What
Convinces Everyone We Are God's Servants
October
27, 2013
Num
16:3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against
Aaron, and said unto them,
Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of
them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the
congregation of the LORD?
Num 16:4 And when Moses heard
it, he fell upon his face:
Num 16:5 And he spake unto Korah and
unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his,
and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he
hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
Num 17:2 Speak unto the children
of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their
fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods:
write thou every man's name upon his rod.
Num 17:3 And thou shalt write
Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of
their fathers.
Num 17:4 And thou shalt lay them
up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet
with you.
Num 17:5 And it shall come to
pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease
from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against
you.
Num 17:8 And it came to pass,
that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the
rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and
bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
Num 17:9 And Moses brought out
all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and
took every man his rod.
Num 17:10 And the LORD said unto
Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token
against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they
die not.
The detail we wish to point out is
how the supernatural life that both resurrected the dead rod and caused it
to bear buds, flowers and fruit at the same time SILENCED THE complainers.
Resurrection life will do the same
in our lives.
This resurrected state of the
almond rod was so convincing to the murmurers that God knew it would forever silence any
future complaints they might have as to who they thought should be the ministers
of God to work as priests.
- God knew he
would slay these
complainers if they continued their murmuring so he solved the problem by providing a
perfect convincing piece of proof as to whom He thought should minister to Him.
Resurrection life was powerful
proof in Jesus Christ's life as well.
Heb
7:23 And they truly were
many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
Heb 7:24 But this man,
because
he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
Heb 7:25 Wherefore he is
able
also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth
to make intercession for them.
The Old Testament priesthood was
inferior to Jesus Christ's because they died and could not continue to work all that
had to be done in people's lives.
This deals with deliverance from
evil here and in the life hereafter.
- He saves
from everything we
ever need to be saved from.And
he is raised from the dead and seated over all in this age and the age
to come.
Nothing in this life needs to get
power over us if we can only get our eyes opened to this.
Eph
1:19 And what is the
exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his
mighty power,
Eph 1:20 Which he wrought
in
Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the
heavenly places,
Eph 1:21 Far above all
principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in
this world, but also in that which is to come:
Just as the rod of Aaron was dead
and resurrected, Jesus was dead and raised again.
- And they
took that rod after
having proved the resurrection indicated the priesthood, and returned it into the
Most Holy Place before the Ark of the Covenant to remain there as a witness of
who is High Priest.
- Jesus
returned to Heaven and
remained there as proof of resurrection power that made Him High Priest.
True priesthood that is effective
and is able to save souls to the uttermost is priesthood that is established by
resurrection.
- It is
priesthood that NEVER
DIES.
- It does not
thrive by natural
life that weakens and ends.
- The
effectiveness of his
priesthood is attributed to the fact that he was resurrected to never die again.
Heb
7:16 Who is made, not after
the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Heb 7:17 For he testifieth,
Thou
art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Rom
6:9 Knowing that Christ
being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Rom 6:10 For in that he
died, he
died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Resurrection life is also
associated with us as Christians.
Rom
6:13 Neither yield ye your
members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as
those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of
righteousness unto God.
WE find this life from the dead is
what Paul was speaking about earlier when he said:
Rom
6:4 Therefore we are buried
with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by
the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Rom 6:5 For if we have been
planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his
resurrection:
Rom 6:6 Knowing this, that
our
old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that
henceforth we should not serve sin.
Walking in newness of life...
- ...is Being
in the likeness
of His resurrection.
- ...means We
should not serve
Sin.
This newness of life means it is
not the old life we depend upon any more.
- It's a new
life.
- A new kind
of life altogether.
A true priesthood means
resurrection power is on us and we do not live the way people who are not saved life in their
restrictions.
- We live
like an almond branch
bearing buds, flowers and fruit all at the same time is more supernatural in nature than
an ordinary almond branch that can only do one of those things at one time.
- When people
see us they
should see that kind of difference!!
- This proves
who really is a
servant of God.
HOW MUCH DOES YOUR LIFE PROVE THIS?
Do you see God intervene and
perform wonders in your life?
If you treat problems the way
sinners do by never giving it to God and waiting for His hand to intervene, then we will
never see the results of supernatural intervention.
- We have to
realize there is a
certain way to deal with things in order to see God's power intervene.
- His power
just does not jump
in and work just because we are Christians.
- We have to
live lives that
His Word teaches us to live when we deal with problems so that He can intervene and
work wonders.
This is called the law of the
Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus.
Rom
8:1 There is therefore now
no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit.
Rom 8:2 For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
A law is an explanation of how
something works in a certain way.
It means God works in certain
conditions.
You have to wait on the Lord and
not jump around and do what everyone who is not saved does when troubles arise.
This is seeing resurrection life
energize you.
- It stops
the mouths of
critics.
- It proves
you are serving God.
So many minister in the flesh with
no real revelation, and no anointing.
No newness of life.
The opposite of newness of life is
OLDNESS of life.
Isa
40:27 Why sayest thou, O
Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed
over from my God?
This describes times when things
are gone wrong, and we are suffering.
- It is like
asking God if he
even knows about us and our situations.
- What I am
going through is
unknown to God.
- He neglects
my situation and
does not help.
What is the answer?
Isa
40:28 Hast thou not known?
hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the
earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his
understanding.
Isa 40:29 He giveth power
to the
faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Isa 40:30 Even the youths
shall
faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Isa 40:31 But they that
wait
upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
All of the power needed to run the universe while at the same time
watching every single
servant of His, and HE DOES NOT GET TIRED AT IT.
Such Tremendous power required to do these things, BUT HE NEVER GETS
TIRED!
He gives power to the faint....
those who are ready to faint and give up.
But we have a part to play.
WAIT ON THE LORD.
You can complain and murmur,
yourself, too!
- But when we
do what is
required and wait on God, which means trust Him and believe.
ADAM
CLARKE: They shall mount up with wings as eagles “They shall put
forth
fresh feathers like the moulting
eagle” - It has been a common and popular
opinion that the eagle lives and
retains his vigor to a great age; and that,
beyond the common lot of other
birds, he moults in his old age, and renews his
feathers, and with them his youth.
“Thou shalt renew thy youth like the eagle,
“says the psalmist, Psa
103:5; on which place St. Ambrose notes, “The eagle
lives to a very advanced age; and
in moulting his youth is renewed with his new
feathers.” Phile, De
Animalibus, treating of the eagle, and addressing himself
to the emperor Michael Palaeologus
junior, raises his compliment upon the same
notion: -“Long may’st
thou live, O king; still like the eagleRenew thy youth,
and still retain thy vigor.”
So the key for supernatural power
is to wait on God.
BE PATIENT AFTER YOU PRAY and YOU
WILL SEE THE MIRACULOUS COME in due time.