2Cor. 5:17 (Amp) says, "Therefore, if any person is ingrafted in Christ Jesus (the Messiah), he is a new creation (a new creature altogether)." The new creation person has been delegated the Laws of God's Kingdom, in order to override the authority satan has here on this earth. Through Jesus, we've been redeemed and restored back to the authority God gave the First Adam. All the dominion, authority and Blessing that God placed on Adam, has been restored and more than that, through the Last Adam, Jesus.
Most of the teaching and preaching God's Church has heard, focus on abstaining from sin and waiting to go and be with the Lord. Most of the Church's ministry has been about getting people born-again and while this is undoubtedly the most important thing, it doesn't address Jesus' instructions to "make disciples out of the new believers." Jesus spent much of His earthly ministry of three and a half years, teaching His disciples how to walk in the Super-natural authority, so they could teach others, who would in turn teach more people, how to walk in this.
Most of the people we lead to the Lord Jesus in salvation, know very little about the Super-natural Life of the new creation being. Most of them have probably been taught that "These things aren't for us today" and/or "These things have passed away." Much of the Body of Christ no longer walk in the authority over this present darkness. We've been told that we "must suffer" these things, in order to be made right enough to go to Heaven. There is much suffering in today's world, but it's not because Jesus didn't do His job of teaching His disciples, but because we've believed the enemy's lies.
Like children, we've become complacent and are barely holding onto what Jesus gave us at His Resurrection. Jesus didn't tell the world to come to the church and hear the Gospel, but He told the Church to "Go into all the world and preach the Good News of the Gospel." "The world" here, is anyone who is not born-again. These could be your family members, neighbors or co-workers. Jesus said that He "will confirm the Word by the attesting signs and wonders." Not everyone is called into the five-fold ministry, but every believer is called into full-time ministry in this world.
Paul writes about the Gifts of the Spirit in 1Cor. 12:11 (Amp) saying, ""All these Gifts (achievements, abilities), are inspired and brought to pass by One and the Same Holy Spirit, who apportions to each person individually exactly as He chooses." If you're ministering the Gospel to people and leading them to the Lord, then the Holy Spirit will deliver whatever is needed to set them at liberty. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit will heal their bodies.
Jesus said that "These signs will follow those who believe" in Mark 16. He didn't say these signs will follow those with special callings or those in the five-fold ministry. Jesus said, These signs will follow those who believe. In My Name they will cast out devils, lay hands on the sick" and much more. The Holy Spirit administrates these gifts as He chooses. He is here to deliver, heal and do whatever is needed today, just like He's always done. We've been taught that only certain people can do these things, but the Truth is that no one can do these things, without the Holy Spirit. No natural man/woman has the ability to do these things, but if we're new creation beings, then we have the Holy Spirit living in us. We must allow Him to do the work He was sent to do.
We must only believe that the Holy Spirit still chooses to set the captives free, like He's never stopped doing since being sent on Pentecost. If it wasn't His choosing, then we wouldn't have seen the signs and wonders in the early Church, because He is the One Who does the work. Jesus said that, "It's not Me, but the Father in Me, that does the work." Jesus relied on the Holy Spirit to perform the miracles and healing, during His earthly ministry.
1John 2:20 (Amp) says, "But you have been Anointed by (you hold a Sacred Appointment from, you have been given and unction from), the Holy One and you know the Truth, or you know all these things." The Holy Spirit has Anointed the Body of Christ, to do the ministry Jesus called us into, prior to His Ascension. Are there still lost people in today's world? Are there still sick or lame people on this earth today? If there are, then as believers, we're called to preach the Gospel, lay hands on the sick, cast out devils, and the things Jesus Commissioned, by and through the Same Holy Spirit Who did these things through Christ.
How does He do it? The Word says, "As He chooses." To whom does He choose to administrate these Gifts? "To those who believe." If you don't believe that He will do these things through you, the He will find another who does believe and do these things through them. This is where the saying, "Not everyone can do these things" came from. Everyone who believes and has the Holy Spirit living in them, not only can, but should be doing these things. It's time for signs and wonders to be done, in the Name of Jesus Christ. This world desperately needs to see what we've been preaching.
Peter writes about a lame man begging at the Gate Beautiful outside the Temple, in Acts 3:15-16 (Amp), "But you killed the very Source, the Author of Life, Whom God has raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. And His Name, through and by faith in His Name, has made this man whom you see and recognize well and strong." We witness many such believers as Stephen and Philip, who weren't Apostles, preaching the Gospel with signs following, by and through faith in His Name." This is the Holy Spirit showing Himself, through those He chooses.
When giving The Great Commission, Jesus said that, "These signs will accompany those who believe in My Name." If you don't believe this, then how can the Holy Spirit work these signs and wonders through you? We're only required to believe in the Name of Jesus and allow the Holy Spirit to move as He chooses, demonstrating God's Power and Love through us, to a dying world.
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