Randy R . Clark

Based upon Colossians 1:27-29. While acknowledging the traditional interpretation of "Christ in you the hope of glory"  as referring to the hope of receiving a glorified body, for which view there are other collaborating scriptures, it is argued a better interpretation of the text is the presence of Christ in us by the Holy Spirit is the basis for us to expect to be used by God to do things that bring glory to God, i.e., signs and wonders, healings and miracles.  These are to follow or accompany the preaching of the gospel.  The primary way God is glorified or receives glory in the Bible is through what he does, especially His signs and wonders, healings and miracles.

This revised and greatly expanded “Response to NAR Critics” provides answers and insight regarding the confusion related to my first submission on this subject to Academia. This confusion arose in large part because my response, which was 303 pages, was not posted in full. Only 80 pages were posted. The complete document that should have been posted contained responses from seven students and one professor from Global Awakening Theological Seminary (GATS). This first truncated submission was met with several critical comments, some of which stemmed from the fact that my full response was not made available, such as the comments that I did not deal fully with the charges made by the critics. To mitigate further confusion as to the full content of this second response, I have now included a table of contents to go with the critical responses from each of the students so one can see which issues raised by Geivett and Pivec are addressed. While I trust that readers will find this second response a much more thorough examination of the issues, please be aware that it does not address all the issues raised by Dr. Douglas Geivett and Holly Pivec in their book. Geivett and Pivec made a number of accusations regarding what they say leaders in the NAR believe. In response, I have clarified what it is that leaders in the NAR do believe, drawn from responses to a survey I conducted. It is of note that many who were surveyed had major disagreements with the beliefs of NAR leaders as defined by Geivett and Pivec. It is possible that critics of the NAR are arguing from a dispensational theology that is the basis for believing the Church will be lukewarm in the end-times, will be in a weakened state, and that the kingdom of the devil will be progressing faster than the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus.
        Dispensationalists emphasize how the enemy is gaining ground on the Church, and if there are signs and wonders, they are most often identified as “lying signs and wonders” done not by the Church or churches but by the Antichrist, the Beast, and the False Prophet. Critics often accuse other Christians of being used by the devil, having been deceived by him as working these lying signs and wonders. I prefer to see lying signs and wonders as those worked by the Anti-Christ New Age movement that rejects Jesus as the Son of God and hates Christianity because the Christian faith is a major obstacle to entering the Age of Aquarius.
        The victorious amillennial and the post-millennial, as well as the historical premillennial perspectives, have a much more positive view of the Church at the end of time. These views hold that the Kingdom of God will continue to grow on the earth with the Church gaining ground, especially through revival, prayer, and missionary work. This was the belief of Jonathan Edwards, a famous Reformed leader during the First Great Awakening in America. Edwards was not a victorious amillennialist. He was a post-millennialist who believed the Kingdom of God was being established by prayer, revival, and missions.
        Instead of a regressive view of history, it has a progressive one. This is a strong view of the Church as the primary advancer of the Kingdom of God, which, as Jesus taught in Matthew 13, is like a mustard seed that begins as the smallest of seeds but grows into the largest plant, and which is like leaven in a lump of dough that starts small but continues to affect the whole. The revivalists and prominent Church leaders of the 17th- and 18th-centuries and the early decades of the 19th- century were post-millennialists who believed the Kingdom of God would be established through prayer, revival, and missions. Dispensational adherents of the premillennial, pretribulation rapture include some members of Biola University, who do not believe in a great end-time revival or a victorious end-time Church.

Uma Declaração Coletiva sobre a "New Apostolic Reformation" ou "Nova Reforma Apostólica" (NAR) e "Nacionalismo Cristão" À luz da controvérsia em torno dos termos "Nova Reforma Apostólica" e "Nacionalismo Cristão", estamos emitindo esta declaração de esclarecimento.

WE AFFIRM the importance of Ephesians 4:11 ministry for the Church today and believe that such ministry functions have existed throughout Church history, even if not described in these exact terms. WE AFFIRM that contemporary apostolic and prophetic ministries are important for the well-being and mission of the Church, just as evangelistic, pastoral, and teaching ministries are important. • By "apostolic, " we are referring to visionary leaders who are missional, fathering, and pioneering, such as church planters, networkers, or movement leaders, often marked by their focus on gospel

À luz da controvérsia em torno dos termos "Nova Reforma Apostólica" (NAR) e "Nacionalismo Cristão", estamos emitindo esta declaração de esclarecimento.1 REJEITAMOS a crença de que os apóstolos contemporâneos carregam a mesma autoridade que os Doze Apóstolos originais.