We Are Called to a Melchizedek-Ministry

My Note

This article carries a great truth, & if all "born again" Christians would understand it; they will begin to move in true “power"'

• 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Born again Christendom has also been caught up in traditionalism, promoting what their priest, pastor leader. elder, Reverand. Sr. pastor, mentor & what they call "church" etc. tells them.

They have forgotten their first love. Following a king like the nations of the world.

• 1 Samuel 8:6-7 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord. & And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.

They have become salesmen for their organizations called "church" or leader

Hearing God by the Holy Spirit, through His word is now chocked, with messages given by men.

Many now have begun to glory in ranks in Bible quizzes, Christian competitions, online prophetical encouragers, levels of appreciation conferred on them by their "church" & have begun to wither if not already dead! becoming slaves to the system they have chosen.

• 1 Samuel 8:11-18 11 And he said, “This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots. 12 He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. 14 And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants. 15 He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants. 16 And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. 17 He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants. 18 And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.”

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We Are Called to a Melchizedek-Ministry

Zac Poonen | 7th?April 2024

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Melchizedek appears in only three verses in the entire Bible and yet our Lord is called a High Priest after his name (Genesis 14:18-20)! What did Melchizedek do that was so wonderful? Melchizedek met all three of Abraham's needs, without knowing anything about those needs, because he did what God told him to do.

First of all, he took some food for Abraham. Melchizedek was a sensible man! He was not one of those super-spiritual types who feel that spiritual people must be ascetics! He did not tell Abraham to fast and pray but gave him a good meal!

Many years later, God did the same thing for Elijah, when he was exhausted and depressed. God sent an angel to him, not with "an exhortation", but with some nourishing food (1 Kings 19:5-8)!?

“Just think what would happen if we began to live like Melchizedek, listening to God and seeking to know from Him what we should do, each day. It would be the most useful way any of us could live on this earth.!”

That is a good example for us to follow - to take a meal for some tired, exhausted brother or sister. When a believer is depressed or discouraged, what he needs may be just some good food and not an exhortation - for he is not only spirit and soul, but body too. We must not forget that! After giving him the food, Melchizedek helped Abraham spiritually too - not by preaching to him, but by praising God for Abraham's victory - in two brief sentences.

He said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth. And blessed be God Most High Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." (Genesis 14:19, 20).?

Melchizedek probably spent two hours feeding Abraham and his servants and then spent 15 seconds praising God. But in Melchizedek's brief expression of praise, Abraham realised two things.

First of all, Abraham realised that he belonged to a God Who owned the heavens and the earth. That delivered him from coveting the goods of the king of Sodom that he had just recovered. Even though Sodom's riches must have been considerable, since Sodom was a very wealthy place, Abraham now saw that all that booty was like worthless garbage compared to the heaven and earth that his God owned. Melchizedek helped Abraham to see clearly Whom he belonged to.

Notice Melchizedek's wisdom here. He did not preach to Abraham saying, "The Lord has told me that you're getting covetous and I've come with a word from Him to warn you"! No. Beware of self-appointed "prophets" who always claim to have "a word from the Lord" for you! Such "prophets" are false prophets. Melchizedek just turned Abraham's attention away from the booty to God. And "the things of earth grew strangely dim" in Abraham's eyes. That is the way to help people.

Secondly, Abraham saw clearly that it was not he and his 318 servants who had defeated those kings, but God! That was another revelation - and that saved Abraham from pride. Again, Melchizedek succeeded in turning Abraham's attention away from his victory to God!

The best preacher is the one who can turn our attention away from ourselves and our accomplishments to the Lord Himself.

And now we come to the best part of this story. Melchizedek disappeared after blessing Abraham. We never read of him again in the Bible. His name appears only as a type of Christ.

Melchizedek must have been praying in his tent that morning when God spoke to him and told him what to do. He did not know Abraham, but he knew God. And that was enough. God told him what to do and made him a blessing to many.

What a ministry we priests of Melchizedek's order are called to! We are to bless people, physically and spiritually - and then disappear before we are even thanked!

Do you want people to think you are a great man of God or do you want them to know that you have a great God. Therein lies the difference between a religious ministry and a spiritual one. Therein lies the difference between the priesthood of Aaron and the priesthood of Melchizedek. Aaron constantly appeared before people and got honour from them. Melchizedek served people and disappeared!

This is how Jesus Himself ministered during His earthly days. He went around meeting the spiritual and physical needs of people who were beaten in life's battles. And He never wanted anyone to advertise His healings. He never wanted to be known as a Healer. He never wanted to be a king. He came to serve others and to lay down His life for them. He did not want to be famous. He did not even want to prove to Herod, or Pilate, or Annas, or Caiaphas, that He was the Son of God, by appearing to any of them after His resurrection. He never appeared to a single one of the Pharisees or Sadducees after His resurrection, because He did not want to justify Himself before men. He knew that the opinions of men were fit only for the garbage bin!

Just think what would happen if we began to live like Melchizedek, listening to God and seeking to know from Him what we should do, each day. It would be the most useful way any of us could live on this earth.

Are we not too called to live such a life where those who come in touch with us are blessed - physically and spiritually? We are all called to be priests according to the order of Melchizedek.