Saturday 20 May 2017

THE GIFT OF GOD



THE GIFT OF GOD.

“Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou KNOW the gift of God, and who it is that saith to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you LIVING WATER” John 4:10 [emphasis mine]

Who is this gift of God … JESUS CHRIST

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning” James 1:17

Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God is the GIFT sent to us “free of charge” from the Father of Lights and wherever it turns, it PROSPERS in what He was send to do on earth … save the poor in spirit, heal the sick, raise the dead, give strength to who is weak, make the lame work and deliver those oppressed by the devil for God was with Him.

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turns, it prospers” Prov. 17:8

Jesus was baptized with the Holy Spirit and so full of Him to an over flowing level and He has in turn send forth the Holy Spirit to become RIVERS of Living Waters in us … The Spirit that saves from the dead or from a comatose situation to that of a LIVING soul now resides in the heart of believers
CV OF THE GIFT OF GOD [Curriculum Vitae] – Work history, education or training, and what He can do

“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him” Act 10:38

Jesus Christ went to the school of the Spirit for thirty years and was anointed at His passing out ceremony to deal with the problems we have on this earth realm [Luke 4:18]

Hear Peter’s testimony of the GIFT

“Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs” Act 2:22

He was sent forth to preach the gospel of the Kingdom of God and to reinstate, reconcile and reform the perturbed relationship between us and the heavenly Father healing all that has gone wrong in our lives through miraculous signs and wonders in the process.

Luke’s Testimony

“And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things YE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached” Luke 7:21-22

MOST IMPORTANT, the gift of God is free, you don’t pay for it. All you need to do is believe that He is able to do as promised in the scriptures

“Ho, every one that thirst, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price” Isa. 55:1

Anyone who desires to be set free from the oppression, depression, repression, sickness or diseases can so receive through Christ if they long for it knowing that God is well able to heal, save and deliver them without having to do anything special to receive this FREE GIFT

“… For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” 1 John 3:8 KJV

Jesus came to undo all the evil works of Satan did and turn them to blessings! Joy for mourning, freedom for captivity, good health for sickness and diseases.

“… The reason that the Son of God was revealed was to destroy what the devil has been doing” 1 John 3:8 ISV

Jesus came to destroy all Devil’s plans of wickedness, set the captives free and destroy the control of Satan over the hearts of men, and counter devil’s invocation of sickness and diseases in the lives of the people of God.

“And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them” Luke 4:38-39

Not all sicknesses or ailment are brought about by natural sicknesses, some are demonically induced; like the fever on Peter’s mother in law that Jesus cast out, Jesus came to open prison doors by setting free those who are held captive, like healing the paralytic man at the pool of Bethsaida who had that condition for 38 years… Jesus came to set the captives free

“But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts” Malachi 4:2-3

SUN of righteousness is Christ

Why compare Jesus to the Sun

“For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly” Psalms 84:11

GRACE AND GLORY: Grace “charis” is the unmerited favor from God to us and Glory “doxa” means all that God has and all that God is. God will always give unmerited favor and give unto believers all that He has and all the attributes that made Him to be God… including the seven Spirits of God [Isaiah 11:1-3].

Jesus is the divine healer who performs miracles through signs and wonders

Miraculous works of God are called signs and wonders; from the sun standing still at Joshua’s command [Joshua 10:12-14], to the parting of the Red Sea [Exodus 14:22], manna falling from the sky to feed the children of Israel [Exodus 16], the three Hebrew children remaining unharmed in the fiery furnace [Daniel 3:23-27], the raising of the Shunammite woman’s son by Elisha [2 Kings 4:18-37], the man at the pool of Bethesda who had been impotent for 38 years [John 5:1-9 ], the infirmed woman that had been bend over for 18 years that Jesus decreed “woman thou art loosed” [Luke 13:10-13], and so many more.

“Sign” translated from the Greek word “semeion” in the New Testament is used of miracles taken as evidence of divine authority. “Wonders” translated from Greek word “teras” from which the word terrific and terror is coined. It denotes something unusual that causes the beholder to marvel, It is the terrific, massive, awesome or excessive supernatural acts of God.

Some testimonies of what the Lord has done, is doing and He is set to do in our lives

“Who forgives all our iniquities; Who heals all thy diseases” Psalms 103:3

“He heal the broken in heart, And bind up their wounds” Psalms 147:3

“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” Isa. 53:5

“Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth” Jer. 33:6

“… and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I AM JEHOVAH THAT HEALETH THEE” Exodus 15:26

WE HAVE THE MANDATE TO PARTAKE OF THIS GIFT OF GOD FREELY

“…that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God” 1 Cor. 2:12

The Holy Spirit, the power house of God that releases the ANOINTING has been given to us that we might know all the FREE THINGS that are available unto us from the Throne Room of God including healing and deliverance

“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life FREELY” Rev 22:17
The Unction to Function and the Power of the age to come [signified above as water of Life] is given to the Church FREELY

YOU MUST BE THIRSTY AND INVITE THE HOLY SPIRIT – THE ANOINTER TO COME
LET HIM THAT IS ATHIRST COME Rev. 22:17 – Whoever want the free gift can receive it today
We must have desperate faith to be healed… Touch the healing POWER or virtue by FAITH, God is well able. [Eph. 3:20]

“And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately the issue of her blood stanched” Luke 8:43-44

We must greatly desire to be healed, earnestly seek to be healed, become like the woman with the issue of blood, press unto Jesus until you connect with the virtue – power to heal, save or deliver, yearning and panting for the healing power of God. We must earnestly seek for that Anointing of the Holy Spirit that destroys yoke and lift off burdens [Isa. 10:27]. When faith rises up in your heart concerning the ability of God to save, heal and deliver … you will touch Jesus by faith and your infirmity, sickness, disease, oppressive and harassing demons shall disappear… You shall be loosed and let go in the name of Jesus.

WEDDING AT CANA

Jesus supplied this water that conformed to the need of the hour

“And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine…Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now. THIS BEGINNING OF HIS SIGNS did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him” John 2:1-11

Except Jesus the eternal God, everlasting Father, Redeemer, immortal God, Prince of Peace is invited to your heart, as you receive Him into your heart as Lord, then you may not partake of the blessings He has bestowed upon the Church. He was invited to this wedding and you must invite Him the divine healer into our heart [as both Lord and Savior] in order to heal all our natural and spiritual diseases and sicknesses

JESUS MANIFESTED HIS GLORY – “THIS BEGINNING OF HIS SIGNS did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him” John 2:11

Jesus brought forth the powers from on High to planet earth to display the GLORY of God. He brought all that God has and all that God is to change the perturbed situation of Life into that which God afore-created so that men can enjoy freely the GIFT of God again. Your car battery has been long dead and he has brought His own battery to supercharge your dead battery so that You too can receive God kind of life and healing in all ramification that is the children’s meat

GOD HAS SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST: “…Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now” John 2:10
There will be unbelievable power show, great healings and unparalleled deliverance from the powers of darkness because the GLORY of this latter days shall be greater than the former and God is releasing greater measures of POWER even now in our days.

THE WINE IS FINISHED said Mary the mother of Jesus … Jesus has brought fresh wine from the Throne Room of Grace.

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim” Joel 3:18

God has brought supernatural wine… performing great signs and wonders such as had not been seen before, today He is saying right now the lame must walk, the blind must see, demonized must be set free, the dead must arise and the imprisoned be released.

“Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contends with thee, and I will save thy children. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob” Isa 49:24-26

Jesus is set to destroy every yoke and lift off every burden even those who were lawful captives shall be released by reasons of the anointing

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing” Isa. 10:27

THE ANTIDOTE IS “WHATSOEVER HE TELLS YOU TO DO, DO IT”

“His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it” John 2:5

Fill the water pot…. Draw out [out of the well of salvation] … Take to the governor

Every water at Mara that is causing bitterness in your body, soul or spirit is being supernaturally changed into ever flowing living waters that will soothe every pain, take away every disease, heal every diseases for the HAND of the Lord has supernaturally changed it to wine or better still the BLOOD of Jesus through which is said by His stripes we are healed [Isa. 53:5]

FILLED TO THE BRIM overflowing level of the anointing to deliver and heal all diseases wherever you are right now!

Jesus is ready to anoint our head with Oil and our cup shall overflow …. The Holy Ghost … river of life [John 7:37-39] is here now as the overflowing power of the Most High or greater unction to function that as it flows with greater intensity … It is now overflowing with healing for the healing of the nations” [Ezek. 47:12, Rev. 22:2] … It will impart LIFE to everything that is dead … deformed, distorted, mutilated, deflated, comatose in its path and give it life… Fishes everywhere … Plants bearing its fruits every month … Copious or overflowing release of the POWER of God … Supplying all our NEED [physical and spiritual] according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus [Phil 4:19].

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVES Luke 1:35-27, Mark 9:23

The sent one with the GIFT of God has come with a MANDATE

“Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick” Luke 9:1-2

He has come to preach the good news of the Kingdom, to heal the sick and set free those who are held captives and He is yet healing today as you believe the WORD or when ministered to by genuinely called and ordained men and women of God

“And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen” Mark 16:20

Whoever will go as sent one will be endued with power to do the same works that Jesus did on planet earth. The GIFT of God will empower them to save, heal, deliver and set free the captives.

“God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?” Heb. 2:4

Tuesday 16 May 2017

GOD OF SIGNS AND WONDERS





“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him” Act 10:38 

According to Webster’s, a miracle is an “event that appears to be contrary to the laws of nature and is regarded as an act of God; an event or action that is totally amazing, extraordinary, or unexpected.” The Old Testament is filled with miraculous works of God called signs and wonders; from the sun standing still at Joshua’s command [Joshua 10:12-14], to the parting of the Red Sea [Exodus 14:22], manna falling from the sky to feed the children of Israel [Exodus 16], the three Hebrew children remaining unharmed in the fiery furnace [Daniel 3:23-27], the raising of the Shunammite woman’s son by Elisha [2 Kings 4:18-37]  and so many more.

“Sign” [semeion] in the New Testament is used of miracles taken as evidence of divine authority. “Wonders” translated from Greek word “teras” from which the word terrific and terror comes. It denotes something unusual that causes the beholder to marvel, It is the terrific, massive, awesome or excessive acts of God.

“Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know” Act 2:22 [also Acts 2:43 ; Acts 2:19 , Acts 6:8].

“Wonders” are usually presented as God's activity or His delegated custodian of such wonder working power [Acts 4:30; Acts 5:12 ; Acts 6:8 ; Acts 7:36 ; Acts 14:3 ; Acts 15:12 ]. God has decreed and declared according to Acts 2:19 … “And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath. 

A miracle is an extraordinary event above the natural or a divine occurrence which exceeds known human capabilities, understandings and powers, when it is activated by God or His agents and no other power can stand to function like He can. When life or demonic infiltrations have offered you the downside of life and it seems that what was surplus was now scarce and you lack good health, sound mind, in bondage, in lack and oppressed, it will take the intervention of Jesus Christ performing miracles, signs and wonders to realign you with the purpose of God and restore all that you have lost such that your latter end shall be better than your beginning. God saves the best for last! God manifests His glory when miracles are performed!

“…the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him” John 2:9-11 

A sign may also be a divine intervention or a sign of divine authority by God or His agent to perform a miracle [for example Jesus turning water into wine - John 2:11]. Signs are performed like in the calling of fire to fall by Elijah against the 400 prophets of Baal as in a contest to show who is bigger, better, higher, full of power and glory more than the other. God is set RIGHT NOW for a POWER show. He is set to disgrace high blood pressure, sugar diabetes, cancer of any kind, every oppressive, harassing or manipulating spirits by engaging then NOW in a contest and giving them a knock out. Our God is WELL ABLE to do exceeding, abundantly, FAR ABOVE what we ask or think according to His POWER which is at work in us RIGHT NOW [Eph. 3:20]. 

The value of signs and wonders is in displaying and confirming the power of the God who would DISGRACES devil who came to steal, kill and destroy as evidence that He was something out of the ordinary called THE LIFE OF GOD which is supernatural in nature or God is  NOW doing extraordinary things. Signs are like printers who do not contain the words, pictures or signs but printer that allows us to see the authenticity of the words being passed across. God produces the signs that goes with the word ministered. Healing streams flows when we talk of God of signs and wonders.

A wonder (teras) is something which causes people to marvel, be astounded or even stunned; it is "something strange, causing the beholder to marvel"  and a special manifestation of God's power [Exodus 7:3]. In the New Testament this word is always in the plural, and is used almost exclusively in connection with "signs." In "wonders," the supernatural act itself is looked upon as something that startles and produces amazement. Wonders "denotes terrible appearances that are supernatural in nature which contradict the ordered unity of nature but always releases supernatural power to correct the wrongs or to align with the goodwill of God like a lame man being healed or the dead raised back to life.

“Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds” 2 Cor. 12:12 

The New Testament reveals how Jesus performed many signs and wonders among the people. He changed the water into wine [John 2:1-11], walked on water [Matthew 14:22-23], fed the multitudes from a few loaves and fishes [Matthew 14:15-21, 15:32-39, and 16:8-10], raised the dead [Luke 7:11-16, Matthew 9:18-19, John 11-12], and so many other miracles it would be nearly impossible to list. The early Church experienced miracle after miracle.

“And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people…” Act 5:12 

A miracle is a supernatural event which has no human explanation, just a sudden positive change like as if it’s a dream; suddenly the lame is walking, the blind is seeing and the cursed are being blessed. More than that, a miracle is a supernatural event which suspends natural law superimposing the supernatural in order to do good to mankind. In other words, natural law stops and is suspended while God acts supernaturally, moves back out and then the natural course kick back in. A miracle is an event in nature so extraordinary in itself and so coinciding with the prophecy or command of a Christian delegated miracle worker so as to warrant the conviction on the part of those who witness it, that God has done it with the design of certifying that this delegated miracle worker has been commissioned by him.

“Thou art the God that does wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.” Ps. 77:14

Signs often authenticate the validity of a divinely commissioned miracle worker also. When God supernaturally, superhumanly suspended natural law and acted in human history to change things for the better supernaturally, He did so as a sign to point to a miracle worker who was declaring the gospel on behalf of God. The Lord is working with him with signs following. Moses was given the power to do certain miracles that people might know he spoke as God's spokesman. Signs and wonders authenticate the authenticity of men and women that God uses.  It bears witness to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by the hands of men and women that preaches the gospel. The signs and wonders performed by the Lord and His apostles were not intended to be the focus—they served to validate the teaching they accompanied. He send His WORD, and His word healed them and delivered them from ALL their oppression [Psalms 107:20]

It calls attention to the fact that these ministers are supernatural servants of the living God who spoke the truth that sets free from bondages. Miracles are designed to call attention to the revelation of God’s word. God did the miracle so the people would listen to the Word and see it as His truth. The miracle didn't stand alone! It confirms the truth [Word – John 17:17] declared under the unction of the Holy Ghost. God used miraculous signs like speaking in tongues to convince unbelievers that the message of Christ is true!

The miracles of Elijah and Elisha were effective in convincing both believers and unbelievers that what these men spoke as ORACLES OF GOD the Word of God and graphic illustration of that can be seen in 1 Kings 18 where Elijah defeated 400 prophets of Baal before a large crowd of Israelites and the Scripture says, "When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces, they said, 'The Lord, He is God. The Lord, He is God.'" They believed after fire fell from heaven and consumed the altar.

It takes the spoken word of God [Psalms 107:20, Eccl. 8:4, John 6:63] and the demonstration of the power of the Spirit of God [Acts 1:8, 1 Cor. 2:4, Romans 15:19] to activate the miraculous. Words are nothing without proof! The apostles spoke the word and the Lord working with them with signs following [Mark 16:20].  Spreading the Good News without the miraculous is a betrayal of the truth that sets free. How can we tread upon serpents and scorpions and over the power of the enemies if we do carry fire power greater in force and intensity than the powers that be [Luke 10:19-20]. God made the heaven and the earth, nothing is too difficult for him to do [Jer. 32:17].

In the New Testament, miracles and signs were again used to confirm believers and convince unbelievers. John said the miracles of Jesus were done so that, "You might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and believing you might have life in His Name." And the same was true with the apostolic miracles.

In the New Testament [John 10], Jesus having a confrontation with the Jewish religious leaders. They challenged Him. "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you're the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus said, "I told you and you don't believe. The works that I do in my Father's Name, these bear witness of Me." He was saying, "The miraculous works that I do authenticate Me and My message as being from God”. The Scriptures tell us clearly that it is God’s will to heal His children today and that it is His desire for us to enjoy the blessings of divine health and His healing touch through miraculous signs and wonders.

Both the Old and New Testaments have much to say about miracles of healing. God’s ever-present attitude toward us regarding health and healing is revealed in His covenant of healing with the children of Israel: “I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord that healeth thee” [Exodus 15:26].

He said, “I am the God”—in present tense. He didn’t say, “I was,” nor “I will be,” but “I am!” God is ever-present, ever ready, and ever powerful to perform signs and wonders! We serve “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever” [Hebrews 13:8]. He was powerful, still powerful and will ever be powerful. He healed us, He is healing us and will yet heal us. He performed signs and wonders, still performing today and will yet perform where and when necessary. God assures us that He has not and will not change: “I am the Lord, I change not” [Malachi 3:6]

There are no boundaries, limitations, or time constraints on God’s promises. His promise to us for healing and health is the same today as it was to any past generation. The words of David acknowledged that covenant when he said, “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 forgives all thine iniquities; who heal all thy diseases” (Psalm 103:1-3). The Scriptures reveal how the Lord Jesus ministered healing to the sick, performing miracles and healing to all who came to Him. God is and has always been the Divine Healer. Throughout the Word of God, repeated reference is made of Jesus healing all who come to Him, never refusing anyone or turning them away:

“When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick” Matthew 8:16

Jesus Christ is the anointed prophet, priest, and King who came ANOINTED by the Holy Spirit and with POWER to save the poor in spirit, heal the broken hearted, free those in prison, heal the oppressed, restore the Oil of Joy, and liberate us from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of Light. All POWER in heaven and on Earth has been given to Jesus Christ by the Father [Matt. 28:18].

"Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him." Acts 2:22

Jesus Christ was the God man or famous begotten son of God, the man of God’s right hand, the great, mighty and wonderful, holy One who was approved by God the Father and demonstrated the GREAT POWER from on High by performing miracles, and wonders, and signs; by dispossessing devils, cleansing lepers, restoring sight to the blind, causing the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, and the lame to walk, and by raising the dead back to life according to the goodwill of God to deliver us from the kingdom of darkness and its grip over our lives. He is the true Messiah, everlasting father and the Prince of Peace; of His government and authority there is no end. He rules supreme doing the will of the Father.

“And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses” Matt. 8:14-17 [See Matt. 14:14, Exodus 15:26; Isa. 53:5]

The Lord Jesus Christ touched Peter mother in law with power and lifted her up by banishing the demonically induced fever and she gained strength from her weakness immediately, strong enough to minister to their need immediately… No more deficiency nor health challenges… That is the power of the Holy Ghost. Acts 1:8 said …. We shall receive POWER when the Holy Ghost is come upon us and we shall be witnesses of that same POWER as we minister it to others.

“For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ” Romans 15:18-19 . 

“And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and THE POWER OF THE LORD WAS PRESENT TO HEAL THEM.  And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus…But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen STRANGE THINGS to day” Luke 5:18-19, 24-26 

The POWER of God was present to heal the sick and deliver those who are bound or held captive by the devil. The power was present then and that same power is present today to save, heal and deliver. The people reiterated that they have seen strange, spectacular and awesome miracles like never before. The word “strange things” is the Greek word “paradoxos” which means the unusual, extraordinary, contrary to expectation or what we have not experienced before.

Christ forgave the sin first, showing that He regarded it as having come first, the disease being in some measure the result of sin. There is punishment for sin in this life. If not seen in the physical frame, it is seen in the deadened conscience, the hardened heart. That is why people are taken through the way of repentance in the great healing crusades of yesteryears. Sin is a reproach and ensnares such that evil presence invokes demonic diseases and sicknesses in the life of such entangled.

“And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be HEALED OF THEIR DISEASES; And they that were VEXED with unclean spirits: and they were HEALED. And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went VIRTUE out of him, and HEALED them all” Luke 6:17-19 

The word VIRTUE is the Greek word “dunamis” meaning the outflow of miraculous power from the Lord Jesus Christ. All that were sick were healed and the demonized were set free.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father” John 14:12 

Jesus has given both the Apostles of those days and the fivefold ministers of today and even all believers [Mark 16:20] the grace and divine ability to heal the sick, raise the dead, give sight to the blind, deliver the oppressed and cast out demons from the oppressed, harassed, depressed, and the repressed. We are given the commission to preach the Good-News or Gospel and God with His “dumanis power” will back us up with signs following.

"In mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ" Rom. 15:19
We have the mandate to use the power of the name of Jesus and the Word of God under the demonstration of the Power of the Holy Spirit to perform signs and wonders.   

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And THESE SIGNS SHALL FOLLOW THEM THAT BELIEVE; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. …And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with SIGNS following. Amen” Mark 16:16-18, 20 

The word “signs” is the Greek word “semeion’ which means the supernatural, miraculous, wonder working, power of God. It is the Lord Himself stretching His hand to heal the sick, raise the dead, deliver the oppressed, break every yoke, lift off burden and turn around every curses to blessings. Our God is well able [Ephesians 3:20]. For clarity sake there is the general grace gifts for all believers to perform signs and wonders as seen in the last scripture [Mark 16:16-20], and there is the special grace gifts given to fivefold ministers called the gifts of healing and the gift of the working of miracles [1 Cor. 12:28]. 

All these are available in the Church of God and manifested wherever the Gospel is preached as God will. If you are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, you should generate the POWER from on high and endued with grace to debase the kingdom of darkness. Soul winning drives are specially empowered to perform miracles through signs and wonders so that unbelievers might believe and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

In Acts 6:8 Luke says, "Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people." And in Acts 8:6 it says, "And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to what was said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs which he did". This grace bestowed upon Philip who was a deacon means that both the laity and the pew were graced by God to perform signs and wonders on behalf of God once they are born again and filled with the Holy Spirit. However they must be full of faith and the power of the Holy Ghost.

“…were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost…And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come… ” Heb. 6:4-5

Surely we will do greater works than Jesus Christ did not in quality but in quantity having the ability to reach the ends of the earth even with internet cybers and cable TV, spread the gospel and enforce the power of God over the powers that be such that God can be known as omnipotent POWER that rules in the affairs of men. God confirms the word with power displayed through signs and wonders

“And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease…And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give” Mat 10: 1, 7-8

"God also bearing them witness with signs and wonders, and divers miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost" Heb. 2:4

Hebrews 2:3-4 confirms that the validation of the New Testament writers was purposed to cause folks to see them as the agents of God's revelation and custodians of signs and wonders. "How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation after it was at first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard God bearing witness with them by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit." God was authenticating the apostles, the writers of Scripture with signs following their gospel drives.

God will always back up every genuine soul saving drive and assembly of the saints with signs and wonders and several display of the gifts of the Holy Spirit including prophetic utterances that delivers from the bondage of spiritual incarcerations and display of miraculous power to heal the sick.

“Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick” Luke 9:1-2 

“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give” Matt. 10:7-8 

God is no respecter of persons, all believers in this day has also been commissioned to display the healing power of God to heal, save and deliver because the compassionate God always willing to deliver His people from bondage of the evil one

“And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women).  Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one” Act 5:12-16 [Acts 19:11-12, Acts 9:36-40; Acts 20:9-12]

"As the Father has sent me so send I you" (John 20:21). Luke says in Luke 10:9 when he sent out the 70, he commanded them, "Whenever you enter a town . . . heal the sick in it and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near you.'" So the preaching of the kingdom seems to be very closely linked with the ministry of healing. Wherever the Word of God is preached, there must be the release of POWER to save, heal and deliver or demonstration of the POWER of God through performance of miracles, signs and wonders. Faith in God activates the manifestation of signs and wonders

“For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter” Mark 7:26-29 

Healing is the children’s bread as stated plainly above by the Lord Jesus Christ. The Jews are the children of God; and were first to be filled with the doctrines and miracles of Christ, before the Gentiles were indoctrinated into Christianity. But at Pentecost all Jews and Gentiles alike were BROUGHT IN through adoption into son-ship and all qualifies for the healing grace of God through signs and wonders.

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou may prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers” 3 John 2

As a result of the many miracles in our lives, we should be more humble and more grateful, kinder and more believing. When we are personal witnesses to these wonders which God performs, it should increase our respect and love for him; it should improve the way we behave. We will live better and love God more if we will remember that. We are miracles in our own right, every one of us, and the resurrected Son of God is the greatest miracle of all. He is, indeed, the miracle of miracles, and every day of his life he gave evidence of it. We should try to follow after him in that example.

Even now the POWER of the Most High is present to save, heal and deliver. He is well able to make the lame walk, the blind see, the dead to come alive, heal all manners of sickness and diseases and even make new body parts to grow out to the praise of His name. The POWER of God is well able to turn curses to blessings through the manifestation or demonstration of the Spirit and of Power [1 Cor. 2:4-5] that our faith should stand in the POWER of God.

“And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the LEAF THEREFORE FOR MEDICINE” Ezekiel 47:12 

“…And their leaves will contain substances that promote healing." ISV

“…And the leaf will make well those who are ill” BBE

Wherever the RIVER of the fullness of the Holy Ghost outpouring in this latter days flow to, there release of power and authority which calls for maturing of the plants and bearing the fruit of the Spirit of God. The leaves on this trees of righteousness [saints] of God is what releases the grace for healing body soul and spirit and great spectacular healing streams will flow and the lame shall walk, the blind shall see and the dead shall come back alive to the praise and glory of Jesus Christ the king of kings and the Lord of Lords.

FEAR NOT: OUR GOD IS WELL ABLE TO STILL THE STORM

“And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.  And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, WHY ARE YOU SO FEARFUL? how is it that ye have no faith? And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” Mark 4:36-41 

Jesus Christ is the Lord over all the universe and everything are under His dominion and ruler-ship such that when He decrees, there no other power in heaven and on earth that can either contest with or reverse that which He has commanded. They may for some time flex some muscles when Jesus Christ has not arrived on the scene or sent forth WORD of establishing His will but once He declares His intent, that is the final word of authority to establish His command forever more.

As in the story above Satan came as an adversary to ruffle the calm situations of our lives while the Lord rested causing storms of life as if the cessation of life has come for us. Storms like high blood pressure, sugar diabetes, cancer, fever, and all manner of harassment, oppression, depression, repression and other life threatening sicknesses and diseases hereby causing fear of death or extinction contrary to the declaration of the Lord Jesus who said He had not given us the spirit of fear but of Power, of Love and a sound [stable, unshakable] mind [2 Tim. 1:7] no matter the lie of the devil. Fear brings torment and erases our faith in the ability of God to save, heal and deliver. Fear is not yours …Reject it now!

What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” Mark 4:41 KJV

I hear Jesus speaking into your health challenge right now …this sickness is not unto death! Only believe! Your life shall not be terminated nor will your husband on drugs or children on alcoholic binge and sexual immoralities forever be caged by the devil. The Lord sets them FREE! The time of their LIBERTY has come … Only believe! Have faith in God!

“Our God is able to do exceeding, abundantly FAR ABOVE what we ask or think according to His power at work in us” [Eph. 3:20].

“Then Jesus asked the disciples, "Don't you have any faith?" But they were frightened and amazed. They said to each other, "Who is this? He can give orders to the wind and the waves, and they obey him!" Luke 8:25 CEV

Everything underneath the sun obeys every word of command given by the Lord Jesus Christ.

“For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations”.  [Psalms 22:28]

The LORD of Host rebuke the hand of Satan over your finances today in the precious name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I command that contrary raging storm of “Cat and Dog” situation between you and husband cease now in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I bring all negative court summons, divorce papers, bankruptcy paper, HIV blood report and all unfruitfulness before the throne of God and decree who is he that commanded and it will be when the Lord God has not spoken so … Be reversed in Jesus Mighty Name!

True enough that termination at the point of manifestation [both natural and spiritual miscarriage], arthritis, blood disease, migraine headache, short life span or heart disease may have been in your natural family UNTIL NOW …BUT you will not partake of it in the name of Jesus! You have switched family … You are NOW part of the Commonwealth of the Kingdom of God where life is eternal and the blood group is blood type J [J for Jesus] and carries no disease or sickness but Life abundantly. I stand on the threshold of destiny and reverse every curses now … Be blessed with every blessings in Jesus Mighty name!

Be still and know that I AM God …Saith the Lord of Host!