Truth really is cooler than fiction! And the very same Spirit that abode with Jesus, lives with us now, too, if we'll receive him. Every miracle in the Bible that any man has ever done, including the man Jesus, can be done by you or I and "verily, verily, (in truth, really, indeed!) I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also and greater works than these shall he do". Wow! Read that again. I once asked him, what works did the disciples do that were greater than yours? He replied "my shadow never healed anyone". So, Jesus is giving us a blank check to perform, no, scratch that, too many ministries are performance oriented, let's say rather, to do greater miracles than he did, including some we've never heard of!
I think God is only limited by our own faith and imaginations. He did say "nothing shall be impossible unto you" (Mt:17:20) and "with men this is impossible but with God all things are possible" (Mt:19:26). You can't save yourselves, you can't get to heaven through your own wisdom and strength, but with God, you can, for with God, all things are possible (Mk:10:27). The Jews were accustomed to the Law of Moses, which must be kept through their own efforts - it was extremely difficult for them to let it go and accept God's New Testament, which showed them (and us) a better way - believe on him whom God sent. This believing cut into their pride in themselves (though the church has become just as proud of their believing as the Jews were of their works) and their over inflated egos, hey man, we are God's chosen people! Again, though, the churches are lifted up in the same pride the Jews walked in. Yet "for with God nothing shall be impossible" (Lk:1:37) and (1 Kings 18:27). Over and over again, because he knows how stubborn we are, how full of unbelief we can get, he tells us - NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME! BELIEVE THIS AND TOGETHER WE'LL DO THE IMPOSSIBLE! Think about it! An army of real life super-heroes, God's heroes, running around doing the impossible, doing good works, vanquishing, nay, extinguishing evil! Prophecy is a super power! Being able to look into the enemy's camp and see everything he's doing, everything he's planning! Being able to instantaneously heal the sick and wounded! Imagine being able to call fire down from heaven. The list goes on and on. When God sent a "man of God" to rebuke the wicked king Jeroboam, the king, having no humility (the kings of the old testament are a type of the pastors of today, some good, most wicked), ordered his men to "lay hold on him" but as soon as he did "his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him" (1 Kings 13). When a pastor rebukes the prophetic and does not accept it in his life or his church, his authority dries up till he has no more kingdom authority. We should never point the finger at anyone, especially God's anointed.
An army like this would truly be invincible! Quit playing the game called "Church" and put on your armor and join the army God is raising up, of whom He says "neither shall one thrust another, they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded". "THE EARTH SHALL QUAKE BEFORE THEM, THE HEAVENS SHALL TREMBLE: THE SUN AND THE MOON SHALL BE DARK, AND THE STARS SHALL WITHDRAW THEIR SHINING: AND THE LORD SHALL UTTER HIS VOICE BEFORE HIS ARMY: FOR HIS CAMP IS VERY GREAT: FOR HE IS STRONG THAT EXECUTETH HIS WORD". Prepare, prepare to go, prepare for battle - but all the while build - build God's house made without hands while defending it at the same time "They which builded upon the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work and with the other hand held a weapon" (Neh:4:17). What a prophetic picture for the Body of Christ today! We need builders trained to do warfare and warriors trained to build. We need to build up God's kingdom while simultaneously tearing down the devil's! Think less, do more! Go and preach and demonstrate the Gospel of the Kingdom "a kingdom which cannot be moved". The next sick or crippled person you see, lay hands on them and heal them, declaring "the kingdom of God is at hand". May the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
I think God is only limited by our own faith and imaginations. He did say "nothing shall be impossible unto you" (Mt:17:20) and "with men this is impossible but with God all things are possible" (Mt:19:26). You can't save yourselves, you can't get to heaven through your own wisdom and strength, but with God, you can, for with God, all things are possible (Mk:10:27). The Jews were accustomed to the Law of Moses, which must be kept through their own efforts - it was extremely difficult for them to let it go and accept God's New Testament, which showed them (and us) a better way - believe on him whom God sent. This believing cut into their pride in themselves (though the church has become just as proud of their believing as the Jews were of their works) and their over inflated egos, hey man, we are God's chosen people! Again, though, the churches are lifted up in the same pride the Jews walked in. Yet "for with God nothing shall be impossible" (Lk:1:37) and (1 Kings 18:27). Over and over again, because he knows how stubborn we are, how full of unbelief we can get, he tells us - NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME! BELIEVE THIS AND TOGETHER WE'LL DO THE IMPOSSIBLE! Think about it! An army of real life super-heroes, God's heroes, running around doing the impossible, doing good works, vanquishing, nay, extinguishing evil! Prophecy is a super power! Being able to look into the enemy's camp and see everything he's doing, everything he's planning! Being able to instantaneously heal the sick and wounded! Imagine being able to call fire down from heaven. The list goes on and on. When God sent a "man of God" to rebuke the wicked king Jeroboam, the king, having no humility (the kings of the old testament are a type of the pastors of today, some good, most wicked), ordered his men to "lay hold on him" but as soon as he did "his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him" (1 Kings 13). When a pastor rebukes the prophetic and does not accept it in his life or his church, his authority dries up till he has no more kingdom authority. We should never point the finger at anyone, especially God's anointed.
An army like this would truly be invincible! Quit playing the game called "Church" and put on your armor and join the army God is raising up, of whom He says "neither shall one thrust another, they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded". "THE EARTH SHALL QUAKE BEFORE THEM, THE HEAVENS SHALL TREMBLE: THE SUN AND THE MOON SHALL BE DARK, AND THE STARS SHALL WITHDRAW THEIR SHINING: AND THE LORD SHALL UTTER HIS VOICE BEFORE HIS ARMY: FOR HIS CAMP IS VERY GREAT: FOR HE IS STRONG THAT EXECUTETH HIS WORD". Prepare, prepare to go, prepare for battle - but all the while build - build God's house made without hands while defending it at the same time "They which builded upon the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work and with the other hand held a weapon" (Neh:4:17). What a prophetic picture for the Body of Christ today! We need builders trained to do warfare and warriors trained to build. We need to build up God's kingdom while simultaneously tearing down the devil's! Think less, do more! Go and preach and demonstrate the Gospel of the Kingdom "a kingdom which cannot be moved". The next sick or crippled person you see, lay hands on them and heal them, declaring "the kingdom of God is at hand". May the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
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