Post by Les Brewer on Mar 2, 2020 17:26:46 GMT
THE REVELATION OF JESUS IS A REVELATION OF LOVE
(15) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15 KJV
Revolutionary action provoked by revolutionary concepts. The commission to go into the entire world was not common in Jewish or Grecian thought; it was a totally new concept that revolutionized the Church of Jesus Christ.
This commission was a commandment to be executed by preaching for those commissioned to the call.
The qualification to preach; is to have repented and received salvation and to develop an understanding of the precepts of the gospel.
The qualification to preach; is to have a love for lost humanity.
The qualification to preach; is to know in the heart of hearts that the Lord has called and commissioned.
The qualification is the biblical qualifications set forth in the word of God.
The qualification is to be sanctioned by others in the ministry.
Brethren; a person is born into the body to aspire to heavenly things undergirded by heavenly principles, precepts, and protocols. We have become aliens to this world and pilgrims on a spiritual quest for the purposes of the Heavenly Kingdom of which we have become citizens. In Christ we have a new heart, new life, and new aim.
(17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
(18) And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 KJV
We are new creations by divine design; all things are mandated to become a new and living way in God the Father who reconciled us to through the blood of Jesus Christ who has mandated the ministry of reconciliation to us.
(23) And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
(24) And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Ephesians 4:23-24 KJV
(9) Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
(10) And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
(11) Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. Colossians 3:9-11 KJV
The new man is part of the family of God; it exalts no race, nation, class, culture or ethnicity above Christ. It exalts Jesus above all, because Christ is all and in all. Yet while in this world we are still subject to the ruling authorities and are even commanded to pray for them.
(1) Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, Titus 3:1 KJV
Ministers are obligated to teach subjection to civil authorities as being part of our Christian duty to maintain law and order thereby discouraging chaos; Christians are called to civility and commissioned to the ministry of reconciliation.
Brethren; my exhortation today concerns the commanded commission and our responsibilities as new creations. We are living in times when the moral fiber of society is in decay and we see a great falling away in the Church. We see many denominations adopting doctrines of demons and the philosophies of mere human wisdom. We have a generation of youth who see nothing wrong with anti-God behavior and have been indoctrinated to believe that there is no God. Because of this anti-God indoctrination there is an influx of moral decay which includes violence on every level and crimes rising rapidly because of no fear of eternal judgement. We live in a society where marriage has been mocked by perversity, fornication is an acceptable lifestyle, abortion is considered a viable industry, and mocking God is lauded as admirable. Christians are persecuted and killed around the globe while Islam is exalted as a religion of peace which is primarily the major murderers of Christians. Socialism which is a step to full blown Communism; which is exalted as the answer to all human ills. We also see a rush to form a One World Government over in the European Union and have a useless United Nations Organization that pits itself against Israel while supporting the Terrorist Regime of the Palestinians. Jesus said:
(15) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
(16) He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:15-16 KJV
Jesus was talking to the apostles; but the commission surpasses them and also falls upon every Christian to witness the gospel. When we became new creations we gained a new commission in life. That commission; is to seek and save the lost through witnessing and preaching the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
Unfortunately many Christians shrink back and abandon the reason for which they were called to the Kingdom. I contend when Christians lose the desire to see the lost saved they have lost their first love. These Christians need to repent and be revived in the spirit of their minds. We must maintain a heartfelt desire to see others be reconciled to Christ.
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
(4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
(5) For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
(6) For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 KJV
We must have a realization of the need for the ministry of reconciliation. The gospel that God loves humanity and sent his Son to reconcile them to himself is hidden to them which are lost. They’re blinded to that fact by their own sins and the temporary god of this world. Therefore it takes a whole hearted dedication to God and to prayer and fasting to break the blindness and make the light of the glorious gospel to shine upon them. Whether we are in leadership or laity we all have this ministry of reconciliation and must put our heart, mind, and soul into propagating it to the lost. This is the heart of God and should be the heart of every Christian.
Brethren the revelation of Jesus Christ is a revelation of God’s love for the lost! Selah!
Bishop D. Ray Ritchie (Faith Evangelistic Ministries Int.)
(15) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15 KJV
Revolutionary action provoked by revolutionary concepts. The commission to go into the entire world was not common in Jewish or Grecian thought; it was a totally new concept that revolutionized the Church of Jesus Christ.
This commission was a commandment to be executed by preaching for those commissioned to the call.
The qualification to preach; is to have repented and received salvation and to develop an understanding of the precepts of the gospel.
The qualification to preach; is to have a love for lost humanity.
The qualification to preach; is to know in the heart of hearts that the Lord has called and commissioned.
The qualification is the biblical qualifications set forth in the word of God.
The qualification is to be sanctioned by others in the ministry.
Brethren; a person is born into the body to aspire to heavenly things undergirded by heavenly principles, precepts, and protocols. We have become aliens to this world and pilgrims on a spiritual quest for the purposes of the Heavenly Kingdom of which we have become citizens. In Christ we have a new heart, new life, and new aim.
(17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
(18) And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 KJV
We are new creations by divine design; all things are mandated to become a new and living way in God the Father who reconciled us to through the blood of Jesus Christ who has mandated the ministry of reconciliation to us.
(23) And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
(24) And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Ephesians 4:23-24 KJV
(9) Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
(10) And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
(11) Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. Colossians 3:9-11 KJV
The new man is part of the family of God; it exalts no race, nation, class, culture or ethnicity above Christ. It exalts Jesus above all, because Christ is all and in all. Yet while in this world we are still subject to the ruling authorities and are even commanded to pray for them.
(1) Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, Titus 3:1 KJV
Ministers are obligated to teach subjection to civil authorities as being part of our Christian duty to maintain law and order thereby discouraging chaos; Christians are called to civility and commissioned to the ministry of reconciliation.
Brethren; my exhortation today concerns the commanded commission and our responsibilities as new creations. We are living in times when the moral fiber of society is in decay and we see a great falling away in the Church. We see many denominations adopting doctrines of demons and the philosophies of mere human wisdom. We have a generation of youth who see nothing wrong with anti-God behavior and have been indoctrinated to believe that there is no God. Because of this anti-God indoctrination there is an influx of moral decay which includes violence on every level and crimes rising rapidly because of no fear of eternal judgement. We live in a society where marriage has been mocked by perversity, fornication is an acceptable lifestyle, abortion is considered a viable industry, and mocking God is lauded as admirable. Christians are persecuted and killed around the globe while Islam is exalted as a religion of peace which is primarily the major murderers of Christians. Socialism which is a step to full blown Communism; which is exalted as the answer to all human ills. We also see a rush to form a One World Government over in the European Union and have a useless United Nations Organization that pits itself against Israel while supporting the Terrorist Regime of the Palestinians. Jesus said:
(15) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
(16) He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:15-16 KJV
Jesus was talking to the apostles; but the commission surpasses them and also falls upon every Christian to witness the gospel. When we became new creations we gained a new commission in life. That commission; is to seek and save the lost through witnessing and preaching the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
Unfortunately many Christians shrink back and abandon the reason for which they were called to the Kingdom. I contend when Christians lose the desire to see the lost saved they have lost their first love. These Christians need to repent and be revived in the spirit of their minds. We must maintain a heartfelt desire to see others be reconciled to Christ.
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
(4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
(5) For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
(6) For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 KJV
We must have a realization of the need for the ministry of reconciliation. The gospel that God loves humanity and sent his Son to reconcile them to himself is hidden to them which are lost. They’re blinded to that fact by their own sins and the temporary god of this world. Therefore it takes a whole hearted dedication to God and to prayer and fasting to break the blindness and make the light of the glorious gospel to shine upon them. Whether we are in leadership or laity we all have this ministry of reconciliation and must put our heart, mind, and soul into propagating it to the lost. This is the heart of God and should be the heart of every Christian.
Brethren the revelation of Jesus Christ is a revelation of God’s love for the lost! Selah!
Bishop D. Ray Ritchie (Faith Evangelistic Ministries Int.)
