A few revelations came and I will read some of them. But if it is a true revelation that comes through a vessel, it will work no matter whether I share it or not. A true prophet never fights for his prophecy to be publicized – he releases it and he cares not what happens next, whether they receive it or not, he never pushes it, his mission is over. This way a false prophet can be exposed, when he fights too much that it is fulfilled and obeyed by all. Look at Jeremiah: “ and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! The Lord do so; the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the Lord’s house and all who were carried away captive, from Babylon to this place. Nevertheless hear now this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people” (Jer.28:6-7) Jeremiah has a different word from the Lord, but H e doesn’t fight for its acceptance.
Revelation.
“A vast field unplowed yet, but there’s much disorder in them. Some fields were located in remote inaccessible places, one would have to overcome many obstacles in order to get there. But once the fields were cleaned different treasures were found in them, and wonderful fruits were gathered there eventually, that weren’t there before. People were demanded who would go and take care of all those fields.” – Yes, this is a call to those who have ears to hear and eyes to see.
You know, for me it’s a scary situation when man isn’t able to make an exploit anymore – I think such life has already passed or hasn’t even started yet. But this Christ on the white horse is calling saying, “Come up here, I will show you” – and you can’t.
We spoke today that the world is so full of muddy waters that many Christians aren’t able to go on mission simply because they have loans, they can’t move because they live in debt, which is not simply that you owe and can pay pack, but it chokes people. This makes their life quality very low despite having a good car or renting a nice apartment. These unhealthy shifts cause discouragement to the spirit. No matter how you try to entertain yourself in self-encouragement, it doesn’t work for long, because the spirit is in the wrong position, the spirit is bonds. For me it’s hard to imagine how you can live always in debt. How can you live free and not go when your heart is drawing you?! This can’t but impact a person producing depressed condition because of your disability and infirmity.
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water…”
And this call into the distant fields – you have to overcome obstacles to get there, where treasures are.
Revelation.
“A master craftsman was enjoying his collection of gem stones, where each one was unique having its own color, shade, size, shape, facets. Some colors were really deep comprising different shade, and each was unique in shape and depth of color.
Then it was shown how gem stones were found in a vast field amidst millions of other stones and were gathered together. At first sight one couldn’t say what the value of the stone was, because the stones were grey and unremarkable. Only true master could discern a true gem stone amidst many of other kinds of stones. The master worked on each stone separately, to cleanse it of strange rocks and find a proper special shape, and cut it, so that it’s value becomes obvious. The master was very scrupulous doing fine work so that each stone would shine its color, shade and depth and its special place in the collection.”
O, this is incredible! We may call gem stones revelations or certain achievements, and that is true. But first of all, gem stones are people. The Lord Himself is the precious corner stone, who was denied by the builders, because He had no look. If He was remarkable in human terms people would notice Him, but for some reason He was unremarkable. According to our criteria He was rejected by us. We are builders, but He was rejected, not recognized by us, not discerned as precious. But He was precious, the most precious. You know, if to look at the most precious gems, those wouldn’t be diamonds, those are totally different gems, you may not even heard those names. Yes, diamonds may be very precious, but there are those even more expensive.
So there already was a collection, which the master admired and each one was unique there: prophets, apostles, teachers, evangelists, faithful, worshippers – in His Kingdom, those who have entered the eternity.
But then it was shown how more of gem stones were found in the vast field, which is the world; amidst million other stones, not chosen – the chosen ones were gathered together. They were unremarkable and uncomely, like in Isaiah 53. Only the master could see – this is the assignment of pastors, to see the gifts in God’s people; not evaluating them from the human side, but according to the will of God.
The master worked on each one individually – here we speak of discipleship. This is what the Lord is doing today – He will raise up, through His vessels, through the gift of administration and kind pastoral hearts, through the wise ones, through God-knowledge. And the master is persistent and intentional in obtaining the proper cut, shape, color for each unique gem. And of course it’s not about pastors, the Master is Christ by the Holy Spirit through obedient and kind people – so that each gem may take its place in the collection. The Lord is revealing these things to us.
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I will also share on the important theme.
How could Jesus take the bread and turn it into the Body? Simple bread becoming the Body… How could He take the cup with the wine and turn it into wine? Through a sacred action.
The mystery of a sacred action is not a ritual. Jesus broke bread many times and ate it with the disciples, but He never said it was His body. Jesus took bread, multiplied it by miracle, gave it out to the multitudes, but He didn’t say it was His body. It was supernatural, but the bread was ordinary and real, and the people ate the bread, not the body.
But once He took the bread broke and said, “this is My Body”, and it became His body.
So there were these three kinds of bread. First was every day bread, which they broke according to the oriental tradition. The second bread was broken and supernaturally multiplied, from the eternity, the power of the invincible life broke the bread, multiplied it from a certain amount into thousands – it was supernatural bread, but it was bread. And the third bread, when He broke it it was His Body, and as we eat it, we take His Body.
This is the mystery and power and glory of sacred action! We work sacred action, not all, but those who walk in the spirit. Those who have ear to hear let them hear what I am speaking to you today. Not all of us will be able to understand this, not all of us will be able to do this. I would be stupid if I said this belonged to all of us, no! This does not belong to all. This belongs to the chosen ones, who can turn bread into the Body. this is take by a great price.
He said, “pour water into the stone water-jars, now dip it”- and it was wine, best wine, better than the host prepared. How could it have turned into the best, aged wine? – Through a sacred action.
We speak of miracles separately from sacred action. Miracles are sacred actions. The gift of working miracles is the gift of sacred action, when the heavenly is reconciled with the earthly, the heaven invades in the earthly sphere and brings the things of heaven on earth, it’s the release of heavenly on earth.
This is the essence of priesthood – to reconcile the heaven and earth. When a priest understands the law of heaven, how to sanctify a sacrifice, so that it may be accepted from earth in heaven, and how to interpret the heavenly and bring it to earth – he works both directions through sacred action.
Sacred action works when offering of the Gentiles, imperfect and impure is taken by the priest and through work of the priest becomes pleasing to God. The white beam is broken and sent into heaven. Through the priest what was displeasing becomes pleasing to God. Without the priest, raw as it is, it would be abomination. A priest is required, through whom a filthy offering would be broken and become pure unto the Father. This goes from earth into heaven and from heaven to earth – when things inexplicable happen, and priest serves as a prophet and interprets what is happening from heaven, thus delivering sacred action from heaven to earth. Jesus breaks the bread and multiplies it among thousands of people; and fish, with its bones and eyes multiplies by thousands. All of the matter is subject to the heavenly Kingdom, any kind, He could disperse gems and gold in the same manner, and raise the dead, make the dead bodies alive, what he actually did – take the spirit back from the eternity and breathe it into the corrupted body of Lazarus! Sacred action. Make a lame dance, deaf hear, numb sing!
When we realize that the gifts of the Holy Spirit work as sacred action we will obtain greater fullness of understanding, and a more conscious access to them. Right now I am doing a sacred action – I am revealing the Scripture, revealing the will of God. All that you do – do it as to the Lord. Whatever you do – do it the very best way. Sacred action…
And this mediocre mentality lowered to the ground, when one does things casually – certainly such ones do not hear, they are not priests. But an eagle in heaven is screaming – he is doing a sacred action, and the light from his wings is coming down on earth. He receives the invisible light of God, transforms it and gives out visible light of the seven rainbow colors and shines down on earth with his wings. Wherever the feet of such one stand that land gets transformed, angels come and make shifts in the land, and he doesn’t even have to do anything, just come and maybe stay overnight and things change – this is sacred action.
This is who Melchizedek was and what he empowered Abraham with, when he gave him bread and wine. When Abraham took this bread and wine, and gave him the feedback of his tithe of all he had – those were caravans of camels and gold, which went with Melchizedek – then was he a completely different man, he was a priest.
Today the priesthood comes in power. And the Lord Jesus Himself said that He made us kings and priests. He said, “You are royal priesthood”, and you bring this royal priesthood from heaven to earth, you take the bread and turn it into wine, you take the fish, and it multiples; you take something, speak to it and it lives, you stand and flowers blossom around you.
So where is God’s strength, we to get it? And what is the living faith of God?
“ And Jesus came and spoke to them, – here is Jesus just standing before them and saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore – Go therefore – Go therefore, Go! This is the reason why we have no authority, we haven’t heard the first word – Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”Amen.
There’s one problem, you may say, I went and have already come, I am on mission”. But no, you can’t say so, otherwise your last works will be worse than first, when you can’t hear anymore and think this isn’t spoken to you. You went once and now you die there.
So the mission of the church, firstly is GO. How can a church be apostolic if it’s not going anywhere? Can you imagine and apostle who shepherds a church only in his city? He doesn’t call to mission, doesn’t preach people to go, he has no understanding to take nations, at least one. This is impossible, this is not an apostle, and the church is not apostolic. Second thing is to teach, “all that I have spoken to you”. And baptize them! What’s wrong with our gospel if people have no desire to be baptized when they hear our gospel? We read how people asked what to do to get saved, and were told to get baptized, and so they did!
And then teach them again, teach what? Teach them to go, baptize and teach others! Where to go? Good question. He said: And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”(Acts 1:7-8) – So go from your point to the end of the earth! Through all that, which is to the end of the earth!
When to go? Good question. “So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” So it is now, He says, I send you.
Who will go? – “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” And He said, “Go, and tell this people…” – Today He is asking, who will go for Us? And He wants to hear your voice saying “I will”. But you step back…
You’ve got to take you spirit to the side of heroes, not only preach heroic sermons. Take your spirit to the winning camp, because if your spirit is in the defeated camp, words won’t work and there will be no result.
Go, teach, baptize and teach again – this is Apostolic church of Jesus Christ. If someone weren’t obedient we wouldn’t be sitting here. You are here because someone went, why don’t you respond in return today? Why don’t you go?
Apostolic church is missionary church. It is a first going church, then sending church and third – supporting church with finances, prayers and care. We all can have these dimensions, and every small church must have a missionary vision – pray, encourage, be willing, get renewed and go yourselves, don’t be afraid to give people away, send them on mission!
It is so good that this word is sounding today, that such trumpet is sounding! It is so wonderful that I am not pleasing you, but calling you into glory! And so we shall do, in Jesus’ name, Amen.