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KEEP IT CLEAN FROM POLLUTION! - Ready For The Taking Series 004
Acts 10:5-6, KJV
"5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do."
Keep it clean from pollution. Stay true to the calling with which the Lord has called you. Preach the gospel in and out season. Not for fame, riches or acclaim of people but to win the lost, restore the backsliders and train men for ministry.
It may seem those who keep it clean and are trustworthy are not in demand. It may look to you that their message is even unpopular and that they're not used by God.
That's how we can think when what is polluted is popular and seems to have taken over. In a time when what ministers want to eat has led to the watering of the gospel or a deviation from it, the light may no longer be on those who keep the message clean and keep at it.
However, the good news is that despite the corruption and perversion, God knows His go-to ministers and he is personally in intimacy with sons and daughters, recommending them to be listened to.
A voice came from above to the disciples saying, "this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him" (Matt. 17:5).
It wasn't Jesus who blow His own trumpet. Rather, a testimony came from heaven to stamp Him as a worthy fellow to listen to in all matters.
That's why someone like Mary could tell His disciples at the wedding in Cana of Galilee to listen to Him and do, "whatsoever He tells them to do" (John 2:5).
Peter had never known Cornelius from Adam and Cornelius had never met him for once also. However, God connected both together. That's because it's Peter that has the Word of life that Cornelius and household needed to listen to.
Keep it clean, minister of righteousness. God knows your address. He's specially intimating people to follow you, subscribe to what you say and teach, read your books and materials and take you as a teacher.
It doesn't have to make sense to the general public. God will give those who should see eyes to see. Only a few people know about God's recommendation to Cornelius. God is likewise doing that. Behind you, He's raising a testimony concerning you.
From a far distance, God is commanding men concerning you. At such times, one learns how good it is to have kept it clean. The Lord's recommendation is greater than any widely following anyone might have gained by watering it down. Imagine the Lord Jesus Christ saying, "send to Joppa for a man called Simon...he will tell you what you ought to do.'
Does that not tell you that God has addresses of His authorized ministers with Himself. He knows those He could send sinners to who will not exploit them for money or fame. He knows ministers who are free from worldliness and its desires and those He could trust with the Corneliuses. God knows that Cornelius has an open heart and he'll immediately fall before Peter at arrival (Acts 10:25-26). He won't recommend someone who when Cornelius falls, he'll keep him on the ground but rather one who'll say, "rise up, I'm also a man like you."
That's the heart God observes before he sends men to men (His ministers).
In a perverted world, may you and I be Peter that can have recommendations over seas and mountains. May people seek us out to hear the Lord's Word from our mouth. May we be that minister of God that gives sight to the blind. May we fulfil the great commission as the Father desires.
PRAYER: Lord, I will not be polluted nor pollute the gospel. Your message and order to me shall remain.
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