Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Ephesians chapter 4:
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
The purpose of the five-fold ministry is to bring us into the fullness of Christ and this is done by Love. This is done by equipping or preparing the saints for the task and the word “saint” mean pure and cherished. As I wrote yesterday the Bride of Christ is adorned in clean and bright linen which describes the saints as well. As we go forth in purity of purpose, our acts will be cherished by FATHER WHO instructed and empowered us to perform those acts. There will be those who show up to the marriage supper of the Lamb unprepared as evidenced by their attire.
Jesus spoke a parable about this wedding feast in Matthew chapter 22:
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.
12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Acts done in Love qualify as righteous acts and those acts are what clothe us so that we are qualified to participate in the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. Acts done by any other intent are thus disqualified and will subject the person to removal from the event. Those of us who fully embrace this walk of Love understand its ramifications and are willing to accept the responsibility of the revelation of Love. Many will walk away from this revelation and will avoid it at all costs because their egos would prefer to be subjected to trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting. They willing to be subjected to the strong delusion plaguing the world today.
The union of Christ and HIS Body will bring forth the next Age. His Bride will be seen as pure and cherished above all. Men will have no excuse for their exclusion from this Body for the Gospel has been preached and they have had the opportunity to accept and align themselves with the Divine Intent of FATHER. Jesus describes this reality in Matthew 22:
Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:
2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,
3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.
4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’
5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.
6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.
Men will go to great lengths to reject FATHER’S Divine Intent, even to the point of “shooting the messenger”. They will look for ways to reject the fullness of Christ by any means possible. On the flipside there are those of us who are willing to set all else aside in order to walk in HIS abiding Love knowing the the reward in Heaven is greater than any temporal reward on earth. Let us take on the fullness of Christ.