(John 3:34) For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God,
for God does not give the Spirit by measure.
I used the following example in Chapter 5; “The Holy Spirit.” I repeat it here because it quickly gives us one of the best reasons to become Spiritually unified with the other members in Jesus Christ’s One SPIRITUAL Body:
“We know that each member in Christ’s Body is completely filled, without measure, by the Holy Spirit; and therefore, as each filled member unites with the other members in Christ’s Body, the SPIRITUAL POWER becomes immeasurable in human terms.
For example, five Christians together, all Spiritually filled without measure have five times the Spiritual Power that one has. Meditate on the POWER available to all Christians, BOTH FROM HEAVEN AND ON EARTH as they become a unified member in the ONE Body of Christ: under HisONE NAME, HEART, SPIRIT and AUTHORITY!” All in Heaven have been filled with the Spirit of God: either while they were on earth or in Heaven. (see John 4:21-26)
As God’s Holy Spirit taught us in Chapter 1, Genesis 11:6, the Lord said, “Indeed the people are ONE…NOW NOTHING THEY PROPOSE TO DO WILL BE WITHHELD FROM THEM.”
POWER (Miraculous Power)
There are actually two Greek words translated as “power” in the New Testament; here we only discuss one. It is:
NT #1411; POWER …: “…dunamis…; force…; specially, MIRACULOUS POWER … A MIRACLE ITSELF…”
There are numerous scriptures showing us that this Power comes directly from God our Father. I have posted a few of the many:
(Matthew 6:13) “And [Father] lead us not into temptation, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL: For thine is the kingdom, and the [miraculous] POWER, and the glory, forever. Amen.” KJV
(Mark 9:1) And he [Jesus] said unto them, “Verily I say unto you, that there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with [miraculous] POWER. (also see Luke 17:20-21) KJV
(Luke 24:49) Behold, I [Jesus] send the Promise of My Father [Holy Spirit] upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with [miraculous] POWERfrom on high.” NKJV
This miraculous POWER, God’s Holy Spirit, was given by God our Father, through Christ’s sacrifice on the day of Pentecost. (see Acts 2)
(Eph 1:15-21) Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:[so] 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, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints [God is our inheritance], and what is THE EXCEEDING GREATNESS OF HIS POWER toward US WHO BELIEVE, ACCORDING TO THE WORKING OF HIS MIGHTY [miraculous] POWER WHICH HE WORKED IN CHRIST WHEN HE RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD AND SEATED HIM AT THE RIGHT HAND IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
(1 Corinthians 6:14)
And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us BY HIS OWN POWER [miraculous power].”
We will be/are raised up through God’s POWER, just as Jesus was! WOW! what an honor!
GOD’S WORD IS POWER [MIRACULOUS POWER]
(2 Tim 3:16 thru 2 Tim 4:2) All Scripture [Word]is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man [or woman] of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. I [Timothy] charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead atHis appearing and His kingdom: Preach the Word! NKJV
(Hebrews 1:3) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image [nature, character] of his person, and upholding all things by the WORD OF HIS POWER [miraculous power], when he [Jesus] had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. (Matthew 22:29-30) Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures [Word] nor the POWER OF GOD. KJV
(1 Corinthians 1:18) For the MESSAGE [Gospel] OF THE CROSS is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved IT IS THE POWER OF GOD.
(1 Corinthians 2:4-5) My [Paul’s] message and my preaching [Word, Gospel] were not in persuasive words of wisdom [of men], butIN DEMONSTRATION OF THE [Holy] SPIRIT AND OF [miraculous] POWER, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, BUT ON THE [miraculous] POWER OF GOD.NASU
Again, God says, “Preach the Word!
POWER THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
(Luke 1:35)
And the angel answered and said to her [Mary], “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the POWER [miraculous power] of the Highest [God our Father] will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One [Jesus] who is to be born will be called the Son of God. NKJV
(Romans 15:13) Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the POWER [miraculous power] of the Holy Ghost.
We receive power through the Holy Spirit just as Jesus did. Notice, that in both cases, whether it is Jesus or His Believers, God’s power is to be used FOR THE GOOD OF ALL: to spread God’s Word, the Gospel of Christ’s sacrifice and Salvation.
(Luke 4:14) And Jesus returned in the POWER [miraculous power] OF THE SPIRIT into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. KJV
[EXCERPT]
The following EXCERPT is from the devotional “Christ’s Prophetic Love Letters To Hi Children”; “July 30 “Blessed Events Come Upon Mine”
(Acts 1:8) But you shall receive POWER [miraculous power] when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES TO ME [Jesus] in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” NKJV
Children, blessed events come upon Mine now. Look into the Spiritual realm, and keep your eyes on My Holy Spirit. My power manifests through My Holy Spirit. So it is now and forever. My power has always been delivered to Mine through My Spirit, who is holy. See this and know this now and always (see Acts 10:38; Luke 1:35; Acts 1:8).
Look, and begin to see the marvelous signs and wonders that your God performs for you daily. My Loves, they begin now and they are eternal, Amen Amen and again Amen.
Sweetness is upon Mine, and upon their Spiritual lips. The voice of God speaks His Word as it journeys from your new heart and then across your lips. Hear Me, and receive the power of God within you as today’s blessing, Amen Amen and again Amen.
[END EXCERPT]
Again, John 3:34 said, “For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.”
POWER and AUTHORITY
(Luke 4:35-37) But Jesus rebuked him [demon], saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him [the man] in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a Word this is! For with AUTHORITY and POWER He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region.
In Luke 4:35-37, above, we are also told that, Jesus, “with POWER and AUTHORITY commanded the unclean spirits” “to be quiet and come out of him,” “and they came out.” We are again told in Luke 10:19-20, below, that Jesus has given us the same POWER and AUTHORITY:
(Luke 10:19-20) Behold, I [Jesus] give you the AUTHORITY to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, THAT THE SPIRITS ARE SUBJECT TO YOU [Jesus’ Power & Authority in you], but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
Due to Jesus’ sacrifice, our names are one with His in heaven. Luke teaches us that Jesus has given you and me authority over all of God’s/our enemy’s power. Because our POWER comes directly from Jesus and the Holy Spirit living within us, God’s POWER flowing through us is far greater than satan’s power. As we repeat Jesus’ name, we possess a POWER far greater than our enemy’s. This POWERmanifests, or becomes apparent and evident as we repeat Jesus’ Name and make sacrifices of Praise and Thanks with our lips.
Heb 13:15-16 Therefore by Him [as He speaks through us] let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. NKJV
POWER and GLORY
This is one of my favorite verses:
(2 Corinthians 4:6-7) For it is God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, WHO HAS SHOWN [to beam, i.e. radiate brilliancy: give light, shine] IN OUR HEARTS [thru Grace] to give the light of the knowledge of the GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels [physical bodies], that the excellenceof the POWER may be of God and not of us. (Matthew 24:30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes [nations, countries] of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with POWER AND GREAT GLORY.
THE POWER TO FORGIVE SIN
(Mark 2:5-12) When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘ Rise, take up your bed and walk’? But THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN HAS POWER ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS ” — He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
My favorite verse with regards to forgiving others is:
(Luke 6:37-38) “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. FORGIVE, AND YOU WILL BE FORGIVEN. Give [ie. love, friendship, understanding, compassion, healing…] and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over WILL BE PUT INTO YOUR BOSOM. For WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU.” NKJV
You may have heard Luke 6, above, misused as God’s people repeated it. This is because many today are more concerned about money and finances than God’s truth. Notice that everything “running over will be put into our bosom,” not our wallet.
(Matthew 7:1-2) “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. NIV
(1)God would not tell us to forgive others if it was impossible for us to do so! He has given us the nature and power to forgive just as He forgave us from the cross. Years ago, God told me that we have to judge someone as guilty (ie as doing wrong), which we are told not to do, before we have someone to forgive. So that we do not fall into sin ourselves, it is best to work on forgiveness from the first moment we decide we have been wronged. In other words, DON’T JUDGE ANOTHER IN THE FIRST PLACE.
(Luke 6:17-19)
… A large crowd of his [Jesus’] disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by evil spirits were cured, and THE PEOPLE TRIED TO TOUCH [attach to; to fasten to] HIM, BECAUSE [miraculous]POWER WAS COMING FROM HIM AND HEALING THEM ALL. NIV
(Luke 8:43-46) And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians she could not be healed by anyone. She came up behind him and touched (attach to; to fasten to) the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched (attached to, fastened to) me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!” But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I PERCEIVE [know] THAT [miraculous] POWER HAS GONE OUT FROM ME.”
Because Christ lives in you through the Holy Spirit (which He gave you), you have God’s power living within you today. As you use Jesus’ name, and reach forward, laying your hands on the sick, this same holy miraculous power flows from Jesus (through His Holy Spirit in you) into the person you are touching!
POWER OVER SIN, SICKNESS, EVIL, DEVILS ETC.
(Matthew 10:1) And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them POWER [privilege, i.e… force, capacity, competency, freedom, or … mastery… magistrate, superhuman… delegated influence]against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to HEAL ALL MANNER OF SICKNESS AND ALL MANNER OF DISEASE.
God says, “As it is in your physical body, so it is in your spirit and thus My One Spiritual Body. All stress, anger, hate, jealousy, fear etc. causes sickness in your physical Body within Christ’s Spiritual Body members (you and me). To eliminate sickness… the whole Body must cease walking in the evil that this division and strife (with others, or within yourself) brings. “If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members [SHOULD] rejoice with it.” (1 Cor 12:26)
USING GOD’S GIVEN AUTHORITY AND POWER:
THE GREAT COMMISSION– JESUS’ PROMISE
Just after Jesus’ resurrection, Jesus returned to visit His Disciples. During this time He told them that “all authority had been given to Him both in heaven and on earth.” The new Congregation/Church, first formed through Jesus in the New Testament, experienced, and continues to experience the manifestation of God’s Holy SPIRIT, FIRE, and POWER. Throughout the ages many have longed to see and experience the manifestations of God’s AUTHORITY and POWER for themselves. Jesus gave all of God’s Children His Great Commission.
(Matthew 28:18-20)
And Jesus came and spoke to them [His disciples], saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and MAKE DISCIPLES [students] of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I HAVE COMMANDED YOU [(ie) to love each other]; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
(Mark 16:14-18) Later He [Jesus] appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and HARDNESS OF HEART, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospelto every creature. He who believes AND IS BAPTIZED [in the name of the Father, His Son, and the Holy Spirit] WILL BE SAVED; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: IN MY NAME THEY WILL CAST OUT DEMONS: THEY WILL SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES [of fire]; they will take up (*)serpents [satan]; and IF THEY DRINK ANYTHING DEADLY, IT WILL BY NO MEANS HURT THEM; THEY WILL LAY HANDS ON [touch] THE SICK, and THEY WILL RECOVER.” NKJV
[(*) “serpents” is defined in Strong’s Concordance as: “a snake, figuratively (as a type of sly cunning) anartful malicious person, especially Satan.”
Jesus said, in Matthew 28, above, that all nations/people were to be baptized in the NAME OF OUR FATHER, of His Son Jesus Christ, and of THE HOLY SPIRIT. However, after we are BAPTIZED in all three and the promise of Salvation is ours, we are told to do God’s work through His Holy Spirit in Christ’s Name. Why?
John 14, below, explains that everything is done in Jesus’ Name so “that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” We are also taught that because of this, if we “ask anything in Jesus’ Name Jesus will do it for us. Obviously, Christ Jesus works through us in order to accomplish God’s Word and Will on earth.
(John 14:9-14)
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’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK TO YOU I DO NOT SPEAK ON MY OWN AUTHORITY; BUT MY FATHER WHO DWELLS IN ME DOES THE WORKS. BELIEVE ME THAT I AM IN MY FATHER AND THAT THE FATHER IN ME, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do HE/SHE WILL DO ALSO; and GREATER WORKS THAN THESE HE/SHE WILL DO, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
Jesus promises, above, that we will do greater things than He did. Do you feel that we as a Body of Believers are doing this?
GOD’S POWER IS LOCKED SAFELY WITHIN HIS LOVE
The following EXCERPT was copied from our website: https://christine-williams-ministry.org
June 17, 2017 “The Manifested Love And Power Of God”
God said, “… My life’s force within each Believer calls them forth now to walk in My manifested love for themand for all. This love, My love, is ALIVE within them; and Mine must walk in this love in order to see My POWER now on earth. My SPIRITUAL POWER is locked safely within My Love; no one, but those who possess My Love are capable of manifesting My POWER ON EARTH, Amen Amen and again Amen (see 1 Cor 13:13).
LOVE AND MY SPIRIT ARE ONE; and My Holy Spirit is the UNIFIER of My One Body and all members in it, Amen Amen and again Amen. This know, Children, today is your day to move forward in the love of God, andthus the POWER OF YOUR GOD ALMIGHTY. Your Lord God, Amen Amen and again Amen.”
[END OF EXCERPT]
A NEW COMMANDMENT:
Please Begin To Pray That God’s Love Consume Us All
During the last four years, God has told me over and over again, “My POWER is locked safely within My Love where satan cannot get to it. Satan, (and anyone who would misuse God’s POWER) is unable to reach, or use My POWER. This is because My POWER is only available to those who love as Christ loves and loved as He sacrificed Himself for you.” We now better understand why Jesus gave us His NEW Commandment in John 13, below:
(John 13:34-35) A NEW commandment I give to you, that YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER; AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, that you also love one another. BY THIS ALL WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES [students], IF YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER.” NKJV
It is through our love for the Trinity and the members in Christ’s one Body, our sisters and brothers in Him, that we become and maintain our disciple status. Certainly, our lack of love for the Trinity and God’s Children, whether saved or not as yet saved and within His One Body, is a failure to love and appreciate Christ and what He has done for us.(see Matt 25:31-46).
As we are filled with the Holy Spirit, and speak the healing gospel in Jesus’ Name, we speak as His One Body on earth. As a member WITHIN HIS FULL BODY OF POWER and FIRE we minister to, and along with the other members in His Body, and thus within His Name. This is accomplished through God’s Holy Spirit in each of us and all of us as One.
With regards to healing, I read a wonderful book called, “40-Day Paid In Full (Healing Ministry).” In Chapter 37, “Grow In Your Relationship With Jesus,” one of the authors, Jonathan Ammon said, “Everything emanates from relationship. There’s no formula… You must be in relationship with Him [Jesus], and you must understand that it’s really about Him and not you.”
I reference this because, as I was reading John 5:19-21, below, God reminded me of something that He taught me years ago.
(John 5:19-21) Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. NIV
Above, Jesus said that He could do nothing by Himself. He could do only what He saw His Father do. This is an amazing statement and teaching. He also said that the “Father raises the dead and gives them life” and that “even so the Son gives Life to whom He is pleased to give it.
Many of us try to enter into Christ’s healing ministry without hearing or seeing how our God intends to heal the person(s). It is true that one can stand within Christ’s Name and authority over all flesh, and do our best while relying on what we have been taught to do in the past.
Because God Himself is the healer, and already knows how He will manifest His healings through His partners, you and me, we should listen to Him, bring ourselves into one accord with Him and His Will, and allow Him to speak His Healing to the sick through our hearts and mouths by the Holy Spirit in Christ’s Name: Our words and actions are much more powerful and accurate if we remain a tool under our Master Healer’s authority, wisdom, and knowledge.
We read that Jesus did whatever the Father did. We are then told that God shows Jesus what to do because He loves His Son Jesus. Because of Jesus’ sacrifice, God now has many sons [whether male or female]; and He loves each of us equally. (Rom 5:8; Prov 8:17; Acts 10:34-35)
Jonathan Ammon goes on to say, “Jesus is the perfect revelation of the Father. OUR PROXIMITY TO JESUS IMPACTS OUR PERSPECTIVE.” I absolutely love Jonathan’s following comment, “Now I know that simply being close to Jesus positions me to know and give His power as He holds my hand in His.” Jonathan later says, “The world is dying of sickness and disease… Today is the day of healing. We must grow into all that Christ has and is.” I agree with Jonathan one hundred percent! Jesus is still saying, “Today is the day of healing.”
In this same book, “40-Day Paid In Full Healing Ministry” (in Appendix D) “The Difference Between Gifts Of Healing and Healing Ministry,” Art Thomas shares with us an extremely important thought: “[In John 16:13-15] Jesus described how the Holy Spirit operates. The Holy Spirit receives something from Jesus (which ultimately belongs to the Father) and makes that thing known to us. Every good and perfect gift ultimately comes from the Father (James 1:17)… these spiritual gifts are actually expressions of Jesus.When Paul talks about these gifts, which the Holy Spirit distributes, he always couples the teaching with words about us being the Body of Christ, each expressing different parts of Jesus (Romans 12:3-8 and 1 Corinthians 12:7-11). That’s because when we demonstrate spiritual gifts, we are expressing parts of Jesus.The Holy Spirit has taken those pieces of Jesus and distributed them to us by grace…”
In the New Testament Greek, “Grace” is defined as ““NT:5485 … spiritual; especially THE DIVINE INFLUENCE UPON THE HEART [thru God’s Holy Spirit], AND ITS REFLECTION IN LIFE; INCLUDING GRATITUDE.”
THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN TO EACH ONE FOR THE PROFIT AND COMMON GOOD OF ALL
(1 Corinthians 12:7-11)
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the PROFIT and COMMON GOODOF ALL: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another (2)giftsof healing by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
(2) “Gifts of Healing”:
“Gifts”: is literally translated in the above scripture as: “NT:5486 … a (divine) gratuity, i.e. deliverance (from danger or passion); …a (spiritual) endowment[a quality or ability possessed or inherited by someone], i.e… miraculous faculty: KJV – (free) gift.
“Healing”: the Greek New Testament definition of this word is: “…A CURE (the effect): KJV – healing.”
Putting these two definitions together, WE ARE GIVEN THE CURE when we are given the SPIRITUAL GIFT(s) of healing. Praise God. Think about this! “We are given THE CURE in and through Christ, not TREATMENTS or MEDICINE. He is absolutely the real thing!
One of the most important reasons God gives us the Holy Spirit is to bring SPIRITUAL UNITY TO THE BODY OF CHRIST. God’s Spiritual Gifts are to be used for the COMMON GOOD of all of Christ’s Body members. As they are shared they SPIRITUALLY flow through the members within Jesus’ One Body; they cause each member, and thus His whole Body to be Spiritually strong and POWERFUL. This Strength and Power is Eternal because the Holy Spirit who dwells in you is Eternal.
