Nameless and Faceless Revival
Hebrews 5:10called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,”
11of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
12For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
13For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Jesus is a High Priest outside of the old covenant. He has an authority that comes down from heaven, not up from people. The outpouring of the Spirit should take us deeper into something new, not simply stir up something old. We must progress to perfection. We have to tackle the hard issues regarding authority, order, anointing, faith, hope and love (1 Cor 12-15).
The outpouring of the Spirit isn't to relive the "glory days" of Toronto, Lakeland, or Brownsville... or even Acts 2! It is to walk in to Ephesians 4:
Ephesians 4:8 Therefore He says:
“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”
9(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)
11And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
12for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
13till 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;
14that 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,
15but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
16from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
We have to go past revival into restoration. There is a "nameless and faceless" move of God coming. Many have known this for 30 years. The problem is, many get tricked in to wanting to be the named and recognized leaders of the nameless and faceless move (you see the incongruency of this, right?).
This won't do.
The outpouring that is coming will cleanse Jesus' church. Now is the time to progress in our vision.
You don't want to be the leader of the next revival. You want to be washed from selfish ambition so you can progress to perfection. This comes from recognizing real authority from false... Discerning those driven by selfish ambition from Friends of the Bridegroom.
Some are poising themselves, even right now, to DECREASE as God recognizes them. We do this by daily dying to our selfishness and rights... Forgiving enemies, blessing those who curse, getting gratitude for all of creation... Not just the creation that holds the same opinion as us. (Yes, I'm talking about presidents, governors, your politicized friends at church, 'false' prophets, etc ... God is still making his sun to shine on them!)
Is this in our prayer conversation?
The fivefold is going to be washed away. It is a "till" reality. We are quickly approaching that "till" (vs. 13 ^). What will be left is a body all leading in its gifting... Moving honor to the places that need it, suffering with the persecuted, decreasing so the head can be known.
It's a fruit of the Spirit outpouring that is coming.
If your vision doesn't change, your expectations won't change. If your expectations don't change, you will be offended by what God is about to do.
For real.
You won't understand by what authority these things are happening. That will leave you fighting God in a false reality of lying signs and wonders. God is about to give a lot of people what they want. For those that want to progress, it will be really helpful. For those that want to keep what they have, it will be the end of them. Signs and wonders will lead them away from Jesus (2 Thes 2).
This is what comes from not wrestling out this hard truth that requires leaders die to self, like Barak and Deborah.
Judges 4:8And Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go!”
9So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
It was the wife in the tent that got credit for taking out Sisera. If you are in to God for the glory, you won't be able to deal with what He is about to do. We have to be in it for Jesus to be known at the cost of our own reputations and earthly rewards. This doesn't happen "someday" if we don't have a vision for it happening on Monday.
If we don't adjust to this paradigm, offense will lead to drawing back. This is unacceptable to the Lord.
Hebrews 6:1Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
2of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3And this we will do if God permits.
4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
5and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
6if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
11of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
12For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
13For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Jesus is a High Priest outside of the old covenant. He has an authority that comes down from heaven, not up from people. The outpouring of the Spirit should take us deeper into something new, not simply stir up something old. We must progress to perfection. We have to tackle the hard issues regarding authority, order, anointing, faith, hope and love (1 Cor 12-15).
The outpouring of the Spirit isn't to relive the "glory days" of Toronto, Lakeland, or Brownsville... or even Acts 2! It is to walk in to Ephesians 4:
Ephesians 4:8 Therefore He says:
“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”
9(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)
11And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
12for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
13till 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;
14that 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,
15but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
16from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
We have to go past revival into restoration. There is a "nameless and faceless" move of God coming. Many have known this for 30 years. The problem is, many get tricked in to wanting to be the named and recognized leaders of the nameless and faceless move (you see the incongruency of this, right?).
This won't do.
The outpouring that is coming will cleanse Jesus' church. Now is the time to progress in our vision.
You don't want to be the leader of the next revival. You want to be washed from selfish ambition so you can progress to perfection. This comes from recognizing real authority from false... Discerning those driven by selfish ambition from Friends of the Bridegroom.
Some are poising themselves, even right now, to DECREASE as God recognizes them. We do this by daily dying to our selfishness and rights... Forgiving enemies, blessing those who curse, getting gratitude for all of creation... Not just the creation that holds the same opinion as us. (Yes, I'm talking about presidents, governors, your politicized friends at church, 'false' prophets, etc ... God is still making his sun to shine on them!)
Is this in our prayer conversation?
The fivefold is going to be washed away. It is a "till" reality. We are quickly approaching that "till" (vs. 13 ^). What will be left is a body all leading in its gifting... Moving honor to the places that need it, suffering with the persecuted, decreasing so the head can be known.
It's a fruit of the Spirit outpouring that is coming.
If your vision doesn't change, your expectations won't change. If your expectations don't change, you will be offended by what God is about to do.
For real.
You won't understand by what authority these things are happening. That will leave you fighting God in a false reality of lying signs and wonders. God is about to give a lot of people what they want. For those that want to progress, it will be really helpful. For those that want to keep what they have, it will be the end of them. Signs and wonders will lead them away from Jesus (2 Thes 2).
This is what comes from not wrestling out this hard truth that requires leaders die to self, like Barak and Deborah.
Judges 4:8And Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go!”
9So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
It was the wife in the tent that got credit for taking out Sisera. If you are in to God for the glory, you won't be able to deal with what He is about to do. We have to be in it for Jesus to be known at the cost of our own reputations and earthly rewards. This doesn't happen "someday" if we don't have a vision for it happening on Monday.
If we don't adjust to this paradigm, offense will lead to drawing back. This is unacceptable to the Lord.
Hebrews 6:1Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
2of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3And this we will do if God permits.
4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
5and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
6if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
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