Sermon 1582 - Ephesians 4:11-13 - 2nd Message…..(Wed pm 10/8/97)

II. THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY

(Training Convention) The second point on the Stature of Truth in Ephesians 4:11-13 is the Work of the Ministry. The Work of the Ministry is to be a servant to the LORD, first. Adam-male and Adam-female, the first Bridegroom and Bride, were to be servants in the Paradisaical Garden of Eden by dressing and keeping the Garden (Genesis 2:15). They failed to serve the LORD with the Life He had given them, so they were cast out of the Garden to continue learning their lesson in the Little Red School House of Suffering.

The Bride in the New City or Heavenly Paradise will be a servant to God and the Lamb (Revelation 22:1-3). In the New City, we will be paying our vows that we were unable to pay in our mortal body while here on Earth. The Kings of the Earth will go into the New City and bring out Leaves from the Tree of Life that will heal the mortality of those living on the Earth. The Earth will become a Paradise, and the people will walk in the light of the New City.