Hello out there. I hope all is well with you today. my wife and I have been doing a study of Phillipians 4:6-8. Be careful for nothing[don't worry about a thing]; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your request be made known unto God. Lets deal with this verse first. When The apostle Paul wrote this epistle, he was writing it from prison.. Here is Paul ,in jail and he is writing words of edification, exortation and comfort to people who weren't in jail. I think this is amazing, that inspite of the issue he is going through, he still has mind to encourage the church. [paul wrote Ephesians, Philippians,Colossians from jail]
Some other prerequisites to this entire chapter is that the philippians church was the only church that supplied Bishop Pauls' need while he was out preaching abroad at that time. The other churches wasn't too sure if Paul really had changed. How is it that Paul went from killing christians to pastoring them within just a few years. How does Paul go from being a terrorist to being a Bishop? Notice what is happening, the people who judged him based on his past, could not get the full benefit of what Bishop Paul had to offer. If you will search the new testament books that Paul wrote to the churches and you'll find that the epistles that he wrote from prison
[ephesians, pilippians,colossians]weren't as long. Why? He didn't have to encourage them as much because they were able to get the benefit of trusting their bishop, Paul. The ones who weren't sure, you'll notice that their epistles are longer.
What I am saying is that if you don't trust in your man or woman of God to rightly lead and guide you, the congregation will constantly be in need of another push or more encouragement. The congregation will not produce the fruit of the spirit[gal 5:22], they will manifest the works of the flesh[gal 5:19]. The congregation will walk in confusion and will not know the mind of the spirit. All of the auxiliaries in the church will be out of order, but it won't be noticable by just the regular church goer.
Trust in your leadership is a must. The Holy Ghost will lead and guide you into all truth,; He will tell you the truth, ALL THE TRUTH. You can then form the judgment from there. So let's disect this verse for further clarification.
Be careful for nothing[ Don't worry about a thing]but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving; prayer is not limited to you being on your knees, on your face, on your back etc. It is simply communication with Jesus[God]. I can do that while I am walking down the street, cut the grass, wash the car etc. Prayer is when you talk to God and He talks back, thats' it. You ask a question, He gives you the answer!
Prayer and supplication: these two things are similar, so the word "AND" connects two things of equal rank. for instance Genesis 1:1 say in the beginning God created the Heaven"AND" the Earth. So we see here that Heaven and earth were not two ,but one.[ I now pronounce you Husband "AND" Wife] The two have become one. Prayer and supplication are one. Supplication is a more detailed prayer. When you pray, be specific as to what you need. Don't ask God for a financial blessing, you might find a dollar on the sidewalk. WHO MUCH DO YOU NEED?
Prayer and supplication"WITH THANKGIVING": you are thanking Him for answering that prayer even though you don't see the results right away.
Let your request be made known unto God: When you asked your employer to get a day off, you put in a request for it. They might grant the request or they might not. You can always garuntee that your prayer was answered , if it is according to His will[1st John 5:14]. The specifics of your prayer must be based in scripture. The request will be denied if the specifics of your prayer is selfish,devilish, self-serving, dishonest, without faith and void of understanding.
And the peace of God : it doesn't say" The God of peace". So what is the difference? The God of peace means that He has that attribute, but hasn't shared it with mankind yet, it is still in the eternal realm. The peace of God means that there is peace coming out of God for your benefit.
That passes all understanding: peace is there for you and will remain with you even when you don't understand how God is going to do it. Gods' peace will out run your understanding. The secret is that Gods' peace has understanding embedded within it; so as long as you are trying to figure it out, you won't figure it out. His peace has figured it out for you! Praise God
Keep your heart and minds: This peace of God will keep[watch over,guard,protect] Your hearts"AND" minds. earlier, we talked about the word "AND". It connects things of equal rank.
Your heart[ not the blood pump but the center of your spirit] receives the Word before your mind does. your mind receives scripture before your heart does. He put heart in front of mind because the peace of God is a spiritual reality, and therefore it must be received by your spirit, then it goes from your spirit to your head, and your head will tell your body to line up with what is in the spirit. What is the result of this? You sleep better, your not depressed about the issue at hand, you are not worried, and most of all "YOU ARE NOT VEXED BY DEMONS'. The peace of God is designed to wipe out all demon activity that comes against you because of your prayer, that is prayed in faith.
through Christ Jesus: It doesn't say " Jesus Christ", it says "Christ Jesus". Christ is a mantle that was on Jesus. You can use the "anointing". Jesus completed everything he started, every prayer he prayed was answered[except 1] every demon that came against was defeated, he even opposed the natural laws of this world, raise the dead, rose again etc. All of this would not have been accomplished, if he wasn't anointed. The anointing is designed to do through you, something that only God can do. The word "THROUGH" is to say that we have to put on the same mantle that Jesus had on him. When you receive the Holy Ghost, you "put on CHRIST"[ gal 3:27] Christ is something you wear, Jesus is inside of you, and He is wearing you like a shirt or coat, then you are wearing the anointing in the same manner so it looks like this
Christ------you[1st thess 5:23}[Jesus]----you----Christ:
If you line up with this model, you qualify for His peace. This is referred to as "THROUGH"! I look forward to your response.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Prayer, Part 2 intercessory prayer and the office of the mediator
Hello out there. This evenings subject is prayer. Prayer is simply communication with God, and visa versa. You have heard people say that "God answered my prayer". Prayer also includes Jesus answering it. When we pray According to His will[Ist John 5:14] He hears us. God is not waiting to answer your prayer; He answered it before he said "Let there be light"[Isa 46:10]. Prayer is powerful, if it is done with understanding. Just as gasoline is to a car, so is a prayer that is prayed with understanding. I was asked today about the subject of intercessory prayer, and what is it. Lets' talk about this powerful tool called intercessory prayer
In the beginning, before the fall of man, there was no need for an intercessor. Adam had full access into the heavens as well as in the earth. there was no need for anyone to stand in the gap
for Him or His wife. The word "prayer" is not mentioned until you get to 2sam 7:27. Before the fall, God[Jesus] and Adam talked with each other, and there was no distractions there. After Adam and His wife fell, and was kicked out of the Garden of Eden, The fellowship Between heaven and Earth was severed. Who is going to intercede for them ? There was no one to do it.
Cain and Abel came along and They offered their sacrifices to God, we all know what happened next. the point I'm making is this, Even when Abel was dead, his blood"CRIED"[Gen 4:10]
Abels' blood was acting as a mediator on his behalf against Cain. Before Adam and His Wife "fell", they were not flesh and blood, they were flesh and bone[Gen 2:24]. this is symbolic of when Jesus rose from the dead, He was also flesh and bone, not flesh and blood. How do I know this? If Jesus had so much as one drop of blood left in him, then the crucifixtion wouldn't have been effective , Why? He wouldn't have "SHEDDED ALL OF HIS BLOOD". So after the fall, Adam and his wife was given blood, Why? because Life is in the blood{gen 9:4]
How does all of this play into intercessory prayer and The office of the mediator? 1st Timothy
2:5 says that there is one mediator between God and man, and[ watch the wording] that is the man Christ Jesus. If you take off" Christ Jesus", you begin to get a picture of what Paul was saying. He was saying that the mediator between God and man, is a man. What does that mean? It means that in order to be a mediator, you've got to be flesh and blood. The man Christ Jesus: there are some places in scripture that calls Him "Jesus Christ", and there are other places that calls him" Christ Jesus". what does this mean? It means that Christ was not his last name, it was a mantle[anointing] put on Jesus, so that He could What no other man could do. Christ did not hang on the cross, Jesus did. The Christ mantle lived on. Lets put it together; Jesus Christ: the mantle followed Jesus. Christ Jesus; Jesus followed the mantle
So now 1 Tim 2:5 reads like this there is one mediator between God and man, Someone who has flesh and blood, Christ Jesus. That mantle that was on him is now on us. We are mediators today on this earth.
Revelation 1:6 says that we are "Kings and Preists". What was the job of the priests in the old testement? they were to be the mediators between God and man. The Children of Israel couldn't hear from God, without the priests. You are to stand in the gap for all of humanity[ezekiel 22:30] In Job 9:33 says that there was no daysman between us that he might lay his hand on us both. That word"daysman" is translated[umpire] like at a baseball game. he needed somone to bring God and man back together. This is the job of a mediator, to bring God and man back together. When you are living the life of a Christian and being a witness, you are in fact introducing someone to Jesus Christ[God]. What an awesome responsibility.
Interseccory prayer[romans 8:26-27] The Spirit HIMSELF maketh intercession for "US". The spirit doesn't make intercession for "THEM". Intercession is reserved for the church, not the world. There is no such thing as a ministry of intercession, there is only a ministry of reconciliation[2nd Cor 5:18]. It is impossible for anyone to be an intercessor without being filled with the Holy Ghost, why? It is the Holy Ghost praying through your spirit, the perfect will of God, and He[ the Holy Ghost ] knows how to pray and get it right the first time, not need to repeat that prayer. The Holy Ghost is the intercessor, not you. You are flesh and blood, and that is needed to work the intercession out. The Holy Ghost cannot intercede in the earth without a body to work through. This is why it is so important to be ready to pray when He ask you to, because someones life might hang in the balance, and he is working through you, in order to keep that person alive.
When I am in prayer, I ask the Lord" Is there someone I need to intercede for"? If He tells me "yes", then He will tell me who, and will flash that persons face in my spirit, like a movie projector. Next, I say" Holy Spirit", pray the perfect will of God concerning[ john Q public].
That is all you have to do. Most people only pray about themselves and their needs. They are disqualified from being used this way because the prayer of intercession and the office of the mediator, will ALWAYS be about someone else.
I cannot stress this enough; Jesus will tell you everything you need to pray for, so your mind won't have to worry about what you should be praying. take time to listen to Him before you
ramble off in an unprofitable prayer. I look forward to hearing from you
In the beginning, before the fall of man, there was no need for an intercessor. Adam had full access into the heavens as well as in the earth. there was no need for anyone to stand in the gap
for Him or His wife. The word "prayer" is not mentioned until you get to 2sam 7:27. Before the fall, God[Jesus] and Adam talked with each other, and there was no distractions there. After Adam and His wife fell, and was kicked out of the Garden of Eden, The fellowship Between heaven and Earth was severed. Who is going to intercede for them ? There was no one to do it.
Cain and Abel came along and They offered their sacrifices to God, we all know what happened next. the point I'm making is this, Even when Abel was dead, his blood"CRIED"[Gen 4:10]
Abels' blood was acting as a mediator on his behalf against Cain. Before Adam and His Wife "fell", they were not flesh and blood, they were flesh and bone[Gen 2:24]. this is symbolic of when Jesus rose from the dead, He was also flesh and bone, not flesh and blood. How do I know this? If Jesus had so much as one drop of blood left in him, then the crucifixtion wouldn't have been effective , Why? He wouldn't have "SHEDDED ALL OF HIS BLOOD". So after the fall, Adam and his wife was given blood, Why? because Life is in the blood{gen 9:4]
How does all of this play into intercessory prayer and The office of the mediator? 1st Timothy
2:5 says that there is one mediator between God and man, and[ watch the wording] that is the man Christ Jesus. If you take off" Christ Jesus", you begin to get a picture of what Paul was saying. He was saying that the mediator between God and man, is a man. What does that mean? It means that in order to be a mediator, you've got to be flesh and blood. The man Christ Jesus: there are some places in scripture that calls Him "Jesus Christ", and there are other places that calls him" Christ Jesus". what does this mean? It means that Christ was not his last name, it was a mantle[anointing] put on Jesus, so that He could What no other man could do. Christ did not hang on the cross, Jesus did. The Christ mantle lived on. Lets put it together; Jesus Christ: the mantle followed Jesus. Christ Jesus; Jesus followed the mantle
So now 1 Tim 2:5 reads like this there is one mediator between God and man, Someone who has flesh and blood, Christ Jesus. That mantle that was on him is now on us. We are mediators today on this earth.
Revelation 1:6 says that we are "Kings and Preists". What was the job of the priests in the old testement? they were to be the mediators between God and man. The Children of Israel couldn't hear from God, without the priests. You are to stand in the gap for all of humanity[ezekiel 22:30] In Job 9:33 says that there was no daysman between us that he might lay his hand on us both. That word"daysman" is translated[umpire] like at a baseball game. he needed somone to bring God and man back together. This is the job of a mediator, to bring God and man back together. When you are living the life of a Christian and being a witness, you are in fact introducing someone to Jesus Christ[God]. What an awesome responsibility.
Interseccory prayer[romans 8:26-27] The Spirit HIMSELF maketh intercession for "US". The spirit doesn't make intercession for "THEM". Intercession is reserved for the church, not the world. There is no such thing as a ministry of intercession, there is only a ministry of reconciliation[2nd Cor 5:18]. It is impossible for anyone to be an intercessor without being filled with the Holy Ghost, why? It is the Holy Ghost praying through your spirit, the perfect will of God, and He[ the Holy Ghost ] knows how to pray and get it right the first time, not need to repeat that prayer. The Holy Ghost is the intercessor, not you. You are flesh and blood, and that is needed to work the intercession out. The Holy Ghost cannot intercede in the earth without a body to work through. This is why it is so important to be ready to pray when He ask you to, because someones life might hang in the balance, and he is working through you, in order to keep that person alive.
When I am in prayer, I ask the Lord" Is there someone I need to intercede for"? If He tells me "yes", then He will tell me who, and will flash that persons face in my spirit, like a movie projector. Next, I say" Holy Spirit", pray the perfect will of God concerning[ john Q public].
That is all you have to do. Most people only pray about themselves and their needs. They are disqualified from being used this way because the prayer of intercession and the office of the mediator, will ALWAYS be about someone else.
I cannot stress this enough; Jesus will tell you everything you need to pray for, so your mind won't have to worry about what you should be praying. take time to listen to Him before you
ramble off in an unprofitable prayer. I look forward to hearing from you
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Prayer
hello out there. I hope all of you are doing well today. This evening we will be discussing prayer. There are some things I want to point out about prayer, that when you apply what is being taught, you WILL have a successful prayer life, and you won't have to wait several years to see results. So let's get started.
As gasoline is needed for a car to move, prayer needs faith, in order to do the same. Romans 10:17 tells us that "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God"; If you will notice
that if my prayer is going to reach God, it takes faith, and I must hear something, or shall I say "SOMEONE". Many Christians miss it when it comes to this principle. To have effective prayer,
you must hear from Jesus. In Mat 6:9, Jesus tells the people what to pray; they don't pray what they think they should pray, they are only supposed to pray what Jesus tells them to pray. We
get caught up in our prayers and how we should form them, how loud we will get,what we will say, how long we are going to pray etc. This is the #1 reason why prayers go unanswered, it is because we haven't waited to hear what Jesus wants us to pray.
When I pray, I go to my prayer room, which is in my garage. I have a chair there, and I sit down and wait for The Lord to speak what wants me to pray. Before all of that, I ask Him "what song do you want me to sing for you"? He tells me the song, and I sing it to Him. it doesn't take long before the Holy Ghost quickens my mortal,tired,sleepy body. The next think I know, I'm singing to Him in tongues. What is happening, while all of this is going on? My flesh is decreasing, and my spirit is increasing. A prayer that is prayed in the flesh or out of your intellect, common sense, or anything other that the Holy Ghost prompting you, will ALWAYS
be a prayer that is against the will of God. Once I'm there in the spirit, I wait for Him to say
what I should pray. He might tell me" pray for the churches of NC", He might say" pray for the missionaries in tibet", He might say "pray for your pastor, leadership" etc. The point is HE will tell you what to pray. If you don't have the Holy Ghost, you may not understand this next part.
When I get my prayer instructions from Him, Then I say " Holy Spirit, pray the perfect will of God concerning that issue. The Holy Ghost then takes over my mouth and prays on that issue.
I know if the Holy Ghost prays about it, there will be no mistakes, and He won't have to pray about it again. I don't know what "HE" is saying, but I know that it is the right prayer. Romans Chapter 8 talks about this issue[ search it out]. The Holy Ghost is the spirit of truth, not the spirit of " I guess this is right, maybe, I think so".[john 14:17]
I was up praying early one morning, and I was praying in the spirit[tongues]. Once I was done, I got up and continued on with my day. It just so happens that it was the day of "THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER", in Winston-Salem. The event was held downtown at the millinium center. The service started at 1pm, I was the musician for the event. I had to take my piano,stand,chords and amplifier. All the parking spaces around the center was full, except
the one that I needed to unload at. That parking space was in the perfect place for me, because the door to where I was going in, was right behind it, and it made it easy to unload my equipment. I asked myself" How did that happen"? The Lord said "you prayed for it"! I said
"when"? He said" this morning". You see, I wasn't praying about it in english, I was praying about it in tongues, and I didn't even know it. I would that every person who calls themselves "saved", be filled with the Holy Ghost!
I john 5:14 says" if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. How do you know if you are praying his will? Did He tell you what to pray? Are you going to guess at it? A
prayer that is prayed in accordance to His will, will always come up to His ears. According to
Isaiah 1:15, a prayer that is prayed against His will, doesn't come up to His ears, it comes up before His eyes, and He puts His hands over his eyes, so He doesn't see that prayer. God
is playing "peek-a-boo" with some of your prayers.
In Mat 6:30-33, takes about "seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you". There are some things He told you not to pray for. Don't pray for food,clothing,housing,neccesities etc. Many christians pray about these anyway, after He told us "NOT " to. Now we need to know what is the kingdom of God[vision] is. Search the gospel of Mark, and you'll see many times where he says" The kingdom of God is like". Matthew talks more about the Kingdom of Heaven [provision]. I can talk about this issue in a later blog about the kingdom, I would rather you study it out. "And His righteousness"; it is not your righteousness, it is His. study about this subject too.
In the next blog , we will study Pauls' prayer when he prayed about the "thorn" in his flesh[2nd cor 12:7] and we will deal with Daniels prayers in {Daniel 10] take care for now.
As gasoline is needed for a car to move, prayer needs faith, in order to do the same. Romans 10:17 tells us that "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God"; If you will notice
that if my prayer is going to reach God, it takes faith, and I must hear something, or shall I say "SOMEONE". Many Christians miss it when it comes to this principle. To have effective prayer,
you must hear from Jesus. In Mat 6:9, Jesus tells the people what to pray; they don't pray what they think they should pray, they are only supposed to pray what Jesus tells them to pray. We
get caught up in our prayers and how we should form them, how loud we will get,what we will say, how long we are going to pray etc. This is the #1 reason why prayers go unanswered, it is because we haven't waited to hear what Jesus wants us to pray.
When I pray, I go to my prayer room, which is in my garage. I have a chair there, and I sit down and wait for The Lord to speak what wants me to pray. Before all of that, I ask Him "what song do you want me to sing for you"? He tells me the song, and I sing it to Him. it doesn't take long before the Holy Ghost quickens my mortal,tired,sleepy body. The next think I know, I'm singing to Him in tongues. What is happening, while all of this is going on? My flesh is decreasing, and my spirit is increasing. A prayer that is prayed in the flesh or out of your intellect, common sense, or anything other that the Holy Ghost prompting you, will ALWAYS
be a prayer that is against the will of God. Once I'm there in the spirit, I wait for Him to say
what I should pray. He might tell me" pray for the churches of NC", He might say" pray for the missionaries in tibet", He might say "pray for your pastor, leadership" etc. The point is HE will tell you what to pray. If you don't have the Holy Ghost, you may not understand this next part.
When I get my prayer instructions from Him, Then I say " Holy Spirit, pray the perfect will of God concerning that issue. The Holy Ghost then takes over my mouth and prays on that issue.
I know if the Holy Ghost prays about it, there will be no mistakes, and He won't have to pray about it again. I don't know what "HE" is saying, but I know that it is the right prayer. Romans Chapter 8 talks about this issue[ search it out]. The Holy Ghost is the spirit of truth, not the spirit of " I guess this is right, maybe, I think so".[john 14:17]
I was up praying early one morning, and I was praying in the spirit[tongues]. Once I was done, I got up and continued on with my day. It just so happens that it was the day of "THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER", in Winston-Salem. The event was held downtown at the millinium center. The service started at 1pm, I was the musician for the event. I had to take my piano,stand,chords and amplifier. All the parking spaces around the center was full, except
the one that I needed to unload at. That parking space was in the perfect place for me, because the door to where I was going in, was right behind it, and it made it easy to unload my equipment. I asked myself" How did that happen"? The Lord said "you prayed for it"! I said
"when"? He said" this morning". You see, I wasn't praying about it in english, I was praying about it in tongues, and I didn't even know it. I would that every person who calls themselves "saved", be filled with the Holy Ghost!
I john 5:14 says" if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. How do you know if you are praying his will? Did He tell you what to pray? Are you going to guess at it? A
prayer that is prayed in accordance to His will, will always come up to His ears. According to
Isaiah 1:15, a prayer that is prayed against His will, doesn't come up to His ears, it comes up before His eyes, and He puts His hands over his eyes, so He doesn't see that prayer. God
is playing "peek-a-boo" with some of your prayers.
In Mat 6:30-33, takes about "seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you". There are some things He told you not to pray for. Don't pray for food,clothing,housing,neccesities etc. Many christians pray about these anyway, after He told us "NOT " to. Now we need to know what is the kingdom of God[vision] is. Search the gospel of Mark, and you'll see many times where he says" The kingdom of God is like". Matthew talks more about the Kingdom of Heaven [provision]. I can talk about this issue in a later blog about the kingdom, I would rather you study it out. "And His righteousness"; it is not your righteousness, it is His. study about this subject too.
In the next blog , we will study Pauls' prayer when he prayed about the "thorn" in his flesh[2nd cor 12:7] and we will deal with Daniels prayers in {Daniel 10] take care for now.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Faith Part 3
Hello all. Today we are still talking about faith. After you get saved and filled with the Holy Ghost, this is probably the greatest subject you can study, next to righteousness. We will be taking our text from Romans 10:17; so then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. When you are walking by faith, faith has to have a goal[hope]. There must be a goal for your faith. What has God spoken to you recently concerning your faith? Let's look at this scripture ; Faith comes by what you hear and not by what you heard. This "hearing"must be continual, not occasional.
Faith does not come from reading the bible, it comes from hearing the Word of God. Faith doesn't come by memorizing scripture, it comes from hearing the word of God. In Mat 4, the devil is quoting scripture to Jesus, and yet nothing happened, this is because the devil is using intellect, and that's it. Jesus was the Word made flesh[john 1:14]. You really can't speak the Word, unless you know the Word. Jesus was the Word, speaking the Word. In this passage of scripture[mat 4] everytime Jesus spoke to the devil, he released some of himself into that arena. The reason why the devil[satan,serpent] left him, was because the His Word of God overrides the devils' intellect. In this confrontation with the devil, Jesus didn't see the devil, he heard him. The devil took Jesus to these places[pinnacle of the temple, top of the mountain, etc] in His mind. First of all, Jesus is not going to follow satan anywhere. How is faith working in this passage of scripture? As Jesus was speaking to the devil, Jesus is hearing himself speak , which is strengthening His faith. You can even say that He "is hearing" the Word of God
What was the devil trying to do? He was trying to plant a vision in Jesus mind. This is what satan said" I'll let you rule the world, all you have to do is bow to my system". The opposite of faith, is fear and worry. How is satan going to plant fear in Jesus heart? Satan
is saying that it is impossible to rule this world without satans help. Satan[eph 2:2] was the god of this world[2cor4:4], and the power was on the side of the oppressors[ecc 4:1]. Jesus is coming into this world, not to take sides, but to take over.
command these stones to be made bread] In other words, if you are God, then change the purpose of these two things. Why would satan say this? Satan was trying to appeal to the part of Jesus that dealt with sight, not faith. Hunger is the emotional part of man[ taste,touch,hearing,smell,sight]. All of these are in the realm of sight, and not faith. If satan can get people to be concerned about how and what they will eat, he can actually drag them off of faith, and get them onto sight. Many christians are in this place right now, in the middle of what is going on in this country. Jesus came back with the Word[faith] man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth[ not proceeded] out of the mouth of God. Why did Jesus use this scriputre, which is also found in[Deut 8:3], God made everything, including food;
so why not go to the source of it all and get your need met. Satan has no revelation, if he understood scripture, he should have known that Jesus was both rock and bread. When we are in fellowship with Jesus we are eating the bread that came from a rock. I will take something that is "HARD" to understand, and make it easy to digest. Jesus knew what He was saying
The devil taketh him up to the pinnacle of the temple] [IN HIS MIND] if you are the son of God, cast yourself down. let's deal with what Satan just said; If I can get Jesus him to make a public spactacle of himself, i've got him. If I can get Jesus to be the center of attention, and bring the focus on himself, then i've got him. the root of every showoff in the body of Christ, is rooted in this passage of scripture. Many people today are doing just that; fight for position in the church etc. making themselves out to be something they are not. PRIDE. If anyone would go into the temple, they would see Jesus standing at the top of it. This was satan's idea. It's interesting that many traditional church buildings have steeples on them, and they are located at the pinnacle of the temple. How is all of this , tied to faith? People in the body of Christ, who resist pride, are walking by faith. It takes action to"RESIST" pride. Finally, Satan is thinking" if I can get him to commit suicide", i've got him. The devil starts quoting scripture[psalms 91:11-12]. Although it is in the bible, it is not word. The only one qualified to speak the Word, is the Word. If you have been filled with the Holy Ghost, You have been given the seed of the Word of God .
[Mat 4:7] Jesus said, don't tempt the Lord Thy God. Jesus was admitting himself that He was satans ' God. This is not just in reference to Jesus, this also applies to us. We are heirs to God and joint heirs with Christ[ the mantle][romans 8:17] This means that instead of us confessing that the devil is after us, or anything like that, we are acutally Satans' god. He must do what we say, and it is not open to his freewill, he must obey us. The key word in this scripture is "tempt". If I can get Jesus out of the God-classinto the man-class, i've got him. Temptation is designed to try to get you off of the God side of you, and empower the flesh side of you that deals with [taste, touch,hearing,smell,sight. ]. If you can resist temptation you will remain in the GOD-CLASS. Temptation doesn't come from God, but he allows it. He uses the apostle,prophet,evangelist,pastor,teacher to teach you[eph 4:11] the word " temptation "is not in eph 4:11.
Mat 4:8 and the devil taketh him up to a high mountain and show him all the kingdoms of the word and the glory of them: There is one little word and the beginning of this scripture, it is the word" Again". In the verse before that, the devil taketh him"UP". Anytime the devil taketh you up, it is to infuse you with pride. You can't operate in faith and pride at the same time!
Remember that all of this is taking place in Jesus mind. What was the devil trying to do here? He is still reminding Jesus that satan is still in charge of this world, and that all governing bodies cities, nations etc, are a result of his handiwork. If I can get Jesus to partner with him to govern these nations, i've got him. To understand this passage of scripture, you must look into the old testament in Psalms 75:6, that promotion comes from the Lord, and Proverbs 21:1, that the heart of the kings is in the hand of the Lord; so the reason why these kingdoms exist, is because God set them up, satan just perverts what's been set up. Why would the devil even make mention to this; as if the devil didn't know already? Let's bring you into this picture, for better understanding. This earth belongs to the Sons' of God. It is an inheritance. Why would we be fighting to gain control of what we already own? You can't own an nation by sight, you must take possession by faith. All demonic kingdoms are subject to me, as I subject myself to the will of God. Although I've never been to Iran, if I pray in the Holy Ghost, for Iran, The Holy Ghost will intercede for that Nation, in tongues. You don't know what you are praying for, but the Holy Ghost will pray the perfect will of God concerning Iran, and He will not miss . You take ownership of all nations, by praying for them, as you are led to pray for them. Faith works quite well when you pray in the spirit about things you don't even know about, so you don't have to worry about getting them wrong. You also must go to Daniel 2:31-45 and find out about nebuchadnezzars' dream. The Kingdom of God, represented by a stone, crushed all other kingdoms and grind them[the image] into powder[chaff]. We are come to take over. i don't have to ask for your permission to drive my car, because I already own it. I drive it when I get ready.
Lastly: I will give you all of these kingdoms, if you will fall down and worship me[mat 4:9] This falling down, in the old testament was in reference a physical bowing down of ones body. In Daniel 3, once the image that nebuchadnezzer built was finished, everyone had to bow to it, as an act of obedience. In the new testament, this is not a physical action. This is a bowing down of ones' will to another. You can replace the word" worship" with "obedience" . In satans' kingdom, bowing comes before worship. In the kingdom of God, Bowing is worship, and thus cannot be separated. It takes faith, to bow[submit] to the word of God. By not submitting to the word, you automatically submit to satans' kingdom, by default.. Jesus comes back with this word" Get behind me satan: Why didn't Jesus banish satan back to hell right then and there? Because satan was being used to eventually bring Jesus face to face with the cross. You see, Jesus is telling satan what to do, in satans' mind. . The last part of this is that Jesus said" You shall only worship and serve the Lord your God. Worship and servant hood is synomonous and can't be separated, it must be done in faith.
2nd closing] mat 4:11] the devil leaves Jesus and then the angels came to minister to him. As a result of Jesus operating by faith, it caused satan to leave him. The most powerful weapon you have against satans attacks is the Word of God, mixed with faith. I've heard christians screaming at the devil with such force, that they almost lose their voice. You have to be careful with this, because if you use to much of your body[whether it's screaming, or shaking, or yelling at the devil], you are now trying to couple your faith with emotions, and that will backfire on you. When I rebuke, or cast out a devil, I don't have to yell. My faith tells me that once I release the Word out of my mouth, it is as as good as done. I could sing it if I wanted to ,and it will still manifest. No physcal sweat or labor invloved.
The angels came after satan leaves: In Psalms 103:20, the angels hearken to the voice of His word, so everytime Jesus released the Word, angels showed up; but they didn't come and minister until Jesus stopped talking. What did the angels minister? whatever is needed to strengthen Jesus back up. When you are in combat with the forces of darkness, you don't need angels to help you fight. The word that is spoken ,with summons them, but they are not coming to help you fight, they are coming to minister to you so you can keep fighting. Close your mouth and listen, they are the ones who bring the word to you, so you can speak the word and get victory. They will not talk over you, or talk louder than that radio you've got blastin all the time. They will wait until you r quiet. The weapon of the Word mixed with faith is all you need.
3rd closing: The reason why they hearken to the voice of His word is because when you speak the word, the angels can't tell the difference between you and God, because you are saying what God says. The angels more concerned about what God sounds like verses what he looks like. You may be 250 Lbs and 3 ft 5 inches tall, or you may be 7 ft 3 inches and 120 Lbs, It makes no diference.
The angels are coming for one thing, "the spoken Word". In psalms 147:4, He calls all the stars by name[stars are angels]. Their names are synomonous with the word that you speak. Every scripture that God has spoken,has an angel assigned to it, that when a person speak that scripture, in faith according to what God has said concerning that scripture, then is goes from being scripture, in being Word. Angels are then activated to go to work for you, to bring that Word to pass. The Key is this; angels are only activated by a rhema[right now] word. So if you think you can activate angels by just quoting scripture, your wrong , or the angels would have come to minister to satan! I look forward to your response
Faith does not come from reading the bible, it comes from hearing the Word of God. Faith doesn't come by memorizing scripture, it comes from hearing the word of God. In Mat 4, the devil is quoting scripture to Jesus, and yet nothing happened, this is because the devil is using intellect, and that's it. Jesus was the Word made flesh[john 1:14]. You really can't speak the Word, unless you know the Word. Jesus was the Word, speaking the Word. In this passage of scripture[mat 4] everytime Jesus spoke to the devil, he released some of himself into that arena. The reason why the devil[satan,serpent] left him, was because the His Word of God overrides the devils' intellect. In this confrontation with the devil, Jesus didn't see the devil, he heard him. The devil took Jesus to these places[pinnacle of the temple, top of the mountain, etc] in His mind. First of all, Jesus is not going to follow satan anywhere. How is faith working in this passage of scripture? As Jesus was speaking to the devil, Jesus is hearing himself speak , which is strengthening His faith. You can even say that He "is hearing" the Word of God
What was the devil trying to do? He was trying to plant a vision in Jesus mind. This is what satan said" I'll let you rule the world, all you have to do is bow to my system". The opposite of faith, is fear and worry. How is satan going to plant fear in Jesus heart? Satan
is saying that it is impossible to rule this world without satans help. Satan[eph 2:2] was the god of this world[2cor4:4], and the power was on the side of the oppressors[ecc 4:1]. Jesus is coming into this world, not to take sides, but to take over.
command these stones to be made bread] In other words, if you are God, then change the purpose of these two things. Why would satan say this? Satan was trying to appeal to the part of Jesus that dealt with sight, not faith. Hunger is the emotional part of man[ taste,touch,hearing,smell,sight]. All of these are in the realm of sight, and not faith. If satan can get people to be concerned about how and what they will eat, he can actually drag them off of faith, and get them onto sight. Many christians are in this place right now, in the middle of what is going on in this country. Jesus came back with the Word[faith] man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth[ not proceeded] out of the mouth of God. Why did Jesus use this scriputre, which is also found in[Deut 8:3], God made everything, including food;
so why not go to the source of it all and get your need met. Satan has no revelation, if he understood scripture, he should have known that Jesus was both rock and bread. When we are in fellowship with Jesus we are eating the bread that came from a rock. I will take something that is "HARD" to understand, and make it easy to digest. Jesus knew what He was saying
The devil taketh him up to the pinnacle of the temple] [IN HIS MIND] if you are the son of God, cast yourself down. let's deal with what Satan just said; If I can get Jesus him to make a public spactacle of himself, i've got him. If I can get Jesus to be the center of attention, and bring the focus on himself, then i've got him. the root of every showoff in the body of Christ, is rooted in this passage of scripture. Many people today are doing just that; fight for position in the church etc. making themselves out to be something they are not. PRIDE. If anyone would go into the temple, they would see Jesus standing at the top of it. This was satan's idea. It's interesting that many traditional church buildings have steeples on them, and they are located at the pinnacle of the temple. How is all of this , tied to faith? People in the body of Christ, who resist pride, are walking by faith. It takes action to"RESIST" pride. Finally, Satan is thinking" if I can get him to commit suicide", i've got him. The devil starts quoting scripture[psalms 91:11-12]. Although it is in the bible, it is not word. The only one qualified to speak the Word, is the Word. If you have been filled with the Holy Ghost, You have been given the seed of the Word of God .
[Mat 4:7] Jesus said, don't tempt the Lord Thy God. Jesus was admitting himself that He was satans ' God. This is not just in reference to Jesus, this also applies to us. We are heirs to God and joint heirs with Christ[ the mantle][romans 8:17] This means that instead of us confessing that the devil is after us, or anything like that, we are acutally Satans' god. He must do what we say, and it is not open to his freewill, he must obey us. The key word in this scripture is "tempt". If I can get Jesus out of the God-classinto the man-class, i've got him. Temptation is designed to try to get you off of the God side of you, and empower the flesh side of you that deals with [taste, touch,hearing,smell,sight. ]. If you can resist temptation you will remain in the GOD-CLASS. Temptation doesn't come from God, but he allows it. He uses the apostle,prophet,evangelist,pastor,teacher to teach you[eph 4:11] the word " temptation "is not in eph 4:11.
Mat 4:8 and the devil taketh him up to a high mountain and show him all the kingdoms of the word and the glory of them: There is one little word and the beginning of this scripture, it is the word" Again". In the verse before that, the devil taketh him"UP". Anytime the devil taketh you up, it is to infuse you with pride. You can't operate in faith and pride at the same time!
Remember that all of this is taking place in Jesus mind. What was the devil trying to do here? He is still reminding Jesus that satan is still in charge of this world, and that all governing bodies cities, nations etc, are a result of his handiwork. If I can get Jesus to partner with him to govern these nations, i've got him. To understand this passage of scripture, you must look into the old testament in Psalms 75:6, that promotion comes from the Lord, and Proverbs 21:1, that the heart of the kings is in the hand of the Lord; so the reason why these kingdoms exist, is because God set them up, satan just perverts what's been set up. Why would the devil even make mention to this; as if the devil didn't know already? Let's bring you into this picture, for better understanding. This earth belongs to the Sons' of God. It is an inheritance. Why would we be fighting to gain control of what we already own? You can't own an nation by sight, you must take possession by faith. All demonic kingdoms are subject to me, as I subject myself to the will of God. Although I've never been to Iran, if I pray in the Holy Ghost, for Iran, The Holy Ghost will intercede for that Nation, in tongues. You don't know what you are praying for, but the Holy Ghost will pray the perfect will of God concerning Iran, and He will not miss . You take ownership of all nations, by praying for them, as you are led to pray for them. Faith works quite well when you pray in the spirit about things you don't even know about, so you don't have to worry about getting them wrong. You also must go to Daniel 2:31-45 and find out about nebuchadnezzars' dream. The Kingdom of God, represented by a stone, crushed all other kingdoms and grind them[the image] into powder[chaff]. We are come to take over. i don't have to ask for your permission to drive my car, because I already own it. I drive it when I get ready.
Lastly: I will give you all of these kingdoms, if you will fall down and worship me[mat 4:9] This falling down, in the old testament was in reference a physical bowing down of ones body. In Daniel 3, once the image that nebuchadnezzer built was finished, everyone had to bow to it, as an act of obedience. In the new testament, this is not a physical action. This is a bowing down of ones' will to another. You can replace the word" worship" with "obedience" . In satans' kingdom, bowing comes before worship. In the kingdom of God, Bowing is worship, and thus cannot be separated. It takes faith, to bow[submit] to the word of God. By not submitting to the word, you automatically submit to satans' kingdom, by default.. Jesus comes back with this word" Get behind me satan: Why didn't Jesus banish satan back to hell right then and there? Because satan was being used to eventually bring Jesus face to face with the cross. You see, Jesus is telling satan what to do, in satans' mind. . The last part of this is that Jesus said" You shall only worship and serve the Lord your God. Worship and servant hood is synomonous and can't be separated, it must be done in faith.
2nd closing] mat 4:11] the devil leaves Jesus and then the angels came to minister to him. As a result of Jesus operating by faith, it caused satan to leave him. The most powerful weapon you have against satans attacks is the Word of God, mixed with faith. I've heard christians screaming at the devil with such force, that they almost lose their voice. You have to be careful with this, because if you use to much of your body[whether it's screaming, or shaking, or yelling at the devil], you are now trying to couple your faith with emotions, and that will backfire on you. When I rebuke, or cast out a devil, I don't have to yell. My faith tells me that once I release the Word out of my mouth, it is as as good as done. I could sing it if I wanted to ,and it will still manifest. No physcal sweat or labor invloved.
The angels came after satan leaves: In Psalms 103:20, the angels hearken to the voice of His word, so everytime Jesus released the Word, angels showed up; but they didn't come and minister until Jesus stopped talking. What did the angels minister? whatever is needed to strengthen Jesus back up. When you are in combat with the forces of darkness, you don't need angels to help you fight. The word that is spoken ,with summons them, but they are not coming to help you fight, they are coming to minister to you so you can keep fighting. Close your mouth and listen, they are the ones who bring the word to you, so you can speak the word and get victory. They will not talk over you, or talk louder than that radio you've got blastin all the time. They will wait until you r quiet. The weapon of the Word mixed with faith is all you need.
3rd closing: The reason why they hearken to the voice of His word is because when you speak the word, the angels can't tell the difference between you and God, because you are saying what God says. The angels more concerned about what God sounds like verses what he looks like. You may be 250 Lbs and 3 ft 5 inches tall, or you may be 7 ft 3 inches and 120 Lbs, It makes no diference.
The angels are coming for one thing, "the spoken Word". In psalms 147:4, He calls all the stars by name[stars are angels]. Their names are synomonous with the word that you speak. Every scripture that God has spoken,has an angel assigned to it, that when a person speak that scripture, in faith according to what God has said concerning that scripture, then is goes from being scripture, in being Word. Angels are then activated to go to work for you, to bring that Word to pass. The Key is this; angels are only activated by a rhema[right now] word. So if you think you can activate angels by just quoting scripture, your wrong , or the angels would have come to minister to satan! I look forward to your response
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