Why God’s order? We can’t attain God’s high calling independently.
We can’t attain God’s high calling independently. We need Christ the body. We need to recognize Christ as He is unveiled in His body. Brother H. Holt wrote, “In the body of Christ, there is no such ministry as an independent one” and “The sons of God have learned the secret of obeying.” Being led implies obedience. It implies submission to God’s delegated authority through His body. The flesh hates submission and obedience. However, the rebellious fleshly nature must decrease as Christ is fully formed within. That’s what spiritual maturity is, but spiritual maturity is much more than what God builds in us individually. The Holy Spirit is fitting us into our unique, God-ordained places in this body. God will sort out who goes where, and no human effort can change God’s plan. At the final coming of the Lord in His body, we will all come in the unity of the faith and knowledge of the Son of God to One Perfect Man. We will come to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. (Ep. 4:12-13) The Holy Spirit will have transfigured us into the image and likeness of Christ. And we will walk in total submission to Christ the Head and in God’s perfect Scriptural order. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.