Power From Heaven!

 

Jesus told His disciples before He ascended to Heaven to wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father, which is the outpouring of His Spirit and that they would be endued with power from on high.

Luke 24:49

"Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”

The New Testament books of the bible are filled with testimonies of the power of God, the supernatural displays of the Holy Spirit working in and through the lives of ordinary men and women who chose to answer the call of Jesus.

Without being empowered by the Spirit of God it is impossible to overcome your flesh, this world, and the adversary of all our souls, satan. We absolutely can not  live in this world as a disciple of Jesus, unless the Holy Spirit is indwelling your soul. There is just to much evil, sin, and gross darkness, to live without the Spirit's daily help, protection, and empowerment.

Jesus who understood the full scale of the spiritual battle we face everyday and He would never send His apostles into the world to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth without first being empowered by the Holy Spirit. Jesus told them that He was going away but He would not leave them as orphans, but would come to them again through the Spirit of God.

John 14:15-18

“If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you."

Jesus is telling His disciples that although He was going to be crucified and His work on earth in physical form would be done, He Himself would come back to be with them through the Spirit of the Living God! The same Spirit that hovered over the face of the deep during the earth's creation, and the same Holy Spirit that overshadowed Mary the mother of Jesus, and caused her to be impregnated with a child without ever being touched by a man!

This is why it's absolutely ludicrous to think that a momentous occasion like being baptized with the Holy Spirit, by the Lord Jesus Himself wouldn't be accompanied by supernatural signs, like speaking in other tongues and prophesying. 

John 14:23

"Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him."

How is it possible for Jesus and the Father to make their with a person? By entering into their soul through the Holy Spirit, the same way evil spirits can enter people and live IN them until they are cast out!

John 14:25

“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you."

Again Jesus is talking about a supernatural event that would soon take place once He left the world and entered into Heaven, which is in another dimension by the way!

Once a soul is indwelt by the Spirit of God, Jesus say's plainly that HE WILL teach you ALL things, and even remind them of everything that Jesus said to them, which is completely supernatural and beyond our human limitations. Jesus is also saying that you will not need another human being to teach you about HIM!!!!

If believers would just read the bible for themselves and truly BELIEVE and apply what it says, they too would experience the power and supernatural works of God's Spirit in their lives!

1st John 2:26-27

"These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him."

John, the apostle of Jesus say's the same thing, when the Holy Spirit of God inhabits your soul, you will not need any man to teach you anything. A truly liberating and empowering truth!

Now you have some much needed context for Acts 1:4-5,8 and Acts 2:1-4

"And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

"When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."

Have you received the Spirit since you believed? Have you received power from on high? 

Don't be deceived by men or women who don't want to lose their jobs as pastor's and ministry leaders, by preaching and teaching the truth of the bible!

The baptism with the Holy Spirit is truly a supernatural gift from God to those who obey Him and keep the commandments of Jesus. You too can be endued with Power from Heaven if you believe!

The Choice is Yours!

In Christ Jesus,

Tyrone

Have You Been With Jesus?

Acts 4:8-14 

"Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well,  let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.  This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it."

The only way that anyone is going to be able to stand in these last days is to be full of the Spirit, wisdom, grace, and truth of God! And the only way to receive any of these supernatural gifts is to go through the Door, The Way, The Truth, and The Life, JESUS!

Peter and John spent three and half years with Jesus before He was crucified, and then another forty days with Him after His resurrection, they were also considered pillars of the first century church. They had the honor of being chosen as apostles of Christ and were with Him just about everywhere He went, they saw the miracles, and heard the words He spoke which came directly from the Father in Heaven. They had been with Jesus!

It seems all of Jerusalem had gathered the next day after Peter and John were imprisoned for preaching and healing in Jesus name. The elders, rulers, scribes, Annas the High Priest and all his family came to hear by what power and through what name did Peter and John evoke to do this great work. 

Then Peter empowered and lifted up by the Spirit of God, started to speak to the rulers and elders of Israel that is was by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that the man was made whole.

When all in attendance saw and heard the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unschooled and untrained men they marveled, they were amazed and they remembered these men had been with Jesus! 

They would have had no power, no boldness, no truth, no wisdom, no preparation, no understanding, and no Holy Spirit indwelling them, if they had not been with Jesus! Many disciples turned away from Him and followed Him no more! Have you been with Jesus? Have you spent time with Him? Studying His teachings and applying them to your life?

So many believers try to get around Jesus, go through back doors, and other ways, they don't want to let go of their lives in this world, they don't want to completely submit and surrender their lives to the Lord, for correction and teaching, and training. Because Jesus will expose the evil in you, He's not going to let you walk in darkness and then it will be your choice what you do with that revelation.

Luke 10:38-41

"Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”

And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Martha was like so many today, worried about the cares of this world, finances, education, politics, the opposite sex, etc..... but Mary chose what was better, she was sitting at the feet of Jesus listening to His word. Whose word are you listening to today? The words of Jesus are spirit and life!

The apostles of Jesus understood that they could do nothing of themselves, they knew that they needed Jesus for everything, He was their life, their reason for living, their hope and their salvation, He should be the same for us today!

2nd Corinthians 3:4-6

"And we have such trust through Christ toward God. 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."

Jesus Himself said that apart from Him we can do nothing! We can't do anything of Heavenly value and worth without Jesus working in us and through us by His Spirit!

John 15:5

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."

Jesus said FOLLOW ME and I WILL make you fishers of men!

Jesus didn't say go to seminary school and they will make you my ministers, He didn't say the professors of bible college will empower you, anoint you and train you to take the gospel to ends of the earth. So why do men try and replace the Master Teacher, The Chief Apostle, The High Priest Of Heaven, and Our Wonderful Counselor? Have you been with Jesus? Do you follow Him, being led by His Spirit? Or do you follow men? 

Too many believers are considering men more highly than they ought and placing men and some women on pedestals they don't belong. 

Jesus said He was our Teacher and those in Him are all brothers and sisters!

Matthew 23:8-12

"But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren. Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Matthew 11:28-30

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Have you been with Jesus?

In The Lord's Army,

Tyrone