Romans 12:3
"For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith."So many voices and so little evidence of the power of God in people's lives. So many proclamations of healings, signs, and wonders, and the Spirit falling on people, but where is the evidence?
I keep hearing preachers get up and say, "today you will be healed!", or "tonight the Holy Spirit is going to fall on you!", but then NOTHING happens!!! Why does this continue to happen when I can't read of any scripture where the apostles or even Philip the evangelist made a proclamation like that.
Peter said in Acts 2:38
"Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
There is no outpouring without repentance! There is no remission or forgiveness of your sins without being baptized in water! And there is no deliverance, healing or supernatural gifts without the Holy Spirit!
Men and women can proclaim all they want to, but it is GOD who does the works! All I see and hear is emotions, screaming, yelling, and jumping around, but NO demonstration of the Spirit and the POWER of GOD! Why is that?
The word of God is clear and answers every question of why we don't see evidence of God's power in these conferences, meetings, and daily Sunday church services around the world.
Jesus HIMSELF said in John 5:30
"I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me."
Even JESUS, full of grace and truth, could do NOTHING of HIMSELF! Every work He did, and every word He spoke, came from the Father in Heaven!
Paul the apostle of Jesus reiterated the truth of His Master in 2nd Corinthians 3:5
"Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,"
Jesus told His apostles that they could do NOTHING apart from HIM!
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."
This is exactly why we don't see the power of God being manifested in the midst of the assembly on a regular basis! Jesus is not WITH those who get up and proclaim and then nothing happens! It's written in the scriptures!
So let me tell you who it's about, you already know don't you? JESUS!
Paul said, in 1st Corinthians 1:23-24
"but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
If you want to see the power of God manifested on this earth, preach Christ Jesus and Him crucified! Preach the good news of the kingdom of God, preach repentance and the forgiveness of sins in Jesus name!
I myself want to follow the One who can save my soul from death and Hell, the One who holds the KEYS to death and Hell, the One who has ALL authority in Heaven AND Earth! His name is JESUS!
Revelation 1:18
"I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death."
Matthew 28:18-20
"And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples 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; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
In The Lord's Army,
Tyrone
