Divine Representatives. RCCG SOD Year Six

Now we want to round up this session by studying Divine Representatives. We will look at the lives of two young men who excelled as divine representatives. We want to see what we can learn from their lives. In Acts 6:1-2, we found that certain young men were chosen as deacons and all those who are chosen as deacons has three basic qualifications.

They were all to be HONEST.
They were all to be full of HOLY SPIRIT.
They were all to be full of WISDOM.

In addition to the above, they also had the following:

#4 HUMILITY

When you consider the work that these deacons were to do for God, they were to be serving at tables and to be serving Widows. By implication, they had to be humble. You have to be humble to be serving others.

Others sit down and eat while you serve them.

So, anyone who is going to be a representative of God, in addition to being honest, full of Holy Spirit and wise, ,must also be humble . The Bible has a lot to say about humility.

In Luke 14:11, Bible says:

“He that humbles himself shall be exalted”.

Also, in James 4:6, the Bible says:

“God resist the proud but He gives grace to the humble”.

Then 1 Peter 5:6 says:

“Humble thyself under the mighty hands of God and He will exalt you in due time”.

#5 Holiness

In addition to being humble, these people must have been Holy too. Why? Because they were going to minister to widows. They take food to the houses of widows, if they are not holy, there will be problems. There are men, those people are widows, they have no husband to protect them so it is only Holy people who could be divine representatives.

Divine representatives must have five additional qualities.

ADDITIONAL QUALITIES OF DIVINE REPRESENTATIVES

Stephen and Phillip had certain qualities common to both of them and we will consider that of Stephen for illustration. If you look at Acts 6:5, the Bible says:

#1 Stephen was full of FAITH

In other words, he trusted God completely. He understood that underneath are His everlasting arms into which he surrendered himself for better for worse. He had the kind of faith of Shadrack, Meschack and Abednego, the kind of faith that was recorded for us in Daniel 3:14-18. This is where those three boys said, “we know our God can deliver us. We know he will deliver us and even if he does not deliver us, we don’t care. We are not going to bow to any idol. We trust Him completely”. Stephen had that kind of faith and of course Philip had that kind of faith too. Otherwise they would not have been able to achieve the kind of miracles that they achieved.

#2 He was full of FAITH and POWER.

Then in Acts 6:8, the Bible says that Stephen was full of POWER. Why was he full of power? Because he was full of FAITH. It is just one step to being full of power.

#3 Acts 6:9-10 also says he was full of irresistible WISDOM.

All the Professors gathered together but could not resist his wisdom because that wisdom was supplied by the Holy Spirit.

#4 Triumphant Peace

If you look at Acts 6;15, he was full of glory because he had peace, triumphant peace , the lack of fear that was within him.

#5 He was full of the Word.

But then when you go to Acts 7:1 , you will see this young man begin to preach and you will suddenly notice that he was full of the Word of God. He was full of the scriptures. In one single sermon, he went from Genesis to the end of the Gospel.

#6 He was Visionary

Just before he died in Acts 7:55-56, he looked up to heaven and he saw the invincible, because he was visionary. Those who will be representatives of God will be able to see far ahead. They will be able to see far ahead. They will be able to see what ordinary people cannot see. They will be able to see into tomorrow. It is only then that they can be divine representatives.

#7 He was full of Prayer

And if you look at Acts 7:59, you will find that he is a man full of prayer. The last thing Stephen did before he left this world was prayer. He prayed,

“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Father forgive them, lay not this sin to their charge”.

He was praying all the time.

SUMMARY

What are the qualities you must have before God can choose you as His Representative?

You must be honest because God will not deal with somebody who is deceitful.
Full of the Holy Spirit because the work of god cannot be done by might or by power, it can only be done by the Spirit of God.
Wise because after all, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
Humble because it will take humility to do the kind of assignment God will give you.
Holy because God may have to send you to minister to widows.
Full of faith because without faith , nobody can please God.
Full of power because the work of God has to be done with tremendous power.
Full of Glory but this will come as a result of inner peace, because you know who you believe. You are entirely in the Hand of the Almighty God.
FULL OF THE WORD OF GOD because these words are living spirits. When you are full of the Word of God , you will be able to speak out and say, “Thus said the Lord”. You will be able to say “It is written”.
VISIONARY. You must be ready to see the invincible and of course you must be full of PRAYERS.

Now we want you to spend at least twenty minutes to pray quality prayers. If you cannot pray for tenty minutes at a time, you need a revival. Go now and talk to the LORD.

Next time I see you in the mighty name of jesus , you will be a very strong representative of the Almighty God.

Talk to him now. God bless you as you do so.

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