Don't Become, Be!

Don't Become, Be!

The enemy is always trying to get us to become who we already are. If he can get us to try to become who we already are, he can get us to try to get what we already have.

This started from the Fall. The enemy deceived Eve into thinking that she could become like God after eating the fruit (Gen 3:5). But Eve was ALREADY like God to begin with (Gen 1:26).

When Eve thought that she could become who she already was, she tried to get what she already had ---- she already had what is good.

Fast forward to today... If we don't know who we already are in Christ, we will try to BECOME. And when we try to become who we already are, we will try to get what we already have.

Christianity begins complete (Col 2:10). You don't try to become or get it. You simply BE. You simply HAVE it.

Many Christians do not understand this Kingdom truth. They focus on actions, words, behaviours and symptoms ----- sight, instead of identity ----- faith aka truth. Focusing on the flesh is death; focusing on the Spirit is LIFE (Rom 8:6).

They try to become more righteous without realising that they have already been made righteous (2 Cor 5:21). They try to become more holy when they have already been made holy (set apart) --- 1 Cor 1:30.

When you try to become who you already are, you will try to get what you already have.

If sickness or symptoms are in their bodies, they say, "I am sick. I need healing." Or they say to you, "You are not well. You are sick." They don't understand truth and identity. They are still seeing and living by the flesh (sight), instead of identity (faith). They try to get healing when they already have it.

1 Peter 2:24 says that "by His stripes, you WERE healed." It's a past tense. It is a done deal. Just as Jesus dealt with sin's issue, He dealt with sickness' issue. As far as God is concerned, you were healed, and therefore, you are healed.

God is not trying to heal you. He already DID it through Christ by His stripes. People say, "No. I'm not. I'm still having the symptoms. I need to get healing." That's because they focus on the physical instead of the spiritual. 

Every blessing flows from the spiritual realm into the physical realm. It flows from our identity into our reality. Living by sight shuts off the power and the flow. It gets us into becoming who we already are. It makes us try to get what we already have.

This is WHY THE ENEMY always deceives us to live by SIGHT. That is his primary technique. He channels all his energy to get us to live by sight. The only way to overcome him is faith (2 Cor 5:7; 1 Jn 4:4). Live in our IDENTITY.

Identity is simply living by the Spirit, aka walking by faith in His truth. Your actions, words, behaviours and symptoms might not line up with your identity yet, BUT it doesn't change who you are and it doesn't change what you have.

In fact, the only WAY to line up our actions, words, behaviours and symptoms to the truth of God is to constantly FOCUS on our identity (Philemon 6) ---- who we already ARE and what we already HAVE.

Regardless of your bodily symptoms or pain, if you keep believing that you are already healed, the symptoms or pain have to go. It can be instantaneous or progressive. But it has to go. People might think that you are nuts, so be it. People thought Jesus were nuts too.

Our identity is the HEALED one, not the sick. You either choose to believe God or not. Jesus walked in divine health, free from every sickness and disease. So IS our identity ---- we cannot be sick.

But Christians will say, "But you still get sick." That's because they don't understand identity and truth. They are still seeing the flesh. When you believe that you cannot be sick (as who you already are), your body will line up with that truth and you walk protected from every sickness and disease ----- because this is your TRUE identity.

Don't try to get what you already have. Don't try to become who you already are. Simply BE, and simply HAVE!

The Danger of Status Quo

The Danger of Status Quo

Remaining status quo does not mean that we automatically maintain every area in our lives.

In fact, status quo leads to complacency and before we know it, that area in our lives has already declined.

We must be intentional in order to maintain an area in our lives. And we must be more than intentional in order to grow in that area.

P.S: And right after God spoke to me about what I just posted, I saw a post one hour later from one minister. Attached is the screen shot.

Hope & Faith

Hope & Faith

They didn’t really believe the promises of God; they refused to trust Him and move forward in faith. They forgot His wonderful works and the miracles of the past... - Ps 78:10-11 (TPT)

Faith is not just believing in the mind. It must be followed through with action. Kenneth Hagin said that "believing in the mind is simply mental assent."

Mental assent is simply agreeing with God, but that is not faith. Even the devil agrees that God is real.

i.e. "God is the Healer. I believe it. I just don't really think that He would heal me personally now." This is an example of mental assent.

The Israelites believed in their mind. It was mental assent. Because they didn't move forward in faith, which proved that they didn't really believe the promises of God.

Asaph wrote that "they forgot His works and the wonders that He had shown them." (Ps 78:11 ESV)

Remembering the past faithfulness of God through His works and wonders is the bridge to walk in faith. The works and wonders do not give us faith. The testimonies do not give us faith. They only give us HOPE.

Hope is the confident expectation of His goodness. Hope enables us to expect God to do it again because of His faithfulness. But hope is still not faith, since faith only comes by hearing His Word (Rom 10:17).

Why is hope then needed for faith? Faith is the substance of things hoped for... (Heb 11:1). The word 'substance' also means 'reality'.

Faith is the REALITY of things hoped for. Without hope, you cannot have faith NOW.

When we remember the past faithfulness of God through His works and wonders, we HOPE (confident expectation) in His present faithfulness to do His works and wonders AGAIN.

This empowers us to MOVE FORWARD in faith, which is believing beyond mental assent (agreement). 

Faith makes Hope a reality for the present. Faith is in the NOW.

If you agree with God's promises, but find it hard to move forward in faith, recall the miracles and testimonies He did in and through you, and step out in faith.

Meekness and Healing

Meekness and Healing

This morning, I had God speak to me.

He said, "If you use meekness, you will see even more healings."

I was baffled. I thought the Kingdom takes by force. I thought aggressiveness is the key.

Jesus walked in meekness throughout His ministry. His benchmark for healings is 100%. He didn't give any excuse and He didn't fail to heal any.

Difference between Weakness and Meekness

Weakness has no choice.

Meekness has a choice.

Weakness is involuntary.

Meekness is deliberate.

Weakness is a lack of power.

Meekness is power under control.

Weakness is by default.

Meekness is by surrendering.

The more we surrender to the Christ in us, the more He manifests through us --- whether in power or in love (whether gifts or fruit).

I was brought back to the scenes where I saw 'great' healings (in men's perspective). Those were of the shortest prayer I spoke. I did nothing with my mind but simply surrendered to the Christ in me. I simply let Him out. I let Him do His work and He completed it with perfection.

Meekness is simply trusting Christ to do the work in and through us. When we try to love, we fail. When we try to heal, we fail.

But when we trust Him to love through us by surrendering to the Christ in us, it becomes effortless. The same is said for healing.

The less we strive and do by our own, the more we trust Him, and the more He manifests Himself.

No Shortcut To Fear

No Shortcut To Fear

There is no shortcut to remove fear from our lives.

We think that fear can be cast out. We command fear to be cast out from others and ourselves. But it doesn't work that way, because the enemy cannot put fear INTO us. Nowhere in the Bible tells us that satan puts the spirit of fear into us.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear... - Rom 8:15

We were born into the spirit of slavery through the Fall of Adam. The old man was in bondage (slavery) to fear. That nature walks by sight (2 Cor 5:7). It was sight that caused Eve and Adam to fall.

What the enemy does is simply to show us 'sight' (visible realm), so that we walk in fear. Because the opposite of faith is sight.

If the enemy is not IN you, you cannot cast him out. If fear is not put IN you, you cannot cast fear out.

If we are born again believers, fear is self-generated through walking by sight. No one puts fear into you. Therefore, you can't cast it out by casting it out.

We have to believe and keep receiving the love of God until it's perfect.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. - 1 John 4:18

The word 'perfect' here means, "add what is yet lacking in order to render a thing full." Fear is cast out by receiving His love. The more we receive His love, the more fear is cast out.

It's like you pouring clean water into a glass of dirty water. As clean water (love) goes in, dirty water (fear) comes out. Fear is cast out from the inside out by the love of God.

...for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. - 2 Tim 1:7

Since God has given us the spirit of love, there is no spirit of fear in us. Knowing WHO you are and WHOSE you are is the remedy for self-generated fear caused by sight.

Alot of the deliverance ministries try to cast out fear at the altar. You might get some emotional reliefs but you don't get true freedom from fear until you receive the love of God in perfection.

Practicality: Whichever area you are fearful of, you receive the love of God in that area. It was the love of God ---- my Father loves me and thus, will provide for me --- that broke through my fear of financial lack when I left a salaried job. I spent 3 months soaking in His love daily to break that fear.

There is no shortcut to fear. You need to receive His love.

Removing Sin Is The Same As Destroying Sickness

Removing Sin Is The Same As Destroying Sickness

Jesus appeared (or made manifest) physically for the first time on earth to take away sins.

You know that He appeared in order to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. - 1 Jn 3:5

The word 'take away' in Greek means 'remove' in this context. Jesus removed all our sins on the Cross. He cried, "It is finished!" The Lamb of God took away the sins of the world (Jn 1:29). He didn't just remove a believer's sins. He removed ALL sins of the world (1 Jn 2:2).

The same author John continued writing in verse 8.

The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. - 1 Jn 3:8b

Jesus appeared (or made manifest) physically for the first time on earth to destroy the works of the devil.

Scriptures interpret Scriptures. Jesus appeared on earth (before ascension) to remove sins aka destroying the works of the devil. (1 Jn 3:8)

How did he destroy the works of the devil? He healed the sick, raised the dead and cast out demons as a preliminary demonstration of what would happen when He died on the Cross, which is the ultimate destruction of the works of the devil when He removed our sins and put in us a new nature (2 Cor 5:21). For it is the devil's nature that caused us to sin (1 Jn 3:8a).

So when Christ removed our sins, He also destroyed the works of the devil --- which includes sicknesses and diseases, since they all came from sin (Rom 5:12).

If forgiveness of our sins is released by believing, then healing of our sicknesses and diseases is released by the same token.

Christ has appeared once to remove our sins and destroy sicknesses and diseases. You say, "Then why are there still sicknesses and diseases?" It is the same reason why there are still sins.

When we learn to accept our new nature in Christ, we will learn to oppose and reject sin. Similarly, when we learnt to accept our new nature in Christ, we will learn to oppose and reject sicknesses and diseases.

Divine health is a possibility by believing that just as our sins have been removed, sicknesses and diseases have been destroyed.

Christ will appear (make manifest) physically a second time to give us a glorified body. Divine health becomes a reality without faith.

So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him. - Heb 9:28 (emphasis added)

The Heart Or The Belly?

The Heart Or The Belly?

Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. - Matt 12:34; Luke 6:45

The word 'heart' in Greek is 'kardia', which can also be used for 'mind, inner self, will, intention, center, etc.' Thayer's Greek Lexicon defines it as 'the center and seat of spiritual life, "the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts.'

Mark 11:23 - ...whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, but believes...

The word 'heart' here is the same word used in Matt 12:34. Believing has to come from the heart aka 'the center and seat of spiritual life, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬.'

Since death and life lies in the power of the tongue, our mouth becomes the point for release ---- whether it's life (through believing, if it is abundantly filled by faith) or death (through doubt, if it is abundantly filled by sight).

Psalm 81:10 - Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Since God has filled our heart with faith (Rom 12:3) when we were born again, we can open our mouth wide for the release of His life.

John 7:38 says, "...Out of his 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 will flow rivers of living water." Jesus was referring this to the power of the Holy Spirit in Acts 1:8 (Read John 7:39).

Since believing activates the flow of the rivers of living water (aka the power of the Holy Spirit) and that believing is from the heart (read Mark 11:23), when John 7:38 talks about 'out of his heart will flow rivers of living water', it is more likely to be referring to the same inner self ---- 'out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.'

Because the spirit of faith is "I believe, so I speak.' (2 Cor 4:13)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon uses 'the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart, as the 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭, feeling, choice' for John 7:38. This coincides with 'kardia' in Matt 12:34 and Mark 11:23, which is different from what we are normally taught ----- the belly (lower abdomen).

Out of the abundance of the heart (inner self, seat of thoughts, intention, will), the mouth speaks.

Out of his b̵e̵l̵l̵y̵ heart (inner self, seat of thoughts, intention, will) will flow rivers of living water.

Our intention (will and desire) will cause our mouth to speak out what is on the inside. Our intention (will and desire) will cause the power of the Spirit (rivers of living water) to flow out.

I am more and more convinced that it is out of our heart (inner self, seat of thoughts, intention, will) that the Spirit of God flows out. There are many testimonies and encounters that follow through with this thought.

This is why your heart is edified when you speak in tongues. Because if your belly gets edified when you speak in tongues, the belly is going to become one big united nation.

P.S: The human's heart is where life is. It pumps blood to give oxygen through all the cells in the body. When the heart stops, life stops. The life of God ('zoe') flows into your life (heart) when you are in union with Him.

Can You See Jesus In Person?

Can You See Jesus In Person?

We have heard many people testifying about seeing Jesus. 

"𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞..." etc.

But no testimony can supersede the Word of God. When people shared that they SAW Jesus, what they were really seeing is the VISION of Jesus, not the literal Jesus in Person.

No one can see the literal Jesus in Person until He returns.

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐦, because we shall see Him as He is. - 1 Peter 3:2 (referring to the glorified Christ and our glorified reality)

There are so many Scriptures that give us the truth.

But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 for His feet. - Heb 10:12-13

The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐈 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭. - Matt 22:44 (See also Psalm 110:1)

Jesus is presently sitting at the right hand of the Father, until the end comes. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. It's called hallucination. Kidding. What you saw is only a vision of Christ, not the literal Christ in Person. 

After making purification for sins, 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 of the Majesty on high. - Heb 1:3

So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝. - Mark 16:19

God raised Christ from the dead and 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 in the heavenly places... - Eph 1:20

We have such a high priest, One 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 of the throne of the Majesty in heaven. - Heb 8:1

Christ Jesus is the One who died—more than that, who was raised—𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, who indeed is interceding for us. - Rom 8:34

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝. - Col 3:1

Christ has gone into heaven and 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝... - 1 Peter 3:22

See also Heb 1:3; 12:2; Rev 3:21; Acts 7:55-56; 5:31 and many more!

When the end comes, Jesus is returning from heaven by clouds of glory. The way He ascended into heaven is going to be the way He returns. There is no interim period when He comes down on earth for a walk.

Jesus said, “I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧.” - Mark 14:62

This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧. - Acts 1:11 (See also Acts 1:9 and Luke 24:51)

Behold, 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐬, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. - Rev 1:7

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 with power and great glory. - Matt 24:30 (See also Luke 21:27)

Sorry to burst your bubble, but we need to share Word-based testimonies, not some flaky extra-biblical ones. Yay Jesus!

Interchangeable: Sin & Sickness

Interchangeable: Sin & Sickness

Because of sin, death came into this world. This includes every form of death, both physical and spiritual. Physical death encompasses sicknesses and diseases.

Romans 5:12 - Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men... 

But when Christ died for us, He dealt with sin so that death no longer reigns in this life (Rom 5:17; 5:10). Read also Romans 6 and Romans 8.

Sin and sickness are technically interchangeable in the Word, because sickness came as a result of sin. If sin is dealt with, then sickness is dealt with. Check out the verses below.

Psalm 103:3 - Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases...

Isaiah 53:4, 12 - Surely He has borne ('nasa' in Hebrew) our griefs...; And He bore ('nasa' in Hebrew) the sin of many...

Matthew 8:17 - ...that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah... "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses."

1 Peter 2:24 - Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. 

Mark 2:9-11 - Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 

When our eyes are open to see that sin and sickness are interchangeable in the Word, we begin to realise that whatever that deals with sin also deals with sickness.

If God forgave your sin, He also healed you. It's a package. But many churches like to separate them, because their idea of salvation is only spiritual. But God's idea of salvation is holistic as it includes wholeness and total well-being, whether spiritually, emotionally, mentally or physically.

One of the most powerful verses lies in Romans 6.

Romans 6:7 - For he who has died 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 from sin.

You can also read it this way... 'For he who has died has been freed 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.'

Just as a dead person cannot have sin or live in sin, a dead person cannot have sickness or live in sickness. A dead person simply cannot respond to sin and sickness.

The problem lies with us still focusing on sin and sickness. We are not dead enough. We are resurrecting our old man which was already crucified with Christ on the Cross.

Romans 6:11 - Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin...

In other words, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. The more we reckon ourselves DEAD to sin and sickness, the more we are FREE from sin and sickness.

Living 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 for sin and sickness.

What is the practical approach to sickness?

If you are experiencing any symptoms in the physical body, you say, "I am not sick. I am dead to sickness. I live in Him. His life lives in me. I am the HEALED opposing every symptom."

If you are walking in health, you say, "I am dead to sickness. No sickness can be in me. No sickness nor symptom can attach itself to me. Because I am dead to it. I am alive in Christ. His resurrection power and life is in me. His light is in me. This destroys whatever darkness that tries to come near me."

Resisting The Enemy

Resisting The Enemy

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. - James 4:7

In the Old Covenant, the Lord will cause the enemy to flee (Deut 28:7). In the New, the Lord has put in us the power to do so.

The word 'resist' is not a weak English word that means 'refrain' or 'to keep something at bay'.

In the Greek, it actually means 'to take a complete stand against, i.e. a 180 degree, contrary position.'

It means 'to establish one's position publicly by conspicuously holding one's ground.'

It means 'to forcefully declare one's personal conviction (on Christ's possession)'.

In a nutshell, to resist is to oppose fully. It requires us to take offense at the enemy.

Behold, I have given you the authority to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. - Luke 10:19

Resisting the enemy is NOT about letting him attack you, and you refraining (blocking) the attack. It's about you OPPOSING him fully and forcefully, and declaring who you are and what you have in Christ.

You are driving him in the opposite direction, so that he flees. He's prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. If we don't drive him and oppose him, he will devour us.

Saturday 11 November

Saturday 11 November

I woke up in the morning with sudden, intense pain on one side of the stomach. Inexplicable pain. I curled into a ball on the bed. Broke out in cold sweat, feeling nausea, headache, etc.

I didn't share anything with my wife. But she knew that I was fighting the fight of faith. She knew that I would prefer to war through it without sharing any details.

She told me, "I will send J for his karate class today. You just rest at home."

For about 7 hours, the pain was constant. I had no appetite as I felt like vomiting. I was still curled into a ball. I commanded it to go, but eventually lost the energy to command further. After I had done all, my job was to stand. So I stood on the Word.

When she came back with J and saw me in pain and curled up, she couldn't resist anymore. She asked, "Where is the pain? What kind of pain are you experiencing? Did you eat anything? Please tell me everything."

After sharing the pain symptoms, she said, "I don't care. I'm going to feed you with a piece of plain bread and I'm going to have you take the painkillers."

She fed me with the bread and brought two panadol pills to the front of my mouth. She said, "Please take it. So that I can rule out that it's not appendicitis. If the pain doesn't go off, you need to do something."

I kept in silent but refused to open my mouth. She said, "I know you won't go to the doctor. But please, at least take the painkillers so that we can narrow down the possibility. You are in such pain and you are still so stubborn."

My son came beside me and said, "Papa, please take it for my sake. Please, Papa."

The fight is real because every ounce of your mind will tell you to go for the easy way out; take the pills and deal with the pain quickly. Afterall, I have withstood for 7 hours.

My wife decided to leave the pills on the table and allowed me to make my own decision. Both my son and her proceeded to command the pain to leave.

My son kept pestering me to take, but I kept delaying by saying, "Later."

All of the sudden, the pain just disappeared miraculously. Not even an ounce of pain was left. It disappeared suddenly. While I expected this to happen, it was still unexpected, if you know what I meant.

Both of them burst in praises to God. So did I. What I have shown my son and wife over and over again is the fight of faith, in depending on Jehovah Rapha.

Disclaimer: I have nothing against medication. But I preach healing and I minister healing, so I have to walk things out so that my message carries truth as well as strong conviction.

The fight of faith is not always instantaneous. Because the fight of faith is simply to stand on the Word. After you have done all, will you be moved or stay grounded?

What Is Your Way Of Life?

Social media is not the way of life. We don't see the authenticity of life through the lens of social media.

Social media is meant to show off what is good and cover up what is bad.

It works extremely well because many people believe it. This is why digital marketing works.

Never compare yourself to a social media personality. You and I have an individual, unique life assignment designed by God where only you and I can walk it out.

Stop thinking that others are prettier because their photos are probably photoshopped. Even the face can be photoshopped. It's called cosmetic surgery which is way more common than you think.

Stop thinking that others are richer because they might be in debts, and/or living an unhappy, unfulfilled life.

Stop thinking that others are achieving alot in their lives, because their marriage is perhaps, breaking up; their kids are rebellious, etc.

Stop thinking that others are more spiritual, because they probably are infants in other areas of their lives. Look at how some use the public toilets and you will know that they are not that spiritual.

Stop thinking that others are owning lots of material stuff and traveling all over the world, because they might be running a rat race and selling their souls to money.

When we turn our thoughts away from social media influence and towards Him who loves us, we live in gratitude and contentment.

Social media never teaches you to grow in contentment. It never did and will never do so. Because it is not the way of life.

Pursue Christ, for He is Life and true Contentment.

What Happens To You Does Not Change The Word

What Happens To You Does Not Change The Word

"So and so prayed for me, but nothing changes."

"So and so are full of faith, yet they still experienced this."

"So and so tithed faithfully and they encountered God's blessings."

More often than not, we tend to look at what others are going through to determine what God could be like. Nothing is further from the truth. 

The Psalmist said, "Lord God of Israel, don’t let what happens to me be the source of confusion to those who are passionate for you." - Ps 69:6 (TPT)

What happens to you and others does not change who God is. It does not interpret God's nature. It does not represent the Truth. It does not reveal what the Word says and what the Word means.

Experiences cannot alter the Word. Only the Word can alter experiences. And if our experiences do not line up with the Word, we need to get into the Word so deeply that the Word becomes our experiences.

God is not what you say He is. God is not what happens to you or others. God is not what your experiences say. God is what the Word says. He changes not. He is the same forever. He is more predictable than you think He is, because He keeps His Word and is always faithful to His Word.

There is a reason why the Bible tells us to 'Fix our eyes on Jesus'. Jesus is the Word made flesh. We fix our eyes on the Word. It doesn't matter what others are going through. It doesn't matter what you are going through. What matters is what Christ has gone through.

Only what He went through should define our experiences. Only the Word should define our experiences.

Don't Confuse The Old With The New

In the Old, God walked with Adam.

In the New, God walks IN you and through you.

In the Old, God moved before Israel moved.

In the New, God moves when you move.

In the Old, God is with you.

In the New, God is IN you.

In the Old, God came with visitations.

In the New, God comes with habitation.

We keep getting confused in our preaching when we don't understand what the New means. The most powerful gift that God has given to believers is to be ONE with us.

Christ IN you was supposed to be a mystery in times past. But it has been revealed through the Epistles in the Bible.

Today, many of us are still living as though it is still a mystery.

Don't mix the Old with the New. You cannot put new wine into old wineskins. You are a NEW creation. It's not just a good old Bible quotation. It is a powerful reality.

Perhaps we should stop slamming pulpits that talk about the NEW when we are the ones who are confused with covenants.

Every church can over-emphasize in an area. That doesn't make the church heretic. It just means that no church is perfect. Otherwise, so many churches that preach mixed covenants are also heretic, because it's not the Bible.

God is bigger than our imperfection. The fact that God is still using church institutions already proves that He is bigger than our mistakes and imperfection. For His desire is Kingdom.

The fact that God is still using big ego, self-pumped pastors who love attention is the same proof. Because if He can use a donkey to prophesy, there is no one He cannot use.

Controlling spirit is not from God because He allows more freedom in the Body of Christ than you think is possible. Yes, either extreme is bad. You can be so submissive that you obey leaders blindly, or you can be so rebellious that you refuse to listen to anything they say.

When we know how to obey the Holy Spirit, we will know when to obey leaders and when to disobey them. Because God Himself is our Chief Shepherd and Spiritual Covering. And most importantly, both you and Him are ONE.

We Dominate What We Don't Tolerate

We dominate what we don't tolerate.

Whatever we tolerate in our lives, we lose dominion power over that area. What we tolerate, we don't dominate.

Frustration is not a bad emotion. Emotions are neutral and God-given so that we know the position where we are at. Frustration is a sign of intolerance towards something.

Since the word 'dominion' in Greek means 'power exerting itself in a particular jurisdiction', we can direct our frustration and take dominion over what we are frustrated with, through the power of God.

Few days ago, I experienced some pain on my left hip area. I didn't know why it was there. I actually ignored it for a few days, thinking that it would go away. But it didn't. I got frustrated and took dominion over it last night. Today, I woke up and it's gone.

You dominate what you don't tolerate.

This is not just limited to healing, but for every area in the Kingdom.

Sometimes, we can be so used to something that we no longer get frustrated over it. For example, I have been wearing glasses since young. It has become a part of me. I don't feel frustrated over it. I should. But it hasn't gotten to that point where I don't tolerate it. 

I have ministered to people and they got healed from shortsightedness. But I have not fully taken dominion over my own shortsightedness. I had tried to live without glasses for two days. I entered the lift and I couldn't find the lift buttons to the level that I needed to go LOL.

I couldn't see many things. I acted so weird, that my wife felt embarrassed haha. But I didn't persist through, because I tolerated it. Perhaps it's time to get fed-up again.

If a stranger enters your house, you will drive him out. If a stranger has become your friend, you will let him stay in your house.

Well, you and I are the 'house' of God. If your body feels different, you need to get frustrated and take dominion over it. Drive out the stranger.

If you have been living with it since many years ago (like my shortsightedness), and the 'stranger' has become your 'friend', it's not easy, but I believe it can still be done.

Many believers allow flu and cold to be their best friend. They called it the 'common flu'. Just because it is common for majority does not mean that it has to be common to you. Most believers lose dominion in the area of flu. They saw many healings, but they couldn't heal a flu. It's not that difficult. We need to get frustrated with it in order to take dominion over it.

Here's the thing. Get frustrated quickly when a stranger comes. The faster we are intolerant towards it, the more effective our dominion is.

We dominate what we don't tolerate.

Good Days Begin With Good Words

Good Days Begin With Good Words

1 Peter 3:10 - 'Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit..."

If we want to see good days, it depends on our tongue. What we say determines what we see.

The word 'evil' means 'bad in the widest sense'. It includes everything that is contrary to what is good. Whatever word that proceeds from our mouth, as long as it is not good (according to God), it is evil.

The word 'deceit' means untrue. Whatever we say that is not in line with God's nature, it is considered 'deceit'.

Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Therefore, what we say reveals what is in our heart. If our heart has unbelief, we will speak evil (bad) and deceit (untrue of God's nature). If we speak evil and deceit, it proves that our heart has unbelief.

Sin is caused, first and foremost, by our tongue. The only way to turn away from evil and do good (1 Peter 3:11) is to begin with speaking good and true (of God's nature).

Jesus committed no sin, neither was deceit found in His mouth. - 1 Peter 2:22

Jesus is the Lover of Life, because He is The Life and the Giver of Life. His words are always good and always true. Therefore, He did not sin.

If we want to see good days, it begins with our tongue. This is the simplest yet hardest for us.

We sow into our days by our tongue. Evil (bad) words lead to evil days. Good words lead to good days. God doesn't change our world. He changes our spirit, so that we can change our words. And when we change our words, we change our world.

Warning: If this offends you, you are taking offense at God

Warning: If this offends you, you are taking offense at God.

Years ago, when we were following the Bible, we were in the missions field in a small village. After preaching the Word, with baptism of the Spirit and miracles, we were brought to an open area for lunch.

We were served with plain rice and dog meat. Period.

What do you do when dog meat is placed in front of you and it's the heart of the locals to bless you with it?

Yes, we ate it. To obey the Gospel.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. - Luke 10:6-8

Nowadays, many ministers no longer follow the Bible. Some demand to be flown to meetings by business class (airplane); some want organic food to be served; some want sparkling water; some expect a certain amount of honorarium, etc.

Post-modernism Christianity seeks comfort instead of the welfare of the recipients. If we want the Gospel peace (shalom) to be released to the environment bearing the harvest of righteousness, we need to follow the Word.

Eliminate Unnecessary Sufferings

"When you renew your mind to the word of God, you eliminate unnecessary suffering in this life. The only necessary suffering is what you suffer as you live godly in Christ, which is predominantly persecution, and some of the hardships of being a good soldier. When you renew your mind to the word of God, you cease suffering to sicknesses and diseases, because they are not the will of God."

- Curry Blake

Led By The Spirit

Led By The Spirit

Living by the 'leading of the Spirit' may bring some results, but living by the Word brings consistent results.

The Word and the Spirit are One. But 'the leading of the Spirit' is not, because it's not always God. We can err on the carnal side and feelings, thinking that we are doing what the Spirit is leading when it is not Him.

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. - Rom 8:14

This verse is often misinterpreted as 'the leading of the Spirit', categorising it as someone who is spontaneously directed by the Spirit to do something.

The Greek word for 'led' in this passage means 'to impel, of forces and influences affecting the mind.'

A text without a context becomes the pretext for a proof text. Read the whole of Romans 8. Then read Romans 8:12-13 again, before you read Romans 8:14 and 8:15.

To be led by the Spirit is to live NOT according to the flesh. It's to live in the truth. It's to live under the influence of the mind of the Spirit (who is Christ). It's to live as sons. It's to live under His grace, and not under the law (cross ref Gal 5:18; Eph 5:18).

Hence, all sons and daughters of God are led by the Spirit because they have received the Spirit of adoption (Rom 8:15). It's not a spontaneous, flaky or sporadic thingy. It's the New Creation power to walk out the mind of Christ.

That is being led by the Spirit.

Tongue = Maturity

Tongue is the indication of spiritual maturity (James 1:26; 3:2)

Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. What you say is always an overflow of your heart.

If my heart is filled with joy, love and generosity, I will speak with joy, love and generosity.

If I think that I'm spiritually mature but my tongue is loose, then I have deceived my heart thinking that I'm mature but I'm not.

Third World Missions Fields --- Rich In Faith

Third World Missions Fields --- Rich In Faith

Ever wondered why miracles take place in 'greater' quality, quantity and consistency in the missions fields? I have shared this in details in the book on divine healing.

It is often NOT the preachers who have faith to see the sick healed in the missions fields. If it is so, we would see the SAME consistency of quantity and quality in Singapore.

It is often the people in the missions fields who have faith to get healed. They had no money for specialists/doctors.

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom... - James 2:5

Ministering in first world 'Crazy Rich Asians' will test us who preach and minister healing. If we stick to the Word, it forces us to confront our unbelief (Matt 17:20) so that we keep growing until we see the same consistency in the missions fields.

Yeah we can get many healed when we pray for many. But 200 healed out of 500 from the wheelchairs is only 40% effectiveness. Of course we thank God for those healed, but we can never be satisfied.

Jesus had 100% effectiveness. This means that we cannot settle for less. And there is no place for any complacency. Because we are called to follow Him, conform to His image and do what He did.

All things are possible to him who believes (Mk 9:23). Let's keep going!

The Effect of Testimony

The Effect of Testimony 

I haven’t been sharing testimonies on Lifestyle Evangelism for a period of time on social media platforms. While the intention of testimonies is to encourage others and spur them on to step out and see Christ doing the same thing (or greater) through them, it doesn’t always produce the result.

On the contrary, some began to ask me for impartation (I rejected immediately because I personally think that impartation destroys identity); others began to point people to me; some began to ask me to minister to the sick, etc.

To me, this has failed the empowerment test. Empowerment is to get others to see the God of men living in and through them. Empowerment is identity —— knowing who you are as sons. Empowerment is seeing others doing the work of Christ as they see you doing it.

It was this realization that I decided that I should stop posting testimonies. In the healing book, I tried not to include any testimony unless it was needed to teach a principle or truth.

Some believe that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy —— meaning that when someone testifies about a healing, we can expect God to do it again. This has been overused since a popular pastor in United States started preaching it many years ago. In fact, the whole context of Rev 19:10 isn’t even talking about testimonies of healing or miracles. A word without a context will always be a pretext for a prooftext.

Don’t make things complicated. When you share a testimony, it stirs up the faith of the listeners. Where there is faith, grace is appropriated, which includes healing. When someone is healed of a unique disease, the hearers will have the faith expectation to receive the same. When faith goes up, the manifestation of grace comes down.

Tonight in the streets of Singapore, we saw slipped disc healed, flu & sore throat disappeared, growth literally shrank, thyroid inflammation gone, eyesight correction (the guy tested without glasses), injuries healed, etc. We put them in the same testimony here because every healing is the same in God’s perspective. There is no big or small miracle/healing. Only men think that way. We are called to set our mind on above. How we share the testimony reveals what kind of mindset we have concerning sickness. Every sickness is on the same level in God’s eyes.

Out of a number of testimonies, we are sharing one here to point you to a principle at the end. A lady drew 3 spiritual cards but we didn’t use them. You don’t need to rely on any item. You just need the Spirit of Christ within you. We saw a tattoo (it’s a heart-shaped with some words but there isn’t a need to read any of those stuff) on her arm, so we decided to connect with her using that. We said, “We will interpret your tattoo.” We continued, “Before 20 years old, at around 17, you attempted suicide, because of brokenness. Your father was never present in your life, causing you to experience a lack of affirmation and affection, which you are going out after men to get it.” She nodded and was blown away, with tears in her eyes. We shared other details and ministered physical and emotional healing as the Holy Spirit (who is also in every believer) revealed. There is no need to share the details as that’s not the main point of this testimony. She used to be a believer, but left the faith. Now the One who gave her affirmation and affection is pursuing her back as she nodded in agreement to be back in communion with Him.

What’s the point? We are just normal believers walking out what the Word says. None of us is a pastor or an evangelist. We are the proof that anyone can do the same. In Singapore, you really don’t need to go for another seminar or course. Don’t be kiasu and kiasi. Eliminate FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) in your life. Stop behaving like the secular going after every teaching session, thinking that you must know everything. In fact, if you go for many, you probably have a rojak understanding of the Word in your life —— because you listen to every man of God (sharing different perspectives) on the pulpit, instead of the God of man (READ THE BIBLE) on the Cross.

Don’t wait to go after another minister of Christ. He didn’t die for you. Go after the Minister (The Christ) who died for you and is now living in and through you. There is really enough of listening and listening and listening at the pews. You won’t grow by simply listening to more teachings. You won’t get a special power by hoping that an anointed person lays his hand on your head.

You grow and increase in the supernatural by stewarding it. That is, get out and start doing it. Get out. The more you do, the more you will believe. The more you believe, the more you will do. It becomes a cycle where you grow into what you believe. It won’t happen by you having a buffet of seminars and teachings. It happens by you moving and doing. By the way, buffet can cause constipation if you don’t let it out.

Disclaimer: Is there a place to listen to teachings? Definitely. But first, read the Word so that you know how to discern each teaching, chew the meat and spit out the bones.

Christ IN you is the Hope of glory. The same Christ in whatever minister is the same Christ that is in you. Stop belittling yourself and think, “I cannot do like him or her.” Raise your bar to your true identity as sons and priests. Start thanking Christ for who He is and who you are because you and Him are ONE. Until you realize who you are, you will always be chasing after every seminar and teacher.

By the way, it is also because of such wrong belief that we are unknowingly helping the enemy to destroy those platform ministers who started well but begin to fall in love with the favour of God and men... Yes. You exalted them. You lift them up on the pedestal. You separate them from the Christ in you. And now they really think they are the priests between you and God. We have to crush this mindset by realizing our identity. Those platforms are functions, not anointing or endorsement of God. Don’t get mixed up.

It’s time for our eyes to see where the kingdom really is. #identity #powerandlove #sonsanddaughters #nospecialperson #onlybelievers #normalbelievers

The Power of Endurance

The Power of Endurance

The opposite of fear is not faith. It's love. Perfect love casts out fear. You can't deal with fears in your life by commanding them to leave. You deal with fears by receiving the love of God in those areas.

The opposite of faith is not fear. It's sight. We walk by faith, not by sight. What's paradoxical is that faith is still a form of sight ----- you see the unseen, instead of seeing the seen.

By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. - Heb 11:27

How long do we have to walk by faith for a promise? As long as the unseen has not become seen. For when it has become seen, you no longer need faith.

Enduring through seeing the unseen is challenging. Because life in itself, in every way, will try to knock you off from the spiritual sight into physical sight. It wants you to see the reality.

This is when the Word of God is of priority. You can see prophetically into visions, dreams and use the power of your imagination to see into the unseen. But you can't endure through seeing this way for an extended period of time.

But you can see the Word and endure through. Since faith is the evidence of things unseen (Heb 11:1) and faith comes from the Word (Rom 10:17), when you see the Word, you are seeing the unseen.

When you see the Word, you are seeing Him who is invisible (Heb 11:27). The Word is the source of your strength and the power of your endurance.

When we train ourselves to stick to seeing the Word, we are training ourselves in endurance as seeing Him who is invisible.

Your Condition Is Not Your Position

Your Condition Is Not Your Position

By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff. - Heb 11:21

God in the Spirit recorded Jacob's faith in this manner.

Jacob was dying. Physically, he was not in the best condition. Yet he released blessings on his grandchildren, with his attention on God in worship.

God saw that as faith.

The enemy loves to point to your condition. When you look to your condition, faith is diminished. But when you give your attention to God in worship, what you see is your position ----- your identity in Christ.

When you look to your position, faith is there to move mountains.

"Who are you to minister to the sick, when you are struggling physically?"

"Who are you to bless others, when you are struggling financially?"

"Who are you to talk about the power of the Gospel, when you are struggling with sin?"

The devil points to your condition. But you must point to your position.

"The Christ in me will heal the sick."

"The Christ in me will bless others."

"The Christ in me will demonstrate the power of the Gospel."

When you look to your position, God sees that as faith.

The Kind Of Consistency

Jesus walked in such a consistent nature of the Father that healings and miracles took place regardless of location, race, nationality, settings and audience.

He didn't have to share some testimonies, preach a message, conduct a service or do a word of knowledge to boost the faith of the sick BEFORE healing them.

His result is not dependent on any variable. No inconsistency can affect His consistency.

He is the Faith. Hence all things are possible to Him who believes.

What kind of revelation of the Father does He have? I want to see what He sees.

The Person of Grace

The Person Of Grace

Grace is a Person. His name is Jesus. When you make demands of Him, you make demands of Grace.

Grace is unfair. It never is. You don't expect a level playing field. I always tell my son, "Life is not fair. But God is good." If we want life to be fair, we deserve hell.

Someone can be doing way less in life, but blessed way more than you. Because Grace is never fair. You can be working really hard but end up grumbling, comparing and competing, because you wonder why you get blessed way less than others. Because Grace is never fair.

We need to see the world through the lens of Grace. People will demand grace from you, but you can't demand grace from them. I have met so many people who don't do good unto you what you do good unto them. Because Grace is not fair.

If we think that we should respond to people without grace, because of how they respond to you without grace, you manifest the world. You cannot overcome the world with the world.

Since Grace is a Person and He lives in us, when people make demands of us, we still need to learn to let Grace flow out (instead of the flesh), regardless of whether they are gracious or not. Because we must live in response to Him instead of people.

People who make demands of us have either not met Grace, or have not allowed His Grace to penetrate their lives. So when we manifest Grace, they encounter Him.

I find joy in going after living in response to Him rather than the world around me. Because the world's demands will seek to remove joy from you but when we place our focus and attention on Him, He supplies Grace to meet the demands of the world. 

The Person of Grace lives inside every believer. Therefore, we can overcome the world by the Power of His Grace.

Where Is Your Proof?

Where Is Your Proof?

We are always looking for evidences and proofs in the wrong place. We look for manifestation, sight, visual, feelings, improvement, experiences, etc. But they are all not God's way.

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. - Heb 11:1

The word 'assurance' in Greek means 'guarantee' or 'the title deed to a promise or property'.

The word 'conviction' is not a good English translation in this context. The Greek word means 'a proof, that by which a thing is proved or tested.'

Faith is the guarantee to God's promise. Faith is the proof of things not seen.

Since we are called to walk by faith and not by sight, we are called to walk by 'the guarantee' and 'the proof'. If we want to walk by the guarantee and the proof, then we have to cast away sight, which even includes the trophy of your experiences.

Faith comes from hearing and hearing through the Word of Christ (Rom 10:17), hearing the Word must be the key to the guarantee and the proof.

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God (John 1:1). The Word was the Son.

Man does not live by bread alone, but on every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matt 4:4). This means that we are to live by the Word, Who is the Son. For the Son is the guarantee and the proof.

In the temptation of Jesus by satan, the latter kept challenging Jesus for the proof of His identity. "If you are the Son of God..."

Jesus never answered him on His identity. Because the Son is The Proof. "I AM the proof!"

Jesus only answered him for the second part of his statements of challenge. Jesus replied with "It is written..." In other words, Jesus was saying, "I don't have to prove what God says. The Word is the proof!"

What is it that you need in your life right now? You cannot find it anywhere. It is found in the Proof.

We need to ask, "What does the Son say about my health? What does the Son say about my finances? What does the Son say about my life?"

Since the Word is the Son, what the Son says is the guarantee and the proof. The charismatics will say, "That's why you need to hear the present voice of God." If that is true, your proof is not 100% because you can't hear Him 100% accurately 100% of the time.

Your proof is found in what the Son already said in the Word. It is found in the written Word.

"I don't experience healing yet." Stop it. Change it to "The proof of my healing is 'By His stripes, I am healed.' "

"I don't have financial breakthroughs yet." Stop it. Change it to "The proof of my finances is 'He supplies everything I need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.' "

If we can stick to the proof, the guaranteed promise will be manifested.

Patient Endurance As The Will of God

Patient Endurance As The Will of God

The Jewish believers were going through severe persecution. In the context of that, the writer wrote this.

For you have need of 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, so that 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 you may receive what is promised. - Heb 10:36

The will of God in this context points to 'endurance'. They would have done the will of God by 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 to the very end (Heb 10:39).

The Bible consistently talks about patient endurance during trials and persecution. The whole book of Revelation builds it's central theme around it ---- patient endurance.

It is the will of God for believers to suffer for doing good (1 Peter 3:17). Peter wrote the book during the times of persecution too.

Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝. - 2 Tim 3:12

The early church was consistently persecuted. Yet they remained steadfast, robust and persistent in their faith. 

Today, in our modern consumerist society, if you simply prohibit someone from going to the malls, he or she might just compromise on the faith. When convenience and comfort become the way of life, faith takes the backseat and becomes A way of life. It becomes an option.

Perhaps we need to experience a good degree of persecution before we appreciate His grace seriously.

Therefore let those who 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good. - 1 Peter 4:19

There is a suffering according to God's will and there is a suffering NOT according to His will. If you suffer for what Christ dealt with on the Cross, you are NOT suffering according to His will.

Because we live in this comfortable side of the world where we don't experience biblical persecution (aka suffering according to God's will), we begin to classify our 'suffering' (not persecution) according to His will, when it is not.

We begin to teach that sickness is suffering according to God's will.

We begin to teach that depression is suffering according to God's will.

We begin to teach that lack is suffering according to God's will.

We begin to teach every challenge as suffering according to God's will because we don't get to experience true persecution.

There is only one suffering that is according to God's will... that is... to suffer for doing good. And this is persecution.

The rest are not and they are just suffering according to the world's will. People don't like to hear this, especially believers, because it kills the religious cows and makes their suffering seem unworthy.

I'm not minimising the 'suffering' that people go through. It's tough. It's hard. It's beyond comprehension. We need God's grace and power on that. But neither should we attribute it to God's will. It is not.

Let's not exalt what the enemy does as God's will and gives praises to the wrong side. If my son exalts and praises me for hurting him physically, emotionally or mentally, it would totally break my heart.

You don't endure what is not God. You don't tolerate it. The only thing we need patient endurance is when we suffer persecution.

Consciousness

Consciousness

The book of Hebrews is so rich because anything that has to do with coffee brewing is awesome.

Lameness aside. Hebrews totally whacks the old covenant and brings in the New Covenant, revealing that Christ is way Better and Greater! If you read Hebrews and still have a mixed covenant mindset, you have not understood Hebrews.

For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. - Heb 10:1-4

I like to read verses front to back and back to front. On top of that, I like to read it literally with the New Covenant replacing the old by looking at the opposite of what it means.

The law is a shadow. This means Christ is the true Form.

The law cannot perfect those who draw near because the sacrifices have to be offered continually.

This means that Christ has perfected us who draw near, since the Sacrifice was offered once and completed.

The law doesn't remove the worshipers' consciousness of sins. This means that Christ has removed our consciousness of sins.

The law's sacrifices remind people of their sins. This means that Christ no longer has to remind you of your sins.

The law cannot take away your sins. This means that Christ has removed your sins.

You become what you are conscious of. If you are conscious of sins, you live in sin. If you are conscious of the Son, you live in Him.

Conviction of sins won't change a person. If it does, you don't need Jesus. You just need religion to convict you. 

Conviction of the Son is what changes us. We don't think about what we have done wrong. Knowing your wrong won't change you. We think about what we could do right. Knowing what we could do right is what transforms us because we start acting and living right.

Living our day conscious of the Son is what we can do to walk out our identity in Him.

Immortality

Immortality

Throughout history, all who claimed that they could live forever without experiencing first physical death, died.

There are some who teach immortality using the Bible. But the Scriptures are all quoted out of context.

A text without the context always becomes a pretext for a proof text.

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him. - Heb 9:27-28

Man is appointed to die once. In this context, it is referring to physical death, not spiritual death. Read the whole chapter.

After the first physical death, judgment comes for men. But for believers, bodily redemption comes. There are so many Scriptures that talk about this. Jesus has not yet destroyed the last enemy (1 Cor 15:26), which is bodily death.

While it is appointed for men to die once, the Bible does not say WHEN men are appointed to die. So neither should we swing to the other extreme to say that God is calling someone home because his time is up and appointed by God.

Divine health is possible for believers, but not immortality because it is not biblical. Period.

Encounters

Encounters

The Bible is full of encounters, but even more so in the Word of truth.

John, Peter, Paul, etc. all wrote so much about the Word. Yes, they had encounters with Jesus. But they were so rooted in truths.

Some of us are yearning for encounters, because you were taught the Word since you were born. You grew up in the church. You went to Sunday schools, youth groups, and finally adult services. But you almost never had encounters with God.

1) You are not defined by any encounter with God. You are defined by what Christ has done for you on the Cross.

2) Going after encounters is fine, but they don't mark your life. The Author of Life is the one who marks you.

3) It is not the encounter, but what you do with the encounter that changes you. Mind renewal is the only way for transformation (Rom 12:2).

4) It is not difficult to encounter God, if you focus on the Word and DO the Word. It's not a charismatic kind of encounter where you fall backwards, shake, laugh, vibrate, or whatsoever. That's fine but not life-changing. What you want is a Word-experience where you see the Word coming alive in and through your life.

i.e. The Word tells you to lay hands on the sick and see them recover. If you do it consistently, you will encounter God. It's a Word-experience due to obedience to His Word.

Word -> Obey -> Encounter

5) If you can believe God purely based on His Word, despite not seeing an encounter yet, you are extremely blessed (Jn 20:29). And your faith is MORE steadfast than anyone who goes from encounters to encounters.

Staying in the Word, abiding in the Word and living in the Word supersedes every charismatic encounter, because you will become God's ENCOUNTER for the world.

Enduring Faith

Enduring Faith

...but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. - Heb 6:12

Grace is... ---- "For all the promises of God in Him are Yes..." - 2 Cor 1:20a 

Grace has freely given ALL things. Christ paid for them. You cannot earn them. You can only receive them.

Faith is... ---- "...and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us." - 2 Cor 1:20b

Faith takes what Grace has already provided. The word 'Amen' means 'so let it be'.

Mary said in Luke 1:38, "Let it be done according to Your Word." She understood Grace. So she responded in faith.

Jesus said in Mark 9:29, "Let it be done according to your faith." Jesus is the Grace of God manifested. He taught how the grace (promises of God) can be manifested ------ by faith.

When we say, "Let it be done according to Your Word", God says, "Let it be done according to Your faith." 

Faith is simply believing that Grace has been released; it is true and it is done. It is about believing NOW that you have received it (Mk 11:24).

However, it is not enough to have faith. Patience/endurance is sometimes needed. Biblical patience is not thinking, "It's not yet here. I just need to wait patiently for it." If we think that way, we have just canceled faith.

Biblical patience for inheriting the promises of God is to CONTINUE to believe NOW that you have received it. Because the moment when you think that you have NOT received it, you destroy faith and move back into hope.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. - Prov 13:12

The desire fulfilled is the tree of life. Since the tree of life is Christ, your desire is fulfilled (Haggai 2:7) when Christ is in you. You can no longer have hope deferred because all of the promises of God are within you. Biblical hope is already within us.

Therefore, all we need to live victoriously on earth is faith AND patience/endurance to inherit His promises (both for now and future).

P.S: Knowing this will transform your prayer life and your prayer can never be the same again.

Can Christians Judge?

The answer is Yes. Let me explain.

Well, religion has taught us not to judge others. They said, "Judge not, that you be not judged..." (Matt 7:1). As a result, it produces hypocritical believers who have a form of godliness but denying its power ----- for they STILL judge inwardly, but they appear as though they don't judge outwardly.

A word without a context always becomes a pretext for a proof text.

Continue reading Matt 7 and you will see this --- "You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞." (Matt 7:5)

In other words, Jesus was teaching that you should not judge others when you have the same problem! Because that will make you a hypocrite. He wasn't teaching that you should NOT judge at all.

Jesus Himself said, "Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment." - Jn 7:24

The word 'appearances' refer to 'sight'. Paul confirmed the same truth in 2 Cor 5:16. We are not meant to judge or perceive others by sight (according to the flesh).

But we are called to judge between right and wrong according to the word of righteousness (Heb 5:13) by looking at the person's fruits (Matt 7:19).

God is the Judge. We are created in His image. Therefore, we have been given the power to judge (1 Cor 6:2-3). If a Christian cannot judge, then a Christian cannot work as a judge in the judiciary system.

...for everyone who lives on milk is 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, since he is a child. But 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, for those who have 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 by constant practice 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥. - Heb 5:13-14

Immature believers are unskilled in the word of righteousness. They cannot judge because they do not know what is right and wrong.

But solid food aka the word of righteousness is for the mature believers. They have their powers of discernment aka senses ------ organ of perception (Strong's G145) trained to distinguish aka judge ('diakrisis' in Greek) between good and evil.

In a nutshell, we are called to judge with right judgment (Jn 7:24). How? By having our spiritual perception trained in the word of righteousness, so that we do not judge according to the flesh/sight, but according to what is RIGHT in the eyes of God.

Did Jesus Waver In The Garden?

Did Jesus Waver In The Garden?

In the days of His flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to Him who was able to 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 because of His reverence.

If we read this in context, it seems that God delivered Jesus from death. If this is true, then this death cannot be the Cross.

We were all taught to think like human when it comes to Jesus' emotions. But Jesus IS the mind of Christ. He thinks like heaven, because He came to represent the Father. He rebuked Peter for thinking like human.

Why do we lower Jesus' standard to conform into our standard, when we are supposed to think like Him?

“Father, if You are willing, 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞. Nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.” And there appeared to Him an angel from heaven, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐦. And being in agony He prayed more earnestly; and 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 falling down to the ground. - Luke 22:42-44

This is the famous prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane (read also in Matt 26 and Mark 14). In the book of Mark, Jesus used 'this hour' instead of 'this cup', since Mark was written in a way that focused on urgency and action.

What if this cup (or this hour) had to do with premature death in the Garden before the Cross? What if the stress and the burden of the sins of humanity rejecting & betraying Him (Mark 14:41; Heb 12:4) were weighing on Jesus in the Garden such that He was sweating blood? What if satan, who waited for opportune time, (Luke 4:13) was tempting Him in the Garden to the point of death?

And He said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 (also in Matt 26:38). Remain here and watch.” And going a little farther, He fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐦. - Mark 14:34-35

The word 'hour' is used for 'the fatal hour of death' in this context according to Thayer's Greek Lexicon. This was a crucial hour for Jesus in the Garden, which is differentiated from the hour of the Cross in many other passages.

The hour was so important that Jesus rebuked Peter. “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫?" - Mark 14:37

It seems that Jesus wasn't asking the Father to save Him from the hour of the Cross, but the hour of premature death in the Garden.

Look over here...

“Now is My soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour." - John 12:27

Jesus was clear on His purpose of going to the Cross. He made this rhetorical question, proving that He would NOT ask the Father to save Him from the hour of the Cross. Read also Luke 9:51 (Jesus set His face to go towards the Cross) and John 17:1-4 (the High Priestly Prayer).

What if Jesus, our courageous and bold Saviour, did NOT waver in the Garden about the Cross? What if He was so focused and intentional, and was looking forward to the Cross (Heb 12:2)? What if He didn't want premature death, so that He could be perfected on the Cross and become the Source of our eternal salvation (Heb 5:9)?

Maybe we need to raise our standard in seeing Him for who He really is. Our God and King.

Falling Away From Grace

Falling Away From Grace

Over the years, I have studied, researched and listened to the topic on whether a believer can walk out of his spiritual salvation.

I still don't have the answer. There are very convincing preachers who are fully convinced about 'Once saved, always saved' and 'Yes, you can lose your spiritual salvation.' 

But the Scriptures are not as plain as we would want it to be when it comes to this topic. Since God doesn't focus on that explicitly, it means that it is not of significant importance, in my personal opinion.

The focus in the Scriptures, however, is about going after Him and His Kingdom. When we focus on that, we won't be bothered about the topic on spiritual salvation. Those who keep harping on it usually is not focused on Him and His Kingdom ----- this is when they need to be worried about that topic.

"Take care, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 from the living God." - Heb 3:12

This passage is obviously talking about believers (Jewish Christians in the context). The word 'fall away' in Greek is where you have the English word 'apostate'. See also 1 Tim 4:1 (depart from the faith).

Believers, therefore, can fall away from God or depart from the faith because of unbelief in their hearts. But this does not necessarily mean that they lose their spiritual salvation, since it is not explicitly written by the Spirit of God.

Falling away from grace, however, keeps us from experiencing the REST that God wants us to enjoy. Just as the Israelites, with unbelief, did not enter (and experience) His rest in the Promised Land, we can miss experiencing the Promises that He has given us through the Promised Spirit (Gal 3:14).

Unbelief leads to unrest (Heb 3:18-19). The opposite is true. 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭.

The factor which reveals if we are believing or not is whether we 'experience' rest or unrest. If you have unrest within, you are not believing. If you have rest within, you are believing.

Praying doesn't manifest the answer. Believing does (Mk 11:23-24).

This is why Phil 4:6-7 is important. God wants us to be free from unrest. Thanksgiving, before the answer is manifested, releases the peace of God that guards our hearts and minds so that we can 'enter' His rest.

Since resting = believing, when we have rest within, the answer will manifest.

I can't tell you how many times I encountered the difference between rest and unrest when it came to property deals in the past. When I had unrest within, the deals often fell apart. When I had rest within, even if the deal was pretty impossible, it still went through.

Majority of the surprised deals came through when I was MOST AT REST. In other words, when I simply believed (resulting in rest), the answer manifested.

This is how the Kingdom operates. By resting in Him. Because if we have unrest, we have unbelief that causes us to fall away from (experiencing) His grace and goodness.

P.S: As believers who are also property agents, our best gift to our clients is not diligence (which is important and needed), but to be at rest (believing).

Test His Faithfulness

Test His Faithfulness

Wilderness is not a test on your faith. It's a test on His faithfulness. Since Christ lives IN you, and you IN Him, when wilderness comes, the One IN you gets tested.

“Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, where your fathers put Me to the test and saw My works for forty years." - Heb 3:8-9

Wilderness puts God to the test ----- on His faithfulness. Since He is faithful and He never fails, He ALWAYS passes the test.

Christ lives IN you. The Faithful One lives IN you. 

When you are faced with a challenge, when you are walking in the wilderness, when you are walking through the valley of the shadow of death, your eyes must not look to yourself. You look to the Author and the Finisher of faith, for He is faithful!

You put Him to the test. Test how good He is. Test how faithful He is. Test how powerful He is. Test how loving He is.

Every wilderness is an opportunity to put God to the test, and recognise that He lives in you.

When you realise that wilderness is NOT about you, when you forget yourself completely in the wilderness and focuses on Him who is being put to the test, you will always come out victorious. For the Victor lives in you!

Angel's Healing at the Pool??

Angel's Healing at the Pool??

John 5 is the only passage in the Bible where an angel seemed to stir the water occasionally, resulting in possible healing.

Every other passage had Christ as the Healer. In fact, if we want to be sticky about it, Christ still revealed Himself as the Healer in this passage for the invalid man of 38 years.

I did a study on this, because we cannot just take one incident to build a doctrine around it.

Many of the early manuscripts (ancient copies) did not contain verse 4. Check out the literal translations such as ESV, RSV and NASB (latest). In fact, many of the scholars agreed that verse 4 was added much later.

Note: Verse 7 does mention about the stirring of the water, but it does not mention anything about an angel.

If the writer John excluded an angel in the passage on healing, his focus must be on Christ, since John wrote to point to the Divinity of Christ.

Nowhere in the entire Bible shows us that an angel heals. God either healed directly in the Old Testament, or did it through the Word (spoken through His prophet). Because He healed through His Word (Ps 107:20).

Some scholars believe that the stirring of the pool by an angel was the belief of the people in those days.

Dave Miller, a professor of Biblical and Theological Studies in United States, said, "The Bible is not to be blamed as giving sanction to this idea merely on the basis of the personal sentiments held by the people of the day, since the Bible merely reports their beliefs — as indicated by the sick man’s own remarks. Jesus certainly said nothing to give that belief credibility."

Food for thoughts:

1) If an angel is involved in healing, it would have contradicted the nature of God, who is Himself Jehovah Rapha ----- the One who heals (Exo 15:26)

2) If God allows the sick to compete with one another to get healed one at a time in the pool, it would have contradicted His nature ----- not found in Christ (Heb 1:3; Col 1:15)

3) Such healing in the pool would have been anti-Christ, since it does not point to God (Jn 5:19; 14:9; 20:21). Jesus HAD to REVEAL Himself as the Healer to the invalid man (Jn 5:6, 5:8, 5:14).

The man was so stuck with his healing and his own belief, that he failed to recognise the Healer standing in front of Him.

May we recognise Christ alone as our Jehovah Rapha.

The True Mystery

We tend to like to pick one obscure verse and amplifies it. We want to excite people. We want to mystify the Gospel, especially those in the mystical Christianity. We want to have special and secretive revelations which the Bible does NOT teach.

The Bible says that the greatest mystery has ALREADY been revealed, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory (Col 1:27). Yes, angels are real. Gold dust, angels' feathers, gemstones, and various phenomenons can be real. But they are not the true revelation revealed by God.

Of the angels He says, “He makes His angels winds, and His ministers a flame of fire.” - Heb 1:7

Then the charismatic, prophetic people like to zoom into the verse above and talk about angels and ministers as a flame of fire.

But the whole context of this passage is neglected. Because the writer was TALKING ABOUT supremacy of CHRIST! The next verse starts with 'BUT'.

But of the Son He says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever..." - Heb 1:8

'BUT' is the comparison! Jesus is GREATER. The focus is on CHRIST alone!

True empowerment is to exalt Christ and nothing else. It's to preach and teach Christ and nothing else. It's to reveal the mystery of what is already revealed ----- Christ IN us, the hope of glory!

This revelation is not secretive, special or mystical. You are not into Gnosticism. You are into the Gospel, which God has graciously and freely given to all to know Him.

Stop hindering and dis-empowering people from knowing who they are in Him.

Your Thinking Affects Your Speaking and Living

Your Thinking Affects Your Speaking and Living

𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. - Rom 8:6 NKJV

Another translation, which is more accurate, says, '𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐡'. The word 'flesh' in the Greek means 'human nature', 'according to self – i.e. done apart from faith'.

Jesus said to Peter in Matt 16:23, “𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞, 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧! You are a hindrance to Me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧.”

When we think like humans (human nature), we are actually setting our mind on the things of man. That is the mind of the flesh ----- which is to be carnally minded.

The mind of the flesh is death. This is why Jesus said to Peter, "Get behind Me, satan!" Most people would be extremely offended if you say to them, "Get behind me, satan! You are a hindrance to me!"

Jesus was addressing the spirit behind Peter's mind, as Peter spoke with his human nature. Our words can be influenced by the enemy as we speak out from our own human thinking, which is in the carnal realm where satan operates from.

Sometimes, I would say, "The enemy is speaking through you." And the recipient will get very offended.

When we think like humans, the Bible says that it results in death. Every human thought in a situation is the realm of death.

When we think and speak like human in the area of health, it results in sicknesses. When we think and speak like human in the area of finances, it results in lack. When we think and speak like human in the area of relationships, it results in damage and hurt.

On the contrary, when we think and speak like Christ (spiritually minded), when we think and speak from heaven, when we deliberately think and speak according to the Word, it results in life and peace.

Whichever area we see 'death' in our lives, it is a result of our carnal mind ----- we have been setting our mind on the flesh/human nature.

Repentance is the key. Repentance is not crying, mourning, weeping, praying and asking God for forgiveness. Repentance is changing your mind to start thinking spiritually according to the mind of Christ, which is the Word of God.

When that happens, we will see LIFE and PEACE in that area of our lives.

Crying Out For More Of The Holy Spirit?

 Crying Out For More Of The Holy Spirit?

The practice of crying out for MORE of the Spirit probably started from the modern Pentecostal movements.

The reason for wanting more is to be filled with more, so that more power of God can be demonstrated through the lives. The desire and zeal are honorable, but zeal without knowledge can result in self-righteousness (Rom 10:2-3), which is not good (Prov 19:2).

God honours faith. Because the Kingdom always works by grace through faith. If we cry out for more of His Spirit by faith, His grace supersedes our wrong view of Him and He grants us our heart desires (Ps 37:4).

Wrong theology does not overcome the grace and the goodness of God. It only affects our own living. We begin to see the Christian worldview and other brothers and sisters through the lens of wrong theology.

When we continually practise crying out for more of His Spirit, self-righteousness will find its way into our lives. Because when we experience more power (as a result of 'faith-crying'), we begin to think that others SHOULD cry out more to Him; others are not walking in more power because they are not that hungry for God. And the list goes on.

Yet the Word is the ultimate Authority. There are so many Scriptures on the goodness, grace and finished works of Christ that are consistently CONSISTENT throughout the Bible, where you cannot use your pentecostal experiences to interpret the truths.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own mercy, 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐋𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. - Titus 3:4-7

'WHOM' He poured out on us RICHLY... ----- referring to the Holy Spirit. There are many passages which establish this truth. God, by His grace and goodness, does NOT withhold His Spirit from us.

To cry out continually for MORE of His Spirit is to misinterpret the nature and the goodness of God. It is as though you have to beg for Him to pour out. We would need to change the verse to 'Whom He poured out on us SPARINGLY'.

The problem does not lie with God giving. He has already done it through Christ. It lies with us believing and receiving (Mark 11:24). Instead of crying out for more, how about changing our mind to thanking Him for the fullness of the Spirit (Col 2:9-10) that He has already poured out into us?

How about praying for wisdom and revelation in the KNOWLEDGE of Him, that the eyes of our understanding be enlightened, that we may know the riches of the glory of His inheritance in us and the exceeding greatness of His power that He put within us (Eph 1:16-21)?

How does this right theology affect our living? We begin to see every believer on the same page. We begin to acknowledge the identity of sonship in every believer. We begin to realise that it is purely by grace through faith (without our own righteousness) that grants us such power from God. We begin to realise that it is all about His Kingdom and not about how anointed we are.

It's time to right our belief and believe rightly.

Holy Spirit Programmed Into You

Just came out of Interweave condo as I was there to conduct viewing for a rental unit.

Approached the two security guards who were sitting down and asked one of them, "You have a problem with your left knee?"

She replied, "Yeah." Ministered and she was healed. Then I released a prophetic word on her.

The other security guard saw what happened and said, "Wah. What about me?"

I said, "Your lower back?" She nodded, "Yes. Sprained twice." I added, "You have an uneven spine. Did anyone tell you that?"

She answered, "Yes. I know that."

Got her to straighten both legs and the left one was longer (due to uneven spine). So I got her colleague to be the witness. She said, "Her left leg is longer."

Ministered and the spine became even and straight (so it appeared as though the right leg grew out). She tested her back and was healed. She quickly added, "I have a digestive issue. Constipate often." So I released healing (and will be back to check on her when I conduct a viewing the next round).

What's the point of this sharing?

You don't need to set up a booth or/and have an outreach event in order to reach out to people.

Your life is an outreach. There are opportunities everywhere you go. 

You reach out AS you go about your daily life.

You reach out during an outreach event.

You reach out on social media platforms.

There is no need to plan or wait for another programme. God in Christ has programmed the Holy Spirit (The Evangelist) into you so that you can manifest His Kingdom where you tread your feet on.

He is Alive and so are you.