God's family of believers have lost our true identity, over the years. We've gotten saved and born-again into God's Kingdom, but we continue living like we are still of this world. Most Christians don't live in the Super-natural things of God, but in the flesh, like they did before being saved. Living naturally Super-natural requires study and time in God's Word. We're still in these natural bodies, but we've been trained how to live in the natural.
After sinning in the Garden of Eden, Adam needed to learn how to walk in the natural. He had lived in a natural body, which had been controlled and operated in the Spirit realm. Before sinning, Adam didn't only work in the Garden physically, with a shovel and hoe, but he spoke things the way he wanted them to be. Adam learned from his Heavenly Father, how to operate in this earth.
The Last Adam Jesus walked in the same authority and dominion, that the First Adam walked in. Jesus said that, "He only did and said what the Father said and did." Our identity has been clouded by the natural mind and the natural teachings of natural thinking. Everything that Jesus did, is still possible to every born-again believer today. We've accepted teachings that tell us, "Only Jesus could do these things, because He was Jesus." Some believe that walking or teaching in the Light of our Last Adam, is "exalting self." Jesus was our Example of God's Original Intent, of how His children are to be. We were created in God's Image and Likeness and were born-again from the Same Seed Jesus was born of, which is the Incorruptible Word of God.
Everyone had to learn how to walk, talk, think and live in this natural realm. Why wouldn't we have to learn how to walk in the Spirit realm, from which we now belong? We were born-again and made new creations in Christ. We were as babies in the Kingdom and didn't know how to grow into mature beings. We didn't know how to function in the Spirit realm of God's Kingdom. We received some knowledge, but most of it was carnal.
Jesus wasn't only a Preachers, but He was also a Teacher, Who trained even the unsaved how to walk in the Super-natural. These people weren't born of the Spirit yet, but they healed the sick, cast out devils, and walked in the Super-natural realm of God. Even those who weren't among the twelve Apostles did these works and walking in this realm became normal in their lives. Jesus trained His disciples how to carry out His ministry, after He was gone and they did just that.
We now look back on these men believing the only reason they could do these things is, "Because they were Apostles." Apostles were all those Jesus designated to "Go into all the world and teach others about the Kingdom, restoring Life to them again." Jesus stated this several times in the Gospels, saying, "It's not Me but the Father in Me, Who does the works." If we're born-again, new creation beings, then the Same Father Who was in Jesus, is now in us. He's still able to the same things through us, that He did through Jesus, Paul, Peter and all of the new creation family who came before us. This is the natural function of the Super-natural child of God.
We've forgotten where we came from and who we are. Some would say, "Yes, but Brother Jim, the Apostles were anointed by God." My response is that, "Yes, but what is the Anointing?" Isn't it the Holy Spirit that God poured out on man? 1John 2:20,27 (Amplified) tell us, "But you have been anointed by (you have a sacred appointment from, you have been given and unction from) the Holy One and you all know the Truth (you know all things)." Verse 27 says, "But as for you, the anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction), which you have received from Him abides in you permanently so then you have no need that anyone should instruct . But just as His anointing teaches you concerning everything and is True and is no falsehood, so you must abide in, live in, never depart from Him (the Holy Spirit Who is the Anointing) being rooted in Him just as His anointing has taught you to do."
When you're not in God's Word, you won't always hear the instructions and directions the Holy Spirit is giving. We begin losing faith in God's ability in us and leave it to those we believe are anointed, to do His works. Every new creation person in the Body of Christ, is anointed. There are prophets, Apostles, Evangelists, teachers and pastors, but these are placed in the Body, to teach those who are anointed, how to live in the anointing. Many sick people might never come to a church building, but the Church is supposed to "Go into the world," instead of waiting for the world to come to us.
The new creation people are anointed to do the things that the Holy Spirit, Who is the Anointing. tells us to do. We're to "Go into" our workplace, the grocery store, our schools, and into our neighborhood. We shouldn't wait for an Apostle to come into our town and lay hands on the sick, but we should take the Anointing into the world. The Holy Spirit or Anointing would only come upon someone for a time, in the old covenant, but in the new covenant, THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN US PERMANENTLY.
The Holy Spirit is the One Who does the work through us, just like He did through Jesus. Even Jesus depended on the Father in Him, to do the work. The Same Father, the Spirit of God Himself lives and abides in every new creation person, on this planet. We must learn to depend on Him to get the job done and not ourselves. Our faith must be established on Him Who lives in us and not in ourselves. No person can heal the sick, cast out demons, raise the dead and do the things Jesus instructed us to do, without the Anointing and indwelling Presence of the Holy Spirit. This is your True identity in the Kingdom of God.
We must not be afraid to pray for the sick or lay hands on someone, because it's not us, but the Father in us, that we're depending on. Our faith isn't in ourselves, but in the Greater One within us. Some might say, "Yes, but not everyone can do heal and deliver and do these things." No one can do these things. It's the Father in us, Who does the work." We must put our faith in Him and not in ourselves. God's Word is Truth in itself. You are anointed and this Anointing abides within you permanently. The Holy Spirit of God is the Anointing. The Seed Jesus, is the Word Himself and He's The Seed that brought us forth and we know that, "The Seed produces after kind." We're just like Him, by His Own Seed.
It was only after Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River and the Holy Spirit came upon Him, that Jesus started His public ministry. Then, Jesus made His first public Announcement in Luke 4:18, saying, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has Anointed Me." As a Man, Jesus didn't do anything, until He was Anointed. After that, Jesus listened to the Spirit and walked in that Anointing, throughout His earthly ministry.
The Same Holy Spirit is now living in us. We must not be swayed by what others say, but only depend on Him to do the work. He will take care of the healing. We only need to lay hands on the m and the Father in us, will do the work.
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