Servias Ministries Blog

Are we serving The Lamb or The Lion… of both?

Lance provides some perspective about 2024:

Our first question in the morning: Lord, what are you wanting to tell me today?

Men and women spend their time searching out some new revelation from those who have a supposed deeper relationship with GOD.  A PhD behind your name does not make you more anointed than a person with only a high school diploma.

When my wife was seven years old, she was slain in The Holy Spirit for about forty-five minutes during a church service altar call.  She responded multiple times “Yes LORD”.  She has always had a sensitive spirit which I find of greater importance than anyone’s education.  Our second youngest grandson encountered Jesus in our home when he was about the same age.  My wife had momentarily seen Him a few times walking through our house, but our grandson spoke to Him.  What a blessing!

Jesus wants to fellowship with each of us at a personal level.  The Holy Spirit wants to lead us into all Truth, but we must devote time to both!  Most people are too busy to develop such a close relationship.  However, it is their choice what they do with their time.

Once again, Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 17:

21 For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

It was the favorite pastime of the Athenians and visitors to Athens to discuss the newest ideas and philosophies.  Has that pastime changed?  Television programs are full of opinionated people who want us to focus on them and their views… as though they are endowed with Wisdom from Above.

As I wrote yesterday, many believers have an overactive soul and an underactive spirit.  We must tune out the noise of the world. 

It is written by THE SPIRIT in Daniel chapter 1:

17 God imparted insight and skill in every aspect of literature and science to the four Hebrew men. Daniel also had the unique gift of interpreting every kind of supernatural vision and dream.

In chapter 2:

1. Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him.

The king sought out the interpretation of the dream from the Chaldeans but to no avail.

16  So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him time, that he might tell the king the interpretation.

17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,

18 that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of Heaven.

20 Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the Name of God forever and ever, For Wisdom and might are His.

2] And HE changes the times and the seasons; HE removes kings and raises up kings; HE gives Wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding.

22 HE reveals deep and secret things; HE knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with HIM.

23 “I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me Wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You, For You have made known to us the king’s demand.”

When we seek FATHER, exalt Jesus, and listen to The Holy Spirit, we too will be delivered from death and destruction.  We will be sought out to provide answers when none seem to exist.

In Daniel chapter 4, the king had another dream:

18 “This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the Spirit of the Holy God is in you.”

Are you known for having The Spirit of THE HOLY GOD in you?  As we come into the fullness of mature Sons and Daughters, we too will become known in a similar manner.

In chapter 6, we find the key to Daniel’s relationship with FATHER:

10  Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.

11 Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

Daniel’s priority was to earnestly seek FATHER.  He truly had a heart for GOD amidst the turmoil around him.  How was he known in Heaven?

20  Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the Holy mountain of My God,

21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering.

22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand.

23 At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly Beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:

And in chapter 10:

11  And he said to me, “O Daniel, man greatly Beloved, understand the Words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you.” While he was speaking this word to me, I stood trembling.

18 Then again, the one having the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.

19 And he said, “O man greatly Beloved, fear not! Peace be to you; be strong, yes, be strong!” So when he spoke to me I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”

What a honor to be called “greatly Beloved”!

What are you considering to be true?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 17:

21 For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

In other Words, it was the favorite pastime of the Athenians and visitors to Athens to discuss the newest ideas and philosophies.

Many believers have an overactive soul and an underactive spirit.  Quiet time is a necessity to subdue the soul from the noise of the world.  The Holy Spirit does not yell but is that Still Small Voice in your spirit.

It is written by THE SPIRIT in Psalm chapter 46:

10  Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

We need to surrender our anxiety and our impatience!

Moses recorded by THE SPIRIT in Numbers chapter 21:

4  Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way.

5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.”

6 So the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.

7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

8 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”

9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

Their impatience with The Lord brought forth judgment among the people.  Bronze represents judgment in Scripture and when the people looked up, their redemption came.  Their healing occurred when they sought the foreshadow of Christ on the cross.

John wrote by The Holy Spirit in chapter 3:

14  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have Eternal life.

16 For God so Loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have Everlasting Life.

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

This coming year will bring forth global change and chaos like no other year since I have been alive.  The nefarious ones want to destroy America for it stands in the way of a one-world government.  They are using “lawfare” in an attempt to keep Cyrus from obtaining office for a second time.  Why?  He stands in the way of their destructive plans and their own safety.  The true solution is spiritual in nature.  Why would any sane person set fire to their own house?

You and I were placed on this earth at this time in history.  WE NEED to not only hear FATHER but walk out our individual callings IN CHRIST!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 2:

6  As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;

10 and you are complete in Him, Who is the Head of all principality and power.

In other Words, beware that no one distracts you or intimidates you in their attempt to lead you away from Christ’s fullness by pretending to be full of wisdom when they’re filled with endless arguments of human logic. For they operate with humanistic and clouded judgments based on the mindset of this world system, and not the anointed Truths of Jesus Christ.

In 2024, our faith will be tested like never before.  We must discern the Truth from the lies being spewed out by multiple sources who proclaim that they are accurately reporting the news.  We are to hear that Still Small Voice and discern Truth from fiction.  The Truth will set you free!

Jesus has a question for each of us!

Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 18:

35  Then it happened, as Jesus was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging.

36 And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant.

37 So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

38 And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

39 Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

40 So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near,

Jesus asked him,

41 saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?“

He said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.”

42 Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.”

43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Complaining prayers are not communion with GOD.  FATHER doesn’t need us to tell HIM what isn’t working and is wrong.  We are to pray to HIM for what we want to manifest.  We are to pray the solution.

The blind man did not come to Jesus to complain about his problem, he came for the solution: eyesight.

Each of us has an assignment given to us before we were formed in the womb.

David recorded by THE SPIRIT in Psalm chapter 139:

13  For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Your Eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.

In other words: You saw who You created me to be before I became me! Before I’d ever seen the light of day, the number of days You planned for me were already recorded in your book.

Do you think that FATHER planned your days without giving you an assignment with an expected end?

No matter what your age, it is never too late to implement HIS plan for your life.  We must quit being sin conscious as though we are unqualified to carry out HIS plan for our lives.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 6:

10  For by His sacrifice he died to sin’s power once and for all, but He now lives continuously for the Father’s pleasure.

11 So let it be the same way with you! Since you are now joined with him, you must continually view yourselves as dead and unresponsive to sin’s appeal while living daily for God’s pleasure in union with Jesus, the Anointed One.

12 Sin is a dethroned monarch; so you must no longer give it an opportunity to rule over your life, controlling how you live and compelling you to obey its desires and cravings.

13 So then, refuse to answer its call to surrender your body as a tool for wickedness. Instead, passionately answer God’s call to keep yielding your body to HIM as one who has now experienced resurrection Life! You live now for HIS pleasure, ready to be used for HIS noble purpose.

Jesus enabled us to fulfill our assignment, but we must accept the fact that we are dead to sin and alive IN HIM.  Don’t allow the old man to prevail… he is dead.

14 Remember this: sin will not conquer you, for God already has! You are not governed by law but governed by the reign of the grace of God.

15 What are we to do, then? Should we sin to our hearts’ content since there’s no law to condemn us anymore? What a terrible thought!

16 Don’t you realize that grace frees you to choose your own master? But choose carefully, for you surrender yourself to become a servant—bound to the one you choose to obey. If you choose to love sin, it will become your master, and it will own you and reward you with death. But if you choose to Love and obey God, He will lead you into perfect righteousness.

17 And thanks be to God, for in the past you were servants of sin, but now your obedience is heart deep, and your life is being molded by Truth through the teaching you are devoted to.

I don’t need another prophet to tell me what my spirit already knows.  Each of us gravitates to our calling.  We only need to look back at our life as well as allow The Holy Spirit to clarify our specific calling.

When Jesus asks you the question, what will be your specific request?

What is the mission of the Christ-man?

You and I are to follow in the same footsteps as our Elder Brother.  We are to walk in the order of Melchizedek.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter Hebrews chapter 5:

1  For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

2 He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness.

3 Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.

4 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.

5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.”

6 As He also says in another place: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”;

In other Words: And in another Scripture HE says about this new priestly order, “You are a Priest like Melchizedek, a King-Priest forever!”

7  Who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His Godly Fear,

8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

10 called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,”

We too are called to be kings AND priests forever according to the order of Melchizedek.  A king has dominion, power, and authority.  A priest ministers righteous and has a direct relationship with FATHER.

Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 4:

5  Then the devil, taking Jesus up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Nations will not go away even though the deep state wants to create a “one-world” government.  The order of Melchizedek will prevail! 

6 And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

7 Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”

8 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get behind Me, satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ “

We must not bow down to baal.  The adversary has taken much ground in the various spheres such as political, education, arts, entertainment, finance, and the justice system.

Jesus gave us assurance as He spoke in Revelation chapter 2:

25  But hold fast what you have till I come.

26 And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations–

27 ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’- as I also have received from My Father;

28 and I will give him the morning star.

29 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”‘

In the spirit realm, satan and his minions are already defeated.  Jesus has proclaimed that His overcomers will be given power over the nations… period.  We must not allow ourselves to be intimidated by what we hear in the media.  In the end, Jesus will prevail.  He is preparing His True Bride and the enemy cannot do anything about it.  Don’t be scared but be prepared.  We have a mission to accomplish.

What is the mission of Christ?

Jesus can never present that which is faulty or evil or weak to The Father.  His nature is the perfect character.  Because of this, every other character that can be joined with Him in real heirship must be like GOD’S Son.  The transforming grace of GOD must take away, and does take away, sin from the soul of man.  It gives him HIS strength instead of human weakness.  It supplies the grace that makes him like the Lord Jesus Christ!  As a reminder, grace is a free gift.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 5:

10  For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His Life.

11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we have now received the atonement.

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by One Man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in Life by One, Jesus Christ.)

18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

You don’t earn sanctification, it is a free gift.  However it is up to each of us to fully accept this free gift in all its facets by faith.

Paul emphasized this Truth as he wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 2:

8  For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Good works are those HE prearranged in our destiny before HE formed us in the womb.  We are rewarded for simply doing what HE wanted us to accomplish.  The Holy Spirit is pleased to reveal those good works to be done at an individual level.  HE will guide your steps daily and will give you and me greater revelation as we submit ourselves to those good works.

Those who do nothing are not fully submitted to Christ.  We must not allow ourselves to become inactive in our daily living.  Let HIS anointing flow through us in every situation we find ourselves confronting.

The mission of Christ is to present a Holy, without blemish, and blameless Bride to FATHER.

What are you expecting once you have been fully transformed in Christ?

The final and ultimate purpose of Christ is that the Christian will be reproduced in His own Likeness, within and without!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 4:

1  Let me illustrate: As long as an heir is a minor, he’s not really much different than a servant, although he’s the master over all of them.

2 For until the time appointed by the father, the child is under the domestic supervision of the guardians of the estate.

3 So it is with us. When we were juveniles we were enslaved under the hostile spirits of the world.

4 But when the time of fulfillment had come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law.

5 Yet all of this was so that He would redeem and set free those held hostage to the law so that we would receive our freedom and a full legal adoption as His Children.

6 And so that we would know that we are His True Children, God released the Spirit of Sonship into our hearts—moving us to cry out intimately, “My Father! My true Father!”

7 Now we’re no longer living like slaves under the law, but we enjoy being God’s very own Sons and Daughters! And because we’re His, we can access everything our Father has—for we are heirs because of what God has done!  TPT

By revelation, we are to embrace our inheritance in Christ.  We are true Sons and Daughters of THE MOST HIGH!  Paul pleads with us to move on to full maturity so that we can be totally effective in bringing forth the Plan of GOD on earth.

19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

Paul is emphasizing “until a mind and life in complete harmony with the mind and Life of Christ shall have been formed in you.”  He is writing to believers who have yet to see the fullness of what Christ has for them.  Salvation is just the beginning.  Sanctification is next.  Once one has been fully sanctified and made Holy and blameless, glorification is next.

Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 5:

20  Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ;

21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the Fear of GOD.

It is imperative that we walk in the “Fear of GOD”.

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the Head of the Church: and He is the Savior of the Body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

25 Husbands, Love your wives, even as Christ also Loved the church, and gave Himself for it;

26 That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by The Word,

27 That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be Holy and without blemish.

As we pray in Tongues which is one aspect of being washed of water by The Word, let us also study The Word daily.  This is one reason I present so many passages for you to consider.  I desire for you to gain revelation from Above, not an opinion from the world.

Once again, Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 1:

18  And Jesus is the Head of the body, the church: Who is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence.

19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

20 And, having made peace through the Blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in Heaven.

In other Words, by the Blood of His cross, everything in Heaven and earth is brought back to Himself—back to its original intent, restored to innocence again!

21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled

22 In the Body of His flesh through death, to present you Holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight

If we will embrace the revelation Paul has presented in multiple letters, our mindsets will be transformed until Christ is fully formed in us!

Will FATHER be well pleased with us as HE shakes the world kingdoms?

Will you be found occupying or be preoccupied with the harpazo?

Jesus speaks in Luke chapter 19:

11  Now as they heard these things, Jesus spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the Kingdom of God would appear immediately.

12 Therefore He said: “A certain Nobleman went into a far country to receive for Himself a Kingdom and to return.

13 So He called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’

Or as the KJV version says, “Occupy till I come.”

14 But his citizens hated Him, and sent a delegation after Him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’

15 “And so it was that when He returned, having received the Kingdom, He then commanded these servants, to whom He had given the money, to be called to Him, that He might know how much every man had gained by trading.

16 Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, Your mina has earned ten minas.’

17 And He said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’

18 And the second came, saying, ‘Master, Your mina has earned five minas.’

19 Likewise He said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’

20 “Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is Your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief.

21 For I feared You, because you are an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’

22 And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’

24 “And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’

25 (But they said to Him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’)

26 ‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

27 But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.'”

By all accounts, the shaking has begun around the globe.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews 12:

25  See that you do not refuse Him Who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him Who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from Heaven,

26  Whose Voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.”

27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

28 Therefore, since we are receiving a Kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and Godly fear.

29 For our God is a Consuming Fire.

A promise is by nature positive whereas a judgment is negative.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 1:

15  He is the Image of the invisible God, the Firstborn over all creation.

16 For by Him all things were created that are in Heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

18 And He is the Head of the Body, the church, Who is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,

20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the Blood of His cross.

His Kingdom is above all present kingdoms of the world.  Therefore, those kingdoms will ultimately submit to His Kingdom one way or another.  Kingdoms which are not His, will fall since they were built on wood, hay, and stubble.

Jesus further spoke in Luke chapter 21:

25  “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;

26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

28 Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

Don’t be scared, be prepared!  This shaking is a promise and those of us who built our foundations on The Rock will weather such shaking.

Will FATHER be well pleased with us in all areas?

Jesus is our Perfect Example of satisfying FATHER’S expectations in all areas.

Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 3:

13  Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

14 And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”

15 But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.

16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the Heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.

17 And suddenly a Voice came from Heaven, saying, “This is My Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased.”

Jesus physically submitted His Body to fulfill all righteousness and FATHER immediately affirmed this physical act of submission.  His Body was not excluded from the righteous requirements needed to fulfill His earthly ministry.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Corinthians 9:

6  But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

9 As it is written: “He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

This passage is often used to focus on the law of financial distribution to the poor.  Yes, it is appropriate.  However, it goes beyond the financial area.  If we give over our body sparingly, our physical impact will be affected by this restriction.  Jesus fully submitted to walk in righteousness: spirit, soul, AND body.

Christians haven’t been taught to commit their bodies to GOD, and the result is that they feel justified in committing them to someone else or something else, rather than to FATHER.

To whom do you want to submit your body?  We are meant to separate ourselves for FATHER’S purpose in all areas.  This can be a great challenge due to the lack of past teaching and understanding in this area.  It may seem nearly impossible for the young believer to embrace.  Isn’t it all about personal priorities?

FATHER will Love us no matter what state of maturity we walk in.  As well, our fruitfulness is an expression of our Love for HIM.  HIS Love is without conditions of our performance.  After all, FATHER did not wait for the world to become righteous before HE sent His Beloved Son.

A father loves his infant as much as his grown son.  His love for his children is independent of their current state of maturity.  However, will the grown son please his father by his acts?

Our maturity extends to our bodies as well as our spirit and soul.  Let us not omit the physical aspect of our being.  We should ask FATHER to show us how to fulfill all righteousness in our bodies as we walk out our callings.  Our fruitfulness will be a testimony to others- good or bad.

What does FATHER expect of HIS mature sons and daughters?

People wonder why, after giving their hearts to GOD and having the witness of The Holy Spirit, that they are still troubled with evil desires and tempted in evil ways.  The nature and the body have three departments, so the surrender of the spirit to GOD is not all that HE demands.

The mind is the soul life, and it continues being natural.  It keeps doing earthy things until GOD does something to that mind… until we seek GOD for a new mind.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 4:

17  This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the Life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;

19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

20 But you have not so learned Christ,

21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the Truth is in Jesus:

22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and Holiness.

We are to actively put off our former conduct AND put on the new man, renewing our minds to the Truth, and walking in true righteousness and Holiness!

Jesus spoke in John chapter 17:

16  They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

17 Sanctify them by Your Truth. Your Word is Truth.

The word sanctify means:

to render or acknowledge, or to be venerable or hallow

to separate from profane things and dedicate to God

consecrate things to God

dedicate people to God

to purify

to cleanse externally

to purify by expiation: free from the guilt of sin

to purify internally by renewing of the soul

Immersing ourselves in FATHER’S Word will cleanse and purify our minds.  We will become Heavenly-minded rather than earthly-oriented.  Mature Sons and Daughters will have no independent opinions apart from the Truth.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 5:

30  I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the Will of the Father Who sent Me.

And in John chapter 6:

38 For I have come down from Heaven, not to do My own will, but the Will of Him Who sent Me.

Our Elder Brother fully submitted to the Will of FATHER, so should we.

Just as we have realized that our spirit and mind needed salvation, what about our bodies?  Is Christ the Savior of the whole man?  Shouldn’t we commit our bodies to GOD as well?

We are a three-part being and FATHER should have access to all three, not just one or two.  However, it is our decision once our ignorance is addressed concerning these three parts.  Will we choose blindness over the Truth found in The Word?

Stephen spoke by The Holy Spirit to the high priest in Acts chapter 7:

51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.”

Resistance to Truth promotes blindness whereas embracing Truth brings forth blessing and Life.

Don’t our bodies need to be transformed as well?