Sunday, August 28, 2005

Ministry Beyond Words

"And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor the princes of this world, that come to nought," 1 Corinthians 2: 4-6

Our ministering will absolutely go beyond mere Words, even though our Words are God’s Words, and even though they are eternal Words. As we are anointed to preach the Truth, we will have the Spirit of our Father working His signs and wonders through us. Our Father does this through us so that our faith will not just stand in the wisdom of man! As Jesus said, we will be able to be bitten by deadly snakes, or drink deadly things, and suffer no ill effects from it. We will be used by our Father to cast out demons. The Holy Spirit will cause us to speak and pray in new tongues, and we will be led through the love of our Father to lay hands on the sick and they will recover!

Jesus had the Spirit of God working through Him as He preached the Good News and look at how our Father ministered through Him. As our Father led Jesus to preach the Truth, thousands of people were healed and set free! Jesus walked on the water, He raised the dead, and He prophesied the secrets of people’s lives openly. Jesus’ ministry went beyond Words into actions and Jesus proclaimed that it was always God within Him doing the works! Peter’s ministry did the same, so did Paul’s, and so did Stephen’s! Our Father's signs and wonders followed all who were in the upper room on the Day of Pentecost. Our Father worked miracles in the Old Testament, He worked them through Jesus, and He worked them in the New Testament, and our Father never changes! “For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” Malachi 3:6

Jesus said that the people should believe His Words because of the Works that they saw God performing through Him. “Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me: or else believe Me for the very works sake.” John 15:11 Through Christ we are now in God and He is now within us, so the same holds true for us! It’s the same God Who changes not doing His works through us. Faith comes from hearing the Truth that we too should have the demonstration of the Holy Spirit working through us!

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