STATEMENT OF FAITH
THE CALLING AND PURPOSE OF
SON RISE MINISTRIES
This ministry is called to establish,
preach, teach, and train. It is our calling by grace
to reinstate the Lord’s ways and truth that were lost or abandoned
when man substituted his ways for God’s. We realize that this
is a progressive thing as we grow in spiritual wisdom and understanding
of His word. We believe every believer
has a ministry according to Eph. 4:11-12; our purpose
is to equip every man to do the work of the ministry for the
edifying of the Body of Christ. We also believe in this ministry
that worshipping the Most High is the alpha and omega of the
ministry of our hearts. In truth, nothing is before it, and
there is not anything that supersedes it. Emphatically, there
is nothing else; it is the sum of what is required. Therefore,
we seek to set before the people of God the wisdom of worship
in its scope.
Furthermore, God's purpose for us is
to bring His people unto maturity, to the progressive formation
of Jesus Christ in them. We minister a word that says
His children MUST OVERCOME all that opposes the rising of the
Son in their hearts. Rev. 3:21; I John 5:4. It is clear in the
Word of God that without holiness no man shall see the Lord.
For sin not to reign unto death, we must come under (to be subject
to) reigning grace, that grace
may have dominion in our hearts. Rom. 6:14. Where grace (God’s
total provision) is King, it will reign unto life, and Christ
will increase. Grace teaches us to deny ungodliness in all its
darkness and to submit unto all righteousness and truth. Titus
2:11-12.
Therefore, SON RISE is the name
of this ministry because it expresses the goal and purpose of
our labor in the Lord. Paul said the same in Col. 1:28-29: “Whom
we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all
wisdom; that we may present every man perfect (mature) in Christ
Jesus. Whereunto I also labour, striving according to His working,
which worketh in me mightily.” This covenant that we
shall consider has as its goal matured behavior in Christ.
The destiny of Jesus as the Son of God is to arise, meaning
to increase, ascend, and move upward and into prominence in
the hearts of His obedient
ones. He will arise in us as that glorious
light of perfection and beauty of character; if we go on to
know the Lord. At this present time, “The
path of the just shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
Prov. 4:18. This day will dawn, and the day star (Jesus) will
arise in fullness in the hearts of many. II Pet. 1:19. The
Greek word phosphoros is translated “day star” in our English
Bible, meaning light- bearing or light bringer. Thus,
Jesus is the light-bearing One that is to arise. This ministry
seeks to point the way to His rising that He may come fully
in view, noticed and admired in us by all. We declare that this
is the hour to partake of the light of His life (John 1:4) and
forsake the sins of the flesh in all its manifestations. If
He is to increase or arise
in our lives, we must decrease.
We are in a day when sinful flesh will come to full maturity
if one is not willing to pay the price to have the light
of His life. This will seal him in darkness, and the
consequence shall be a great wailing and gnashing of teeth.
In love and yet in boldness, we also declare that man’s religious
methods, thinking, and wisdom are not what we adopt. In fact,
we wish purging from any residue of them. Our desire is not
to think for the Lord but rather to have the mind of the Lord.
Apostle Paul says in Eph. 4:23, “and be ye renewed in the spirit
of your mind,” which means to think as Jesus does. When we fail
as a body to think as He thinks, then we should seek to change
our minds and walk in the Spirit of wisdom and truth.
Therefore, this ministry seeks not to be bound
by the frail traditions and opinions of religious men, not even
our own. We desire no doctrine except it is virgin. We do not
wish to set limits upon the Holy
Spirit, confining His Word, method, and power by our human mold
of understanding, doubt, and unbelief. Jesus
has the right to do something new without our permission,
yet we are exhorted to try the spirits to see if the new thing
is out of the Lord as a source. If His anointing
is not present when we gather to worship,
teach, train, and edify, then we can do nothing. We have
not the right to initiate
but only to expedite what
the Lord commands.
The Father’s desire is to see His Son, who is the essence and
center of the church, have His rightful position as Lord and
Head in the midst of His people. The
church is to be the visible demonstration of Jesus Christ in
the earth. Therefore, we desire to actually see Jesus
central in all things we say,
do, and think. We realize that we are being purified in our
hearts for this realization in full. Do we claim to have all
the revelation at this moment? No!
We believe in the virgin birth and in the death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ. Scripture tells us that His death and resurrection
were not for forgiveness of sin only but for deliverance from
the root that produces sin. Forgiveness can be instantaneous,
but deliverance from the root (the sin nature in all of us)
to the formation of Christ (in us) is certainly a progressive
thing by grace. We
also believe that His second coming is judgment upon
the wicked and the completion of redemption for the righteous.
II Thess. 1:7-10; Hebrews 9:28. We believe in the Father, the
Son and the Holy Spirit. Now, "The
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen." II
Cor. 13:14.
Son Rise Ministry is a royal one, like all
true ministry because it is God's. It has royal gifts to offer,
under royal command, purpose and authority. We are only servants
to serve what is given from the Lord to His people. All ministry
is precious to the Father. This is so because of His divine
intention to have sons and to have a ministry in which He can
bring them unto maturity. We choose to acknowledge reality.
We are small in our own eyes, but God is great.
There is an invitation to come
to the bright and morning star (Jesus). Come unto Him and allow
Him to increase in you in progression until He is raised in
the full beauty of His nature. This will surely begin the end
of the dark night in your heart. This is a Son Rise in which
there will never be a Son Set, because He is not rising to decrease.
This will be a new day that will remain forever. We say to those
who are thirsting after Him and
are lovers of Him, “Come!” To
the carnal, religious ones whose
knowledge bears no likeness of Him, “Come!” To the oppressed,
wounded, and brokenhearted,
“Come!” To those that are bound
in sins of every sort, yes, even the out-casts
and rejected, “Come!” Ministers:
John and Rene Parault
