The Greatest Is Love

The Greatest Is Love
Victory Ministries
Walter Kambulow
June 1, 2008
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Content
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
A Friend Loves At All Times
CHAPTER 2
The Fruit of the Spirit is?
CHAPTER 3
Pursue Love, And Desire Spiritual Gifts
CHAPTER 4
He Sent His Word And Healed Them
CHAPTER 5
Save Me, And I Shall Be Saved
CHAPTER 6
According To Your Faith
CHAPTER 7
He Gave Them Power And Authority
CHAPTER 8
Love Not The World
CHAPTER 9
The Apple Of His Eye
CHAPTER 10
What To Do In A Storm?
CHAPTER 11
In God Is My Salvation And My Glory
CHAPTER 12
Jesus’ Anointing and Five Fold Ministries
CHAPTER 13
Silver And Gold
CHAPTER 14
His Banner Over Me Is Victory
CHAPTER 15
King Of Kings
CHAPTER 16
Last State Is Worse
CHAPTER 17
He Gave Gifts To Men
CHAPTER 18
God Can Be Trusted
CHAPTER 19
Our Father In Heaven
CHAPTER 20
High Places
CHAPTER 21
Walk Worthy Of The Lord
CHAPTER 22
The Effective, Fervent Prayer
CHAPTER 23
Love Is The Greatest
CHAPTER 24
Greater Works
CHAPTER 25
Perseverance And Prosperity
CHAPTER 26
He Will Save Us
CHAPTER 27
The Kingdom Of God Is Within You
CHAPTER 28
The Sound Of Abundance Of Rain
Introduction
Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues,
they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we
prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done
away. 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. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then
face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide
faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:8-13
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. 1
Corinthians 16:13-14
Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit apostle Paul wrote and told us the value of love and that it was
the greatest. He told us if we speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, we have
become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though we have the gift of prophecy, and understand
all mysteries and all knowledge, and though we have all faith, so that we could remove mountains, but
have not love, we are nothing. And though we bestow all our goods to feed the poor, and though we give
our body to be burned, but have not love, it profits us nothing. So he admonished us to watch, stand fast
in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that we do be done with love. And then he told us, If anyone does
not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. (1 Corinthians 16:22-23).
Chapter 1
A Friend Loves At All Times
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17
A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a
brother. Proverbs 18:24
I’ve found a Friend, Oh, such a Friend,
He loved me e’er I knew Him!
He drew me with the cords of love,
And thus He bound me to Him!
God didn’t just give us a bible to study and read and a man to lead and guide us into all truth but He
gave us Himself, to be to us all that we need. The written Word can never be read properly without the
revealing light of the living word, Jesus Christ - the Word made flesh. The Word that came to live among
us now has come to dwell within us! He is our life. He is our healing. He is our strength. He is everything
that we need. He has accepted us just as WE ARE and we accept Him just as HE Is. He has all of us and
we have all of Him. We don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that we got the best part of this
arrangement for all of us is not worth that much but all of God is priceless. Mind you God also thinks that
He has gotten the best part of the deal for He has us.
When we are in the presence of the King we don’t have to spend long hours reading the biography of a
king but we can enjoy His company and all that He has to offer us. It is not the mental understanding, or
the intellectual apprehension of the fact that Jesus Christ is the Way, is the Truth and the Life that bring
joy unspeakable to our hearts but it’s the experience of these truths that floods our spirits with His divine
power, love, joy and life. We find liberation when we are delivered from the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the children of God (Romans 8:19-21).
The light of the world now lives in us and we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. When our “pitchers” are
broken, His light shines forth more gloriously than the light of the noonday sun. It brings to the world
the revelation of the Light of the World, who is Jesus, manifested through the lives of His surrendered and
yielded children.
We live under a new and greater covenant where we not only have the promises of what God in Christ
Jesus would do but what He would be to us and in us. He has not only come to show us a plan
whereby we could find Salvation but He has become our Salvation. He made us spiritual by giving
us His Spirit. We now have and enjoy His lovely indwelling presence for we now are the temple
of the Holy Spirit where the King of Glory lives.
Our Christian maturity is not the development of human understanding, nor an increase in our
intellectual knowledge concerning prophecy but rather, the unhindered outflow of the knowledge of Christ
Himself, giving us heart understanding and spiritual ability to receive Him. We have become partaker of
divine nature and out of our hearts flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38). And the surge of
resurrection life not only covers out body, soul and spirit, but the divine virtues of our adorable
Lord outstrips everything we have received under the curse of the Law. Instead of sickness we
have divine health and divine healing and divine life. Instead of poverty and lack we have divine
prosperity and divine wealth. Instead of defeat and failure we now have victory and honor. That is if the
Lord has us and we have Him!
Unlike the Pharisees and Sadducees of old who required that people, before they would be accepted by
the powers that be, give tithes, pray in public and be bound by legalistic rules and enslaved with chains of
ritualism, Jesus Christ demands no such things of us. He doesn’t enslave us but sets us free from all
traditional and preconceived and pre-established prejudices. He appeals directly to the hearts and spirits
of the suffering, the sinful, and the oppressed with the words, “Come unto Me!” And lay your heads upon
my breast. He is now the only Door, the only one Way, the only one Life, the only one Salvation, and the
only Savior! He is now our everything and from His illimitable fountains of virtue comes life, health,
strength, joy and peace! We need nothing beside Him.
It doesn’t matter if we are rich or poor, sick or needy, He is our illimitable Source of eternal supply,
and in Him we can find all that we need. Everything that He has is ours. God’s word is unchanging:
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those
who believe in His name: John 1:12
Then He said: "A certain man had two sons. "And the younger of them said to his father,
'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood. "And
not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there
wasted his possessions with prodigal living. "But when he had spent all, there arose a severe
famine in that land, and he began to be in want. "Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of
that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. "And he would gladly have filled his
stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.
"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread
enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 'I will arise and go to my father, and will say to
him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, "and I am no longer worthy to be
called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants." ' "And he arose and came to his father.
But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on
his neck and kissed him. "And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in
your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
"But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring
on his hand and sandals on his feet. 'And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and
be merry; 'for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began
to be merry. Luke 15:11-24
Jesus used the story of the prodigal son to tell us how we as God’s children had left our Heavenly
Father and went into the world to live defeated desolate lives. But when we returned back to our Heavenly
Father He had restored all things to us including the best Robe and a Ring on our hand and Sandals on our
feet. We have now become heirs of Salvation and as a result all that belongs to the Father now belongs to
us: As a matter of fact we live in the finest hour of the Church of when the Father God is restoring all
things to His people including the best Robe that their Father gives them when they come back to Him
which is the Mantle of Anointing of His Holy Spirit. It’s similar to the Mantle that our Father-God gave to a
great man of God, Elijah, who worked miracles with it, doing great things, especially bringing down the
Fire of God from Heaven. So that everybody would know who the Lord of Lord was and is. It’s a similar
anointing that Jesus received from the Father when John the Baptist baptized him in the river Jordan.
While He prayed, the heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon
Him, and a voice came from heaven, which said
"You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased." Now Jesus Himself began His ministry.
(Luke 3:21-22)
Then the Word of God tell us that Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and
was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where he was for forty days tempted by the devil, proved by
God, eating nothing. After the devil had ended every temptation, and departed for a while, Jesus returned
in the power of the Holy Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went throughout the entire surrounding region.
Then Jesus came to Nazareth where He had been brought up and as was His custom, went into the
synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read and 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; (Luke 4:18)
Well, this is the same Robe or mantle of anointing that our heavenly Father wants to give us, so that
we can do the works of God, in the power of the Holy Spirit and in dependence on Him. So that we can
heal the broken hearted, proclaim liberty to the captives and set free those who are oppressed, just like
Jesus did when He as God in human flesh walked on earth two thousand years ago. For Jesus words are
true:
"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?" (John 14:12)
The Robe the father gave the prodigal son can be compared to the "coat of many colors" that Israel
gave to his son Joseph, the same Coat their Heavenly Father presently gives us. God's word records:
"Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age.
Also he made him a tunic of many colors." (Genesis 37:3)
The Robe signifies a Mantle of the Holy Spirit's 'Anointing' on them. The different colors on the coat
signify the different aspects and attributes of the 'Anointing;' such as salvation, healing, blessings,
prosperity, provision, position, power, responsibility, authority, sonship, kingship, royalty, good things,
deliverance, miracles, wealth and riches. We have an example of this recorded in the book of Kings of two
great men of God, Elijah and Elisha, and what they accomplished with their Mantle. Elijah gathered on
Mount Carmel the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who
eat at Jezebel's table and all of the children of Israel. He told them what God would say to many of us
today:
If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people answered him not a
word. Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets
are four hundred and fifty men. 1 King 18:21-22
Elijah called upon God at the offering of the evening sacrifice to confirm that he did thins at God's
command and that they people might know His is the LORD God who has turned their hearts back to Him.
God’s word records:
Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones
and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. Now when all the people saw it,
they fell on their faces; and they said, "The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!" (1 Kings
18:19-39)
The heart that opens to the reign of Christ enters into the reality of His Presence. The living, pulsating
reality of His divine indwelling springs up within our innermost being like an artesian well of heavenly
glory. It is effortless. It just flows. It permeates every fiber of the nature. And we do not have to wait until
the Gates of Pearl unfold before we are lost in wonder, love, and praise. It is in Christ we find our
completeness and life and peace. Where our selfish, fleshly desires do not crowded out Christ in
us, He brings us life, light and health. He who bore our sicknesses and sorrows has come to
give us peace, rest and joy. Unlike others Christ doesn’t just come to us bearing gifts, He
Himself is the greatest gift that we have ever received. His light does not shine from the
outside in, but it radiates from the inside out. The gifts He imparts, He administers and
operates. He does not “give” light. He is Light! He does not impart health. He is Health.
We now live in the flesh, we live by faith in the Son of God, who gave Himself for us and now dwells
within us. As He rooms within us, by the Spirit, for the incoming Christ commiserating with our surrender
and our death to self, His light, His life, and His love permeate every compartment of our being! And with
time, the cup of His mercy overflows and the physical body demonstrated His resurrection life. Instead of
struggle, there is rest. Instead of agonizing, there is peace. The indwell Christ and His government brings
us into a blessed quietness and trust before the Lord.
We not only know that in Christ there is health, virtue, and saving power but we are indwelt by Him
and He imparts to us virtue. In other word healing comes with the Healer. Our poor, diseased
bodies and lives are transformed, because our darkness is swallowed up in His light. He, as our
Health, overcomes our sickness. He, as our Strength, absorbs all our weakness. We are strong
in Him, for He gives us His strength through His presence
When the Light comes, the darkness must go. The power is not in what our LORD prescribes, it is not
in doing this or that. It is not in knowing “how to receive healing.” It is not in the healing virtue He
imparts, but it is the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. He has become our health, our holiness
and our wealth and all that we need. It is not what He gives—but who He is! He is Resurrection
Life! He is Wisdom! He is Righteousness! He is Healing! He is all that we need. His glorious life
divine in us doesn’t produce a struggle. But it is rest. It is strength. It is healing, as well as power.
A river doesn’t struggle to roll down hill and its water doesn’t strive and strain as it gently flows to
where the great arms of the sea are opened wide to receive it? Hence similarly we are merely the
riverbed, and His life is the river. He flows through us, constantly giving, imparting, radiating and infusing,
until our very lives are hid with Christ in God. Our natures are transformed by His glorious nature divine.
Our sicknesses, our sufferings, and our pain cannot maintain their grip in the warm flow of His 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
Chapter 2
The Fruit of the Spirit is?
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
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. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us
not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:22-26
God’s love is the gist of the whole gospel. And we need to grow in His love and to walk in love by
yielding to the Holy Spirit who is inside of us and letting Him flow from us! When we were born again and
Baptized with the Spirit God not only cleansed us from all our filthiness and from all your idols , He gave
us a new heart and put a new spirit within us; He took the heart of stone out of our flesh and give us a
heart of flesh. He put His Spirit within us and enable to walk in His commandments and to do them
(Ezekiel 36:25-27) because we became a new creation. God’s word is unchanging:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold,
all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through
Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ
reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us
the word of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:17-19
But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by
Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which
grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and
that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and
holiness. Galatians 4:20-24
But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the
world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor
uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. And as many as walk according to this rule,
peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. Galatians 6:15-16
Yes, through the new birth we have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man
who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither
Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in
all. As the elect of God, holy and beloved, we put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness,
longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against
another; even as Christ forgave us, we do also. And above all these things we put on love, which is the
bond of perfection. And we let the peace of God rule in our hearts, to which also we were called in one
body; and we are thankful. We let the word of Christ dwell in us richly in all wisdom, teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in our hearts to the
Lord.
But if we are not continually praying in the Spirit and staying in the Word of God, the devil and the old
man will deceive us and we will revert back to our old ways! God doesn’t judge us on what we know but
on what we do. We are to do His word and to make sure that the new man in us is demonstrating love,
compassion tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering, patience, endurance and
forgiveness and not the old man demonstrating bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, evil speaking, adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath,
selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, etc.
So how do we know whether we are in the kingdom of God or in the kingdom of the devil? By love;
love is the test, love is the fruit. We have been saved out of the kingdom of darkness into God’s
marvelous light. We are strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and
longsuffering with joy. We give thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of
the saints in light (Colossians 1:10-14). Our inheritance the promises of God dwells in the kingdom of
light. The kingdom of Jesus is called the kingdom of love; it is called the kingdom of light. He has
delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son. And the
love of God is now shining out through us when we are walking in the Spirit and not in the flesh. God’s
word is unchanging:
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts
against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that
you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the
law. Galatians 5:16-18
Walking in the Spirit is also being led by the Spirit. Our inheritance is prosperity, health and abundant
life. That is our inheritance. Goodness and mercy flowing in our life. Our inheritance is the land of milk and
honey in Christ. But the inheritance cannot come to some people? Those who walk in the flesh will not
taste health. They will taste sickness. Those who walk in flesh will not taste prosperity; they will taste
poverty. Those who walk in the flesh they will not taste abundant life. They will taste a miserable life.
They will not inherit the things of God. It may be theirs but their inheritance cannot come to them.
We live in a world that is hostile to the things of God. And the devil will have every opportunity to
bring disaster on our life. But there is a way where we could attract the blessings of God where in our life
things just flow. But in some people sometimes without effort they get blessed here blessed there blessed
everywhere. They just get blessed. What are they receiving? The inheritance of God. When we receive an
inheritance we do not deserve it. We did not work for the inheritance. Somebody worked at it. Somebody
accumulated it. And then because of our position they pass it to you. That’s an inheritance.
Jesus conquered for us. Jesus paid the price for us. Then He says it is ours now. Do you know that
inheritance cannot come to people because they are not walking in the Spirit, they are not walking in
love? When we walk in love the inheritance comes forth. We are in right relationship with God’s family.
The inheritance is the family blessing of God.
There are so much blessings God has blessed us with. But it’s not coming to people because they are
not walking in the Spirit; walking in love. They are walking in the flesh. Paul says those who walk in the
flesh who do such things cannot partake of the inheritance of the saints. It may be theirs but they cannot
taste it. Walking in the Spirit means walking in love, walking in joy, walking in peace, walking in long
suffering, walking in kindness, walking in goodness, walking in gentleness, walking in self-control, all
these fruit of the Spirit we walk in them. And then we walk in our inheritance, the riches of His glorious
inheritance in the saints (Ephesians 1:17-18)
Evangelist Billy Graham said that 90 percent of all Christians in America live defeated lives. Bill Bright,
founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, added, "You may have a heart for God. You read your Bible
faithfully, you pray, you witness, you are active in your church; yet year after year you continue to fight a
losing battle."
In his book The Holy Spirit, Billy Graham acknowledged the constant state of leaving our lives in the
Holy Spirit's control. "We must surrender ourselves to Him daily," he writes, "and everyday we must
choose to remain surrendered." Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade, described this regular act of
surrender as "spiritual breathing." By faith, we confess our sins to God, agreeing that we have missed the
mark of His perfection. This, Bill explains, is like exhaling. The next step is to accept God's forgiveness and
ask the Holy Spirit to fill us with His power; Bill compares that to inhaling. Bill Bright taught
"There are three kinds of people in the world," The Bible tells us there is the 'natural man,' the
'spiritual man,' and the 'carnal man.' The natural man is one who hasn't received the Lord Jesus
as Savior. The carnal man is one who has received Christ, but lives a defeated life." "But the
spiritual man places Christ on the throne of his life, and his own ego steps aside to allow God's
Holy Spirit to control his life. The fruits of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
faithfulness, and goodness—are the obvious benefits."”
Chapter 3
Pursue Love, And Desire Spiritual Gifts
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians
13:13
Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. For he who
speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in
the spirit he speaks mysteries. But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and
comfort to men. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the
church. I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for he who
prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the
church may receive edification. 1 Corinthians 14:1-5
Although the greatest is love, faith and hope cannot be neglected or excluded from our lives. The Word
of God clearly commands us to pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may
prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets,
that the church may receive edification. To prophesy is to speak to God’s people the words that God gives
by His Spirit. And all can desire earnestly to prophesy and all can prophesy one by one God’s word is
unchanging:
Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge. But if anything is revealed to
another who sits by, let the first keep silent. For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may
learn and all may be encouraged. And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. For
God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. 1 Corinthians
14:29-33
If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things
which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. But if anyone is ignorant, let him be
ignorant. Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with
tongues. Let all things be done decently and in order. 1 Corinthians 14:37-40
The spirit of control is predominate in many western churches and as a result Apostles and prophets
and tongues and prophesy are not given their proper place in the house of God. Because of lack of
knowledge and proper instruction on the roles and places of apostles, prophets, tongues and prophesy
they are basically not existent in most Christian churches even though God’s word tells us, I wish you all
spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied and desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not
forbid to speak with tongues. Let all things be done decently and in order.
Yes, something is wrong in the house of God and it not God’s word but the lack of application of God’s
word including looking out not only for our own interests but for the interests of others! God’s word is
unchanging:
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. Philippians 2:1-4
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 3:16-18
Jesus who is our life and example looked out not only for his own interests but the interests of others.
As a result, At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those who were
demon-possessed. And the whole city was gathered together at the door. Then He healed many who
were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak,
because they knew Him (Mark 1:32-34).
You cannot say to someone that you love Him and not do something in the power of God to help him
and change his negative situation. We see this principle clearly established in the life of Peter. The bible
records:
Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of
the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; who,
seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. And fixing his eyes on him,
with John, Peter said, "Look at us." So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive
something from them. Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give
you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." And he took him by the right
hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. So he,
leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them-walking, leaping, and praising
God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God. Then they knew that it was he who
sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and
amazement at what had happened to him. Acts 3:1-10
Peter gave the lame beggar more than money. He gave him his health and that ability to really live.
And by God’s power and grace we can do the same! We can do what Jesus commanded us to do:
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." Acts 16:15-18
It’s to be noted that ministry is not to facilitate the vision of the house and its evangelist or pastor.
Ministry is not to get rich off the sheep. Ministry is not to purse a secret hidden agenda for prominence,
fortune and fame like Judas who betrayed Jesus for his greed (Matthew 26:24, Luke 6;16, Luke 22:3). Yes
Judas healed the sick, cast out devils and fellowshipped with Jesus and also stole money from the
treasurer and was a betrayer and traitor!
Unlike others even of our day, Jesus did not just teach or preach but He did real works such as cast
out devils, heal the sick, raise the dead, cause cripples to walk, and rebuked religious Pharisees who didn’t
do such things! What Jesus lacked in any area of His life He made up for it by the power of the anointing.
Prayer, knowledge of the Word of God and the anointing were the only things Jesus needed to minister to
the poor, hurting and needy people. And He did a very successful job!
Because the bible teaches that seedtime and harvest shall not cease (Genesis 8:22 ) and what we
give shall be measure back to us (Matthew 7:22,23:32), those who are in the ministry must sow the Word
of God in the lives of others and do practical works such as opening the eyes of the blind and healing the
cripples like Jesus, Philip, Barnabas and Paul did. The bible records:
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. Acts 8:5-8
Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many
miracles and wonders God had worked through them among the Gentiles. Acts 15:12
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. Acts 19:11-12
Yes, what God has done for one minister of the gospel He will do for another? He will work with them
and confirm the word through the accompanying signs.
Jesus was neither blind nor stupid about the truth that not all will be saved. He told a new disciple to
let the dead bury the dead and he was to follow Him. He purposely spoke in parables so that all would not
be converted (Matthew 13:14-15). He did not appear to his murderers because He didn’t want them to be
saved but to reap what they had sown. But Jesus explained in private all things to His disciples and gave
them miracles like a net breaking boats sinking load of fish when they had fished all night and caught
nothing or a gold coin from the mouth of a fish for Peter to pay the taxes when Peter foolishly said Jesus
paid taxes. Jesus healed and delivered and anointed all His disciples and they lived in divine health and
divine prosperity. He also gave them the Baptism of the Spirit and the anointing and boldness. God’s word
is unchanging:
"Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may
speak Your word, "by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done
through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus." And when they had prayed, the place where they
were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they
spoke the Word of God with boldness.
Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone
say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. And with
great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was
upon them all. Acts 4:29-33
Although God inhabits the praises of His people, Jesus never conducted a mass prayer and praise
meeting for the multitude? I wonder why this was so? Jesus never taught on Church structure or
leadership - rather He warned to beware of false prophets and religious leaders? Jesus never said He
would send pastors and preachers and the Greek version of the bible to be our teacher? Rather He
stressed that the Helper, Guide, Counselor, He would send in His name would lead them into all truth and
teach them all things, bring back to their memory all that He had said, and they were to trust the Holy
Spirit completely just like He did! He also told us to do what He had commanded us to do? God’s 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
Chapter 4
He Sent His Word And Healed Them
He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. Psalm 107:20
But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
that proceeds from the mouth of God.' " Matthew 4:4
Sincerity and presumption are not a guarantee of anything including salvation and healing. What is
born of flesh is flesh and what is born of Spirit is spirit. Jesus told us, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the
flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life (John 6:63). So if we are
going to receive life, salvation, healing and good things from God it must first come by the Spirit as God’s
word. Yes, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'
God by His Spirit sends His word and heal us and deliver us from our destructions. And then we have to
act on the word that God give us including believing and confessing the word. God's word is true:
And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.' Acts
2:21
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 10:9-13
With our faith we can make a demand on God for the anointing to bring down healing and deliverance
into our lives. In the bible in Jesus day all who were sick did just that. They touched the hem of Jesus
garment. And as many as touched it where made perfectly well. God’s word is true:
When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. And when the men of that
place recognized Him, they sent out into all that surrounding region, brought to Him all who were
sick, and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as
touched it were made perfectly well. Matthew 14:34-36
When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and anchored there. And
when they came out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him, ran through that whole
surrounding region, and began to carry about on beds those who were sick to wherever they
heard He was. Wherever He entered into villages, cities, or in the country, they laid the sick in the
marketplaces, and begged Him that they might just touch the hem of His garment. And as many
as touched Him were made well. Mark 6:53-56
The Word of God is very clear that God wants to heal His people be it by faith, by the word of
knowledge, by the anointing, or by any method He chooses.
"When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or
send pestilence among My people, 7:14 "if My people who are called by My name will humble
themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:13-14
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over
him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick,
and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your
trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective,
fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he
prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six
months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. James
5:14-18
Yes, the prayer of faith is the prayer of Elijah that produces results through persistence in prayer. The
bible records for our profit and instruction:
Then Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain."
So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down
on the ground, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, "Go up now, look
toward the sea." So he went up and looked, and said, "There is nothing." And seven times he
said, "Go again." Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, "There is a cloud, as small
as a man's hand, rising out of the sea!" So he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot,
and go down before the rain stops you.' " Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became
black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
Then the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab
to the entrance of Jezreel. 1 Kings 18:41-46
It’s to be noted that according to the word of Elijah that God gave to Elijah the drought and famine
came and was removed. God’s word is true:
And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel
lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word."1
King 18:1
Jesus taught us on the value and importance of persistent prayer of always praying and not giving up
until God avenges us and give us our desired result of justice from the injustices of the enemy, Satan, the
author of sickness, diseases, trouble, afflictions, poverty and loss on the earth. God’s word is true:
Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, saying:
"There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. "Now there was a
widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, 'Get justice for me from my adversary.' "And he
would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, 'Though I do not fear God nor regard
man, 'yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she
weary me.' " Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said. "And shall God not avenge His
own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? "I tell you that He
will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on
the earth?" Luke 18:1-8
The prayer of the faith will heal the sick because healing is in the word. He sent His word and healed
them. Because Jesus is the Word, healing is also in the anointing and a gift of the Spirit. That is why
Jesus said:
"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good
tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the
captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year
of the LORD, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, To console those
who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of
praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting
of the LORD, that He may be glorified." Isaiah 61:1-3
And Apostle Paul said:
There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the
same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But
the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the
word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to
another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the
working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different
kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all
these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
But sometimes because we wrestle not against flesh and blood we must contend for miracles including
healing for God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. Because we have faith, hope and love, we
can contend with any negative circumstance until we get our miracle. Jesus was manifested to destroy all
the works of the devil. Sickness and disease are an oppression of the devil and they don’t exist in God’s
kingdom. Sickness diseases and death all come from the devil’s kingdom and every infirmity should be
treated as the work of the devil including infirmity, blindness, sickness, pain, etc which robs us from the
fullness of life. But Jesus Christ healed and heals all oppression of the devil.
He who is the same yesterday today and forever still heals all our diseases, forgives all our iniquities,
and redeems our life from destruction and executes righteousness and justice for the oppressed. Yes,
came to set at liberty those who are oppressed. God’s word is true:
Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O
my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your
diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and
tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like
the eagle's. The LORD executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed. Psalm
103:1-6
"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; Luke 4:18
"how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about
doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38
Chapter 5
Save Me, And I Shall Be Saved
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my
praise. Jeremiah 17:14
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you
received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I
preached to you-unless you believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:1-2
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. Hebrews 4:14
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23
Christianity is based on a confession of our faith that brings results. The good news of the gospel is
that every disease, every weakness and every infirmity was laid upon Jesus and we are free of them. We
are to hold fast to that word which was preached to us by which we are saved, healed, delivered, blessed
and prospered. Here is a confession of faith for healing from every book in the Bible to be spoken out
loud at least once each day until our healing is evident. The Word of God tells us Let the weak say "I am
strong!" ( Hosea 3:10) God gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.
(Romans 4:17) If anyone says . . . and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will
happen, it will be done for him. (Mark 11:22-23) Confession is made unto (until) salvation (healing)
(Romans 10:9-10) All of these declarations are based on the scripture references.
Genesis 20:17- As God answered Abraham's prayer for healing, he will hear and answer mine!
Exodus 15:26- His name is Jehovah-Rapha, the Lord my doctor, my physician, my healer!
Leviticus 14:3- God healed the leper in Moses' day and he will heal my disease in Jesus' day!
Numbers 12:13- My healing is based upon better promises than those of Moses!
Deuteronomy 32:39- God has declared himself to be a healer and I receive Him now as my healer!
Joshua 1:3- By faith I place my feet upon every promise of divine healing and prosperity in the Word
of God!
Judges 16: 28- As God gave Samson supernatural strength, He is giving me supernatural health!
Ruth 2:12- I take refuge under the shadow of His wings where there is healing and deliverance!
I Samuel 17:47- The battle is the Lord's and he will deliver me from all sickness and disease!
II Samuel 22:3- Jesus is my rock, my fortress, my shield, and my Savior in times of sickness!
I Kings 19:7- God will send ministering angels to strengthen me in this battle for life and health!
II Kings 20:5- God will hear my prayer and give me healing, health, blessings and long life in Jesus'
name!
I Chr. 16:11- As the Israelites looked to the brazen serpent and were healed, I look to Jesus for
healing and all things!
II Chr. 30:20- One man's prayer can bring healing to a multitude through the mercy of God!
Ezra 6:22- Jesus, my Passover Lamb, suffered for my deliverance from sin, sickness and disease!
Nehemiah 8:10- I will rejoice and be glad in the Lord my redeemer who is healing me now!
Esther 5:1- God gives me entrance into the Holy of Holies to make my requests known to Him!
Job 33:28- God has delivered my soul from the grave and I shall live to proclaim His power to heal!
Psa. 103:3- He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases all the time!
Prov. 4:20- God's Word in my mouth and in my heart will bring healing to my whole body!
Ecclesiastes 3:3- Now is the time for me to be healed for Jesus has paid the price in full!
Song of Solomon 4:7- He who loved me enough to die for me shall also freely give me all things!
Isa. 53:4-5- By Jesus' wounds we were healed, therefore by Jesus' wounds I AM HEALED NOW!
Jer. 30:17- The Lord is restoring my health and healing my wounds!
Lam. 3:22- Because of His love, His compassion, and His faithfulness I shall not die but live!
Eze. 47:8-9- Where the river flows everything will live. The river flows in me so I SHALL LIVE!
Dan. 11:32- By faith in God's word, I resist the devil and all the works of the devil in the name of
Jesus!
Hos. 6:1- I will seek the Lord with all my heart and He will heal me and bind up my wounds!
Joel 3:10- Let the weak say, "I am strong!" Let the poor say, "I am rich!" Let the sick say, "I am
healed!"
Amos 5:14- I seek good and not evil, therefore I shall live and do the will of my Father!
Obadiah 17- My deliverance comes from Mount Zion, where Christ made atonement for me!
Jonah 2:9- I will offer the sacrifice of praise to Jehovah-Rapha, my personal physician!
Micah 7:15- God will show forth in me His power to heal and deliver!
Nahum 1:15- God's good news to the sick is that there is supernatural healing in the atonement!
Hab. 2:14- The truth about divine healing is setting me free from sickness and disease!
Zeph. 3:17- The Lord my God is mighty to save me from every attack of the devil!
Hag. 2:5- I shall not fear, for His Spirit remains within me and upon me to bring me into victory!
Zech. 4:6- It is not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of the Lord God Almighty!
Mal. 4:2- The sun of righteousness will rise for me with healing in its rays, for I exalt Jesus' name!
Mt. 4:23- Jesus healed every sickness and disease among the people then and he heals me now!
Mark 11:23- I command all sickness and disease to dissolve and disintegrate and pass from my body!
Luke 4:40- Jesus healed all who came to him for healing. He is the same yesterday, today and forever!
I have come to Jesus to receive my healing and I shall not be disappointed!
John 4:46-53- A royal official simply believed the word Jesus spoke to him concerning the healing of
his son and left for home. His son was healed according to Jesus' word! I believe his healing word to me.
Acts 5:16- There is not one case in the New Testament of anyone who came to Jesus for healing who
did not get healed. He came to do the will of the Father, establishing forever God's will in the matter
healing.
Romans 4:17-21- I am fully persuaded that God is able to do for me all he has promised to do,
therefore I will call those things that be not as though they were, and THEY SHALL BE!
I Cor. 12:7-9- God has given gifts of healing to the Body of Christ so that believers may live in health!
II Cor. 1:20- All the promises of God for healing are "YES" in Christ, and through him the "AMEN" (so
be it) is spoken by us to the glory of God. These declarations are a resounding "AMEN!" to his promises!
Gal.3:13- Christ became a curse for me and thus he has redeemed me from the curse of the law which
includes every sickness and disease mentioned in Deuteronomy 28!
Eph.3:20- Now unto him who is able to do immeasurably more than all I could ask or imagine,
according to his power that is at work within me, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Phil. 1:6- I am confident that he who has begun his healing work in me shall carry it on to completion!
Col.3:16- The word of Christ dwells in me richly and I am singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs
with gratitude in my heart to God for his healing touch upon my body!
I Thess. 5:23- Jesus has purchased redemption for me; spirit, soul, and body!
II Thess.2:15- I am standing firm and holding on to the teachings I have received concerning divine
healing. I will not cease to give thanks to God for his provision and his promise!
I Timothy 6:12- I will fight the good fight of faith until I see my healing come in its fullness!
II Timothy 1:12- I know whom I have believed and am convinced that he is able to guard and keep
that which I have entrusted to him, including my physical health!
Titus 3:5- Jesus saves us and heals us not because of any righteous things that we have done, but
because of his mercy he blesses us abundantly through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Philemon 3- It is by the grace of God, his unmerited favor, that we are healed and made whole!
Hebrews 10:35- I will not throw away my confidence which will be richly rewarded. I will persevere in
my confession of faith so that I will receive what he has promised!
James 5:16- Anointing with oil in the name of the Lord and the prayer offered in faith will make any
sick person well and the Lord will raise him up! If he has sinned he will be forgiven!
I Peter 2:24- By Jesus wounds I have been healed! It's done, yes it's done. In the mighty name of
Jesus the victory is won!
II Peter 1:3- His divine power has given me everything I need for life and godliness!
I John 5:14- This is the confidence I have in him, that if I ask anything according to his will (and
healing is his will) he hears me and I know that I have what I asked of him.
II John 6- Faith works through love and God's love is poured out in my heart by the Holy Spirit!
III John 2- God is concerned for my physical well being as well as for my spiritual well being!
Jude 20- I will continue to build myself up in my most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit!
Revelation 1:7- Jesus is the Alpha and Omega; the Almighty. Nothing is too hard for him to do!
Chapter 6
According To Your Faith
And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them,
"Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." Then He touched their
eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you." And their eyes were opened. Matthew
9:28-30
Apostle Paul and even Jesus didn’t deny the use and the power of faith and what it could do. Jesus told
us, "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 11:22-24). And Paul told us, 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 (1 Corinthians 13:2).
Yes, you can move mountains by faith but whether you have love will determine if it had any value!
Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13).
It’s interesting that faith, hope, love are not restricted by the dimensions of time and space. Faith
works in all periods and dispensations of God and reaches all the way to the courts of heaven. Elisha, who
received a double anointing from God and worked more miracles in his life, including raising a person from
the dead, than any other man of God in the Old Testament, using his anointing and faith did some things
that no religionist today would ever do. The bible records:
Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as
my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren." And he said, "Bring me a new bowl,
and put salt in it." So they brought it to him. Then he went out to the source of the water, and
cast in the salt there, and said, "Thus says the LORD: 'I have healed this water; from it there
shall be no more death or barrenness.' " So the water remains healed to this day, according to
the word of Elisha which he spoke.
Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came
from the city and mocked him, and said to him, "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!" So
he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD.
And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths. 2 Kings 2:19-
24
Elisha’s faith enabled him to heal the waters that there would be no more death or barrenness and
they stayed healed until this day. He also pronounced a curse in the name of the LORD on youths that
mocked him. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths. God, who
anointed and made Elisha into a man of God, never rebuked him for these two unusual miracles!
So we see from the Word of God that there is quite latitude in the principle, "According to your faith let
it be to you." Yet God’s word is unchanging:
"Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided
against itself will not stand Matthew 12:25
Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation
bearing the fruits of it. Matthew 21:43
Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider
whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
"Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of
peace. Luke 14:31-32
King Saul, an anointed one, fought with God’s friend and servant and anointed one, David, without a
cause, even though the bible clearly states not to fight with a man without a cause for a kingdom divided
against itself will be brought to desolation. This caused David to cry out to God and pray many prayers
about victory over and the destruction of his enemies (Psalm 3,5,6, 7,9 18,25,27, 31, 41,42 54,59,
69,71,92, 102,119, 138, 139,143 ) including:
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.
Psalm 18:3
My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who
persecute me. Psalm 31:15
He will repay my enemies for their evil. Cut them off in Your truth. Psalm 54:5
Jesus told us, It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do
come! Jesus also told us, "And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him,
though He bears long with them? "I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the
Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?" God heard and answered David’s cry for justice
and vindication and victory. As a result of King Saul’s unjust war with David, woe did come to King Saul.
He not only lost his kingdom but his life. God gave everything that belonged to the house of Saul including
his wives and wealth to David. God’s word is true:
'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! 2 Samuel 12:8
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.
Luke 17:1-3
weary me.' " Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said. "And shall God not avenge
His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? "I tell you that
He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith
on the earth?"
Yes, God has promised to avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears
long with them! He has promised to avenge them speedily. But the question remains when Jesus comes,
will He really find faith on the earth?" God’s word is unchanging:
Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and
Galilee. Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood
afar off. And they lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" So when He
saw them, He said to them, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And so it was that as they
went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with
a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a
Samaritan. So Jesus answered and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
"Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?" And He said
to him, "Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well." Luke 17:11-19
All the ten lepers were healed but only one of them returned and gave Jesus thanks and was made
whole. And he was a Samaritan! True faith responds back to God with a grateful heart when it receives a
miracle. And false faith received what it wanted and doesn’t need or want God anymore! Nevertheless
Jesus warned men that He would be rejected and that just like in the days of days of Noah and Lot
judgment would come upon men when the Son of Man comes. God’s word is unchanging:
"For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under
heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. "But first He must suffer many things and be
rejected by this generation. "And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of
the Son of Man: "They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the
day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. "Likewise as it was
also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
"but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and
destroyed them all. "Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
"In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come
down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back.
"Remember Lot's wife. "Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will
preserve it. "I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and
the other will be left. "Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other
left. "Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left." And they answered
and said to Him, "Where, Lord?" So He said to them, "Wherever the body is, there the eagles will
be gathered together." Luke 17:24-37
Chapter 7
He Gave Them Power And Authority
Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all
demons, and to cure diseases. He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Luke 9:1-2
After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before
His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. Luke 10:1
The wise and prudent think they can learn and know about God simply through studying, and through
worldly wisdom, but we know from God's word that this is impossible (1 Corinthians 1:26-31, John 3:3-5).
Christ Jesus, became for us wisdom from God-and righteousness and sanctification and redemption and
only through Him we can be saved, healed, delivered, set free and blessed. Unless He reveals to us that
we must be born of water and the Spirit, we cannot enter the kingdom of God; for that which is born of
the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Salvation of soul or spirit or body comes through Jesus in whose hands is all authority and
power in heaven and on earth and no other (Matthew 18:18). Jesus gave His followers power and
authority over all demons, and to cure diseases, He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal
the sick. And they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere
just as Jesus commanded them to do!
The followers of Jesus were not wise and prudent to debate with Jesus about whether it was the proper
thing to do. They just obeyed the Master and did what He told them to do. They were not proud, arrogant
and stubborn. On the contrary they were humble, meek and teachable. They were hungry for all that God
had to offer them. They didn’t allow their limited knowledge to blind them to all the great truths Jesus
would reveal to them, like rejoicing in not the spirits are subject to them, but rather rejoicing because
their names are written in heaven. These babes were chosen by Jesus according to the purpose and
foreknowledge of God, while the wise and prudent ones were passed by! God’s word is true:
Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your
name." And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. "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. "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to
you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven." In that hour Jesus rejoiced
in the Spirit and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these
things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed
good in Your sight. Luke 10:17-21
Then He said to another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."
Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of
God." And another also said, "Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell
who are at my house." But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and
looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." Luke 9:59-62
"And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the
kingdom, and healing all kinds of sicknesses and all kinds of diseases among the people. Then His
fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with
various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics;
and He healed them." Matthew 4:23-24
Because of the Lord's compassion (Matthew 8:1-4), His desire to destroy the works of the devil (1
John 3:8) and to do the will of God in all things, Jesus went about doing good and healing all who were
oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. Yes, Jesus and his disciples spent much time casting out
demons which is something theologians with doctorate degrees often miss the things of the Kingdom,
while "unschooled and ignorant" men, women, and even children not only know them, but also effectively
apply them. The wise and prudent ones have failed to understand that unless they became as little
children they would not even enter the Kingdom of Heaven for the Kingdom belongs to the "poor in spirit"
(Matthew 5:3). But God’s word is unchanging:
My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter
judgment. James 3:1
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are
done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do
not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly,
sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are
there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full
of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness
is sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:13-18
Wise and prudent ones don’t understand that that good conduct and works done in meekness of
wisdom, and not bitter envy and self seeking is what God requires from them. They fail to understand
that God's wisdom is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and without hypocrisy, while the devil’s wisdom is earthy and sensual and full of
partiality and hypocrisy.
It’s a fact that the so called church of Jesus Christ has been subjected to a demonic invasion that has
robbed it of most of the blessings of the Kingdom including divine health, divine prosperity, divine power
and divine wealth. As a result there are churches where Satan has a large measure of effective control
and where false doctrine and lack of love and the presence of all kinds of relational and personal sin
abound. As a result demonic oppression, unbelief and sickness are present in the lives of many of its
members and the true anointing is missing to bring healing and deliverance.
Blind ones cannot see that sickness, disease, lack and poverty which are God's judgments are all
around us and we cannot escape them. But there is no sickness or poverty in heaven and there was no
sickness or poverty in the garden of Eden when God made Adam and Eve. Sickness and poverty are
spiritual problems as a result of a breakdown in divine order. However when through the power of the
Holy Spirit the Kingdom of God is restored in our lives and bodies divine healing and health and divine
prosperity result. Every divine healing done is a manifestation of the Kingdom of God. God’s word is
unchanging:
… "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." Exodus 15:26
"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. Exodus 23:25-26
Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were
afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics,
and paralytics; and He healed them. Matthew 4:24
Most sickness is caused by demons - either directly or indirectly. Sickness represents the kingdom of
Satan in a person's body. And the church for the most part has been ineffective in dealing with demons
and with sickness in the name of Jesus. Casting out demons by the Spirit of God, and healing the sick is
a demonstration that the kingdom of God has come upon us (Matthew 12:28, Luke 9:2,11,). Jesus told
His disciples, "Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you. "And
heal the sick there, and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you' (Luke 10:9).
The Kingdom of God is the place where Jesus is King. It is a spiritual, invisible kingdom in the hearts of
those who are born again and the influence that they make on their society. It’s also opposed at ever turn
by Satan's kingdom (Matthew 12:26). Yes, "the whole world lies under the sway of the evil one" (1 John
5:19). Satan is called "the god of this age" (2 Corinthians 4:4), "the prince of the power of the air" and
"the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience" (Ephesians 2:2). He operates through a vast
hierarchical network of fallen angels, evil spirits or demons as they are variously known, exercises a
stupendous influence on the hearts and lives of men, women, boys and girls.
Yes, the existence of Satan's kingdom accounts for the hatred, the wars, the stupidity and selfishness
of mankind, the existence of false religions and philosophies and the presence of every kind of perversion
and deception on the face of the earth. Satanic influence is very effective because it operates in the
background, and is generally not openly displayed. It is almost always covered under another name or
philosophy such as communism, Islam and the New Age movement. But God’s word is unchanging:
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is
greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and
they did not love their lives to the death. Revelation 12:11
It is a fact that according to the power that resides and works in us, God is able to do exceedingly
abundantly above all that we ask or think and give us one hundred percent victory, one hundred percent
of the time, in one hundred percent of the situations. After all He is God, not man!
It is also a fact that Jesus, now as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, is no longer poor or weak
anymore as He was when He walked the earth as man. He is now once again unlimited in power, riches,
strength and might. But the best news is that God wants to use all of His power, riches, and
resources on our behalf and meet our needs: If we only will believe Him and trust Him to do it for us;
If we will only humble ourselves and on a bent knee give Him our all and ask for His all. Then we shall
know the truth of God’s word which states:
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:37
“Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the
fragrance of His knowledge in every place.” (2 Corinthians 2:14)
As a result of what Jesus did on the Cross-, by faith everything is ours now. Jesus Christ has
substituted all things on the cross for us and exchanged it there for us. Our death, defeat and poverty and
curses have been nailed to the Christ. On the Cross Jesus Christ not only won real victory and redemption
over sin and death and the world, but also over the wicked arch enemy Satan and all his angels who had
made the Cross necessary by what he did to Adam and Eve.
The enemy had deceived and entrapped Adam and Eve to sin against God and live a life that was
cursed and full of toil and trouble. But on the Cross Jesus Christ did the great exchange. He exchanged
His sinlessness for our sins, His righteousness for our unrighteousness, His strength for our weakness, His
boundless supply for our needs, His stripes for our healing, His riches for our poverty, His victories for our
defeats, His triumphs for our disappointments, His glory for our shame, His Honor for our nothingness, His
prosperity for our poverty, His prosperity for our lacks, His joy for our sadness, and His fullness for our
emptiness. But all of this is also something that must be revealed to us by the Holy Spirit before we can
understand and partake of it fully. Yet it is all our birthright and the blessing of the fullness of the gospel
of Christ.
The message of the cross and the Gospel is not only that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures. He was buried and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. He is now is
seated at the right hand of the Father with all power given unto Him in heaven and earth
waiting for His enemies to be made His footstool. But the message of the cross and the Gospel is
also that as a result of the victories Jesus won on the cross, He has now given and shared all that He has
with us and He is also with and for us continually. God in Christ Jesus has literally become our inheritance
and great reward; as well as everything else which we need, including our healer and deliverer. As result
of the Cross, God said about Jesus and of us who have become strong and overcomers:
Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the
strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the
transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah
53:12
The Cross is also a real testimony of what God’s power can do no matter what the Hell or injustice that
the world or the devil will throw at us. For Jesus’ resurrection after a cruel and awful death signifies the
real possibility of total and complete victory in our lives, hearts and circumstances as well in the current
time of life as we trust in God just like Jesus did. The empty Cross now says to you and I, that for every
defeat there is victory in its place, for every failure there is success, for every weakness there is grace, for
every sickness there is healing, for every hatred there is love, for every injustice there is justice and for
every poverty there is riches. All of this and much, much more belongs to each child of God because of
what Jesus did and won on the Cross. Hence we can by the Holy Spirit understand what the Lord said to
Apostle Paul:
“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 Corinthians 12:9-10)
Chapter 8
Love Not The World
'I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of
bronze And cut the bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of
secret places, That you may know that I, the LORD, Who call you by your name, Am the God of
Israel. Isaiah 45:3
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the
Father is not in him. For all that is in the world-the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life-is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of
it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:15-17
Man is a triune being made up of a body, soul and spirit and he has the possibility of living in three
different worlds, the world of senses, the world of faith and the world of demons. God’s word is true:
"We 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" 2 Corinthians
4:18).
Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my
brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are
done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do
not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly,
sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are
there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full
of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness
is sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:11-18
The first world of the senses is defined by our senses of sight, touch, taste, hearing, and smell. The
second world is invisible to most people. It’s the demonic world that affects most people and specifically
appeals to their lusts and pride through a wisdom that is earthly sensual and demonic. In the demonic
world envy, self-seeking, confusion, partiality, hypocrisy, wars, fights, coveting and every evil things exist.
It’s a demonic world that is that is an enemy with God and is ruled by principalities, powers, dominions,
rulers of the darkness of this age, spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. and affects all our
senses directly or indirectly. The third world is the heavenly world and is also visible through the eyes of
faith and our spiritual senses. It’s a world of angels, saints and God.
The bible teaches that angels are created beings (Col. 1:16, Ez. 28:14-15) spirit beings (Heb. 1:14)
(Ps. 104:4).. Though they are spirit beings they have appeared to men visibly, and even in human form
(Gen. 19:1-5, Luke 1:26, John 20:12). Yet they are not glorified human beings or the spirits of the
departed (Heb. 12:22023). They do not marry and do not die (Luke 20:35-36). They are greater in power
and might than human beings (2 Peter 2:11, Ps. 103:20). One angel killed 185,000 Assyrians in one night
(Isaiah 37:36). There are various rankings of angelic beings including Archangels (Jude 9, 1 Thess. 4:16),
Authorities, Powers and Principalities (1 Peter 3:22, Eph. 6:12). There are angels called Seraphim who
surround the throne of God, each having six wings, crying "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord" (Isaiah 6:1-3).
There are angels called Cherubim who also surround the throne of God. They are called The Living
Creatures (Ez. 1:5-6, Ez. 10:15,20, Rev. 5:6). They have the appearance of a man, yet they have four
faces and four wings. There are also four wheels with each of the four faces, the color of beryl (green).
The rim of each wheel is covered with eyes (Ez. 1:15-21). It's to noted that Satan was a Cherub (Ez.
28:14). All the angels are commanded to worship Jesus (Heb. 1:6). They are an innumerable host (Rev.
5:11, Matt. 26:53, 2 Kings 6:17, Ps. 68:17).
Angels are God’s servants. They minister to the heirs of salvation (Heb. 1:14). They protect those who
fear God (Ps. 34:7, Kings 6:17). They deliver God's servants (Acts 12:7-11). They give direction to God's
servants (Acts 8:26, Acts 10:3). They comfort God's servants (Acts 27:23-24). They also bring God's
judgment and destruction (Gen. 19:1-13). They bring a pestilence (2 Sam 24:15-17). They bring sudden
death (Acts 12:23). They bring messages from God to people (Luke 2:8-13).
Faith operates outside our natural senses. It is born in the heart. Generally, all human beings have
the tendency to walk by sight and not by faith. We rely on what we see, forgetting there is a spiritual
realm that our eyes don’t see. It does exist and is both real and eternal. Faith connects us to the
invisible and eternal world, where God’s government and celestial court is found. Faith moves us out of
human limitations and transports us to the threshold of divine glory, where we leave our weakness and
feebleness at the feet of the cross in order to be clothed with the invincible strength of the Spirit of
God. We leave behind a world of failure and defeat to walk the solid streets of success and prosperity,
transform the absurd into something logical, the rotten and despised into something useful and
blessed for the world.
All temptation is primarily to look within; to take our eyes off the Lord and to take account of
appearances. Faith is always meeting a mountain, a mountain of evidence that seems to contradict God's
Word, a mountain of apparent contradiction in the realm of tangible fact- failures in deed, as well as in the
realm of feeling and suggestion-and either faith or the mountain has to go. They cannot both stand. But
the trouble is that many a time the mountain stays and faith goes. That must not be. If we resort to our
senses to discover the truth, we shall find Satan's lies are often enough true to our experience; but if we
refuse to accept as binding anything that contradicts God's Word and maintain an attitude of faith in Him
alone, we shall find instead that Satan's lies begin to dissolve and that our experience is coming
progressively to tally with that Word.i
We are born again by faith. We live by faith. We fulfill the will of God in our lives by faith. When we’re
sick, we receive healing by faith. When we are broke, we get financial increase by faith. When we have
trouble, we get help from God by faith. We receive anything and everything that we need from God…by
faith - not by works or perspiration but by faith! Faith is simply believing what God says in His Word is
true. Faith is trusting what God says more than we trust our natural senses or what other people say.
Faith is believing God enough to talk and act as if His Word is true even when circumstances around us
would seem to indicate that it’s not.
By faith we resist the devil, who is out to steal our health, our wealth and our blessings by any means.
We don’t give to him what Jesus gave to us including divine health and divine prosperity. When devil
pressures us with symptoms, circumstances and discouraging lies, we continue to believe God and His
word. We keep our eyes upon God and confess His word no matter what. When symptoms of sickness
come, we resist those symptoms and speak faith. We tell the devil to go away and we are not accepting
the sickness that he wants to put on us because Jesus healed us two thousand years ago. He paid the
price for us to be well and the devil can take his symptoms and go to hell where he belongs.
We hold fast to the Word of God and absolutely, positively, refusing to give up until we see God’s
promises manifested in our lives. We don’t cast away our confidence, which hath great reward. We have
patience, that, after we have done the will of God, we will receive the promise for the just shall live by
faith and he doesn’t draw back to perdition but believe to see our salvation.
We receive what God has promised us—whether that is healing or any other scriptural blessing—
because we believe it not just with our head but with our heart. When we hear lies to the contrary, we
don’t buy them. We are fully persuaded of what God says that we act as if it’s true even when natural
circumstances look like it’s not. We don’t quit when the going gets tough. But we stand until we see our
desired results of what God has promised us.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1) Hence
we tell the devil we are healed and delivered and blessed and prospered and our end is better than our
beginning. We confidently put the devil under our feet where he belongs and step boldly into a future full
of the promises and provisions of God! God’s word is unchanging:
"For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. "I will
multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the
ruins rebuilt. "I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I
will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then
you shall know that I am the LORD. Ezekiel 36:9-11
Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel,
and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God, yes,
while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,
being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. And he informed
me, and talked with me, and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to
understand. "At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to
tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:
Daniel 9:20-23
By faith Jesus was tapped into the ever increasing, flowing river of constant knowledge and revelation
from the heavenly world. True men of God flow in the mind of Christ and minister in the mantles of
knowledge and live in the same world that Jesus lives. Since the Holy Spirit is just as much God as the
Father and the Son, true men of God are not afraid to worship the Third "Person" of the Godhead as well
as God the Father and God the Son. True men of God who have the strongest anointing have developed
an intimate relationship and exchange with Holy Spirit! True men of God love and execute justice just like
Jesus did. The bible records:
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." John
2:13-17
True men of God call forth those things that are not as though they were. True men of God ask God to
send angels to work in their life and ministry. For true men of God heaven, the second heaven and the
realm of the invisible would are real to them. Heavenly glory along with the spirit of prophecy touches
their lives and they have divine wisdom and revelation to see and experience God in the reality of the
supernatural. True men of God prophetically call forth reinforcements in the angelic realm and bring
healing to many in the ministry who are under attack. Angels were important in the ministry of Jesus and
visited Him so often at vital times in His life. They ministered to Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane and
after His forty-day fast. They imparted divine strength and life to Him.
True men of god honor healing and preach healing and get healing! True men of God honor salvation
and preach salvation, and get salvation. True men of God honor and talk about the supernatural or
angels, and miracles happen and angels show up. God’s word is unchanging:
“Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of
His word.” Psalm 103:20
This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. The
angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them. Psalm 34:6-7
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 107:19-20
Yes, it’s the angels job to go and carry out God’s word and deliver God’s trusting ones from destruction
and in bringing them healing. We need angels in healing because many sicknesses and diseases today are
caused by demons. So we need angels to come and war and take authority over the demonic realm. Yes
angels do heed “the voice of His word,” the word spoken by God’s saints on the earth. They heed His voice
as it comes through His saints who declare His word on the earth.
According to Jesus’ words, what we do and don’t do can bind and release heaven. Whatever we loose
in heaven is loosed on earth, or whatever we bind on earth is bound in the heavens (Matthew. 16:19). So
as we proclaim, decree and prophesy God’s will in our lives, a church and in a region, the angels carry out
His word concerning His activities on the earth. Yes, angels are commissioned to carry out the word that
God’s servants speak and prophecy.
Yes, true men of God have an anointing on them to release signs and wonders, not just physical
healing and miracles. Because we don’t wrestle against flesh and blood, we need to see into the invisible
realm and use all the ministering angels who are at our disposal. We have authority to release angels to
work on our behalf through prayer. God’s word is unchanging:
Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and
surrounded the city. And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there
was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, "Alas,
my master! What shall we do?" So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are
more than those who are with them." And Elisha prayed, and said, "LORD, I pray, open his eyes
that he may see." Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold,
the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 2 Kings 6:14-17
Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him. Matthew 4:11
And suddenly, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword,
struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword in
its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. "Or do you think that I cannot
now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of
angels? "How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?" Matthew 26:51-
54
Yes, Elisha, as a true man of God, didn’t trust in what his natural senses felt or saw; his mind wasn’t
on the temporal but on the eternal. He was aware that he had a greater army on his side. And in the
same way those who are for us are greater than those who are against us. We are called to a life of signs
and wonders and we set our mind on things above rather that the temporal, God will open the eyes of our
heart to the invisible realm. And just like the angels came and minister to Jesus they can come and
minister to us.
We can ask the Father at any time to provide us with more than twelve legions of angels, as 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. But the good news is
that Jesus, the Great Commander of the Hosts is above all things that are in heaven and that are on
earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers He is the Lord of the
armies, the Chief, the commander of the army of the Lord. He is also the King of Kings, Lord of Lords and
God of Gods. God’s word is unchanging:
“For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created
through Him and for Him. Colossians. 1:16
Because of what Jesus did on Calvary, we have been born again and Baptized with the Holy Spirit and
God is now our Father, we have a right to fellowship with Him intimately and live by the words that
proceed from His mouth which strengthens and leads us to prosperity. We can abide, rest in and trust the
promises outlined in God's Word, and anticipate for Him to manifests His goodness in our life! We are
connected to our Father's power and we can do all things through the Anointed One and His Anointing
Who strengthens us! Our earnest and heartfelt prayers connect us to the supernatural power of God as
we in faith humble ourselves, pray continually and turn from wickedness. (2 Chronicles 7:13-14) The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous person avails much. (James 5:16).
We have a blood-bought right to answered prayer. The Word of God is our guarantee. We can by
prayer, supplication and with thanksgiving, make our requests known to Him who hears the prayer of the
righteous and answer them. His eyes are on us and His ears are open to hear our prayers. The righteous
cry out, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. (Psalm 34:15-17). We can be
confident that when we pray according to God's Word, we are praying in line with His will and that He
hears us and we receive our answers in due season (1 John 5:14).
We were taken out of the realm of darkness where men walk by their senses and have been translated
into the kingdom of His dear Son and His love. We were translated into God’s family. We are partakers of
His divine nature. The same life that was in the Son of God is in us. The same light that was in Jesus is in
us. That is part of the new creation. Jesus’ life and love in us is the source of life.
Those who truly belong to God confess that life of God flows through their spirit, soul and body, and
brings healing to every fiber of their being. They confess that they are redeemed from the curse of the
law, and no weapon of sickness or disease formed against them will prosper. They declare that they are
carefully and wonderfully made in God's image. Their physical appearance is a reflection of His glory. They
are virtuous, holy, presentable and acceptable in God's sight. They identify with the beautiful image of His
Word and increase from one level of glory to the next. They are blessed, prosperous and in good health
and receive the confessions of their mouths. God’s word is unchanging:
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD
blessed him. The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very
prosperous; for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of
servants. So the Philistines envied him. Genesis 26:12-14
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, having
predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of
His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:3-6
Chapter 9
The Apple Of His Eye
For thus says the LORD of hosts: "He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you;
for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. "For surely I will shake My hand against
them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts
has sent Me. "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in
your midst," says the LORD. Zechariah 2:8-10
The devil would lie to us and tell us that we are nobodies and not important to God, but the truth is
that we are priceless and very important for we cost the life of God’s only son to redeem us with His
precious blood. We are very valuable to God and there is nothing that He will no do for us especially fill us
full of faith and power so that we can do great wonders and signs among the people just like Stephen full
of the Holy Spirit and wisdom did. And those who disputed with him were not able to resist the wisdom
and the Spirit by which he spoke (Acts 6:9-10).
Yes, in Christ Jesus we have a great inheritance including God Himself. We are forgiven, made clean
and reconciled to God. We are saved by the gospel, born again. We are an incorruptible seed, a new
creation in Christ and complete in Christ Jesus. We are now free from the control of men and from the
law of sin and death. Yes, Christ has set us free from the curse of the law and we are free indeed.
Peace, liberty and God’s glory are our inheritance now. We are God’s property and the temple of the
Lord in whom the Holy Spirit lives. We are a branch connected to the vine and His life flows through us.
We are now good soil in which the Word of God abides in us and bears much fruit. We are an epistle, a
letter of Christ, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. We are servants of the living
God demonstrating the power of God in us and through us. We are also fellow citizens with all the saints
in the kingdom of God. We are strangers to this world, pilgrims just passing through. We are part of a
chosen generation, a royal priesthood. We are citizens of a holy nation and one of God’s own special
people.
We are also heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ Jesus. We are Abraham’s seed and heirs according
to all the promises made to Abraham. Yes, we are members of the household of God with rights and
responsibilities. We are led by God’s Spirit and are called to proclaim the praises of Him who called us out
of darkness into His marvelous light. Because of Christ’s light in us, we are the light of the world. As a
result our life brings divine flavor wherever we go for we are the salt of the earth. God has called us
priests and kings and has put on us a kingly anointing, that enables us to enforce God’s will on earth. We
are also seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus from which we can make heavenly decrees.
We are blessed in the city and in the country. Our children are blessed too. We are blessed in all that
we put our hands to. We are blessed when we come in and when we go out. We are above and not
beneath, the head and not the tail. God has called us to be a lender and not a borrower for He has freely
given us all things through Christ. In Him we are rich as everything that belongs to Jesus belongs to us.
The Lord is our shield and exceeding great reward. He covers and protects us. We are filled with His
joy, peace, patience and love and freely love others. We freely give to others what we have freely
received. His kindness and goodness work powerfully through us and enables us to have gentleness and
self-control and display the fruit of the Spirit. Because of the Baptism of the Spirit we speaking in tongues
and as believers in Jesus Christ, we cast out demons in His name. We have power over serpents and
every work of the enemy; and as God’s ambassador, we lay hands on the sick and they recover.
Because of what Jesus suffered before His death, we are healed from every infirmity and immune from
every sickness and disease. We are also endued with power from on high and are strong in the Lord and
the power of His might. We overcome the wicked one and the world by the blood of Jesus and the words
of our testimony. God’s word is unchanging:
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall
live by faith." Romans 1:17
But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by
faith." Galatians 3:11
Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of
endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: "For yet a
little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him." But we are not of those who draw
back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul. Hebrews 10:36-39
Yes, we are born again by faith. We live by faith. We fulfill the will of God in our lives by faith. When
we’re sick, we receive healing by faith. When we are broke, we get financial increase by faith. When we
have trouble, we get help from God by faith. We receive anything and everything that we need from
God…by faith - not by works or perspiration but by faith! Faith is simply believing what God says in His
Word is true. Faith is trusting what God says more than we trust our natural senses or what other people
say. Faith is believing God enough to talk and act as if His Word is true, even when circumstances around
us would seem to indicate that it’s not.
By faith we resist the devil, who is out to steal our health, our wealth and our blessings by any means.
We don’t give to him what Jesus gave to us, including divine health and divine prosperity. When devil
pressures us with symptoms, circumstances and discouraging lies, we continue to believe God and His
word. We keep our eyes upon God and confess His word no matter what. When symptoms of sickness
come, we resist those symptoms and speak faith. We tell the devil to go away and we don’t accepting the
sickness that he wants to put on us because Jesus healed us two thousand years ago. He paid the price
for us to be well and the devil can take his symptoms and go to hell where he belongs.
Yes, Jesus heals sick bodies today! How much better, and more scriptural, it is to wait until Jesus of
Nazareth passes by and speaks the word of faith to the needy heart, than to mistake our belief in healing
for the faith which He alone can give. It is our privilege to take our troubles and our cares to Him in
prayer. Within our heritage is the right to draw apart from the world to the sacred place of communion,
where “Heaven comes down, our souls to greet, and glory crowns the Mercy. By faith we hold fast to the
Word of God and absolutely, positively, refusing to give up until we see God’s promises manifested in our
lives. We don’t cast away our confidence, which hath great reward. We have patience, that, after we have
done the will of God, we will receive the promise for the just shall live by faith and he doesn’t draw back
to perdition but believe to see our salvation.
We receive what God has promised us—whether that is healing or any other scriptural blessing—
because we believe it not just with our head but with our heart. When we hear lies to the contrary, we
don’t buy them. We are fully persuaded of what God says that we act as if it’s true even when natural
circumstances look like it’s not. We don’t quit when the going gets tough. But we stand until we see our
desired results of what God has promised us. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence
of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1) Hence we tell the devil we are healed and delivered and blessed and
prospered and our end is better than our beginning. We confidently put the devil under our feet where he
belongs and step boldly into a future full of the promises and provisions of God! God’s word is
unchanging:
"For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. "I will
multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the
ruins rebuilt. "I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I
will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then
you shall know that I am the LORD. Ezekiel 36:9-11
Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel,
and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God, yes,
while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,
being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. And he informed
me, and talked with me, and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to
understand. "At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to
tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:
Daniel 9:20-23
Chapter 10
What To Do In A Storm?
My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me; He who walks in a
perfect way, He shall serve me. He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who
tells lies shall not continue in my presence. Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I
may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD. Psalm 101:6-8
Hear my prayer, O LORD, And let my cry come to You. Do not hide Your face from me in the
day of my trouble; Incline Your ear to me; In the day that I call, answer me speedily. Psalm
102:1-2
Whether we like it or not storms are part of life and many of God’s people don’t know what to do in a
storm. But the disciples of Jesus knew what to do when suddenly a storm came up, flooded their boat with
water and they were sinking while Jesus was asleep in the boat. They woke Jesus up and told Him,
"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 (Luke 8:24). Yes, He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,
"Peace, be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm (Mark 4:39).
The good news is that same Jesus who was with the disciples then is with us today and His miracle
power and authority has not changed one bit. Demons, storms, wind, waves, and trouble must still obey
His commands. And He is always for us, with us and not against us! It’s His good pleasure to give us the
kingdom and to bring us safely to the other side – to plenty, prosperity and victory! Yes God has promised
great and wonderful things for those who are His friends and abide in His presence and word. 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. Psalm 91:1-12
No matter what the tears and the sorrows, the heartaches and the disappointments that are the cruel
gifts of a world devoid of faith in God, we can trust the Author and the Finisher of our faith for His grace.
We can rest upon His promises. He is the Giver of every good and perfect gift, and the road we walk with
Him will shine brighter unto the perfect day! If we have salvation, it’s because He has imparted it to us. If
we have healing, it’s because of His virtue. If we have faith, it’s because faith has flowed out of His heart
into ours—and that is the only faith that can move our mountain. Only as His love is freely given, only as
He chooses to reveal Himself to us, can we understand, and then, only in part. Only as He grants His
pardon, are we saved. Only as He imparts His strength, can we fight the good fight of faith. Only as He
gives us His love, can we forgive our enemies. Only as He lifts us, can we rise above the world of sorrow
and sin. Without Him we can do nothing and are nothing. His word is true:
"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. John 15:1-9
Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life and only He can set us free from the bondage of fears
and doubts, and the discouragement that ultimately comes after too many disappointments. And as we go
to Him in absolute honesty of heart and mind to Jesus and we open the door of our hearts to Him, He
opens the door to Himself and all His truth and grace and His wonderful presence that heals us, set us free
and makes us whole and complete. He alone is our Faith, our Savior, our Healer, Our Deliverer, Our Trust
and our All! He is the Giver of every good and perfect gift including faith, love, grace, and victory that we
all need. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever and He never fails. As we rest in Him He gives us
faith, hope and love and everything that we need to overcome all the storms and enemies in life.
Faith the size of a grain of mustard seed does more than a ton of will, or a mind full of determination
but it’s the faith that He gives us and not what we manufacture. We need the sunlight of God’s grace and
truth to flood our hearts and minds and be empowered by the Holy Spirit to behold the provisions of His
love. The disciples could not still the angry tempest, but with three little words from Jesus, the wind
dropped from a scream to a whisper, and the sea settled down to sleep like a child in its mother’s arms.
Yes, with one touch from His hand divine, more can be accomplished in a heartbeat than all our
struggles and mental endeavors could work in a thousand years. Yet He is still our advocate before the
Father’s throne and we can go to him just as we are with all of our needs, problems, disappointments and
struggles and He will impart true faith to us that will enable us to overcome all things and have the
victory. When we were lost in sin and knew that we needed to get saved, we could not do it on our own
but He gave us the faith to be saved. And similarly He will give us the faith to be healed and to overcome
all things as we abide and rest in Him.
Jesus never groaned struggled or battled to bring change to a broken heart or a sick body. He just
spoke matchless words of authority divine and the devil fled and bodies were healed. And when the
disciples asked Him why they could do the same thing He told them, "Because of your unbelief; for
assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from
here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. "However, this kind does not go
out except by prayer and fasting" (Matthew 17:19-21).
Yes, all we need is faith as a mustard seed, and mountains will tremble in fear as we approach. Yes,
the least amount of faith that Jesus gives is greater and mightier than the worst the devil has to offer. A
mustard seed of faith, not a truck load, will move any mountain. When God imparts His faith to us even
through intercession and groaning, we do have to rebuke, command, struggle or plead with any mountain
but just speak to it gently and it will move into the sea. And the only sound we will hear will be the voice
of thanksgiving and praise. It’s not our ability to believe that makes mountains move into the sea but the
faith of God which has imparted to us. We can believe in healing…we can believe in our God and His power
to heal… but only He, the Lord Jesus Christ, can do the work that will lift us to the mountain peaks of
victory.
Many of us struggle believing in the promises of the Word, believing in the power of Jesus to
accomplish the miracle, believing so many, many things—wonderful and glorious to believe in the days of
doubt and fear—but we are trying to do the impossible. We are staking the working of the miracle on our
ability to believe mentally that it was already done in heaven. But what God requires is not head belief or
mental assent, but that heart belief which is faith. Faith is not intellectual, but spiritual. It is primarily of
the heart—not the mind. Genuine, scriptural faith is not our ability to “count it done,” but is the deep
consciousness divinely imparted to our heart that it already is done. This is the faith that only God can
give. ii
As sons and daughters of God, we can go boldly before the throne of grace in time of need. We can
have God's promises fulfilled in our lives daily. It is God's will for His Children to be in health and to
prosper, even as their souls prosper. God will not withhold any good thing from those who love and serve
Him with their whole heart. We can look to the Lord for all things needed. We can trust Him to do what
no other power can do. We can believe God to do the impossible for our loved ones and us.
There comes a time of life when all we can do is trust and wait on the Lord to do what we cannot do.
He has already won all our battles of Calvary and has given us the victory. We don’t have to wrestle with
God or go through a series of commands, rebukes and pleadings to change a negative thing. He has
promised to be, do and give us all things in due season as we wait upon Him and delight ourselves in Him.
His word is true:
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In
the land of the living. Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your
heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD! Psalm 27:13-14
Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy, To
deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the LORD; He
is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His holy
name. Psalm 33:18-21
Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight
yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to
the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your
righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday. Psalm 37:3-6
Chapter 11
In God Is My Salvation And My Glory
In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God.
Psalm 62:7
By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You who are
the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas; Who established the
mountains by His strength, Being clothed with power; You who still the noise of the seas, The
noise of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples. Psalm 65:5-6
God cannot deny hearing the prayer of a righteous man any more than a mother could shut her ear to
her crying baby! One of the foundations of the Christian faith is not only that God is faithful and true but
that He hears and answers prayer. He is a God who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation!
And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death and destruction.
People get into real trouble because they did not believe in God, and did not trust in His salvation. But
surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land (Psalm 85:9) and not
poverty or sorrow. With long life He will satisfy us and show us His salvation (Psalm 91) for He is the
Rock of our salvation. Hence we are to take up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD
(Psalm 116:13). The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the
LORD does valiantly (Psalm 118:15).
Yes, the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation (Psalm 149:4).
Therefore with joy we will draw water from the wells of salvation (Isaiah 12:3). God’s word is unchanging:
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
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God will
appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks. Open the gates, That the righteous nation which keeps
the truth may enter in. You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting
strength. Isaiah 26:1-4
Yes, have waited for Him, and He will save us. We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation. Wisdom
and knowledge are the stability of our times, and the strength of salvation; the fear of the LORD is our
treasure. (Isaiah 33:6). When we put our trust in Him, we shall be saved by the LORD With an
everlasting salvation; we shall not be ashamed or disgraced forever and ever (Isaiah 45:17).
Yes, God will preserve us and give us as a covenant to the people, to restore the earth, to cause them
to inherit the desolate heritages; to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent us to heal the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who
mourn, to console those who mourn, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting
of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
Yes, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims
peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says, "Your God reigns!"
(Isaiah 52:7). God’s word is unchanging:
"Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, So that no one went through you, I will make
you an eternal excellence, A joy of many generations. You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles,
And milk the breast of kings; You shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior And your
Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. "Instead of bronze I will bring gold, Instead of iron I will
bring silver, Instead of wood, bronze, And instead of stones, iron. I will also make your officers
peace, And your magistrates righteousness. Violence shall no longer be heard in your land,
Neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; But you shall call your walls Salvation, And
your gates Praise. "The sun shall no longer be your light by day, Nor for brightness shall the
moon give light to you; But the LORD will be to you an everlasting light, And your God your glory.
Isaiah 60:15-19
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
61:10
It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD. Lamentations
3:26
Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me.
Micah 7:7
In the current time of life, our eyes shall see the salvation of the Lord and all flesh shall see the
salvation of God for our God loves to hear and answer prayer prayed in the name of Jesus. "Nor is there
salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be
saved" (Acts 4:12).
Yes, the gospel of Christ is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for with the heart
one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Romans 10:10).
Now is the day of salvation. Yes, God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord
Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him (1
Thessalonians 5:9-10).
Yes, the Holy Scriptures are able to make us wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness
and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed
hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He
might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good
works (Titus 2:14).
Yes, we have a great salvation confirmed both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts
of the Holy Spirit. Yes Jesus Christ is the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. Yes, we are kept
by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Salvation and glory
and honor and power belong to the Lord our God (Revelation 19:1).
God has implanted in the heart as a gift or a fruit—faith enough to maintain our salvation, faith
enough to obey the Lord and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. We are continually dependent on
Him for its continuance. But we cannot keep the light and dismiss the sun. We cannot have faith in God,
unless we have the faith of God. God’s word is unchanging:
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of
God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Ephesians
2:8-10
Yes, as a result of the victories Jesus won on the cross we are now delivered from the hand of our
enemies, and are able to serve the Lord without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all the
days of our life. Just like Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit
stated about God and us:
“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people, And has
raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His servant David, As He spoke by the mouth
of His holy prophets, Who have been since the world began, That we should be saved from our
enemies And from the hand of all who hate us, To perform the mercy promised to our fathers
And to remember His holy covenant, The oath which He swore to our father Abraham: To grant
us that we, Being delivered from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear, In
holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life. Luke 1:68-75
The gift of faith is the beautiful flower of grace. That faith, which quiets the restless sea of life, makes
the heart happy in knowing that the Pilot will see us through. Just because we are facing a storm does not
mean that He has gone. To be needy is no proof we have been deserted. Our desperate need may be the
door to our miracle! It may be God’s method of making us say, “What manner of man is this, that even
the wind and the seas obey Him?”
It’s not how weak are that matters but how strong our LORD is! It’s not our feeble faith or power that
will change and transform things but His great power and unlimited faith! It’s not our cold, intellectual
assent or belief that causes God to work miracles in our lives and on our behalf but His great love and
compassion for us as we call upon the name that is above every name, including poverty, lack, sickness,
diseases, demons and any enemy.
We can rest in the midst of the storm, in Christ who is above everything and has subdued all things.
We can trust Him even when we cannot see, and rely upon Him when we do not understand. And He will
give us the measure of faith to walk in harmony with His will and the knowing that He is working all things
for good to them who love God and are called according to His purposes. God’s word is unchanging:
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the
goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore let us, as many as are
mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be
of the same mind. Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you
have us for a pattern. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even
weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is
their belly, and whose glory is in their shame-who set their mind on earthly things. For our
citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the
working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. Philippians 3:13-21
As we need the gift of faith, it is imparted by the Lord, in order that His will, rather than ours, will be
done on earth as it is in Heaven. If we possessed faith to use at any time to bring about our own desires,
it would be disastrous. When we believe Jesus, in His presence and promise, His power, His grace, and His
strength, then we are marching on Victory Highway toward the hills of Answered Prayer. As we decrease,
He increases. The less of self, the more of Him! The more the crucifixion of the self-life with its spirit of
pride, the more the resurrection rays of His life will impart power and health to our soul and body.
We can put all our trust in Jesus, for our help comes from Him alone. We can lean fully on His breast,
for only as we touch Him can we drink in the sweetness of His presence. He has bountiful provision for
our every need. It’s much better to let Him have His way with us, than to always try to have our way with
Him as “He does all things well”.
The Christ of Calvary, who is the Giver of every good and perfect gift, is also the Author and Finisher
of our faith. Only through Christ we are able to understand or approach God! To many Christians, faith is
still their own ability to believe a promise or a truth, and is often based on their struggles to drive away
doubt and unbelief through a process of positive affirmations. But we are nearest the manifestation of
God’s imparted grace when we realize our own helplessness and entire dependence upon the Lord! It’s
what God gives including His love, His Joy, His peace and His Spirit that makes us perfect whole and
complete, not our own efforts.
In the heart of a storm we can settle into the arms of His love in and know: “Peace, perfect peace,
though sorrows surge around. On Jesus’ bosom nothing but calm is found. It is His peace, imparted by
the Spirit that we enjoy. All we have to do is receive it. Yes, our life is hid with Christ in God and in Him is
everything that we need. He has given His promise that no good thing will He withhold from those who
walk uprightly. So we can rest in that promise and abide in Him, even as He abides in us. We turn self-
reliance into Christ-reliance, as we cast all our cares upon Him for God is Giver of every good and perfect
gift and the Author and Finisher of our faith.
God is a Spirit, and the flow of His resurrection life comes through the Spirit primarily. And when we
fully yield ourselves, not merely our conduct, but ourselves, to the headship of our glorious Lord, then
begins the life supernal. It is not by imitation but by participation that we become of like nature, like
substance with Him, “because as He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17).
In ourselves, we can do nothing. Absolutely nothing! But we can rest in the LORD who can and will do
all things in us and for us! He has called us to completely relinquish all that we have, and all that we are.
Then, as the darkness moves out, the light moves in. As self goes out, He comes in. Then from within us
begins to flow the “rivers of living water”—healing streams in the desert of our lives. The wilderness in us
begins to rejoice, and the desert of our hearts is made to blossom as the rose! Without death there can be
no resurrection!
God does not impart His resurrection life to us because we live for Him, but because, for His sake, we
are willing to die and allow Him to live His resurrection life through us. God’s word is unchanging:
On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers, Yes, on all the happy homes in the
joyous city; Because the palaces will be forsaken, The bustling city will be deserted. The forts
and towers will become lairs forever, A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks- Until the Spirit is
poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is
counted as a forest. Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the
fruitful field. The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness
and assurance forever. My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in
quiet resting places, Though hail comes down on the forest, And the city is brought low in
humiliation. Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, Who send out freely the feet of the ox
and the donkey. Isaiah 32:13-20
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."
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then
the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in
the wilderness, And streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, And the
thirsty land springs of water; In the habitation of jackals, where each lay, There shall be grass
with reeds and rushes. Isaiah 35:1-7
Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive
to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the
humble." Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in
due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same
sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who
called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish,
strengthen, and settle you. 1 Peter 5:5-10
Chapter 12
Jesus’ Anointing and Five Fold Ministries
"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." Luke 4:18-19
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some
pastors and teachers, Ephesians 4:11
The impartation of God’s ability into our lives to do His work is called “the anointing.” All through the
Bible, we read about God calling and anointing people to do His work. Yes, the work of God has to be done
by the anointing of God otherwise if will be to no avail. A common Christian cliché is, “God does not look
for our ability, but He looks for our availability.” So many people avail themselves to God who do not have
the ability. Later on, what happens is they try to do God’s work without any ability and they don’t
succeed. God not only wants our availability, He wants us to receive His ability too. To avail ourselves is
one side of the story. The other side is to learn to receive an anointing from Him. The anointing is the
Spirit of God “possessing us.” His personality is so powerful that He could possess us until we become an
extension of His being. Stephen was described as being full of wisdom in Acts 6:5 whereas Jesus was
described as coming in the power of the Spirit in Luke 4: 14.
The anointing will transform our personality altogether when it comes upon us. The anointing will
change us to be like a different person. When we have the anointing on our life and we learn to flow with
it, we have the potential to become a totally different person. The anointing need not change our
personality but it can. We could flow into it so much so that the anointing becomes our nature and we
become part of the anointing. The anointing is such that it actually has the potential to change us if we
keep flowing in it long enough. It is like a habit is formed if we keep repeating the action for a long time.
If we keep yielding to a certain characteristic of the anointing, it can become a part of our life and change
and transform us. When God gives us an anointing, He literally wants to become a part of our nature
through time. In the end, we personify the message and the message is preached through our life. We
and the message are one and the same. That is the wonderful part of the anointing.
Jesus Christ was anointed by the Spirit of the LORD and He stood in all five offices. He was an apostle
(Hebrews 3:1). He was a prophet (Mark 6:4; Acts 3: 22-26). Peter said that Jesus was a prophet whom
Moses spoke about. He was an evangelist in that He went about preaching the kingdom of God (Mark
1:4). He was a pastor as He is the good Shepherd (John 10:10). He was known as a teacher and
Nicodemus said that “we know that You are a teacher sent from God” (John 3: 2). The Lord Jesus Christ
was anointed to stand in all the five offices. Very few of God’s true servants stand in all five offices. Most
may just stand in one particular office and some have one and some have two. Apostle Paul stood in tree
offices a preacher, an apostle and a teacher (1 Timothy 2:7, 2 Timothy 1:11).
It was said of Jesus by John that He had the Spirit upon Him without measure (John 3: 34). The word
‘measure’ being used here implied that the anointing had been given in measures to people before but
now was given without measure to our Jesus Christ. He had the Spirit on His life and it was measureless.
For He whom God has sent speaks the Word of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure. The
anointing enables us to do the works of Jesus. The anointing can be increased. Just as we grow from faith
to faith, from glory to glory, and from grace to grace, we also can grow in the level of anointing in our life.
In addition, the Holy Spirit is received in measures. We can measure the amount and the level of
anointing that operates in our life. There are different degrees, different measures of the anointing. But
there is always a price to pay for moving in a greater anointing and that choice is ours.
When God calls He gives the ability. The anointing is the ability of God that He gives to perform a task.
He is a fair God. He does not call a servant to do something without giving Him an anointing for it. When
He calls, He gives an anointing. However, human nature is such that sometimes it is not easy to draw the
anointing.
Some people impart their anointing to others to bless them. And others jealously keep their anointing
for they might lose it. But the anointing due to impartation never runs out for is more a stream of supply
that flows. There are also different measures of the anointing and different degrees of the anointing. Two
persons may stand in the office of a prophet but both receive different measures of anointing. Elijah had
the anointing but Elisha had a double portion of the anointing. Both men occupied the same office but they
each had a different measure of the anointing. As a result some ministers of the Gospel are more anointed
than others because God gives different measures of anointing. We need to learn how to increase the
measure of the anointing.
The anointing does not just work or function automatically. And if a designated person fails to flow
fully in the anointing, especially because of death, that person’s anointing will go to somebody else. God
gives an anointing to get a job done. If the job is not done, the anointing will go to somebody else who is
willing to get the job done. God is interested in results and not in decorations. Leadership is not just
decoration. If someone gets into a leadership position and does not have the anointing, that person
becomes a tyrant and an oppressor of God’s people. Holding a position without anointing is dangerous.
Those who do not draw on the anointing given for assuming that leadership would also be crushed under
the weight of the position since the anointing is not activated to accomplish God’s work.
God is unleashing more of the Holy Spirit to accomplish His plans and purposes. He wants to release
the anointing through the Body of Christ, but now it is in the initial stage. But God expects accountability.
All gifts belong to God and God will manifest through us to accomplish His job and purposes. God gets all
the glory, not any church or organization. God is a jealous God. He is the God who performs the miracles,
not men.
In these last days as God pours our His Spirit He intends to release a measureless measure of the
anointing upon this earth. And we can we can tap into the measureless measure in the office of anointing
in that office God has called us too. When we flow in the anointing we don’t do anything under pressure
from men. We only do what the Spirit of God tells us to do. We obey the Holy Spirit and do exactly what
He tells us to. We do not try to please men but please God with all our heart, mind, and strength. We are
here to please God. If God tells us something, that is final.
Just like the level of differential of the positive and the negative points of a battery determines the
amount of current flowing through, in the same way, there is the flow of anointing from the God’s servant
to the receiver. The amount of anointing flowing depends on the level of anointing upon the anointed and
the faith and need of the receiver.
Jesus was hundred percent anointed all the time and He was always flowing at peak performance. We
need to pray and ask God to help us increase the level of our anointing as well as our yieldedness to the
Lord. We need to ask for His help to be open to the anointing and flow quickly with it as the Spirit moves
in our midst. We have to learn to be sensitive to the anointing. God’s gives the anointing by measures
to us. The anointing upon our lives is increased measure upon measure, as we prove faithful to the
anointing. The fullest potential of the anointing we can aspire to in whatever office we stand in is the
anointing without measure – the same as the anointing upon Jesus’ life. God’s word is unchanging:
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
To do the works that Jesus did and greater works implies that now the Holy Spirit has been sent
without measure. The Holy Spirit has been sent in Acts 2 as prophesied without measure. He is now
pouring out on all flesh. Hence the potential is there for all of God’s people to reach into that measureless
anointing that Jesus had. But we start with a measure of anointing God placed on our lives. He gives us
a deposit of anointing upon our life up to a certain level. Then as we are faithful to flow in it, as we are
faithful to function in it, then God gives another measure. After each testing if we pass we get a greater
measure and if we fail we remain at the measure we had been last given. The operation and perfection of
the gift of God depend on us not on God. It is our responsibility to be faithful and to use what we have
been given. Unless we are faithful to the measure God gives, we will not have more. Abuse of power,
doing things in the flesh and pride will cause us to have a decrease in the level of the anointing in our lives
and ministry.
The level of God’s anointing in us is determined by six boundaries: Calling and Office, Free Will,
Unbelief, Pattern and Method, Character and Body.
The call and office of God’s servant limits the anointing. Just because a person is called to be a pastor
or an evangelist doesn’t mean He can operate in an office of an apostle or prophet. God wants us all to
flow in the gift and call He has set for us. God also has no “Lone Rangers” we are to work and co-operate
with other callings and five fold ministries. Otherwise we may not lose our call and ministry we will lose
the anointing.
Yes, sometimes one of God’s servants may lose the anointing but still be in the office for a certain
length of time while another is chosen to stand in that same office and anointing. Saul’s anointing went to
David but it was a while before David became king. Positions in God’s kingdom are not sacred that God
has to preserve His servant no matter what he does. The anointing is precious and disobedient servants
will find their anointing removed and later their office.
The anointing of God never bypasses the free will of man. We cannot force an anointing on others and
the Holy Spirit will not force us minister in the anointing. It’s our choice to obey to listen to what the Spirit
is saying exactly to do and obey or not. The anointing is subject to a person’s free will - it will not bypass
the free will.
The anointing can be limited by unbelief (Mark 6:6) Jesus could not do any mighty work in his home
town because of the unbelief of the people. The anointing is limited to people’s faith level. Our expectation
and faith level limit the anointing that is able to flow. We need to have faith in God as well as a measure
of faith to top into God’s anointing to flow through us. If people don’t respect God’s word or His servant
they anointing will be limited.
Many people can be in the presence of anointing and because they don’t regard the man of God as a
man of God they receive nothing from the anointing They blocked themselves from the anointing of God.
Unless the church esteems the gift of God the members will not tap on the gift of God. It’s important for
us to know how to flow in God and how to give honor where honor is due. We need to esteem a gift when
a gift is there and just flow along with it.
God has a different pattern and method of ministry that He ordains for each of His servant to use their
anointing. Many Christian people try to be clones of Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, Benny Hinn or their
special pastor and to pattern themselves after them and to use their methods of ministry, We are not to
copy the pattern and methods of others, but are to find out what God’s pattern and method is for us
individually.
Our character limits the flow of our anointing to your character. Some people are very loud and
aggressive and it’s impossible to know whether it’s the anointing or it’s just them. If we chose to remain
a more introvert and very quiet person we will have trouble flowing in the anointing to masses of people.
We must overcome some areas of our character in order to facilitate the anointing through our lives. In
some areas we must develop a new character in God. Our character has to change and conform to that
which God so desires.
No matter how anointed we are or how much God uses us, our body has a limitation. Even Jesus in
John 4 felt tired being wearied from His journey, He by Jacob’s well. Jesus had a physical body that felt
tired. We need wisdom as to when to work and when to rest. Otherwise we will be over worked and die
prematurely. We cannot live fully spiritual and ignore the natural without facing consequences. We got to
just know our body. And know to what extend we could push our body. While some people tend to
overwork their body, some people tend to underwork their body.
Every anointed person receives the anointing and impartation in a slightly different way from others
although there may be some common similarity. When the power of God flows into our life, there will be
an outflow of manifestation. There is no inflow without an outflow. It is impossible even in the natural. If
there is no outflow there is no inflow. The amount of outflow is proportional to the amount of inflow.
Sometimes when the power touches people, it has not gone through them yet. It is just still working in
their life. We began to see some effects. Some of them do not fall. Some shake but the moment the
power goes through them, and then they fall. It depends on the degree of the anointing and the response
of the recipient. Some people sense warmth; others a cold chill and still others feel like needles poking
them. Whatever it is, there is a tangible substance received. That is an outflow. If we touch electricity, we
would feel something. Our body gets a jerk whether we like it or not. The power of God is no respecter of
person – there will be an effect.
There is an outflow depending on the different degree of the anointing and the receptivity of the
recipient. Now how much it outflows through our life depends on a different factor. Each person in the
spiritual realm has a different conductivity level. For whatever reason or background we come from, some
people are better conductors than others of the anointing of God. The anointing flows easily in some
people. Some people are poor conductors of the anointing and are just like dead wood. They could stand
before the power and the anointing of God and they are touched only a little. The wonderful thing is that
our spiritual conductivity level can change with time and relationship with God. If we are well related to
God our conductivity level could reach to hundred percent. There are very few men if any who have
reached that level where they could conduct the power of God a hundred percent like Jesus. Jesus was
such a perfect conductor that the power of God goes through Him a hundred percent.
When we receive the power of God, there would be a manifestation. Sometimes that manifestation
happens once during the first time and that person may never experience it again. Whenever somebody
receives an anointing, there is an outflow of the anointing and a manifestation of that outflow. As we yield
to that outflow, we would continue to receive an inflow of the anointing into your life. Some people may
manifest the anointing in a more obvious and powerful way than others. The outflow comes by choice
also. We could choose to stop the flow or to yield to the flow. If we have determined that we are not
going to respond, the anointing would not work for us. God honors our freewill. When we say yes, the
power can flow through us. The moment we say no, the power is cut off. The outflow is controlled by our
freewill.
We could have the most anointed man of God in the world praying over us but if in our heart, we
were reluctant or resistant, we will not be able to receive anything. We miss many blessings because we
quench the moving of the Holy Spirit in us. Those who are pliable to the Lord receive a lot of things from
the Lord. No matter how sincere or presumptuous we are, there will be no inflow of the anointing if we
do not yield to the anointing and let it outflow. Nevertheless God’s 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
Chapter 13
Silver And Gold
"The LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him
flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys. Genesis
24:35
'The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,' says the LORD of hosts. 'The glory of this latter
temple shall be greater than the former,' says the LORD of hosts. 'And in this place I will give
peace,' says the LORD of hosts." Haggai 2:8-9
There are riches in glory because the earth is the Lord’s and everything in it. He is the God who
supplies our needs according to His riches in glory. The bible even tells us that the silver and gold is His.
God who blessed Abraham greatly and gave him also silver and gold and brought His people out of Egypt
with silver and gold and there was not a feeble amongst them (Psalm 105:37) doesn’t have a problem
blessing His trusting ones with silver and gold and healing them from the top of their heads to the tip of
their toes. Mind you some of His trusting ones have trouble believing God for it and their enemy does
everything in their power to hold back their financial breakthrough.
The battle for healing and prosperity of God’s trusting ones is so fierce in the heavenlies that we need
to petition the Father to release on our behalf the angels in heaven that are assigned to get and bring us
money, wealth, power, prosperity, healing, victory and change. We need to ask the Father to let those
legions of angels that are assigned to release financial and other breakthroughs, come into the earth and
loose the Devil from the money assigned to us and his hold over every negative situation where we desire
victory in Jesus name. We are to call in that money, blessings, healing and victory in the name of Jesus
and release the angels to take authority over the demonic powers and principalities that are preventing
our miracles and breakthroughs. Yes, we need for the Angels to push back the darkness, resistance and
warfare that want to keep us from spiritual and physical and financial breakthroughs.
We need to be constantly aware of the activity and ministry of God’s angels, and become more aware
of the supernatural, so that it will become easy to release all the miracles, healings and other stuff that
God wants to do amongst us. We also need to petition the Father to impart different mantles and apostolic
anointing to our lives and enable us to receive everything He has for us including the seer prophet mantle;
a healing mantle; gift of miracles mantle for creative miracles and gifts of prophecy, the word of
knowledge the dimension of visions and dreams. We need to release and believe for prosperity for
everything that we put out hands to especially our business and our homes!
We need to ask God to break the power of every demon sent to hold back what God wanted us to have
the first day we asked. As we intercede and do warfare against the Devil and his demons, we need angelic
reinforcements and renewed strength. We need the protection, breakthrough and healing that angels
bring. We need to ask the Father that angels would come and strengthen all of us who have been in a
place of suffering and warfare and desert. We need to feel the wind of angels’ wings as they minister the
life of God to us and give us strength for the battle. When we have been in a place of hardship—we are
weak, beaten and tired and we need angels to minister to us just as they did to Jesus. God’s word is
unchanging:
And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild
beasts; and the angels ministered to Him. Mark 1:13
For many reasons including ignorance, fear, and unbelief, God’s people are not doing what God’s word
has told them to do because don't understand the power in the declarations: "Exaltation will come," and
"Decree a thing and it will be established" (Job22:28-29). Our ministering angels carry out our earthly
prophetic decrees which line up with the truth of God's word and His will. When we declare: "Restore!"
"Restore!" Then the angels in heaven are released to execute this decree! God’s word is unchanging:
But this is a people robbed and plundered; All of them are snared in holes, And they are
hidden in prison houses; They are for prey, and no one delivers; For plunder, and no one says,
"Restore!" Isaiah 42:22
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. Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I
am the LORD your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame. Joel 2:21-
27
Yes, God wants to save and bring restoration to the humble, His people and His church. Yes this is the
day of God’s vengeance on our enemies and the year of His favor ones. This is our acceptable year,
liberation, Jubilee and our victory! When through our faith we release God to save the humble and to
deliver those who are bound exaltation comes to us. When we say, "Restore!" we release God's 'repairer
of the breach' anointing (Isaiah 58:12) which causes everything in our lives that is lost and broken to be
restored—the thief must repay God's people. Yes we can let the angelic hosts overcome every demonic
power or stronghold and every assignment that is aimed against our inheritances! Yes we can throw it
down! We can take authority concerning our kingship over every power that resists.
Yes, restoration happens when we declare, "Restore!" "Restore!" "Exaltation comes!" And we will see
breakthroughs in every area of our lives including receiving our inheritance and stepping into our destiny.
We will experience prosperity in their businesses; even the number of businesses increase. Yes, the Lord
will rebuke the enemy who brings sickness and disease by stealing, killing and destroying. He will turn all
the negative things around in our live and give us justice where there is injustice, make the wrongs right
and the crook straight. Yes, when we ascend the courts of heaven and petition the Ancient of Days to
come and pronounce judgment in our favor. We will that receive supernatural intervention by God when
events are out of our hands because a higher court system has come into place when we approach His
throne and present our case to Him. Yes, we can begin to bring justice and mercy for the poor and needy,
the afflicted and the widow, with the Word of God in our mouths. He gave us authority to set the captives
free, in Jesus' Mighty name! God’s word is unchanging:
"But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause- Who does great
things, and unsearchable, Marvelous things without number. Job 5:8-9
When the LORD brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream. Then our
mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for them." The LORD has done great things for us, And we are
glad. Bring back our captivity, O LORD, As the streams in the South. Those who sow in tears
Shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless
come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126:1-6
God wants prosperity of His people not only body, soul and spirit and their finances but of His
kingdom. He wants them to fulfill the vision He has given them and having more than enough to do what
God has called them to do. He wants them to be productive and bear much fruit for the kingdom and that
their fruit would remain. He wants to give them a great anointing and great power for they bring great
grace and great grace brings great provision. God’s word is unchanging:
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your palaces." For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say,
"Peace be within you." Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good. Psalm
122:6-9
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 1:2-4
The Hebrew word for peace is shalom (both adjective and substantive), meaning, primarily,
"soundness," "health," "prosperity," well-being in general, all good in relation to both man and God. Yes,
God wants peace and prosperity to be within our walls and palaces. He wants His people and His church to
be sound, healthy, wealthy, and prosperous and have favor with God and with men. And this is not done
for them not by the works of the flesh but by the anointing and grace of God which He freely gives to
those who believe Him for it!
The touch of God, the fire of God and the presence of God does more for us than anything else in this
universe. And it’s the pearl of great price that Jesus talked about, "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 13:45-46). It’s God Spirit and presence that is important and moves
out the mountains in our lives through grace and not other things. God’s word is unchanging:
Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these
are?" And I said, "No, my lord." 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 4:5-6
Only the Spirit and function of the Holy Spirit can remove every hindrance and obstacle in our lives
and make something out of nothing! Only the Holy Spirit does something so supernatural from nothing to
something by the Spirit called grace, grace, just like God created heaven and earth out of nothing and
sustains it by grace! But we must do our part by cooperating with God and doing whatever He tells us to
see our miracles. God’s word is unchanging:
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. And when they ran out of wine, the
mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine." Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does your
concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants,
"Whatever He says to you, do it."
Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of
the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with
water." And they filled them up to the brim. And He said to them, "Draw some out now, and take
it to the master of the feast." And they took it. When the master of the feast had tasted the water
that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the
water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. And he said to him, "Every man at
the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior.
You have kept the good wine until now!" This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and
manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. John 2:1-11
Mary told said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it." And when they did what Jesus told
them to do they saw a miracle.
Chapter 14
His Banner Over Me Is Victory
"Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified, or afraid of them. 'The LORD your God, who goes
before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, 'and in
the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in
all the way that you went until you came to this place.' Deuteronomy 1:29-30
"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.' Deuteronomy 20:1-4
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians
15:57
Defeat and failure are foreign to God and to His true trusting ones. Victory and conquest are what God
has ordained for them. But it’s our faith, not the circumstances or the size of the enemy, that determine
our victory and conquests. God has given to each one a measure of faith to enable us to have every
victory and miracle and see all our needs met. Jesus told us if we will get rid of our unbelief and have faith
as a mustard seed, we will say to any mountain, “Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing
will be impossible for you” (Matthew 17:20).
Whatever we can believe for and use our faith for will result in victory and conquest including over
sickness, disease, poverty, lack, demons, mountains and men. Stuart Hamblen in his song It Is No Secret
(What God Can Do) wrote: "It is no secret, what God can do What he's done for others, he'll do for you."
Well the secret that most people have not understood that God does things for people on the basis of
faith not perspiration or intellect. That is why I prefer the avenue of faith because the bible states:
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 11:30-34
We have to use what God has given to us and not complain that we don’t have anything! A lot of
Christians are allowing Satan to dominate their lives, to wreck their families, to overcome them. And they
are crying to God, “God, help.” God asks, “What are you doing? I gave you the authority: in My name they
shall cast out demons not Me.” It never says, “In My name, God shall cast out demons for them.” In My
name they shall cast out demons. Yet God’s word is unchanging:
Then Samuel said: "Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in
obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat
of rams. 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 15:22
"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 11:23-24
Not only is obedience better than offerings and costly sacrifices but believing is better than unbelieving
for whatever things we ask when we pray, believe that we receive them, and we will have them. It is
taken for granted that our prayer must be based upon the Word. If we do things contradictory to the
Word, our prayer is completely cancelled out. But with obedience fresh anointing oil comes upon our lives
from God, and we live in freshness and constant revelation. We enjoy fresh manna every morning. And
people love to be around us and the anointing, seeing the power of God as people get saved, healed and
delivered because of the anointing.
Nobody wants to be dry and thirsty or to live in a wilderness. And just like Jesus was anointed with
two anointings: the Holy Spirit and power so can we be all that we should be. It’s possible to be anointed
with the Holy Spirit—smeared with the Holy Spirit, like having the oil poured on and rubbed in, like a
massage. Then some ‘as it is in heaven’ rubs off on us and we carry this realm everywhere we go. And
people are blessed because of the anointing that is upon us especially as the anointing that is imparted on
us is transferable and can be imparted to others.
Now just because we have the anointing it doesn’t mean we are perfect or that we have arrived but
rather God loves us and loves His people and wants to bless them through the anointing! The anointing
makes us what we are in God’s kingdom? “A somebody!” But to maintain the anointing we must spend
give more time to the Word, to prayer and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, the meditation on the Word
and prayer and less time to others things.
The bible tells us of Samson who was just your typical person but when the anointing came up He had
superhuman strength. He accomplished great victories over the bear, the lion, the foxes, and the
Philistines just by the anointing and ability given by God. Samson was a powerful man under the anointing
but when the anointing is not there, he was easily influenced, easily falling for women because he did not
know how to rein his personality and subject it to his anointing.
The bible also tells us in 2 Kings 18, when the anointing came upon Elijah he ran as fast as King
Ahab’s chariot. When an anointing comes on our life to accomplish the plans and purposes of God it will
give us supernatural ability to do tasks beyond human and physical capabilities and understanding. It
opens of our spiritual understanding and allows us to see things in the spiritual realm and have great
faith, power and authority just like Paul lived and did:
Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta. And the
natives showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of
the rain that was falling and because of the cold. But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks
and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. So
when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt
this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live."
But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. However, they were expecting
that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and
saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
In that region there was an estate of the leading citizen of the island, whose name was
Publius, who received us and entertained us courteously for three days. And it happened that the
father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and prayed, and he laid his
hands on him and healed him. So when this was done, the rest of those on the island who had
diseases also came and were healed. Acts 28:1-9
Mind you some religious ones who don’t have power or anointing don’t like this subject and talk about
character building or their unique church doctrines which don’t give the people their needed miracles of
salvation, healing, deliverance and financial prosperity. Character and doctrines are important if they are
made alive by the anointing and not by men who don’t have the anointing and are in a poor spiritual
state. And since their numbers are declining , they talk about quality and not quantity. With out the
anointing and the reality of God’s supernatural miracles, signs and wonders there is no real growth
especially in numbers. It takes the power of God to change people and their circumstances, not dead
words. God’s word is unchanging:
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words,
lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. 1 Corinthians 1:17
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
Jesus for thirty years since birth had the Spirit but did not have the anointing on Him as a Messiah yet.
He was called, He was chosen, He was predestined, He was obedient, He had integrity and He was
blameless in His character and walk. But until He was anointed He didn’t do a single miracle even though
His character was excellent, His holiness impeccable as well as His integrity and He was full of love! But
once the anointing of God came upon His life, within a few months the Word of God says He became a
“somebody” and His fame was spread abroad.
Even though a man might be the world greatest philosopher, atheist, or scholar, the anointing will
breakdown the greatest mind. And it’s not by power nor by might nor by logic nor by arguments but by
“My Spirit says the Lord!” The power of God and anointing of God breaks the yoke over people’s life and
does what nothing else can do set people free and be what they are supposed to be, perfect, whole,
complete lacking nothing! When the anointing shows up in a person’s life or circumstance and is accepted
there is always real change for the better! Yes, the anointing has the power to turn us into a different
person. The anointing does not force us but we have to yield to it to have all its benefits.
Everything that God does is through the anointing. And to maintain an anointing, we need to have
godly character and integrity. As long as anointed ones obey God they keep their anointing but when they
disobey God they loose their anointing like Saul did. When Saul lost the anointing he became a nobody in
God’s sight although he was admired, respected and obeyed by others. God’s word is unchanging:
Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him
from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the
Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons." And Samuel said, "How can I
go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me." And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, 'I have
come to sacrifice to the LORD.' "Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you
shall do; you shall anoint for Me the one I name to you." So Samuel did what the LORD said, and
went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, "Do you come
peaceably?" And he said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves,
and come with me to the sacrifice." Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to
the sacrifice. So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, "Surely the LORD'S
anointed is before Him." But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the
height of his stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for
man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." So Jesse called
Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this
one." Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this one."
Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD
has not chosen these." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all the young men here?" Then he said,
"There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse,
"Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here." So he sent and brought him in.
Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him; for
this is the one!" Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers;
and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to
Ramah. But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the LORD
troubled him. 1 Samuel 16:1-4
The Holy Spirit wants to accomplish great things in the end times, and the way to do this is to release
new types of anointing. The Holy Spirit has expressly said that many great men of God that are serving
God today will be taken home soon. They have been serving God well but they only knew the old types of
anointing. It is their dispensation. Now the new dispensation calls for new types of anointing. The Holy
Spirit has to remove them so that new servants of God will arise with new types of anointing to
accomplish the last great revival. The Holy Spirit cannot put new wine in old wineskins. The old wineskins
will burst and the new wine will be lost. Thus, the Holy Spirit will have to take home these great men of
God first so that they will not be a hindrance to the new anointing. Millions of non-Christians will come to
know and accept the Lord Jesus Christ when this new work begins. However, if Christians do not have
fellowship with the Holy Spirit, they may oppose this new move of God and find themselves working
against God, just like the Jews did not know God and opposed Jesus Christ when He came in their midst.
The major problem in the church today is that Christians are not listening to God. They are doing their
own thing. If we ever want to see the anointing of the Holy Spirit, we must listen to the Holy Spirit. First,
we must have the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Secondly, we must wait for His instructions and directions.
We cannot do as we wish. If we persist in ignoring the Holy Spirit’s instruction, we will be taken out of
ministry. And when we obey the Holy Spirit, there will be a manifestation. The Holy Spirit will bear witness
to us. The Holy Spirit is showing us these types of anointing to prepare us for the end times. The end
times anointing will be at a very high level. God’s word is unchanging:
"No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away
from the old, and the tear is made worse. "And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else
the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new
wine must be put into new wineskins." Mark 2:21-22
"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of
light. "But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is
in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Matthew 6: 22-23
Chapter 15
King Of Kings
The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against
his own life. Proverbs 20:2
Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne will be established in
righteousness. Proverbs 25:5
The primary person we have to please on earth and in heaven is God in Jesus Christ who is the King of
kings and Lord of Lords. If He says to us, well 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over
a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord' (Matthew 25:41) we
have it made. But if He says to us, 'You wicked and lazy servant… then we are in serious trouble for the
wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life. Yet
God’s word is unchanging:
"But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does
according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness
which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty
and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die. "Yet you say, 'The way of the
Lord is not fair.' Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which
are not fair? "When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and
dies in it, it is because of the iniquity which he has done that he dies. "Again, when a wicked man
turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he
preserves himself alive. "Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which
he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. Ezekiel 18:24-26
The anointing and the gifts of the Spirit come from God not from man. Many prominent pastors and
evangelists today make the claim that because "souls" are being saved and "healings" take place in their
meetings, that this somehow validates their ministry. While these things may be well and good, they are
no indication of "divine" sanction. A.A. Allen was a drunkard, Jimmy Swaggart a whoremonger, Jim Bakker
a thief, Larry Lea a prevaricator, and Robert Tilton a charlatan - yet ALL of these saw thousands saved
and miracles take place in their meetings.
Because one is blessed with "prosperity" and has a "following" of thousands, doesn't mean a darn
thing when it comes to integrity and godly sanction, for "he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust," (Matthew. 5:45).iii But Jesus told all men about
practicing lawlessness that many prominent religious ones seem to ignore:
"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!' "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to
a wise man who built his house on the rock: "and the rain descended, the floods came, and the
winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. "But
everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who
built his house on the sand: "and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and
beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall." Matthew 7:21-27
As far as God is concerned do a nice thing at the wrong time and place with wrong motives and
attitudes is to practice lawlessness even if they prophesy in Jesus name, cast out demons in Jesus name
and do many wonders in His name! Men chose to ignore what God has stated, But when a righteous man
turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that
the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered. As
a result for some servants of God, Jesus will tell them 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who
practice lawlessness!'
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. 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
We have to be very careful and wise about all that we do and say in our life and to make sure that it
originates in the Spirit and not the flesh. God’s word is unchanging:
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the
foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other
foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on
this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one's work will become
clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each
one's work, of what sort it is. If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a
reward If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as
through fire. Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in
you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is
holy, which temple you are. 1 Corinthians 3:10-17
He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth. He remembers His
covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations, The covenant
which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant, Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan As the
allotment of your inheritance," When they were few in number, Indeed very few, and strangers
in it. When they went from one nation to another, From one kingdom to another people, He
permitted no one to do them wrong; Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes, Saying, "Do not
touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm." Psalm 105:7-15
One of the most common errors found in Christianity today is that particular persons, usually
pastors or evangelists, are somehow more "anointed" than the average Christian. This teaching often
coincides with a veiled threat in the form of "touch not mine [the Lord's] anointed," (I Ch. 16:22, Ps.
105:15).
The term "anointing" means to "authorize, or set apart, a person for a particular work or service,"
(Is.61:1). The New Testament is absolutely clear on whom the anointing rests - ALL of Christ's
disciples, who are God's very own, set apart and commissioned for service (2 Cor. 1:21). The New
Testament does not support the notion of a "greater" anointing based on "position" and such teaching
has its origin in a fundamental misunderstanding of the relationship between the Old and New
Testaments.
Proponents of this error fail to use careful exegesis to discern the difference between the Old
Testament call of a "prophet," where the anointing rested on one man (Is. 61:1, I Sam. 26:9,11, 2
Sam. 22:51, 2 Chr. 6:42), and the New Testament call of a "priesthood of believers" (I Pet. 2:5,9).
Certainly there are diversities of gifts, but the Spirit [or anointing] remains the same (I Cor. 12).
Prominent evangelists have long terrorized God's people with "touch not mine anointed" nonsense
if anyone dared question them or their teaching. Anyone who has a gift (all have gifts, 1 Cor. 12:7-
11), has a ministry, and anyone who has a ministry, has authority and is anointed.
It is a sad situation in many churches today that "laity" are content to sit on a pew week after
week and assume the opinions of professional clergymen are to be the final authority. They find
comfort in this approach because it is safe. Preachers are content to keep it this way because it
secures their position in the church.
How many times have believers been subjected to mishandled scripture with an implicit or explicit
"touch not God's anointed" if any dared to question? This is in contrast to the Biblical admonition to
"try the spirits", (1 John 4:1). Fear is not of God and teaching which incorporates psychological
intimidation is corrupt and deceptive. One of the easiest ways to determine what "spirit" motivates a
person "in authority" is to question them. A godly man or woman will never be offended or become
indignant if someone dares to question them and compare what is said with the Word of God.
However, if one is motivated by an "authoritarian" spirit of conceit or arrogance, the questioner will
soon know it. Peter warned the elders (pastors and spiritual guides of the church) not to be
domineering [arrogant, dictatorial, overbearing] over the flock of God, but to be patterns and models
of Christian living (I Pet. 5:3, AMPL.)iv
Chapter 16
Last State Is Worse
And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. Matthew 10:1
"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
Jesus Christ restored to us the right to have dominion over every living thing that moves on the earth
including sickness, diseases, and demons. We are created to be possessed by God who desires nothing
but our best good, not by demons. We have been created be filled with the fullness of God’s Spirit and
blessings. From Christ fullness we have all received, and grace for grace and were created to have an
anointing within us and an anointing upon us. God’s word is true:
And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. John 1:16
But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel
of Christ. Romans 15:29
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.
Ephesians 3:14-19
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; Ephesians 4:11-13
While demonic possession eradicates our free will and subjugates it all together, Holy Spirit
possession gives us freedom. Although the Spirit of God possesses us, our free will is intact. Because of
the New Birth and the Baptism of the Spirit through the anointing we have authority over demons,
authority with God, authority over the natural kingdom of animals, authority over natural substances and
authority over the works of the devil which are sicknesses and diseases upon people’s life. Y
es, just like the disciples did, we have power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all
kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. Yes, the anointing within us gives us delegated authority and
power. The anointing upon us results in the demonstration of the power of the Holy Spirit. All the five
realms of authority that the believer’s anointing gives us is released through the invoking of that majestic
name of Jesus and the power of the spoken word. Words are the capsules that contain the believer’s
anointing and release it forth. God’s word is unchanging:
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and
subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living
thing that moves on the earth." Genesis 1:28
So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be
pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. Luke 17:6
"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." Mark 16:17-18:
Demonic strongholds in our bodies nullify or short circuit our anointing. For a varieties of reasons
including generational curses, wrong teaching, unbelief, disobedience, foolishness the enemy creates
strongholds in our flesh, that many time we are not aware of, we must take care to uproot all strongholds
from our flesh. In the weaker and unguarded moments of their private lives, many Christians give in to
their strongholds and indulge in secret sins. And as a result their last state is worse than the first when
they lose their anointing.
We have a hot line to God. Any time day or night that bypasses our mind and understanding we can
just pray in tongues and then we can reach out to God. Our spirit will commune with God’s Spirit because
of the deposit of the anointing within us. Because of the anointing within us and all that Jesus did for us
we can approach God and we can prevail with God in our request. God honors the anointing that He has
placed within our life. Jesus showed the power of the Spirit life within Him and He showed the power of
the anointing upon. He showed both and so can we.
God has given us believer’s tremendous authority but it’s useless if we don’t use it. He has given us
the living Word Jesus and the written word the bible as well as the Holy Spirit and His anointing. The
Word and the Anointing are an antidote and solution to our problems. The anointing never contradicts the
written law and the written Word. There are boundaries set by the written Word. However the anointing
must be maintained by faithfulness in our communion with the Holy Spirit and in our prayer life. Our faith
must not be built on the Word by our mind, but by revelation from the Holy Spirit. Many Christians fail
because they act on presumption and without the anointing.
All that Jesus did in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the signs and miracles and wonders He said He did
by His union with the Father who was in Him. He was sensitive to whatever the Father said or willed.
Everything He did was the out flow of His relationship with the Father. He was sensitive to the presence of
the Father in His life. He did exactly as the Father desired. And now He sent back the Holy Spirit so that
we could be sensitive and rely on the Father and the Holy Spirit just like Jesus did. So when we are truly
ministering God’s love, power and presence to others, it’s not us but Jesus inside of us who is flowing out
and ministering through us. As we are conscious of Jesus in us we wait on Him to see how He wants to
move and do the work He wants to do. God’s word is unchanging:
"I and My Father are one." John 10:30
"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
Jesus Christ is our victory, our all and our all sufficient one. It is Jesus who is the Savior, Healer,
Deliverer, Refuge, Provider and Everything that God’s people need, not us! But we have to be conscious
of Jesus in us first before we can be conscious of what Jesus is doing outside us. To minister in the
anointing is not what we are doing it but what Jesus is doing. We are just being instruments of the Lord
Jesus and of the Holy Spirit and we just allow Him to minister. We minister from our spirit outwards onto
people as we are conscious of Jesus inside us leading, speaking to and directing us. The more yielded we
become to Jesus a greater channel for Him flows through us. God’s word is unchanging:
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation. Romans 10:10
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. 1Timothy 6:12
"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and
they did not love their lives to the death. Revelation 12:11
When we make a confession over anything we are releasing the anointing, and this anointing is not the
anointing upon but the anointing within us. The authority over men, demons, sickness and disease is
released through our spoken words. It’s the faith level behind our spoken words that releases the
anointing and brings concrete results. Hence we are exhorted to grow in faith and not doubt. God has
given to us believer enough power to do the works of Jesus with the anointing within us and we believe
that those things we say will come to pass. When the anointing of the Spirit of God is there whether we
shout or speak softly, it works any way. A certain amount of liberty is given to us to channel the
anointing of God.
We release the anointing in our lives by the words that we speak to others. We have faith in God and
in our own words. The other side of the coin is that if we don’t believe our own words we cancel our own
anointing. The more powerful we are spiritually, the less words we speak. Because our words are very
powerful we use them carefully and wisely. God’s word is unchanging:
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 1:27
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of
mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. James 3:17
Chapter 17
He Gave Gifts To Men
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore He
says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men." (Now this,
"He ascended"-what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the
earth? He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might
fill all things.) 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 4:7-16
God has given the five fold ministries of to apostles, prophets, evangelists, 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. Hence the five-fold ministries is for all generations from the time the
church started until Jesus comes again since it’s for the perfecting and edification of the church. We
cannot say that the apostles have been done away with for the church is not perfected yet. As long as the
church is not perfected yet, we need all the five-fold ministries, not just one or two.
When Jesus Christ ascended, He delegated the offices that He stood in and poured the anointing to
somebody else. God from time to time may change vessel or vessels may complete their work but the
offices will continue. Like when Elijah completed his work and went off, Elisha stood in his place.
Whenever a man of God completes his work and goes home to be with God, his office is actually vacant
for the taking. In the Old Testament there were only three offices of prophets, priests and kings (Judges).
And sometimes the office was left vacant, because the men whom God called in that generation were not
obedient. Sometimes God appointed one man to stand in one or two or three offices so that he could
minister fully to that generation. Moses stood in three offices. Moses was a prophet (Number 18:15-22,
Deuteronomy 34:10), a priest (Exodus 24), and judge (Numbers 11:16). Deborah a woman stood in two
offices. The bible tells us, Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that
time (Judges 4:4).
It’s the anointing that makes the man or woman and not the man or woman who makes the anointing.
When Moses complained that his work was too strenuous the Lord told him to gather seventy men of the
elders of Israel, who were the elders of the people and to bring them to the tabernacle of meeting that He
might but the burden on them. God took some of the anointing that was on Moses life and He put it on the
seventy people. When the same anointing came on them those people started prophesying. These
seventy elders received a portion of the anointing upon them and began to function in judging the people.
It’s the anointing that establishes the office. A man of God doesn’t have an office without an anointing
in God. People can put a person into a position but the person will usually be devoid of the anointing for
the position. But when God puts a person into a position He makes sure he has an anointing and ability for
the position. Disobedience to God is not just disobedient to the Word but also disobedience to the leading
of the Spirit to God .We have to learn to obey the voice and the leading of the Spirit as much as we learn
to obey the written Word of God. Of course the leading of the Spirit will never contradict the written Word
Because of disobedience king Saul lost his office and anointing which became available for another
man. David was that man as he was a man after God’s heart. David had two offices in that he was a king
and prophet while Saul had only one office being a king. When a man of God loses his anointing and
office for a variety of reasons, it becomes, somebody will find it.
Jesus Christ was anointed by the Spirit of the LORD and He stood in all five offices. He was an apostle
(Hebrews 3:1). He was a prophet (Mark 6:4; Acts 3: 22-26). Peter said that Jesus was a prophet whom
Moses spoke about. He was an evangelist in that He went about preaching the kingdom of God (Mark
1:4). He was a pastor as He is the good Shepherd (John 10:10). He was known as a teacher and
Nicodemus said that “we know that You are a teacher sent from God” (John 3: 2). The Lord Jesus Christ
was anointed to stand in all the five offices. Very few of God’s true servants stand in all five offices. Most
may just stand in one particular office and some have one and some have two. Apostle Paul stood in tree
offices a preacher, an apostle and a teacher (1 Timothy 2:7, 2 Timothy 1:11).
In the New Testament when there is a revival we all five offices functioning. When we begin to lose
one or two or three offices and nobody functions in them the revival goes down. God has ordained that all
five fold ministries spearhead and lead the revival and the move of God. The body of Christ becomes very
dysfunctional when we have just one of the five fold ministries such as a pastor. We need all of them. We
need prophets in the church. We need evangelists in the church. We need pastors and teachers in the
church. We need apostles in the church. We need all five-fold offices to function. If the body of Christ
lacks any one of them they will not see the full revival that God wants us to have.
Apostles and prophets are the foundation and Jesus Christ is the corner stone. Foundation is
something that you lay in the ground where people step on. So if a person is really an apostle or a
prophet he will not have the attitude to lord over others for Jesus said the greatest among you shall be
the servant of all. The authority of an office is dependent on the area of the need at the present
moment. In the area of the church is concerned the apostolic and the pastoral office have a greater
authority. But in the area of the Word of God and doctrine the teacher has a greater authority. In the area
of reaching out to the world, the evangelist has a greater authority. In the area of direction and the future
the prophet has the greatest authority. All the offices are important to the body of Christ. Teaching is
important but signs and wonders are more important to the people of the world than teaching. The body
of Christ is hungry more for teaching so that it can be healed and delivered and be made whole. God’s
word is unchanging:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be
conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given to
me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think,
but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. For as we have many
members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many,
are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing
according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in
proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching;
he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he
who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to
what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving
preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in
hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the
saints, given to hospitality. Romans 12:1-13
Yes in life we get a lot of agony, suffering and tribulation. Just because we have trials and tribulations
doesn’t mean we did anything wrong. Job didn’t do anything wrong and he lost not only all his wealth but
also his wealth. But the good news is that Jesus restored all his loses and will do the same for us once we
have learned the lessons that trials and tribulations bring. Jesus promised us that those who bear much
fruit will be pruned to bear more fruit. So we must get used to trials and tribulations. One of the most
precious things that we learn to do in the ministry is to learn to wait; wait on the Lord and wait on others.
The two greatest virtues in the Christian realm are love and patience. Love puts up with all kinds of
things and patience is longsuffering and slow to wrath, which literally translated as, slow to wrath. God
gives us tribulation so that we might develop character, love and patience. God’s word is unchanging:
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your
faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and
complete, lacking nothing. 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 1:2-5
The office that we are called to spiritually is God’s prerogative. But the anointing that we function in, in
that office and the level of it is our prerogative. God does not limit our wealth. We limit our wealth by our
faith. How much anointing we will move into will be determined by how much we decides the office for He
sets in the church but it’s up to us how deep we want to move into that office and the level of anointing
that is available for that office. We can enlarge, increase, multiply our anointing, ten fold, twenty fold, a
hundred fold in the same office. All the time we have to have a teachable and humble attitude in order to
move into the ministry and anointing that God has for our lives. Everyone loves a servant. When a person
comes with a spirit of a servant it’s easy to just love somebody. When a person comes with an arrogant
spirit its hard to love that person
We are to flow in the ministerial anointing that God has for us where our ministry will grow from glory
to glory. Every single one of us has been granted grace for certain thing or ministry. But most of us are
struggling in the area we are not graced for. That’s where the problem is. Either we are in the wrong area
or it’s the wrong time. If we flow with the Spirit of God and where His leads us, the anointing will be there
and his burden will be light and his yoke will be easy. If his burden is heavy and the yoke is difficult it’s
not his yoke it’s somebody else’s yoke. If we are in the shadow of the Almighty God in the area that God
grace we to be come what may He is there. But if we are not in the area of God’s grace when the stone
come we won’t be protected. But when we are in God’s perfect will come what may His grace is sufficient
for us. God’s word is unchanging:
Now Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, but had departed from Saul.
Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and
he went out and came in before the people. And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the
LORD was with him. Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of
him. But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. 1
Samuel 18:12-16
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. "Take My yoke
upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your
souls. "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30
Chapter 18
God Can Be Trusted
Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight
yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to
the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness
as the light, And your justice as the noonday. Psalm 37:3-6
Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O
my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your
diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and
tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like
the eagle's. The LORD executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed. Psalm
103:1-6
(For the LORD is our Judge, The LORD is our Lawgiver, The LORD is our King; He will save
us); Isaiah 33:22
Sooner or later trouble comes to everyone! But for those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their
Savior and are filled with the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:19) the Lord is their salvation also in the time
of trouble as well as the strength of salvation. The LORD who is our Judge, the LORD who is our Lawgiver,
the LORD who is our King, the Lord who is our all; He will save us. God’s word is unchanging:
will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you."
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then
the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in
the wilderness, And streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, And the
thirsty land springs of water; In the habitation of jackals, where each lay, There shall be grass
with reeds and rushes. Isaiah 35:1-7
Yes, the Lord who makes the desert rejoice and blossom abundantly as the rose, even with joy and
singing, will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save His trusting
ones! They have His word on it. The Word of God a God who doesn’t and cannot lie!
Yes, He who opened the eyes of the blind, unstopped the ears of the deaf, made the lame leap like a
dear and the tongue of the dumb sing, has not changed and is the same yesterday today and forever. He
is still the great and powerful and wonderful miracle working God who can do anything but fail His trusting
ones! As a result the ransomed of the LORD shall return with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away (Isaiah 35:10, Ephesians 3:20-
21).
We must check our level of joy! Low joy levels reduce health increasing the potential for illness. Great
joy virtually eliminates sickness. The importance of joy in a Christian’s life is being emphasized by the
Lord especially in these days. Congregations all over the world are experiencing a supernatural outburst of
joy in the Holy Ghost.
We are to remember that poverty is not the will of God for any believer. Despite this truth, some
people have taken a "vow of poverty." Some Christians believe that poverty is part of being holy and
righteous. This is far from the truth. Poverty has nothing to do with godliness. To be poor or impoverished
means, "to be without; in lack; deprived." You and I don't serve a God of lack and insufficiency. He's the
God of the exceeding and abundant Who wants to lavish us with His goodness. From Genesis to
Revelation, the Bible proves that poverty goes against everything God desires for believers. Poverty is a
spirit designed to keep believers in financial bondage. The devil uses this spirit to hinder Christians from
prospering and ultimately fulfilling their destiny of being a blessing to the entire world (Genesis 12:2-3).
God favors prosperity. According to Psalm 35:27 and 3 John 2, He is pleased when we prosper in our
spirit, soul and body. His desire is that we prosper economically, socially, emotionally, mentally and
physically
Prosperity is part of the covenant of God. It is freely given to us as much as forgiveness of sin. At
the same cross, where He took our sins is the same cross where He took our poverty. Prosperity is a
covenant right as much as the healing. When we think about receiving healing from God, none of us would
think about paying for it. When we think about receiving forgiveness, none of us would think about
paying for it. But when we think about prosperity, most of us think about paying. Although we say it’s
grace yet we always think about the works side. Basically prosperity is in the person of God, who He is
and His desire to give us freely, abundantly just as He gave Adam and Eve at the Garden of Eden. He
wants to give the Garden of Eden to each one of us freely without our works for it. God wants to show the
world that we are prosperous because He is with us. And it’s God who does it all.
Unfortunately for them, many believers accept debt, financial hardship, substandard living, sickness
and troubled relationships as a part of life. They settle for less than God's best, unaware of their covenant
rights with Him. As Christians and as King’s kids we have the right to prosper or succeed in every area of
life-financially, emotionally, socially, mentally and physically. We have the right to total life prosperity!
We can increase our knowledge base of what our covenant rights are by studying what the Bible has to
say concerning God's people. From finances to owning a successful corporation, we can learn how to lay
hold of our inheritance of a life of prosperity now! We can overcome the devil through our testimony and
confession as greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world. We can tell the devil:
Satan, our Jesus is bigger than any disease or problem you might give us. You are overcome by
the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of our testimony! (Rev. 12:11). We are washed clean by the
blood of Jesus and by His stripes we are healed, and we refuse to accept the curse of sin and sickness
and poverty and lack. We bind you right now by the Spirit of God in Jesus' name. You foul devil of
cancer, liver or diabetes or any other incurable disease, we command you to take your hands off our
family and us right now in the name of Jesus. We curse the seed and we curse the root of every
cancer, liver, diabetes and bad cell in our bodies and we command them to die in the name of Jesus.
We speak a new immune system or any other system into our being and we speak a new blood system
into our bodies, a blood system that will not accept cancer or foul cells. And in the mighty name of
Jesus which is above every name, we command all of the electrical and chemical frequencies in every
cell in our body to be in harmony and in balance and to digest the bad cells. We command everything
in our bodies to be healed and made whole and to function properly for the reason it was created and
to stay functioning until Jesus returns. In Jesus name we come against and rebuke anything evil,
wicked, wrong, sick or negative thing in our bodies, hearts, circumstances and lives and command it to
go away and never come back, in Jesus name. Amen and amen!
We are redeemed from the curse as Jesus had become a curse for us, Galatians 3:13, and His
blood is flowing in our blood stream. It flows to every cell of our body, restoring life and health. (Mark
11:23; Luke 17:6.) The life of First Peter 2:24 is a reality in our flesh, restoring every cell of our body
for by Jesus stripes we were healed. We have presented our body to God for it is the temple of the
LIVING GOD. And God now dwells in us and His LIFE permeates our SPIRIT, SOUL and BODY so that
we are filled with the fullness of God daily and preach the whole counsel of God. (Rom.12: 1,2; John
14:20, Acts 20:27.) Our body is the temple of the HOLY GHOST and not our own. In Jesus name we
make a demand on our body to release the right chemicals, to be in perfect chemical balance and for
our pancreas to secrete the proper amount of insulin for life and health. (1 Corinthians. 6:19.)
Satan we speak to you and in the authority of Jesus' Name and we say to all your principalities and
powers, your master spirits that rule this present darkness, and your spiritual wickedness in high
places they are all totally and completely bound here as they are already bound in Heaven. We are
loosed from all your power according to Colossians 1:13, as God has delivered us from the power of
darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love which is above every thrones or
dominions or principalities or power, past, present or future. We are saved, healed, delivered and filled
with the Spirit of God through the name and blood of Jesus. We command that you take your hands
off all that touches and concerns us, especially our finances and to restore in Jesus name seven fold
everything that you have stolen from us for we are God’s property!
We also can use our angels and release them to make real our blessings:
Man was created a little lower than God, and angels were created lower than man.
In Christ, we have a right to all that is God's and all that is at His disposal, including angels.
Angels are ministering spirits assigned to minister to and for the heirs of salvation (Hebrews 1:13-14).
As a born-again believers, that means us!
The terms of our covenant with God are administered, managed, supplied, executed, superintended,
dispensed, distributed and furnished through the ministry of angels.
Praying in the name (authority) of Jesus. "If you ask anything in My name, I will do it (John 14:14).
Declaring that we are heirs of salvation and God. (ROM 8:17, GAL 3:29, EPH 3:6, 2TM 3:9, TI 3:7 HEB
6:17, HEB 11:9, JMS 2:5)
Declaring that they have been sent to minister to our needs. Are they not all ministering spirits sent
forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? (Hebrews 1:14).
As long as we remain in the will of God, angels are charged with our protection and deliverance (Psalm
91:11, AMP; 34:7; Daniel 3:28-29; 6:22; Acts 12:7-9; 27:22-23).
For God's promises to be established in our life, we must decree them ( You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways. Job 22:28).
Decreeing that you have a covenant with God and the anointing to get wealth. "And you shall
remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His
covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. (Deuteronomy 8:18)
Angels only respond to the voice of God's Word that we decree (Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who
excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word. Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You
ministers of His, who do His pleasure. Psalm 103:20-21). Then, they can carry out His pleasure in your
life--your prosperity (Psalm 35:27). Commanding them to hearken to the voice of God's Word that we
speak.
Commanding them to go to the north, south, east and west to divinely clear the path to our wealthy
place.
Rejoicing, knowing that our covenant is established with God.
Concentrating on circumstances rather than on God's promises causes many people to struggle.
Our situation may seem impossible, but we focus on our covenant instead. Walk by faith, not by sight
(2 Corinthians 5:7).
Angels are available even when things seem impossible. Example: The prophet Elisha and his servant
were surrounded by the enemy's army but were delivered through the ministry of angels (2 Kings 6:14-
18).
Chapter 19
Our Father In Heaven
"In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your
kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But
deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
Amen. Matthew 6:9-13
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. Of His own will He brought us forth
by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. James 1:17-18
No one loves us more than our Father who is in heaven to whom belongs the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. And there is no kingdom like God’s kingdom. Our Father has proved His love for us
by giving us all that He is and has including His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, and His wonderful
Counselor the Holy Spirit. And it is His good pleasure to give us the kingdom and all the things that
accompany salvation. His word is unchanging:
"Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. "If then God so clothes the grass,
which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe
you, O you of little faith? "And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor
have an anxious mind. "For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father
knows that you need these things. "But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be
added to you. "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom Luke 12:27-32
"But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation,
though we thus speak" Hebrews 9:6
It is a fact of life that from time to time demon forces come against our life and we have to go through
quite a few battles. And we will overcome them completely and see the fullness of the Lord’s
manifestation as we put our total trust in God. Satan works hard to wreck our finances. He does
everything to stop our spiritual ministry. But through Christ help we will succeed and will minister to the
lost and hurting masses. God will give us favor and we will overcome these battles completely. His
blessing will be fully upon our life in Jesus’ name especially in the area of healing. God’s word is
unchanging:
"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed" Isaiah 53:5.
"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins,
should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed" 1 Peter 2:24
Healing is one of the "things that accompany salvation. Healing may be applied to the spirit, soul, or
body. There are two ways we can get healed, either by the anointing or by personal faith. God chooses
whether He wants to heal us by the anointing or whether He wants us to exercise our faith. The healing
anointing comes as a free gift. A gift is not something we deserve. A gift is something freely given to us.
It’s a gift of His grace to us. And grace is not something we earn. It just happens and we are healed
through the flow of the healing anointing.
Many of the healings of Jesus Christ were full fledged, complete and instant healing and not partial
healing. He could function that way because it was the gift of God freely given to people. When we are
healed by faith it’s because we stand on God’s word that by Jesus stripes we are healed. We believe it and
receive it. The reason is that at certain times for certain reasons God requires personal faith to be
exercised. And as a result some of God’s people get healed through intercessory prayer, travailing and
faith and not by the anointing.
It’s to be noted that Christ is our example in suffering and we are called to suffer like Christ,
obediently, patiently and humbly.
• For righteousness sake (1 Peter 3:14)
• For the Faith (1 Peter 4: 12-16)
• In the face of injustice, being accused falsely (Matt 5:11)
• For doing good. (1 Peter 3:17)
• For rejection. (Luke 6:22)
But Christ was also our substitute for suffering at Calvary for
• Sin (Isa 53:4, 2 Cor 5:21)
• Sickness (Isa 53:5, Matthew 8:17)
• Curses (Gal 3:13)
• Poverty (2 Cor 8:9)
• Sorrow (Isa 53:4, Isa 61:3)
• Death (John 3:16, Isa 51:6, 2 Timothy 1:10)
Since sin, sickness, curses, poverty, sorrow and death are not God’s will for us we can seek from God
healing and deliverance. Those who are made to obtain their healing through travailing prayer and
confessing the word with faith, end up with both the healing and a character strong in trusting and
persistent prayer. It did them much lasting spiritual good. To get their healing, they had to exercise their
faith and discipline their devotional life. They had to change certain things in their life. They had to do
certain things in their life. Or they had to grow up in areas in their life in order to get that faith working to
get their personal healing through a battle of faith. As a result they are of great value to the body of Christ
because their faith has really grown.
The following healing factors are to be noted:
1. Some are not healed because of their own unbelief. "And he could there do no mighty work,
save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he marvelled because of their
unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching" (Mark 6:5-6). Even Jesus could do no mighty
works where the people were in unbelief.
2. One must have a desire to be healed. "And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What
will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened" (Matthew
20:32-33). Some desire attention or compensation more than healing.
3. We must know that it is God's will to be healed. "And, behold, there came a leper and
worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and
touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (Matthew 8:2-3).
Generally, we are to understand that it is God's will to heal.
4. The one ministering the healing must have faith. "Is any sick among you? let him call for the
elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And
the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins,
they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:14-16). The minister is
to pray a "prayer of faith."
5. We should understand that healing is a part of salvation. "But, beloved, we are persuaded
better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak" (Hebrews 9:6). Healing
is one of the "things that accompany salvation." "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed" (Isaiah 53:5). "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to
sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed" (I Peter 2:24). Healing may be
applied to the spirit, soul, or body.
6. We should understand that healing may be conditional. "Beloved, I wish above all things that
thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth" (III John 1:2). God desires that our
soul prosper above our having a physical healing; however, He desires both.
7. We should understand the healing and forgiveness go together. "Who forgiveth all thine
iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases" (Psalms 103:3).
8. We may lose our healing if we fail to praise God for it. "If ye will not hear, and if ye will not
lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you,
and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart"
(Malachi 2:2).
9. Something worse may come upon us if we return to sin. "Afterward Jesus findeth him in the
temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee"
(John 5:14).
10. One may die of a disease because of sin. "For this cause many are weak and sickly among
you, and many sleep" (I Corinthians 11:30). The term "sleep" here refers to being dead.
11. Pride and worldly knowledge may keep one from receiving healing. "And Asa in the thirty
and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his
disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians" (II Chronicles 16:12).
12. Anger may contribute to disease. "Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died.
...." (II Kings 13:14). At first glance here is no indication that Elisha had sinned causing God to put a
disease upon him; however, when we look close we see that Elisha was given to anger. "And the man of
God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten
Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. And Elisha died, and they
buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year" (II Kings 13:19-
20). Earlier, he cursed forty-two children causing two female bears to kill them because they called him
"bald head" (II Kings 4:24).
13. Healing may come as we pray for others. Job opened a door through fear for the attack of the
enemy. "For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come
unto me" (Job 3:25). However, when he prayed for his friends he was healed. "And the LORD turned the
captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before"
(Job 42:10).
14. Obedience may a condition in receiving healing. "And when he saw them, he said unto them
[the ten lepers], Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were
cleansed" (Luke 17:14). When Naaman the Syrian king who had leprosy inquired of Elisha what he must
do to be healed, "... Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and
thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean" (II Kings 5:10).
15. Observing the laws of God may be a factor in receiving healing. "And said, If thou wilt
diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt
give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee,
which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee" (Exodus 15:26). "And ye
shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away
from the midst of thee" (Exodus 23:25).
God is not limited by any method to bring about healing. There are many methods in the bible by
which healing occurred:
1. Abraham prayed for the Ablimelech to become pregnant.
"So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and
they bare children" (Genesis 20:17).
2. Isaiah told Hezekiah to use a lump of figs to heal a boil.
"Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy
father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt
go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and
this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my
servant David's sake. And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he
recovered" (II Kings 20:5-7).
3. Elisha had salt sprinkled in some water to heal the poison in the water.
"And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the
LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land" (II
Kings 2:21).
4. Naaman was healed of leprosy when he obeyed Elisha and bathed seven times in the muddy Jordan.
"Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of
God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean" (II Kings 5:14).
5. The man, lame from birth, was healed when he obeyed Paul and stood up.
"Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked" (Acts 14:10).
6. People were healed through the prayer of the church. (as God answered the prayer).
"By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy
holy child Jesus" (Acts 4:30).
7. People were healed when they touched Jesus.
"And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all"
(Luke 6:19).
8. The servant of the centurion was healed through the spoken word of Jesus.
"And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith
unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou
shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a
man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another,
Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled,
and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel"
(Matthew 8:5-10).
9. A woman was healed by touching the hem of Jesus' garment.
"And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him,
and touched the hem of his garment. For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall
be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy
faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour" (Matthew 9:20-22).
10. Jesus healed a young dead girl by the laying on of his hands.
"And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come
and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.... And he took the damsel by the
hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise" (Mark
5:23, 41).
11. Many were healed from the handkerchiefs or aprons which were sent out by Paul.
"So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed
from them, and the evil spirits went out of them" (Acts 19:12).
12. Many were healed by having the shadow of Peter fall upon them.
"Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that
at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. There came also a
multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed
with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one" (Acts 5:15-16).
13. A child was cured prayer and fasting.
"Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting" (Matthew 17:21).
14. Ten lepers were healed as they went to show themselves unto the priests.
"And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar
off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them,
he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they
were cleansed" (Luke 17:12-14).
15. Elisha put meal in the pot to neutralize the poison.
"But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that
they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot" (II Kings 4:41).
16. Jesus healed a blind man by spitting on his eyes.
"And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his
eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought" (Mark 8:23).
17. James instructs us to heal others by anointing and praying in faith.
"Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord
shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him" (James 5:14-15).
Chapter 20
High Places
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 33:29
He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places. 2 Samuel 22:34
For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for
Baal, and made a wooden image, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and he worshiped all the host
of heaven and served them. 2 Kings 21:3
The Word of God has much to say about the “high places” including that we shall tread down the high
places of the enemies, and rebuild the high places in our lives where self is dethroned and God alone is
worshipped. As a result we delight ourselves in the LORD, we make God our "light" and He causes us to
ride upon the high places of the earth giving us prominence, fortune and fame and feeds us heritage of
Jacob. He gives us a land that flowing with milk and hone. God’s word is unchanging:
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
"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
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
We are not to become sluggish but are to imitate those who like Abraham through faith and patience
inherited the promises. In his article Claiming Our Rights! E.W. Kenyon tell us:
There is no excuse for the spiritual weakness and poverty of the Family of God when the wealth of
Grace and Love of our great Father with His power and wisdom are all at our disposal. We are not
coming to the Father as a tramp coming to the door begging for food; we come as sons not only
claiming our legal rights but claiming the natural rights of a child that is begotten in love. No one can
hinder us or question our right of approach to our Father.
Christianity is a legal document. Most of our basic legal terminology comes from the Scripture. The
very titles, Old Covenant and New Covenant, are legal terms. Every step in the plan of Redemption,
from the Fall Of Man until Jesus Christ was seated at the right hand of the Majesty on High, having
redeemed the human race, is simply a series of legal steps perfecting the most remarkable Legal
Document the human has in its possession.
The plan of Redemption cannot be understood unless one reads it from the legal point of view. In
this plan of Redemption there are three parties to the contract: God, Man, and Satan. God must be
just to Himself, just to Man, and just to the Devil.v
Yes, God created man, placing him here on the earth, and He conferred upon him certain legal rights.
These conferred rights were forfeited by man who transferred them to God’s enemy, Satan through
disobedience and deception rather than those that come by nature. As a result God came up with a
Redemption plan that would redeem the human race from Adam's sin, and it would be done upon such an
equitable basis that it will perfectly satisfy the claims of Justice, meet the needs of man, and defeat Satan
on legal grounds.
Due to the fall of man and Adman legal transfer of the authority and dominion that God had placed in
his hands into the hands of Satan, he had a legal right to rule over man and over creation. Man sold
himself out to the Devil, making himself a bond slave, and that slavery will last until the lease or period of
man's dominion expired. To redeem in a just way fallen man from his sin, and Satan's dominion Jesus
who was not a subject of Satan, and yet incarnate and thus a man came to earth, met the demands, first,
of the heart of Deity for a perfect human who would do His will; second, He met the demands of fallen
man in that as a man He met the Devil and conquered him in honorable open combat. He went on the
Cross, and God laid upon him the iniquity of the human race. He, then, with this burden upon Him and
under Judgment of God, went down into Hell and suffered the penalty demanded by Justice. When He
had paid this penalty, He arose from the dead. He conquered Satan. He broke his dominion and took away
his authority and power. Then, with the trophies of His triumph, He ascended to the right band of the
Majesty on High and laid the tokens of His victory at the feet of His Great Father. God’s word is
unchanging:
Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is
the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what
is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His
mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at
His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and
dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Ephesians 1:15-23
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 2:5-11
Yes, Jesus Christ who is God became a man, a bondservant, humbled Himself and became obedient to
the point of death, even the death of the cross. But God raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His
right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. And He put all things under His
feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who
fills all in all. As a result all authority has been given to Jesus in heaven and on earth which He now
shares with man.
On the ground of Jesus’ victory, fallen man, a sinner has a legal right to accept Jesus Christ as a
personal Savior. He has a legal right to Eternal Life. He has a legal right to Victory over sin and Satan. He
has a legal right to a home in Heaven. He has a legal right to use the Name of Jesus in prayer. He has a
legal right to his Father's protection and care. He has a legal right to a son's place in the Family of God.
He has a legal right to the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, to the care and protection of the Spirit,
and to the intercession and teaching of the Spirit. He has a legal right to be translated at the Second
Coming of the Lord Jesus. He has a legal right to immortality for the body. He has a legal right to an
inheritance in the New Heavens and New Earth. He has a legal right to live with his Father throughout
Eternity. And He has a legal right to claim all these rights! God’s word is unchanging:
28:18-20
"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 16:17-20
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. Acts 8:5-8
Because of finished work of God and the victories that Jesus won on Calvary, every demon and angel
is subject to the Imperial Name of Jesus and best of all Jesus has given the believer the Power of
Attorney to use that Name of Might (John 14:13-14,14:26, 15:16 ,16:23-24. Jesus Christ has given
believers the Legal use of His name and He has put omnipotence at their disposal in their combat with
Satanic hosts. They can cast out demons: (this means Authority over demons in their relation to men;)
cast them out of peoples' bodies; break their power over those bodies, minds, and spirits; break their
power over meetings, homes, and sometimes communities. Yes, their combat is not against flesh and
blood but against the principalities, and powers in heavenly places; or in other words their war is against
demons of all ranks, kinds, and authorities who are attacking the human everywhere, and especially the
children of God.
The believer now has Legal Right to deliverance from Satan and healing of his bodies and finances.
Yes, all disease is of the Devil and we have been given the Legal Power of Attorney to use the Might,
Authority, and Power of Jesus Name, in our earth struggles against Satan and demons. All Heaven with its
might and Authority are at their disposal in their fight against poverty and weakness of spirit .
Whatsoever they shall bind on earth through Jesus name shall be bound in heaven (Matthew 18:18).
Yes, believers can bind Demons, bind disease, and habits, and bind men so they cannot go on in the
will of Satan; or use fearsome power to deliver souls over to Satan for the destruction of the body (1
Corinthians 5:3-5)
God is limited to our Faith, our obedience. God is as small in the world as we make Him. God is big
only where some man makes Him big, by using this divinely given authority. God's hands are tied until He
can use theirs. Angels are their servants. They cannot do their work. They are the body of Christ; the
Head is powerless without their hands and feet. But sin and fear binds the arms of God that would
embrace a multitude. Believers can walk in power instead of weakness using all the riches and resources
of heaven that are at their disposal and make miracle the common order of the day. God’s word is
unchanging:
Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 19:12 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. Acts 19:11-12
There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the
same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But
the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the
word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to
another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the
working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different
kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all
these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. 1 Corinthians 12:3-11
Chapter 21
Walk Worthy Of The Lord
For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask
that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and
increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power,
for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be
partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of
darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:9-14
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. Ephesians 6:10-13
God never willed that His people should be toys in the hand of the enemy, Satan. He planned that
when the Church came into being, it would be composed of His sons and daughters, -- that they would be
demon masters and world rulers. They were meant to rule the laws of Nature. They were to dominate the
laws of nature as Jesus did in His earth walk. They were to control the winds and the waves. They were to
be masters of the animal creation. They were to have restored to them in the Name of Jesus the lost
authority of the Garden of Eden. They were to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might
But the Church does not know much about power, dominion and victory. They been taught that
they are poor, weak worms of the dust; that they must be ruled by Satan; that they must live lives of
poverty and want; and that we are too unworthy to have our prayers answered. As a result they have
cultivated in them a sense of unworthiness that has robbed them of spiritual initiative and kept us in a
state of bondage to fear and ignorance and sin. As a result God’s people are not walking worthily of the
Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work. They are not abiding in the vine and doing greater
works than Jesus did. They are unaware that they are not only delivered out of Satan's dominion but they
are conveyed “into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”
But the truth remains that in Christ believers have their redemption, the remission of all that they
have ever done. They have been redeemed out of the hand of the enemy. They have been recreated.
They have received the nature and Life of Deity. They have come into the family of God, and as sons and
daughters can enjoy the fellowship of our Father. They can exercise their rights and privileges in the Name
of Jesus. Disease and sickness have lost their dominion. They are masters over them. Poverty and want
no longer challenge them for they know our Father and all of His riches and resources are at their
disposal. God’s word is unchanging:
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
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. 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. John 16:10-17
Believers who have received Jesus Christ have become sons and daughters of God and of His fullness
they have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth
came through Jesus Christ. "Fullness" means completeness and they are now complete in Christ who is
the head of all principality and power (Colossians 2:10). Christ's Nature and Life has been poured into
their spirits. They are a new creation equipped of God for a supernatural life. Yes, God furnishes the
equipment and enables them to put on the whole armor of God, that they may be able to stand against
the wiles of the devil. For their wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities,
against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in
heavenly places. Their combat is a spiritual one, is a fight of faith. Their battle has already been fought by
Jesus and won. They win their battle by recognizing that it has already been fought and won by Jesus and
by accepting the thing that Jesus has done for them. They do not pray for it. They do not struggle for it.
They simply look up and say, "Father, the battle has been won."
In the fight of faith, God does it all. He conquered Satan and put away sin. He bore our diseases,
and defeated all their enemies and they only need to thank Him and enjoy it. They stand in evil day when
the temptations come like a flood, having girded their loins with this Truth or Reality. They have come to
know the reality of the finished work of Christ. They put on the breastplate of righteousness. That is, they
act it, use it, and confess it. They know that they are the righteousness of God in Him. And this
righteousness permits this to stand in the Father's presence without the sense of guilt or inferiority and
they can boldly approach the throne of grace to may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need
(Hebrews 4:16). They have the shield of faith that withstands all the fiery darts of the evil one.
God is a Spirit and all things that are natural came from the Spirit. Spiritual forces are stronger than
physical forces. Since God created man so He can create new flesh where disease has destroyed it. And
the Word of Faith can rebuild destroyed tissues in their bodies. Yes, the diseases that afflict men are
spiritual. The ills that afflict men are spiritual ones. And through the name of Jesus they not only reign as
kings but are masters over every negative thing, circumstance and demons. With that Word they conquer
disease. They can say, "Disease, in the Name of Jesus Christ, stop being. Cancer, in the Name of Jesus,
shrivel up and stop being. They can rebuke sickness in the Name of Jesus, and tell it to “leave that body.”
They are seated at Christ right hand and rule in heaven and on earth just like Jesus when He walked the
earth as a Son of Man and the Son of God. They are filled with all the fullness of God and their sufficiency
is from God’s as His word is unchanging:
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 3:5-6
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
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God-and righteousness
and sanctification and redemption-1 Corinthians 1:30
Yes, our sufficiency is God who is unlimited in riches, resources and power that He uses for our good.
A God who makes all grace abound toward us that, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an
abundance for every good work (2 Corinthians 9:8). A God who has made us ministers of the new
covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life (2 Corinthians 3:5-
6). A God who is our refuge and strength and a very present help in time of trouble and who helps us and
right early.
Because of Christ in us we are not only forgiven of all our iniquities, we are healed of all our diseases
for Christ redeems our life, crowns us with lovingkindness and tender mercies, satisfies our mouth with
good things, so that our youth is renewed like the eagle's. Because of Christ we have not only
righteousness and sanctification and redemption but God’s grace abounding towards us that we, always
having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
Yes, we don't serve a God of lack and insufficiency. He's the God of the exceeding and abundant who
wants to lavish us with His goodness. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible proves that poverty goes
against everything God desires for believers. Poverty is a spirit designed to keep believers in financial
bondage. The devil uses this spirit to hinder Christians from prospering and ultimately fulfilling their
destiny of being a blessing to the entire world (Genesis 12:2-3). God favors prosperity. According to Psalm
35:27 and 3 John 2, He is pleased when we prosper in our spirit, soul and body. His desire is that we
prosper economically, socially, emotionally, mentally and physically
Yes, to those who are 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.
Yes, it is possible for us to exchange our total insufficiency to live the Christian life for Christ's total
sufficiency to live it through us. We do this exchanging our old identity in Adam for our new identity in
Christ and by uniting our newborn spirit with His (I Corinthians 6:17; Galatians 2:20). Yes, we are to let
Christ live His life in and through us and we will not be foolish ones who die for lack of wisdom. God’s
word is unchanging:
I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions
of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, of which I became a minister according to
the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the Word of God, the mystery
which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.
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. To
this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily. Colossians
1:24-29
The Word of God calls us to be wise men not fools. Our sufficiency is from above from the Lord Himself
and not foolish men who themselves don’t know what they are saying or where they are going with their
multitudes of words. Only fools listen to fools while the wise listen to the Holy Spirit who alone is their
teacher, guide, helper and all that they need! Yes the thoughts of the wise are futile for God’s word is
unchanging:
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him
become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For
it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness"; and again, "The LORD knows the
thoughts of the wise, that they are futile." Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are
yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or
things to come-all are yours. And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. 1 Corinthians 3:18-23
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now
much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who
works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13
There are certain situations and circumstances that all the perspiration and endurance will not change
but only a miracle from God will bring about healing, deliverance and victory. As a result we have need of
the Lord to save us out of our distresses, to deliver us from our destructions, to calm the storms, bring us
to our desired haven, and to meet and supply all our needs! With God nothing is impossible. He is
gracious and big enough to fulfill our heart's desires and to abundantly supply, physically, spiritually and
financially in Jesus name. Hence we can expect a Miracle as God is a Good God and Jehovah Jireh is our
provider, and He will meet all our needs.
The LORD is faithful and true, and He is El Shaddai, the All Sufficient One. The LORD is the MIRACLE
WORKER, and He is our Deliverer. Our faith shall not fail its reward. The Lord has promised, and has
sworn to His words that He will reward our faith. It is not necessarily how much faith we have, (in terms
of quantity) but how much we exercise what we have. When we call out to God and stand fast in prayer,
He hears our prayers and answers them. His word is true:
I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
Psalm 77:1
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice.
Psalm 55:17
Chapter 22
The Effective, Fervent Prayer
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over
him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and
the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your
trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective,
fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he
prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six
months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. James
5:14-18
There are many methods and ways God heals His people or a negative circumstance using the prayer
of faith, the healing anointing, standing of the Word of God, the gifts of the Spirit, and the manifested
presence of God. Sometimes we must war and contend for healing and miracles. But God is a rewarder of
those who diligently seek Him. Jesus taught us that we were to be persistent in seeking God and praying
until we received what we have desired from God! Because God is for us and with us and not against us,
because now abides faith, hope and love, we don’t give up until we see the manifested of all that God has
promised us. God’s word is unchanging:
"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. "Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
"Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? "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 7:7-11
weary me.' " Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said. "And shall God not avenge His
own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? "I tell you that He
will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on
the earth?" Luke 18:1-8
Our persistent faith and prayers, based on what God has promised us, gives birth to all that God has
promised us! It’s our faith in God that heals us and makes us perfect whole and complete! It’s our
persistent faith that makes a demand on the anointing to move in our midst and to do miracles and
healing. Yes, the Lord is one who honors our faith and who hears our prayer (Psalm 65:2). Even when we
face a desperately hopeless situation, if we pray with immense faith, He makes us blessed for great is our
Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His
dominion endures throughout all generations. He is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and
great in mercy. He is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works. He heals the
brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in
His mercy. He makes peace in our borders, and fills us with the finest wheat. He who keeps truth forever,
executes justice for the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. He gives freedom to the prisoners,
opens the eyes of the blind and raises those who are bowed down. He 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. He is worthy of our praises. His word is unchanging:
Answer me speedily, O LORD; My spirit fails! Do not hide Your face from me, Lest I be like
those who go down into the pit. Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You
do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You. Deliver
me, O LORD, from my enemies; In You I take shelter. Teach me to do Your will, For You are my
God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. Revive me, O LORD, for Your
name's sake! For Your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. In Your mercy cut off
my enemies, And destroy all those who afflict my soul; For I am Your servant. Psalm 145:8-12
I will sing a new song to You, O God; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You, The
One who gives salvation to kings, Who delivers David His servant From the deadly sword.
Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks lying words, And
whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood- That our sons may be as plants grown up in their
youth; That our daughters may be as pillars, Sculptured in palace style; That our barns may be
full, Supplying all kinds of produce; That our sheep may bring forth thousands And ten thousands
in our fields; That our oxen may be well-laden; That there be no breaking in or going out; That
there be no outcry in our streets. Happy are the people who are in such a state; Happy are the
people whose God is the LORD! Psalm 144:10-15
Yes, the LORD is our refuge and our portion in the land of the living. He will deliver us from our
enemies and deals bountifully with us. He will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the poor.
And we will praise Him and His name with our whole heart for His lovingkindness and His truth and that
He has magnified His word above all His name. Though the LORD is on high, yet He He humbles Himself
to regard the lowly. Though we walk in the midst of trouble, He will revive us; He will stretch out His
hand against the wrath of our enemies, and His right hand will save us. He will perfect that which
concerns us for He loves victory and justice. He is good and His mercy endures forever.
The LORD is great and is above all gods. Whatever the LORD pleases He does, in heaven and in earth,
in the seas and in all deep places. But He will bless His people. Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.
He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with
rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him. His word is unchanging:
Shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126:1-6
The Word of God encourages us to pray and to seek God to do great things for us just like He did for
Jacob who wrestled with God and wouldn’t let Him go until He was blessed by God. Jacob struggled with
God and with men, and have prevailed (Genesis 32:24-32). Aggressive and persistent faith is what is
required sometimes to get from God what we desire just like the woman of Canaan whose daughter was
severely demon-possessed. She badgered Jesus who compared her to a dog until He did for her what she
had demanded. And said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her
daughter was healed from that very hour (Matthew 15:21-28).
Hannah the mother of Samuel is another example of aggressive and persistent faith. She was barren,
bitter and hurt and for years she went with her husband to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in
Shiloh where Eli was the high priests and his sons, Hophni and Phinehas were also priests . She was
miserable because the LORD had closed her womb and in bitterness of soul prayed to the LORD and wept
in anguish. The bible records:
Then she made a vow and said, "O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of
Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your
maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor
shall come upon his head." And it happened, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli
watched her mouth. Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not
heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk. So Eli said to her, "How long will you be drunk? Put
your wine away from you!" And Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord, I am a woman of
sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, but have poured out my soul
before the LORD. "Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman, for out of the abundance
of my complaint and grief I have spoken until now." Then Eli answered and said, "Go in peace,
and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him." And she said, "Let your
maidservant find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no
longer sad. Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before the LORD, and returned
and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD
remembered her. So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a
son, and called his name Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked for him from the LORD." 1
Samuel 1:16-20
And Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the
LORD. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation. "No one is holy like the LORD,
For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God. "Talk no more so very proudly;
Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the LORD is the God of knowledge; And by Him
actions are weighed. "The bows of the mighty men are broken, And those who stumbled are
girded with strength. Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, And the hungry
have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many children has
become feeble. "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 2:1-10
Hannah didn’t let adversities and negative circumstances stop her from obtaining from the Lord what
she had desired a child which she loaned to the Lord. As a result whenever she would go to the house of
the Lord in Shiloh Eli would bless her husband and Hannah and say, "The LORD give you descendants
from this woman for the loan that was given to the LORD." Then they would go to their own home. And
the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And her child
Samuel grew before the LORD and would later replace Eli whom God judged for not dealing with his
thieving sons.
Yes, 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. Yes,
the LORD is the God of knowledge; and by Him actions are weighed and He is a rewarder of those who
diligently seek Him using their aggressive and persistent faith. His word is unchanging:
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.
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. Psalm 130:5-8
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: "This is My resting
place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision; I will
satisfy her poor with bread. I will also clothe her priests with salvation, And her saints shall shout
aloud for joy. There I will make the horn of David grow; I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed. His
enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon Himself His crown shall flourish." Psalm 132:13-18
Chapter 23
Love Is The Greatest
Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues,
they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we
prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done
away. 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. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then
face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide
faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:8-13
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. 1
Corinthians 16:13-14
Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit apostle Paul wrote and told us the value of love and that it was
the greatest. He told us if we speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, we have
become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though we have the gift of prophecy, and understand
all mysteries and all knowledge, and though we have all faith, so that we could remove mountains, but
have not love, we are nothing. And though we bestow all our goods to feed the poor, and though we give
our body to be burned, but have not love, it profits us nothing. So he admonished us to watch, stand fast
in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that we do be done with love. And then he told us, If anyone does
not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. (1 Corinthians 16:22-23).
Yes, Paul is saying that if anyone doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ let Him be damned or cursed. Now
Apostle John has told us that to love the LORD Jesus Christ is to love His brothers and sisters. God’s word
is true:
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 3:14-14
Yes, 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. He abides in death because He is accursed or damned? Now that is a
concept that is not talked much about by religious Christians especially denominational ones who literally
hate those who don’t have the same doctrinal points of views that they have! Why not! In other words
anybody who hates the brethren for whatever reason puts himself or herself into a very precarious
spiritual position with God. You cannot say you love God and then hate His son or daughter? But the other
side of the coin is that Jesus because God is love doesn’t mean that people will not be cursed or damned
especially if they demonstrate by their works that they are goats instead of sheep as Jesus talked about!
God’s word is unchanging:
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 commandents 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
Chapter 24
Greater Works
"Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to
you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
"Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the
works themselves. "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 14:10-14
Fleshly Christians, devoid of power, love and sound mind from the church of the flesh, have twisted to
word of God to say that Jesus didn’t mean what He stated, "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. Those who lie and twist the truth can never be successful and prosperous in life except to deceive
fools like themselves! They obviously don’t have the Spirit of truth otherwise they would have spoken the
truth and agreed with Jesus’ words! They would have noted what Jesus told them:
Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father
will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. "He who does not love Me
does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.
"These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. "But the Helper, the Holy
Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your
remembrance all things that I said to you. John 14:23-26
"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 16:12-15
"And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the
Father in My name He will give you. "Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and
you will receive, that your joy may be full. John 16:23-24
Those who are guided into all truth by the Holy Spirit and keep the Words of Jesus are the ones who
will have their prayers answered even speedily. They are the ones who can truly feed Jesus’ sheep and not
lie to them or use them! They are the ones who love and obey the truth and the word of God. God’s word
is unchanging:
Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of
the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of
corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
because "All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass
withers, And its flower falls away, But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the
word which by the gospel was preached to you. 1 Peter 1:22-25
Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as
newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have
tasted that the Lord is gracious. Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but
chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is
also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And
he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame. 1 Peter 2:1-6
But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. And
above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." 1
Peter 4:7-8
Yes, the word of God warns us that there is will false teachers amongst us who will cause many to fall
from their own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked. But their judgment and
destruction will become a reality. God’s word is unchanging:
But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers
among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought
them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways,
because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with
deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not
slumber. 2 Peter 2:1-3
For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse
for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way
of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit,"
and, "a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire." 2 Peter 2:20-22
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation! Philippians 3:2
Yes many walk as they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is
their belly, and whose glory is in their shame-who set their mind on earthly things (Philippians 3:17-18).
They look out only for their own interests, and ignore the interests of others. They don’t worship God in
the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. They fail to understand that
deliverance and honor comes to those who set their love upon God. God’s word is unchanging:
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. Psalm
91:1-8
"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
28:18-20
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Jesus who is now everything that we need. And
yes God is a good God and a God of plenty and abundance. He is a loving, gracious and rich Father who
does take cares of His own and cares about their needs. Abraham did not just get by-- God blessed him
with cattle and servants and every type of financial provision. Jacob did not just get by. Even when he did
not honor God or His ways, He provided for him. God took care of him when his father-in-law Laban tried
to take advantage of him. In fact, God transferred much of Laban's wealth to him. He also took care of
Joseph. He was a slave and possessed nothing of his own, so God prospered whatever he put his hands
to. When he was falsely accused, God took care of Him in prison. Then, in the fullness of time, He gave
him great wealth of his own, making him one of the richest men in Egypt. God blessed his family and his
descendents until they became so prosperous that the leaders of Egypt became jealous of them, forcing
them to be slaves and to live in poverty for a season.
When God brought His people out of Egypt, He didn’t bring them out as penniless beggars? No, of
course not! He transferred the wealth of Egypt to them. He gave them favor so that each man and woman
received gold and silver and many good things from their Egyptian neighbors just before they left. The
tabernacle was made out of the overflow of the abundance of the good things He gave them. He provided
for them even though He knew they would make wrong decisions; even though He knew they would
misuse some of the resources He gave them. They had enough gold and silver to spare that they could
afford to waste some of it on building a golden calf when He took Moses up into the Mountain of His
presence. Even though he knew they were going to sin against Him, He still took care of them financially.
God has shown Himself over and over throughout history to be a God who is both able and willing to take
good care of His own.
God’s dear Son Jesus said that He came to give us abundant life? Abundant life is not a life that barely
gets by. It is not a life that is tormented with many great and unfulfilled needs. That is not what
"abundant" means. It means that our God will take very good care of us if we only learn to trust Him.
Jesus told us that any time you need something, we should come to God and ask Him for it, and He will
give it to us? God’s word is unchanging:
"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. "Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
"Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? "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 7:7-11
Yes, God is the giver of good gifts and He loves to give good gifts to His own dear children. They can
learn to trust Him with their finances. He will take are of their needs. He is both willing and able to take
very good care of them. His word is unchanging:
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
But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you
have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 1 Peter 5:10
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
Chapter 25
Perseverance And Prosperity
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. Romans 5:1-5
The word of God teaches us that in order to have true prosperity we must have perseverance. You
could not have one without the other. As a matter of fact Jesus taught in the parable of the sower that
perseverance and prosperity were related. The bible records for our instruction:
"Therefore hear the parable of the sower: "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and
does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his
heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.
"But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and
immediately receives it with joy; "yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For
when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
"Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this
world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
"But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." Matthew
13:18-23
The heart of man is like the soil of the earth. Each soil is different and has different characteristics.
Poor soil allows the devil to come and steal the word of God that is sown in the heart. Stony soil doesn’t
have a heart that is persevering when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word. Soil with
thorns allows the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches to choke the word, and he becomes
unfruitful. But good soil with patience bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some
thirty.
Faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, and brotherly love are also interrelated
and are part of prosperity. For God’s word is unchanging:
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His
divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge
of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and
precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped
the corruption that is in the world through lust.
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness
brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you
will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:1-8
While men look at riches, wealth and power as signs of prosperity, God considers faith, virtue,
knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, and brotherly love as the true elements of prosperity.
For 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
"I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And
remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
Acts 20:35
We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. But in all things we
commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses,
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; by purity, by
knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, by the word of
truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by
honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and
yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet
always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
2 Corinthians 6:3-10
In the kingdom of God things are not like they are in the kingdom of men. It’s the givers who are
truly blessed, it’s the humble who are great, a good name is to be chosen rather than great riches and
God’s loving favor is to be sought above silver and gold. For God’s word is unchanging:
And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea. Now all the
acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king
advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well
received by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to
all his countrymen. Esther 10:1-3
"Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy
Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; "but we will give ourselves
continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and
the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from
Antioch, whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them.
Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in
Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. And Stephen, full of faith
and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. Acts 6:3-8
"The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ-He
is Lord of all- "that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from
Galilee after the baptism which John preached: "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by
the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:36-38
The greatness and prosperity of a man is not measured by what a man possesses but by being like
Jesus whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, and who went about doing good and
healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. It is measured by being like Stephen,
a man full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom and faith, who did great wonders and signs among the people. It
is measured by like Philip the Apostle about whom the word of God states:
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. Acts 8:5-8
Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom
of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe
in the gospel." And as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother
casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I
will make you become fishers of men." They immediately left their nets and followed Him. Mark
1:14-18
There is no sickness, disease, poverty, lack, defeat, failure or unmet need in the kingdom of God. For
those who live and walk in the kingdom of God demons and circumstances don’t determine their success
and prosperity and well being but God Himself through the presence of the Holy Spirit, which brings both
the manifestation of the kingdom of God and the nature of the God who is a good God, a creative God, a
miracle working God and a God of restoration. When God’s comes on the scene through the presence and
personality of who the Holy Spirit is miracles come forth, miracles are manifested and God’s creative
power is unleashed to change things in and around the live of the believer.
Most Christians are waiting for the kingdom of heaven to happen when they die—“absent from the
body and present with the Lord” (2 Cor. 5:8). But Jesus said, “… the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” And
from the beginning of the time that Jesus first began to walk on this earth in His earthly ministry and He
released the dynamic and the presence of the Holy Spirit, He ushered in the kingdom of heaven. AND IT’S
STILL HERE! We don’t have to wait until we die or for another time to experience the kingdom of heaven!
We can come into the realm of the kingdom of heaven now by experiencing what Jesus meant when He
said: “Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10). The kingdom of
heaven is the manifestation of the kingdom of God on the earth, as it is in heaven. The reality is this: as it
is in heaven means that there is no sorrow, or pain, or sickness because such conditions do not exist in
heaven. So we can pray that as it is in heaven so let it be done in the earth. We can bring ‘as it is in
heaven’ to the earth not only in the area of miracles, glory and angelic activity but into our hearts and
lives. As a result we will have no more sorrow, no more pain, no more sickness, into the earth and know
and experience the comfort of God in all our tribulation. God’s word is unchanging:
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. 2 Corinthians
1:3-5
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God
and not of us. We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in
despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed- always carrying about in
the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be
manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death is working in us, but life in you. And since we have
the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also
believe and therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up
with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having
spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward
man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working
for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we 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. 2 Corinthians 4:7-18
Yes, we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power that is God and not of
us. We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which
are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal! We need to focus on what’s eternal
because what’s eternal is going to last forever and it’s in the Spirit realm. We bring heaven on earth into
our lives. The eternal is the unseen substance of what’s in heaven. In fact, the eternal overrules the
material or physical realm, the physical symptoms of the sickness that are in our body, and the physical
circumstances of our life. And we do this by saying “Come Holy Spirit; so as it is in heaven, it will begin to
be on earth.”
As we invite the kingdom of God and as we say, “Holy Spirit come,” He brings the realm of God, He
brings the activity of God. When the Holy Spirit shows up, a superior order shows up, and it breaks the
law of science, it breaks every doctor’s report and what every person has said about you concerning what
you can and cannot do. It breaks the law of physics and the realm of the impossible. It begins to open up
the impossible! It begins to open up the eternal! It begins to open up the supernatural! People get healed!
Sickness, diseases, poverty and lack leave our bodies and leave our lives to the dismay of the unbelievers
as God’s kingdom is manifested in our lives. As it is in Heaven so is not now on earth in our hearts and
lives.
Through being born from above means that we not only experience life on the earth with our natural
senses but we experience the heavenly realm with our spiritual senses. We can now live in that heavenly
realm and to walk in the spirit is to live and believe as it is in heaven so it is to be done on earth (Matt.
6:10). Just like Jesus demonstrated and manifested the kingdom of God bringing the creative power out
of the heavens to override the natural and the impossible in the earth and to release the supernatural of
God we can do the same. We can walk in a great measure of miracles, signs and wonders like Jesus did
for we now live by another set of rules. We live by a superior order. We are in the realm of God where
miracles are the natural order of things through the power and anointing of the Holy Ghost. God’s word is
unchanging:
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 the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ
from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors-not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live
according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you
will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Romans 8:11-14
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 the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. 1 Corinthians 4:20
The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing
and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. The
right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. Psalm 118:14-16
Shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126:1-6
Chapter 26
He Will Save Us
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. Psalm 147:5
Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy, To
deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the LORD; He
is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His holy
name. Let Your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, Just as we hope in You. Psalm 33:18-22
(For the LORD is our Judge, The LORD is our Lawgiver, The LORD is our King; He will save
us); Isaiah 33:22
Christianity is not a religion but a relationship with a mighty God who is a Savior and everything that
His trusting ones need! As a result God’s true children don’t have to accept any negative thing in their
bodies, lives or circumstances be it sickness, disease, infirmity, poverty, bondage, lack, oppression or
depression. God is more than enough to be all that they need and to deal with each one of their enemies.
His word is unchanging:
"Therefore say to the children of Israel: 'I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an
outstretched arm and with great judgments. Exodus 6:6
O LORD, be gracious to us; We have waited for You. Be their arm every morning, Our
salvation also in the time of trouble. … The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled
Zion with justice and righteousness. Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times,
And the strength of salvation; The fear of the LORD is His treasure. Isaiah 33:2-5
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 8:31-32
Sooner or later trouble comes to everyone! But for those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their
Savior and are filled with the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:19) the Lord is their salvation also in the time
of trouble as well as the strength of salvation. The LORD who is our Judge, the LORD who is our Lawgiver,
the LORD who is our King, the Lord who is our all; He will save us. God’s word is unchanging:
will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you." Then the
eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then the lame
shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the
wilderness, And streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, And the thirsty
land springs of water; In the habitation of jackals, where each lay, There shall be grass with
reeds and rushes. And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing
shall flee away. Isaiah 35:1-10
Yes, the Lord who makes the desert rejoice and blossom abundantly as the rose, even with joy and
singing, will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save His trusting
ones! They have His word on it. The Word of God of a God who doesn’t and cannot lie! Yes, He who
opened the eyes of the blind, unstopped the ears of the deaf, made the lame leap like a dear and the
tongue of the dumb sing, has not changed and is the same yesterday today and forever. He is still the
great and powerful and wonderful miracle working God who can do anything but fail His trusting ones! As
a result the ransomed of the LORD shall return with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They
shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away (Isaiah 35:10, Ephesians 3:20-21).
We are to remember that poverty is not the will of God for any believer. Despite this truth, some
people have taken a "vow of poverty." Some Christians believe that poverty is part of being holy and
righteous. This is far from the truth. Poverty has nothing to do with godliness. To be poor or impoverished
means, "to be without; in lack; deprived." You and I don't serve a God of lack and insufficiency. He's the
God of the exceeding and abundant who wants to lavish us with His goodness. From Genesis to
Revelation, the Bible proves that poverty goes against everything God desires for believers. Poverty is a
spirit designed to keep believers in financial bondage. The devil uses this spirit to hinder Christians from
prospering and ultimately fulfilling their destiny of being a blessing to the entire world (Genesis 12:2-3).
God favors prosperity. According to Psalm 35:27 and 3 John 2, He is pleased when we prosper in our
spirit, soul and body. His desire is that we prosper economically, socially, emotionally, mentally and
physically
Unfortunately for them, many believers accept debt, financial hardship, substandard living, sickness
and troubled relationships as a part of life. They settle for less than God's best, unaware of their covenant
rights with Him. As Christians and as King’s kids we have the right to prosper or succeed in every area of
life-financially, emotionally, socially, mentally and physically. We have the right to total life prosperity!
We can increase our knowledge base of what our covenant rights are by studying what the Bible has to
say concerning God's people. From finances to owning a successful corporation, we can learn how to lay
hold of our inheritance of a life of prosperity now! We can overcome the devil through our testimony and
confession as greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world. We can tell the devil:
Satan, our Jesus is bigger than any disease or problem you might give us. You are overcome by
the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of our testimony! (Rev. 12:11). We are washed clean by the
blood of Jesus and by His stripes we are healed, and we refuse to accept the curse of sin and sickness
and poverty and lack. We bind you right now by the Spirit of God in Jesus' name. You foul devil of
cancer, liver or diabetes or any other incurable disease, we command you to take your hands off our
family and us right now in the name of Jesus. We curse the seed and we curse the root of every
cancer, liver, diabetes and bad cell in our bodies and we command them to die in the name of Jesus.
We speak a new immune system or any other system into our being and we speak a new blood system
into our bodies, a blood system that will not accept cancer or foul cells. And in the mighty name of
Jesus which is above every name, we command all of the electrical and chemical frequencies in every
cell in our body to be in harmony and in balance and to digest the bad cells. We command everything
in our bodies to be healed and made whole and to function properly for the reason it was created and
to stay functioning until Jesus returns. In Jesus name we come against and rebuke anything evil,
wicked, wrong, sick or negative thing in our bodies, hearts, circumstances and lives and command it to
go away and never come back, in Jesus name. Amen and amen!
We are redeemed from the curse as Jesus had become a curse for us, Galatians 3:13, and His
blood is flowing in our blood stream. It flows to every cell of our body, restoring life and health. (Mark
11:23; Luke 17:6.) The life of First Peter 2:24 is a reality in our flesh, restoring every cell of our body
for by Jesus stripes we were healed. We have presented our body to God for it is the temple of the
LIVING GOD. And God now dwells in us and His LIFE permeates our SPIRIT, SOUL and BODY so that
we are filled with the fullness of God daily and preach the whole counsel of God. (Rom.12: 1,2; John
14:20, Acts 20:27.) Our body is the temple of the HOLY GHOST and not our own. In Jesus name we
make a demand on our body to release the right chemicals, to be in perfect chemical balance and for
our pancreas to secrete the proper amount of insulin for life and health. (1 Corinthians. 6:19.)
Satan we speak to you and in the authority of Jesus' Name and we say to all your principalities and
powers, your master spirits that rule this present darkness, and your spiritual wickedness in high
places they are all totally and completely bound here as they are already bound in Heaven. We are
loosed from all your power according to Colossians 1:13, as God has delivered us from the power of
darkness and conveyed me into the kingdom of the Son of His love which is above every thrones or
dominions or principalities or power, past, present or future. We are saved, healed, delivered and filled
with the Spirit of God through the name and blood of Jesus. We command that you take your hands
off all that touches and concerns us especially our finances and to restore in Jesus name seven fold
everything that you have stolen from us for we are God’s property!
We also can use our angels and release them to make real our blessings:
Man was created a little lower than God, and angels were created lower than man. In Christ, we have
a right to all that is God's and all that is at His disposal, including angels. Angels are ministering spirits
assigned to minister to and for the heirs of salvation (Hebrews 1:13-14). As a born-again believers, that
means us!
The terms of our covenant with God are administered, managed, supplied, executed, superintended,
dispensed, distributed and furnished through the ministry of angels.
Praying in the name (authority) of Jesus. "If you ask anything in My name, I will do it (John 14:14).
Declaring that we are heirs of salvation and God. (ROM 8:17, GAL 3:29, EPH 3:6, 2TM 3:9, TI 3:7 HEB
6:17, HEB 11:9, JMS 2:5)
Declaring that they have been sent to minister to our needs. Are they not all ministering spirits sent
forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? (Hebrews 1:14).
As long as we remain in the will of God, angels are charged with our protection and deliverance (Psalm
91:11, AMP; 34:7; Daniel 3:28-29; 6:22; Acts 12:7-9; 27:22-23).
For God's promises to be established in our life, we must decree them (You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways. Job 22:28). We also decree that have
a covenant with God and the anointing to get wealth. "And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it
is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your
fathers, as it is this day. (Deuteronomy 8:18)
Angels only respond to the voice of God's Word that we decree (Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who
excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word. Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You
ministers of His, who do His pleasure. Psalm 103:20-21). Then, they can carry out His pleasure in our life-
-our prosperity (Psalm 35:27). We can command them to hearken to the voice of God's Word that we
speak. We can commanding them to go to the north, south, east and west to divinely clear the path to our
wealthy place. We can rejoice, knowing that our covenant is established with God. Concentrating on
circumstances rather than on God's promises causes many people to struggle. Our situation may seem
impossible, but we focus on our covenant instead. Walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
We rejoice in the fact that angels are available even when things seem impossible. Example: The
prophet Elisha and his servant were surrounded by the enemy's army but were delivered through the
ministry of angels. God’s word is unchanging:
Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and
surrounded the city. And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there
was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, "Alas,
my master! What shall we do?" So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are
more than those who are with them." And Elisha prayed, and said, "LORD, I pray, open his eyes
that he may see." Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold,
the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
So when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, "Strike this
people, I pray, with blindness." And He struck them with blindness according to the word of
Elisha. 2 Kings 6:14-18
Chapter 27
The Kingdom Of God Is Within You
Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He
answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation; "nor will they
say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you." Luke 17:20-21
For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. 1 Corinthians 4:20
Many people have been deceived by Christians who have claimed they were part of the kingdom
but only have words of the kingdom and not the power of the kingdom. They were deceived by those who
have not 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 filled with all the fullness of God. They were deceived by
those who couldn’t do what Jesus did even though God’s word states:
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the
kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. Matthew
4:23
greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. John 14:12
Those who cannot do the greater works than Jesus did are not true ministers of the gospel but false
ones. True ministers of the gospel minister in the power of the Spirit to the lost and hurting ones and
make a real difference in their lives. They minister love, healing, joy, wisdom, strength, edification and
power just like Jesus did. They minister the gifts of the Spirit and other gifts as true apostles and prophets
of God. They freely give what they have freely received from God. God’s word is true:
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. Acts 19:11-16
False ones cannot cast out demons or heal the sick. The signs and wonders that follow them are dead
words that don’t give life to any one! But God’s word is unchanging:
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: You know that you
were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. Therefore I make known
to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that
Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There
are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is
the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the
profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of
knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of
healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another
discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of
tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually
as He wills. 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Yes, just like Apostle Paul talked about in Acts 13:6-12, there are those who are full of all deceit and
all fraud, sons of the devil, enemies of all righteousness, who will not cease perverting the straight ways
of the Lord denying the moving of the Holy Ghost, and the existence of Apostles and prophets and gifts of
the Spirit. They are in the way of many seeking to turn people from the faith. They have a form of
godliness even though they call themselves Christians or fundamentalists. But God’s word is unchanging:
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
Such false ones, deceitful workers, who are devoid of miracles, signs and wonders, convince
many that they are saved because the followed some ‘biblical formula’ such as professing Christ
but ignoring the baptism of the Spirit that John, Jesus and Paul preached and talked about. God’s
word is unchanging:
"I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier
than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Matthew 3:11
So He said to them, "You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for
whom it is prepared by My Father." Matthew 20:23
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." Acts 1:4-5
Yes, John the Baptist baptized with water but Jesus baptized with the Holy Ghost. Yes, on the day of
Pentecost Jesus fulfilled his promise for His disciples and they were baptized not in water but with the Holy
Spirit and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. As a matter of fact according to Apostle Peter the sign of
speaking in tongues was the basis for water baptism for the gentiles. The bible records:
"And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained
by God to be Judge of the living and the dead. "To Him all the prophets witness that, through His
name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins."
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the
word. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter,
because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. For they heard them
speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered, "Can anyone forbid water, that
these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" Acts 10:42-47
Now the false ones, the sons of hell, have said that on the day of Pentecost those gathered in the
upper room spoke in tongues to witness to the people? But that statement is a lie from the pits of hell
because those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because
the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also and there was no reason for it! Just
like when Paul laid hands on twelve men and they also spoke in tongues and prophesied:
And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper
regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy
Spirit when you believed?" So they said to him, "We have not so much as heard whether there is
a Holy Spirit." And he said to them, "Into what then were you baptized?" So they said, "Into
John's baptism."
Then Paul said, "John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that
they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus."
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had
laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and
prophesied. Now the men were about twelve in all. Acts 19:1-7
Yes, John, the Baptist, baptized with water with a baptism of repentance but Jesus Christ, the Baptizer
in the Holy Ghost, baptizes people with the Holy Ghost and power so that they might receive power and
be witnesses to His miracles, signs and wonders. The truth of the matter is that speaking in tongues and
prophesying were the signs of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that prophet Joel and Apostle Peter had
talked about:
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Judea and
all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. "For these are not
drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. "But this is what was spoken by
the prophet Joel: 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My
Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see
visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I
will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy. I will show wonders in heaven
above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke. The sun shall be
turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome
day of the LORD. And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be
saved.' Acts 2:14-21
Chapter 28
The Sound Of Abundance Of Rain
And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet
came near and said, "LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You
are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word.
"Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You
have turned their hearts back to You again." Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the
burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in
the trench. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, "The LORD, He
is God! The LORD, He is God!" And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let
one of them escape!" So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon
and executed them there. Then Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound
of abundance of rain." 1 Kings 18:36-41
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it
did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven
gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. James 5:17-18
The bible is a testimony to the fact that through faith in God and prayer great things can be
accomplished by one man just like Elijah did on Mt. Carmel with King Ahab and his false prophets of Baal!
The bible records for our profit and instruction:
Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before
him. And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the
Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshiped him. Then he set up an altar for Baal in
the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made a wooden image. Ahab did
more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before
him. In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and
with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the LORD, which He
had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun. 1 Kings 16:30-34
And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel
lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word." 1
Kings 17:1
Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you, O troubler of
Israel?" And he answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, in
that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals. 1 Kings
18:17-18
Many people accuse others of what they are guilty off themselves and King Ahab was no different. He
called Elijah “troubler of Israel". And Elijah answered “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's
house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.”
Today in the so called “Church of the Flesh” amongst the Pentecostals, Charismatics and Vineyards we
also have all kinds of abominations brought in by the so called “anointed ones in the Apostolic Movement
who in reality are deceitful, greedy, lying, self-promoting, power hungry, authoritarian, spiritually abusive
meglomaniacs! We have creeps like Todd Bentley, Bill Johnson, Chuck Pierce, Dutch Sheets, Stacey
Campbell, Denny Cline , Patricia King, Steve Shultz who are totally off the wall in many ways!
There are very few documented healings, never mind miracles, in their meetings but they are many
documented marriages, homes and churches broken up because these liars and deceivers walk in the flesh
and demonstrate the works of the flesh including adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry,
sorcery, hatred, contentions, divorce, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions,
heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries.
Talk is cheap but it takes the real Holy Spirit to demonstrate love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its
passions and desires showing that these false ones are not of Christ. And the real signs and wonders we
get from these false ones in the New Apostolic Reformation is that they say they are Christians and are
speaking for God when in reality their father is the devil and they are speaking for him. God’s word is
true:
"Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. "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. "But because
I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. John 8:43-45
"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
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:
25:41-46
Elijah as a true man of God has showed us that evil even by anointed Kings such as Ahab doesn’t have
to be accepted but exposed and dealt with through prayer and words! Yes God plus one true man of God
is a majority in any negative circumstance! And Jesus’ words are still true:
"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
"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. Matthew 18:18
And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said
to it, "Let no fruit grow on you ever again." Immediately the fig tree withered away. And when
the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither away so soon?" MT 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. Matthew 21:19-21
According to Jesus it’s our fault that we have the false ones in our midst because we unlike Elijah have
accepted them and given them the right to be here rather than exposing and cursing them. We can curse
anything that is evil and wicked and command it to die just like Jesus cursed the fig tree. We don’t bless
Wolves in sheep’s clothing but rebuke them and expose them until they repent or are destroyed. God’s
word is true:
And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find
something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for
figs. In response Jesus said to it, "Let no one eat fruit from you ever again." And His disciples
heard it. Mark 11:13-14
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 11:20-24
i Watchmen Need, The Normal Christian Life, CHAPTER 4 THE PATH OF PROGRESS: RECKONING
ii
THE REAL FAITH Charles S. Price
iii
TOUCH NOT MINE ANOINTED? By John R. Anderson - January 1997
iv
TOUCH NOT MINE ANOINTED? By John R. Anderson - January 1997
v
Claiming Our Rights! by E.W. Kenyon

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