Representation Part 3

Understanding Servanthood
Today’s Focus: Divine Design of Humankind: Representation Part 3
Scripture: John 13:20; Isaiah 6:1-8

Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Let me lead this last message on representation as a part of the three-fold purpose of man with this scripture:

John 13:20: Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that recieveth whomsoever I send recieveth me; and he that recieveth me recieveth Him that sent me.

Now let’s examine this and understand what representation is. First it says he that receives whomsoever the Lord sends, receives the Lord. Now notice Jesus does not put an emphasize of the person He sends, all the emphasis is on who the receiver is receiving. The person by which the message comes is simply the mouthpiece of the one who sends them or the representative. So the representative is not the actual person but stands in the stead of the person and when they speak they do not hear the voice of the messenger but the voice of the sender. Great example of this is when the centurion was explaining to Jesus how he understood the authority the Jesus had in speaking the word (Matthew 8:5-13). Now the point I am making is in the centurion explaining he described that when he speaks people respond and do. Now it is not because he has the sole power and authority. It is because when he speaks, it is just like Caesar speaking. So the soldiers do not hear me they hear Caesar. The centurion understood that Jesus did not have to go physically to accomplish the request, he can just send His word and that was good enough. So Jesus, who sits at the right hand of the Father sends His Word through the Holy Spirit, through the representative or son to the intended receiver. So when the receiver receives the word, they do not receive the messenger but the sender and that be Christ.

Now the second half of that scripture says whomsoever receives Christ, receives the one who sends Him. Who sent Christ? The Father. So to reject the word of God sent to you is to reject God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Now that is mind-blowing. You can reject the Godhead by rejecting the Word of God. So we should not take offense to those who reject the Word of God because it will be the same Word of God that will judge them and it is not us that they reject, but God.

Finally when we look at the relationship between God and His sons we know that when God comes face to face with man, man reflects the glory of God within him (Hebrews 1:1-3). Now in Isaiah 6:1-8 we see a picture of the Lord in His Throne and we see angels in unique positions. One of the positions we see are seraphims covering the face of God and the feet of God. Now if they are covering the face and feet of God, they cannot even look at God face to face. Now look at this scripture and it has always been here but let’s shed some light on it.

Isaiah 6:3: And one (an angel) cried unto another, and said Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory.

Now we have heard this scripture in many songs but what is this telling us. It is showing us that since the angels themselves cannot look at God face to face, the only way to see the glory of God is to look in the earth. In the earth is the beauty and splendor of God in the vessels called man. But it is the beauty within the vessel, not the vessel itself. This is why we do not seek self-glorification because then the glory points to us. Ask Satan (Lucifer) about self glorification because his very creation being covered with stones to reflect the glory of God was not good enough for him and hence Lucifer seeked for worship because he believed in his self and his beauty (Isaiah 14; Ezekiel 28). Everything we do and say should point right back to God. This is the heart and essence of representation when we disappear and the only thing that people can see within us is the glory of God or His presence and goodness extended towards them.

In the next message we will look at the second purpose of man in the earth and that is to deputize.

Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.