8th January 2004

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I want to share with you the following: We all have a calling. We are not here by chance. All of us are important. There is not one person on the face of this earth that is not precious and important. I am not saying that we are all equal, that we all have the same gifts and capabilities, but I want to affirm that every person is important.

Ephesians-4:11
“And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers.”

Matthew-25:14-30 The Parable of the 10 Talents

In this bible text, Jesus is making a parallel between God and us. Jesus is saying to us the following: Every person has gifts. Musicians know how to play music, because it was a gift that God gave them. A man who is a manager, a doctor, an engineer, a businessman, has the gift that God them. They might think that that their capability is of theirs, but it is not. How is it that they know how to do it? Because God gave them that capability. That is the absolute truth. The great question that is going to be put to you: on such a day when we give an account of ourselves to God, He is going to say to you: - "What did you do with the talents that I gave you?" - "I was a musician of the world, I obtained a lot of money..." - "What happened to your money?" - "It was there..." - "What do you have to show me?" - "Well…I need to think..." Worthless servant, useless, unsuitable. What is going to happen to this individual? He is going to go to hell; he did nothing with the gift that God gave him.
This does not only involve Christians. It involves everyone on the face of the earth! We will all come before God and He will ask, "What did you do with the talents I gave you?"

What I want to say is that you have a ministry. If you are already a Christian, you have a ministry that is as important as mine. I was called to preach, to open churches, supervise churches, discover where there are pastors that God has called, place them in churches and supervise them. This is the work of an apostle. I am not saying that I am more than others; but that this is the responsibility that I have. The musician has the gift of God to play and sing. We have people that used to be professionals, but now have delivered their gift to God.

I want to talk about another ministry.
What is the ministry of businessmen? IT IS TO BRING FINANCES FOR THE WORK OF GOD.

Deuteronomy 8:17 and 18
“then you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth." And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.”

If we learn this lesson and leave it to God to use us to bless our fellow man, God is going to prosper us and observe what our reaction is. If we use this blessing well, He will give us a little bit more. A wise man is one that works for God, knowing that houses, money, cars, all material benefits, are loaned to us, entrusted to us for a time.

We have a task here. What is it?
TO HELP OUR FELLOW MEN, TO RESCUE HUMANITY FOR GOD .

It is not to convince people because that is the work of the Holy Spirit. To help our fellow men is our task. It is for this that we are on earth. On the day that I discovered what my task was, finally, I found the pleasure of living. I was a very successful engineer, I made large bridges, and one day I was perplexed in my life. I had finished doing a project that was a dream come true. But, then instead of being satisfied with life, I felt empty. My life did not make sense. When I gave my life to Jesus, He put His Spirit inside of me. Through God, I began to learn the reason why I existed. Everyday, I have the desire to serve Him. I have the desire to wake up early, and go and show the lost world that there is a marvelous God, that his name is JESUS CHRIST, and that it is worthwhile following Him.

My desire and my encouragement to you, in this new year, is that you understand that Christ in you is the Hope of Glory! God needs you and is counting on you!

An embrace,
Apostle Jorge Tadeu