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A new order is a new or revised system of operation, plan of attack, or the like.
Small Straws: My people, you will now begin to see the unveiling of a new order in My kingdom.
1. In this time I will establish truth and justice, and in this process hidden indiscretions will come to light and will be judged, for you are entering a time of disclosure. By the same token, those who have committed sins and have lost fellowship with Me will begin to seek to be restored to their kingdom position. Their restoration will depend on whether or not they are truly repentant.
2. Those who have an ear to hear will begin to raise up a standard of spiritual and moral integrity for this new plateau. You will be required to question what you really believe, and thus define your doctrine more precisely. You will have to examine your code of ethics to make sure that your responses are consistent with the Word.
3. Be on guard, for this new level of kingdom experience will be met with opposition from the enemy. This war will be called the Battle of Integrity as you face circumstances, situations, tests and trials that reveal your heart.
4. War is always required to take new spiritual territory. If you yield to the work of My Spirit, you can win these battles one decision at a time as you establish and maintain integrity. You, My Church, are in a process of preparation, which will result in your being without spot and blameless, says the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25 -27 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
Truth and Justice:
Hidden indiscretions (immorality) will be made known and judged.
Matthew 3: 7-11 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”
The Lord said this would be a time of disclosure when these things will come to the light (I’m assuming both personally and privately through conviction and publicly when a person refuses to be moved by conviction to repent – admit it and quit it.)
Restoration will not come unless the person has a heart of true repentance.
Those who are flowing with the Holy Spirit (in the River) will have ears to hear and will begin to raise up a standard.
A standard is a flag with colors and emblems that depict what you stand for.
Example: JUDAH The most famous heraldic symbol belongs to the tribe of Judah, which displayed a lion on its shield. This tribe became the most powerful and constituted the Kingdom of Judah. The lion is the symbol of strength and is featured as such in innumerable works throughout the ages. Gen. 49:9, "Judah is a lion's whelp." The Lion of Judah is Jesus:
Matthew 2:6 ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, Are not the least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.’"
Many of us will be required to raise up our standard, our code of ethics to lead others. We will have to establish what we believe according to the Word of God, which is our plumb line, first in ourselves and then we will have to lead by example.
Amos 7:7-8 Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. And the LORD said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said: "Behold, I am setting a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore. NLT – I will no longer ignore their sins.
Be on guard … set a watch. The enemy will stir up opposition against your standard, your code of ethics. If the devil can cause us to compromise or fall in sin then we become powerless in our Christianity.
The Battle of Integrity will produce tests of truth and justice
Galatians 2: 1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me.
2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain.
3 Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
4 And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage),
5 to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
6 But from those who seemed to be something––whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man––for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me.
Every time we have a new move of God the old order, the old move, tries to kill it.
The first-day Christian reads the Bible as an historical document and acknowledges that Jesus is the Christ and enjoys his religious experience. The law.
The second-day Christian reads the Bible and accepts Christ as Savior, believes the Word, but lives a powerless life in the soul. The focus is always on him and not on God.
The third-day Christian walks and lives in the Holy Spirit, receives revelation of the Word, and demonstrates the Kingdom. Lives by every word that is proceeding out of the mouth of God and has true, living, vital relationship with the Lord.
Saul is a type of the old order trying to put to death the new order, David. He even knew that God has anointed David to be the new king!
1 Samuel 18: 10-12 And it happened on the next day that the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other times; but there was a spear in Saul’s hand. And Saul cast the spear, for he said, "I will pin David to the wall!" But David escaped his presence twice. Now Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, but had departed from Saul.
The new generation leaders can’t just step into the shoes or position of the previous leader.
They have to develop their own special relationship with the Lord and be uniquely anointed by the Spirit of God to move the church forward in the purposes of God.
They have to find the rhythm of their own stride where they are, with what they have to do.
Each generation will be as unique and different as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
They must fulfill their own destiny in the grand scheme of God’s plans and purposes.
They can employ the great wisdom of their forerunners and learn from them, but they cannot become a cheap and distorted imitation of the old order.
When you don’t have your own standard of excellence in the Spirit, you will measure yourself and compare yourself to those you look up to.
2 Corinthians 10:12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
We are in the fires of purification! Yield to the work of the Spirit. Our participation in the Battle of Integrity will require us to establish and maintain integrity (incorruptibility) in every problem we face and in every decision we make. We are in the process of preparing ourselves for the return of our Bridegroom, Jesus Christ.
Revelation 19:7 "Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready."
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Marsha
http://ft111.com
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