Greater Works

The Weapons of War


John 14:12
He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater
works than these he shall do; because I go unto my Father.

The ministry Jesus did on this earth was directed, guided and energized by the Holy Spirit. The same Holy Spirit that you and I have. Jesus functioned as man on the earth and not as God. He was anointed by the Holy Spirit with power to performed the superhuman miracles and healing. His ministry on earth ad every miracle done was simply done through one or more of the gifts operating

And now He promises that the believer will do the same works and greater works because He is seated at the right hand of the Father right now. Every child of God has a right to every one of the Gifts of The Holy Spirit. The gifts are for everyone in the Body of Christ.

These gifts become weapons in the hands of the believer who will learn how to use it and function in it. Now it is time for each of us rise up and take the full armor of God and march on to destroy all the works of the enemy.

You and I should see victories and battles won every day of our lives, and never know defeat. Let us reach out any get a hold the gifts and touch this dying world. This can never be done with organizational strength or by economic or political strength or even with great numbers. God can win the battle with just a few people just like He used Gideon and his faithful 300 to destroy hosts of the enemy

Reading : Judges 7,8

The Great Salvation

…So Great a Salvation…

Hebrews 2:3

The word salvation in the New Testament is an all-inclusive word that means healing, prosperity, safety, deliverance, preservation, protection. The word in the Greek is sozo or soteria. When we think of the word salvation, most Christians only think of being saved and delivered from hell or eternal damnation even though it is also included in it. We have put salvation off to the future when we should be enjoying the benefits of …so great a Salvation…” now in this life on earth.

God has provided in the Great Salvation, perfect redemption for spirit, soul and body. Since man is a triune being, that is he is a spirit, he has a soul and lives in a physical body, it also follows that our salvation in Christ must therefore include salvation for all the 3-part of man.

On the cross Jesus took our sins , being made sins for us, he took our sicknesses and diseases and on the cross He destroyed and took away everything that was against man. Healing belongs to now in the Great Salvation. If you sick in your body right now, ravaged by the cancer, diabetes, tumor, paralysis.skin problems .etc.. you can this very moment take take dominion over it in Jesus Name and remove it out of your life. He then becomes Jehovah Ropheka-The LORD my HEALER to you. It's your covenant right in Christ. It is the children's bread.

Today you and I can walk in total victory in every area of our lives 24 hours a day, 7 days an week 365 days a year because of this GREAT SALVATION that we have in Christ.

Reading : Isaiah 53

Gifts of the Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:1 ASV
(1) Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

Paul writes to the Corinthian Christians regarding the importance of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. He tells them not to ignorant about them. Being ignorant means that we do not have knowledge about them or we are not aware of their functions in our lives.

The gifts are categorized in 3 categories :

1. The Spoken Gifts
2. The Revelation Gifts
3. The Power Gifts

All the Gifts of the Spirit are available to the believer and it is important that we know something about them and the operation in the church. These gifts bring revival and spiritual awakening to the believer. any time any of this gifts are functioning in its full capacity, we will find the church growing and edified.
This exhortation from Paul the apostle is as relevant to the church life today as at the time that this episte was written. Let us spend something in these devotions to study and meditate on this subject whihc is much neglected in the body of Christ.


Reading : Acts 2; John 7:37-38

Knowing what belongs to us..

Ephesians 1:16-20 WNT

(16) offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.
(17) For I always beseech the God of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father most glorious--to give you a spirit of wisdom and penetration through an intimate knowledge of Him,
(18) the eyes of your understanding being enlightened so that you may know what is the hope which His call to you inspires, what the wealth of the glory of His inheritance in God's people,
(19) and what the transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite might
(20) when He displayed it in Christ by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in the heavenly realms,

Paul prays this Holy Spirit inspired prayer for the Ephesians Christians. This prayer must also be prayed by the Modern day child of God. I have personally prayed this prayer and other prayers of Paul in the epistles and found that the Lord progressive led me to the knowledge of God that we have today in our lives.

To understand the precious and glorious wealth that you and I have in Christ, we must have the spirit of wisdom and revelation. The spirit of wisdom and revelation releases the mysteries of heaven and bring to us the reality of redemption and what belongs to us in Christ. The reality of the indwelling Spirit, the reality of the New Creation, the reality of our perfect redemption, the reality of the name of Jesus..etc come to us through revelation. It does not come by any other way. Man, being a spirit, has the ability to communicate with God and receive revelations.

When we catch a glimpse of His glory, the things of this world will become dim and blurred and loses it grip on us .

So lets start praying this prayer and other in the epistles and see how much we can grow in the authority that belongs to us.

Reading : Ephesians 3:14-19

Weapons of War

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 WNT
(4) The weapons with which we fight are not human weapons, but are mighty for God in overthrowing strong fortresses.
(5) For we overthrow arrogant 'reckonings,' and every stronghold that towers high in defiance of the knowledge of God, and we carry off every thought as if into slavery--into subjection to Christ

We are in spiritual warfare!! And have an enemy that is ever waiting to take advantage of us every time we are not vigilant or alert of His tactics. But yet God has given us weapons that are God-empowered, God-ordained, mighty in God and for God to pull down and overthrow every attack of the adversary.

The Battlefield is in our minds and we need to develop an effective strategy to overcome every suggestion of the devil in the area of our thought life. The veil that darkens our minds must be pulled down and every thought brought to captive, taken prisoner to the Message of the Gospel of Christ.

The scriptures identify the attack on our thought life as evil spiritual personalities and He call them “Strongholds”. Stronghold can be defined as anything that the devil uses to keep in bondage in any area of your life. Temptation, disease, demonic oppression... may be strongholds. There may be strongholds in your marriage, your relationship and every stronghold in your finances.

The apostle Paul encourages us inspite of the reality of these strongholds, to pull down, overthrow, and fling downcast down... every stronghold that towers high in defiance of the knowledge of God.

God is restoring to the church, weapons that is lost due to lack of clear teaching. back to the church. As these weaponry of war are restored the ecclesia, the called out ones-the Church of Jesus Christ will tear down the fortresses that holds us back the full benefit of our redemption and be a blessing to the world.

Scripture Reading: Ephesians 6:10-18

Renewing the Mind : Growth in Grace

Have you ever wondered why some Christians grow faster in grace than others. Have you wondered when som move in the things of God quicker thatn others. What is the secret?
What is the secret of enjoying all the benefits of the Finished Work that is available to us?

I believe that even though being born again is an experience that brings us to the miracle-realm of God, but if you and I want ot grow in grace, move in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and experience God in a deeper way we need to learn what it means to renew our minds to the Word of God.

The word renew means renovation-to restore back to the original state or condition. First of all we need to find out what is the original state the mind of man was before the fall. Before the fall Adam has a mind that was in line with his spirit. A mind that was peaceful and sharp and ws albe to understanding God just as his spirit did. For us to restore back our minds to that state or position, we must begin to study the word to fnd out how God think and begin the process of thinking like Him. God's thoughts are recorded in a book call the Bible. His Words are His thoughts recorded for our benefit

Having the Mind of Christ

(Philippians 2:5) Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ
(1 Corinthians 2:16) For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ Jesus.

The Greatest miracle of God that could ever happen to a man would be when he accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and in an instant being born again by the Spirit of God. At that very moment there is a New Man or a New Creation.

But over here the verses above we see an exciting realm that you and I can actually walk in. Possess the mind of Christ. Possessing the mind of Christ brings us into the realm of omnipotence and the r the supernatural ability of God that is available to us. Another version of the Bible says it this way "But we have the mind of Christ, the Messiah and do hold the thoughts(feelings and purposes) of His heart."

If you are to actually possess the mind of Christ, it brings you into place that all the resources of heaven is at our disposal through the power of the name of Jesus. It places us into the place where the circumstances of life shall have dominion over you. Possessing the mind of Christ is to have have the power of God's healing to flow into our sick and weak bodies with energies of heaven that it flow with divine healing and health. Moses is a perfect example of God's invasion of the human body. He was 120 years old but his eyes was not dimmed and his natural strength was not diminished. Possessing the mind of Christ is have peace and tranquility in the time of the greatest test and trial of your faith knowing that God's Word does not fail and that God will make good in your life that which HE has promised.

When you have missed it and slipped into darkness and lost fellowship with the Father, possessing the mind of Christ means that there is the provision of the precious blood of Jesus that speaks for us in heaven -cleansing, forgiveness and deliverance and the restoration of the righteousness-consciousness that you lost when you sin. It is a conscious acknowledging that Jesus the righteous One is my advocate with the Father and that your case is settled in sight of the Father when you confess you sins. When the enemy comes against you like a flood , the ability to possess the mind of Christ is to simply depend on the Greater One on the inside to fight every battle for you. Hallelujah.

There is transforming power that is ours as we learn what it means to think the thought of Jesus
in our daily lives. As we constantly think His thoughts and let it be the dominating factor of our lives, we are empowered and energized in every area of our lives and our desires becomes His desires. But the choice to change is yours.

Make a determine decision to think that thoughts of God or Christ in every situation and circumstance and see the change that this act of replacing our thoughts with His thoughts brings.

Freedom from Guilt

Psa 103:10-14
(10) He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
(11) For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
(12) As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
(13) Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
(14) For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

So many good church going Christians, spirit-filled walking in the things of God in a measure going to great churches are plagued by a disease called "guilt". Many struggled to forget the sins and mistakes of the past and continue to live a silent life of torment and fear.

God has provided a way whereby you and I can be free from the power of guilt. You can be so free from guilt and condemnation that stifles our faith from becoming robust. The Word of God tells us that He has not dealt with us according our sins nor has He rewarded us based upon our sins. He is a gracious Father.

When Jesus died on the cross, He settled the sin problem when He sat down at the Right hand of the Father and became our Righteousness. His blood that He shed is the cleansing agent of every inward sin that is committed whether it is a thought , word or deed. There is the promise of His blood continuously cleansing us from evey the sin that we may not be aware of . 1 John 1:7 is a great scripture to claim and walk in. Recognize that His blood cleanses from sin and guilt and as the old hymns says it it has double cure for sin ans guilt.

When I was young boy of 12 growing in a Presbyterian church, all I knew about prayer was confessing my sins to God. One day while trying to remember all my sins and confessing to God , the Holy Spirit spoke up from within me and quoted Romans 8:1 that say that there is no condemnation them who are in Christ Jesus... At the very moment I realized that Satan's' conspiracy against believers is to hurl at them thoughts of guilt and condemnation of the things which are past... Since that day I have personally grown to apply the blood and "No condemnation" position in Christ every time he comes by to remind of the past. Praise His Name.

Today is the day of your salvation. If you are torment by guilt make a quality decision that you never yield a single moment to the power of guilt. Use the blood of Jesus , meditate on scriptures that speaks of your righteousness and your standing with God and resist guilt just like you would resist and enemy in the name of Jesus.

Reading : 1 John 1

Revealed Knowledge

Eph 1:17-18

(17) that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
(18) the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what is the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

Revelation knowledge : The Greek word for knowledge as translated by the King James Version of the Bible is more accurately translated exact knowledge. This exact knowledge does not come to us by our mental faculties or even our physical senses. It only comes by the Holy Spirit directly through our hearts.

The more we have revealed knowledge which comes comes from the Word, the stronger our faith becomes. Most Christians try to beleive with their minds or even attempt to have some form of physical manifestation to believe the Word. Faith is independent of mental and the physical realm. It is absolutely depended on the spirit realm whihc is the faith relam and is governed by Revelation Knowledge.

Hose 4:6 says that for the lack of knowdge God's people perish or destroyed or cast off restrained. We need in this last days restored back to the church the pure knowledge taht comes only through the Word of God. Jesus said to Peter that He built His church upon the Rock-that Rock that He was refering to was not the natural rock or not even Peter Hisself but it was the Rock of Revelation knowledge. And He said that the gates of hell shall not prevail or overcome this church whihc is build on revelation knowledge that comes by the Holy Spirit to enlightened and illuuminated minds of the Spirit-filled beleiver. Halleluyah

Exceedingly Grrowing Faith

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. Hebrews 2:1(KJV)

One way to grow in your walk with God is to never allow the things you've learned in the Word of God to get away from you. When you are introduced to more truth from the Bible, take it and add it to what you're now walking in. What you already know is a foundation on which to build. Therefore, don't throw away or forget the old. New truth does not negate the old. It is but another brick to add to the strong foundation of your spiritual house.

To walk in the blessings of God you must have faith. Therefore, it is important that we hold on to our faith and not let it slip away from us. Let's read the text from the Amplified Bible: "Since all this is true, we ought to pay much closer attention than ever to the truths t hat we have heard, lest in any way we drift past [them] and slip away."

Now notice what Paul says here (I believe that Paul is the writer of Hebrews). He says we ought to give more earnest heed to the truths we have already heard. He said we ought to pay more attention to what we already know.

In other words, what we know, we don't throw away. We don't have to get a new revelation. I've heard people say, "I don't need all that faith stuff anymore. I don't need all that confession stuff anymore. I'm past that; I'm into a deeper revelation."

But you're always going to need faith. And you're always going to have to deal with the ramifications of the words of your mouth whether you know it or not. And let me tell you, when you let these things slip away - when you let them get away from you - you pay the price.
In fact, Paul said in our text that we ought to pay even more attention to these things.
So often people learn something, they move on to somet hing else and forget about what they've already learned. You should always be adding to the house, so to speak. This way, when the trials of life come they won't even be able to shake you. You'll stand strong in the Word of God.

Scripture References: 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 3:10; Matthew 7:24-25

Look at the Eternal

2 Corinthians 4:18

The apostle Paul through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit writes to the Corinthian Christians to get their attention and focus on the eternal unseen realm. This is the realm of faith in God. the things in this natural, physical realm are subject to change. The things which are eternal are not subject to change.

The Word of God is eternal. It never changes. At the back of the Word is the very throne of grace. We can depend on it as we would depend on the word of a banker. The promises of God's Word are available for us in every circumstance of life. It covers literally every area of human existence.

When the seen realm says that you don't have enough money to pay your bills, the Word will always say "My God shall supply all your need....". When you are confused about the circumstance you are in right , the Word will always say,"The Peace of God which passes all understanding shall keep you hearts and your mind through Christ Jesus...". The You body is plagued with pain and diseases, the Word will always say, "By His stripes you were healed....".

Refuse to settle down for the norm of this world. Strive to take a step further. Determine never to allow you senses to dictate to you what to do and feel..

Authority

Power of Attorney

The individual believer and the corporate church has the legal right to use the name of Jesus in the battle against the enemy in the daily affairs of life. When He ascended on high Jesus gave us the church the right to His name. Jesus gave us the Power of Attorney to use His name.

What is the power of attorney? What is the value of It? The value of the power of attorney depends upon how much is the back of it. It depends upon how much authority and power the name represents.

If we study the scriptures and find out what is the back of the Name, how much power and authority that name represents, then we will get a glimpse of what the Name can mean to us in our daily lives.

The measure of His ability is the measure of of the value of that Name. And it belongs to the church and Jesus gave us the unqualified use of His Name. John 16:24 give us the unlimited use of His Name in prayer. Prayer prayed in His Name will receive His special attention . And when the prayer is prayed in His Name, the Father is obliged to answer it based upon the New Covenant.

When we take our position and stand in the rights and priveledges in the New Covenant and pray in Jesus Name, it passes out of our hands into the hands of Jesus. He assumes the responsibility for that prayer.

Authority

Scripture Reading : Philippians 2:9-10

The Authority and Power that is in the name of Jesus belongs to the church but yet most of the Christendom live defeated lives. Christians use the name of Jesus when saying grace and it is about all the it is used so frequently. But the Lord want us to understand the revelation that is behind the name of Jesus and the power that backs it up.

Just before Jesus ascended to heaven after he gave the command tot he disciples to "Go ye into all the world.." He gave them the unlimited use of His name in life and ministry. The book of Acts gives us an account of the exploits of the early church using the name of Jesus where ever they went. This should be the prototype of the modern in the 20 th Century we live in.

"God highly exalted Him.. " The highest authority in the Universe has placed far above any other as He has exalted and lifted Him up and gave and conferred Him Name that is above every other name in three worlds-heaven, earth and hell. every being in heaven, on earth and under the earth will have to bow down and submit to the wonderful name of Jesus.

His name is above every sickness and disease, financial difficulty, family and relationship problems and habit. If there is name named in these three worlds then the Name of Jesus has full authority over these. The omnipotent power of God is available to us but the church is still in its infancy in understanding this great Revelation that we fin in the Pauline epistles.

The Name above all name -Jesus belong to us . Let's begin to us it in our daily warfare.