Unstoppable Domain

Unstoppable Domain

You and I have an unstoppable domain on the inside of us. It's called the Law of the Spirit of Life.

We can either be 'controlled' by the Law of the Spirit of Life or the law of sin and death ( Romans 8 ).

As a New Man in Christ, we have a new operating system. We can still function in the old operating system if we choose to. It's the law of sin and death. But if we choose to function in the new system, the Law of the Spirit of Life is an unstoppable domain.

Two days ago, I had a packed lunch. The vegetables tasted strange. The rice and meat tasted like it was left overnight. Nonetheless, I finished the whole packet.

At about 10pm at night, I had one round of diarrhoea, followed by three rounds of throwing up. I knew it was food poisoning as I already suspected the lunch had issue.

As usual, my wife was concerned. She wanted to give me probiotics, trying to convince me that probiotics is not medication/drug. I said "No. I only need Jesus. By His stripes, I am healed."

So I kept releasing the Law of the Spirit of Life from the inside out. I knew that I had to wake up early the next day to minister healing to someone with stage 4 cancer. We just saw one crushed and I was ready to crush the next one.

The enemy is merciless. He won't give you a single chance. He whispered on my mind that night, "Why not just change to another day?" I said, "No way. I'm heading there. Because I'm healed."

The next morning, I woke up feeling weak, because of the loss of sugar and minerals. But you either let your body move you, or you let your Spirit move you. The Spirit on the inside is an unstoppable domain.

I drove there, shared the Word, ministered and was re-charged. Headed to work before I came back home. And I began to make my hand drip coffee. My wife said, "You can't drink coffee because you just had food poisoning last night. How can your stomach take it?"

I said, "Yes I can. Because I am the healed of Christ." So I drank. And all is well.

There is an unstoppable domain on the inside of every believer. It's called the Law of the Spirit of Life. We need this to be more real than anything else in the world. The only way is to live by faith. For the Righteous Shall Live By Faith.

If we can minister healing to others, but not to ourselves, we merely understand the foundation of healing but we do not grasp hold of the foundation of identity.

Walking in divine health requires the understanding of identity, not healing. If you understand healing, the enemy can still stop you by attacks. If you understand identity, the enemy cannot stop you with attacks because there is an unstoppable domain on the inside of you.

Let's keep crushing the devil.

No Big Deal

No Big Deal

Two months ago, I bit the inner part of my cheek so hard that I knew it would become an ulcer. The track record had always been the case.

As I was driving, I suddenly thought, "Why should I even tolerate this, even though it is such a minor thing that I normally don't bother about? If I walk in divine health, this is easy and possible for Jesus."

So I commanded the wound in the inner cheek to close as I was driving. Nobody knows how loud I am when I'm alone with Him. I bet the motorists outside could hear. For I was not going to tolerate this little discomfort.

You dominate what you don't tolerate.

Then... I didn't know how... but before I knew it, the wound disappeared within a short time.

Last week, the same thing happened. I accidentally bit the inner part of my cheek again. Just as hard.

So I yelled at it again. Cos everything is demonic (kidding). I deal with every physical issue the same way and it has gotten me the most results.

And the wound disappeared again within a short time.

Biting our inner cheek and ulcers might not be a big deal for us. But the Power of God is more than able to deal with both the big and the small issues in your life.

If you don't want anything common (such as common flu) to be common to you, you need to rise up against it and stop tolerating what you should dominate over in Christ.

Sinner's Prayer Part Four

Sinner's Prayer Part Four

The origin of the sinner's/salvation prayer could be traced back to the 18th-19th century. D. L. Moody, an American evangelist (19th century) was one of the early advocates of the sinner's prayer.

Billy Graham, another prominent American evangelist (20th century) made the sinner's prayer popular all over the world.

Do you realise that most of them were Americans? Do you realise that America has a different culture from Asian countries?

America is a Christian nation. People in the country have some basic ideas about Christianity because it was taught in the schools. Hence, the sinner's prayer is more appropriate in their context and culture where the idea of Jesus and God is already in the mind of most people.

Yes, as Asians, we are largely influenced by the West. The sinner's prayer has become 'our approach'. But what is used in another culture cannot be copied into our Asian culture where many do not have an idea of the Gospel.

What matters therefore, is the message of the Gospel of the Kingdom that we share with others, especially in the streets.

David Platt, a prominent Southern Baptist evangelist and pastor in Birmingham, said, "Many assume they are saved simply because of a prayer they prayed. It's not that praying a prayer in and of itself is bad, but the question is what kind of faith are we calling people to?"

This is precisely what I have been sharing in the past few posts. What kind of Gospel are you calling people to believe in? You can preach a Mother god gospel and still get people to pray the sinner's prayer. You get my point.

David Platt added, "The emphasis on the sinner's prayer is unbiblical and damning."

He continued, "I'm convinced that many people in our churches are simply missing the life of Christ, and a lot of it has to do with what we've sold them as the gospel, i.e. Pray this prayer, accept Jesus into your heart, invite Christ into your life. Should it not concern us that there is no such superstitious prayer in the New Testament? Should it not concern us that the Bible never uses the phrase, 'accept Jesus into your heart' or 'invite Christ into your life'? It's not the gospel we see being preached, it's modern evangelism built on sinking sand. And it runs the risk of disillusioning millions of souls."

Platt shared similar concern as I have. He said, "Some people say they believe in Jesus, say they have accepted Jesus, say that they have received Jesus, but they are not saved and will not enter the kingdom of heaven."

In conclusion, he said, "Do I believe it is 'wrong' for someone to pray a 'prayer of salvation'? Certainly not. Calling out to God in prayer with repentant faith is fundamental to being saved. But I urge us, as we go to all people among all nations with the good news of God's love, to be both 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐳𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞."

The Southern Baptists are clear. So shall we. Zeal without knowledge is not good (Prov 19:2).

In our zeal to reach the lost, let's be biblically clear with the presentation and the demonstration of the Gospel of the Kingdom, so that others have an opportunity to respond to the complete Gospel and believe in the Jesus whom Peter and Paul preached.

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. - Romans 10:1-2

Sinner's Prayer Part Three

Sinner's Prayer Part Three

The issue of the sinner's/salvation prayer doesn't lie with the prayer itself, but the idea of what it is.

Many of us reach the lost in the streets with an incomplete Gospel and try to close the deal with the sinner's prayer, thinking that the prayer is the key to get people born again.

In fact, we define salvation (conversion) as one who prayed the sinner's prayer. We share testimonies of salvation when someone prayed the sinner's prayer. I was guilty of doing this in the past.

Nothing is further from the truth.

Jesus never did that. Peter never did that. Paul never did that. No one in the early church ever did that.

An incomplete Gospel will not get anyone born again, no matter how many times he prays the sinner's prayer. It is no different from chanting any religious prayer if there is no truth to believe in.

If I share about Mother god, how good she is, how loving she is, and I get someone to pray the standard sinner's prayer after that, he doesn't get born again! You get my point.

Without the message of the Gospel of the Kingdom, not only does one not get born again, the end is also not going to come.

And this 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. - Matt 24:14

While the context is about the desecration of the Temple and the end of the Old Covenant era, bible prophecy can have double fulfilment.

Could it be that we have been preaching an incomplete Gospel that doesn't accord to what Jesus said in Matt 24:14? The end comes when the 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 is preached to the whole world. An incomplete Gospel doesn't bring the end.

Paul, at the end of his ministry, shared that he didn't shrink back declaring the whole message.

...solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. - Acts 20:20

Whether it's Jews or Gentiles, repentance and faith in Christ were preached by Paul, resulting in true conversion.

And now behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the Kingdom, will no longer see my face. Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all people. For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. - Acts 20:25-27

Because Paul had been preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, he knew that he was innocent of the blood of all people ----- those who believed the Gospel and those who rejected the Gospel.

We are only guilty of the blood of people if we preach an incomplete Gospel during street / lifestyle evangelism and try to close the deal with the sinner's prayer. Because they don't get a chance to believe the Gospel. They only chant a prayer that they don't really understand.

We are talking about souls, not business transactions. You cannot close a soul deal with the sinner's prayer. Regeneration is the work of the Holy Spirit. The person must believe and come to the place of repentance on his own. 

Peter preached the Gospel of the Kingdom (Acts 2; Acts 10) and people got born again without any sinner's prayer. Because he preached a complete message.

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Follow me and say this prayer." - The modern church edition

Read Acts 2 and see what Peter told them.

We don't have to close the deal if the person is not ready to believe the Gospel of the Kingdom. We are sowing seeds and trusting the Holy Spirit to complete the work through others.

Sinner's Prayer Part Two

Sinner's Prayer Part Two

The reason why the sinner's/salvation prayer 'works' in a church service setting is because of the continual follow-ups through more church services/meetings or a new believer's class. 

I believe that not all of them got born again when they first prayed the prayer. They got born again when they finally understood and believed the Gospel.

In a church service setting, the believer who invites the non-believer continues to journey with him and explains to him what the Gospel message is all about.

But when it comes to street evangelism / lifestyle evangelism where you get to meet the person ONCE, leading him to pray the sinner's prayer doesn't get him born again unless he believes the Gospel. And how can he believe if you preach a watered-down or incomplete Gospel?

"Jesus healed you. He loves you. He died for your sins. He forgave your sins. Would you like to receive Him into your life?"

Of course they will say a resounding Yes to this incomplete Gospel. Of course they will go through the motion of saying the sinner's prayer even if the prayer includes 'Be my Lord and Saviour."

These Christian jargons are understood by us, but not by the non-believers. They can pray the prayer without getting born again.

If you ask them to go for water baptism, you will know if they believe the Gospel. Water baptism doesn't get you born again. It proves that you are born again.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved... - Mark 16:16

Water baptism is the proof of salvation where repentance and faith in Christ are necessary.

Repentance is central to the Gospel message, because the Gospel is about the revealing of His Kingdom, represented by Christ and demonstrated by His works.

The Gospel that Jesus preached can be found in Mark 1:14-15, “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝, and 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝; 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥.”

I shared extensively in the past what Jesus meant in His preaching of the Gospel of the Kingdom. His idea of repentance is not about sins but Kingship (Lordship). A single FB post is unable to explain it.

After His resurrection, Jesus told His disciples to continue preaching repentance and remission of sins so that the people could believe in the Gospel of the Kingdom.

...and thus 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬 should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. - Luke 24:46-47

Taking one verse and using it as a sinner's prayer thinking that someone who says, "Be my Lord" is born again is very shallow.

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord... - Rom 10:9

This confession comes with the understanding of Lordship and His Kingdom in the Gospel. If it's not preached, one cannot believe and enter the Kingdom of God.

Sinner's Prayer

Sinner's Prayer

Over the last few years, I have written about the Gospel of the Kingdom and the complete Gospel we should share/preach in the streets when we reach out to the lost.

I shared the reason why we shouldn't lead people into saying the sinner's/salvation prayer after a supernatural encounter.

When a person has an encounter with God, he needs to follow through the encounter with truth. This has always been the model in the Bible in the early church.

Without sharing the truth of the Gospel of the Kingdom to the lost, it is ignorant to think that they are born again just because they pray that sinner's/salvation prayer. I was guilty of doing that countless of times years ago.

There are so many Scriptures that talk about remission of sins resulting in repentance and faith in Christ alone. I have listed them in my past writings.

The goodness of God leads men to repentance (Romans 2:4). Yes. God's goodness, when preached and demonstrated, leads people to repentance.

But the point is... There is repentance and faith in Christ. Apart from that, you cannot be born again.

Read all over again what Jesus preached. Read all over again what Peter preached. Read all over again what Paul preached. It is always repentance and faith. Not ONCE did any of them lead anyone to pray the sinner's prayer. Not ONCE did anyone invite Jesus into their hearts.

If Jesus is truly Lord and King, you don't invite Him. You surrender and give your life to Him.

Just as Charles Finney 'manipulated' salvations through the use of 'anxious bench' in altar calls, salvations can be 'manipulated' through a prayer. 

Note: I'm not saying that all are false conversions. But it's presumptuous to think that the salvation is genuine by praying a prayer, especially in the streets where we couldn't follow up with them after that one encounter.

The book of Hebrews shows us what the foundation of salvation is.

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God... - Heb 6:1

It's the same theme ---- Repentance and Faith.

One gets born again when he responds to the remission of sins (Good News) with repentance and faith (in Christ alone). 

Romans 10:9 says that '...Jesus is Lord...' There is more to just saying it, and we will cover this.

Sinner's Prayer Sent Many To Hell

Over the years in street evangelism and lifestyle evangelism, I had been guilty in my earlier years of leading many individuals to pray the sinner's / salvation prayer thinking that they were born again, when they were NOT.

When I understood the Gospel of the Kingdom, I no longer get people to pray that. Praying a prayer does NOT get people born again. It's not in Scriptures.

They must be born again to see the Kingdom of God.

When the Holy Spirit taught me through the Word on the Gospel of the Kingdom years ago, I repented. It was humbling but necessary. I had to change the way I preach to the lost in the streets. I had to remove this sacred cow of sinner's / salvation prayer.

It shook my theology upside down. Just as God did regarding identity, sonship and New Covenant in the past. I chose to surrender to Him and His truth.

The influence of the Western & modern Christianity has resulted in this mess. We need to get back to the Bible, the Word and what the early church did.

Watch more in the link: Preached by Paul Washer https://www.facebook.com/share/v/ntKfC8dKJRSXqe8R/?mibextid=xCPwDs

Keep Advancing

Keep Advancing

What matters most is the pursuit of spiritual growth in Him. We need to keep growing and advancing in Him. The moment we think that we are doing fine is the moment we start backsliding.

I grew from preaching mixed covenant to pure New Covenant.

I grew from going after impartations and anointings to pure identity and the fullness of Christ in you.

I grew from divine healings to divine health.

I grew from constantly sharing own testimonies to wanting to see others being truly empowered.

I used to be so zealous in reaching the lost in streets, but without knowledge. I led many individuals to pray the 'sinner's/salvation prayer' without preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom. Then I grew to realise that they didn't truly get born again when I followed up with them. I was so excited with the encounter and the incident, but neglected the whole truth-process.

As I grew in Him, I no longer get excited when people share about this and this getting born again in the streets. I want to know what was preached to the person instead of a mere sinner's prayer which is not in the Bible. I'm still excited and zealous in reaching the lost, but with the Gospel of the Kingdom.

As I grew in Him, I no longer merely see what's on social media and be naive to believe what I see. I want to see deeper and not shallow stuff.

I used to minister regularly by laying of hands on the head, calling for altar calls, preaching 'it's going to be life-changing today!!!', 'it's going to be a life-changing encounter!!!', etc, etc. I used to get excited with people falling under power, holy laughters, crying and weeping, manifesting, shaking and trembling on the ground, etc, etc. 

But as I grew in Him, I realised that all these do NOT change or transform lives. You can keep preaching all these supernatural encounters but the Bible makes it clear that only Romans 12:2 (2 Cor 3:18) can change lives. This is why Paul delved into the Word for many years after the road to Damascus. He wrote the biggest chunk of the epistles and mentioned nothing about encounters changing your life.

It is at an infant stage to pursue after supernatural encounters thinking that you can be transformed by that. Paul wanted the churches to grow in maturity in his epistles. The book with spiritual manifestations was written to the most carnal Christians in his days ---- the Corinthians. He said they were not spiritual, people of the flesh, babies/infants, and not ready for solid food (1 Cor 3:1-2).

We need to keep growing and advancing in the Kingdom. And the only way to grow and advance is to go deeper in the Word and do the Word.

Kingdom Mindset VS Church Mindset

Kingdom Mindset VS Church Mindset

A church mindset says, "You must attend church service every week."

A kingdom mindset says, "You should be in koinonia with others."

A church mindset thinks about location.

A kingdom mindset thinks about position.

A church mindset thinks about going to church.

A kingdom mindset thinks about being the church.

A church mindset places the teachings from the pulpit as priority (even though they tell you to study the Word).

A kingdom mindset places the Word as priority. It takes away spoon feeding and forces you to come face to face with the Word.

A church mindset invites people to come.

A kingdom mindset empowers people to go.

A church mindset has events and programme.

A kingdom mindset is organic and allows events to take place anytime, anywhere.

A church mindset has a separation between clergy and laity (even though they tell you that all are sons and daughters).

A kingdom mindset has no separation and it equips you to walk exactly like sons and daughters.

A church mindset gets you to pray the sinner's prayer.

A kingdom mindset gets you to give your life to the King, which is not based on saying a prayer.

A church mindset gets offended when the members leave.

A kingdom mindset releases you into where you should be.

A church mindset focuses on growing in numbers.

A kingdom mindset focuses on growing in disciples who do the work.

A church mindset focuses on becoming a greater CEO.

A kingdom mindset focuses on getting yourself out of the job.

A church mindset is controlling.

A kingdom mindset is liberating.

A church mindset has a vision every year (or every now and then) so that you can serve the vision.

A kingdom mindset focuses on the Great Commission as the only Vision so that you can serve the King.

A church mindset asks you to serve in church ministries.

A kingdom mindset asks you to serve God's assignment for your life.

A church mindset sets qualifications before you can minister in some areas (except leadership).

A kingdom mindset knows you are already qualified to minister when you are born again.

A church mindset focuses on giving to the church and building fund.

A kingdom mindset focuses on giving to people in need, instead of wasting resources.

A church mindset has it's pastor getting richer as members grow and give more.

A kingdom mindset pulls resources together to see how they can be distributed.

A church mindset has alot of meetings.

A kingdom mindset has alot of getting the work done.

A church mindset believes in different kinds of anointing and gifts of the Spirit (even though they say that Christ is in you).

A kingdom mindset believes in Christ in you, so that you walk like Him.

A church mindset does alot of impartation thinking that the "greater" can give to the "lesser".

A kingdom mindset knows that you are complete in Him and the fullness of God dwells in you, so you just need to walk it out.

A church mindset talks about the pastor and the man of God.

A kingdom mindset talks about Jesus who is the God of men.

A church mindset looks forward to the next encounter.

A kingdom mindset knows that you are the encounter.

There is still alot more to this list but a kingdom mindset doesn't need to have them all listed out 😂😂😂

P.S: Was asked to share this. And I know that every speaking engagement is gone after this 😆

What Gospel Do You Preach?

What Gospel Do You Preach?

The cleaning company sent 6 guys in total to clean a rental unit.

Ministered to one of them. As he was healed, the rest of the four guys queued for their turn. All were healed of lower spine issue, back problem, nerve issue, headache, stomach problem, cervical spine issue and one with organ problem (cannot be verified on the spot).

Shared Jesus with them but didn't get them to pray the salvation prayer. They are M and they are not ready to let go of their god.

I'm one who desires to get people born again but I'm also one who desires them to know what the Gospel truly is. If they want to give their lives to Jesus, they must let go of every other god.

If we preach a watered down Gospel, we can easily get almost everybody 'born again'.

But if we preach the Gospel of the Kingdom, the Kingdom parable (foundation to everything in the Kingdom) in Mark 4 reveals that only 25% will bear fruit.

If everyone whom we share the Gospel with gets 'born again', it is very likely that we didn't preach the Gospel.

Keep sowing seeds, but don't assume people get born again just because we lead them into salvation prayer. I did that countless of times in the past due to zeal without knowledge, but I have learnt my mistakes. It was always during follow-ups when you would realise that they weren't really born again despite having prayed the salvation prayer.