Be Strong in The Lord!

Be Strong In The Lord
Victory Ministries
Walter Kambulow
May 1, 2010
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Walter Kambulow, is a man like King David, "after God's own

heart." I encourage you to read his books. It will fill your souls
with hearty spiritual food and give you new strength to live your
faith in Jesus. He is Jesus centered and saturated with the Word
of God and strong in the Spirit of the Holy Ghost. He is a great
fighter for His King and an encourager of the true Saints. –
He is a man of God with a sincere burden for the Body of
Christ and its attack from these wolves in sheep’s clothing.
He spends his time trying to warn the sheep that the Wolves
are not coming into the sheep pen, they are already there and
ravaging God’s people with their horrible witchcraft powers.
Dr. Pat Holiday, Jacksonville, Florida
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Content
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
Brethren, Pray For Us
CHAPTER 2
Surely He Shall Deliver You
CHAPTER 3
Let No One Deceive You
CHAPTER 4
You Can Be Saved, Healed And Delivered!
CHAPTER 5
God‘s People Have Committed Two Evils
CHAPTER 6
But Barak Pursued
CHAPTER 7
Nothing Is Too Hard For God
CHAPTER 8
Faith Is?
CHAPTER 9
The LORD Kills And Makes Alive
CHAPTER 10
I Will Deliver Him And Honor Him
CHAPTER 11
Riches And Honor And Life
My Jesus is a Man of War
CHAPTER 12
In Paths of Righteousness
CHAPTER 13
But Also In Power
CHAPTER 14
Victory Rests With The Lord
CHAPTER 15
I Will Bless You
CHAPTER 16
Head Not Tail, Above Not Beneath
CHAPTER 17
Kept By The Power Of God
CHAPTER 18
The God of Increase
CHAPTER 19
Do Not Be Afraid; Only Believe
CHAPTER 20
And Be Kind To One Another, Tenderhearted
CHAPTER 21
What Do Liars Do?
CHAPTER 22
That Woman Jezebel
CHAPTER 23
Woe To Him
CHAPTER 24
"Where Is Your Faith?"
CHAPTER 25
Our Sufficiency Is From God
CHAPTER 26
Your Faith Makes The Difference
CHAPTER 27
Greater Works
CHAPTER 28
Double Minded Christians
Introduction
―Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your
God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.‖
Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, ―Be strong and of
good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to
their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it.
―And the LORD, He is the one who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not
leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.‖ He is the One who goes with you.
He will not leave you nor forsake you.‖ Deuteronomy 31:6-8
God is with His true ones wherever they go. He will strengthen them and bless them because He
loves them. The road is never easy but the plagues that come upon man are not theirs but God is
their refuge and strength and high tower. He protects them from the storms of life and keeps them
in the shadow of His everlasting arms. As His word is true:
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty. I will say of the LORD, ―He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will
trust.‖ Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous
pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take
refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the
destruction that lays waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not
come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling
place,
No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall
give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall
bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and the
cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
―Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on
high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will
be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.‖ Psalm 91:1-16
Victory is given only in battle and not outside of it. God has promised to bring His true children
through everything including poverty, lack, afflictions and want and not keep them there. He has an
answer and solution for every problem His people face and need that they have. But it‘s not a
standard solution for God is not limited in any way as to how He will work a miracle for them that
will bring glory and honor to His name. If they could solve the problem or work out a solution they
would not need God and they wouldn‘t know what faith in God will achieve? Andre Crouch wrote
about this in his song entitled ―Through it All.‖
Yes, without the troubles and the storms we would never know what faith in God can do.
Through it all we can learn to trust in Jesus, learn to trust in God, learn to depend upon His word!
The battles of Life are fought and won not by human logic or reasoning but by the obedience to the
Spirit of the Lord, to the same Spirit that was on Jesus and is on His true ones.
Chapter 1
Brethren, Pray For Us
On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If
anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has
said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." But this He spoke concerning the
Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given,
because Jesus was not yet glorified. John 7:37-39
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of
God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all
things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace
Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved
blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will
do it. Brethren, pray for us. 1 Thessalonians 5:15-25
God didn‘t call His people to live and walk in the flesh but to live and walk and pray in the Spirit.
He called them to have rivers of living water flowing out their heart! He called them to have victory
over all things and to overcome all things! He told them
"Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of
the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19
And He said to them, "Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to
him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; 'for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have
nothing to set before him'; "and he will answer from within and say, 'Do not trouble me; the door is
now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you'? "I say to you, though
he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise
and give him as many as he needs. "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you
will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks
finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. "If a son asks for bread from any father among you,
will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? "Or if
he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask
Him!" Luke 11:5-13
Break through comes not from sitting on the premises but on praying in the spirit and standing
on the promises! Many Christians blame the Devil for all the trouble in their lives, while others say
that it‘s their worldly, sinful mindsets that is at fault by the real failure is to have the mind of Christ
as given by the Holy Spirit. Failure to hear and heed the voice of God on a continual and daily basis
will result in all other failures and lack of prosperity. Deception occurs in our hearts and lives when
we assume something that others have taught or said to us as though it was God who said it, when
He did not. To avoid any form of deception and error we literally have to check all our thinking and
suggestions and words from others with the Holy Spirit who is more than willing and able to speak to
us, teach us, and lead and guide us into all truth and things! We are the temple of the Holy Spirit
who lives inside us and is more than able to help us in and with anything and everything! Living and
walking in the Spirit includes praying in the Spirit continually and allowing the Spirit to make the
Word of God alive to our Spirit and bring needed revelation and instruction about all things. God who
made and sustains heaven and earth is more than enough to guide and instruct us in all things if we
could only get past our carnal mindset! We not only need the grace of God but the communion of
the Holy Spirit! God‘s word is unchanging:
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy
Spirit be with you all. Amen. 2 Corinthians 13:14
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of
redemption. Ephesians 4:30
If we grieve the Holy Spirit and don‘t have the communion of the Holy Spirit, it doesn‘t matter
how we think, say or do, we are in serious trouble and are like a train that is derailed and of the
track. We will be spinning our wheels going nowhere fast! Many failures and defeats in our lives can
be traced to the fact that we didn‘t depend upon the Holy Spirit or use the services of ministering
angels who have been assigned to us. God‘s word is unchanging:
That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. 2
Timothy 1:14
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy
Spirit, Jude 1:20
Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit
salvation? Hebrews 1:14
Jesus who is our example and our live was totally dependent on the Holy Spirit for all things and
availed Himself of angels who came and ministered to him. And so should we. God‘s word is
unchanging:
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
…Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him. Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out
through all the surrounding region. And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by
all. So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He
went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And He was handed
the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place
where it was written: "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To
preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim
liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are
oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD." Then He closed the book, and
gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue
were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your
hearing." Luke 4:14-20
Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and
teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and
Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. Luke 5:17
There are some things that have been chasing you, in fact threatening to drown you and take
you under. It may be debt, it may be sickness, it may be fear, it may be a bad relationship. I don‘t
know what it is that‘s chasing you, but by praying in the Spirit you can have a turn around and that
which has been running after you, nipping at your heels is going to be running from you.
Because of Jesus we can ask God to pump the blood of Jesus into our blood and command our
blood to be transfused with the blood of Jesus to effect our perfect health, in the name of Jesus. We
can expect that the blood of Jesus flush every evil deposit out from our blood. We can command
every inherited sickness in your life, to depart from us now, in Jesus name. We can permanently
close every door of infirmity in our life, in Jesus name.
We need not be sorrowful; for the joy of the Lord is our strength, in the name of Jesus. We have
the power to mount up with the wings as Eagles fall upon us right now, in the name of Jesus. We
can command everything that needs replacement in our life, to receive replacement right now, in the
name of Jesus and every impossibilities in our life, to become possible, in the name of Jesus.
Through the name of Jesus we can open wide all doors leading to our blessings, victory and
breakthroughs which the enemies have closed, in Jesus name we can command every disease,
oppression and depression that came into our life as a result of fear, to disappear right now, in the
name of Jesus. We can decree that no weapon of satan and his agents fashioned against us shall
prosper, in the name of Jesus.
And yes we can decree that the angels of prosperity would withdraw the riches of the ungodly
and transfer them to us, in the name of Jesus. We can command every past and present satanically
diverted money, to rush back to our bosom, in the name of Jesus. We can command any power
sitting on an evil mat against our prosperity, to fall down and die, in the name of Jesus. We can
possess all our possessions, birth right and inheritance in Christ Jesus. Our mouth can receive Holy
Ghost fire and we can ask the Lord to clothe us and our entire family members with his fire so that
our lives will be too hot for the devil to touch. We can command every witchcraft and wizard
reinforcement and re-enchantment against us and our family members to fall down right now to the
ground and die, by the fire of the Holy Ghost and In the name of Jesus. We can ask God to help us
to dress ourselves fully and appropriately in His full armor, IN JESUS name!
We can ask for the fire of God to our eyes and ears to melt away every satanic deposits, in the
name of Jesus. We can ask the Lord to anoint our eyes and our ears that they may see and hear
wondrous things from heaven. We can let our spiritual sight and ear drum receive healing, in Jesus
name. We can let the anointing of the Holy Spirit break every yoke of backward movements in our
life, in the name of Jesus.
We can speak failure unto every satanic weapon fashioned against us, in the name of Jesus. We
can command every satanic decoder being used against our desired breakthroughs to fall down and
scatter, in the name of Jesus and we can command every power of witchcraft troubling our life to fall
down and die, in the name of Jesus. We can expect our prayers and hands become the sword of fire
to cut down evil trees, in Jesus name.
We can ask God that every good thing that the devil has chased away or diverted from reaching
us shall come back to life in our life and release divine restoration in our marriage, in our health, in
our finances, in our spiritual well-being and in all areas of your life. In the mighty powerful name of
Jesus. We can let all the entrance doors of poverty and the exit doors of blessings in our life be
closed, in the name of the Jesus. We can expect all our enemies to bow before us and to
congratulate us, in the name of Jesus. We can expect every false allegation and accusation against
us fall down to the ground and die, in the name of Jesus. We can paralyze every power of death and
hell targeted against us and can command every enemy of our life to stumble and fall, in the name
of Jesus.
We can thank our Father God for the benefits and provision of the blood of Jesus. We can stand
on the ground of the blood of Jesus to proclaim victory over sin, satan and his agents and the world.
We can apply the blood of Jesus to every stubborn problem in our life. We can plead the blood of
Jesus upon our body from the top of our head to the sole of our feet. We can let the blood of Jesus
speak victory and prosperity unto our life. We can let all the affairs of our life be too hot for any evil
power to manipulate, in the name of Jesus.
We can command every satanic agents to clear out from the pathway to our victory, in the name
of Jesus. We can command all demonic obstacles that have been established in the heart of anyone
against our prosperity be destroyed, in the name of Jesus. We can bind every money-consuming
demon attached to our finances, in the name of Jesus. We can command every blessing confiscated
by witchcraft spirits to be released, in the name of Jesus. We can command all powers sponsoring
evil decisions against us to be disgraced in the name of Jesus and all satanic manipulations aimed
at changing our destiny be frustrated, in the name of Jesus. We can command the stubborn
strongman delegated against us fall down to the ground and become impotent, in the name of
Jesus. God‘s word is unchanging:
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also;
and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. "And whatever you ask
in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. "If you ask anything
in My name, I will do it. "If you love Me, keep My commandments. "And I will pray the
Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever- "the
Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him;
but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. "I will not leave you orphans;
I will come to you. John 14:12-18
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the
whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the
riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that
Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and
height- to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all
the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we
ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by
Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21
Chapter 2
Surely He Shall Deliver You
Almighty. Psalm 91:1
"Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high,
because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with
him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, And show
him My salvation." Psalm 91:14-16
For those who make their eternal God their refuge and dwelling place and set their love upon
Him, God has promised great and wonderful things. He has promised to deliver them from the snare
of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He has promised to cover them with His feathers and
give them refuge under His wings from the terror by night, or of the arrow that flies by day, or the
pestilence that walks in darkness, or the destruction that lays waste at noonday. He has promised
that no evil shall befall them nor shall any plague come near their dwelling. He has promised that
they shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent they shall trample
underfoot. He has promised to deliver him; set them on high, because they have known His name.
He has promised to answer them when they call upon Him; to be with them in trouble; to deliver
him and honor them; to satisfy them with long life and to show them His salvation.
Hence we need to pray to the Lord and ask Him to help us not to languish and brood over our
afflictions but to trust and hope in His immense power and authority; to give us the grace to always
acknowledge the fact that there is no problem that He cannot solve for us; to enable us to place our
hope and trust always in Him particularly in adverse situations. We need to ask for His love to
always surround us and breakthrough all barriers so that we might taste and see His goodness. His
word is true:
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear
the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. The young lions lack and
suffer hunger; But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing. Psalm 34:8-10
The LORD knows the days of the upright, And their inheritance shall be forever. They
shall not be ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalm 37:18-19
Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
Their soul abhorred all manner of food, And they drew near to the gates of death. Then
they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses. He
sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. Psalm 107:17-
20
We reap what we sow. Our negative attitudes, words and judgments about others bring upon us
trouble and sorrow and judgments. As a result we suffer and need to cry to the LORD in our trouble
and affliction for we need God's great mercy and grace to be healed and delivered out of them all.
When we have enough of trouble and sorrow we will go to the Lord who is the God of all comfort and
find His comfort. His word is unchanging:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who
comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any
trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the
sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. Now if we
are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the
same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and
salvation. And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of
the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation. For we do not want you to be
ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond
measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of
death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will
still deliver us, you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by
many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many. 2 Corinthians 1:2-11
Yes, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble,
with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ
abound in us, so so our consolation also abounds through Christ. God doesn‘t waste anything in our
lives but He works all things together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called
according to His purpose (Romans 8:28). Through our trials and testings Yes, we learn not trust in
ourselves but in God who raises the dead, and is the one and only Deliverer. We learn not to judge
others harshly lest we ourselves be judged harshly. God‘s word is true:
"But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, "bless
those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. "To him who strikes you
on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not
withhold your tunic either. "Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes
away your goods do not ask them back. "And just as you want men to do to you, you also
do to them likewise. "But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For
even sinners love those who love them. "And if you do good to those who do good to you,
what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. "And if you lend to those from
whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners
to receive as much back. "But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in
return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind
to the unthankful and evil. "Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
"Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be
condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. "Give, and it will be given to you: good
measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For
with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you." Luke 6:30-38
God judges those who judges others and condemns those who condemn others. He is merciful to
those who are merciful. The measure they measure to others He measures to them. He gives grace
to the humble but He resists the proud. His word is unchanging:
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to
the humble." Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near
to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your
hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to
mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift
you up. Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and
judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you
are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to
destroy. Who are you to judge another? James 4:6-12
Judge not, that you be not judged. "For with what judgment you judge, you will be
judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. "And why do you
look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? "Or
how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a
plank is in your own eye? "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then
you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Matthew 7:1-5
Because of improper judgments many of God‘s people don‘t live in divine health or divine
prosperity, even though salvation through Jesus enables us to return to the original position Adam
enjoyed with God. In that original state, Adam was healthy. No sickness or disease existed in his
body, because no sickness or disease existed on earth. Adam enjoyed divine health, a sound mind
and every need met before he sinned in the Garden. All he had to do was obey God's command and
stay away from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the midst of the Garden. But when
the serpent said, "Go ahead and eat from it," Adam disobeyed God and chose a new master (Gen.
3:4-6). At that moment, he lost all the blessings that had been his to enjoy. From that point on,
Adam and all his descendants were plagued with hate, murder, poverty and sickness.
But God didn‘t leave man to his curses of sin, suffering, poverty, lack and death. He prepared a
day of atonement. Jesus became the sacrificial Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
(John 1:29.) He was the last Adam, who redeemed - or purchased back - for us everything the first
Adam lost. Through Jesus, we can come into the family of God and have all our original possessions
restored! God sent His Word, Jesus, to heal us (Ps. 107:20). He "Himself took our infirmities, and
bare our sicknesses" (Matthew 8:17). His word tells us says, "By whose stripes ye were healed" (1
Peter 2:24). God‘s word is unchanging:
"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that
they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all
sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul
prospers. For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you,
just as you walk in the truth. 3 John 1:2-3
Chapter 3
Let No One Deceive You
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravenous wolves. "You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from
thornbushes or figs from thistles? "Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad
tree bears bad fruit. "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
"Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. "Therefore
by their fruits you will know them. "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter
the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. "Many will say to
Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your
name, and done many wonders in Your name?' "And then I will declare to them, 'I never
knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' Matthew 7:15-23
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God
comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them. For you
were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit
of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to
the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose
them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes
manifest is light. Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And
Christ will give you light." Ephesians 5:6-14
If deception of Christians by empty words of deceivers were not possible then Apostle Paul would
not warn Christians about it or that because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons
of disobedience and also tells us do not be partakers with them.
And scriptures doesn‘t tell us that exposing the unfruitful works of darkness which are done by
the sons of disobedience is wrong bur rather children of light are to become aware of them, expose
them and to have no fellowship with the perpetrators of evil, lies, deception and wickedness many
of whom are goats not sheep! And God‘s word is true:
"Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the
everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 'for I was hungry and you gave Me no
food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 'I was a stranger and you did not take Me in,
naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' "Then they
also will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or
naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?' "Then He will answer them, saying,
'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did
not do it to Me.' "And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous
into eternal life." Matthew 25:41-46
Jesus taught that the goats who did not give him food when He was hungry, give him drink when
He was thirsty, take Him in when He was a stranger, clothe Him when He was naked, visit Him when
He was sick and in prison would go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal
life. Yes, all those who did not minister to the least of one of these are unrighteous. And since Jesus
wrote the rules and enforces them, they are in deep trouble.
Yes, Jesus taught that all His words were not to be ignored or there would be serious
consequences. He also told us to beware of men who would come as wolves in sheep‘s clothing and
would teach the doctrine of men as commandments of God (Matthew 16:9). He also taught:
 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God.' "
 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.' "
 'You shall not tempt the LORD your God.' "
Yes, these are the keys to proper ministry and Christian living for God‘s word is unchanging:
Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by
the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days
He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry. And the devil said to
Him, "If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." But Jesus
answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word
of God.' "
Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the
world in a moment of time. And the devil said to Him, "All this authority I will give You, and
their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. "Therefore,
if You will worship before me, all will be Yours." And Jesus answered and said to him, "Get
behind Me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you
shall serve.' "
Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to
Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here. "For it is written: 'He
shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you,' "and, 'In their hands they shall bear
you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' " And Jesus answered and said to him, "It
has been said, 'You shall not tempt the LORD your God.' "
Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an
opportune time. Luke 4:1-13
Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world,
and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we
shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into
many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love
of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their
greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But you, O man of God,
flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have
confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:6-12
The enemy and men are great liars and deceivers and love to appeal to the lusts of men
including mouthing words that sound nice and appear to true but have no basis in fact. In order to
ensnare those who are gullible, even the righteous, the eloquent words that men speak about
something must appear to be true and must have an element of truth in them. It‘s a well known fact
that if something appears too good to be true, then it‘s not true. Even though many pastors and
preachers have promised a hundred fold returns for money sowed into their ministries, very few, if
any, of the sheep can testify that they have had a consistent hundred return fold from their giving
into a particular ministry. Yet God‘s word is unchanging:
"I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, 'I
have dreamed, I have dreamed!' "How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who
prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart, "who try to make
My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their
fathers forgot My name for Baal. "The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And
he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?"
says the LORD. "Is not My word like a fire?" says the LORD, "And like a hammer that
breaks the rock in pieces?
"Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," says the LORD, "who steal My words
every one from his neighbor. "Behold, I am against the prophets," says the LORD, "who
use their tongues and say, 'He says.' "Behold, I am against those who prophesy false
dreams," says the LORD, "and tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies and by
their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not
profit this people at all," says the LORD. "So when these people or the prophet or the priest
ask you, saying, 'What is the oracle of the LORD?' you shall then say to them, 'What
oracle?' I will even forsake you," says the LORD. "And as for the prophet and the priest and
the people who say, 'The oracle of the LORD!' I will even punish that man and his house.
Jeremiah 23:25-34
Even though quite a few pastors and preachers prophecy false dreams and vision and cause
God‘s people to err by their lies and by their recklessness, God did not send them or command
them; therefore they shall not profit the people at all. And God will in due season punish those are
false and those who listen to their lies.
We are to check everything that we hear about God and His word with His written word, the
bible, and with the Holy Spirit. If it is really His word then there must be a confirmation with two
witnesses and with miracles, signs and wonders - otherwise it not from God but from man or the
devil.
It‘s to be noted that Jesus never taught that worship:
 Enhances the sense of unity
 Ministers to one another
 Teaches and reinforces spiritual truth
It is a fact that many songs sung in the Christian church are doctrinally unsound such as “I am a
poor wayfaring stranger.‘ True Christians are anything but poor. By faith all the riches and resources
of heaven are available to them here in the current time of life. And Jesus promised everyone who
has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for His name's
sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life (Matthew 19:29, Mark 10:29).
Yes, some of the so called Christians songs are very depressing and have a form of godliness but
deny its power. Just because you sing lustily in the flesh for an hour in the church doesn‘t mean the
power of God will come down, no more than masses of people singing in a local bar! For the
anointing to come down in any place, someone must be in tune with God and open to the anointing.
Then God can express Himself the manifestation of the gifts of the Sprit.
I have personally seen the anointing of God come down in a church through an anointed singer
and the senior pastor did not know what to do with it! When the anointing was manifested, Jesus
healed the sick, cast out devils, gave liberty to the captives, delivered the prisoners, comforted the
mourners, healed the brokenhearted, and gave justice to the oppressed. He didn‘t use the time of
collect the offering or talk about the churches building program but He ministered to the poor and
needy? Of course when you measure yourself by yourself, you are doing things right? But when God
and others measure you by His or their standard, you have probably missed the mark? God‘s word is
unchanging:
How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a
teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for
edification. If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in
turn, and let one interpret. But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and
let him speak to himself and to God. Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others
judge. 1 Corinthians 14:26-29
Chapter 4
You Can Be Saved, Healed And Delivered!
I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my foes rejoice
over me. O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me. Psalm 30:1-2.
sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. Psalm
107:17-20
Yes, God saved, healed and delivered His afflicted people from their destruction under the Old
Testament and under the New Testament. Yes, the cross of Christ shows how earnestly God desires
to heal us. Yes, it‘s true that healing of the body is linked with forgiveness of sins and a covenant
relationship with God. Yes, we need to realize that Jesus redeemed us from all effects of the sin and
fall of man, and that as a result we can be healed if we acknowledge Christ as our Savior and Lord.
Physical death and sickness entered the world through sin, the cure is salvation in Jesus. By coming
to Christ in sincere repentance, we can know Him as Savior, Healer, and Deliverer. His word is
unchanging:
I will love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my
deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my
salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I
be saved from my enemies. Psalm 18:1-3
It is a fact that the Old Testament types and prophesies, and the New Testament fulfillment of
those types and prophecies, prove that through the atonement of Jesus we can be saved and
healed. It is also a wonderful fact that the lovely God of love died to redeem us from all the effects
of sin. The cross of Jesus causes us to confidently expect miracles, healing and deliverance from
God. The God who gave His Son for us will also with Him freely give us all things. The redeeming
work of Jesus is the basis of every blessing the Christian receives. Christ's death was the foundation
of creation, of redemption and all the blessing of the new covenant and makes us complete in Him,
who is the head of all principality and power. God‘s word is unchanging:
As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built
up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with
thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit,
according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not
according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are
complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Colossians 2:6-10
But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a
better covenant, which was established on better promises. For if that first covenant had
been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Because finding fault
with them, He says: "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah- "not according to the
covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead
them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I
disregarded them, says the LORD.
"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says
the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their
God, and they shall be My people. "None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his
brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the
greatest of them. "For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their
lawless deeds I will remember no more." In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made
the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 8:6-13
Jesus said that His delivering love and power in the age of grace was to be likened to "the
acceptable year of the Lord," that is, the year of Jubilee. Well every fiftieth year, or more precisely,
on the tenth day of the seventh month of the 49th. year, on the great day of atonement, the
sounding of the trumpets proclaimed the year of release and redemption. Every inheritance
throughout Israel was restored to its former ancient family owner. All prisoners, captives and slaves
were given their freedom, and all debts were absolved. The land, as on the Sabbath years, enjoyed
a year of rest, and was not sowed or reaped, its natural produce was the property of all, to partake
as they needed it. The blessing of God gave an abundant harvest to make up for the deficiency of
food due to the suspension of work in the seventh year. The sixth year yielded a miraculous supply
sufficient to meet the need of three years. (Lev.25v8-23.)
However God‘s word, 'Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day
of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all
your land, 'And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to
all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and
each of you shall return to his family,‘ Leviticus 25:9-10, tells us that no blessing of the year of
Jubilee was to be announced by the sounding of the trumpet, until the blood of the bullock slain as a
sin offering was sprinkled upon the mercy seat on the day of atonement.
And now through the death and shed blood of Christ, the slaves and prisoners of sin, sickness
and Satan can know complete release and deliverance, rejoicing in the forgiveness of their sin.
Through Christ's atoning death salvation and healing can be ours. So we come to Jesus for salvation
and healing and He will give it to us on the grounds of His atoning death. Throughout the Scriptures
we see that it was the blood of the atonement that was the grounds of healing. In Levitucs
14:18,19., we read that atonement was made for the lepers cleansing, and we read in Numbers
16:45-50., and 2 Samuel 24:10-25., of plagues being stayed because of the atonement. God‘s word
is true:
And the people spoke against God and against Moses: "Why have you brought us up out
of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes
this worthless bread." So the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the
people; and many of the people of Israel died.
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken
against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD that He take away the serpents from
us." So Moses prayed for the people.
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be
that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live."
So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had
bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. Numbers 21:5-9
The Word of God tells us that the bronze serpent was a type of Christ's atonement, and the
Israelites were healed through looking at it. If forgiveness and healing came to all who looked at the
brazen serpent, the type of Christ's atonement, then, surely, by looking to the fulfillment of that
type, our dear Lord Jesus, we can expect greater blessings than the Israelites experienced through
the type of Christ‘s atonement? God‘s word is unchanging:
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be
lifted up, "that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life "For God so
loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should
not perish but have everlasting life. "For God did not send His Son into the world to
condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:14-16
"And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself." John 12:32
This proved true in the ministry of Jesus, He healed all that came to Him of every disease and
sickness. Christ's death is now the basis of every blessing that we receive as Christians for Jesus is
the Savior who forgives ALL our in iniquities and heals ALL our diseases.
In Exodus 15:26., God promised to be "God the healer," and though it is a conditional promise,
like all the promises of God, it reveals God as the healer of His people. Also similar promise is in
Exodus 23:25,26., where God promises His obedient children, "I will take sickness from the midst of
thee and the number of thy days I will fulfill," and again Psalm 91:6, promises those who dwell in
the secret place of the Most High long life. (Psalm 90:10.) These promises are conditional upon the
keeping of the moral law, and law of health laid down in the law.
Some would say that we cannot claim these Old Testament promises, however, Jesus showed by
His ministry that these promises are to be extended even to the Gentiles in this new dispensation.
Many such lovely promises as Deuteronomy 33:25,27. Johuas 1:5,9. Isaiah 40:31. Psalm 23 etc.,
given originally to Israel, comfort and encourage Christ's Church today. We can also find comfort
and healing through such Old Testament promises as Exodus 15:26, 23:25, Psalm 103:3. These
promises are "Yea and Amen" in Christ, when we fulfill the conditions that God laid down with them.
God‘s word is unchanging:
Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan
according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No? But as God is
faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was
preached among you by us-by me, Silvanus, and Timothy-was not Yes and No, but in Him
was Yes. For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God
through us.
Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has
sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. 2 Corinthians 1:17-22
We read in the Gospels that Jesus healed all the sick in the multitudes that came to Him. The
inspired exposition of Isaiah 53:4 in Matthew.8:16-17., informs us that Jesus healed all in the light
of His atonement. Like the scapegoat, Christ has borne away the sins and sicknesses of all who trust
in Him and His redeeming blood (Levitcus 16:22). It is foolish and unscriptural to say that healing is
not in the atonement. Jesus died to deliver us from our sicknesses and pains as well as our
transgressions and iniquities, He comes to give us peace of body as well as peace of soul.
The truth is indisputable, Christ's substitutionary death extends to healing of the body as well as
the soul. Delitzsch, one of the greatest Hebrew scholars of all time, states there is a substitutionary
and "mediatorial sense" in the words of Isaiah 53:4. In Isaiah 53:4, the same two verbs, "nasa,"
borne, and "sabal," carried, which are used to tell us that Jesus "bore our sicknesses and carried our
pains," are the identical verbs that are used in Isiah 53:11,12., to state that Jesus bore our sins and
iniquities for us as our substitute. This proves that healing is one of the "all things" that are given to
us through our Lord's atonement.
In Isaiah 53:4., "surely," is "aken," which means, surely, indeed, certainly, and truly. It is worthy
of note that the only "surely" in the redemptive chapter of Isaiah53, is before the promise of healing
for the body, so we can "surely" expect healing for our bodies as well as for our souls. This "surely"
is emphasized in Matthew 8:17., when Matthew says that the prophesy of Isaiah 53:4. was
"fulfilled", it means that it was "filled full," that is, the full extent of its promise was revealed. The
full extent of the promise of Isaiah 53:4., is healing for ALL who come to God for healing.
The Christ of the cross is the perfect remedy for all our needs, both spiritual and physical.
Through the shedding of Christ's blood, all who believe are redeemed from the curse of the law.
Galatians 3:13. We can claim healing on the grounds of Christ's atonement, just as we can claim
salvation from our sins, it is part of our salvation, it is a privilege for all who believe in Jesus. Jesus
said that most people will not believe that God wants to heal them, so He did miracles to confirm
that it is God's will to heal those who come to Him for healing (John 4:48).
When the angels came to the shepherds, they brought the best tidings possible, "good tidings of
great joy, which shall be to all people, for unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior,
which is Christ the Lord". (Lk.2v10,11.) The angelic choirs told of the intense desire of God to bring
peace to mankind because of His goodwill and love. They proclaimed the greatest event of all
history, God manifested in flesh to save mankind. When Jesus came to show His goodwill and to give
His peace and salvation, what did He do? The gospels reveal that Jesus saved and healed all who
came to Him in faith, confessing their need, He showed the wonderful goodwill of God, we never
read of one needy person being refused, the only stipulation that Jesus made was that people came
to Him in repentance and faith.
When Jesus preached the sermon at Nazareth in Luke4., His message proclaimed the perfect
benevolence and goodwill of God. He said, in effect, "Today, you can prove the truth of Isaiah
61:1,2. and 58:6., you can prove the goodness of God in saving and healing power." TODAY He tells
YOU that there is deliverance for all the captives because of His atonement.
When Jesus read these Scriptures in the synagogue at Nazareth, He showed the will of God in
relation to deliverance from sin and sickness. Christ came to preach salvation, to heal the sick and
broken hearted, to deliver Satan's captives, and set mankind at liberty. Christ came to bring
salvation, health, and happiness, He could say, "This day, is the Scriptures filled full in your ears,
through my ministry". Jesus showed God's will for them and for us. He explained and demonstrated
God's strong desire to bless them.
The tragedy was that they did not receive the promised blessings offered to them by Jesus,
because of their prejudice, contemptuous familiarity, unspiritual carnal outlook, and rank unbelief,
and we can miss enjoying the promises of God and the blessings of Christ by the same unbelief,
ignorance, and unspiritual carnality. God‘s word is unchanging:
Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed
Him. And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many
hearing Him were astonished, saying, "Where did this Man get these things? And what
wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such mighty works are performed by His hands!
"Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon?
And are not His sisters here with us?" And they were offended at Him.
But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country,
among his own relatives, and in his own house." Now He could do no mighty work there,
except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. And He marveled
because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching. Mark 6:1-6
Chapter 5
God‘s People Have Committed Two Evils
"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living
waters, And hewn themselves cisterns-broken cisterns that can hold no water. Jeremiah
2:13
Down through the centuries men have not changed. They do not want to reap what they have
sown and want to reap what they have not sown. They do not understand the words of Jesus who
told them:
"Judge not, that you be not judged. "For with what judgment you judge, you will be
look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and
look, a plank is in your own eye? "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye,
and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Matthew 7:1-5
Men do not understand that the judgment they judge others will be applied to them and the
measure they measure to others will be measured to them. Men have always judged others and will
continue to do the same until the end of time. But they have not judged properly as Jesus did in the
power and wisdom of the Holy Spirit. For God‘s word is true:
There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his
roots. The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. His
delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor
decide by the hearing of His ears; But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And
decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His
mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. Righteousness shall be the
belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist. Isaiah 11:1-5
Jesus and God‘s true ones do not judge by the sight of their eyes nor decide by the hearing of
their ears. But with righteousness they shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of
the earth. They shall strike the earth with the rod of their mouth, and with the breath of their lips
they shall slay the wicked. We have a classic example of this kind of judgment in the Word of God
concerning King David and his secret adulterous sin with Bathsheba. God‘s word records:
Then the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: "There were
two men in one city, one rich and the other poor. "The rich man had exceedingly many
flocks and herds. "But the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb which he had
bought and nourished; and it grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his
own food and drank from his own cup and lay in his bosom; and it was like a daughter to
him.
"And a traveler came to the rich man, who refused to take from his own flock and from
his own herd to prepare one for the wayfaring man who had come to him; but he took the
poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him." So David's anger was
greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As the LORD lives, the man who
has done this shall surely die! "And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb, because he did
this thing and because he had no pity." 2 Samuel 12:1-6
David ignorantly in judging the story which Prophet Nathan relayed to him had pronounced his
own judgment on himself. For men are so quick to judge others harshly for the crimes that they
themselves are guiltier off. Mind you there are things which God does not forgive just like he did
not forgive King David for his secret devious sin which dishonored His great name. God‘s word
records:
Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'I
anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 'I gave you your
master's house and your master's wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel
and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you much more! 'Why
have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed
Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed
him with the sword of the people of Ammon.
'Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have
despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.' "Thus says the
LORD: 'Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house; and I will take
your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your
wives in the sight of this sun. 'For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all
Israel, before the sun.' " 2 Samuel 12:7-12
At least David had the wisdom when he was exposed not to deny his sin but to face up to it,
confess it and accept his consequences. For God‘s word is true:
This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light
and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in
darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses
us from all sin.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is
not in us. 1 John 1:5-10
Mind you there are foolish prominent leaders in America who when their secret sins were
exposed refused to acknowledge them and to accept their consequences. As a result these deceived
ones in whom the truth was not in them did not prosper and their consequences were quite severe.
For God still rules and reigns in the Kingdom of men and His word is true:
For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom is from generation to
generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to
His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain
His hand Or say to Him, "What have You done?"
At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my
honor and splendor returned to me. My counselors and nobles resorted to me, I was
restored to my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added to me. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar,
praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways
justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down. Daniel 4:34-37
Those who walk in pride God is able to put down. However! King David‘s consequences were
also not pleasant ones. The sword never departed from his house God raised up adversity against
him from his own household. David did things secretly but God did things openly. The Lord was
really upset for David‘s stupid sin for it was not only the sin of adultery but of lack of faith and trust
in God, the source of David‘s total supply. The Lord who anointed David king over Israel, delivered
him from the hand of Saul, gave him his master's house and his master's wives into his keeping,
gave him the house of Israel and Judah would have also have given David much more if that had
been too little!
The Lord gets very upset when His people lean to their own understanding and wisdom and put
their trust in others and not in Him. His word is true to such as these:
"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "Who take counsel, but not of Me, And
who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin; Who walk to go down
to Egypt, And have not asked My advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of
Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And trust in the shadow of
Egypt Shall be your humiliation. For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came
to Hanes. They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, Or be help or
benefit, But a shame and also a reproach." Isaiah 30:1-5
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots
because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But who do not
look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! Yet He also is wise and will bring
disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And
against the help of those who work iniquity.
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
When the LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall, And he who is helped
will fall down; They all will perish together. Isaiah 31:1-3
So David and the others of our day in reality had committed two evils in their sin. They had
forsaken God the fountain of living waters and the source of their total supply and hewn themselves
cisterns and broken cisterns which do not hold water and do not give a solution to their problems.
Men even this day do not change. They left their first love and wonder why God is upset at them.
But His word is true to such as these:
"To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ' These things says He who holds the
seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: "I
know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil.
And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them
liars; "and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name's sake
and have not become weary. "Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your
first love.
"Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else
I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place-unless you repent.
"But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. "He who
has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will
give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God." ' Revelation
2:1-7
Chapter 6
But Barak Pursued
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations,
knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and
character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured
out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. For when we were still without
strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one
die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates
His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:1-8
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who
did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also
freely give us all things? Romans 8:32-32
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may
abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
The word of God is very in Hebrews 11 that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen and by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand
that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of
things which are visible. And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God
must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. And Gideon,
Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets who through faith subdued kingdoms,
worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of
fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle,
turned to flight the armies of the aliens. God‘s word is true:
Then Deborah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the LORD has delivered
Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone out before you?" So Barak went down from
Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. And the LORD routed Sisera and all his
chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from
his chariot and fled away on foot. But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as
Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was
left. Judges 4:14-16
So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at
the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the
trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. Then the three companies blew
the trumpets and broke the pitchers-they held the torches in their left hands and the
trumpets in their right hands for blowing-and they cried, "The sword of the LORD and of
Gideon!" And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran
and cried out and fled. When the three hundred blew the trumpets, the LORD set every
man's sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth
Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. And the men of
Israel gathered together from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and pursued the
Midianites. Then Gideon sent messengers throughout all the mountains of Ephraim,
saying, "Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the watering places as far
as Beth Barah and the Jordan." Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together and seized
the watering places as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan. And they captured two princes of
the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at
the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to
Gideon on the other side of the Jordan. Judges 7:19-25
Victory is given in battle and not out of battle to those who are brave enough to pursue their
enemies just like Barak did, Gideon did and David did! Victory over sickness is also a battle but just
a different kind of enemy! Unlike the talkers and deceivers of today Philip the first evangelist had no
problem doing miracles including having unclean spirits coming out of many who were demonized
and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. God‘s word is true and unchanging:
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And the
multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the
miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who
were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. And there was
great joy in that city. But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced
sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone
great, to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the
great power of God." And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his
sorceries for a long time. But when they believed Philip as he preached the things
concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were
baptized. Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with
Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done. Acts 8:5-13
We can live FREE from sickness and diseases if we‘re are a child of GOD. Once we understand
where sickness comes from, we can understand why we are able to get rid of it! God's word clearly
reveals that death, disease and sickness originated with sin and now are being spread by Satan
(Rom 5:12-21; Job 2:6-7; Luke 13:16). Think of all those Jesus healed. The Gospels say they were
all "oppressed of the Devil" (Acts 10:38). Only when sin is taken out of the human race, will there be
no more sickness. Until then we pray for the sick to be healed!
The Bible teaches that forgiveness of sins and healing of the body goes hand in hand. Healing is
just as easy to receive from God as forgiveness of sins. If you have need of healing, it is only right
that you surrender your life to God if you expect Him to heal you. Healing is one of the benefits of
being in right relationship with God. "Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits he
forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases." (Ps. 103:2-3). God calls Himself in Scripture
"Jehovah Rapha", meaning "I am the LORD who is your healer" (Ex. 15:26)
When Believers agree together things begin to happen. We are to join with others in agreeing
upon our condition, pray one for another, and get anointed with oil. (Mark 6:13, James 5:14-16).
Jesus exercised no power in His ministry which every true believer cannot have today. True believers
can heal the sick and cast out devils! They can perform miracles and even raise the dead. Many will
say these things were only for the Apostles, just to get the church started. Not true my friend, this is
for today and what true disciples were meant to do!
SATAN'S OBJECTIVE
Satan's primary objective is to discredit God. Spoiling our bodies is one way he operates. Created
in the image of God, we are caught in the middle of this spiritual battleground. Satan "as your
enemy prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). He will
devour you with disease and sickness if you let him. Our great advantage is that God sent His Son
to destroy the works of the devil. (1 John 3:3). God through Jesus Christ will destroy Satan's evil
work in your body!
Our failures come because of an imperfect understanding of God's word. God's word declares
that, "you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:32). Satan your adversary
knows the truth better than you do. Until you discover and start claiming what is legally yours,
Satan will continue his harassment and assault on your life. He knows your weak areas.
CHRIST THE HEALER
The Bible clearly reveals that God wills to be the "healer" of His people and declares His will to
heal all those that obey Him. Christ's works of healing were not only to prove His divinity but were a
part of His complete mission of fulfilling the will of God. "Here I am, I have come to do your will."
(Heb 10:9). "Many followed Jesus, and he healed all their sick" (Matthew 12:15). Jesus Himself is a
revelation of the will of God. He did the will of God; He healed all who came to Him. He has an
unchanging priesthood; "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrew 13:8).i
Yes, Our God is strong and mighty indeed. He is our shield and buckler. The Lord has promised
to go with us. Joshua 1:9 tells us we do not need to be afraid or dismayed. No matter what the
devil brings our way. There is complete victory through the divine blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus has all
power, and His promise is, "I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." We can trust
Him with all of our heart; lean not to our own understanding, and He will move for us and work all
things out for our good. God‘s word is unchanging:
Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should
pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is,
because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know
that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called
according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to
the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover
whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and
whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God
is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up
for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:26-32
Chapter 7
Nothing Is Too Hard For God
"Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?
Jeremiah 32:27
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in
heaven and on earth. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, "teaching them to observe all
things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the
age." Amen. Matthew 28:18-20
Jesus is wonderful! He is our counselor, our Mighty God, our Everlasting Father and the Prince of
Peace. Who else is all of this to us, and who else can we take our burdens to? If He is our counselor,
then who better can give us the right answers and lead us in paths of righteousness? If He is our
Mighty God, then He has all power and there is no defeat in Him. If He is our Everlasting Father,
then we need never walk alone. His eyes are upon us to do us good. If He is our Prince of Peace,
then we need not worry or be anxious for anything. What a love plan of God it was to send Jesus for
the redemption of mankind. Love made a way then, and love is making a way today for all who will
open their hearts to the truth.
There is nothing too hard for the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for the God of all power. He
is in control of human destiny and nothing is able to overcome His purposes and intentions. He will
accomplish His will in the life of His trusting ones and He will keep His promises to them, even when
the promise is a long time in coming, just like He did for Abraham. God‘s word is unchanging:
Then they said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" So he said, "Here, in the tent." And
He said, "I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your
wife shall have a son." (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.) 1 Now
Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of
childbearing. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old, shall
I have pleasure, my lord being old also?" And the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah
laugh, saying, 'Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?' "Is anything too hard for the
LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah
shall have a son." But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh," for she was afraid. And He
said, "No, but you did laugh!"
Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them
to send them on the way. And the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,
"since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the
earth shall be blessed in him? "For I have known him, in order that he may command his
children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do
righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to
him."
And the LORD said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and
because their sin is very grave, "I will go down now and see whether they have done
altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know."
Genesis 18:9-21
Yes, God will bless those who keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice and He
will curse those who do evil and wicked things.
God will take care of His own and He will protect them from their enemies. He is the God of
Israel, who heard their cry when bondage and difficulty came upon them, and He raised up a
deliverer for them. He is the God of Moses, who performed signs and wonders and who caused the
Red Sea to part that His people might pass through on dry ground. He is the One who closed the
waters over the enemy that pursued them, delivering them from those who wished to destroy them.
He has not lost any of His strength or power and He will likewise deliver His trusting ones today, for
He is able to do so.
Hence God trusting ones don‘t look at their difficulties and be overcome by them but instead they
look their LORD, their mighty Deliverer Who is committed to take care of them. There is nothing
that comes their way that is too hard for Him! There is nothing in their life or situation that He
cannot handle! There is nothing that is too hard for God. He is God Almighty. He is bigger than any
of their problems and He is greater than any of their foes. He is always willing to rise up on behalf
of those who are called by His name, on behalf of those who obey and honor Him. Just as He had
delivered Judah from the numerous soldiers who surrounded her when King Hezekiah looked to Him
for help, so He will deliver them. God‘s word is unchanging:
I will love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my
deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my
salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall
I be saved from my enemies. Psalm 18:1-3
Hence God‘s trusting ones don‘t fix their eyes upon the problems, which only cause them anxiety
and despair but instead they fix their eyes firmly upon the LORD, their help and their deliverer. He is
their God who is with them and will take care of them, no matter what perils beset them. He is
willing and able to take care of them, to save them, to heal them, to deliver them, to bless them and
to prosper them. He will deliver them because He delights in them. He will bring them out in to a
broad place. As a result they will experience abundance of life and they will experience His victory,
for this is what is have called them too. God‘s word is unchanging:
The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and
coals of fire. He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He
vanquished them. Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world
were uncovered At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. He
sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my
strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me. They
confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support. He also brought
me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me. The LORD
rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He
has recompensed me. Psalm 18:13-20
As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who
trust in Him. For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? It is
God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the
feet of deer, And sets me on my high places. He teaches my hands to make war, So that
my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great. Psalm 18:30-35
Chapter 8
Faith Is?
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews
11:1
By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians,
attempting to do so, were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were
encircled for seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not
believe, when she had received the spies with peace. And what more shall I say? For the
time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and
Samuel and the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness,
obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the
edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to
flight the armies of the aliens. Hebrews 11:29-34
Faith in God not only assures us of things we expect and convinces us of the existence of things
we cannot see but enables to see and do the impossible! The bible clearly tells us that those who
have faith in God will get results that others will not. As a result the Children of Israel by passed
through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned. By
faith Joshua, Samson and David subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, became valiant in battle,
and turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
The secret to Joshua and King David success and victories was not only their courage but they
took their orders from their Commander in Chief - The Lord. Joshua as a brilliant general had his
own ideas on how to take the mighty walled city of Jericho but the LORD Himself appeared to Him
and told him what was to be done. The bible records:
Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and
none came in. And the LORD said to Joshua: "See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its
king, and the mighty men of valor. "You shall march around the city, all you men of war;
you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days. "And seven priests shall
bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march
around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. "It shall come to pass,
when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the
trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall
down flat. And the people shall go up every man straight before him." Joshua 1:1-5
Joshua obtained his victory over his enemies not only because he was a man of faith and bold
and courageous but he listened to the LORD and the instructions that He gave and obeyed. The
truth that obedience to the voice of the LORD is seen though out the bible; including in the life of
David who faced one of the most devastating crisis in his life.
David his men came to Ziklag, to find that the Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag,
attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire, and had taken captive the women and those who were
there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way. It
was very distressing to find their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive. So
David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more
power to weep.
David was also greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people
were grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the
LORD his God and inquired of the LORD Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?" And He
answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.
And because David heard from the LORD He pursued and recovered all that the Amalekites had
carried away, and rescued his two wives. And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great,
sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had taken from them; David recovered all.
Now the good news is the LORD has not changed one bit, He is with us to save us and to deliver
us and to help us recover all that the enemy has stolen from us, be it money, health, or our good
name. He is just as much for us as He was for David. His word is unchanging:
The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth. He will
fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them. The
LORD preserves all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy. Psalm 145:18-20
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the
Lord More than those who watch for the morning- Yes, more than those who watch for the
morning. O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is mercy, And with Him is
abundant redemption. And He shall redeem Israel From all his iniquities. Psalms 130:5-8
Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you. Proverbs
20:22
Skeptics and scoffers don‘t believe that faith in God will open up windows in heaven and as a
result they don‘t see the impossible. But the bible has many examples of what expectantly waiting
on the Lord and hope in His word for His plenteous redemption and deliverance and what it shall
accomplish. One of my favorite stories is about when Elisha and the children of Judah were besieged
by the enemy and were starving. Ben-Hadad king of Syria had gathered all his army, and went up
and besieged Samaria. As a result there was a great famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it
until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings
for five shekels of silver. However Elisha the prophet said:
"Hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the LORD: 'Tomorrow about this time a seah of
fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of
Samaria.' " So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said,
"Look, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" And he said, "In
fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it." 2 Kings 7:1-2
God does nothing on earth unless He reveals it to His prophets. But God has also stated that
those who despise the word of His prophets, He will require of them. So the officer who was the
right hand man of the king put his life in jeopardy when he despised Elisha‘s prophetic words. (It‘s
true that some foolish men just do not learn and accept God‘s word on some matters and they pay
for their deeds even with their lives.) God‘s word goes on to state:
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one
another, "Why are we sitting here until we die? "If we say, 'We will enter the city,' the
famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore,
come, let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall live; and if
they kill us, we shall only die." And they rose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians;
and when they had come to the outskirts of the Syrian camp, to their surprise no one was
there.
For the LORD had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the
noise of horses-the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, "Look, the king of
Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack
us!" Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp intact-their tents, their
horses, and their donkeys-and they fled for their lives.
And when these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they went into one tent and
ate and drank, and carried from it silver and gold and clothing, and went and hid them;
then they came back and entered another tent, and carried some from there also, and went
and hid it. 2 Kings 7:3-8
The lepers had enough of their circumstance and situation and decided they were going to act
and do something even if it would cost them their lives. (Yes, many times God‘s bring His people to
a place where they must walk on the water or sink. It is in such times that they find the miracle
working power of God to be true and see that the Lord is the Lord and that He does what He has
said He would do to bless, protect and preserve His own. For after all He is the Lord and He loves to
bless and prosper His own even miraculously with the spoils of war from their enemies, just like He
did for these lepers.) God‘s word records:
Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news,
and we remain silent. If we wait until morning light, some punishment will come upon us.
Now therefore, come, let us go and tell the king's household." So they went and called to
the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, saying, "We went to the Syrian camp, and
surprisingly no one was there, not a human sound-only horses and donkeys tied, and the
tents intact."
And the gatekeepers called out, and they told it to the king's household inside. So the
king arose in the night and said to his servants, "Let me now tell you what the Syrians have
done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp to
hide themselves in the field, saying, 'When they come out of the city, we shall catch them
alive, and get into the city.' "
And one of his servants answered and said, "Please, let several men take five of the
remaining horses which are left in the city. Look, they may either become like all the
multitude of Israel that are left in it; or indeed, I say, they may become like all the
multitude of Israel left from those who are consumed; so let us send them and see."
Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent them in the direction of the
Syrian army, saying, "Go and see."
And they went after them to the Jordan; and indeed all the road was full of garments
and weapons which the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. So the messengers
returned and told the king. Then the people went out and plundered the tents of the
Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel,
according to the word of the LORD. 2 Samuel 7:9-16
Men are not accustomed to believing God, walking by faith and not by sight and trusting His
word and those of His true prophets, even though Elisha had said that God would provide a
miraculous deliverance. So they would not believe the words of the Lepers until they could see
things for themselves with their natural eyes instead of their spiritual eyes. But the fact of the
matter remains that the officer who scorned Elisha‘s words paid with his life for his foolish actions. It
doesn‘t pay to be arrogant and proud and a respecter of persons for God‘s word records:
Now the king had appointed the officer on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the
gate. But the people trampled him in the gate, and he died, just as the man of God had
said, who spoke when the king came down to him. So it happened just as the man of God
had spoken to the king, saying, "Two seahs of barley for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour
for a shekel, shall be sold tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria."
Then that officer had answered the man of God, and said, "Now look, if the LORD would
make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?" And he had said, "In fact, you shall see it
with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it." And so it happened to him, for the people
trampled him in the gate, and he died.
Men have a lot of foolish ideas which they make as doctrines but God‘s word does not lie and
God has not changed. We see from the Word of God that God weighed and judged the actions of the
lepers and the arrogant officer. The lepers were blessed and the officer was cursed! So who is to
say that God does not do such things today? For after all He is the Lord, the Judge of the whole
earth and His eyes are on each and every one to render to each one according to his work. For God‘s
word is true:
'Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. For I raise My hand to
heaven, And say, "As I live forever, If I whet My glittering sword, And My hand takes hold
on judgment, I will render vengeance to My enemies, And repay those who hate Me. I will
make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword shall devour flesh, With the blood of the
slain and the captives, From the heads of the leaders of the enemy." ' "Rejoice, O Gentiles,
with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And render vengeance to His
adversaries; He will provide atonement for His land and His people." Deuteronomy 32:39-
41
And it will be said in that day: "Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He
will save us. This is the LORD; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His
salvation." Isaiah 25:9
For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor
has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him. Isaiah
64:4
Chapter 9
The LORD Kills And Makes Alive
"The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. The LORD
makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit
the throne of glory. "For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He has set the world
upon them. He will guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness.
"For by strength no man shall prevail. The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken in
pieces; From heaven He will thunder against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the
earth. "He will give strength to His king, And exalt the horn of His anointed." 1 Samuel 2:6-
10
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not
receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom
we cry out, "Abba, Father." Romans 8:14-16
God is mighty great and wonderful and He can do what no other can do including killing people
and making them alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. He makes poor and makes
rich; He brings low and lifts up. He also raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the
ash heap, to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory. And He can and
will do all things for His trusting humble ones, His born again children! God‘s word is true:
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to
them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John
1:11-13
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ
died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved
from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through
the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Romans 5:8-10
Man is a three part being. Man is a spirit that has a soul and lives in a body. The Bible makes a
distinction between the spirit and the soul and the body. First Thessalonians 5:23 tells us, ―Now
may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be
preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.‖ We contact the physical realm with our
body. We contact our soulish realm with our intellect and we contact the spiritual realm with our
spirit. We cannot be led by the Spirit of God if we never enter into the spiritual realm. Why?
Because the things of the spirit cannot be understood by the natural man. However they can be
understood by those who are the sons of God and are led by the Spirit of God!
It‘s a fact that men don‘t know what is best for us or have all the answers in life but God does!
He has the power to raise people from the dead and to make their bodies whole free from any
sickness and disease! He has to power to fill a person with the fullness of God and impart to Him the
mind of Christ and as much wisdom that he needs. God‘s word is unchanging:
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without
reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of
lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. James 1:17
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but
when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11
When Jesus talked about coming into the Kingdom of God, He used the phrase "born again."
When Paul talked about new Christians, he called them babes and children. In another place, Paul
said that we should grow up spiritually and become mature. It very sad but most are Christians all
over the world who are infants and children. They are born into the Body of Christ but don‘t grow up
and become mature. They are children who do things halfway and without understanding. They are
immature and stay immature for the rest of their lives and that should not be!
God wants them to grow up and be mature and live and walk in the power that He has for them!
They have become the Children of God and can abide in Christ and allow His life to be manifested in
them and through them. God‘s word is unchanging:
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called
children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be,
but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. Whoever
commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that He was
manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.
Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known
Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous,
just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the
beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the
works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in
him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not
practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. For this is the
message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, not as Cain
who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because
his works were evil and his brother's righteous. 1 John 3:1-10
So he answered and said to me: "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by
might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts. 'Who are you, O great
mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the
capstone With shouts of "Grace, grace to it!" ' " Zechariah 4:6-7
The Holy Spirit who is the muscle of God is willing to be invited to move all our mountains into
the sea and to manifest God's power in all our negative circumstances just like when He came on
Samson, and enabled him single-handedly to kill a thousand Philistine soldiers (Judges 15:14-16).
Samson was really just an ordinary fellow. He only became extraordinary when the Spirit of God
came on him. And the same about us we become extraordinary and a powerhouse.
The Holy Spirit is everything in us that He has ever been. He has awesome power and
astounding ability to compute, to comprehend and plan in infinite detail everything that has ever
been...everything that now is...and everything that ever will be! And when we run into something
we can't handle we can call on Him for help! He's not a million light years away. He's right there
inside us! He's ready to supply us with whatever we need. He's ready to be our comforter. Ready to
be our teacher and our trainer. Ready to be our advocate, our standby, our counselor. He's ready to
put His supernatural muscle and mind to work for us 24 hours a day.
But He is a perfect gentleman who will not help us unless we invite Him to work on our behalf!
He is ready to move on God's Word and deliver the power necessary to cause that Word to manifest
in the earth. That's what He did at creation...and that's what He is commissioned to do for us as our
helper. He stands ready to give us plans, ideas and inventions. He stands ready to open doors of
opportunity and then to give us the strength and ability to walk through them. And we Him we can
say:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to
the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the
acceptable year of the Lord Luke 4:18-19
Chapter 10
I Will Deliver Him And Honor Him
You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall
trample underfoot. "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will
set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer
him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will
satisfy him, And show him My salvation." Psalm 91:13-16
And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not
written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:30-31
For those who believe and trust in Him go does offer the impossible not only eternal life but
salvation, healing, miracles, deliverance and good things! And He unlike others keep‘s His word and
promises – all of them! His word is unchanging:
Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come near now and kiss me, my son." And he came
near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said:
"Surely, the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field Which the LORD has blessed.
Therefore may God give you Of the dew of heaven, Of the fatness of the earth, And plenty
of grain and wine. Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over
your brethren, And let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who
curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!" Genesis 27:29
"And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not
be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you
today, and are careful to observe them." Deuteronomy 28:13
When Isaac, the son of Abraham, the father of faith, blessed Jacob, he expressed the will of God
for His chosen ones of prosperity, protection and prominence. If God didn‘t want His people to have
the best in everything, He would not have given them the best His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ,
and His wonderful Counselor, the Holy Spirit. Everything else that God gives His people is only gravy
on the table of abundance. If poverty was God‘s will for His people He would not delivered and
blessed and made head, not tail Naomi and Ruth and He would not have healed Job and restored to
him double all his losses! But God‘s word is unchanging:
So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, ―Why have I found
favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?‖
And Boaz answered and said to her, ―It has been fully reported to me, all that you have
done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your
father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you
did not know before. ―The LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the
LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.‖ Ruth 2:10-12
Then she said, ―Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out; for
the man will not rest until he has concluded the matter this day.‖ Ruth 3:18
The story of Ruth in the bible is not just the story of two desolate and poverty stricken widows
who God Himself gave full rest, refuge, redemption, reward and renown, but a testimony of what
God wants to do for each one of His children. God wants to make each one of His children rich and
to bless them mightily in all things. For His word is unchanging:
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your
sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9
Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens,
Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who
cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet
without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy
and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:14-16
God loves His own very deeply. He is not concerned for the future because He knows the future.
It is bright and beautiful for those who are His. He is not going to allow anything to come between
them and their promised future. He is not fickle or unreliable. He doesn‘t change. What He has
promised is written in Gold. They are pure like the Ten Commandments He has given to men on
tablets of stone. They are unchangeable. The road of life might be rocky and full of pitfalls but God
Himself is on the road with them. His word is unchanging:
―Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the
place which I have prepared. ―Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for
He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him. ―But if you indeed obey His
voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to
your adversaries.
―For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and
the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.
―You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but
you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.
―So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water.
And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. ―No one shall suffer miscarriage or be
barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
―I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you
come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. ―And I will send hornets
before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.
Exodus 23:20-28
God has made a covenant with His people to be their God and a God to them. He has made a
covenant to be their provider, defender, helper and everything they need. He has promised to
abundantly bless and prosper them if they will listen to and obey His voice and walk in His ways. For
His word is true:
―Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not
go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. ―And when
He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: ―of
sin, because they do not believe in Me; ―of righteousness, because I go to My Father and
you see Me no more; ―of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
―I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. ―However, when
He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on
His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
―He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. ―All things that the
Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. John
16:7-15
The Helper, the other One, whom Jesus sent in His name will guide them into all truth. He will
speak to them what He hears from the Father. He will tell them of things to come. He will glorify
Jesus by taking of what belongs to Jesus and sharing it with and giving it God‘s true ones. For all
that belongs to Father now belong to Jesus and hence they belong to God‘s true children.
All of heaven riches and resources are theirs because God, Himself, is their shield, rock, refuge,
strength, friend and their exceeding great reward. They are to be of good cheer. For in the world
they have tribulation but their brother and friend Jesus Christ has overcome the world. For God‘s
word is true:
―These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you
will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.‖ John 16:33
Jesus Christ overcame the worst that the world, the flesh and the devil had thrown at Him. He is
literally the Victor and the ―more than a conqueror.‖ As a result all authority has been given to Him
in heaven and on earth including the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty. For all that
is in heaven and in earth is the Lord‘s including the kingdom of God and He is exalted as head over
all. As God‘s word is true:
For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom is from generation to
generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to
His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain
His hand Or say to Him, ―What have You done?‖ Daniel 4:34-35
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the
majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD,
And You are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign
over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give
strength to all. 1 Chronicles 29:11-12
Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the
seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the
firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and
washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God
and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Revelation 1:4-6
Jesus Christ is the ruler over the kings of the earth and He has made us kings and priests to His
God and Father, His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to
generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing and He does according to His will
in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth.
To Jesus Christ belong the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty; as
all that is in heaven and in earth is His. Both riches and honor come from Him and in His hand is
power and might; to heal, deliver, make great and to give strength to all. Hence He desires and
wills and works to make His trusting ones also the victory and more than the conquerors in all
things.
As a result, God‘s true ones are not to be concerned about the obstacles in their path. They are
to take each one as it comes and do what they do best—stand! They are to take authority over it
and persevere until it is out of their path by the Spirit of the Living God. For God‘s word is true:
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the
whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do
not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly
places.
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil
day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth,
having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the
preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will
be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God;
praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with
all perseverance and supplication for all the saints- Ephesians 6:10-18
The answers of life are not in men‘s wisdom or the world‘s system. It is not in the abundance of
what one possesses. It is in Jesus Christ, His truth and His wisdom and person in one‘s spirit. This
closer walk with God and His person brings a person into a position of unity with Heaven that is yet
untapped and totally miss-understood.
God doesn‘t want His teachers and preachers to point to themselves but to God. He wants His
sheep to turn to Him and He will give them their marching orders. Then, they will find victory in
battle and they will do the right kind of service to Him. They all have a part in His great plan and
purposes. Yet, God is left with a weak and hurt people. This will not be forever. He is coming
through to strength His people and unite them in a way unprecedented in the history of the church.
He has ordained it from the beginning. The church, His body, will learn to learn and hear His voice
and follow their true shepherd. This day is coming and all will see it.
But His true ones are not to be shy. They are to ask God what they will and He will do it because
He loves them so much. He has promised to do whatsoever they ask in Jesus name. They can come
to His throne boldly and He will hear their prayers and He will deal with their concerns. For they
have His promises, His person and Him. Hence they can walk in the assurance of God‘s Presence in
their life. For as God walked with Noah, Joseph, Moses, Daniel, Elijah, and Jesus so now He walks
with them. God in Christ Jesus has given to us His P‘s. The P‘s of His presence, promises, person,
power, protection, provision, prosperity, providence and promotion:
His Presence - God is always with His own. He has commanded them to be strong and of good
courage and not to be afraid, nor be dismayed. For the LORD their God is with them wherever they
go and His presence goes with them to give them rest and victory.
His Promises – Every promise and every line in the bible is theirs including that no weapon
which is formed against them shall prosper and those who rise against them shall become a
nonexistent thing.
His Person - God is a Good God who is for them, with them and not against them. He is on their
side no matter what they are facing. There is no searching of His understanding. His ears are open
to their prayers and His eyes are upon the righteous to bless them.
His Power – When God‘s true ones have His presence, promises and power they can trust Him
to use His power for their good in all kinds of circumstances and situations. Just like God did for
Jesus on Calvary when He raised Him from the dead, gave Him victory over all His enemies and
seated Him at His right hand.
His Protection - God is the shield and exceeding great reward of His true ones, as well as He is
their rock, refuge, strength, tower security and inheritance. He will bless and promote His own and
He will deliver and honor them.
His Provision - God has promised to meet and supply all their need according to His riches in
glory by Christ Jesus and He unlike others is able to keep His word.
His Prosperity – God is not poor or stupid and neither should His children be. He is their
security and inheritance and provision in the deserts of life. He is their hiding place! He will move out
every mountain and deal with every enemy and dispel every lack in their life. Their prosperity will
come upon them as the dawning of a bright and new day. They will not be able to contain their joy
and ecstasy at the provision and security He is providing. He will multiply back to them a hundred
fold all they have done for Him.
His Providence - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and though he fall God will
not allow him to stay down but will lift him up.
His Promotion – God has promised that for those who set their love upon Him He will deliver
them and set them on high because they have known His name. He has promised to make them
head and not tail and above and not beneath. They shall call upon Him and He will answer them. He
will be with them in trouble and deliver and honor them. With long life He will satisfy His true ones
and show them His salvation.
As a result, the psalmist stated it very well about those who put their trust in God alone and not
others for their deliverance:
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God,
Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever,
Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD gives
freedom to the prisoners. The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises those
who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous. The LORD watches over the
strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside
down. The LORD shall reign forever- Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the
LORD! Psalm 146:5-10
For after all is said and done God has not changed. He still is a miracle working God who gives
the best to those who ask Him for the best. He gives His all to those who give Him their all and
believe Him for His all. His word does not change to His true ones:
―Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this
people, to the land which I am giving to them-the children of Israel. ―Every place that the
sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. ―From the wilderness
and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites,
and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.
―No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses,
so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. ―Be strong and of good courage,
for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to
give them.
―Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the
law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the
left, that you may prosper wherever you go. ―This Book of the Law shall not depart from
your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do
according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then
you will have good success.
―Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be
dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.‖ Joshua 1:2-9
Chapter 11
Riches And Honor And Life
Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses. He
himself shall dwell in prosperity, And his descendants shall inherit the earth. The secret of
the LORD is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant. Psalm 25:12-14
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver
and gold. The rich and the poor have this in common, The LORD is the maker of them all.
A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, But the simple pass on and are punished.
By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life. Proverbs 22:1-4
just as you walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in
truth. 3 John 1:2-4
Unless God blesses a person the person is not blessed. And all discussions about wealth, health,
prosperity and the plans and purposes of God are a waste of them if a person doesn‘t fear the Lord
and is not walking in humility! Nevertheless God‘s word is unchanging:
Arise, O LORD; Save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the
cheekbone; You have broken the teeth of the ungodly. Salvation belongs to the LORD. Your
blessing is upon Your people. Selah Psalm 3:7
Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication, To my cause, my God and my
Lord. Vindicate me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness; And let them not
rejoice over me. Let them not say in their hearts, "Ah, so we would have it!" Let them not
say, "We have swallowed him up." Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who rejoice at my hurt; Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor Who exalt
themselves against me. Let them shout for joy and be glad, Who favor my righteous cause;
And let them say continually, "Let the LORD be magnified, Who has pleasure in the
prosperity of His servant." Psalm 35:23-27
There comes a time in life when we have to grab hold of the horns of the altar of God and ask
Him to stir up Himself and to arise for our help, and redeem us for His mercies' sake (Psalm 44:26);
just like the Psalmist did on many occasions when he was beset by his enemies. We are not to let
Him go until He blesses and changes us and deal with our enemies; just like He did with Jacob who
wrestled with God. The bible records for our profit and instruction:
Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. Now
when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the
socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. And He said, "Let Me go, for
the day breaks." But he said, "I will not let You go unless You bless me!" So He said
to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob." And He said, "Your name shall no longer be
called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have
prevailed." Then Jacob asked, saying, "Tell me Your name, I pray." And He said, "Why is it
that you ask about My name?" And He blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the
place Peniel: "For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Genesis 32:24-30
Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there
to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother." And Jacob
said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are
among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. "Then let us arise and go up to
Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress
and has been with me in the way which I have gone." So they gave Jacob all the foreign
gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid
them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem. And they journeyed, and the terror
of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of
Jacob. So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the
people who were with him. And he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel,
because there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother. Genesis
35:1-7
God is more than willing to bless His sons and daughters with all kinds of blessings, spiritual,
physical, material and ministerial and with Himself; but they must stir themselves up to seek and go
to God and not let Him go until He blesses them. The bible encourages us to stir ourselves up and
seek God and be greatly rewarded by Him:
The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any
good thing. Psalm 34:10
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No
good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11
Therefore he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and
towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD
our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side." So they built and
prospered.2 Chronicles 14:7
Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of
my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound
mind. 2 Timothy 1:6-7
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe
that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6
Yes there is a rest and prosperity for the people of God who will seek the Lord their God and take
by force all that He has for them in His word. God has pleasure in the prosperity of His servants and
wants to bless them greatly. He wants to take care of all their needs, fight all their battles, and give
them victories over all their enemies whoever or whatever they might be. He wants them to serve
Him so that He could bless their bread and their water. And He will take sickness from their midst
and fulfill the number of their days. His word is unchanging:
"Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the
place which I have prepared. "Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for
He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him. "But if you indeed obey His
voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to
your adversaries. "For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the
Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will
cut them off. "You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to
their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred
pillars. "So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your
water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. "No one shall suffer miscarriage
or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. "I will send My fear before
you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your
enemies turn their backs to you. Exodus 23:20-27
God by giving the fullness of His blessing to His reconciled enemies proves His perfect and
unlimited love for us and we can respond by trusting Him at all times. Yes, Jesus is our redeeming
God, ―The Lord our righteousness,‖ and that those who accept Him as Lord and Savior can know
forgiveness of sins and peace with God and be healed and made perfect, whole and complete. And
our Redeeming Lord will baptize us in the Holy Spirit and gives the gifts of the Spirit so that we can
see others become redeemed believers made complete in Christ who is all that they need for body,
soul and spirit for Christ is unlimited in power and richest.
The doctrine of Christ's unlimited ability has a very practical application to us in our daily lives.
Jesus is omnipotent; He can save, deliver and keep us. Jesus is our omniscient and all-wise Lord, He
knows all about us, and can guide us in all our problems. Jesus is omnipresent; He is with us in
every situation. Christ is the Great I Am; He knows and is in control of our future. Jesus is the Lord
of unlimited love, He really cares for us. What a comfort these Divine attributes of Jesus give to
those who love and serve Him. God‘s word is unchanging:
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His
shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, My servants shall eat, But you shall be
hungry; Behold, My servants shall drink, But you shall be thirsty; Behold, My servants shall
rejoice, But you shall be ashamed; Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, But you
shall cry for sorrow of heart, And wail for grief of spirit. You shall leave your name as a
curse to My chosen; For the Lord GOD will slay you, And call His servants by another name;
So that he who blesses himself in the earth Shall bless himself in the God of truth; And he
who swears in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are
forgotten, And because they are hidden from My eyes. Isaiah 65:13-16
Yes, in times when a great tempest comes against God‘s trusting ones, it‘s wonderful to know
that a vessel with Jesus in it cannot sink for even the winds and the sea obey Him as well as
everything else, including demons. Jesus will bring them safely to the other side of plenty
and prosperity and victory. But this is something that some of God‘s people do not seem to
understand that no matter what is going on the miracle working God of all power and
unlimited riches and resources is on their side. He is for them and with them and not
against them and wants to see them get safely through to the other side. His trusting ones
must not be fearful but are to faithful to stand against all the wiles of the enemy who seeks to
destroy them by any means. For the enemy walks about like a roaring lions seeking whom he may
devour by any means.
God has not and doesn‘t change one single bit. He is the same yesterday, today and forever!
He is the living God, steadfast forever and a great miracle working God as well as the Judge of all
the earth and a man of war. His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed, and His dominion
shall endure to the end. He still delivers and rescues, and He works signs and wonders in
heaven and on earth. Signs and wonders which bless some and destroy other. There are no
sickness, famine, pestilence, poverty, suffering and lack in heaven and should not be on earth. The
LORD who IS A GREAT MAN OF WAR AND UNCHANGING will bring His trusting ones into abundance
of prosperity and give them every victory. His word is unchanging:
"When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and
people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God is with
you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. "So it shall be, when you are on the verge
of battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people. "And he shall say to them,
'Hear, O Israel: Today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do not let your
heart faint, do not be afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them; 'for the
LORD your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to
save you' (to give you victory, KJV). Deuteronomy 20:1-4
The LORD shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; He shall prevail against His enemies. "I have held My
peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in
labor, I will pant and gasp at once. I will lay waste the mountains and hills, And dry up all
their vegetation; I will make the rivers coastlands, And I will dry up the pools. I will bring
the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will
make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight. These things I will do for
them, And not forsake them. Isaiah 42:13-16
"For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do
wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up," Says the LORD
of hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch.But to you who fear My name
The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go
out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. You shall trample the wicked, For they shall
be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this," Says the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 4:1-3
My Jesus is a Man of War

(Exodus 15:3, . Revelation 19:11, Author Unknown)
Some think of Jesus calm and shy

And quite as a mouse.
But I see Jesus as my Lord
And guard of all my house.
Some say He‘s tender, meek and mild

And doesn‘t raise His voice.
But I can see Him charge through Hell
To give to man his choice.
Some say His hands are always clean

He won‘t let His feelings show.
But I can see Him roll His sleeves
And fight off every foe.
My Jesus walks through Hell itself

To set the captives free.
My Jesus upturned the table tops
To gain His victory.
He bore my sins upon a cross

My sorrows in His hand.
My whipping for unrighteousness
My pain He did withstand.
He took my stripes to make me well

My crown of thorns He wore.
And all my fears He crucified
And all my shame He bore.
My Jesus is a Man of men,

A Warrior brave and bold.
My King of Kings and Lord of Lords
Yes, He all Victory gives and holds.
Chapter 12
In Paths of Righteousness
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green
pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the
paths of righteousness For His name's sake. Psalm 23:1-3
Many claim that the Lord is their shepherd but they are in want and are not walking in the paths
of righteousness. Something is wrong because God‘s word is true though every man is a liar. That is
the problem with Christianity is that it‘s all head knowledge and very little heart experience with the
Shepherd who is the Lord. It‘s not the Shepherd who has moved or needs to be changed but it‘s the
foolish and dumb sheep. They are not blameless! They do not have clean hands or a pure heart! And
they don‘t love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul and might and are deceitful about it!
Hence they do not receive a blessing from the Lord. They are not victorious in the presence of their
enemies but have brought a reproach to God‘s name, integrity and character. As a result justice is
turned back, righteousness stands afar off, truth is fallen in the street, equity cannot enter and truth
fails and goodness and mercy do not follow them but yet they say that they are called by God‘s
name and are His people.
These are things that people do not want to hear about themselves because everybody always
has a better and nicer point of view about who they are and where they are. They seek God daily,
and delight to know God‘s ways as do they did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of
their God. But ask them how they apply the Word of God including:
"When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your
relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. "But when
you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. "And you will be blessed,
because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just." Luke
14:12-14
―Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled
the law.‖ Romans 13:8
The bible doesn‘t say to bless the rich and use one another? Everyone pays the price for how
they ministered to one another, whether it be out of a heart of love for the brethren or whether is
was from a heart of seeking after gain. They lose and pay when they strive to get ahead using
worldly measures and don‘t keep their heart right and live righteously. They lose and pay for their
mistakes when they seek after worldly gain by using the brethren to make a profit. They lose when
they follow after the multitudes who lust after riches, and use God‘s word and the gifts He has given
them as the tools in which they wish to profit by. They lose when they don't repent of using God‘s
people for their own gain. They need to turn from mammon to God once again. They need to return
to their first love. They need to draw near to God and keep their eyes on Him. They need to cast all
their cares upon Him. They need to check their heart, their motives and their love for one another.
For without love they will not prosper in anything that they do.
Many Christians and ministries use the words ―we love and care for you‖ so flippantly. But God
so loved that He gave His only son. Love and care are words that if expressed without action are not
only a clanging cymbal but hypocritical. To say that ―I love God‖ but not express it in deeds to His
people is hypocritical. No wonder the churches in America are mostly empty because the hearts of
the people are empty and devoid of true meaning and demonstration of the word love. Again strong
words but true ones! Until we recognize this to be true, we will not be delivered or healed but will
continue to go in our wilderness ways and experiences.
There are many in the house of God today seek the gifts and manifestations of the Spirit but
they also miss out the first and second commandment which is:
Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the LORD
our God, the LORD is one. 'And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with
all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.
"And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other
commandment greater than these." Mark 12:29-31
True revival will come to America when each individual understands and puts into application the
meaning neither of the apostolic creed nor the catechism of the church nor doctrines of their
denomination but the first and second commandment of God. Until then all the laughter movements
and other revival movements, as well as any form of Evangelism are just a waste of time. For those
who do not obey and demonstrate the most important commandments of God, do not know nor
Love the Shepherd, anything that is done without love profits nothings. God‘s word says it:
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have
become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and
understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could
remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to
feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me
nothing. 1Corinthians 13:1-3
If all of God‘s people obeyed and did the first two commandments of loving God and their
neighbor there would be no more need of preaching in churches and this world would never be the
same. For most of God‘s people to confess Psalm 23 is not only a waste of time but a mockery of
God and His kingdom for they pay Him lips service and their heart is far from Him. Actions speaks
louder than words and true active love, the kind Jesus showed and talked about, is very rare to find
in the house of God never mind America. Many of God‘s people will have to confess and pray
another psalm:
Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight- That You may be
found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. Behold, I was brought forth in
iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I
shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken may rejoice.
Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart,
O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And
uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners
shall be converted to You. Psalm 51:4-11
While others who think that they have arrived will have to confess and pray:
O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. For You do not
desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices
of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart- These, O God, You will not
despise. Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem. Then You
shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt
offering; Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar. Psalm 51:15-19
They will have to seriously consider and understand the words of Jesus about them who said:
"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. "Every branch in Me that does not
bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear
more fruit. "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. "Abide
in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine,
neither can you, unless you abide in Me. "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who
abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
"If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they
gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. "If you abide in Me, and My
words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. "By this My
Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. "As the Father
loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. "If you keep My commandments, you will
abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
John 15:1-10
Chapter 13
But Also In Power
And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom,
but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom
of men but in the power of God. 1 Corinthians 2:4-5
For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy
Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your
sake. And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much
affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and
Achaia who believe. For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in
Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that
we do not need to say anything. For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of
entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true
God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who
delivers us from the wrath to come. 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10
Most preaching today in Christendom is devoid of a demonstration of the Spirit and power as well
as the joy of the Holy Spirit. And God never intended this to be the case! He poured out His Holy
Spirit on the day of Pentecost so that His people could be full of power! God‘s word is true:
And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from
Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, "which," He said, "you have heard
from Me; "for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit
not many days from now." 1:6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him,
saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" And He said to them, "It
is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. "But
you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Acts 1:4-5
So called Christians today are not only devoid of power but they are for all purposes anemic,
impotent and no different from their counterparts in the world! They say and do the same things as
the unbelievers! Sad but true! But then there are those who seek the power and miracles but for
wrong reasons and end up being full of familiar and evil spirits and require deliverance! And then
there are those who believe that the giving of money to TV preachers will solve all their problems
and bring them healing, deliverance and prosperity! But God‘s word is unchanging:
"Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have
received, freely give. Matthew 10:8
Ask the LORD for rain In the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make flashing clouds;
He will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone. For the idols speak
delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore
the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no shepherd.
"My anger is kindled against the shepherds, And I will punish the goatherds. For the LORD
of hosts will visit His flock, The house of Judah, And will make them as His royal horse in
the battle. Zechariah 10:1-3
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all
generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21
Trouble may be on every side but God is on the move for those who pray and seek His face and
ask for the rains of the Spirit. And God who is good, kind, understanding and generous is able to do
exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. Jesus Christ who is the same yesterday today
and forever still heals blindness, deafness, paralysis, withered limbs, crippling infirmities, leprosy
and aids. Yes He works healing miracles, miracles of provision, casting out devils/evil spirits, and
healings of marriage and relationships! We are blessed with all spiritual blessings and can have the
abundant supply of God's great provision to keep us in these the last-days of time. God‘s word is
unchanging:
Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or
aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil
spirits went out of them. Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon
themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "We
exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches." Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a
Jewish chief priest, who did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and
Paul I know; but who are you?" Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them,
overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked
and wounded. This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and
fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. And many who had
believed came confessing and telling their deeds. Also, many of those who had practiced
magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted
up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. So the word of the Lord
grew mightily and prevailed. Acts 19:11-20
"Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get
yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? "For I
have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the Lord GOD. "Therefore turn and
live!" Ezekiel 18:13-32
"Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from
all your filthiness and from all your idols. "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit
within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. "I
will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My
judgments and do them. "Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you
shall be My people, and I will be your God. "I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. I
will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you. "And I will multiply the
fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the
reproach of famine among the nations. Ezekiel 36: 25-30
A new heart is important because we will be a new creature in Christ and we will not do and say
the evil and wicked things that we did before. Because of a new spirit within us we will have the
power to walk in God‘s statues and keep His judgments and do them. As a result we shall be greatly
blessed by God for we shall be His people and He will be our God and He will deliver us from all
things and bless us with all things. Because of God‘s spirit within us and upon us we can hear God‘s
voice continually give us direction, counsel and correction. We literally can have the mind of Christ
for God‘s word is unchanging:
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained
before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they
known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written: "Eye has not
seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has
prepared for those who love Him." But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For
the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things
of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of
God except the Spirit of God.
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that
we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also
speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches,
comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of
the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly
judged by no one. For "who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?"
But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:7-16
Yes, we have received, the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been
freely given to us by God. Yes, these things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom
teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. Yes, he who is
spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. Yes, we have the mind of
Christ and you cannot ask for more than this? God‘s word is unchanging:
―The God of our Lord Jesus Christ,…raised Him from the dead, and made Him to side at
his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule, and authority, and power, and
dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to
come.‖ (Ephesians 1:17-21)
―And raised us up with Him, and made us to sit with Him in heavenly places, in Christ
Jesus:…for by grace have you been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God: not of works, that no man should glory.‖ (Ephesians 2:6-9)
Chapter 14
Victory Rests With The Lord
The horse is prepared for the day of battle, But deliverance is of the LORD. Proverbs
21:31
Jesus Christ bore all our curses in His body on the cross and has relieved us from its effect. He
has redeemed us from all sin by washing us by His precious blood that was shed on the cross. As a
result we are a new creation in Christ Jesus blessed and ready to be a blessing to others.
Because of what Jesus did on Calvary, God is our Protector; our Comforter, our Security and Our
everything. He is our victory and everything that we need! As we live and walk in Him we have one
hundred percent victory! For victory comes in heeding God‘s word that states:
My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; For length of
days and long life And peace they will add to you. Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart, And so find favor and
high esteem In the sight of God and man.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all
your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own
eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, And strength to
your bones.
Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; So
your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine. My son, do
not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor detest His correction; For whom the LORD
loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding; For her
proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold. She is more
precious than rubies, And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her. Length
of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor. Proverbs 3:1-16
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Proverbs
21:3
Yes, to do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. For the Lord
loves righteousness and justice. The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His
way. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne; Mercy and truth go before His face.
His word is unchanging:
For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved
forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the
land, And dwell in it forever. The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue
talks of justice. The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide. The wicked
watches the righteous, And seeks to slay him. The LORD will not leave him in his hand, Nor
condemn him when he is judged.
Wait on the LORD, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When
the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. Psalm 37:28-34
God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods. How long
will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? Selah Defend the poor and
fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy; Free them
from the hand of the wicked.
They do not know, nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the
foundations of the earth are unstable. I said, "You are gods, And all of you are children of
the Most High. But you shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes." Psalm 82:1-7
Yes, the Lord commands His people to cease to do evil, learn to do good, seek justice, rebuke
the oppressor, defend the fatherless, and plead for the widow. His word is unchanging:
"Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the
heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? Is it not to
share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast
out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own
flesh?
Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth
speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your
rear guard. Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You shall cry, and He will say,
'Here I am.' "If you take away the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and
speaking wickedness, If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy the afflicted soul,
Then your light shall dawn in the darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday.
The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your
bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not
fail.
Those from among you Shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the
foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The
Restorer of Streets to Dwell In. Isaiah 58:6-12
Then He also said to him who invited Him, "When you give a dinner or a supper, do not
ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you
back, and you be repaid. "But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the
lame, the blind. "And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be
repaid at the resurrection of the just." Luke 14:12-14
With God it‘s not the rich, mighty and healthy who are important to Him, but those who are sick,
poor and needy. Such as these are always on His heart. The Lord is near to those who have a
broken heart and save those who have a contrite spirit. His word is unchanging:
"For many are called, but few are chosen." (Matthew 22:14)
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do
also; and greater works than these he will do." (John 14:12)
God desires that His people do the Lord's ministry with power and compassion of the Lord Jesus
followed by signs, wonders and miracles and bring God's comfort and His transforming power to
multitudes; that they walk with God and talk with God face to face as Enoch, Abraham, Moses and
Jesus Christ Himself to intercede for the people who have no hope and to make them receive God's
direction to organize their life; o be filled with the nine Gifts and Fruit of the Holy Spirit, in order to
be transformed into the image of Christ and to reflect Him to the world in one's daily life. For God‘s
word is unchanging:
And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
"He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be
condemned.
"And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons;
they will speak with new tongues; "they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything
deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will
recover."
So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat
down at the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord
working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen. Mark
16:15-20
And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of
wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything
among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my
preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the
Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of
God. 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Chapter 15
I Will Bless You
Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from
your father's house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will
bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who
bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall
be blessed." Genesis 12:1-3
Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 'The stone which the
builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD'S doing, And it is
marvelous in our eyes'? Matthew 21:42
Jesus Christ, who is the same yesterday today and forever, wants to heal and liberate all the
sick and afflicted today: the cancer victims, the heart patients, those with diabetes and all manner of
sicknesses and diseases, those who are bound by the demons. He wants to make them health and
fill them also with the fruits and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. He wants to fill them with joy, happiness
and peace, deliver them from the clutches of the devil, heal them from all kinds of infirmities and
transform them to be like Him. Yes, God wants to fill the emptiness of their heart with His Holy
Spirit. He wants to release them from all the clutches of the worldly pleasures and transform them
to be His beloved children. He wants to help them to live a life pleasing to Him. He wants to do for
them what He did for Abraham; to bless them, to make their name great and to make them be a
blessing. He wants to lift them up and honor them. He wants to transform them into a vessel of
honor and blessing. And no one in the whole universe wants them to be healed, whole, filled with
the Spirit and blessed like God does. And He has the power to make it so if they will only believe and
let Him do so. His word is unchanging:
"And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him
"and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of
Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. Acts 7:9-
10
THE ELDER, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth: Beloved, I pray that you may
prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. For I rejoiced greatly when
brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. I have
no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 3 John 1:1-4
Even though God‘s trusting ones might face all kinds of negative storms and lacks in life, God is
always, always, for them, with them and not against them! They can always at all times come boldly
to the throne of grace, that they may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews
4:16). Jesus Christ the captain of their salvation, was made a little lower than the angels, for the
suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for
everyone and was made perfect through sufferings. Jesus Christ, for whom are all things and by
whom are all things, their big brother, for both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified
are all of one, had partaken of flesh and blood that through death He might destroy him who had the
power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime
subject to bondage. In that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are
tempted(Hebrews 2:9-18). His word is unchanging:
When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And
He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He Himself took our infirmities And bore
our sicknesses." Matthew 8:16-17
When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases
brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. Like
4:40
God is good and all His deeds are always good. In the beginning, when He finished creating
everything, He surveyed them and found that everything was good (Genesis 1:31). When He came
into this world in the name of 'Jesus', He always went about doing good to others.
When there was shortage of wine in the wedding house at Cana, He performed a miracle by
changing water into wine and made the people cheerful (John 2:1-11). When He saw the multitude
He had compassion for them and said to His disciples, "I have compassion on the multitude, because
they have continued to be with Me for three days and have nothing to eat. I cannot send them away
hungry, lest they faint on the way" (Matthew 15:23). He took the seven loaves of bread and few
little fishes that His disciples had. He gave thanks, broke them, gave them to His disciples and in
turn they gave it to the multitude. There were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Thus by feeding the hungry people He did good to them.
When He saw the multitude He had compassion and He healed the sick (Matthew 14:14). Jesus
went about all the cities and villages teaching in their synagogues, preaching about the Kingdom of
God and healing every sickness (Matthew 9:35, 4:23). The people followed Him not only when He
was in the villages and towns but also when He was in the wilderness. He was doing good to all
those who followed Him.ii His word is unchanging:
"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more
will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!" Matthew 7:11
God never wants to curse His people; nor does He want them to have a life blighted by curses.
Rather, He desires that they should have a blessed life, full of health and prosperity. His word is
unchanging:
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of
hope until the end, that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith
and patience inherit the promises. For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He
could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, "Surely blessing I will bless
you, and multiplying I will multiply you." And so, after he had patiently endured, he
obtained the promise. Hebrews 6:11-15
"Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul
prospers. " 3 John 2
For this purposes Jesus came to redeem those who were cursed and to give them life and more
abundantly. He came to save, heal, deliver and make men whole and complete. He came to give
them victory over all things. Jesus died on the cross to take away all the curse and sins and bless
men richly.
We live in a world full of woes with all sorts of problems, sicknesses and sufferings but Jesus
came to set men free from these plagues and to live happily and peacefully. He came to give them
miracles and heavenly help in this regard. He is very much alive to their desires and needs. He came
to be their sun and shield and to give them grace and glory. His word is unchanging:
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good
thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as
of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who
comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.' " And of His fullness we
have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and
truth came through Jesus Christ.
No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the
Father, He has declared Him. John 1:14-18
The odds may be against men but Jesus is still the Almighty One. He is all-powerful to turn any
situation around, to heal any disease and more than any thing to comfort His trusting ones and to
give them peace, as they look up to Him and tell Him about all their worries, anxieties and
problems and submit all their burdens at His feet who is a God of impossibilities and acknowledge
that nothing is impossible with Him. His word is unchanging:
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in
heaven and on earth. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all
things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the
age." Amen. Matthew 28:18-20
"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you
will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John 16:33
Yes, the Lord has promises to take care of His trusting ones according to His riches and glory! He
owns everything! We are moving into a time of restoration for His people and an outpouring of great
financial blessings. God‘s trusting ones can stand fast and believe that the Lord is prospering them
and restoring them, no matter what the world economy looks like, for God‘s word is unchanging:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and
not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to
Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with
all your heart. I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your
captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven
you, says the LORD, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried
away captive. Jeremiah 29:11-14
Then the LORD will be zealous for His land, And pity His people. The LORD will answer
and say to His people, "Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil, And you will be
satisfied by them; I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations. "But I will
remove far from you the northern army, And will drive him away into a barren and desolate
land, With his face toward the eastern sea And his back toward the western sea; His
stench will come up, And his foul odor will rise, Because he has done monstrous things."
Fear not, O land; Be glad and rejoice, For the LORD has done marvelous things! Do not
be afraid, you beasts of the field; For the open pastures are springing up, And the tree
bears its fruit; The fig tree and the vine yield their strength. Be glad then, you children of
Zion, And rejoice in the LORD your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully,
And He will cause the rain to come down for you- The former rain, And the latter rain in the
first month. The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, And the vats shall overflow with new
wine and oil.
"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling
locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among
you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, And praise the name of the LORD your God,
Who has dealt wondrously with you; And My people shall never be put to shame. Joel 2:18-
26
The Lord desires to bless our lives with His choicest and rich blessings and help us to be a
blessing to others, too. He wants to take control of our lives and help us to glorify Him. He who
blessed and gave Abraham unlimited riches will do the same to His trusting ones for He is no
respecter of persons and shows partiality to no one. His word is unchanging:
"Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the LORD: Look to the
rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. Look
to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed
him and increased him."
For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her
wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be
found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. Isaiah 51:1-3
Chapter 16
Head Not Tail, Above Not Beneath
Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For
behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD
will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your
light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.
"Lift up your eyes all around, and see: They all gather together, they come to you; Your
sons shall come from afar, And your daughters shall be nursed at your side. Then you shall
see and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the
sea shall be turned to you, The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you. Isaiah 60:1-5
God from whose hands come all victory has promised that He would never leave, fail or forsake
His trusting ones. He has promised to take care all of their needs and fulfill all their desires, as they
would keep trust in and their eyes on Him. He has promised to lead them into all riches, strengthen
them in all their failures, give them success in all their endeavors and make them winners instead of
being losers. His word is unchanging:
"Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to
observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your
God will set you high above all nations of the earth. "And all these blessings shall come
upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God: "Blessed
shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. "Blessed shall be the fruit
of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of
your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. "Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading
bowl. "Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
"The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your
face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
"The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you
set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 28:1-8
When Jesus died on the cross for you and me, He paid the total price for our deliverance and
salvation. It is our!! It‘s been done. We are the ones who have to believe this and walk in it. God
has already done it and He's not going to do it again. Every promise in the Bible is ours, but we
have to walk in them in order to have them. It is like salvation, it is there, but we do not get it until
we confess Jesus Christ is Lord and receive the free gift given to us. We are to believe God‘s
promises and walk in the freedom and prosperity that are already ours! For God‘s word is
unchanging:
And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the
LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you
shall see again no more forever. Exodus 14:13
And they shall rebuild the old ruins, They shall raise up the former desolations, And they
shall repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations. Strangers shall stand
and feed your flocks, And the sons of the foreigner Shall be your plowmen and your
vinedressers. But you shall be named the priests of the LORD, They shall call you the
servants of our God.
You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast. Instead of
your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in
their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be
theirs.
"For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery for burnt offering; I will direct their work
in truth, And will make with them an everlasting covenant. Their descendants shall be
known among the Gentiles, And their offspring among the people. All who see them shall
acknowledge them, That they are the posterity whom the LORD has blessed."
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed
me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a
bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 61:4-10
The Lord is good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon. In the
day of trouble, God‘s trusting ones can call upon Him for He will answer them. He will save those
who trust in Him. He will do great, and wondrous things for them for He is a God full of compassion,
and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth. He will come and save them and
reward them for trusting in Him. His word is unchanging:
The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice
and blossom as the rose; It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, Even with joy and
singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, The excellence of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the glory of the LORD, The excellency of our God.
Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are
fearful-hearted, "Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With
the recompense of God; He will come and save you." Isaiah 35:1-4
"And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him
"and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of
Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. Acts 7:9-
10
God is a limitless God, and His provision is limitless. His grace is limitless and His mercy is
limitless. He wants to be do and give unlimited things for His trusting ones if they will only ask and
let Him. If they will only let His power work unrestricted and unhindered in their lives. God wants to
show Himself strong in the earth in every facet of His children's lives. That includes the house they
live in, the car they drive, the clothes they wear, the food they eat, and so forth.
He is the God who made Abraham exceedingly rich. He did the same with Isaac, Jacob, and the
rest of the Old Testament men and women who walked in their covenant with God. He wants to
establish and carry out His covenant in the earth realm. He wants to do it in the lives of His people.
His word is unchanging:
"Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the
curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where
the LORD your God drives you, "and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice,
according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and
with all your soul, that the LORD your God will bring you back from captivity, and have
compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the LORD your God
has scattered you. "If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from
there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you.
"Then the LORD your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and
you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. "And the
LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the
LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
"Also the LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who
hate you, who persecuted you. "And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and do all
His commandments which I command you today.
"The LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of
your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For
the LORD will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, if you obey
the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are
written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart
and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 30:1-10
Chapter 17
Kept By The Power Of God
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant
mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away,
reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation
ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little
while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your
faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be
found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 1 Peter 1:3-7
Through the power of His resurrection, we have a living hope of all that Jesus paid for. Jesus paid
the price for our total redemption. What the enemy took from man when Adam sinned, Jesus (the
second Adam) bought back when He became our sacrificial Lamb. Yes, He was sacrificed us, but
thank God, He arose. He won over death, hell and the grave. He did it all for us.
Through the power of His resurrection and the use of our faith, we can have divine overcoming
power against all the powers of the enemy. We can have divine peace and contentment every day of
our life as well as healing, blessings and prosperity. Healing is the children's bread; it's on the table
all the time. God is able to move for us and supply all things needed today. He has all power so we
can trust Him and receive daily that which is needed. God‘s word is unchanging:
In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God.
Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for
us. Selah Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are
weighed on the scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor. Do not trust in oppression,
Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them. God has
spoken once, Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God. Also to You, O Lord,
belongs mercy; For You render to each one according to his work. Psalm 62:7-12
Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were
bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people complained against
Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed
him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He made a
statute and an ordinance for them. And there He tested them, and said, "If you diligently
heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His
commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I
have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you." Then they came to
Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there
by the waters. Exodus 15:23-27
Jesus Christ, who is God manifest in the flesh, demonstrated God‘s will for us by healing all kinds
of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. When they brought to Him all sick people who
were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics,
and paralytics, He healed them (Matthew 4:24). Sickness, disease, demons, poverty or lack are not
our friends but our enemies and Jesus came to destroy these things!
Yes, God who is the same yesterday, today and forever wants to give His people the victory over
all this enemies just like He gave the children of Israel victory over the Egyptian enemies, spoiled
them with the wealth of Egypt and brought the out of all their bondage and afflictions. God‘s word is
true:
Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying: "I
will sing to the LORD, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has
thrown into the sea! The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will exalt Him. The LORD is a
man of war; The LORD is His name. Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the
sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them;
They sank to the bottom like a stone. "Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in
power; Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces. And in the greatness of
Your excellence You have overthrown those who rose against You; You sent forth Your
wrath; It consumed them like stubble. Exodus 15:1-7
"Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to
observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your
God will set you high above all nations of the earth. "And all these blessings shall come
upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God: "Blessed
shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. "Blessed shall be the fruit
of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of
your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. "Blessed shall be your basket and your
kneading bowl. "Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when
you go out. "The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before
your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. "The
LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your
hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 28:1-8
Yes, for those who obey His voice and walk in His ways, Jesus Christ causes their enemies to be
defeated. He blesses them coming in and going out! He is the God of all and unlimited power and
resources who has overcome the world for them! God‘s word is true:
So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And bowing His
head, He gave up His spirit. John 19:30
On the cross of Calvary when Jesus said, "It is finished!" He had achieved everything that we
need for our redemption and salvation, be it spiritual, physical, and financial. He has removed from
us all the curses the Adam and Eve had brought upon us by their transgression as outlined in
Deuteronomy 28:15-66. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse
for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), that the blessing of Abraham
might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith (Galatians 3:13-14). By our works we cannot add or remove on thing that Jesus had
done for us, except to enter into the rest God‘s has prepared for us since the foundation of the world
by mixing with faith the good news of the gospel (Hebrews 4:1-12).
Because of Jesus death and resurrection we now enjoy great benefits. Jesus was punished in our
place, because of that, we are forgiven. Jesus became a sin offering; we are made righteous. Jesus
became a curse; we are blessed, Jesus was beaten and whipped; we are healed. Jesus died in our
place; we have been given life eternal. Jesus was rejected by man and was also rejected by God; we
have been accepted in the Beloved and we will never be forsaken by God. Jesus suffered unbearable
trauma; we have been given peace. Jesus was resurrected; we were made a new creature. Jesus
became poor with our poverty and we have become rich with His riches. Jesus bore our shame and
we now share His glory. Jesus endured our rejection and we now have His acceptance as children of
God.
The good news is that the stone at Jesus‘ grave site was miraculously rolled away for us as we
now serve a resurrected glorious Christ whose power and glory and riches and victory has been
restored to Him. God‘s word is unchanging:
Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and
Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. Very early in the morning, on
the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they said
among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?" But
when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away-for it was very large.
And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the
right side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus
of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid
Him. "But go, tell His disciples-and Peter-that He is going before you into Galilee; there you
will see Him, as He said to you." So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb, for they
trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary
Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. She went and told those who had
been with Him, as they mourned and wept. And when they heard that He was alive and
had been seen by her, they did not believe. Mark 16:16-8
When Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons, went and told those who had
been with Jesus, who mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had been seen
by her, they did not believe. And Jesus Himself had to appear to His disciples and friends to prove
that He was no longer dead. Similarly we need for God by the Holy Spirit to open our eyes and
understanding to see and understand the truth of magnitude of the victories of the cross and the
great exchange Jesus did there. God‘s word is unchanging:
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and
hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. "Again, the
kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, "who, when he had found
one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Matthew 13:44-46
It‘s just like God to take the useless and worthless things of our lives and to replace it with
something priceless. We get from God in return for what we give up:
Christ's Righteousness for Our sin
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him. 2 Cor. 5:21
Peace with God for Wrath of God
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ, Rom. 5:1
Father's House (Heaven) for Condemnation (Hell)
Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the
saints and members of the household of God, Eph. 2:,19
Life for Death
"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and
the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and
gave Himself for me. Gal. 2:20
The New Man for The Old Man
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away;
behold, all things have become new. 2 Cor. 5:17
Grace for Law
Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of
Christ, that you may be married to another- to Him who was raised from the dead, that we
should bear fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were
aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have
been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve
in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. Rom. 7:4-6
His Strength for Our weakness
And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in
weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of
Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs,
in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2
Cor. 12:9-10
His Purity for Our Impurity
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a
new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and
having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full
assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies
washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for
He who promised is faithful. Heb. 10:19-22
Every Spiritual Blessing for Being His Children
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every
spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, Eph.
1:3-4
God's Power for Weakness and Self strength
He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those
who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like
eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:29-31
Wisdom and Redemption for Hopelessness and Despair
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God-and
righteousness and sanctification and redemption- 1 Cor. 1:30
Good Cheer for Tribulation
Victory for Defeat
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.1 Cor.
15:57
Joy for Sorrow
"These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy
may be full. John 15:11
Hope for Despair
To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery
among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we preach, warning
every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect
in Christ Jesus. Col. 1:27-28
Fullness for Emptiness
For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him,
who is the head of all principality and power. Col. 2:9-10
Goodness for Evil And Self Control for the Flesh
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish
ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of
which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice
such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions
and desires. Gal. 5:19-24
Love for Fear
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who
abides in love abides in God, and God in him. Love has been perfected among us in this:
that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this
world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves
torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. I John 4:16-18
Rest for Busyness
There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest
has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Heb. 4:9-10
Freedom for Bondage
"Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:36
Deliverance for Darkness
He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of
the Son of His love, Col. 1:13
Truth for Lies
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My
disciples indeed. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John
8:31- 32
Riches for Poverty
For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and
for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, that their hearts may be encouraged,
being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding,
to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are
hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Col. 2:2
Spiritual mind for Carnal mind
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that
we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also
speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches,
comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of
the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly
judged by no one. For "who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?"
But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Cor. 2:12-16
Boldness for Fear of Judgment
Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of
judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect
love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made
perfect in love. 1 John 4:17
Abundance For Lack
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your
sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9
Healing for Sickness
who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins,
might live for righteousness-by whose stripes you were healed. 1 Peter 2:24
Chapter 18
The God of Increase
And He spoke a parable to them: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall
into the ditch? "A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will
be like his teacher. "And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not
perceive the plank in your own eye? "Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me
remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your
own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see
clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother's eye. "For a good tree does not bear
bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. "For every tree is known by its own fruit. For
men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. "A
good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of
the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his
mouth speaks. "But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which I say?
Luke 6:39-46
Christianity today is full of religionists who call Jesus 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which
He told them. It‘s full of the blind who are leading the blind and then they wonder why they fall into
the ditch! It‘s not an unkind thing to tell the truth because Jesus did it all the times when He told
men the facts of life including "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good;
and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the
heart his mouth speaks. And God‘s word is unchanging:
Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me:
"Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. See, I have this day set you over the nations
and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To
build and to plant." Jeremiah 1:9-10
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you."
And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy
Spirit. "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any,
they are retained." John 20:21-23
Nothing in the world can overcome faith that is active in Christ Jesus based on the Word of God
word! It‘s a fact that we have been given the grace and blessing to be sons and daughters of the
King of kings and Lord of lords and all the authority and responsibility that goes with it including to
root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant nations and kingdoms
and to forgive or retain the sins of any.
If we choose not to act or use our God given authority that is in and through the name of Jesus
that is above every principality, power, sickness, diseases, mountain, foe, enemy, kingdom or
problem, that is our right as children of God created in the image of God with freedom of will and
choice. We can choose to have a form of godliness and deny God‘s power and authority He has given
to us. Yet Jesus Christ has made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth
(Matthew 28:18-20, Revelation 5:10). We can reign in the present or the future. That is our choice
but God‘s word is unchanging:
"And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth
will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
Matthew 16:19
"Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and
him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. "But if he will not hear, take with
you one or two more, that 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be
established.' "And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to
hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector. "Assuredly, I say to
you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth
will be loosed in heaven. "Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning
anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. "For where two or
three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them." Matthew 18:15-
20
God given freedoms, rights and privileges can only be abrogated by God or ourselves for we are
complete in Christ, who is the head of all principality and power who has disarmed principalities and
powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it and causes us to triumph
and be more than conquerors. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, has blessed us with
every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. And since we are primarily spiritual beings
created by God then it makes sense that the solutions to all our problems are spiritual! God‘s word is
unchanging about any mountain, foe, kingdom, problem, sickness or lack:
When evening had come, He went out of the city. Now in the morning, as they passed
by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter, remembering, said to Him,
"Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away." So Jesus answered and
said to them, "Have faith in God. "For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this
mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but
believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. "Therefore I
say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you
will have them. Mark 11:19-24
But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is,
the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and
believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with
the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation. For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." For
there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who
call upon Him. For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved." Romans 10:8-
13
Yes, if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised
Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with
the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Yes, God created His children for victory and through
the cross of Christ He has given them victory and the power over all things (Deuteronomy 28:1-14,
Isaiah 51:1-3,61:1-11,65:13-16, John 14:12-14,16:7-14, Romans 12;6, 1 Corinthians 3:21-22, 2
Corinthians 8:9, Ephesians 4:8, Galatians 3:3, James 2:5).
Through Christ Jesus, we who once were poor have became rich in faith for through the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that we through
His poverty might become rich and inherit the blessings of Abraham, spiritual and physical. And as a
result whatever we bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever we loose on earth will be
loosed in heaven and whatever things we ask when we pray, believe that we receive them, and we
will have them.
Now if we allow ourselves to be deceived or blind to what God in Christ Jesus has done for us
that is our right and God will not interfere with our right to make mistakes and our own choices!
Negative circumstances, the size of the enemy, or demons have nothing to do with us for God‘s
word is unchanging:
Your sandals shall be iron and bronze; As your days, so shall your strength be. There is
no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to help you, And in His excellency
on the clouds. The eternal God is your refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms;
He will thrust out the enemy from before you, And will say, 'Destroy!' Then Israel shall
dwell in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens
shall also drop dew. Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the
LORD, The shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall submit
to you, And you shall tread down their high places." Deuteronomy 33:25-29
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our
battles." And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 2
Chronicles 32:7-8
And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:10
And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in
abundance, so that you may always {and} under all circumstances {and} whatever the
need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in
abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. 2 Corinthians 9:8-11 Amplified
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Chapter 19
Do Not Be Afraid; Only Believe
"Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father
who is in heaven. "But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My
Father who is in heaven. "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come
to bring peace but a sword. "For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter
against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'; "and 'a man's
enemies will be those of his own household.' "He who loves father or mother more than Me
is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
"And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds
his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. Matthew 10:32-39
While He was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of the synagogue's house,
saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher." But when Jesus heard
it, He answered him, saying, "Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well."
Luke 8:49-50
Jesus brought life to this world. He brought the true and living way. There is no other way to
have eternal life but through Jesus Christ our Lord, and every man, woman, boy or girl who receives
Jesus as their Savior receives abundant life. And with that life comes all the benefits of heaven -
health for soul, mind and body. Jesus has all power and He proved that when He conquered death,
hell and the grave. Jesus let us know ―Fear not: believe only, and we can be made whole.‖ The
Lord can make us whole spiritually, mentally and physically. Whatever our need is today, we can go
to God in prayer believe and expect miracles from on High to meet our need!
God Who treads our enemies is for us and with us, beloved, whatever problems we may face, we
are not to not lose heart. The Lord will defeat them and give us victory. When the enemy comes in
like a flood, the spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him (Isaiah 59:19). Therefore as His
beloved, we are to strengthen ourselves in the Lord. We are to place all our fears, problems and
needs in the presence of the Lord. He will strengthen us and give us a divine power to defeat our
enemies. The Lord will never allow the wicked to subdue those who seek Him faithfully. He will
tread down their enemies and give them victory. We are to seek Him and He shall give us victory
over our enemies. Malachi 4:1-3
Yes, if God be for us, who can be against us? God is in us now; the Master of creation is in us!
Greater is He that is in us than all the forces that can be arrayed against us including poverty, lack,
spouse, children, pastors, churches, ministries, false apostles, deceivers, bills, sickness, disease,
demons, and frail mortal men. We can with boldness proclaim ―You prepare a table before me in the
presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. (Psalm 23:5)! For His
anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in
the morning (Psalm 30:5). God abides in us and we abide in God. As He is, so are we in this world.
We are fearless and righteous and bold as a lion and do greater works than Jesus did. We are not
hemmed in by limitations because we are united with the Limitless One. He is the Vine and we are
the branch
Our dear LORD is a prayer answering GOD (Jeremiah 33:3). HE Himself has said "Behold I am
the LORD, the GOD of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?" (Jeremiah 32:27). HE will never
despise our request for HIS help because HIS love for us is everlasting. HE is our loving Father! We
are not to be encouraged . We are not to look at how big our problem is, but look at how BIG God is.
Because whatever our problem, God is the answer! One of the most important things for us to do to
receive the miracle that we need and the miracle that we are praying for, regardless of what it‘s for,
is to put our faith and trust in God and expect to receive what we have prayed for.
But the other side of the coin is that Jesus didn‘t come to bring peace on earth. He didn‘t come
to bring peace but a sword. He had come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her
mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'; "and 'a man's enemies will be those of
his own household.' He who loves father or mother more than Jesus is not worthy of Him. And he
who loves son or daughter more than Jesus is not worthy of Him. Yes, there is a real price to be paid
even on a daily basis for being a Christian, a follower of Christ. Contrary to false prophets and
teachers there is no such thing as ―easy believism‖ without testing, trials or tribulations. Abraham,
Job, Daniel, Jesus and other saints were tested to see if their faith, much more precious than gold
that perishes, was genuine. God‘s word is unchanging:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant
mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away,
reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation
ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little
while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your
faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be
found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen
you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible
and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith-the salvation of your souls. Of this salvation
the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would
come to you, searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them
was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that
would follow. 1 Peter 1:3-11
Satan walks about like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour and with his henchmen loves to
bring about among men the spirit of strife, dissension and rebellion by getting many of God‘s people
to emphasize their rights to freedom of speech, freedom of choice, freedom of opinions, etc. just
like Korah, Dathan and Abiram, with some of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of
the congregation, representatives of the congregation, men of renown, did with Moses and Aaron,
saying to them, "You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of
them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the
LORD?" (Numbers 16:3). They provoked the judgments of God upon themselves and their lives
were shortened before their time when God did a new thing. The earth opened its mouth and
swallowed them up, with their households and all the men with Korah, with all their goods. So they
and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished
from among the assembly. And a fire came out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and
fifty men who were offering incense while they were performing their religious acts. These kinds of
things do happen in life!
Jesus Christ though being God didn‘t push His views and opinion on anyone. He did nothing
through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind accepted and respected each of His
friends. He looked out not only for his own interests, but for the interests of others. He made
Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And
being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of
death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the
name which is above every name. (Philippians 2:3-9).
Being a shepherd who leads by example and not a hard task master is something that many
deceived ones in the ministry still have to learn. Those in power oppress all their fellows who are
their underlings, and call it God's will that they were mistreated as the leadership were chosen by
the Lord Jesus to do the mistreatment and oppression and abuse of those who are under their
positions of power. This is nothing but evil and God hates all such evil. God hates abuse and such
corruption of power, and He hates all oppression, even that which is done in His name by supposed
religionists all over the world. These persons that oppress and abuse in the name of Jesus, will burn
in the Lake of Fire for all eternity. Oppressing others in the name of Jesus, is blasphemy of God's
name, and is a damnable sin, and claiming that the Holy Spirit anoints some over others to abuse
and oppress them in God's name and for special ministry purposes, is blasphemy against the Holy
Spirit, and that is an eternal sin, never to be forgotten or forgiven by Jesus, forever. And Jesus said
so! His word is unchanging:
Then He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to
him through whom they do come! "It would be better for him if a millstone were hung
around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these
little ones. "Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he
repents, forgive him. "And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a
day returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him." Luke 17:1-4
Many of those who are in power be they religious ones or political ones, are not concerned about
justice, equity, truth, righteousness and freedom because they are usually selfish, and rich, and
don‘t want to share their good life with their underlings, because doing so might just better the
world for all concerned, and they wouldn't want a better world for all now, would they? Just like
Cain who in jealousy killed his brother Abel when asked by God "Where is Abel your brother?" "I
do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" many don‘t want to be concerned and caring for their
brothers and sisters but only about their own agendas. God‘s word is unchanging:
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, saying: "The scribes and the
Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. "Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and
do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do. "For they bind
heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will
not move them with one of their fingers. "But all their works they do to be seen by men.
They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments. "They love
the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, "greetings in the marketplaces,
and to be called by men, 'Rabbi, Rabbi.' "But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your
Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren. "Do not call anyone on earth your father; for
One is your Father, He who is in heaven. "And do not be called teachers; for One is your
Teacher, the Christ. "But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. "And
whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
Matthew 23:1-12
Chapter 20
And Be Kind To One Another, Tenderhearted
Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for
we are members of one another. "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on
your wrath, nor give place to the devil. Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let
him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him
who has need. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for
necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy
Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness,
wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind
to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 4:25-32
God is a miracle working God who gives to all who call upon His name the miracle of new birth.
As a result we are born again and we become a new creature. Old things have passed away and all
things have become new. We become a child of the living God and are born into God‘s family. We
have our Father‘s DNA and literally become like Him. The Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has set us
free from the law of sin and death. Jesus who knew no sin became our sin thus making us who
knew no righteousness His righteousness. We have been translated into the Kingdom of God‘s love
and now everything that we do or say is done by God‘s love. God‘s word is unchanging:
"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I, who live, but Christ lives in me; and
the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and
gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20
Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like
precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 Peter 1:1
We no longer live under law of sin and death where fear was the motivation and walk according
to the flesh, but walk according to the Spirit where love is the motivation for the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death. While those who live according to
the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, those who live according to the Spirit, the things
of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed
can be. So those who are in the flesh do please God and those who live according to the flesh will
die; but those who by the Spirit put to death the deeds of the body, will live, for as many as are
led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Since only our spirit-man is the real born again part of us, our soul (mind, will and emotions)
needs to be renewed to the Word of God. Even though we are saved by grace we sill relate to the
world around us via our soul. Even though we are new creatures in Christ and faith children we still
relate to the world around us the way we have all our lives, not by faith but by our senses including
fear. Faith takes a back seat and is rendered impotent. And then we compound all our problems by
going to churches where men lead and not the Spirit of God. And many are motivated to please
those in leadership in churches through fear and carnal logic rather than by the Spirit of the Lord
and love and faith. Yet the reality for the born again believer is that we are born into faith and are
now creatures of faith.
We live in a reverse world with the faith realm being reality and the sense realm being the
fantasy. We are now the temple of the Holy Spirit and not the physical institution or structure that
we visit once or twice a week. True born again believers seek the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness knowing that all the other things shall be added to them by God for it‘s their Father‘s
good pleasure to give them the kingdom. Yet God‘ word is unchanging:
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He
found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers
doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple,
with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the
tables. And He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things away! Do not make My
Father's house a house of merchandise!"
Then His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for Your house has eaten Me
up." 2:13-17
It is a fact that in many churches today it has become a house of merchandise even though
Jesus said unto those that sold doves, ―Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an
house of merchandise.‖ The dove is the symbol of the Holy Spirit. The doves were used in the
temple as sacrifices. Doves in the temple were sold to those who did not have them so that
religious leaders could make money for the temple and the people could worship the Lord by using
the doves. Unfortunately this principle is still going on today where pastors and evangelists have
made God‘s house into a den of thieves instead of a house of prayer (Matthew 21:13).
It is thievery to sell for money and profit what God has freely given to us. We have to stop
merchandising the things of the God and to quit selling trinkets and instead pray more, exercise our
faith and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave
us. And instead we have in the many church people who are being filled with all unrighteousness,
sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit,
evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors
of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving,
unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are
deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them (Romans
1:29-32).
And then we exacerbate the problem by removing the five fold ministries in the church and
elevating the pastor or priest to the position of king so that we are to obey whatever he tells us.
And the pastor being a man, not God, this has created an opening for the enemy to firmly establish
the leader as king and create strongholds of manipulation and control through the implementation of
the teaching of submission, chain of command, tithing, and authority over other. All of which is a
subtle form of witchcraft that arises when the five fold ministry gifts do not function as a plurality of
leadership over which Jesus is the Head and we are members of the Body and members one of
another. God‘s word is unchanging:
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some
pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge
of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but,
speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head-Christ- from
whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to
the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the
edifying of itself in love. Ephesians 4:11-16
When the whole body is joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the
effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of
itself in love there is no favoritism or schism in the body but the members have the same care one
for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be
honoured, all the members rejoice with it (1 Corinthians 12:25-27). Yes, when we made Jesus the
Lord of our life we were baptized into the Body of Christ and became more than just family to one
another. We are the same Body. Each of us became a unique cell in the Body. Just as a human
body is made up of many cells, so is the Body of Christ. We are brothers and sisters but even more
we are cells of the same Body. Hence one finger is not more important than another! Each part has
a different function but no member is more or less important than any other. God‘s word is
unchanging:
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with
partiality. For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine
apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, and you pay attention
to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, "You sit here in a good place," and say
to the poor man, "You stand there," or, "Sit here at my footstool," have you not shown
partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? James 2:1-4
Then He also said to him who invited Him, "When you give a dinner or a supper, do not
ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you
back, and you be repaid. "But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame,
the blind. "And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid
at the resurrection of the just. Luke 14:12-14
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish
ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of
which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice
such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
such there is no law. Galatians 5:19-23
Where there is favoritism or partiality, God is not in that place because it goes against His very
nature and character. He loves all of His children equally although He sometimes shows more honor
to some than to others. When we fulfill the Royal Law in accordance with the scripture we love our
neighbor as we love ourselves. Where people are exercising control over others and we see sorcery,
hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, and heresies God
is not in that place. Rather we have there not only the works of the flesh but the practice of
witchcraft. God‘s word is unchanging:
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21
He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. Psalm
107:20
The Word of God tells us that Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good
for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit
of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger,
clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. It is a fact that we, we employ the
force of witchcraft each time we say something contrary to the Word of God with the goal of getting
someone to do what we want him or her to do. The power of witchcraft is fulfilled by demons.
Demons are released to fulfill our manipulative controlling words. Just like good angels hearken to
and listen for the Word of God to be spoken so that they can perform what the Word was sent to do,
conversely, demons or fallen angels hearken to and listen for words of death (cursing, destruction,
deception, manipulation and ruin) so they can bring them to pass. Those who speak words that are
consistent with death activate demons. When Satan, who is the prince of the power of the air
(thoughts) gives us a thought and we speak it out, the reverse of the scripture takes over: ‗he (this
time the devil) sends his word (death) and kills them.‘ God‘s word is unchanging:
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form,
and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering
over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And
God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called
the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the
first day. Genesis 1:1-5
Mankind has been created in the image of God and after His likeness. We are in the God class of
creation. He made us for fellowship and to be Family. We share DNA. So the way He functions is
the way we function. Gen God said, Let there be light: and there was light.‖ He spoke and there
was light. When we speak, the answer manifests. Life and death are in the power of the tongue;
meaning the words we speak. Witchcraft is a deed of the flesh and is activated subtly and often
hard to detect. Unintentionally each of us have destroyed or greatly cursed many others in our lives
through our words. And we need to straighten it all out with our Father and with anyone we may
have cursed with our words especially if we as a minister have used the pulpit to speak words of
bondage and condemnation and not words of life and liberation, not bondage.
Yes, the pulpit is not the place to promote a person, ministry, church or a church program for
God is the one who does the promoting (Proverbs 18:16, 1 Peter 5:6). Unfortunately for the hearers
the words that many church members here in churches is designed to keep them in bondage by
manipulation and control which is form of witchcraft rather than hearing the words that God speaks
which give life and freedom.
In my own life, I have seen many pastors receive a call of God and a vision to do great things for
him and become very autocratic and dictatorial. And then the enemy comes with false doctrines and
visions and puts a chain around the neck of his church. Just as the body nourishes the head and the
head directs and coordinates the body so must a pastor direct and coordinate the efforts and
purposes of his particular local church which God has entrusted to him. However, the church then
suffers from a lack of power due to a chain placed strategically by the enemy around the neck of this
body. It is restricts the flow of blood to the different parts of the body. Hence the body is being
weakened by this lack of blood flow and it can‘t function as it aught to.
The solution to the problem is for the pastor to release the body to flow completely in the
intentions and purposes for which God created it. It is a part of the pastor and his administration. It
is not to be cut off and told too much by man as to what to do or how to do it. It must be given the
freedom to ―do it‖ as God would direct each cell of the body to do. This is His job and not other‘s.
If the body is not released to do it the way God intended them to do it, then the parts of the
body will begin to atrophy from lack of use and purpose and direction. They will not come into the
purposes of God because they will be stunted in their spiritual growth due to lack of oxygen to the
muscles of the entire body. It will be weak and anemic because it will not be receiving directly from
God. The pastor‘s main only purpose is to help birth the spiritual babies entrusted to Him so God
can mature them in the birthing room of the church. Then, He by His purpose and intentions will
send them forth into the world to do that work He has for them to do. He wants and needs no
interference from any man in this intention. He has a purpose, place and timing for each one of His
loved ones and he wants each pastor and minister to provide only as much care as is necessary to
nurture, mature and release each individual into the purpose of their calling from Him. The birthing
room by its very nature is a temporary place not a permanent one.
It is true, God wants His pastors to be very careful in how them going about doing the work the
work of the Lord. He wants them to lay aside all of their fears and concerns about how to run
programs and who to run them. He is sending them those they need to do the work and support the
work but they must have freedom to be themselves and allow their gifts to flow unhindered by
excessive demands placed upon them to conform to pastor‘s image of how they aught to behave or
support the work. This is between the sheep and God and the pastor need not be concerned about
this. If they are truly called to the work He will give them the strength to sustain it and the wisdom
to accomplish it. If the sheep fail in it, this is their failure and pastor need not be concerned about it.
Simply, he must move on and trust for another worker who will be able to sustain the work. People
fail but God never fails. People will fall but God will support them and sustain them until such time
as they will fall no more or they will depart because they themselves realize they need to be
somewhere else.
What works in a corporation does not necessarily work in a birthing room which a church is
Compassion, patience and trust in the Holy Spirit are the watch words of any good shepherd seeking
the Lord‘s will for weakened sheep. It‘s not only a birthing place it‘s a Hospital for the wounded and
maimed. It is a place of recovery, restoration and renewal in the Spirit. It is a place of healing. It
must be a place filled to the brim with love from above and all the gifts in full operation, and a place
with lots of room for error and growth. A nurturing place. A place of peace. A place of compassion. A
place of acceptance for the rejected and downcast. A place where the healing balm can freely flow,
unhindered, in fact, encouraged and supported until the Holy Spirit has completed His perfect work
in each baby, each learner, each minister and each true child of the King.
So many pastors fall into a pit thinking that bigger is better, not understanding that their super
church building is not the true church but rather the sheep. Many pastors think that numbers are
more important than anything, forgetting that to Jesus it‘s the one lost and hurting sheep that is
important. To Jesus it was more important to heal people than to protect the status quo of the
religious establishment who demonstrated whom they served by going out plotting against Him, how
they might destroy Him. A church is not a building but righteous men and woman serving
blamelessly the living God.
The bottom line is that many pastors have become an accuser of the brethren rather a deliverer
of the brethren! Many pastors make a mistake and forget that the work of the Lord is the sheep and
they are to shepherd the flock of God which is among them, serving as overseers, not by compulsion
but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to them,
but being examples to the flock. They forget that Jesus ministry besides preaching was to go about
doing good and healing all that were sick and oppressed. God‘s word is unchanging:
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Son of man, prophesy against the
shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds:
"Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the
flocks? "You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but
you do not feed the flock. "The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed
those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor
sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them. "So they were
scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the
field when they were scattered. "My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on
every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one
was seeking or searching for them." Ezekiel 34:1-6
Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of
the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same
love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or
conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of
you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Let this
mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not
consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the
form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance
as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death
of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is
above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven,
and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:1-11
Chapter 21
What Do Liars Do?
"You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was
a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in
him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father
of it. John 8:44
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of
Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of
righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
Jesus and Apostle Paul warned us to beware of false apostles, deceitful workers who transform
themselves into apostles of Christ when in reality they are ministers of Satan. And why should this
surprise any of God‘s people? It should not for those whose father is the devil do what the devil does
– murder, do not stand in truth and lie! They twist the Word of God and speak half truths all in the
name of the One who doesn‘t lie - Jesus Christ!
True men of God who are called to be apostles, prophets, teachers do not need credentials,
degrees or a license from the state. They are called by God and speak by God‘s authority and in His
name. Their position doesn‘t come from completing a prescribed man-made course or planned for as
other pursuits in life. Their anointing and words come from God because God Lord GOD does
nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets (Amos 3:7)!
Bible history tells us that for 400 years, from Malachi to Matthew, though there were many
religious teachers, yet was there no true prophet. The book of Jeremiah warned against men
including pastors who do not stand in God‘s counsel and prophesy falsely:
"Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you
worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the LORD. They
continually say to those who despise Me, 'The LORD has said, "You shall have peace" '; And
to everyone who walks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say, 'No evil shall
come upon you.' " For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD, And has perceived and
heard His word? Who has marked His word and heard it? …. "I have not sent these
prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had
stood in My counsel, And had caused My people to hear My words, Then they would have
turned them from their evil way And from the evil of their doings. …"I have heard what the
prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have
dreamed!' "How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed
they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart, … Jeremiah 23:16-22
In the book of Ezekiel, we find God‘s condemnation of the shepherds that were feeding
themselves and not the flock. ―And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they
became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.‖ (Ezek 34:5). Beasts of the
field are not lions and bears, but an evil, beast-like system that includes denominational systems to
keep in place useless and burnt out egotistic pastors who are salt that lost its flavor. God‘s word is
unchanging about Apostles and prophets:
Now then, we (apostles) are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading
through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.2 Corinthians 5:20
The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me (Apostle, prophet,
teacher), these do, and the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:19
Obey those (first apostles, second prophets, third teachers) who rule over you, and be
submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do
so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you. Hebrews 13:17
"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of
heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are
entering to go in. Matthew 23:13
"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged
you on her!" Revelation 18:20
Jesus cursed, not blessed, the hypocritical religious and political leaders of His day who
contended with and fought with Apostles and prophets and even murdered them and this includes
many denominational leaders of our day. Woe comes to those who spurn their message and count it
a trivial matter. Scripture warns all men, “Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.‖
(Ps. 105:15). It is a scriptural fact that God will render judgment to all who reject and persecute His
true servants. (Mt. 23:34-35). The book of Revelation declares a time of godly rejoicing at the
destruction of a system that has persecuted and martyred men of God throughout the ages saying,
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!"
In the Old Testament there were various ministerial offices such as the Patriarchs, the Prophets,
the Levites and the Pastors. It seems that the most significant was the Prophet. He was the
watchman and messenger of God who gave warning to the nation of Israel from God. God‘s word is
true:
"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a
word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me: "When I say to the wicked, 'You
shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his
wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I
will require at your hand. "Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his
wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered
your soul. "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits
iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not give him
warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be
remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 1 "Nevertheless if you warn the
righteous man that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live
because he took warning; also you will have delivered your soul." Ezekiel 3:17-21
The Prophets had specific messages from God to the nation of Israel. The rebukes and warnings
of Samuel to Saul, Nathan to David, or Elijah to Ahab are some good examples of men with divine
commission. Kings and nations witnessed the hand of God on these men. Consider Moses, for
example, who was not afraid of the most powerful king of his time — the Pharaoh of Egypt. This
massive empire collapsed as a result of the message from an appointed man of God. The message of
Daniel, a Hebrew slave in Babylon, brought about the conviction and repentance of Nebuchadnezzar,
one of history‘s most the powerful monarchs. It is no wonder that this world is not worthy of these
messengers of God. (Heb. 11:38). But Apostle Paul told us that in the New Testament:
And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third
teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of
tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 1
Corinthians 12:28-30
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some
pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ, Ephesians 4:11-12
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion
but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to
you, but being examples to the flock; and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will
receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. 1 Peter 5:2-4
Yes, God gave to the church not only some to be evangelists, pastors and teachers but some to
be apostles and prophets. And for those who reject the words of apostles and prophets woe will
come to them just as Jesus promised. The reason many pastors suffer spiritual ‗burn out‘ is not
because of a lack of loyalty, commitment, faithfulness and respect from elders and saints alike but
because they were never intended to be the sole ministry in the local church. God is a God of order,
not disorder and He has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third
teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. So
when we fail to have God‘s order in the local church of first apostles, second prophets, third teachers
and replace them with self-attained or self-appointed ministers who describe themselves as an
ambassador, a steward, a watchman, a shepherd and a messenger, we have no one to blame but
ourselves that the local church is anemic, impotent and useless. It‘s to be noted Apostle Paul was
never a pastor but always a prophet, a teacher and an apostle. God‘s word is unchanging:
Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers:
Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought
up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy
Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called
them." Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
Acts 13:1-3
But there are false ones in the church of Jesus Christ, Nicolaitans, who with the restoring
apostles and prophets to the Church to complete a five-fold ministry mentioned by Paul in
Ephesians, try to bring the sheep into a repackaged disciple/shepherding movement under the title
of church growth. "Nicolaitans" means "Victorious over the people; a follower of Nicolaus, a heretic."
Anyone who uses their leadership position to manipulate others is bumping up against the thing
Jesus hates. The Lord wants us to be under His control, no one else‘s. But even He doesn‘t use such
tactics of manipulation. He wants willing obedience, not contrived. Our acceptance was paid for on
the cross, therefore we need not be man- pleasers. Jesus rules by example and through serving but
Nicolaitans rules through manipulation and control. Nicolaitan authority is false authority. Therefore
a believer is not required to submit to it. In fact he should take dominion over it. Nicolaitan
authorities may try to label us as rebels, but Christ must reign supreme, regardless of what others
say.
The root of the word Nicolaitans comes from Greek nikao, to conquer or overcome, and laos,
which means people and which the word laity comes from. The two words together especially means
the destruction of the people and refers to the earliest form of what we call a priestly order or clergy
which later on in church history divided people and allowed for leadership other than those led by
the spirit of the risen Lord Jesus Christ. A good translation of Nicolaitan would be "those who prevail
over the people." This clerical system later developed into the papal hierarchy of priests and clergy
lording over the flock. The Council of Trent stated, "If anyone shall say that there is not in the
Catholic Church a hierarchy established by the divine ordination, consisting of bishops, presbyters
and ministers, let him be anathema." This very idea was taken over by the Protestants with their
own corruption of church leadership. The Church of Ephesus was commended for hating the deeds of
the Nicolaitans. The wrong separation of the clergy from the laity is a great evil in God's sight and
He hates the lust for religious power. There is an ungodly spiritual authority in the Church today,
which is nothing more than the prideful spirit of control, manipulation, domination and intimidation
and a rebellion of the rightful authority of God.
Faithful believers who have put on Christ Jesus, are all God's laity. Peter exhorted us to feed the
flock of God which is among us, taking the oversight thereof, not for filthy lucre but of a ready mind.
Neither as being lords over God's heritage but being examples to the flock. It‘s a fact that
shepherds serve the sheep but the wolves that clothe themselves with so-called leadership and
spiritual authority serve themselves, thinking that they serve God. In essence, this makes them
false christs. Early church leaders were established as overseers, not a ruling hierarchy.
One of the most obvious Nicolaitan maneuvers is often related directly to the preacher and his
pulpit who misuses his authority by brow beating the people from the platform. Some sermons are
simply personal vendettas disguised as "the Word". When they have a problem with someone rather
than going to that person and confront it as per the pattern outlined in Matthew 18:15-17 they use
the pulpit to attack their target. As a result we seen preachers verbally condemn the flock for a lack
of service, commitment, evangelism, etc. ignoring that their mandate is to EQUIP the Body to do the
work, to actually disciple and train up the sons and daughters of God? Ministers are to disciple
others into their calling and let them do the work of the ministry! Many religious leaders fail to allow
those under them to initiate ministry. Some pastors are able to use the creativity of others, as long
as it is channeled in the direction which best serves the pastor‘s interests. Autocracy is akin to the
doctrine Jesus hates. But true leadership is secure enough in Christ to allow and encourage others to
initiate their life with God. Sheep are to be encouraged to follow through with their dreams, even if
they might fail. They will experience life‘s ups and downs and continue to see the completion of
their dreams.
Yes, Jesus actually HATES the doctrine of the Nicolaitans. John wrote: "For this purpose the Son
of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil." (1 John 3:8b) We must
destroy such works and doctrines in our own lives before we can be effective in the Body of Christ.
Revelation 2:16 reveals the tactic of Christ to deal with such demonic doctrine: "Repent; or else I
will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth." We must
speak up against the Nicolaitans. God‘s word is unchanging:
"So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate."
Revelation 2:15
"And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he
has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'? "But will he not rather say
to him, 'Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten
and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink'? "Does he thank that servant because he
did the things that were commanded him? I think not. "So likewise you, when you have
done all those things which you are commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We
have done what was our duty to do. Luke 17:7-10
God has given us the authority over spiritual wickedness in high places, we have the authority to
cast out demons, to bring down the high places and bring down strongholds. It is the same authority
that Jesus had, He spoke as a man having authority but He spoke what the father spoke, He did not
speak on His own authority while He was here on earth but what authority that His Father had given
Him. We know that Jesus has shared His glory with us and that we have the authority to bless and
rebuke in the name of Jesus, to intercede for others, to establish, to break down, to build up and to
rule over the earth as our dominion. We have the power to stretch out our hands and allow the
blood of Jesus to course through our veins and out of our bodies in spiritual power to heal and to
deliver and to fill others with His spirit. We have the authority to have signs and wonders following,
God speaks and lives through us through the death of His Son and in the power of His Holy Spirit.
This is true authority but it is derived authority, not assumed.
We are nothing without Jesus, it is not our authority, dominion or glory, it is His. We have no
righteousness in ourselves, we cannot save others and for sure we are not to rule over them in the
church. And we are never called to lead apart from total submission to the Holy Spirit. He is our One
and Only Commander and we are not part of a worldly army but a spiritual one that must march as
One in unison, marching in one rank shoulder to shoulder behind Jesus, not one another. We should
only submit to others that have the humility, love and servant attitude that we have been taught
from the beginning. We are to be restored to the original purity of the early church. How can we
submit to each other as in the Lord if we differentiate between leaders and followers among us? To
be one body, we must submit to One Head. Let the fragments fall where they may but they will be
devoured by the dogs. Jesus wants us to be perfect, without spot or wrinkle and ready to meet Him
in the air. God‘s word is unchanging:
Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to
me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful." And He said to me, "It is done! I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of
life freely to him who thirsts. "He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his
God and he shall be My son. "But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers,
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which
burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." Revelation 21:5-8
So what do liars do? They lie! Most young people in America don't go to church. According to a
comprehensive "U.S. Congregational Life Survey" conducted the average church member is 49
years, white, female, uneducated, low income and married. A Florida SBC pastor has told the
Southern Baptist Founders Conference that the overwhelming majority of Southern Baptist members
give little or no sign of spiritual life. Pastor Tom Ascol of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral,
Florida, told the audience that he had the numbers to prove his argument. He cited figures from the
SBC's 2000 church profile and a study conducted by the denomination's North American Missions
Board. Those figures showed that although official SBC church membership lists show just under 16
million members, Ascol says on any given Sunday morning, only 5.5 million members show up for
church services.
"Our practice doesn't measure up to our confession," Ascol said. "The overwhelming majority of
Southern Baptist church members give little or no sign of spiritual life. There are countless studies
that have been done in the past 15 years that validate this."
Truth or lie?
From the 2004 "Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches membership exceeding 161
million ―
Truth - Liars lie and there is no 161 million members in churches in United States and Canada -
that would mean 50% of the population goes to church on Sunday? Impossible! In actual fact as
shown the trial of the now felon Dr. Henry J. Lyons, former President of the National Baptist
Convention, the denominational membership numbers are meaningless and were pulled out of the
air! The new numbers come from the 2004 "Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches,"
published recently by the National Council of Churches.
http://www.abpnews.com/abpnews/story.cfm?newsId=4152&srch=1
The Pentecostal bodies in the top 25 are newcomer the Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.), with
944,857 members (25th); the Church of God in Christ, with 5,499,875 members (4th); the
Assemblies of God, with 2,687,366 (10th); and the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Inc., with
1,500,000 (tie 16th).
According to the 2004 Yearbook, there are 215 U.S. church bodies, with a record total
membership exceeding 161 million. The U.S. has a higher level of church affiliation than most
Western industrial societies.
Leading any other single U.S. church is the Roman Catholic Church, reporting 66,407,105
adherents, followed by the Southern Baptist Convention (16,247,736) and the United Methodist
Church (8,251,042). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ranks 5th (5,410,544).
Seven of the largest 25 U.S. denominations are African-American churches, reflective of the
historic strength of the church within the U.S. African-American community.
Chapter 22
That Woman Jezebel
"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ' These things says the Son of God,
who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: "I know your works, love,
service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.
"Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who
calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality
and eat things sacrificed to idols. "And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality,
and she did not repent. "Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit
adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. "I will kill her
children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds
and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. Revelation 2:18-23
In the house of God across America there are many so called Christians who have not had
deliverance from witchcraft, false gifts, divination, etc. and are prophesying, giving words of
knowledge or wisdom, and are prophesying lies coming from demons! And when we examine them
closely we also see that they practice idolatry. Idolatry is more than worshiping a statute, it can be a
person, money, people, yes, even a church or denomination. Anything that comes before God is
idolatry. The Jezebel spirit operates in witchcraft. Witchcraft is control, dominance, seduction, etc. It
is so powerful that congregations are seduced by this spirit. Most of the time, the people in the
congregation cannot see this spirit until they come out from under the teaching, control and
dominance of that church and receive deliverance. Divination raises ugly head in the churches today
and we see it on television This divination is part of the witchcraft of Jezebel... Prophecies... God's
people are going around in utter confusion because of ungodly prophecies that are empty, and
fruitless. God‘s word is unchanging:
"Tell them therefore, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will lay this proverb to rest, and they
shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel." But say to them, "The days are at hand, and the
fulfillment of every vision. "For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering
divination within the house of Israel. "For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which I
speak will come to pass; it will no more be postponed; for in your days, O rebellious house,
I will say the word and perform it," says the Lord GOD.' " Ezekiel 12:23-25
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Son of man, prophesy against the
prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart,
'Hear the word of the LORD!' " Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the foolish prophets, who
follow their own spirit and have seen nothing! "O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the
deserts. "You have not gone up into the gaps to build a wall for the house of Israel to stand
in battle on the day of the LORD. "They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying,
'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may
be confirmed. "Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination?
You say, 'The LORD says,' but I have not spoken."
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned
lies, therefore I am indeed against you," says the Lord GOD. "My hand will be against the
prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My
people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land
of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 13:1-13
Many of God‘s people are deceived by false prophets and diviners who are in their midst who
prophesy falsely to them in God‘s name but the Lord has not sent them. They make God‘s people to
err by promising them nothing solid to sink their teeth in unlike true prophets of God like Elisha who
made a poor widow extremely rich by multiplying her oil. God‘s people must seek the Lord and His
face and not the words of false prophets. God‘s word is true:
A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying,
"Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And
the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves. " So Elisha said to her, "What
shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" And she said, "Your
maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil." Then he said, "Go, borrow vessels
from everywhere, from all your neighbors-empty vessels; do not gather just a few. "And
when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into
all those vessels, and set aside the full ones." So she went from him and shut the door
behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out. Now it
came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, "Bring me another
vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another vessel." So the oil ceased. Then she came
and told the man of God. And he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your
sons live on the rest." 2 Kings 4:1-7
Ask the LORD for rain In the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make flashing clouds;
He will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone. For the idols speak
delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no
shepherd. Zechariah 10:1-2
False prophets prophesy what people of itching ears want to hear but they don‘t talk about what
is on God‘s heart including justice, integrity, righteousness and truth. False prophets tell God‘s
people they must be under a covering of a pastor, but that is part of the Jezebel spirit of control and
dominance. False prophets seduce their hearers with divination which is not confirmed by the LORD.
We must be lead of the Spirit of God and not by false prophets, diviners, control, domination,
idolatry, soothsayers, sorcerers, etc., who enemies of God. But we have church congregations who
do not study the Word of God for themselves but trust in the leaders to tell them what the Word
says. They allow themselves to be bewitched and seduced by Jezebel leaders. They allow the use
the excuse of "good motives" to allow false prophets to operate in the church. They don‘t discern
that demon spirit operate through the mind and ego of the sorcerer and is carried out by spirits of
witchcraft. Mind control spirits work to subject the mind, emotions, will and body to the control and
whims of the sorcerer.
It has been said that ―Jezebel is sitting in our churches secretly undermining and controlling, and
because leaders are afraid of confrontation, she is getting away with it. She is sitting just as she
was in the church at Thyatira in Revelation 2:18.‖ Jezebel, who called herself a prophetess, an avid
liar, convincing people of her illegitimate power, was allowed in Thyatira to do whatever she wanted.
She was free and unrestrained in that she was even allowed to teach; and by not confronting
Jezebel, they also allowed her to seduce--to lead others away from the truth into fornication. Just
like the original Jezebel had those who worshipped idols sit at her table and was in control of 850
false prophets, the false Jezebel have their group of false prophets.
It‘s unfortunate that many leaders today would rather tolerate Jezebel than allow a Prophet of
God into their churches, but it was the very Prophet of God who destroyed Jezebel. Its desire is to
paralyze the prophetic flow of God. Jezebels are flourishing in churches; hidden, doing damage
because of the fear of the prophetic. Just like on Mount Carmel, where the Spirit of God confronted
the spirit of Baal. Fire was called down, and with it brought death to the idol worshipers and their
false gods. The Prophets of God are called to destroy the Jezebels. Why did you think Jezebel hated
Elijah so much? She wanted him killed. It hates the prophetic flow of God because the prophetic
ministry demands repentance and surrendering of the self-will, and cuts away evil with
confrontation. She hates the non-compromising voice of a prophet. The prophet brings people back
to the cross and back to holiness. It cannot accomplish its plan with a prophet around. Jezebel hates
repentance, prayer, humility and it opposes righteousness and the message of the cross.
Yes, God waits for someone to stand up to it--to confront it. Many leaders look at it and say
"well, they are working hard in the church." They appear to be supporting leadership. Underneath its
mask is a driving force of rebellion and witchcraft. A great weakness of leadership is the fear of
confrontation. Leadership just waits and hopes it goes away, or that person moves to another
church. Even if Jezebel stays for a short time, that is all that is needed to plant its evil seeds. Yet
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravenous wolves. "You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from
thornbushes or figs from thistles? "Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad
tree bears bad fruit. "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
"Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. "Therefore
by their fruits you will know them. Matthew 7:15-16
Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart
be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been
occupied with them. Hebrews 13:9
But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the
people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. Jude 1:5
Chapter 23
Woe To Him
Then He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to
him through whom they do come! "It would be better for him if a millstone were hung
around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these
little ones. "Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he
repents, forgive him. "And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a
day returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him." Luke 17:1-4
The American Heritage Dictionary defines woe as
woe (w½) n. 1. Deep distress or misery, as from grief; wretchedness. 2. Misfortune;
calamity. --woe interj. Used to express sorrow or dismay.
Jesus clearly warned us that offending one of those who trust in him is a very serious matter and
should be avoided at all costs because there will come to the person deep distress, calamity and
trouble. Matthew Henry‘s in his commentary on the Whole Bible states
We are here taught, I. That the giving of offences is a great sin, and that which we
should every one of us avoid and carefully watch against, v. 1, 2. We can expect no other
than that offences will come, considering the perverseness and frowardness that are in the
nature of man, and the wise purpose and counsel of God, who will carry on his work even
by those offences, and bring good out of evil. It is almost impossible but that offences will
come, and therefore we are concerned to provide accordingly; but woe to him through
whom they come, his doom will be heavy (v. 2), more terrible than that of the worst of the
malefactors who are condemned to be thrown into the sea, for they perish under a load of
guilt more ponderous than that of millstones. This includes a woe, 1. To persecutors, who
offer any injury to the least of Christ‘s little ones, in word or deed, by which they are
discouraged in serving Christ, and doing their duty, or in danger of being driven off from it.
2. To seducers, who corrupt the truths of Christ and his ordinances, and so trouble the
minds of the disciples; for they are those by whom offences come. 3. To those who, under
the profession of the Christian name, live scandalously, and thereby weaken the bands and
sadden the hearts of God‘s people; for by them the offence comes, and it is no abatement
of their guilt, nor will be any of their punishment, that it is impossible but offences will
come.iii
According to Matthew Henry one of the groups of people by whom offences come is seducers,
who corrupt the truths of Christ and his ordinances, and so trouble the minds of the disciples. James
warned us, My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a
stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a
perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body (James 3:1-2). Teachers, those who teach the Word
of God, including pastors and preachers can and easily become seducers if they corrupt the Word of
God, the truths of Christ and His ordinances and causes offenses to come to their hearers and
adherents. In other words men should avoid at all costs at become teachers and if they do become
teachers to make sure that they are not deceiving, leading astray their sheep which is very easy to
do considering the perverseness, frowardness and stubbornness that are in the nature of man.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being
king." 1 Samuel 15:23
The American Heritage Dictionary defines ‗stubborn‘ as:
stub·born adj. stub·born·er, stub·born·est. 1.a. Unreasonably, often perversely unyielding;
bullheaded. b. Firmly resolved or determined; resolute. 2. Characterized by perseverance;
persistent. 3. Difficult to treat or deal with; resistant to treatment or effort. --stub―born·ly adv. --
stub―born·ness n.
Yes, according to the Word of God to be stubborn or obstinate is to sin and to displease God. No
matter who he is or he thinks he is, there is nothing wonderful about a person, when he is
unreasonable, perversely unyielding, bullheaded, resolute, and difficult to treat or deal with,
resistant to treatment or effort. Being inflexibly, hardheaded, willful, adamant, headstrong,
intractable, pigheaded, or unyielding doesn‘t win any points with God. As a matter of fact in due
season God will bring upon that person real judgment for God‘s word is unchanging:
Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His? Then adorn
yourself with majesty and splendor, and array yourself with glory and beauty. Disperse the
rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Look on everyone
who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place. Hide them in the
dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness. Then I will also confess to you That your
own right hand can save you. Job 40:9-14
For He who is mighty has done great things for me, And holy is His name. And His
mercy is on those who fear Him From generation to generation. He has shown strength
with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has put
down the mighty from their thrones, And exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with
good things, And the rich He has sent away empty. Luke 1:49-53
So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best
places, saying to them: "When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit
down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; "and he who
invited you and him come and say to you, 'Give place to this man,' and then you begin with
shame to take the lowest place. "But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest
place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.'
Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. "For
whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." Luke
14:7-11
A sure way to get God‘s attention is to become proud and arrogant and stubborn for Jesus
promised whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
Jesus told us, Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5). It is a fact that
because of the stubbornness of His people, God was prepared to kill the children of Israel out of their
Egyptian captors, had not Moses interceded to God on their behalf (Deuteronomy 9:27-29). Jesus
warned us what would happen to those who are proud and arrogant and stubborn and will not
humble themselves and do what is right and proper:
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever
murders will be in danger of the judgment.' "But I say to you that whoever is angry with his
brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his
brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in
danger of hell fire. "Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that
your brother has something against you, "leave your gift there before the altar, and go
your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. "Agree
with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver
you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
"Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last
penny. Matthew 5:21-26
Yes, God loves those who are flexible, open-minded, compliant and agreeable.. He loves those
who build their lives based on all His teachings. He loves those who are doers of the Word of God
and are cheerful givers. His word is unchanging:
But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows
bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not
grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace
abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an
abundance for every good work. As it is written: "He has dispersed abroad, He has given to
the poor; His righteousness endures forever." 2 Corinthians 9:6-9
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a
hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But
he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer
but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. If anyone among you
thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's
religion is useless. Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit
orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. James
1:22-27
Yes, to those who are meek and humble and cheerful givers, God is able to make all grace
abound toward them, that they, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have abundance for
every good work. Yes, we are to be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving ourselves.
Those who are doers of the work are the ones who will be blessed in what they do. Yes, if anyone
among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this
one's religion is useless. Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit
orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world God‘s word is
unchanging:
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who dwells in us yearns
jealously"? But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives
grace to the humble." Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and
purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be
turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and
He will lift you up.
Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges
his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not
a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy.
Who are you to judge another? James 4:5-12
Chapter 24
"Where Is Your Faith?"
Now it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples. And He
said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the lake." And they launched out. But
as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling
with water, and were in jeopardy. And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Master,
Master, we are perishing!" Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water.
And they ceased, and there was a calm. But He said to them, "Where is your faith?" And
they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, "Who can this be? For He
commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!" Luke 8:22-25
Jesus called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named
apostles: Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas; James the son of
Alphaeus, Simon, Judas , and Judas Iscariot. And in their presence He taught a great multitude of
people from all Judea and Jerusalem and healed them of their diseases and torments from unclean
spirits. The bible records:
And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed
them all. Luke 6:19
Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His
disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. And when He came near the gate of the city,
behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a
widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, He had
compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." Then He came and touched the open
coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise."
So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother. Then
fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen up among
us"; and, "God has visited His people." And this report about Him went throughout all
Judea and all the surrounding region. Luke 7:11-17
Jesus not only healed all who came to him but raised the only son of a widow from the dead and
presented him back to his mother. He demonstrated that God had visited His people. So when the
disciples obeyed the command of Jesus to cross over to the other side of the lake and a windstorm
came down on the lake, filling them with water, causing them to be in jeopardy He was surprised at
their reaction. He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and
there was a great calm. Then He said to them, "Where is your faith?"
The disciples had seen that when all those who were sick with various diseases were brought to
Jesus He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them and with authority and power
commanded the unclean spirits, and they came out. So how come their faith was so limited in not
believing that a vessel with Jesus in it could not sink no matter what storm came against them?
Hadn‘t they seen Jesus produced a net breaking boat sinking load of fish? The bible records:
So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the Word of God, that He stood
by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had
gone from them and were washing their nets. Then He got into one of the boats, which was
Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the
multitudes from the boat. When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, "Launch out
into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." But Simon answered and said to Him,
"Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let
down the net." And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their
net was breaking. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help
them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. When Simon
Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O
Lord!" For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they
had taken; and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with
Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men." So
when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him. Luke 5:1-11
Obedience by Peter to Jesus command in spite of His protest "Master, we have toiled all night
and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net" resulted in their catching a
great number of fish so that their net was breaking. As a result they signaled to their partners in the
other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to
sink. Yet in spite of all this, the disciples went into panic when their boat was filling up with water?
This is something that all of God‘s people do, they forget so quickly God‘s great miracle working
power when they run into a storm in life.
It‘s very easy for men to forget and not believe that God‘s great love, care, concern and miracle
working power for them is unchanging. But for the righteous, the name of the Lord is still a strong
tower and the righteous can run into it and be safe! They can also use the name of the Lord to still
the storms and to speak to them just like Jesus did for He told them:
So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do
not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this
mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done. "And whatever things you
ask in prayer, believing, you will receive. Matthew 21:21-22
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also;
and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. "And whatever you ask
in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. "If you ask anything
in My name, I will do it. John 14:12-14
But if we willfully disobey the Word of God and do things that are contrary to the Word of God
then we cannot expect a positive miracle from God. And yes God will give us a miracle for our
disobedience but it probably will be a negative one for not all of God‘s signs and wonders and works
are edifying. The bible records for our profit and instruction:
That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His
commandments; And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God. The
children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle. They
did not keep the covenant of God; They refused to walk in His law, And forgot His works
And His wonders that He had shown them. Marvelous things He did in the sight of their
fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. He divided the sea and caused them to
pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap. In the daytime also He led
them with the cloud, And all the night with a light of fire. He split the rocks in the
wilderness, And gave them drink in abundance like the depths. He also brought streams
out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers. But they sinned even more
against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness. And they tested God in
their heart By asking for the food of their fancy. Yes, they spoke against God: They said,
"Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? Behold, He struck the rock, So that the waters
gushed out, And the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for
His people?" Psalm 78:7-20
The wrath of God came against them, And slew the stoutest of them, And struck down
the choice men of Israel. Psalm 78:31
Newton‘s 3rd Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.
Automatically the judgments of God will come upon those who choose to be stubborn and rebellious
for God‘s word is unchanging:
"I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life
and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants
may live; Deuteronomy 30:19
Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for
we are members of one another. "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on
your wrath, nor give place to the devil. Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him
labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who
has need. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary
edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of
God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger,
clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one
another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. Matthew
4:25-32
The Word of God is clear that the choice between life and death, and blessing and cursing
belongs to us. God who loves us will not override our right to choose and impose blessings on us
even though it would be for our own good. And the Devil can‘t put death and cursing on us unless
we permit it by choosing death and cursing by our own free will. But when we disobey the Word of
God we open the door to the enemy to come in and wreak havoc in our lives! God‘s word is
unchanging:
"When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest,
and finds none. "Then he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he
comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. "Then he goes and takes with him seven
other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of
that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation." Matthew
12:43-45
I have heard many preachers talk about how seven is a perfect number in the bible and all the
significance of this number. So why did Jesus choose the number seven when He talked about
unclean spirits? The rejection of light doesn't give more light but rather darkness and similarly the
rejection of truth gives more lies. Unfortunately we by our own choices and actions determine where
we will be blessed or cursed in the current time of life as Jesus promised:
"For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever
does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. Matthew 13:12
God who is no respecter of persons and shows partiality to no one and especially evil and wicked
ones takes away things from people who don‘t have much in the first place. Jesus said to his
murders and their supporter and friends who reaped what they sowed in 70 A.D. that they should
weep for themselves. The bible records for our profit and instruction:
Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was
coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus.
And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and
lamented Him. But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for
Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. "For indeed the days are coming in
which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which
never nursed!' "Then they will begin 'to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills,
"Cover us!" ' "For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?"
Luke 23:26-31
"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ' These things says the Son of God,
who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: "I know your works, love,
service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.
"Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who
calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality
and eat things sacrificed to idols. "And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality,
and she did not repent. "Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit
adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. "I will kill her
children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds
and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. Revelation 2:18-23
Chapter 25
Our Sufficiency Is From God
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of
commendation to you or letters of commendation from you? You are our epistle written in
our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by
us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on
tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. And we have such trust through Christ toward God.
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our
sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not
of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2 Corinthians 3:1-6
It‘s is those whom God Himself appointed and anointed who truly set God‘s people free and are
to be commended for their sufficiency is from God. The others are only liars, rapists and thieves who
use God‘s sheep for their own selfish and hidden agenda because their sufficiency is not from God.
The truly appointed and anointed ones have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in
craftiness nor handling the Word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending
themselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. The excellence of the power is of God
and not of them. They always carry about in their body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of
Jesus also may be manifested in their body. They have the spirit of faith, according to what is
written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," they also believe and therefore speak. They do not lose
heart, even though their outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by
day. Their light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for them a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory, while they do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which
are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are
eternal. They regard no one according to the flesh for if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old
things have passed away; behold, all things have become new (1 Corinthians 5:16-17). They also
provide honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. In other
words they have real integrity and don‘t just talk about. They are givers and not just takes. God‘s
word is unchanging:
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver
and gold. Proverbs 22:1
But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows
bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not
grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace
abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an
abundance for every good work. As it is written: "He has dispersed abroad, He has given
to the poor; His righteousness endures forever." Now may He who supplies seed to the
sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the
fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which
causes thanksgiving through us to God. 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
God‘s true appointed and anointed ones have the meekness and gentleness of Christ and not the
pride and arrogance of the devil. They know that not he who commends himself is approved, but
whom the Lord commends. While the others are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming
themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an
angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers
of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. The other false ones are disqualified
and are not in the faith. God‘s word is unchanging:
Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not
know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?-unless indeed you are disqualified. But I trust
that you will know that we are not disqualified. Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not
that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though we may
seem disqualified. For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 2 Corinthians
13:5-8
Jesus Christ cared and cares for the whole man body, soul and spirit, while so many preachers or
religious leaders today care only about the souls of men or money and not about what has caused
hurt and pain to people or the issues of integrity and character. Many leaders ―brow beat‖ the sheep
from the pulpit with words and don‘t heal and deliver them. They say bad things about the sheep
and are afraid to entrust them with things in their church. But Jesus Christ was not like that at all?
He even allowed Judas who would betray him to be a disciple and heal the sick and cast out demons.
In many churches, when a Christian makes a mistake, other Christians condemn him, criticize him
and gossip about him. However, God has commanded His people to love one another, cover one
another and protect one another. He told us to humble our heart to pray for a fallen brother or
sister and speak the truth to them in love knowing that we ourselves are tempted. When we help
them find their way, through repentance, back into the will of God, we save their soul from death
and we will please the Father. It is not only important to lead people to Jesus, but also to support
them as they run their race and to help them to finish their race and cross the finish line. God‘s word
is unchanging:
Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of
others. Philippians 2:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who
does not love his brother abides in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and
you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we know love, because
He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But
whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from
him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in
tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:14-18
Some preachers are experts at building up congregations around themselves by Iron-fisted
dictatorship, Martyr Complex, False Teaching, Alignment with the weak element and Dumb Sheep!
We have known preachers who fornicated, beat their debts, used and peddled dope, forged checks,
murdered, robbed, stole, broke up homes, lied, embezzled, mistreated their families, etc. The
discovery of such in some preachers seldom causes their followers to become more godly, but rather
more ungodly. Their attitude is that if preachers cannot live righteously, why should others even try
to do? If the preacher gets "led away with the error of the wicked" and falls from his own
steadfastness (2 Peter 3:17), his followers usually go with him because their main concern is the
messenger, rather than the message. Many new denominations have been started in just this way.
Many congregations have been divided in this manner!
All should realize that all human religion is vain (Matthew 15:9). Following the modern preacher
will not lead one to heaven any more than will following an ancient one like Luther, Calvin, or
Wesley. Human religion never brings spiritual or eternal rewards. Such is limited to this life, and
whatever benefits are derived from it are limited to this life. It may bring some measure of
happiness and satisfaction here, but it will bring only misery and dissatisfaction in the world to
come. Preachers today, like Paul, must strongly desire and insist that the brethren's "faith should
not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God" (1 Corinthians 2: 5). They should neither
desire nor accept the devotion of people; their admiration, and encouragement, yes, but their
devotion-NEVER!
If we are fulfilling the Royal Law in accordance with the scripture we love our neighbor as we
love ourselves. And we don‘t allow our leaders to practice witchcraft and malign others especially
from the pulpit. The American Heritage Dictionary defines bewitch as:
be•witch tr.v. be•witched, be•witch•ing, be•witch•es. 1. To place under one's power by or as if
by magic; cast a spell over. 2. To captivate completely; entrance. --be•witch―er n. --be•witch―er•y
n.
ma•lign tr.v. ma•ligned, ma•lign•ing, ma•ligns. 1. To make evil, harmful, and often untrue
statements about; speak evil of. --ma•lign adj. 1. Evil in disposition, nature, or intent. 2. Evil in
influence; injurious. 3. Having or showing malice or ill will; malevolent.
We are never to be under the control by anyone including our pastor who is not to malign others,
to make evil, harmful, and untrue statements about them especially from the pulpit. Mind you there
are pastors who use voice control to get a point across but in reality could be employing the force of
witchcraft with the goal of getting someone to do what he wants him or her to do. The power of
witchcraft is fulfilled by demons that are released to fulfill his manipulative controlling words. ―Death
and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof‖ (Proverbs
18:21). Words including subtle curses are powerful too. While angels hearken to and listen for the
Word of God to be spoken so that they can perform what the Word was sent to do, demons or fallen
angels hearken to and listen for words of death (cursing, destruction, deception, manipulation and
ruin) so they can bring them to pass. Life and death are in the power of the tongue and God‘s word
is unchanging:
My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a
stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word,
he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. Indeed, we put bits in horses'
mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although
they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder
wherever the pilot desires. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things.
See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The
tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the
course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and
creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the
tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and
with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same
mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. James
3:1-10
Using the pulpit for any other purpose but to edify the sheep is evil and wicked and is to practice
witchcraft, to tell lies or idle talk or to cause disputes:
As I urged you when I went into Macedonia-remain in Ephesus that you may charge
some that they teach no other doctrine, nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies,
which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith. Now the purpose of the
commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk, desiring to be teachers of
the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm. 1 Timothy
1:4-7
True Shepherds or pastors are to seek the best interest of the sheep and even lay down their
lives for them, not to take the lives of the sheep. They look out not only for their own interests, but
also for the interests of others. They have the mind which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in
the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no
reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men became a servant
to all rather than a ruler over all. Yet God‘s word is unchanging:
"But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. Matthew 23:11
"But not so among you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as
the younger, and he who governs as he who serves. Luke 22:26
Test all things; hold fast what is good. 1 Thessalonians 5:21
When the first apostles roamed the earth, they taught us that they and prophets and Evangelists
and Pastors and Teachers, were "Gifts" to the Church, to teach us how to be all that we could be
according to our relationship with God, through Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, and spiritual gifts, and
praying in the Spirit, and remaining faithful to our "sanctification" and our New Life in Jesus, by the
resurrection power of the Holy Spirit, and so many etceteras of the many graces and mercies of
God toward us.
But there are sinful heretics and others who are simply just to into themselves to care about our
real needs, more than their own wants and personal desires.
I am not a heresy hunter, but I run across many, many clergy persons, who are selfish and
devious or simply have no empathy or concern for the flock of God among them. It is a sad thing.
But if you need to know that if your shepherd does not look after you, encourage you and allow
your gifts to be utilized in all the appropriate and spiritually needed settings, he or she is a false
shepherd, and if their title is Bishop or Apostle, then they are "false apostles" I these cases, and
not true servants of the Lord Jesus, or really your spiritual leaders at all.
If a man or women of God, is ordained to serve in the Church, but are not willing to lay down
their own lives for the lives of the sheep that they are ordained to care for, then they are false
spiritual leaders, and if their title is Bishop or Apostle, and they are not willing to lay down their
lives for the sheep under their care, then they are "false apostles".
If spiritual leaders live in luxury while their people starve or do without the most basics for
human existence, they are not truly of God, and if their titles are Bishop or Apostle, then they are
"false apostles".
If you claim to be Apostle, or are ordained to any of the levels of Bishop in the Church, and do
not care about the needs and sufferings of others, especially the flock in your care and the sheep in
your midst, then you are a "false apostle". And if I know about you and your selfish lifestyle and
deeds of oppression towards others and your flock(s), then your name is on my growing list, but has
been blotted off Jesus' list of His own, and those that belong to Him.
It is time for judgment to begin at the House of God, and if the righteous are scarcely saved,
where will the filthy and the unbelieving be? I pronounce judgment upon you who are "false
apostles" and care nothing about the flock of God, that you were supposed to lovingly care for, by
the authority that is in me Jesus Christ, the Judge of all. Amen.
"I know your deeds and your toil and your perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate
evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and you found them
to be false; and you have perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have
not grown weary." Revelation 2:2-3
Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I
found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which
was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long
ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God
into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. But I want to remind
you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of
Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. Jude 1:3-5
Chapter 26
Your Faith Makes The Difference
Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many
things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather
grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched
His garment. For she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well."
Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was
healed of the affliction. And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out
of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My clothes?" But His disciples
said to Him, "You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?' " And
He looked around to see her who had done this thing. But the woman, fearing and
trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him
the whole truth. And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace,
and be healed of your affliction. Mark 5:25-34
Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick
people and healed them. And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about
the villages in a circuit, teaching. And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send
them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits. Mark 6:5-7
According to Scripture your faith is an important part of living and determining what you receive
from God. Intellect doesn‘t please or move God but faith does! And faith causes God to act and
move on our behalf just like He has done for many others! God‘s word is true:
In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of
Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you
shall die and not live.' " Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the
LORD, and said, "Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth
and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept
bitterly. And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying, "Go and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus
says the LORD, the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your
tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years. "I will deliver you and this city from the
hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city." ' Isaiah 38:1-4
Almighty. Psalm 91:1
"Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high,
because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with
him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, And show
him My salvation." Psalm 91:14-16
For those who make their eternal God their refuge and dwelling place and set their love upon
Him, God has promised great and wonderful things. He has promised to deliver them from the snare
of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He has promised to cover them with His feathers and
give them refuge under His wings from the terror by night, or of the arrow that flies by day, or the
pestilence that walks in darkness, or the destruction that lays waste at noonday. He has promised
that no evil shall befall them nor shall any plague come near their dwelling. He has promised that
they shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent they shall trample
underfoot. He has promised to deliver him; set them on high, because they have known His name.
He has promised to answer them when they call upon Him; to be with them in trouble; to deliver
him and honor them; to satisfy them with long life and to show them His salvation.
Hence we need to pray to the Lord and ask Him to help us not to languish and brood over our
afflictions but to trust and hope in His immense power and authority; to give us the grace to always
acknowledge the fact that there is no problem that He cannot solve for us; to enable us to place our
hope and trust always in Him particularly in adverse situations. We need to ask for His love to
always surround us and breakthrough all barriers so that we might taste and see His goodness. His
word is true:
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear
the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. The young lions lack and
suffer hunger; But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing. Psalm 34:8-10
The LORD knows the days of the upright, And their inheritance shall be forever. They
shall not be ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalm 37:18-19
sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. Psalm 107:17-
20
We reap what we sow. Our negative attitudes, words and judgments about others bring upon us
trouble and sorrow and judgments. As a result we suffer and need to cry to the LORD in our trouble
and affliction for we need God's great mercy and grace to be healed and delivered out of them all.
When we have enough of trouble and sorrow we will go to the Lord who is the God of all comfort and
find His comfort. His word is unchanging:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who
comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any
trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the
sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. Now if we
are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the
same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and
salvation. And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of
the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation. For we do not want you to be
ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond
measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of
death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will
still deliver us, you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by
many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many. 2 Corinthians 1:2-11
Yes, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble,
with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ
abound in us, so so our consolation also abounds through Christ. God doesn‘t waste anything in our
lives but He works all things together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called
according to His purpose (Romans 8:28). Through our trials and testings Yes, we learn not trust in
ourselves but in God who raises the dead, and is the one and only Deliverer. We learn not to judge
others harshly lest we ourselves be judged harshly. God‘s word is true:
"But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, "bless
those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. "To him who strikes you
on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not
withhold your tunic either. "Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes
away your goods do not ask them back. "And just as you want men to do to you, you also
do to them likewise. "But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For
even sinners love those who love them. "And if you do good to those who do good to you,
what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. "And if you lend to those from
whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners
to receive as much back. "But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in
return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind
to the unthankful and evil. "Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
"Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be
condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. "Give, and it will be given to you: good
measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For
with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you." Luke 6:30-38
God judges those who judges others and condemns those who condemn others. He is merciful to
those who are merciful. The measure they measure to others He measures to them. He gives grace
to the humble but He resists the proud. His word is unchanging:
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to
the humble." Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near
to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your
hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to
mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift
you up. Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and
judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you
are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to
destroy. Who are you to judge another? James 4:6-12
Judge not, that you be not judged. "For with what judgment you judge, you will be
look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? "Or
how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a
plank is in your own eye? "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then
you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Matthew 7:1-5
Because of improper judgments many of God‘s people don‘t live in divine health or divine
prosperity, even though salvation through Jesus enables us to return to the original position Adam
enjoyed with God. In that original state, Adam was healthy. No sickness or disease existed in his
body, because no sickness or disease existed on earth. Adam enjoyed divine health, a sound mind
and every need met before he sinned in the Garden. All he had to do was obey God's command and
stay away from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the midst of the Garden. But when
the serpent said, "Go ahead and eat from it," Adam disobeyed God and chose a new master (Gen.
3:4-6). At that moment, he lost all the blessings that had been his to enjoy. From that point on,
Adam and all his descendants were plagued with hate, murder, poverty and sickness.
But God didn‘t leave man to his curses of sin, suffering, poverty, lack and death. He prepared a
day of atonement. Jesus became the sacrificial Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
(John 1:29.) He was the last Adam, who redeemed - or purchased back - for us everything the first
Adam lost. Through Jesus, we can come into the family of God and have all our original possessions
restored! God sent His Word, Jesus, to heal us (Ps. 107:20). He "Himself took our infirmities, and
bare our sicknesses" (Matthew 8:17). His word tells us says, "By whose stripes ye were healed" (1
Peter 2:24). God‘s word is unchanging:
"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that
they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10
Chapter 27
Greater Works
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do
also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. "And whatever
you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. "If you ask
anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:12-14
Larry Ollison in his The Cutting Edge Devotional Lay Hands on the Sick and They Will Recover
writes :
Jesus was anointed to preach the gospel, to heal the sick and to set the captives free. As
Christians we have that same calling. We can't play church any longer. The time is at hand
for the church to fulfill its destiny.
Years ago a minister approached me and informed me that Jesus was the only one in
the Bible that actually healed anybody. He said that healing was not for today and that
anyone that thought so was a fanatic. Well, obviously this minister hadn't really studied
God's Word. For months I wondered how this man could even be in the ministry, knowing
as little as he did.
Then, one day I watched a computer salesman trying to sell a computer. Actually, he
was the store manager and he didn't know the difference between a hard drive and a floppy
drive. Because he didn't know his product, he avoided all the technical questions and only
talked about the superficial things of computing. At that moment God spoke to my heart
and said, that's the way My salesmen are. They know enough to get the job, but not enough
to do the job.
So when it comes to healing, sometimes we need to get past the salespeople and go
straight to the owner's manual. God's Word clearly states Jesus was anointed to heal the
sick. His anointing came from God.
Jesus gave authority over sickness and disease to all who believe. Jesus said in Luke
10:19, "I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the
power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you."
In Mark 16:18 Jesus said that Christians would lay hands on the sick and that the sick
would recover. If you are a Christian, that's you.
Dr. Pat Holiday in her tract WEAPONS OF WARFARE writes:
The Church of Jesus Christ has to be the difference in every community. Jesus‘ Saints are His
instruments on this earth because He is sitting at the right hand of God waiting and willing to give
the power to win every spiritual warfare. He gives a spiritual armor and weapons. Our weapons are
prayer, using His name, His blood, His Word and His power. Paul shows this transference of His in
power to usward who believe in (Eph. 1:19-22). ―And what is the exceeding greatness of his power
to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ,
when he raised him from the dead and set him at His own right hand in the heavenly places. Far
above all principality and power and might, and dominion, and every that is named not only in this
world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be
the head over all things to the church.‖
The problem is, some Saints never understand their position in Jesus Christ.‖ Did you see it? He
is actually sitting at the right hand of God, distributing HIS POWER TO USWARD WHO BELIEVE! I
read this Scripture that we can receive the same power that He walked in on this earth! Everything
that He did, we can do it also. I know it sounds radical, but that‘s what the Word of God says. HE IS
GIVING US HIS POWER TO HAVE ALL THE CONQUERING POWER THAT WE NEED TO DO HIS WORK!
The Bible says, ―My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the
law of thy God, I will also forget thy children,‖ (Hos. 4-6).1 What Happens When You Pray? You will
get a better understanding of God, the Bible and Life. Your faith will be increased. Prayer changes
people. When you ask, seek, knock, God is in the prayer answering business.
THE WORD OF GOD
God gave us the right to stand in authority by His Word. (Mk. 11:23-24), ―For verily I say unto
you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;
and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to
pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye
desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.‖
There is power in the Word of God. In (Lk. 4:7-10), when Satan attacked Jesus, the Lord
defeated the devil with The Word Of God. Again, we see the Lord defeating Satan totally with the
sword of His mouth in (Rev. 19 and 20). The Word of God is a very important weapon for our
spiritual warfare. We are warned in (Amos 8:11), that in the latter days a famine will come for the
Word of God. "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a
famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord; (12) And they shall
wander from sea to sea and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the
word of the Lord, and shall not find it." There is power in the Word of God. "For the Word of God is
quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of
soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart," (Heb. 4:12).
We have all the weapons that we need to defeat the devil. Evidently, you must be careful what
you say, especially aloud. Remember you are speaking to the mountain (kingdom) or problems of
your life and saying with your mouth that you want it to go. God hears and answers your prayers,
but the only reason you don‘t receive what you say is that He knows you did not really mean it. The
Devil listens to your words also. He scoops up your loose words and turns to enforce them against
you. ―Oh I have a headache, it just won‘t leave. . .‖ The better choice is Jesus, You are the one that
healeth me. Thank you Lord. Satan I bind your powers and command you leave! Lord, I receive your
sacrifice and by Your stripes, I am healed! (Mk. 16:17) as the authority to cast out demonic forces.
It reads: ―And these signs will follow those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons. . .‖
This power works because Jesus gave us His authority against the powers of the enemy! We are
warned to keep our spiritual life in order. (Lk. 11:26), reads, ―Then he goes and takes with him
seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of
that man is worse than the first.‖You must walk out your salvation with fear and trembling.
Deliverance simply frees you so that you can serve Jesus freely. It is not a power to play with, it
is serious business because if you are careless in your walk, the demons will return and you will be
seven times worse off than if you had not tried to help them. If a demonic force has been present
and leaves, there is a vacancy or space within that has to be filled with Glory of God.
We flow the fruits of the Spirit into the person by anointing him with oil You can say something
like this: ―In the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I anoint this person and flow into them
the fruits of the Spirit which are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control demanding that every vein, artery, cell and nerve in this body go back into
perfect order, Amen.‖
God would have us to study the Word for ourselves and make ourselves approved unto God. In
these days, we need to know that we are standing in the power of God and that He's got all things
under control. ―Study to show thyself approved unto God, a work man that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth,‖ (2 Tim. 2:15).
WE HAVE THE NAME OF JESUS.
Supreme authority- Christ is sovereign.– He is above all things. (Col 1:13-18), Who hath
delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins :15 Who is the
image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created,
that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is
before all things, and by him al things consist. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who
is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.‖
HIS PRECIOUS NAME
In (Mk. 16:17) Jesus said, "In my name." We are operating in the name of Jesus. What's in a
name? Better yet, what is behind a name? Just Speaking His name is powerful. A little black lady
told me the following experience about the power of the name of Jesus: "We were having a prayer
meeting. A crazy man ran off into the street with a knife in his hands. The minister stood, tightly
clutching his Bible to his chest like it was gold. This insane man grabbed the Bible and struggled with
the minister for a few minutes. He had the knife to the minister's neck. We were all very scared and
did not know what to do. We all started saying the name to Jesus over and over again. Suddenly an
unseen power overcame the insane man pinning him to the floor! He was a captive of something
that could not be seen with the natural eye! Within a few minutes another man entered the room
from the street and drug the crazy man out."
THERE'S POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
Most Christian prayers are uttered, "in the name of Jesus." To many, this has come to be nothing
more than a phrase little different from the complimentary close of a letter. To pray in the name of
Jesus, however, is to pray in the character. Spirit, and attitude of Jesus; it implies that we are his
representatives on earth and, as such, are united with Him and His purpose. Jesus instructed His
followers to pray in His name. In (Jn. 14:13), "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I
do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (14) If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do
it." (Also see Jn. 16:23; Eph. 5:20; Col. 3:17).
Christ‘s life and work and His suffering and death consisted of all prayer, all dependence on God,
trust in God, receiving from GOD and surrender to God. Thy redemption, 0 believer, is a redemption
wrought out by prayer and intercession: thy Christ is a praying Christ: The life He lived for thee, the
life He lives in thee, is praying life that delights to wait on God and receive all from Him. To pray in
His Name is to pray as He prayed. Christ is our only example because He is our Head, our Savior
and our Life. In virtue His Deity and of His Spirit He can live in us: we can pray in his Name, because
we abide in Him and He in us. What a privilege to be a child of God. What extraordinary strength we
have because of our unique fellowship with our Christ. We must strive to be like Him in our prayer
life for this is the key to a successful Christian life. In (Jn. 16:23), Jesus encourages us to use His
name. "And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you. Whatsoever ye shall
ask the Father in my name. He will give it you, Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: Ask,
and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full."
WE HAVE THE BLOOD OF JESUS The blood of Jesus Christ is a powerful weapon for spiritual
warfare. (Rev. 12:10-11), provides a vivid description of how the blood of Jesus was/will be used to
ultimately defeat Satan. In (Rev. 12:11) we read: "They overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb
and by the Word of their testimony." We are victorious by the Word and the Blood. Satan was
defeated when Christ shed His blood. We see in (Col. 1:13,14), for example: "Who hath delivered us
from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son: In Whom we
have redemption through His Blood, even the forgiveness of sins." Demons can't stand in the
presence of the Blood of Jesus. When you hold the blood before the devil, you are simply reminding
him of his total defeat. The devil knows he's defeated but you are telling him that you know it too.
They, (evil spirits) hate the Blood of Christ. It does have effect on them.
How To Plead The Blood
At the beginning of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Great Britain around 1908 or 1909, many
independent Pentecostal assemblies sprang up. In these meetings, there were many evidences of
new spiritual life and power. Since there was no legislative organization tying these assemblies
together, individual Christians learned to rely solely on the moving of the Spirit and His various gifts
and operations. The Holy Spirit began to move in an unusual way, since there was no council to
enforce any limitations on those Christians.' Many of the believers, so recently baptized in the Spirit,
with the glory of the Shekinah resting upon them, used to plead the Blood of Jesus in strong
repetition for all that burdened their hearts; unsaved relatives, troubles in the home and troubles in
the nation. Realizing that they had access to the throne of God, they went in boldly with the Blood of
Jesus. Doing this especially helped seekers for the baptism in the Holy Spirit. And it was believed by
many that the pleading of the Blood was a very powerful weapon against that which would oppose
answers to prayer.
We might be quite sure that when one begins to plead the Blood of Jesus out loud, there will be
those who will oppose. Pleading the Blood stirs up the carnal believer. But in spite of opposition, the
use of the Blood will clean up any Church or prayer group and make way for the operation of the
gifts of the Spirit. Oh, the power of the Blood of Jesus.
We must rely on the blood of Jesus (the Lamb) and their spoken testimony about Jesus to
overcome Satan and the fear of death. We can invoke the blood of Jesus along with our testimony to
fight the spiritual battles we face because the blood has never lost its power!. How does the blood
and the testimony work? Derek Prince, a respected authority in spiritual warfare, explains "It is
when we testify personally to what the blood of Jesus does for us that we can claim all the benefits
that God has provided for us through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. Our bold, continuing
personal testimony becomes the hyssop that applies the blood of Jesus to our lives."
Hyssop was a plant the Israelites used to sprinkle the blood on their doorposts during Passover.
Only then was the home protected from God‘s judgment. Using the blood in spiritual warfare: We
overcome Satan when we claim (pray, sing or state) what the blood does for us.
Specifically, the blood: ‚ Redeems and cleanses me from past, present and future sin (Eph. 1:7,
1 Jn. 1:7). Justifies me, making me righteous, as if I had never sinned (Rom. 5:9, Heb. 13:12).
Cleanses my mind and conscience from sin and the memories it created (Heb. 9:14). Reconciles me
with God, because Jesus bore all the punishment for my sin (Rom.5:1, 1 Pet. 2:24); I am forgiven
for all my sins (1 Jn. 1:9)! Enables me to boldly approach God's throne without fear of punishment
(Heb. 10:19). (Heb. 10:19), takes on a very special meaning in the light of the above sighted
Scriptures; "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, (20)
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his
flesh; (29) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall be though worthy, who hath trodden
under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was
sanctified, and unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace."
Praying the Blood of Jesus Warfare protection.
The following prayer is a good one to pray before you start the day, go to bed or any time you
are going into a spiritual warfare situation. "Father, I cover myself and everyone around me with the
blood of Jesus. I cover all of the members of my family (state them by name) with the blood of
Jesus. I cover my home, my land, my car, my finances, my marriage, my ministry, with the blood of
Jesus. In the Name of Jesus Christ, by the power of His blood, I break off every power of the
kingdom of darkness and cancel every argument in heaven that has established itself against the
plans of God in my life and spoil every attack of the enemy. I ask You, in the name of Jesus, all of
Your plans and purposes for my life, and my family. As for me and my house, we shall serve the
Lord. Satan, the blood of Jesus is against you and you have no authority over my life.
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME (OR MY FAMILY) SHALL PROSPER!"
Applying the blood of Christ should be done with understanding, reverence and recognition of its
meaning. It is not a ritual but it is a weapon to be used against the wiles of the Devil. As with all
spiritual weapons, our understanding combined with belief (faith) will unleash God's power in the
situation we are facing The Blood of Jesus chases evil spirits. I‘ve seen it work also in my own
ministry. I was ministering to a demon-possessed girl in church. The demons manifested in a most
powerful way. I began to plead the Blood of Jesus. Their power was immediately weakened and the
girl was set free. The minister was present and witnessed the entire event. He did not seem to mind
the deliverance of the girl but he did make statements that we did not have to plead the Blood of
Jesus; he said it was unscriptural. Shortly after this, he gave up the ministry.
STRENGTH, POWER, VICTORY, TRIUMPH
The Holy Ghost power and gifts are the channels which God uses to pour out His majestic power.
While the world arms with physical power, God wants the church to put on His armor of Spiritual
might, that His glory may be seen in the earth . ?Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith
the Lord of hosts,‖(Zach. 4: 6). ?And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of
man‘s wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power; that your faith should not stand in
the wisdom of men, but in the power of God,‖ (I Cor. 2:4, 5).
Keeping your own spiritual life in shape, the Bible calls for the crucifixion of self. There must be a
definite flight from temptation of the flesh. ―Flee also youthful lusts‖ (II Tim. 2:22); ―Flee
fornication.‖ (I Cor. 6:18); ―Abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul‖ (I Pet. 2:11). The
watchword against temptation of the flesh is; flight.6 The author of ―Confusion and Lies,‖ as Robert
Burton called Satan in the Anatomy of Melancholy, has done one of his most effective bits of
mystification in creating bewilderment even among many Christians, concerning his methods of
attack. These are threefold. We do not know that student of the Word of God first coined the phrase,
―the world, the flesh and the devil.‖ The oldest usage of this triple division of the field of attack is to
be found in The Book of Common Prayer in a prayer for an infant, ―Grant that he may have power
and strength to have victory, and to triumph, against the devil, the world and the flesh.‖
MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PEW
Yes, the Bible, gifts, fruit of the Spirit, a full gospel church! When Jesus asked them about
popular opinions of his identity, they recounted the rumors that he was John the Baptist or one of
the ancient prophets. Jesus then turned the focus on them: ―But who do you say that I am?‖ Jesus
insisted. When Peter spoke for them all and revealed that Jesus was the Messiah and ―Son of the
living God,‖ Jesus blessed him for making that confession. ―You are Peter {Petros}‖ Jesus said in a
play on words, ―and on this rock, {Petra} I will build my church,‖ (Matt . 16:18).8
The apostle Paul reports, that Jesus rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us
from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son. He writes in the
beautiful poetic language of Jesus in (Col. 1:13), describing Christ‘s sovereignty. A passage
celebrates Christ as creator and sustainer of the universe, supreme over every creature. He is the
head of his body, the church, and the first to conquer death. Although in Christ ―all the fullness of
God was pleased to dwell,‖ Paul asserts, it was ultimately only through his human suffering -–
through ―the blood of His cross,‖ (Col. 1:19,20), ―That he was able to reconcile all things to God and
make peace.‖ 9
The apostle Paul says, ―He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation: for in
Him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible whether thrones or
dominions or rulers or powers,‖ (Col. 1: 15-16). Jesus Christ is Lord and we worship Him in the
Spirit of truth according to (Jn. 8:32). Jesus must be at the center of our sermons and our lives that
the world can truly see that the Father sent Him.
Paul warns us to be watchful about doctrines and false preachers in the last days. ―Now the Spirit
speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing
spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot
iron,‖ (I Tim. 4:1).
RECEIVE YOU INHERITANCE Who are you? I Am
1. A child of God, (Rom. 8:1-6).
2. Redeemed from the hand of the enemy, (Ps. 107:2).
3. Forgiven (Col.11:3,14).
4. Saved by Grace through Faith, (Eph. 2:8).
5. Justified, (Rom. 5:1).
6. Sanctified, (I Cor. 6:11).
7. A New Creature, (2 Cor. 5:17).
8. Partaker of His Divine Nature, (2 Pet. 1:4).
9. Redeemed from the Curse of the Law, (Gal. 3:13).
10. Delivered from the powers of darkness, (Col.1:13).
11. Led by the Spirit of God, (Rom. 8:14).
12. A Son of God, (Rom. 8:14).
13. Kept in safety wherever I go, (Ps. 91:11).
14. Getting all my needs met by Jesus, (Phil. 4:19).
15. Casting all my cares on Jesus, (I Pet. 5:7).
16. Strong in the Lord and in the Power of His Might, (Eph. 6:10)
17. Doing all things through Christ who strengthens me, (Phil. 4:13).
18. An heir of God and a Joint heir with Jesus, (Rom.8:17).
19. Heir to the blessings of Abraham, (Gal. 3:l3,14).
20. Observing and doing the Lord‘s commandments, (Deut. 28:72).
21. Blessed coming in and going out, (Deut. 28:6).
22. An inheritor of eternal life, (I Jn. 5:11 & 12).
23. Blessed with all spiritual blessings, (Eph. 3).
24. HEALED BY HIS STRIPES, (I Pet. 2:24).
25. Exercising my authority over the enemy, (Lk. 10:19). 26. Above only and not beneath,
(Deut.27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 28:13).
26. More than a conqueror, (Rom. 8:37).
27. Establishing God's Word here on earth, (Matt. 16:19)
28. An overcomer by the Blood of the Lamb and Word of my Testimony, (Rev. 12:11).
29. Daily overcoming the devil, (l Jn. 4:4).
30. Not moved by what I see, (2 Cor. 4:18).
31.Walking by faith and not by sight, (2 Cor. 5:7)
31. Casting down vain imaginations, (ICor. 10:4 & 5).
32.Bringing every thought into captivity, (2 Cor. 10:5).
33.Being transformed by a renewed mind, (Rom. 12:1 & 2).
34. A laborer together with God, (I Cor. 3:9).
35. The righteousness of God in Christ, (I Cor. 5:21).
36. An imitator of Jesus, (Eph. 5:1).
37. The Light of the World, (Matt. 5:14).
Chapter 28
Double Minded Christians
"I hate double-minded men, but I love your law," (Ps. 119:113).
"But if he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea,
blown and toss man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded
man, unstable in all he does," (James 1: 6-8).
Author William Menzies Alexander gives the following characteristic of demon possession;
automatic representation and persistent and consistent acting out a "New Personality" and evidence
of a knowledge and intellectual power neither possessed by the subject nor explicable on the
pathological hypothesis; change of personality, involving complete change of moral character. These
are but the misapprehensions of an uninstructed mind and may be briefly dismissed.
Schizophrenia a mental problem.
• Psychologists see it as a mental disorder.

• It manifests itself by a person acting out two or more personalities.
• Makes a person irrational or extraordinarily angry.
• Deranged throwing a person into disorder.
The passage from sanity to insanity involves alters personality. The change follows a recognized
pathological order. There is sometimes a morbid exaltation of certain faculties; but never any real
augmentation of intellectual power.
Scriptures says, "That person is unstable in all his ways." James 1-7.
Double minded means a brain is split and goes in two directions and cannot make sound
decisions. Unbalanced actions result from internal inconsistencies; two personalities interacting can
be created by the human spirit being controlled by demons. Sometimes, these demons will
overpower human being and get control of the will of the person and drive him/her to go deeply into
darkness. They can also keep the person in total bewilderment creating the mental condition called
insanity.
SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEMONIC PROBLEMS
Schizophrenia from the standpoint of a demonic problems occurs when a demon or demons (in a
person) get so strong that the person‘s nature collapses and the demonic character takes over the
person, body, soul and spirit.
Attract their own cluster of demons and thus a personality in the person is developed by a
demon cluster; most of these clusters are headed by rebellion in one group and rejection of other;
causes a disintegration of the development of the personality.
• Creates distortions, and disturbance.
• Developed by living or desiring a secret life.
• Rejection builds a wall within self.
• Rebellion allows secret other self or selves to express another or other personality‘s
personalities.
• Rejection- a section of the mind is walled off and closed to all outside ministry.
• Rebellion operates to retaliate against rejection.
Rejection creates a self hatred.
Fear of rejection; chooses sexual impurity to imitate pure love.
• Immorality/perversion
• Brings spirits of self destruction
• Expresses itself in masochistic suicidal.
• Destroys security
Manifest in insecurity/inferiority/loneliness
• Acts in Jealousy
• Bringing acts of envy distrust and viciousness.
• Rejection expresses itself in rebellion.
• Look at me--I can do anything I want.
• Sets up a false front.
• Causes a new personality to surface.
• Rejection is sometimes so great the person even reject their own sex identity.
• Sometimes change their names.
• Causes him to be become unstable in all his ways.
A lifetime of having a split personality, the person may be totally unaware that spirits have
integrated themselves and controlling certain aspects of the person's life.
• Walls within the mind are created that hides their real feelings.
• A rejecting spirit causes them to reject themselves - Suicide.
• They reject God and others.
• They find themselves isolated, alone.
A PERSON‘S SPIRIT
JESUS comes to abide in your spirit, when you are born again as a Christian,
The Bible shows that a person is a triune being, body, soul and spirit. The soul, which consists
with mind, will and emotions; experiences bears witness thus many Christians become sick caused
by demons; to what degree is high blood pressure, heart trouble can involve demonic activity; to
what extent do you believe that your soul can be affected by demons in the realms of your
emotions? Do you have a bad temper? Is there mental illness in your family background? Do have
rejection, hate, unforgiveness, isolation, visiting you daily? Are you being harassed?
Many Christians are sick in bodies; sick in minds, can't seem to serve God; can‘t read the Word
of God; can‘t go to church; can‘t pay tithes; gripe about the preacher; the spouse; the people in the
church. Christian people swing and dance sing and eat but many are Luke warm in their
commitment to Jesus! Could it be . . . demons? Most of the time, it is demons are causing these
problems. JESUS said in (John 10:10) that Satan has come to kill, steal and destroy, but that He
(JESUS) has come to give life and life abundantly. JESUS came to destroy the works of the devil. (1
John 3:8).
What happens to Christians that are having demonic problems? Are falling through the cracks
and are being sent to psychologist or psychiatrists; are they being drugged and some even sent to
the mental wards? Have mercy Lord Jesus.
However, Christians are simply taught, that they cannot have devils!
Jesus says in (Mark 7:21), "For from within, [that is] out of the hearts of men, come base and
wicked thoughts, sexual immorality, stealing, murder, adultery; 22). Coveting (a greedy desire to
have more wealth), dangerous and destructive wickedness, deceit; unrestrained (indecent) conduct;
an evil eye (envy), slander (evil speaking, malicious misrepresentation, abusiveness), pride (the sin
of an uplifted heart against God and man), foolishness (folly, lack of SIN sense, recklessness,
thoughtlessness). 23) All these evils, [purposes and desires] come from within, and they make the
man unclean and render him unhallowed."
These names that shown above are all names human activities that are inspired by demons.
Look at these early Christians that had backslidden and how the Apostle Paul dealt with them. "In
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, and my spirit with the power of
our Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver such an one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit
may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus" (1 Corinthians 5:4, 5). The Apostle here deals with
disobedient and sinful believer in the church at Corinth according to spiritual conditions and its
power to destroy the flesh. Paul was not placing a curse of destruction on this person as it is taught
by many ministers today.
Paul was simply releasing this transgressor out of the Christian fellowship and from the power
and protection of the Church because of his rebellion, back into the world. Thus, Satan would have
free reign over this man‘s flesh and he would kill him. Other Words, when a Christians rebels against
the rules of God, he/she resigns or gives up the important protections of the blood covering of Jesus.
DEALING WITH THE DEVIL
Dealing with the Devil in a person‘s life requires a backslidden Christian to repent before they can
be freed from the powers of darkness.
. Verse 10, specifically emphasizes that he is speaking not about evildoers of the world but in the
church. Verse12, Again it is made clear.
Prov 14:14-16, ―The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall
be satisfied from himself. 15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to
his going. 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.‖
KJV
[A wise man feareth] He can never trust in himself, though he be satisfied from himself. He
knows that his sufficiency is of GOD; and he has that fear that causes him to depart from evil, which
is a guardian to the love he feels. Love renders him cautious; the other makes him confident. His
caution leads him from sin; his confidence leads him to God.1
1 (from Adam Clarke's Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright © 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006
by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
Proverbs 14:17, ―He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.‖
[He that is soon angry] Qtsar °apayim, "short of nostrils:" because, when a man is angry, his
nose is contracted, and drawn up toward his eyes.
[Dealeth foolishly] He has no time for reflection; he is hurried on by his passions, speaks like a
fool, and acts like a madman.2
Jesus is the only way back to restoring a person to a sound mind. He is the one way we can ever
have any capacity to enter into God‘s Holy presence. Unless you are born again into the Christian
family of God, you cannot enjoy the privileges offered by the Bible.
REPENTANCE BRINGS FORGIVENESS AND DELIVERANCE

Why are Christian leaders silent about demon possession? It consisted of one-third of the Lord‘s
ministry and brought absolute liberty to the victims. Luke 11:14-26
(v. 20): "If I with the finger of God cast out devils, as you may assure yourselves I do, no doubt
the kingdom of God is come upon you, the kingdom of the Messiah offers itself and all its
advantages to you, and, if you receive it not, it is at your peril." In Matthew it is by the Spirit of God,
here by the finger of God; the Spirit is the arm of the Lord, Isa 53:1.3
Yet, Jesus gives His followers absolute power over demons and Satan in His name! They can
drive demons out exactly as He did with superior power. However, once a person is delivered, it is
imperative that he/she turns away from sin and lives for Jesus. If the freed person opens the door
again, the demon will return, bringing seven more wicked demons and repossess the person.
Luke 11:21-26, ―When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: 22 But
when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour
wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. 23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that
gathereth not with me scattereth. 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh
through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith,
2 ibid
3 (from Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible, PC Study Bible Formatted Electronic
Database Copyright © 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All Rights reserved.)
The title page to the 1611 first edition of the Authorized Version Bible by Cornelius Boel shows
the Apostles Peter and Paul seated centrally above the central text, which is flanked by Moses and
Aaron. In the four corners sit Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, authors of the four gospels, with their
symbolic animals. The rest of the Apostles stand around Peter and Paul. At the very top is the
Tetragrammaton "‫"יהוה‬.
I will return unto my house whence I came out. 25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and
garnished. 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and
they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.‖ KJV
Our Father is always willing to hear the cries of a repentant, contrite heart and will hear your
prayers if you repent and turn from your sins.
Many have fallen down the slippery slope of sin and cannot find any relief from its yokes
because, in many churches today, sin and its pressures on their lives. Demons wrapped around your
sin life brings your soul into strong bondage. Both sin and the demonology must be dealt with to free
the body, soul and spirit of the individual free. However, most ministers never preach, or talk about
these bondages.
You can be free! If you‘ve come to the end of your sin
If you‘ve come to the end of your enslavements where sins are concerned and desire to try and
overcome sin in your life more fully, then ask Jesus to take charge of your life – repent and submit
to Him, His Word and His Will. Jesus is faithful. He will free you.
John 10:10, ―The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that
they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.‖ KJV
John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no
wise cast out.‖
If you hear God's call, come on to Jesus. The word is nigh thee. It is not far away. It is right in
your mouth and your heart. That is how close it is--
Romans 10:8 ...‖The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of
faith, which we preach;‖
FREEDOM
Romans 10:9, ―That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, THOU SHALT BE SAVED. ―
Romans 10:10, ―For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.‖
Romans 10:11 ―For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed‖.
Romans 10:12, ―For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord
over all is rich unto all that call upon him.‖
Romans 10:13, ―FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE
SAVED.‖
Once you come to Jesus, start seeking a close relationship with the Master. The way you seek
him is through His Word. Buy an Authorized (King James) Version of the Holy Scriptures and (begin
read the gospels--Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John--and fall in love with Jesus. Obey His Word.
Seek deliverance from your past and live for Jesus.
EXTRACT FROM You Can Be Free Pat Holliday, Ph.D.
Deliverance from Demons http://www.scribd.com/doc/31340123/
i Healing is for Today's Generation By Shelton Prayer and Healing Rooms

ii
Anointing For Doing Good Works!- Dr. D.G.S. Dhinakaran
iii Henry, Matthew, Matthew Henry‘s Commentary on the Bible, (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers) 1997.

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