Man Is A Spirit Being And Life’s Greatest Forces Are Spiritual Forces The Spirit Of Man Without Christ Is Dead In Sin. He Is Ruled By His Fallen Nature Man With Christ Is Alive In Spirit And Has The Very Nature Of God Living In Him. The Spirit Of God Is The Greatest Force! Spiritual Forces Are Greater Than Mental Or Physical Forces Man Is A 3 Part Being Made Up Of Spirit, Soul And Body 1 Thessalonians 5:23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The born again human being is alive in Spirit The Body and Soul still want to rebel, but it is by the Spirit of Man that we control our Body and Souls desires Love Is A Spiritual Force, So Is Hate Faith Is A Spiritual Force, So Is Fear 2 Timothy 1:6-7 6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Joy And Peace Are Of The Spirit, Love Is Of The Spirit, The God Kind Of Love Romans 5:5 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. 1 John 3:14-15 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15 Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him. Natural Love Can Be Jealous And Selfish Gods Love In Us Is Of The Spirit And Is Perfect Love Faith Is A Great Spiritual Force Jesus Demands Faith To Receive From Him 2 Corinthians 4:13 It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak Matthew 8:5-13 5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6 "Lord," he said, "my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering." 7 Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal him." 8 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. 9 For I myself 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." 10 When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! It will be done just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that very hour. Matthew 9:27-30 27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" 28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" "Yes, Lord," they replied. 29 Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you" Mark 9:17-27 17 A man in the crowd answered, "Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. 18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not." 19 "O unbelieving generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me." 20 So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. 21 Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he answered. 22 "It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us." 23 "'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes." 24 Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" Many Believe God Can, They Are Just Not Sure If He Will 25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the evil spirit. "You deaf and mute spirit," he said, "I command you, come out of him and never enter him again." 26 The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He's dead." 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up. The father was trying to put the responsibility off on everyone else. First the disciples then Jesus. Jesus corrected him and told him it wasn’t a matter of his ability to deliver the boy, it was based upon the ability of the father to believe In Luke 8, The Woman With The Issue Of Blood There Was A Spiritual Force Flowing From Jesus, It Was The Anointing. There Was A Spiritual Force Flowing From The Woman It Was Faith. When Her Faith Connected With His Anointing Those Spiritual Forces Together Caused A Miracle In Her Body! Faith Is Of The Spirit, It Is A Spiritual Force “Your Faith Made You Whole” Spiritual Forces Are Greater Than Physical Or Mental When We Release Our Faith, The Power Or Force Of God Comes And Over Rides All Conditions Of The Body And Mind Jesus’ power was passive until her faith was activated When faith is released the power of God is released to heal and deliver You can have hands laid on you again and again but if you never release your faith you will never receive from God You can receive from God with no one laying hands on you the woman with the issue of blood was healed by her faith Faith Is A Spiritual Force Mark 5, when Jairus heard his daughter was dead Jesus told him not to fear, only believe Fear will cause you to miss what God has for you When faith comes in the front door fear goes out the back door Jairus faith had everything to do with his daughter living again The force of faith will drive out death All of Jesus healings were spiritual there was not one healing that occurred without faith Jesus went around teaching, preaching and healing He always taught them so faith would come Mark 6:5-6 5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6 And he was amazed at their lack of faith. Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. Jesus did not go around forcing healing on people Those who believed were healed Romans 10:17 “faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God” Man receives healing by acting upon the word and that action is called faith Healing doesn’t start on the outside, it starts on the inside, in the spirit of man Acts 14:8-10 8 In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 10 and called out, "Stand up on your feet!" At that, the man jumped up and began to walk. The crippled man had faith because of what he heard, what he heard activated his faith and Paul saw it, saw it where, in the spirit Healing Is Of The Spirit Because It Is A Result Of Faith When hands are laid upon you for healing, or when you pray the prayer of faith for yourself, at that moment your healing is not based on what you feel.Fellings are body and soul based, faith is spirit based and Faith is based in the Spirit. So it is not about what you feel, it is all about what do you believe. Comments are closed.
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AuthorPastor Dave White is Senior Pastor of WOLCC, founded in April of 1995. Archives
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