Assurance Of Believing In The Power Of God

A common misunderstanding among many of becoming a servant of God is many think they need to clean themselves up before God can or will use them. That is a trick of the enemy.  The truth of the matter is God can and will use anyone for his purpose. Abraham was old, Rahab was immoral, Jeremaih was depressed, David had an affair and all sorts of family problems.  Elijah was sucicidal.  Timothy was timid.  Peter was impulsive and hot-tempered. John the Baptist was an eccentric, yet God used all of these for his purpose. Consider the demon pocessed man of Gadarene in Luke 8.  Many people remember Legion.  They can speak about the swine the demons pocessed after requesting Jesus send them there instead of hell.  They also can speak of the swine drowning in the lake but what they failed to speak about is Jesus clothing the man, then teaching him before commissioning him as a preacher. The demon pocessed man lived amongest...

Now Sarai (princess) Abram's (father of a multitude)   wife bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. (flight) (Genesis 16: 1) Take notice in the meaning of the names.  Sarai meaning princess who has no children.  Abram meaning father of a multitude whom God in Genesis 15 blessed his seed. Hagar meaning flight ; she fled with her child. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her.  And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. Genesis 16: 2) Some time had passed since the revelation of Genesis 15: 4 and Sarai impatiently implied that God was not keeping his promise.  How often in our lives do we take matters into our own hands that result in less than our expectations? And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her t...

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (Luke 10: 25, Key Bible, KJV) The lawyer, a scholar well versed in Scripture asked a common question; either take issue with Jesus or simply to see what kind of teacher he was.  The lawyer may also was attempting to discredit Jesus before his audience.  Often there are instances when those make claims of knowing more about the word of God than the next person they attempt to discredit them to make themselves look good. Tempted is putting Jesus to the test. He said unto him, What is written in the law? How readest thou? (Luke 10: 26) Notice Jesus challenges his expertise in scripture by responding with a two part question. And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. (Luke 10: 27) Whether a fourfold love (heart, soul...

And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and wore no clothes neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. (Luke 8: 27) Here we find a living human being living amongst the dead.  Naked with a legion of demons inside him.  The towns people are so afraid of this man that no one would approach him.  If they saw him they would walk on the other side of the road to avoid him; some would say he is crazy. Throughout Jesus' ministry he restored those were separated from the community.  He cleanse the leapers, he gave the blind sight, he made the lame to walk, and the sinners gave their lives to God. The herdsmen witness Jesus cleanse this man and they ran and told all that was done to the people.  Many who read this unique healing remember the swine when the demons entered them and running wildly off the cliff into the lake drowning.  No many see the call of this man to ministry. Scripture te...

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