The Master’s Service.
Today we have people running around self proclaiming themselves as apostles and prophets that have no business in doing so. They rehash old revelation without understanding, they copy the antics of other so-called ministers who seem to have success (at least the trapping of material success) but have no understanding of Christ in them.
If you stand and pretend to be someone but have no knowledge of who you are in Christ, of the fellowship of the mystery hidden in God from the beginning of the ages, but now made known through the saints to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, (Eph 3.9-12 paraphrased) then you are at best a religious fruit cake and have no right to speak into the ears of the saints.
If you have no passion to bring release to others for them to develop their own relationship with God through Christ and are only interested in the credits you and your ministry can get for certain outcomes, then you have no business in the pulpit and no genuine accreditation from the Father.
Of these (the mighty deliverance ministries, the prophets of clouds without rain, the fleecers of the flock that live in luxury compared to the flock, that neither teach the sheep their authority in Christ nor help them understand new testament revelation of Christ in you) Jesus will say, “depart from me, I never knew you”.
Ordination by an institution will not be recognized in heaven, only that which was ordained by the Father is recognised by heaven. The onus then comes on the institution to go beyond scripture knowledge and theological impartation to hear the voice of God, train well, would be gospel ministers, help them learn the lessons of preparation through the difficult times, so that when they emerge, they have been moulded by the Spirit, washed in the word, bought by the blood and chiseled by the circumstances to be a sharp arrow in His quiver, unwavering from the cause, to enable sinners to find salvation and teach saints to know how to rely on God themselves without running daily to the prophet/pastor for prayers. All this without credit, cudos or recognition. This is the Master’s service.
If you have been tarred with this brush of deceit, if you have been entrapped by this self reliance, self promotion, self importance, then its time to repent, acknowledge that it has been about your kingdom and not His Kingdom and seek with tears the forgiveness that only The Father can give and seek his direction in humility, or get out of the ministry and sell soap or something that can actually benefit the people who you conduct business with.
It's time for cleaning up of the church and rising up of the saints.
If you stand and pretend to be someone but have no knowledge of who you are in Christ, of the fellowship of the mystery hidden in God from the beginning of the ages, but now made known through the saints to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, (Eph 3.9-12 paraphrased) then you are at best a religious fruit cake and have no right to speak into the ears of the saints.
If you have no passion to bring release to others for them to develop their own relationship with God through Christ and are only interested in the credits you and your ministry can get for certain outcomes, then you have no business in the pulpit and no genuine accreditation from the Father.
Ordination by an institution will not be recognized in heaven, only that which was ordained by the Father is recognised by heaven. The onus then comes on the institution to go beyond scripture knowledge and theological impartation to hear the voice of God, train well, would be gospel ministers, help them learn the lessons of preparation through the difficult times, so that when they emerge, they have been moulded by the Spirit, washed in the word, bought by the blood and chiseled by the circumstances to be a sharp arrow in His quiver, unwavering from the cause, to enable sinners to find salvation and teach saints to know how to rely on God themselves without running daily to the prophet/pastor for prayers. All this without credit, cudos or recognition. This is the Master’s service.
If you have been tarred with this brush of deceit, if you have been entrapped by this self reliance, self promotion, self importance, then its time to repent, acknowledge that it has been about your kingdom and not His Kingdom and seek with tears the forgiveness that only The Father can give and seek his direction in humility, or get out of the ministry and sell soap or something that can actually benefit the people who you conduct business with.
It's time for cleaning up of the church and rising up of the saints.
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