Confession

Confession means "to say the same thing about what God says."

Confession is about speaking in agreement with the Word. The New Testament has much more on positive confessions than negative confessions.

Philemon 6 tells us to "acknowledge every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus."

If you are in Christ, you are a new creation (2 Cor 5:17). What you see in Christ is what you can acknowledge in you.

Until you learn to confess every good thing in you that is in Christ, and what God says about you, you are still self-righteous.

Self-righteousness is not just thinking too highly of yourself, it is also thinking too lowly of yourself. As long as you think different from what God thinks about you, you are stuck in self-righteousness.

The righteousness of God must be lived by faith (Rom 1:17). So if you are making negative confessions by facts, you are not walking by faith. That is like filthy rags to God because it disregards His Son's finished works.

Faith is the only way of living in the Kingdom. And confession is the entry to that living.

P.S: Chinese superstition in speech probably has its root in Christianity. And New Age learns from us. It's called the law of attraction.

Theology

Theology

No one has perfect theology. But whose theology should we place "more" value in?

Many modern-day Christian students place more trust and value in Bible scholars who have many PhD certificates and accreditation, etc. They give more weight to those Bible teachers who are well-known and prominent, who have published many theses and books.

This is NO DIFFERENT from the world's standard.

In the past, however, people placed more value in the theology of those who lived the Gospel of the Kingdom; those who walked out Power and Love like Jesus. For example, Smith Wigglesworth, John G Lake, etc. They were learning from one another and continued to do great exploits for the Kingdom.

The disciples of Jesus, likewise, were uneducated. They were not accredited. They didn't have PhD. They didn't publish theses. They didn't attend the School of Awesome and Precise Theology with accurate citations. Yet they were WITH Jesus. They walked in Power and Love like Jesus. So we placed more value in their written words --- such as the epistles of John and Peter.

Today, we must not be like the world and place more value in the theology of those who only teach and write, but not really walking out the Gospel of the Kingdom in Power and Love like Jesus.

You would rather study and learn with those who have been WITH Jesus (Acts 4:13) than those who have been with education, theses and certificates.

Yes. No one has perfect theology. But the one who lives and does what Jesus did is the closest theology.

P.S: There is a high chance that a mother has a better understanding of the theology of God's love than the top accredited Bible scholar/teacher in a prestigious seminary.

Forgiveness & Healing

Forgiveness & Healing

There are many Scriptures that talk about forgiveness and healing together in each passage.

Because what Christ did for one, He also did for the other.

When we receive forgiveness from Christ, we use the spiritual sense (faith) because our five senses cannot experience it. In the same way, we receive healing from Christ using the spiritual sense.

If we cannot judge our forgiveness by the five senses, then we cannot judge healing by the five senses.

People will ask, "But if I still don't feel well, how do I know if I am healed?"

You don't doubt your ability to hear when you see a flower. You don't doubt your ability to see when you smell it's fragrance.

Because your hearing is nothing to do with your seeing. And your seeing has nothing to do with your sense of smell. They don't affect each other.

Similarly, your five senses have nothing to do with the spiritual sense (faith) and vice versa. Whether you feel well or not has nothing to do with your believing ---- that you are healed by His stripes.

Doubting takes place when we mix the two realms together, when they are supposed to be separated.

The flower is first present, before you can see it. It's fragrance must first be present, before you can smell it. In the same way, healing is already present, before you can feel it.

The principle of Mark 11:24 shows that you have received the promise in the spiritual sense, before it manifests in the five senses.

If we can accept that receiving healing is as simple as receiving forgiveness of sin, joy will enter into our hearts.

How do we know that we have been forgiven? The Word said it. How do we know that we have been healed? The Word said it.

Most believers want to wait until they can experience it in the five senses before they believe that they have been healed. But Jesus said that "Blessed are those who have not seen, yet believed."

If we can be as sure for our healing as our forgiveness, we can be sure that our five senses will eventually catch up with our spiritual sense.

By His stripes, you are healed.

What Do You Thank God For?

To thank God for what you have received is to put your trust in what is physical.

It is sensual and unstable. It is living by what we see. We are not really thanking Him for what He has done through Christ. We are only thanking Him for the benefits we are experiencing and receiving.

To thank God for what He has given is to put your trust in what is eternal.

It is living by the eyes of understanding. We are thanking Him for His unchanging nature and character found in His unchanging Word, demonstrated through Christ. This is spiritual and unshakeable.

When your focus is on the eternal, the physical will manifest itself.

By His stripes you are healed.

Healing Perspective

Healing Perspective

Most sincere and thankful believers will thank God for healing them, especially when their symptoms are leaving and their bodies are getting better.

They say, "Father, thank You for the improvement!" This kind of thanksgiving is to live by sight.

There is a better healing perspective and thanksgiving. It is unshakeable, unwavering, unchangeable, steadfast and immovable.

In the Old Testament, the people were instructed to behold the bronze serpent on the pole. In the New, we are to behold Jesus on the Cross.

It is by His stripes that we were healed. Therefore, it is by His stripes that we are healed and stay healed.

Hence, even if your body is improving, you thank God, "Thank You that by Your stripes, I am healed."

Our eyes are to be fixed unto Jesus. We are to behold Him and not look away from Him. We cannot afford to walk by sight, which includes the improvement of health. We are to walk by certainty ----- faith.

The most powerful thanksgiving is to thank Him for what He has already done ----- by His stripes we are healed! Because the focus is on Him, not us nor our body. This kind of thanksgiving is to live by faith.

What Is The Key To Hearing His Voice Part 4

What Is The Key To Hearing His Voice Part 4

Faith completes hearing His voice. If we don't step out in faith, we will never be certain if we have heard His voice.

As shared in Part 3 through one of the testimonies, faith involves expectation. You get what you expect. If you expect to hear God for a healing need through a word of knowledge, you will hear Him for that.

However, we must remain open for God to speak in other areas beyond our expectations.

There was a period when I expected to hear names from God. And I kept getting names when I ministered to people. It's all about making a decision. Because God honours your decision when your heart desires to reach out to someone.

In this part, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.

After getting names, vocation, age, healing needs for people through hearing God's voice, I simply made a decision to hear Him for dates, address, bank account number, etc. You can keep stretching because you can keep stepping out in faith. How far you want to stretch simply depends on your decision, not God.

I have heard God about a bank account number before for someone. When I read out the numbers, he was surprised.

How sharp you want to be depends on how often you practise it over and over again. The more mistakes you make, the more you grow. The goal is to love people, not how accurate you are. When your priority is to be accurate instead of loving others, you would be less willing to take risks and step out in faith. Because your concern would be about your reputation.

Continuing with the testimony in Part 3, after ministering healing to the young lady with the hearing problem, I made a decision to 'see' into her room. I said to her, "I see your room. It's very colourful. There is blue, red, yellow, green... Even around your bed and your table." She nodded her head. I continued, "You have a passion for arts and craft. You design things." She said, "Yes!"

𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚. God honours your decision as long as your intention is to reach someone.

In Part 5, we will continue this testimony and the thought process during hearing His voice.

Another Healing of Cancer

Received a WhatsApp testimony from a friend today.

Two ordinary believers in the healing team went to minister to a guy's mother who was suffering from stomach cancer. 

 

She got healed. The guy was a non-believer, but when he saw that his mum was healed, he decided to get born again.

I love it when ordinary believers are empowered in their identity to walk out the Kingdom.

The Power Of Freedom

The Power Of Freedom

People usually think that they are not free until they stop sinning. They think that they are in bondage until they can break free from sin.

This will never happen, because it's not Bible. It's the devil who tries to mess up your thinking in order to keep you bound.

In John 8, the woman was caught in adultery. There are so many powerful truths in this passage alone. But we are focusing on one simple truth.

Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more." (John 8:11).

The Bible has many parallels which point to the same truth. We just need to draw it out.

In Galatian 5:1, it says, "It is for freedom that Christ HAS SET us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery."

A slave to the law is kept in bondage to sin (Gal 3:22; Read chapter 3-4 in context). For the law has no power to free you from sin. Only by grace through faith can do that.

Notice, the power of freedom is a gift from God to those who believe in Christ (Gal 5:1). Jesus said to the woman, "I do not condemn you." It means that she is free.

Jesus then added, "Go and sin no more."

The devil wants us to get the sequence wrongly. He's whispering through all platforms, "Sin no more. Then you are free."

Jesus said in John 8:36, "Therefore, if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." (Context reading: 8:34-36). This... He spoke after setting the woman (caught in adultery) free.

The power to 'sin no more' lies in knowing that you are ALREADY free. Christ has already set you free from sin (Romans 6).

The gift of freedom empowers you to sin no more. When you realise that you are already free, you break free from the bondage of sin.

The enemy wants to keep you in ignorance. He wants you to try harder and rely on your own efforts and works to get freedom.

But Christ has come. When you truly believe that you are already free, sin will no longer have dominion over you, since you are not under the law, but under grace.

What Is The Key To Hearing His Voice Part 3

What Is The Key To Hearing His Voice Part 3

Faith is what completes hearing His voice. Without stepping out in faith, you can never be sure if you are hearing Him.

In Part 2, I shared a simple approach to train yourself to hear His voice in alignment with the Word (which holds the Supreme Authority). The practice is vital, because if you are hearing something that is not in line with who Jesus is, there is a high chance that you are either hearing your own thoughts or the devil's. The enemy also knows how to use the word of God and act as God speaking to you.

This is why practising hearing His voice through the Word builds up your foundation.

In a recent Haji Lane outreach that my family and I did, there were many testimonies out of about 40 pax whom we ministered to. I'm sharing one here with the thought process on how we heard His voice.

Faith includes an expectation. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

You expect God to move through you because He has put the Kingdom of God in you. What you expect is usually what you receive. However, we do not limit ourselves to our expectation. We can expect the unexpected. We can expect God to move beyond our expectation (Eph 3:20)

A lady sat down (together with her friend) at the spiritual reading booth. We got her to choose a spiritual reading card.

Disclaimer: The cards are purely props/tools to draw people to us. We do not rely on the cards. In fact, we don't use them. 

She flipped the card and it is written, "A blessing for family." Immediately, we saw the image of a left ear at the back of our mind's eyes. Then we had an impression of the word 'blocked'. Notice... we didn't use the card at all.

So we asked, "Does one of your ears have a problem?" She was shocked because she was probably in her 30s; she wasn't wearing any hearing aid; nothing was visible in the natural.

She responded, "Actually, my ear is completely deaf."

Faith also includes confidence. Sometimes, confidence arises within you and you say things like, "Your left ear is deaf, correct?" Yet on other occasions, you can simply ask a question such as, "Does one of your ears give you problem?" It depends on the level of your confidence (aka faith) at that point in time. There is no hard and fast rule. So you need to weigh on the confidence within and the strength of the impression you received from God.

The stronger the impression, the more confident you can be.

The weaker the impression, the more courage you need to step out in faith.

Why did we first hear God on a healing need through the word of knowledge for the lady? 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

My passion is to see people healed bodily. I expect that. The first category of word of knowledge that I walk in is for healing. So when I hear God for someone, I expect that to come first. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞. And God usually first speaks to me about someone's need for healing, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐭.

But we must not limit God to one area. So we can expect the unexpected. We can expect God to speak about other areas. We can expect to hear more from Him for the same person.

In the next post, I will continue the story for this lady and her friend.

Hearing the voice of God is not something flaky or reserved for the gifted. Sharing testimonies are great. But I believe that by sharing the actual thought process, it will empower you to step out.