The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” – Rev. 22:17
Colossians 1:18 – “And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.”
What factors differentiate a genuine Work of God from everything else we see around us in the marketplace of religion? On the most basic level, pleading the blood of Jesus has led us to three fundamental discoveries: preaching the revealed Word, following the guidance or direction of the Holy Spirit instead of human opinions, and having our relationship with Christ express itself through a genuine participation in a local Body of the faithful church.
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Colossians 1:6 – “All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.”
The first two generations of Christians accomplished an astonishing feat – they spread the gospel across the entire known world. By 100 A.D., there were Christian groups from Spain in the west to the borders of China in the east. Yet there was no rich Christian country like America sponsoring their ministry efforts or helping them financially. They had no microphones, no speakers, no keyboards, no printing press, no Bible colleges, and usually no church buildings. Yet they made greater progress, by comparison, than we usually do today.
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Esther 6:6-10 – When Haman entered, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?”
So he answered the king, “For the man the king delights to honor, have them bring a royal robe the king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head.”
We see here a picture of the mentality of many religious leaders – self-promotion and seeking glory, and being oblivious to the Lord’s purposes. Men seek to be elevated or have control over others. The Lord carries out his project without glorifying man or yielding control to any human being.