THE TRUE SERVANT
The Spirit of the Lord came upon me, saying: "How is it that you and so many believe upon most everyone that say they are my servants, and I sent them not? Therefore, see here now, for I shall show you a servant.”He said to me Behold, what do you see? I saw into the servant and beheld the stomach, as the stomach of a man. And he said; read the name that is written on the stomach. And when I looked I saw the name of the stomach. It read: EATER OF MEATS. And the Spirit of the Lord said to me; My servants are not fearful of the meat of my word. My servants are not so high minded that they refuse correction by my word. They are weaned from off the milk.He said to me; Behold, what do you see? I looked and saw the heart of the servant. And on the left side of it a name was written: PATIENCE. And on the right side of it a name was written: FAITHFUL. And the heart itself formed a word; LOVE. He said to me; My servants are faithful to be patient to wait for me before going out the gate. My servants do not pretend anything. As He spoke I noticed a little silver ring on top of the heart as it were a crown. And He said to me; When the servant’s motive is pure they receive this on their heart. He said; Read the name that is written on the little ring. My eyes were close to it that I could read the name written all around it. And it is: SELFLESS, LOVE AND SACRIFICE FOR JESUS AND THE PEOPLE. And I remembered what the apostle Paul said; If the motive is not love, that its just a lot of noise. And I realized that true love and selfless sacrifice are hand in hand.
And He said to me; Behold, what do you see? I looked and saw the mind of a servant. And He said to me; The name of the mind of a true servant is three words; And these three words hold the greatest wisdom that a man can attain on his own. And He said; Read it. And I read: I AM IGNORANT. And He said; If a servant does not have this mind, then neither do they have any understanding. For my thoughts are higher than their thoughts, And my ways are higher than their ways. He said to me; Behold, what do you see? I looked and saw the garment that covered the servant. It went to the hands and to the feet, brownish gray and dull looking. He said to me; Read the name of it. I read the name: DEATH OF THE FLESH SELF. It looked like it was written with scorching heat. And He said to me; I refine my servants with fire; even as flesh was burned on the alter, so is the first self dead, yet alive by my Holy Spirit. And He said to me; My servants are truly converted. They will not take anything less. He said to me; Behold, what do you see? I looked and saw the shield of the servant. It was the size of the servant and had the look of parchment. When the servant turned toward me, He said to me; Read the name of the shield. I saw the name that was written across the top of the shield: IT IS WRITTEN. And He said to me; My word is the shield of the servant. For I have cried in the temple and in the city, SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES! HAVE YOU NOT READ! IT IS WRITTEN! The servant is not above the Master.
And He said to me; Behold, what do you see? And I saw the servant raise his right hand and in his hand a sword. And He said to me; Read the name of the sword. I could see on the broad part of the blade, In the middle of it was written: THE SWORD OF TRUTH, And the left edge of it had the appearance of fire, and flames did come from off of the left edge of it. And the right edge of it had the appearance of water, and rain did come from off of the right edge of it. And He said to me. Fire for seeing and correction, Rain for healing and growing. Fire of truth and rain of Spirit upon My little fig tree. Behold! It is green and puts forth leaves.
He said to me; Behold, what do you see? And I saw the helmet of the servant. It had the appearance of leather with a strap tied under his chin. Then the servant moved his head slightly and I saw a gold ring; it was fine like hair, circling the helmet and it did shine like it was reflecting the light of the sun. And He said to me When the adversary, or any of his see this, they do burn with envy and are wroth. And He said to me Read the name of the helmet. I could read the name that was written on the gold ring that was fine like hair, and I read: EVERLASTING LIFE-SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD.
He said to me; Behold, what do you see? I saw a white light coming down upon the head of the servant and it was moving like a river of water. From out of the heart of the servant I could see beams of light that were going in all directions and on each beam a name:
LOVE, PEACE, JOY, PATIENCE, FAITH, LONG SUFFERING, TRUTH, WISDOM, TEMPERANCE, MEEKNESS, GOODNESS, KINDNESS. He said to me. Read the name of the light that comes down and onto the head of the servant. I saw the name of it, and that it was moving with the light like a river, so that it said over and over, THE HOLY SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST THE LORD. He said to me; FROM HERE AFTER THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY FOR ANY SNAKE OF DECEIT INSIDE OF YOU, OR OUTSIDE OF YOU. THAT IS BETWEEN THE GROUND AND THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FEET WITH THE SWORD OF TRUTH PUT THROUGH ITS NECK. And when He spoke, I saw the servant’s right foot and it was upon the head of a serpent and the right hand of the servant that held the sword came down, so that the sword cut off the serpents head, and it did fall to the ground! Amen.
Peace In Christ;
Michael Cook
In The Spirit Of Christ
A Gathering Of Christians
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