Servias Ministries Blog

Are we willing to believe and act on a prayer by Paul The Apostle?  The current system would fight us to the end on this prayer to bring forth the Kingdom.  Why do we continue to focus on all else?  The adversary and the current system wants us to focus on “B” and “C” priorities, not the “A” priority of Agape Love.  If we will continue to focus on anything but the prize, we will never attain the prize.  Jesus Christ directed our focus to Love in HIS Sermon on the Mount.  HE stated the Law is summed up by Love.  He stated that we must Love our enemies in addition to Loving Our Heavenly Father and our neighbor.  In Matthew 22 HE told us “Many are called but few are chosen”.  This would indicate there to be a condition that satisfies HIS selection of us.  Some believe there is nothing for us to do in order that we be chosen.  I disagree.  We are called to do many things: we are to plant, we are called to pray, we are called to fast, etc.  Paul prays that we be strengthened with might.  This would indicate that we need strength for “something”.  We are to occupy until HIS return, another action.  We must accept the fact that we need power to accomplish what we have been called to do.  We must accept the fact that the adversary will test our resolve to act.  If we had no impact on the outcome, why would we need an adversary?  Why would we need to be trained and tested?  For those of us who believe that Our Heavenly Father will reveal the mystery that is tied to the the fullness of the Holy Spirit, we will actively pursue this fullness.  What is the key to this pursuit?  Paul says “to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge”.  The key to the fullness is right there before our very eyes!  Why is it that we continue to focus on anything else?  Our fleshly man wants to stay in control… period!  Look in the mirror and ask yourself if you really want “the fullness of God”.  Do you want to be in that core group who brings forth the Stone Kingdom that grows and takes over the entire planet?  The time is now to focus on the prize set before us.  Quit assuming that the “fullness” is somewhere out in the future.  It will remain there as long as the fleshly man has his way.  The ego wants to control your path and focus and thus keep the manifestation of the Love of Christ out in the future, never to arrive on earth.  If Paul didn’t think that the manifestation would come, he surely would not have written the following, directed by the Spirit of Our Heavenly Father:

Ephesians 3:14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,

17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—

19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

At the beginning of the Pentecostal Age, there were a small group in one accord in the Upper Room.  Will you be in that small group in accord for the initial manifestation of the Tabernacles Age?  I believe this is who the Apostle Paul was praying for.

Our Sunday Afternoon Bible Study is intended to bring forth the manifestation of this prayer.  See: http://www.servias.org/?p=1230

Over the last forty years I have heard many teachings on the Book of Revelation.  Each teaching was based on a facet of the focus of the minister.  If he or she was focused on global destruction, the teaching would center around those passages that spoke of such destruction.  I am interested in looking at facets that cover the broad spectrum of the intent of the Revelation of Our Lord Jesus Christ which is how this final book begins.

First of all this Revelation was given to John, the beloved disciple.  He wrote through the eyes of Love, thus the name “Beloved”.  He ends his Gospel with the revelation of the 153 fish- the Sons of GOD.  Who better to give this prophecy to but to one who has the revelation of Love.  Who better to entrust such a prophecy to that would span thousands of years but to one who would walk and write of the greatest revelation “For GOD so Loved the world”.

It is not my intent to dissect each symbolic passage and apply it to history or focus on some forthcoming geopolitical event.  I want to look at how it applies to the here and now.  After all that is where we live each day and must direct our efforts to produce fruit for the Kingdom.  We are first instructed:

Rev 1:3  “Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.”

What are we to “keep”?  The understanding that produces some response on our part.  When we hear, we respond.  When we hear not, nothing happens.  Think about it.  Revelation produces a response in us whether it be a specific action, a change in our path, or a new focus.  Something in us changes.

John writes to the seven churches in Asia.  We can look at these churches in various facets of history, in various states of challenges, or at a personal level.  The leader of a country is a reflection of the people.  The state of each church is a reflection of its members.  The very first church John addresses in the Revelation is Ephesus.  When we consider the issues that so easily beset us, we normally deal with the first and foremost issue.  I believe this Revelation did just that:

Rev 2:4   “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.”

The very first issue with the people is Love!  How many of us were overcome with excitement at the time of our salvation or at the Baptism of the Holy Spirit?  It was like the weights were removed from us and we had this new zeal for The LORD.  Nothing else mattered.  We were like young thoroughbreds who wanted to run even though we knew not where to go.  Have you lost your first Love?  Have you forgotten what your salvation was based on?  Love!

The Book of Revelation is written to "him that overcometh”:

The church of Ephesus:  “To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”

The church in Smyrna:  “He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.”

The church in Pergamos:  “ To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.”

The church in Thyatira:  “And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations”

The church in Sardis:  “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.”

The church in Philadelphia:  “He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.”

The church of the Laodiceans:  “To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.”

Consider the progression of the promises listed above: Life, no second death, manna to eat, power over nations, clothed in white garments, pillar in the temple, sitting with Jesus on HIS throne.  What does it take to overcome?  We must not lose our Love.  Love must be our motivation to overcome or otherwise we will grow weary.  Love will sustain us as we overcome all obstacles.  Our Love empowers us as overcomers and without it, we will fall into the same situations that were mentioned among the churches.  What must we overcome?  All challenges that would prevent us from embracing the Revelation of Love and walking in the same Love that overcometh the world.  Think about it.

Do you believe we all have the exact same doctrine, belief, or understanding?  No.  What is important is that we all agree on purpose.  The purpose of unity153.net can be summed up in one line of the LORD’S Prayer:  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Jesus gave us the model prayer to be prayed.  If our actions were not necessary, HE would not have given us this prayer.  Our Heavenly Father established the “two or three witnesses” requirement for something to be established on earth.  The LORD’S Prayer reaffirms the plan to bring the Kingdom to earth.

When you build a house, you bring subcontractors into unity.  Each has a different calling but all those callings come together with the materials and equipment to build the house.  They work from a set of blueprints that determine what the end product should look like.  Some of the plans focus on the frame of the house whereas others focus on foundation, electrical, or plumbing.  Each contractor is given his task even though he may not understand what the other contractors are doing.  Is it any different in establishing the Kingdom?

Our Heavenly Father is the Master Architect.  HE is bringing HIS workmen together in unity of purpose.  They must be seasoned workmen with mature character.  Will HE tolerate abuses of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit as many of us saw in previous decades?  No.  HE is looking for workmen who walk in Love, willing to give of themselves fully for HIS purpose.  Our Heavenly Father has been molding and developing vessels for HIS use.  Some of us are called to be intercessors, some are called to establish Kingdom Companies to fund activities, some are called to minister in their prayer closets, some are called to evangelize in other countries.  Each of us is important to the purpose.

As we grow in our numbers, we will hit a tipping point where Our Heavenly Father will give us the next phase of establishing HIS Kingdom.  The features and functions of the unity153.net website will grow as well.  The Spiritual Network will evolve into a robust network of committed believers with a unity of purpose.  If you yearn for the day the Kingdom to come then you should be a part of unity153.net.  If you know of others who have that same passion, you should tell them of unity153.net.

“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”

When any notable project, plan, or call to action occurs you can expect increased spiritual activity. You can be assured that a test is coming in order to verify your level of commitment.  If you are called to operate in faith, your faith will be tested.  If you are focused on healing, you will be confronted with a healing need.  If you are publishing a book on Our Heavenly Father’s Love, you are guaranteed multiple tests to see if you are willing to live by what you wrote.

The Apostle Paul was at the top of his game as Saul, the Christian persecutor.  Once he received the revelation of Our Lord Jesus Christ the challenges came.  It started with temporary blindness.  This resulted in a full loss of control.  In 2 Corinthians 11, Paul summarizes the tests:

22   Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.

23   Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

24   From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.

25   Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;

26   in journeys often, inperils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

27   in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness—

28   besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.

29   Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

30   If I must boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.

31   The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

32   In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me;

33   but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.

On May 9th, in the natural I should have been a fatality in a bicycle accident.  Instead I was pulled through the air by Divine intervention away from the path of the van which would lead to certain death.  Other notable challenges have surfaced as well.  Like Paul, I am compelled to the ministry of Love.  The progress of publishing the second book “Ascending to Love” was impeded by the tests over the last several weeks.  One’s commitment to the revelation given by Our Heavenly Father will always be tested as gold is refined in fire.  “Anybody got some hotdog wieners?”  There is no sense letting a good fire go to waste!