something that He will impose on you. He doesn’t try to manipulate you into serving Him. He doesn’t negotiate with you to serve Him. It is an honor to serve Him. It is an invitation to serve Him full time.
Jeremiah 1:5 says, “Before I made you in your mother’s womb, I knew you.”
We all come from God. And He says, “I knew you.” When we were born into the earth, it was not a surprise to God. He knew us before we were born. He said, “Before you were born, I chose you for a special work.”
2nd Timothy 1:9, says, “…who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose.”
This verse in 2nd Timothy says we don’t pick the area of ministry that we are called to serve. God is the one who chooses the work He calls you to do. It’s according to His own purpose.
And with the calling, He provides the grace that equips you to do that work. He provides you with the ability to do the job.
Read About It
Romans 1:1, “Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God…”
2nd Corinthians 5:19, “that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.”
Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I made you in your mother’s womb, I knew you.”
2 Timothy 1:9, “…who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.”
Discussion Questions
What are the first two phases of full-time ministry?
What is the ministry that all believers are called to do?
Jeremiah 1:5 says, “Before I made you in your mother’s womb, I knew you.” Do you understand what this verse is saying? And can you articulate it?