Truths That Are Settled

Was doing my daily Scripture reading and I was meditating on this verse.

“If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” - Jn 8:31-32

Sometimes, when we don't experience a certain truth after a protracted period of time, we either change our belief concerning the Word or give up altogether.

But if we remain, stay and refuse to change our position and belief concerning the Word, we will know (experientially) the truth and it shall set us free. It is awesome to have experiences. But it is even more vital to remain in the Word when those experiences have yet to manifest.

By the grace of God, I have long settled in my heart a few things (not exhaustive) and nothing is going to change these important truths. Whether I experience it fully or not is not important. The Word is the final authority. Someone quoted, "God said it. I believe it. That settles it." But I think otherwise. If God said it, that settles it, whether I believe or not.

1) Healing is the WILL of God. (1 Peter 2:24)

2) No curse can come upon a believer if he understands the truth of what Christ did on the Cross (Gal 3:13)

3) No believer can be possessed by any demon if he understands Who is in him (1 John 4:4)

4) A believer's history ended at the Cross if he understands that he is a new creation (2 Cor 5:17)

5) A believer is forever righteous in Christ (2 Cor 5:21) because righteousness is a gift received by grace through faith

6) Righteousness is the foundation for every fruit (healing, miracles, signs and wonders, abundance, love, character, etc.) that abides (Rom 5:17)

7) Every believer is called to do the works of the kingdom (Mark 16:17-18) including healing the sick, raising the dead and casting out demons, and he can walk in all the gifts of the Spirit because it is about identity

8) There is no special anointing (i.e. Elijah's anointing, breaker anointing) in a believer. There is only one anointing. The Holy Spirit. And He comes in fullness (1 Jn 2:27). How much we appropriate the anointing is the reason why different people see different level of breakthroughs.

9) The purpose of signs and wonders is to demonstrate the kingdom and reach the lost (Mark 16:15). It doesn't matter if you visit heaven frequently, build a galaxy in the Universe, see and differentiate many types of angels, etc. If that doesn't translate to reaching the lost, then you miss the Gospel.