Final Approach by Roberts Liardon

Author:Roberts Liardon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Spiritual Warfare, Spirituality, Christian Life, Religion, Spiritual Life, Biblical Studies, Prophecy, Evangelism
ISBN: 9780884193388
Publisher: Creation House
Published: 1993-08-27T22:00:00+00:00

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Spiritual Ranking

ONE OF God's principles, I believe, is spiritual ranking. It's not to make one person in the kingdom of God better than another or so that one should lord it over another. Those with the greatest rank in God's kingdom will be the greatest servants of all.

In a natural army you have certain ranks and positions. People are put in those places to accomplish specific goals and to help others do the same. Each person within that army knows his position. If he is a captain, he doesn't take on the position of a general. If he is a general, he doesn't take on the position of a lieutenant. Everyone knows his place and stays in it. No one changes his post until a higher authority says to move.

So it should be in God's army. As part of His army, we must learn to respect the positions to which we are called and operate within that spiritual realm. Then the job will get done.

Let's look at the description of the warriors of Israel who had rallied around David.

...Expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart. All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron (1 Chron. 12:33,38).

These were men whose hearts were focused on one goal: to establish David as king of Israel instead of Saul (1 Chron. 12:23). Their hearts were "perfect"; they were not of a double heart in regard to their goal. Those with a perfect heart find it easy to keep rank, to stay "in battle formation" (NAS).

When God calls people to join His army today, some people will have difficulty taking their places in the ranks. People who think too highly of themselves will have problems as well as people who don't think highly enough of themselves.

It causes problems in God's kingdom when you try to take a post that doesn't belong to you. It also causes problems when you don't take the post that does belong to you. Once we find our place, we need to remain there until God promotes us or gives us new direction.

To stay in position, we must know how to deal with the pressures of battle in the spirit realm. We need to relate to one another in a way that will bring maturity into the church.

In one of my meetings the Spirit of the Lord spoke: "Many have already begun to walk down a deviant track." He went on to say that He was trying to woo them back into line and keep them in the proper order for the hour. He was trying to keep them from being led astray through their own wills and ways.

The Holy Spirit is calling Christians to humble themselves today and get back in rank so that He can salvage their callings and anointings. He is concerned that some will not come back to where they were called.

In a recent meeting the following prophecy came forth concerning setting His church in order for these times.

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