Healing: A Forever-Settled Subject

One of the paramount questions believers ask today is not whether God is able to heal, but whether He is willing to heal. Is it always God’s will to heal? You can know for sure.
When we want to understand God’s will about a subject, we go to God’s Word. God’s Word is God’s will. And the Bible tells us that healing is the will of God. The Bible also tells us, “For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven” (Ps. 119: 89) and “Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my [Jesus’] words shall not pass away” (Luke 21:33). Healing is a forever-settled subject because God’s Word is forever settled!

God Took Care of Sin and Sickness
Most of us understand that God dealt with the sin problem of humanity by sending His Son Jesus to be a Sacrifice and a Substitute for us. Isaiah 53:5 says, “He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities. . . .” First Peter 2:24 says, “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree. . . .”
So we know that God dealt with the sin problem in Christ’s great substitutionary work. But both of these scriptures also state that God dealt with sickness and disease for us in the same act of redemption.
ISAIAH 53:4-5
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.
1 PETER 2:24
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: BY WHOSE STRIPES YE WERE HEALED.
The prophet Isaiah declared God’s will concerning healing when he said about the Messiah, “with his stripes we are healed.” The Apostle Peter restates God’s will concerning healing in First Peter 2:24: “by whose stripes ye were healed.” Isaiah prophesied of the coming Messiah and of redemption. Peter was an eyewitness to what took place as described by Isaiah. He was present when the Roman soldiers put those stripes on Jesus’ back and hung Him on the cross at Golgotha’s hill.

Let’s look at another New Testament counterpart of Isaiah 53:5.
MATTHEW 8:16-17
16 When the even was come, they brought unto him [Jesus] many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias [Isaiah] the prophet, saying, HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES, AND BARE OUR SICKNESSES.
By healing the sick in His earthly ministry, Jesus was fulfilling Isaiah’s prophecy (“with his stripes we are healed”) before He ever went to the cross and legally obtained redemption for us. Friend, healing is one of the benefits of our redemption! According to the Word of God, Jesus not only died and rose again for our sins, but He died and rose again for our sicknesses and diseases too. Healing belongs to us just as salvation belongs to us. Healing is part and parcel of our redemption!

He Healed ALL of Our Diseases
Looking at the Psalms, we again see that healing is one of the benefits of our redemption. Psalm 103:2-3 says, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his BENEFITS: Who forgives all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.”
Notice verse 3 says the Lord heals all of our diseases . . . not just a few, and not just our minor ailments. The word “all” means nothing left out. Nothing is left out of the redemptive work of Christ: not a headache, not a stomach-ache, not any kind of cancer, nor any kind of heart trouble. In God’s plan of redemption, every sickness and disease has been dealt with!

What About Jesus?
Now, what about Jesus, who consummated our redemption in His death, burial, and resurrection? Jesus came to the earth to do the will of the Father. In fact, repeatedly, Jesus said, “I have come to do the will of Him who sent Me.” In John 14:9, He said, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” As Jesus walked this earth and fulfilled His earthly ministry, He was the will of God in action!
Let’s look at yet another passage of Scripture that further illustrates God’s will concerning healing.
LUKE 5:12-13
12 And it came to pass, when he [Jesus] was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I WILL: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
The question concerning God’s will to heal is answered very explicitly in this passage. In verses 12 and 13, when the leper questioned Jesus specifically concerning His will to heal, Jesus answered, “I will!” The New International Version says, ” ‘Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.’ Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be clean!’ And immediately the leprosy left him.” The New English Bible translates this verse: ” ‘Indeed I will; be clean again.’ ” Another translation says, ” ‘It is my pleasure; be clean.’ ”
Verse 12 of the King James Version says the man was full of leprosy, indicating he had leprosy that was in the last stages. Leprosy is a horrific disease that deforms and mutilates the body as it progresses. We can gather from this verse that since the man was full of leprosy, the disease was probably more advanced than just a spot on his arm or leg. Yet with one sentence from the Master’s lips: “I will: be thou clean,” the leper was healed (v. 13)!

Jesus Is Willing . . . Be Healed!
Most Christians today don’t have a problem seeing Jesus in His earthly ministry as the Healer. They don’t question that He was anointed by God and that He had the power to heal sickness and disease (Luke 4:18-19; Acts 10:38). Most Christians don’t even question so much Jesus’ ability to heal people today as they do His willingness to demonstrate that healing power on their behalf.
However, any question about Jesus’ willingness to heal is answered very vividly in this account of the leper in Luke chapter 5. And since Jesus hasn’t changed (Heb. 13:8; Mal. 3:6), and He was willing to heal then, He is willing to heal now. He’s willing that you be healed.
We need to have faith not only in Jesus’ power and ability to heal, but also in His willingness and compassion to heal. We should no longer question whether or not Jesus wants us healed, because He provided healing for us in His great act of redemption. And He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He hasn’t changed! He is still saying today, “I will!”

Praise – No Matter What!

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Isa. 54:17

There’s a man who’s made up his mind that no matter what happens he’s going to praise the Lord. It’s important to understand that praise should not arise merely from our feelings or our circumstances. It should arise out of our will; it should arise out of a deep will-seated decision. My heart is fixed: no matter what happens I’m going to praise God.

And then the psalmist says, “I will give praise even with my glory.” What does he mean when he says, my glory? Fortunately, the Bible does not leave us to wonder, because on the Day of Pentecost in his sermon in Jerusalem, the apostle Peter quoted that particular verse but he changed one word. He changed glory to tongue. He quoted it this way: ”I will give praise with my tongue.” So that tells us a wonderful secret, our tongue is our glory. Why is that? Or why did God give us a tongue? Do you know the real reason why God gave us a tongue – the primary reason why you and I have a tongue? It’s to praise God with, and only when we use our tongue for God’s glory are we using it aright. And our tongue is our glory because with it, above all other members of our body, we can glorify God and use it for the purpose for which we were created.

Battle of the Mind

Introduction

Many people don’t understand that there’s a constant battle to occupy your mind. God is giving us a tremendous gift of choosing of whom we will hear and obey. As God speaks to his people to accomplish great things the enemy speaks to his people to kill, steal and destroy. Satan also speaks to the children of God to confuse them and twist the truth that they have learned. Let us look at what the word of God says and how to win the battle of the mind.

Renew Your Mind

This is a constant on-going battle to keep your mind on God.
Rom. 12: 1-2
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
2 Cor. 10: 3-6
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

Fight the Good Fight of Faith

You must use the Word of God to speak again the evil one.
I John 4: 4
4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
I Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Use the Word of God

The Word of God is your weapon to stand strong against the enemy. Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. James 4:7-9

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (The devil will run from us in terror). You resist with the confession of your mouth!
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Who resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. I Peter 5:8-9

Remember how you THINK, is how you will Speak. And how you speak is how you will LIVE!

These are the Voices; these are the Lies!

Fear of others becomes a snare, but the one who trusts in the LORD is safe.
Proverbs 29:25

“The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?”
Psalms 118:6

The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall, I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1.
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Isa. 54:17

As a psychologist and minister I have counseled hundreds of people over the years in every walk of life. I have counseled people of different cultures, ethnicities, lifestyles, and we all have one thing in common. For the most part many lies have been spoken about us and to us from significant people in our lives. And because these people who spoke to us much negatively, we tend to believe that more than anything else.
There are two theories and the Psych-Social Construction of Reality. Lifespan development that describes the different stages of learning that people go through lifespan development starts from when one is born until one die. This theory discovered that we are all made up of positive and negative experiences in life. We’ve all had things spoken over us that created deception, low self-esteem, self-hate, and despising oneself. All of these positive and negative voices have shaped us to be who we are. The second theory Psych-Social Construction of Reality occurs and is shaped by not only our life experiences but through this lens we interpret life.

Why do we believe the Lies?

This subject is a very important topic to understand. We must realize that everything that manifests itself in the physical, emotional, or psychological has its roots in the spiritual. Everyone must consider what they are chasing in life and if it will last. The world offers dry wells from which people seek fulfillment. But Father God who is the fountain of living water offers an oasis in a very dry and desolate world. We in theological terms are triune. We are a spirit, which has a soul and lives in a body. We are spirit and we live on forever. We will live forever with Father God or we will live separated from Him. This reconciliation or separation is based on one premise, our freedom to choose either path. Our souls are our emotional and psychological make-up. Our soul reflects the type of psych-social construction of our reality. Lifespan development basically means that the life course for a person is developed and solidified through different life experiences. This is part of the make-up of our soul. Good and bad experiences are lived and relived again and again over our lifespan. This is considered our “collectiveness” of both good and bad life experiences. The manifestations of our experiences that make up our reality. This is our soul which consists of the good, the bad, and the ugly. The third piece of our being is called our body. Our body houses our spirit and our soul. Scripturally it is called a temple. This temple either holds a spirit that has been born again or a lost eternally. Once again, our spirituality or lack thereof is how we are wired together.

We Are Broken!

In 1 Corinthians 13:12 states that “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known.” We know in part. We don’t understand all or even how trauma we experienced or still experiencing still affects us. It is through the progressive revelation by God’s spirit to our soul that we slowly begin to unravel all of the good, bad, and ugly in our lives. Jesus stated that through our relationship with Him and as we surrender to Him, we will begin to understand the TRUTH as Father God sees truth of our psych-social construction of our own reality and how it has affected us and those who are around us past and present. Jesus stated that, “you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32. It is that truth revealed to us in different stages of our lives that we begin to see how the web of trauma reveals the chains of our own darkness and its manifestations known as traumatic events.

Trauma basically is a brokenness that has resulted for mankind due to our rebellion against God. It’s our story, both personal and collective, that has been buried in the shadows of our own consciousness, and it plays time it again in our lives. Trauma creates a hard shell over us separating us from ourselves and others. Trauma consists of broken moments that trigger and resurface time and again in the darkness of our subconscious. Trauma creates a void, and an emptiness that can only be healed through the power of God.

Trauma as its basic conception, pushes one to become that which has been fractured. Remember the Samaritan woman at the well who met Jesus and she wanted to discuss religion. Christ discussed with her worship. She began discussing the differences between her faith to divert attention from her own fractured self. Here’s a woman that usually should collect water at the well in the morning with other ladies but because her life was so chaotic, no one was there to associate with her. She had many broken relationships. Many failed marriages. Even though her story isn’t complete, my years of experience of working with people that have fractured lives in multi-generational relationships I know their unending story that carried over many generations.

Trauma disrupts, and breaks down every spiritual, physical, emotional, and psychological form of communication and relationships that an individual has. I stated in the first teaching that trauma is never an individual act, but an act that involves many other people generational trauma, which we have named collective trauma that deals with multi-generational issues of rebellion and separation from God.

The Key to Success!
We must understand that we have to train our mind to listen to God’s voice. He says that his children know his voice. To understand more of God voice speaking to us we must Inundate ourselves in his word.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Rom. 12:1-2

Bless the Lord oh my Soul

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Psalms 103:1-5 KJV

David, there, is speaking to his own soul. In effect, he’s saying to his soul, “Don’t be sluggish, don’t be unthankful, don’t be unresponsive. Bless the Lord for all His benefits,” and then he lists in succession six specific benefits.

Number one, the Lord forgiveth all thine iniquities.
Number two, He healeth all thy diseases.
Number three, He redeemeth thy life from destruction.
Number four, He crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies.
Number five, He satisfieth thy mouth with good things
Number six, so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Surely if we understand these six unchanging benefits and mercies of the Lord, then we need to do as David did to his own soul. We need to say to our soul, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy name.” If we don’t do that, it’s surely evidence that we’re forgetting His benefits. One good way never to forget those benefits is to stir up our soul and bless the Lord at all times.

Trusting in God’s Faithfulness!

[Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4

God tests us by allowing us to go through different experiences so we may grow in faith and endurance. Sometimes those testing’s come by our disobedience toward Him and His word. I remember there was a time that I was extremely ill. It was not God testing me it was due to my poor eating habits and lack of exercise. My disobedience in these areas created havoc on my body.
How can we rejoice in those difficult moments of testing? Remember, God does not use sickness or sinful situations to test us. The enemy, Satan uses sickness and disease. The testing of our faith produces both endurance and patience. God stated that in this world we would face tribulation and persecution but we are to stand strong and resist the enemy. Standing strong and resisting the enemy is the testing of our faith.

How do you respond to that situation? Do you say to yourself, “Everything’s gone wrong! The Lord’s promise will never come true”? No, I don’t believe that. It says, “Until the time that the promise came, the word of the Lord tested him.” How important it is to see that when the Lord gives us a promise, many times everything that happens next will seem to be the very opposite of what God has promised. It’s so important that at times like that we don’t give up on the promise, we don’t say, “God has forgotten; God has failed.”
We must speak unto those mountains that we are facing the promises of God. We should confess openly and without shame our trust in God. Many people speak of their mountains but not of their faith.

You see, that promise that God gave us is testing us. It’s testing our faith and our constancy to see if we’ll hold on in the darkest hour. And when we pass the test, then, like all the people in scripture, we will see the promises of God will be fulfilled.

Remember the way to think, is what you will speak. And what you speak is how you will live!

The Lordship of Jesus

Introduction
One of the most important truths of Father God’s revelation to mankind, is that Jesus Christ is Lord of all. To know this fact, is foundational to have a victorious life in Christ Jesus. However, it has been my experience and ministry of over 53 years that many people who call themselves Christians have not submitted their lives to Christ, and received Him as Lord. The greatest truth is when one takes on Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and has received eternal life.
In no way should this teaching is to bring about condemnation. At different times in our lives, we all had to repent for different shortcomings and seek God’s forgiveness. But at the same time, we must have as a constant reminder within our very spirit that we are to serve the risen, Lord, in every situation, and every circumstance.

Satan’s lordship.

Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior revealed to us who believe in Him , is just as real as the fact that Satan is lord of the natural man. Christ showed us that when He recognized it and called him Satan, the prince of this world. And John, 14:38 says, “for the prince of this world comes and has nothing in me” Even the apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:4 stated that “the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ, who is that image of God”. Satan and all his demons are called spiritual rulers of this world. And the apostle Paul said in Ephesians 6:12, that “we do not wrestle against people, flesh and blood, but against the rulers of this world, against spiritual darkness, hosts of spiritual wickedness in heavenly places.”
He also stated that the natural man is walking, according to the rule, according to their ruler. In Ephesians 2:2 says, “when you once walked walk according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit, that works in the sons of disobedience.”
Remember, that Satan, in the beginning did not hold authority over the human race and creation. Man was the original Lord. God gave him dominion over the works of creation, making him his under ruler. It says in Genesis 1:26, “let us make man in our manage, after our own, like this, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creepy thing that creeps up on the face of the earth.”
As we can see, now, the entire universe is suffering, and the misery has its reign in Satan, which has been brought to the human heart. Man was given dominion over the works of the hands of God. He returned that vast dominion over to the hands of Satan; man went from lordship to slavery. Even the animal kingdom has grown under the lordship of Satan. See Romans 8:20-24
However, Father God, did not leave man in his hopeless condition to suffer eternal wrath under the reign of Satan. In the very presence of Adam’s high crime of treason, Father God gave the promise of one Jesus, who legally broke the lordship of Satan over the human race. Genesis 3 15-18.

Christ, The Conqueror
We must understand that this was a legal contract between God and Adam and Eve. God being God could not just undo without him indeed have done God in his perfect timing brought to deliver for through the Virgin Mary Christ Jesus. Christ broke the dominion of Satan over the human race. Jesus at Calvary brought to nothing absolute and total deliverance once, and for all, over authority in the realm of death. Hebrews 2 :14.

Two things you must understand that are very important.

1st, Christ did not take authority over Satan for Himself. Satan was never Lord over Christ. The son of God, who lives in eternity and equality with a Father, was not touched by Adams, high crime of treason, which made Satan in lord of the human race. He did not partake of the sin nature. The impeccability of Christ was clear and never a question. He did not share in the fallen nature of humanity. He was without sin. Philippians 2: 2-8.
Even when Jesus became man, he was free from Satan’s dominion, for He was not born of natural generation He was God incarnate, and by this reason his deity He remained greater than Satan and his rulers of this world.
Remember, Christ said in John 14:30 the prince of this world, but has nothing or no part in me. The incarnation of Christ gave him no relationship to Satan. The term Son of God was expressed His deity and his title Son of Man, which expressed His humanity. He was never subject to the god of this world. He had the same kind of humanity that Adam had before the crime of high treason. Therefore, we must understand that the life of Christ upon earth demonstrated the life of man free from the lordship of Satan. Satan obeyed Jesus in every area that AFFECTED MANKIND; disease and sickness obeyed Jesus, He forgave sin, and every force of nature obeyed His command.

2nd, we can see the Christ took upon Himself the consequences of sin. He conquered sin for mankind. Christ was free from Satan’s, dominion, and Christ could broke the power of disease over a man’s life and cast out demons. Jesus did not need to be free from Satan’s lordship, humanity needed, deliverance from the nature of Satan out of which came selfish, jealousy, the reign of sin, disease, and rebellion toward God.
The lordship of Satan, over humanity, over the individual had to be broken by Christ Jesus on the cross. Christ identified himself with spiritual death. The nature of Satan has won dominion over mankind through the rebellion of Adam and Eve. Jesus conquered all on the behalf of humanity. 2 Corinthians 5: 21.
We do not know the exact nature of the combat between Christ and Satan. We only know that Jesus rose from the dead as a Man-God on our behalf. He himself conquered all satanic principalities and power. Christ entered the holy of holies with His own blood. Father God recognized and accepted the complete redemption from Satan’s authority over men that he had over the human race in Hebrews 912 it says, “through his own blood he entered it in once, for all onto the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.” The first man Adam was cast forth from the presence of God, because Satan had become his master, and the human race was identified in that rejection. Genesis 3:22- 24.
In Christ Jesus, there is now remission of sins as a result of His spiritual death. It says in Hebrews 10:14-18, In Christ Jesus, there is now remission sins as a result of His spiritual death. It says in Hebrews 10:14-18, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.” And man has been declared righteous before Father God who accepted the sacrifice of Jesus and His lordship.

Christ, Crowned Lord Overall.

Because of Calvary and His victory over Satan Father God crowned Jesus as Lord over all. When Christ rose from the dead, He arose above every rule and authority and power and dominion. Eph. 1:12-22.
In Christ, the son of man had risen from the dead and broken the lordship of Satan. God crowned him as lord when he gave him a name that is above every name invested with the authority of his conquest.
In Ephesian 1: 19-20 states the following and “what the exceeding greatness of his power toward us, who believe, according to that work, is of the strength of his mate, what she wrote in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at the right hand, and the heavenly places, for above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name it is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.”

His authority is our authority. His victory over Satan is our victory over Satan. As He was victorious over sin, sickness and spiritual death so are we. Our preaching the gospel can lead others to eternal life and bring health, healing, and freedom. It says in Ephesians 1:22- 23 that Father God put all things in subject under the feet of Jesus, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of Him, that filleth, all in all.

The Prevailing Word of God!

Introduction
What are the greatest battles I have seen within Christianity is for believers to understand the importance of the Word of God in their lives. We must understand that. The apostle Paul told us in Romans 12:1-2, that we need to continually renew our minds so you understand God’s working and guidance in our lives.

The Word takes the place of the unseen, Jesus. Meditation in the Word is a visit with the Almighty Savior. The Word needs to get into our very being. It may become our very nature. We are to react only using the Word of God.
Acts 19:20 states “so mightily grew the word of God and Prevailed. This took place in revival an emphasis that was shaking the very nation. Ephesus was the central point of idolatry. It was not Paul’s preaching. It was not his logic or philosophy. It was a Word of God that made the difference. Acts 12:24 says the word of God grew and multiplied. It grew in the minds of people It gained against supremacy over them. We are to follow God through His Word by faith not by our carnal senses. When we preach the Word of God, the Lord confirms His Word, with signs and wonders.

Faith makes the Word Prevail.
We have heard time in again, that the Word of God comes by faith. Many Christians really do not have faith in the Word of God. Faith must become our second nature. We must judge every circumstance that we confront, every situation that is contrary to the word of God. We must go to the word of God to see how Jesus would handle any situation.

Matthew 8: 23–27 we see the word of the prevailing in Jesus lips. He even commanded the laws of nature. You remember He said to his disciples “oh, ye of little faith, then He arose in rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm, and they stated what manner of man is this even the winds, and the sea obey Him.”

The Word prevailed in The Faith of the Centurion.
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly. Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?” The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the WORD, and my servant will be healed. For I am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. Matthew 8:5-10.
The word on the lips of Jesus prevailed over the disease in the centurion’s servant.
In Matthew 14:13-21. The word in Jesus lips ruled the law of supply and demand. Five loaves and two fishes multiplied until 5000 people are fed and 12 baskets of fragments were left over.
It says in John 1:1-3 “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that has been made.”

Jesus and the Word are One.
Can you imagine that the Lord God has used the human language by calling Jesus a word. Do you understand that the whole universe was brought into being by WORDS. We have the SPOKEN WORD, on the lips of Jesus: then we have the WORD made flesh that came and wealth amongst us; then we have the SPOKEN WORDS on the lips of the apostles before the Pauline revelation came. And finally, these WORDS were put on paper in the language that we might understand and have a permanent record of the Living Word.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us… John 1:14
For this reason, we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the Word of God, who Himself effectively works in you who believe. I Thess. 2:13 (Moffat).
He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. Psalms 107:20

The Word Prevails Over our Senses.
Hebrews 11:1, says that faith is giving the substance of things we have hope for. Hope and faith are always in combat. Faith wins because it is real. Hope it’s always future it’s a dream. is never real. Faith reaches up and grabs hope, and brings it into the present realm.
The central truth of this teaching regarding faith versus feelings is.
• #1 we need to find a promise of God for whatever you are seeking.
• #2; believe God ‘s word.
• #3; do not consider contradictory circumstances.
• #4; praise God for the answer.
We cannot understand God by our feelings. We are told to walk by faith and what God ‘s Word says to us. The only way will get to know God and understand Him and get acquainted with Him is through the word. Many people want goosebumps, they want to feel good, then they think their prayers are heard. God says without faith it is impossible to please him. Our faith should not be based on feelings but should be based on God ‘s word. This is not Christian Science. We base our faith on God and His Word not in the mind. I am not saying to ignore the symptoms of the body. I am telling you to get your body into line with what God’s Word says.
Carnality vs. Spirituality
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh (controlled by our five senses), but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded (controlled by our five senses) is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. Rom. 8:5-7 (KJV)

Don’t Consider Your Body
Faith changed Abraham’s hope into reality as he believed the Word of God that came to him.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, He was able also to perform.
Romans 4: 19-21

The Word on Our Lips
We are told to preach and teach the Word of God. In the ministry of Jesus on earth He was fearless in the presence of disease and demons. He was one with the father and as he spoke the Father was speaking. In John 14:9, “Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Jesus spoke the Word and He healed people, delivered people, The Apostles preached the Word and healed people, delivered people. To preach the Word is to preach Jesus! “Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.” 2 Tim. 4:2.

The Word Makes Us Conquerors!
The Word of God on our lips makes us conquers. We are longer victims of sin, sickness, and disease. We are no longer bound to Satan. We are no longer bound to circumstances and situations. We are Overcomer’s because He overcame.
He overcame hate. He overcame demons. He overcame sickness and disease. He became the sacrificial lamb taking the wrath of the Father, which fell upon Him so we can walk and victory. He became sin, who knew no sin so we could become the righteousness of God, His works, we can do because He has given us all authority.
• I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13
• He has delivered us from the power of darkness and [a]conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. Col. 1:13.
• Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2 Cor. 3: 5-6.

Remember the way you think is the way you will speak. And the way you speak is the way you will live.

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¡La Palabra de Dios Prevaleciente!

Introducción
Las mayores batallas que he visto dentro del cristianismo es que los creyentes entiendan la importancia de la Palabra de Dios en sus vidas. Debemos entender eso. El apóstol Pablo nos dijo en Romanos 12:1-2, que necesitamos renovar continuamente nuestra mente para que entendamos la obra y la guía de Dios en nuestras vidas. La Palabra toma el lugar de lo invisible, Jesús. La meditación en la Palabra es una visita al Salvador Todopoderoso. La Palabra necesita entrar en nuestro propio ser. Puede convertirse en nuestra propia naturaleza. Debemos reaccionar solo usando la Palabra de Dios.

Hechos 19:20 dice: “tan poderosamente creció la palabra de Dios y prevaleció. Esto tuvo lugar en un avivamiento, un énfasis que estaba sacudiendo a la misma nación. Éfeso era el punto central de la idolatría. No era la predicación de Pablo. No era su lógica o filosofía. Fue una Palabra de Dios que marcó la diferencia. Hechos 12:24 dice que la palabra de Dios crecía y se multiplicaba. Creció en la mente de las personas Ganó contra la supremacía sobre ellos. Debemos seguir a Dios a través de Su Palabra por fe, no por nuestros sentidos carnales. Cuando predicamos la Palabra de Dios, el Señor confirma Su Palabra, con señales y prodigios.

La Fe hace Prevalecer la Palabra.

Hemos escuchado una y otra vez que la Palabra de Dios viene por fe. Muchos cristianos realmente no tienen fe en la Palabra de Dios. La fe debe convertirse en nuestra segunda naturaleza. Debemos juzgar cada circunstancia que enfrentamos, cada situación que es contraria a la palabra de Dios. Debemos ir a la palabra de Dios para ver cómo Jesús manejaría cualquier situación.

Mateo 8: 23–27 vemos la palabra del que prevalece en los labios de Jesús. Incluso ordenó las leyes de la naturaleza. Ustedes recuerdan que Él dijo a sus discípulos: “Oh, hombres de poca fe, entonces Él se levantó y reprendió a los vientos y al mar, y hubo una gran calma, y ​​dijeron qué clase de hombre es este, incluso los vientos y el mar obedecen. A él.”

La Palabra prevaleció en La Fe del Centurión.

Cuando Jesús había entrado en Cafarnaúm, se le acercó un centurión pidiéndole ayuda. “Señor”, dijo, “mi siervo yace en casa paralítico, sufriendo terriblemente. Jesús le dijo: “¿Iré a curarlo?” El centurión respondió: “Señor, no merezco que entres bajo mi techo. Pero solo di la PALABRA, y mi siervo será sanado. Porque soy un hombre bajo autoridad, con soldados debajo de mí. A éste le digo: ‘Ve’, y se va; y aquél, ‘Ven’, y viene. Le digo a mi siervo: ‘Haz esto’, y lo hace”. Cuando Jesús escuchó esto, se asombró y dijo a los que lo seguían: “En verdad les digo que no he encontrado a nadie en Israel con una fe tan grande. Mateo 8:5-10.
La palabra en los labios de Jesús prevaleció sobre la enfermedad del criado del centurión.
En Mateo 14:13-21. La palabra en los labios de Jesús gobernaba la ley de la oferta y la demanda. Cinco panes y dos peces se multiplicaron hasta dar de comer a 5000 personas y sobraron 12 canastas de pedazos.
Dice en Juan 1:1-3 “En el principio era el Verbo y el Verbo estaba con Dios y el Verbo era Dios. El mismo fue en el principio con Dios, todas las cosas fueron hechas por él, y sin él nada de lo que ha sido hecho, fue hecho.”

Jesús y la Palabra son Uno.

¿Te imaginas que el Señor Dios haya usado el lenguaje humano al llamar a Jesús una palabra? ¿Entiendes que todo el universo fue creado por PALABRAS? Tenemos la PALABRA HABLADA, en los labios de Jesús: luego tenemos la PALABRA hecha carne que vino y riqueza entre nosotros; luego tenemos las PALABRAS HABLADA en los labios de los apóstoles antes de que llegara la revelación paulina. Y finalmente, estas PALABRAS fueron puestas en papel en el lenguaje que podamos entender y tener un registro permanente de la Palabra Viva.

Y el Verbo se hizo carne y habitó entre nosotros… Juan 1:14.Por esto también nosotros damos gracias a Dios sin cesar, porque cuando recibisteis la palabra de Dios que oísteis de nosotros, la recibisteis no como palabra de hombres, sino como es en verdad, la Palabra de Dios, quien Él mismo efectivamente obra en vosotros que creéis. 1 Tes. 2:13 (Moffat).
Envió su palabra y los sanó, y los libró de su destrucción. Salmos 107:20
La palabra prevalece sobre nuestros sentidos.

Hebreos 11:1, dice que la fe es dar la sustancia de las cosas que esperamos. La esperanza y la fe siempre están en combate. La fe gana porque es real. Espero que siempre sea futuro, es un sueño. nunca es real La fe se eleva y grafica la esperanza, y la trae al ámbito presente.
La verdad central de esta enseñanza sobre la fe versus los sentimientos es;
• #1 necesitamos encontrar una promesa de Dios para cualquier cosa que estés buscando.
• #2; cree en la palabra de Dios.
• #3; no considerar circunstancias contradictorias.
• #4; alabado sea Dios por la respuesta.

No podemos entender a Dios por nuestros sentimientos. Se nos dice que caminemos por fe y lo que la Palabra de Dios nos dice. La única manera de llegar a conocer a Dios y entenderlo y familiarizarse con Él es a través de la palabra. Muchas personas quieren que se les ponga la piel de gallina, quieren sentirse bien y luego creen que sus oraciones son escuchadas. Dios dice que sin fe es imposible agradarle. Nuestra fe no debe basarse en sentimientos sino en la palabra de Dios. Esto no es Ciencia Cristiana. Basamos nuestra fe en Dios y Su Palabra no en la mente. No estoy diciendo que ignoremos los síntomas del cuerpo. Te estoy diciendo que alinees tu cuerpo con lo que dice la Palabra de Dios.

Carnalidad vs. Espiritualidad

Porque los que viven según la carne, piensan en las cosas de la carne (controladas por nuestros cinco sentidos), pero los que viven según el Espíritu, en las cosas del Espíritu. Porque el ocuparse de la carne (controlado por nuestros cinco sentidos) es muerte, pero el ocuparse del espíritu es vida y paz. porque la mente carnal es enemistad contra Dios; porque no está sujeta a la ley de Dios, ni puede estarlo. ROM. 8:5-7 (RV).

Escuche las enseñanzas sobre la batalla de la mente, piense con propósito, las palabras tienen poder.

No consideres tu cuerpo

La fe transformó la esperanza de Abraham en realidad al creer en la Palabra de Dios que le llegó.
Y no siendo débil en la fe, no consideró su cuerpo ya muerto, cuando era como de cien años, ni la esterilidad de la matriz de Sara; no dudó de la promesa de Dios por incredulidad; pero se fortaleció en la fe, dando gloria a Dios; y estando plenamente seguro de que lo que había prometido, era poderoso también para cumplirlo.
Romanos 4: 19-21

La palabra en nuestros labios

Se nos dice que prediquemos y enseñemos la Palabra de Dios. En el ministerio de Jesús en la tierra, no tuvo miedo en la presencia de enfermedades y demonios. Era uno con el padre y mientras hablaba, el Padre estaba hablando. En Juan 14:9, “Jesús le dijo: ¿Tanto tiempo hace que esté contigo, y no me conoces, Felipe? El que me ha visto a mí, ha visto al Padre; entonces, ¿cómo puedes decir: ‘Muéstranos al Padre’?

Jesús habló la Palabra y sanó a la gente, liberó a la gente. Los Apóstoles predicaron la Palabra y sanó a la gente, liberó a la gente. ¡Predicar la Palabra es predicar a Jesús!
“¡Predica la palabra! Esté preparado en temporada y fuera de temporada. convence, reprende, exhorta, con toda paciencia y doctrina.” 2 Tim. 4:2.
¡La Palabra Nos Hace Vencedores! La Palabra de Dios en nuestros labios nos hace vencedores. Somos víctimas más largas del pecado, la enfermedad y la dolencia. Ya no estamos atados a Satanás. Ya no estamos atados a las circunstancias y situaciones. Somos del Vencedor porque Él venció. Superó el odio. Él venció a los demonios. Él venció la enfermedad y la enfermedad. Él se convirtió en el cordero del sacrificio tomando la ira del Padre, la cual cayó sobre Él para que podamos caminar y la victoria. Él se hizo pecado, quien no conoció pecado para que pudiéramos convertirnos en la justicia de Dios, Sus obras, las podemos hacer porque Él nos ha dado toda autoridad.

Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. Fil. 4:13

Él nos ha librado de la potestad de las tinieblas y [a]nos transportado al reino del Hijo de Su amor. Colosenses 1:13.

No que seamos suficientes por nosotros mismos para pensar algo como de nosotros mismos, sino que nuestra suficiencia proviene de Dios, quien también nos hizo ministros suficientes del nuevo pacto, no de la letra, sino del Espíritu; porque la letra mata, más el Espíritu vivifica. 2 Cor. 3: 5-6

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The Law of Life versus The Law of Death

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.  For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.  For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh [sinful nature imbedded in our five senses] is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.  Those, who are in the flesh, cannot please God. Romans 8:1-8.

Introduction

We must come to a point in our lives, but we are so tired of how we are at the things we are chasing, depression, anger, resentment, and most of all lack of peace. The law of sin, and death is basically describing two types of people. The first is those who are spiritually dead, but life physically alive and they live terribly frustrated, going through cycles of chaos. The second person is a religious person who is also spiritually dead and is trying to please God on their own terms. He has tried to figure out a way through his own works to do the will of God. Both find out sooner or later that this is a law of sin and death if we could do it on our own, we would not need Jesus.

Remember that the New Covenant has a new law, a new priesthood, new sacrifice, and a new walk. This is why the Old Covenant, which is the Old Testament was replaced with the New Covenant which is the New Testament. The new life of the Christian is the result of  being born again. Anyone who is outside of Christ (the New Testament) is under the law of the Old Covenant and is under the law of death.

The Law of the New Covenant

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35

The word love here is “agape”. This is God’s love. God came to save mankind not to destroy mankind. The New Covenant came into being with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus fulfilled the Old Covenant with its laws, ceremonies, and priesthood and had it laid aside. This occurred when Jesus stated on the cross “It is Finished”.

When God raised Jesus from the dead, and made Him head of a new covenant. He himself is a high priest, and we are his holy and royal priesthood. The rules for a daily walk are not found in Jesus’ teachings and Paul’s revelation. The new law of law is interpreted in a special way in 1st Corinthians 13. It is revelation of the grace of God. Is revelation of the sons of God. We are to walk that as the sons of Abraham walked in the realm of senses, but as a New Testament Creation Man who is born again and we are to walk in the spirit of love.

But I say, walk by the spirit, (by your born-again spirit yielded to the Holy Spirit) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Gal. 5:16. He that walks by the flesh are those who walk by their five senses. The flesh is a lifestyle, a conduct that one chooses. The recreated spirit is to dominate the senses and govern our conduct.

We have the love of God. We do not need to pray for His love in us. Love does not come through prayer or fasting. We have received God’s love nature in our spirits. When we are born again when have received the nature of Father God. We are his children. We are born of Love. We do not need to pray for love because when we are born again, we have His love.

“God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Rom. 5:5

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. I John 4:8

 Believing In Love

“So, we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” I John 4:16.

Now you can understand this new life, born again spirit, is governed by love. Satan has governed mankind, in darkness and hatred and selfishness. But now under a new authority by the Lord God and our New Birth, our daily life should be lived in love.

“Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law”. Romans 13:10

Jesus is that love that that fulfilled the old commandment and set it aside. Love established another commandment of love God does not to man the man in Christ to love him if he walks in fellowship, he cannot help but love him because man is now a lover. This is the solution to the human problem in the world. If Love governed, there would be no more wars, no more lawsuits, no more jails are prisons, all these things would cease to end.

Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. I Cor. 10:24

Imitators of God

You see the problem is Sense Knowledge has failed and only God’s love can turn lives around. I have a teaching called “Spirituality and Collective Trauma.” Many children are brought up in very dysfunctional homes. Drug addiction, gangs, domestic violence, all these different things produce deviant and criminal behavior. As you know, we teach in the prisons and I’ll tell you time again if you look at our testimonies of these men on our Webpage who we minister to have had a lifetime of trauma that has produced very negative behavior. The hatred and selfishness that they experienced produced criminals, but love produces beautiful people.

You see the New Creation is born from the love of God. For God so loved the World that He gave. Jn. 3:16.

The failure of Christianity is not a failure of the nature of God in men, but it is because men has substituted church organization for the new creation. Sense Knowledge has gained supremacy in the church, and Jesus is no longer the Lord or head of the church, worldly minded men rule most of the churches. It must be fully understood that the 10 Commandments are never given to the new creation, and that the new commandment was never given to the natural man. This, if it is, if it were known, would save much of the confusion among those who are teaching the law today.

The Law of Light and Darkness

“The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now. The one who loves his brother or sister remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.”  I John 2:9-11.

The moment we step out of love we step into darkness. Sense Knowledge rules them. Satan governs through selfishness.

“We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. Everyone who hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” I John 3:14-16

Living the New Law

If anyone has this world’s goods and sees a fellow believer in need but withholds compassion from him—how does God’s love reside in him? Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth. This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows all things. Dear friends, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive whatever we ask from him because we keep his commands and do what is pleasing in His sight. Now this is his command: that we believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he commanded us. I John 3:17-23

When we step out of love, we step into darkness. Scripture makes it very plain that our prayers and petitions are not answered because we remain in darkness. I know that many people are sick and full of disease and are not healed because they’re not walking in love. I know the church has failed miserably and helping one another. Instead of being a blessing at times they are a curse to one another full of backbiting, deceit and gossip. The next time you do not receive the petitions to your prayers check your love life.