This message was shared by Apostle Kathryn Krick Lead Pastor/ Apostle of 5F Church in Los Angeles, CA on November 4, 2024. Below is a word for word transcription of the message as if Apostle Kathryn is writing this to you. To watch the full video scroll to the bottom of this post. We pray this teaching blesses you and equips you to walk as a powerful vessel of God. 

In the world’s ways you think you get ahead, you think you get elevated, you think you get success by people promoting you, endorsing you, opening the door for you.

Many people think that to be a servant of God in ministries, to reach more people, to expand their ministry, the way that it will happen is the world’s way. Endorsements. People with power and influence opening up doors for you. People validating you. 

That has seeped into the Church, people think that, but I got news for you: That’s not how it works!

The true work of God, that’s not how the success in Christ comes, the expanding to reach more and more people and revival to break out. That’s not how it happens. 

It happens by the fruits. By people sharing the fruits, testifying of the fruits.

The world’s way, that has seeped into the Church, that is not how Jesus won. That’s not how so many people kept coming to Jesus. When they crucified Him, that didn’t stop people from believing in Jesus. More started believing in Jesus when He was resurrected and the Apostles spread the good news.

Not the Pharisees and Sadducees, the people with influence and power and esteem; none of them, except for Nicodemus, even said He was a true prophet, let alone the Messiah. 

But you see, Jesus did not win, did not expand the revival, the world’s way. And Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. 

We do not need the validation of man. We do not need people to open up doors. We do not need them to say good things about us; leaders in the body of Christ, leaders in this world, people with influence, for this revival to expand and for God’s will to be done, for this move of God to keep growing and touching millions more people. 

We don’t need any of that! That’s not God’s way! 

God’s way for revival to grow is through the fruits and the testimony of the fruits spreading. 

You shall know them by their fruits, the bible says. 

Who is the true servant of God? - Where the true work of God is.

The bible does not say: “You shall know them by who endorses them.”

“So if the Pharisees and Sadducees aren’t endorsing them, that’s not a true servant of God.” - IT DOESN’T SAY THAT! 

It is freeing, isn’t it, that you don’t have to rely on people to open up doors for you.

Not by might, not by power, but by the spirit.