But Jesus, the word of God in the flesh, emerges from the time of testing completely victorious and he comes out of the wilderness in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.Īfter thirty years of living in full possession of these foundational realities in a very low-key and low impact manner, Jesus is baptised in water, the Holy Spirit comes upon him, and he is led by the Spirit into the wilderness for a forty-day period of fasting culminating in an encounter with the darkness and all of the subtle attempts of the accuser to infiltrate and compromise him.
All he had to do was live the life.Ĥ In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. He was born righteous, healed, delivered, prosperous and untainted in any way by any manifestation of the curse. Jesus is basically saying: you will have everything you will ever need there will be nothing missing and nothing broken you will be fully equipped with an abundance of everything you need in order to finish the work I have commissioned you for. The Greek word translated peace means prosperity. It seems that he also viewed the finishing of the work he committed to us to be of similar importance.Ģ1 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” Jesus obviously placed the utmost importance on finishing the work he had been sent by his Father to accomplish. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.ģ0 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. Jesus, in addressing this church in Sardis, refers to unfinished works.ģ4 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work….”ģ6 But I have a greater witness than John’s for the works which the Father has given Me to finish – the very works that I do – bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.Ĥ I have glorified You on the earth. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard hold it fast, and repent. The first thing that we should note is that ministry is work.Ģ Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your works unfinished in the sight of my God.
The truth is that is time for us to be a continuation of Jesus’ ministry, and perspective is everything.
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Jesus came to reconcile the world to God and he has passed on the ministry and the message of reconciliation to us.ġ1 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of ChristĪs previously stated throughout this series there are many ways that we can be equipped for ministry, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we are fully prepared for ministry – particularly a ministry that is a continuation of Jesus’ ministry. This fits perfectly with the current series as we have been saying that it is time for ministry, that it is time to be a continuation of Jesus’ ministry. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. The prophetic declaration we have been given as New Wine Church for the year 5782-2022 is “The Year of Reconciliation”.ġ7 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation old things have passed away behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.