FOR A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD AND NEW REVELATIONS
The Born again experience you received, by confessing your sins and receiving the assurance that your sins are forgiven, is the first step into spiritual life. We should not be satisfied with that, but to receive the spiritual gifts that are imparted to you by elders, who laid their hands on you and prophesied. Go after to exercise such gifts and show progress in that, so that you too are equipped to lay hands on your family members and others to impart the gifts you received.
God is a gentleman and He has given everyone of us free will to do whatever we want to do. But He wants all of us to willingly come to Him searching for Him and to draw close to Him. He will lure you and attract you in many ways to find Him. All who search for Him will definitely find Him. Because when you put one step towards Him, He too comes towards you with many steps because He is waiting for you. So do not think God is somewhere up there not bothering about you. Whatever situation you are in or if you think you have no one to understand you or support you; then this is the time for you to come closer to God. Come near to God and He will come near to you. (James 4:8)
Preaching gospel is forced upon us and it is the responsibility of each Born Again, Spirit filled child of God. It is our duty to tell others about Jesus, because Jesus died for the sins of the whole world. (1John 2:2). Let the whole world know that Jesus is not the God of Christians alone. “For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!” 1 Corinthians 9:16 (NIV) If everyone give the gospel inside the small world you move around, you can reach the whole world effortlessly.
Many wrong teachings and traditions have gotten into our churches that made many not to follow the commandments given to the Church, the Body of Christ. Because of these many were misled and suffering spiritually. The traditional churches teach you Baby Baptism and nothing of that sort is given neither in the Old Testament nor in the New Testament. Do not be deceived, immersion water baptism taken by grown up people who confessed their sins; are the only thing written in the New Testament and Jesus Himself took that Baptism, even though He was sinless, to set up an example for us to follow. For you were buried with Christ in baptism and raised to new life. Colossians 2: 11-12.
How many of us believe that the words in the Bible are the Word of God? Some read as historic books and some read as though the authors of the books wrote what they knew and understood. But “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realise what is wrong in our lives.” 2 Timothy 3:16 (NLT). The Lord Jesus said, “The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But some of you do not believe me.” John 6:63-64 (NLT)
The Word of God is clear, if you have received New Life from Christ Jesus who died for you; then you no more live for yourselves, but live for Him: who wants to plead through us to those who do not follow Him, beckoning them to come back to God. This is our ministry as the Ambassadors of God, the Ministry of Reconciliation. Everyone of us should take this serious and make sure we accomplish God’s work in one way or other: otherwise our lives will be total waste of time.
Many erroneous teachings are going around in the Body of Christ; saying God is the One who allows diseases to teach His people some lesson and the healing miracles, which were in the beginning of the Church, are no more needed. But the Word of God is clear that Jesus did only what the Father God told Him to do and He went around healing everyone; this is the evidence that God wants all of us to be in good health. It is Satan who binds people in diseases and infirmities. So the remedy for every sickness is spiritual. We have to come out of diseases and sicknesses by prayer and miraculous healing. Physical science can never cure your diseases, only God is the Healer.
We hear beautiful sermons everywhere now, because of the internet service; which God has graciously provided for us. Yet we should make sure, that we put our faith in the power of God available, through receiving true Gospel preached, by discerning with our own knowledge of the Word of God. We should not be carried away by people’s persuasive words and be satisfied by just hearing alone, but should have the manifestation of the power of God, working miracles in our lives.
The worldly meaning for the word ‘hope’ is full of doubt and unbelief but our God of Hope is filling us with ‘abundance of hope’ by the power of the Holy Spirit is with the meaning of confident expectation of good things always, i. e. the opposite multiplied into many times full of faith. So we the children of God should ‘raise our hope high’ and not go with the world who cuts you down by saying not to raise your hope. May the God of Hope abound you with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13.
The promises of the Old Testament or Covenant are about the worldly life and things, which are needed, but they are very less compared to the New Testament or Covenant. By the knowledge of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, we have been given exceedingly great and precious promises. Through these promises, we are given authority to be partakers of the divine nature of God. So our goal should be to go above all the corruptions in this world and go after to be divinely natured, just like our Father God is. (2 Peter 1:2-4)