Jesus said in John 14:12 (Amplified), "I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to My Father."
Jesus also said in Mark 16:17-18 (Amplified), "And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe; In My Name they will drive out demons, they will speak in new languages They will pick up serpents, and (even) if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them, they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."
Let's return to 2Corinthians 13:5 (Amplified), where Paul says, "Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing proper fruit of it. Test and prove yourselves (not Christ)." We find it difficult to reflect on these scriptures sometimes, because they make us aware of our own lack of faith. Paul also said, though, "I hope you will recognize and know that we are not disapproved, on trial, and rejected."
We have been raised in what we have always been taught. And, what we've been taught isn't the full Truth. We are of a Kingly Seed and Bloodline of the Super-natural Seed of Almighty God. You are royalty and have been commissioned to bring Heaven's way of "doing and being right" into the earth. Jesus demonstrated how things are done in Heaven. When He saw a blind man (there are no blind persons in Heaven), He simply brought God's will in Heaven, into the earth. And, God brought sight to the blind eyes. When Jesus came upon a man with a withered hand, He simply brought God's will "As it is in Heaven," to bear on earth and the withered hand was restored. Jesus instructed us to do all the things He did, when He prayed in Matthew 6:10 (Amplified), "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven."
It is obviously God's will in Heaven for mankind to be well and whole, otherwise Jesus couldn't have performed miracles nor would He tells us to pray that way. It wasn't enough for Jesus to simply ask for God's will to be done, but He asked that God's will be done here, like it is in Heaven. Many of us would love to see Heaven on earth, the way God intended it to be, but few of us will do like Jesus instructed in John 8:38 (Amplified) saying, "For I have come down from heaven not to do My Own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me."
It seems obvious that it was God's will to heal, make whole, cleanse the lepers and bring sight to the blind. It seems obvious it was God's will to forgive, feed, clothe, raise the dead and care for the homeless and helpless. Since these things are God's will, He needed someone to do His will here on earth. If God didn't require a man to "do His will," then it would have automatically been done already.
We've majored on the natural things in the Gospel and have done a tremendous job preaching and practicing the feeding, clothing and helping the poor, but we've neglected the super-natural things like healing and miracles. This is also part of God's will for the Church, according to 2Corinthians 5:16-17 (Amplified) which says, "Consequently, from now on we estimate and regard no one from a (purely) human point of view (in terms of natural standards of value) (No) even though we once did estimate Christ from a human point of view and as a Man, yet now (we have such knowledge of Him that) we know Him no longer (in terms of the flesh)." Verse 17 goes on, "Therefore if any person is (ingrafted) in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether) the old (previous moral and spiritual condition) has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come."
We need to begin seeing ourselves like Paul said, "Not from a (purely) human point of view, in terms of natural standards of value," but after the spirit of our new creation. We've almost ignored our heritage in the Spirit altogether. You don't become a spirit after you die, because you are a spirit now. Within this new creation, is the Living Spirit of God Who is ingrafted into your spirit, until you become one like Jesus and the Father were One in His earthly walk.
Jesus said in John 17:21-23 (Amplified), "That they may be one (Just) as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be One with Us. So that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me. I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be One (even) as We are One, I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and (definitely) recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them (even) as You have loved Me."
One miracle from God that is performed for the world to see, can change things quicker than any Sunday morning sermon. We've been asking people to believe something in which we can offer no proof of, anymore than any other religion. Jesus said, "If you cannot believe what I am saying, at least believe the work that I do," in John 10:37-38. As Christians, we haven't been "backing up" what we preach, anymore than any other religion has. The time is upon us, when the power of the Holy Spirit that resides in the Church, is going to find men who will believe in the new creation being we have become and who will do the Father's will "on earth, as it is in Heaven." The end time revival is starting now, in the earth. BE PART OF IT!
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