Divine Objective

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: (Eph 4:13)

The Lord ascended on high that He might give gifts to His body on earth to bring about fruition to His divine objective in order to have a Church that reflects not its own glory but of His glory. Jesus Christ did not give positions or titles as in the five fold ministry, He gave gifts; if we see them as gifts because of His grace, we see ourselves as part of His divine purpose to attract people to Christ and not to ourselves.

Unity is echoed in the Psalms, the apostles writing and especially in the Lord Jesus’ prayer. We cannot enter into the state of the unity of the faith if we are interested in our own goals and working to force-fit spiritual values into them. The converse is what the Lord wants to achieve in all of us, that is to bring us on the journey along His path of Righteousness and not to include Him into our personal pilgrimage. Everything that bear spiritual facades will be tested and torn down; only that which is of Him, through Him and to Him will remain (Rom 11:36).