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Originally Posted by Igzy
I'm not sure why you use the word "unique." Of course God is unique. There is only one of Him. And he is holy. Only he can truly carry out his work because only he completely understands it. Beyond that I'm not sure of a useful meaning for the word in this context.
Certainly there is probably a better way of doing most things. That's what growth is all about--learning the better way. But though God knows the perfect way in every situation, things are not so clear for us yet. We can come to understand certain dependable principles, but we can never quite define everything. We walk in grace, but can never have the ultimate confidence that we know all we need to know to stay there. We walk, we learn, we stumble, we start over, we reach higher ground, we fall back, we repeat.
But we never reach the place where we know everything or have the confidence to declare what everyone else needs to do. And that's a mercy, because if we ever got that confident (arrogant really) we'd be demagogues, like some in a certain "unique" movements down through history.
And, yes, I can share how God is working. He seems to be trying to get me to be less self-centered and more trusting of him and caring of others. In the end, it all seems to be about loving and trusting him more and loving our neighbors as ourselves more. I know that sounds trite, but I think we will need eternity to explore it.
There are basically three relationships: with God, with others and with ourselves. That's all there is. There is nothing else. It's all about those three things. And there it is again, that number three.
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It means the one unique ministry the disciples had as per Acts 1:17. God established one ministry with the disciples/apostles and we believe God continues that one unique ministry today. God's unique move is what He does in relation to that.
The Seventh Day Adventists have what they call a Health Ministry. It's not unique. Nothing to do with the ministry of Acts 1:17.
We say we need the unique move of God. People in denominations say they "need revival". Aren't we really saying the same thing - that we are not satisfied with "God's move" in our day to day activities, we are seeking God and expecting Him to do more.