Synergy

What Does The Bible Teach About "Synergy"? by Sandy Simpson, 9/19/04 Synergy is defined by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. this way: n : the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects [syn: synergism] Synergy is also a concept being adapted and taught today as a major tenet of the Third Wave, New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement. Dutch Sheets was one of the first to introduce this concept to that movement back in the National School of the Prophets - Mobilizing the Prophetic Office Conference at Ted Haggard's New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO on May 12, 2002. Sheets began his message by saying this: I do not want to sound sensationalistic when I say this but I am going to title it the way that I am because it is a phrase that God gave me very clearly just a week or so ago and I have been meditating on this phrase ever since in this particular form it is the first time I have ever ministered this word I, I believe it's a fresh word from the Lord for us and the phrase that he gave me was the synergy of the ages. ... This is the revelation God has been bringing to me, it is a synergistic joining century defined as the combined action of 2 or more which have a greater total effect than some of their individual efforts. The concept of synergy in the context Dutch Sheets places it, claiming he got this idea directly from the Lord, is simply if we work and pray together in unity as Christians, what we declare with our mouths will take place by virtue of the strength of numbers. This includes national and international prayer efforts as organized by the NAR, and any other of hundreds of programs they are trying to sell to the Christian public at this time. One biblical reality that flies in the face of this "new" concept of synergy, as being sold to the churches by the NAR and its organizations like the National Prayer Committee, is that the Bible says that the prayer of one righteous man is effective. James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. You can get this DVD here: http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/synergyDVD.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have been blessed by the free videos we have provided on the ACT TV Youtube Channel, please consider helping us with a donation. You can donate on PayPal by clicking on the following link: http://paypal.me/ssipson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apologetics Coordination Team FAIR USE DISCLAIMER This video is for educational purposes. In the Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a doctrine in the United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as for commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship. It provides for the legal, non-licensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author’s work under a four-factor balancing test. The term “fair use” originated in the United States. A similar principle, fair dealing, exists in some other common law jurisdictions. Civil law jurisdictions have other limitations and exceptions to copyright. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use) The U.S. Copyright Office “Fair Use” definition can be found here: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html Fair Use Notice Section 107 of the US Copyright Law This video contains some copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in (processed as of May 13, 2006) section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/.... If you wish to use copyrighted material from this video for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------