IF WE ARE TO BE FRUITFUL, OUR ROOTS MUST PENETRATE DEEPLY INTO THE SOIL FOR ENOUGH WATER.
THE CALLED & DIVINELY PRESERVED FOR LATER GLORY:
AS WE WERE CALLED BY THE LORD JESUS TO GO INTO THE WORLD AND PREACH THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO ALL.
THIS MUST BE DONE PERFECTLY WITH AN OPEN MIND, AND WITHOUT SENTIMENT OR BEING SENTIMENT ABOUT IT.
[MARK, 16:-15-16]
WE WERE NOT CALLED TO ONLY PREACH THE GOSPEL AT OUR INDIVIDUAL DENOMINATION BUT TO PREACH IT TO ALL.
WE WERE NOT SENT TO ONLY PREACH THE GOSPEL TO OUR KINSMAN, BUT TO ALL.
IF WE ARE TO BE FRUITFUL IN THE VINEYARD, OUR ROOTS MUST PENETRATE DEEPLY INTO THE SOIL FOR ENOUGH WATER, AND OUR LEAVES MUST BE WIDELY SPREAD FOR ENOUGH SUNLIGHT FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
THE GENERAL NOTION THAT CHRIST HAS SUFFERED IT ALL FOR OUR SMOOTH RIDE TO SALVATION IS A BLATANT LIE, A BLATANT LIE INDEED.
1 PETER, 2:-21 “FOR TO THIS YOU WERE CALLED, BECAUSE CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED FOR US, LEAVING US AN EXAMPLE THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW HIS STEPS. [JOHN,13:-15]
WE WERE CREATED PURPOSELY FOR HIS GLORY AND BEFORE WE WERE FORMED IN THE WOMB HE HAS SET US APART AS PREACHERS OF THE GOSPEL.
TO COWER IN FEAR AND FALTER IN GIVEN ASSIGNMENTS IS NOT AN OPTION.
IN CONCLUSION: THE JOB HAS TO BE DONE IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON SO THAT WE MAY BE REWARDED AND COUNTED AMONG THE SAINTS IN LIGHT.
REMEMBER THE EARLY APOSTLES SHED THEIR BLOOD FOR THE SAME PURPOSE. [JOHN,12:-25]