📝 GOD doesn't CALL a Man without giving him a SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT.
Time will fail ME to give you numerous examples but I will list but few:
👉 To MOSES
It was to specifically bring Israel out of Egypt and preserve them in the wilderness; his calling didn't include leading them into the Promised Land.
📖Exodus 3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
📖Hosea 12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
👉 To JEREMIAH
📖 Jeremiah 1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
BUT
👉 To The APOSTLES
📖Mark 3:14 And he ORDAINED twelve (no Olive Oil, no Ceremony), that (Purpose 1) they should BE WITH HIM, and that (Purpose 2) he might SEND THEM FORTH TO PREACH. (Emphasis mine)
✒ PREACH WHAT?
📖Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and PREACH THE GOSPEL to every creature.
✒ WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
📖Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to MY GOSPEL, WHICH IS THE PREACHING OF JESUS CHRIST, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began
📝 However, both the CALLING and the ASSIGNMENT is because of GOD'S ETERNAL AGENDA.
📖1 Timothy 2:4 Who (GOD) will have all men:
👉 Agenda 1: To Be Saved,
👉 Agenda 2: To Come unto the Knowledge of The Truth (Which Is JESUS CHRIST, 📖John 14:6).
✏ An Assignment is not to Service your Personal Aggrandizement but to Service God's Agenda.
📖John 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
✒ Apostle Paul As An EXAMPLE:
📝 The Assignment of Apostle Paul was Very Clear: PREACHING THE GOSPEL
📖1 Corinthians 1:17 For CHRIST SENT ME not to baptize, but TO PREACH THE GOSPEL: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
📖Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God, who SEPARATED ME from my mother's womb, and CALLED ME by his grace, 1:16 TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME, THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
📝 Now, you must Understand that OPPOSITION is INEVITABLE In carrying out that ASSIGNMENT.
📖Acts 9:10-16
See 👉 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a CHOSEN VESSEL UNTO ME, to BEAR MY NAME before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 9:16 For I will shew him HOW GREAT THINGS HE MUST SUFFER for my name's sake.
📝 Therefore, ENDURANCE is of PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE as we Carry out GOD'S ASSIGNMENT.
📖2 Timothy 2:3 Thou therefore ENDURE HARDNESS, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
📖2 Tim 4:5 But watch thou in all things, ENDURE AFFLICTIONS, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
📝 Whatever the AFFLICTION (✏ Absence of Helpers, ✏ Scarcity Of Finance and ✏ Other Necessities Of Life) always remember that "there is an EXPIRING DATE"!
📖Proverbs 23:18 For SURELY THERE IS AN END; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
📝 The Scriptures make us to understand that it is the one who ENDURES TO THE END that will EXPERIENCE the ABSOLUTE SALVATION.
📖Mark 13:13
In other words, they will Experience all that GOD has Promised in CHRIST JESUS!
✒ THE REASON FOR & BEAUTY OF ENDURANCE?
Why Did Apostle Paul Endure and Why Should We?
📖2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I ENDURE ALL THINGS FOR THE ELECT'S SAKES, that they may also OBTAIN the SALVATION which is in Christ Jesus WITH ETERNAL GLORY.
1⃣ CREDENTIAL COUNSELORSHIP
A "Credential" is a Document Of Authority.
So, How can you COUNSEL and ENCOURAGE others in areas you know nothing about?
GOD doesn't want us to have Head Knowledge but an Experiential Knowledge.
📖2 Corinthians 1:6 And If WE ARE AFFLICTED, IT IS FOR YOUR CONSOLATION AND SALVATION, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
2⃣ OBTAINMENT OF GOD'S BLESSINGS
📖Hebrews 6:15 And so, AFTER he had PATIENTLY ENDURED, he OBTAINED the PROMISE.
3⃣ EXPERIENCE OF ETERNAL GLORY
📖2 Corinthians 4:17 For our LIGHT AFFLICTION, which is but FOR A MOMENT, worketh for us a FAR MORE EXCEEDING and ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY;
👉 LIVE Beyond Where You Are Presently Located
👉 SEE Beyond What You Are Seeing Now
👉 LISTEN Beyond People's Opinion Concerning You
✒ WHY MOST CHRISTIANS CAN'T ENDURE CHALLENGES?
1⃣ The ABSENCE Of TRUE ENCOUNTER With JESUS!
📖Hebrews 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for HE ENDURED, as SEEING HIM WHO IS INVISIBLE.
Before you asked ME about Who the INVISIBLE was referring to, let ME answer it already. He saw JESUS (In His Pre-Incarnate Manifestation)
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📖1 Timothy 1:17 Now unto the KING (JESUS CHRIST) eternal, immortal, INVISIBLE, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
2⃣ The BLINDNESS To The FUTURE
📖Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who FOR THE JOY that was SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED the cross, DESPISING the shame, and IS SET DOWN at the right hand of the throne of God.
👉 Don't be a TOMB RAIDER, excavating PAST MISCALCULATIONS.
👉 Don't be a PRESENT SURVEYOR who only sees the PRESENT DISCOURAGING STATE of things.
👉 Be a JESUS-FOCUSED person who sees the GLORY in the FUTURE
3⃣ The MISPLACEMENT Of AFFECTION
When a Christian's affection is SHIFTED from the Lord Jesus Christ to material things as a result of PRESSURE, it is easy for such a Christian to GIVE UP!
📖2 Timothy 4:9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 4:10 For DEMAS hath FORSAKEN ME, HAVING LOVED THIS PRESENT WORLD, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
When AFFECTION of a Christian is POSSESSION-DRIVEN he will easily SURRENDER to PRESSURE when those possessions are no longer available.
Pleeaasssssse Listen To JESUS:
📖Luke 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
✒ SO WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO?
📖Jude 1:21 KEEP YOURSELVES IN THE LOVE OF GOD, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
✒ The CONCLUSION👇
📖Hebrews 12:3 For CONSIDER HIM (JESUS CHRIST) that ENDURED such CONTRADICTION of sinners against himself, LEST (otherwise) ye be WEARIED and FAINT in your minds.
It Is My Sincere DESIRE and PRAYER For You That:
📖2 Timothy 2:7 CONSIDER what I say; and the Lord GIVE thee UNDERSTANDING IN ALL THINGS.
GOD BLESS YOU BY ALL MEANS IN JESUS NAME.
DR. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
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