Matt. 7:21-23. The Lord says, "Not every one who says to Me, "Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of My Father who is in the heavens. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, was it not in Your name that we prophesied, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name did may works of Power? And then I will declare to them: I never knew you. Depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness." (Knew here means approved. The same word in Rom. 7:15 is translated acknowledge.)
There are so many "ministries" in the Christian world today but how many of them does the Lore approve of? Unless we live in Him, in spirit, and allow Him to live out through us then no matter what we do for Him is not approved by Him. Because the Spirit has been poured out at Pentecost and at the house of Cornelius, whether or not we live in him men can work miracles, etc.
But our Father only works through His Son. He created the universe through the Son. He holds it together through the Son, He redeemed us through the work of the Son on the cross and through that work of His we are justified and have all the riches of the Triune God. Our Father's desire is that we would be related to everything through Christ. We relate to sin through Christ, we relate to others through Christ, we relate to our Father through Christ and even our relationship to ourselves is through our wonderful dear Lord Jesus. So even we also relate to any ministry through Christ. The ministry is not initiated by us nor if He does initiate the ministry through us is it carried out by us but by our continual abiding in Him and allowing Him to bear the fruit through us as a branch in the Him as the true vine.
