John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received, all had a share and were all supplied with, one Grace after another, and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing, and even favor upon favor and Gift heaped upon Gift. For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
The Church has been neglecting the Truth of the Super-natural (Super-natural Blessings) of the Gospel. The early Church walked in the Super-natural and preached it as part of the True Gospel, in order to lead others to Christ Jesus. When those persons were saved, they were simultaneously healed and delivered. This was a part of the salvation Message they brought to the Gentile world.
The people Jesus preached to, couldn't become born-again, until the Holy Spirit came after Jesus' Ascension to the Father. Jesus spent much of His ministry, healing and setting people free from satan's bondage. Jesus gave final instructions to His disciples about healing and deliverance and the authority the Church would receive.
Somehow, this portion of Jesus' teachings have been lost. This was the Super-natural ministry that set Jesus apart from the Law and the false gods of the Gentiles. The Father sent Jesus, as the Living Proof of the One True God of Heaven and earth. Today, even though we've been Blessed by His Grace and mercy, the Church has been moderately successful at getting people saved, but we've mostly left those people in the same condition they were in, before getting saved.
We've been trained by the world and the carnal mind to believe that the Super-natural is something from the "dark world" and that it's to be avoided at all cost. If the dark-side of the Super-natural is here, then the Bright-Side of this Super-natural isn't only here, but it's much more powerful. Today's Church is skeptical of healings and miracles, probably because we tend to avoid things we don't understand and are unfamiliar with.
The only way to understand it, is by faith in the Word of Promise and hearing the Holy Spirit. The Promises of healing and deliverance are just as True, as every one of God's Promises. We've been taught to believe on Jesus for salvation, but we've limited our believing to being only for the hereafter. We've been walking more by the natural senses, instead of by the Spirit. We cannot "see" Heaven from our positions on earth, nor can we dispute the Truth of Heaven, but we still believe in Heaven more than the physical manifestation of healings and miracles. This is a degree of believing, that we haven't developed our senses to walk in yet. The old saying, "Seeing is believing," still holds true, even for today's Church.
We don't deny that God can do it, but we continue consoling ourselves and saying, "You never know what God will do" or "Maybe it's not God's will." We concoct these excuses, rather than saying, "We don't believe." The limits of our believing have been established by those before us. We conform to their traditions and make the Words of Truth useless in our walk.
In these last days before Jesus returns for His Church, are going to be beyond even what the Church has dared to believe. Jesus is now looking for and preparing the Joshuas and Calebs, who will take the Land. Many will refuse the call to go forward for various reasons, but there will always be those who, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, will go beyond what seems reasonable to the masses.
We might preach to an entire congregation, but the Word is still determined by the individual. Some will hear and believe, while others will scoff at what is preached. Some will guard their hearts and only hear in faith, while others will allow whatever is preached, into their heart. Only the Good Seed (God's Word) can bring forth good things. Those who hear and received that, "These things are passed away" or "Healing and miracles were only for the early Church," will remain in the same place when the Presence of God is revealed to the world.
This is the beginning of the end for the "superstars" in the Church. This is when Jesus, the True Star, will reveal Himself. People we've never heard of before, will be performing miracles and healing in the streets of the world. Deuteronomy 28:10 (Amplified) says, "And all the people of the earth shall see that you are called by the Name and the Presence of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you." This will happen because, the world will be able to see the manifestation of God, like those in the days of Joshua. Joshua 2:10-11 (Amplified) says, "For we have heard how the Lord dried up the waters of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the east side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og; whom you utterly destroyed. When we heard it, our hearts melted, neither did spirit or courage remain any more in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, He is God in Heaven above and earth beneath."
This will be the fear that comes upon the people. It's not because of us, but because God will show Himself strong on our behalf. The world will be able to see His Glory, in what He does even in the natural, through the Church. Deuteronomy 28:10 is known as part of the Blessing of Abraham. This Blessing has now come upon His people, through Jesus Christ, according to Galatians 3:14 (Amplified) which says, "To the end that through their receiving Christ Jesus, the Blessing Promised to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might all receive the Promise of the Holy Spirit."
Much of Abraham's walk with God, was the manifest Presence of His Spirit, which let men know "Who the One True God" is. Do you believe that God can show Himself to and through His Own children, in an even greater way than He did then? We're no longer servants, like Abraham was, but we're God's family. We're the desired recipients of His Glory, in these end times. It's no mistake that we're living at this time. For the first time since the very early Church, the actual fear of God, will be seen!
Those who boast about their so-called gods, will be in fear of the One True and Living God, as He reveals Himself to the world. The world will no longer just see denominations, like it has before, but they will see "the called out ones" and their Heavenly Father. Ephesians 3:10,11-12 (Amplified) says, "The purpose is that through the Church, the complicated, many-sided Wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be known to the angelic rulers and authorities, principalities and powers in the heavenly sphere." Verses 11-12 go on, "This is in accordance with the terms of the eternal and timeless purpose which He has realized and carried into effect in the Person of Christ Jesus our Lord, In Whom because of our faith in Him, we dare to have the boldness, courage and confidence of free access and unreserved approach to God with freedom and without fear."
Hang in there Church, because like at the wedding in Canaan, Jesus is still saving the best for the last. The world will know Him, as He shows Himself strong through us and for us, in these last days.
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