The Servant of the Lord...

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The Book of Isaiah tells us about the Servant of the Lord. The Servant of the Lord is Christ, Head and Body. Each of us who is a member of the Body of Christ finds what our role is by studying Isaiah, Chapter Forty-two, and related passages.

Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. (Isaiah 42:1)

The passage above is speaking directly to each member of the Body of Christ. It is telling us that he or she is God's servant. The Christian preaching of today seems to be stressing that God is our servant. He is not. God's will is the only legitimate will in the universe.

There is no part of the Bible that tells us of the good that will come to us if we do not do God's will instead of our own. But for those who set themselves to do God's will, and only God's will, the Bible offers us an inheritance more glorious than our wildest hopes and imaginations.

Each member of the Servant of the Lord, the Body of Christ, is upheld by the Father Himself. This means that during the chaos that is approaching America, those who believe will find that the everlasting Arms are under him or her. Each member of the Body of Christ is a chosen one. Many people are called to partake of the Kingdom of God. But to qualify for the responsibilities and inheritance of the servants of the Lord, we must pass from the ranks of the called to the ranks of the chosen. We do this by faithfully following Christ, bearing our personal cross. God puts His Spirit upon us because we are obedient to Him.

"He will bring justice to the nations." This thought may be new to us. The traditional view is that once we "accept Christ" we will go to Heaven when we die. What we will do there is not clear, except that we will recline at our ease forever in our mansion while an angel pops grapes into our mouth.

It becomes apparent at once that the traditional view of the Christian salvation is far removed from what the Scriptures tell us. We have not been saved, filled with God's Spirit and built up by the gifts of the Spirit so we can spend eternity doing nothing of value. God has called us, chosen us, and built us up through the ministries of the Body of Christ so we can bring justice to the nations.

As we look about us today we can see the efforts being made to bring about a world government with the power to enforce its rules on the citizens of every country. This might be beneficial, if it were not for the fact that the rules of the world government will conflict with the values of Christian people.

There finally will be "peace and safety," but it will be a peace and safety in line with Satan's personality and desires. We Americans had better awaken from our comfortable beds, because our nation rapidly is being prepared to be a part of this world government that does not know, fear, or honor God.

The Servant of the Lord has been chosen by the Father to bring justice to the nations. The stated purpose of the world government will be to bring justice to the nations. But the world government always will fumble and end up denying justice to many people. This is because the evil nature of unregenerate people will be self-serving, personally ambitious. The result inevitably will be iniquities, lies, and treacheries of every kind. Governments always are like this, it seems.

However, it is not God's desire that the nations of the earth live in injustice. God has permitted the past 6,000 years of agony and insanity so angels and people could see what happens when angels or people follow their own will.

I think the time is up. The audio-visual instruction has been completed. A few more agonizing, insane years of the rule of self-seeking man and self-seeking angels, and Christ shall appear with His righteous angels, and called, chosen, and faithful saints. The resistance of the nations will be smashed with the rod of iron created in the victorious saints. Righteousness, love, peace, and joy will fill the people of the nations of the earth as the saints, having been filled with Christ and taught by Christ, assume the thrones that govern the earth.

"He will bring justice to the nations." This is the Word of God, less shakable than Gibraltar. It shall take place! We who have been chosen to be members of the Servant of the Lord must endure many frustrations and pains while the rod of iron is created in us. But our inheritance is God and the people of the nations whom God chooses to save.

It will be worth it all when we see Jesus and are invited to share with Him the greatest treasures of all—people. I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, (Isaiah 42:6)

God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. Perhaps we would change this to say, "God so loves the Church." But this is not what is written. God loves the world!

God does not love the present world spirit, for that spirit is Antichrist. But God loves the people of the world, and He desires that as many as possible have eternal life instead of a dead spiritual nature that does not know God or have fellowship with Him.

Because of His desire, God has called out of the world His Church, His servant. For two thousand years God has been calling out His servant, the members of the Body of Christ and bringing them through every conceivable testing and experience. God is not doing this so His servants will be happy doing nothing in Heaven but so they will be able to bring eternal life to whoever will come and drink, and thus come to know God and to have fellowship with Him.

God makes us to be a covenant for the people of the nations. If they will do what we say, we on our part will open their eyes to God; we will bring them out of the prison of spiritual death and separation from God; we will open the door of their dungeon so they may come out into the Light of God's Presence.

Perhaps God makes it possible for us to do some of this work today. But the redemption of mankind will come with the return of Christ and His saints and holy angels. The creation is travailing in pain today, because the Kingdom of God is about to be brought forth.

The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. (Romans 8:19-21)

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