Unless They Are Sent….
The Prophetic Word of week 3/9 is LISTEN.
The Holy Spirit has been ministering to be about the importance of what kind of messages God’s people are listening to.
While studying the scriptures regarding this revelation, Romans chapter 10 ask: “how shall they hear without a preacher?” and even more so, “how shall they preach unless they are sent?”
verse 15 goes on to quote a passage from Isaiah 52:7 that says “How beautiful and delightful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace, who brings good news of good things, who announces salvation, who says to Zion Your God Reigns”- AMP
I find it interesting that Paul asked this question and then answered it by the words of prophet Isaiah (my favorite prophet btw). Notice how the scripture doesn’t say “the feet of” the pastor, or prophet, or apostle. It simply says “the feet of him who brings good news”— that is the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ.
As believers in Christ, we are his disciples. 2 Corinthians 5:20 commissions us stating: “So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us; we [as Christ’s representatives] plead with you on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to God.” - AMP
As you can read from the scriptures, we don’t need to be ordained by a man in order to represent Christ and spread his message, once we made Jesus Lord over our lives and received the Holy Spirit, that is our ordination.
We do however, need to be sent. Thankfully Jesus took care of that part. In Matthew 28:19-20 Jesus instructs us to “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything that I have commended you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually— regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”
So lets go down the list:
We have been anointed and appointed, commissioned and sent to preach the message of Jesus Christ.
The problem is a lot of believers are sitting on their calling, purpose, and divine mission.
Instead of sharing the gospel they would rather use their influence to glorify themselves or other worldly matters that can’t save sinners. There is only name by which man can be saved, that is the name Jesus Christ.
Jesus says in John 12:32- AMP “And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross] will draw all people to Myself [Gentiles, as well as Jews]”
That is who we should be glorifying, He is the one who should be getting all of the attention, especially in such a time as this.
People are looking for answers, healing, and restoration. No matter what we as humans accomplish in this life, we will never be the ones who die for the sins of others. We will never be able to do for them what Jesus has done.
So let’s accept the mission, lets be living sacrifices for the Kingdom of God. Let’s be the vessels by which people can hear the good news of Jesus Christ.
“Jesus said to him, I am the [only] way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” John 14:6- AMP