Hello everyone,
Yesterday, I explained how Jesus ordained some members of the body of Christ to equip the saints. As we know, we are all to grow up to attain Christ’s maturity, in other words, to be grown up in Christ is to be Christ and it is expedient that those ordained guide you to attain maturity.
After equipping us, Ephesians 4:13 explains the reason, “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;” attaining the full stature of Christ is what those ordained are meant to ensure we achieve. Verse 14 and 15 continues thus, “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.” There are those who deceive and claim to follow Jesus, but are carrying the wrong doctrine. The Sons of God are meant to be confident that those who are ordained are not mixing the gospel with false teachings, which is important to take note of.
The focus is simple—Christ Jesus and His resurrection, and all that we have received in Grace through faith, and how we through believing in Jesus would receive the Holy Spirit who would be our helper and comforter and lead us into all truth (Jesus being Truth Himself).
The church is scattered so much today because those who are ordained to help the saints grow are focusing on other irrelevant things. Rules upon rules are mixed with the gospel; materialism is the order of the day, and focus is lost. The church is the solution to the world’s problems, but if they cannot come together under one voice of undiluted Truth—Jesus Christ, then the world is in trouble and corruption and evil would be on the increase.
Jesus is the focus of everything and nothing else, we should not be carried away by those who have material things and believe that is the focus today. Any leader who focuses on material thing in the name of Jesus is a fake. We don’t struggle for prosperity because the way God blesses us isn’t the way the world get their wealth.
My focus here is that church should not be the place where wrong teachings, trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting should be found. But the church with the ordained leader guiding the saints should be a place where the truth is spoken in love, which would allow the saints or Sons of God grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ.
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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