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23/09/2018 - THEY WERE ALL HEALED

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Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed. Acts 5:16

The early church did just like Jesus.  However, with the persecution, it ceased to imitate Him.  With the passing of time, the work began to be watered down and cool off.  However, there was the promise that the glory of the last house would be greater than the first (Haggai 2.9) In view of this we can affirm with total certainty that the gates of Hell will never prevail against the work in the days preceding the second coming of Jesus.

One clear example that the fathers of the church were to blame in reducing the evidence and manifestation of divine power occurred in the 2nd century with Montano.  He lived circa 150 A.C. and was largely used in the healing of sick and deliverance from those that were possessed by a demon.  Nevertheless, since he believed that Elijah should return he was excluded by the leaders of God’s plan during that time.  In this way, his mission and work was waning until it was extinct.

In the days of the apostles, the work of God had moments very similar to the days of Jesus.  Peter shook Jerusalem and his shadow healed many of the sick (Acts 5:15). Certainly God will not let His plan be diminished unto the point that it cannot be even recognized as such.  It is time for the children of the Most High to be consecrated and used as instruments to fulfill His plan.

With the conversion of Paul and his subsequent mission, the church advanced into the gentile world and came very close to doing what Jesus did.  Nevertheless, just the same, it acted not in a bold but in a shy way.  The Christian must always be prepared for when the Lord begins to shake the world with His power, to not create from this another religion.  No deviation from the Almighty plan will be forgiven. 

In the city of Ephesus, a well-developed center for witchcraft, idolatry and satanic rituals, the apostle would send his own handkerchiefs and aprons for the sick and the oppressed by evil spirits and all were healed (Acts 19:12). The necessity was great and by using this resource Paul could use the fruits of his faith in Christ to the lost.  Today, similar things are put into practice, even condemned by religious authorities but divine approval is what really matters.

God’s power, after the revivals that occurred in Peter and Paul’s ministry, has been sitting idle. This is due to the fact that the church leadership has not opened its eyes to what the devil has been doing.  In order to tempt it, the adversary uses the same method that he used against Jesus, offering the fascination of riches, the cares of life and the ambition for other things (Marc 4:19).  Thus, little has been done.  The people of God must wake up and consecrate themselves, because the Lord wants to perform wonders today.

We must decide if we will be cold or hot.  Otherwise, we will be vomited by the Most High (Revelations 3:16).  As for me, until the end of my life, I want to have the pleasure to serve God as He expects me to serve Him.  If I cannot achieve 100% of what He desires, at least I will try as hard as I can to reach as close as possible.  All the glory be given to God for everything that I accomplish.

In Christ, with Love,

R. R. Soares

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God! What had to be done for Your people to become a blessing has already been done.  Nevertheless, we have not awaken to the fact that the devil has tempted the church and it has been enchanted and fascinated  with the glory of the world, the riches and ambitions.

We must believe in what Jesus said and not waste our time chasing money, fame and anything that prevents us from doing Your will.  There are millions of lost, disturbed and infirm, people that have fallen to the adversary’s deceptions and philosophies.  We must lead them to salvation.

Wake us up to the Truth, for the power to shake the world is in our hands; also to take Your love to the lost and Your healing to the sick.  We cannot be involved with those works that are not Jesus’s works, although they seem right and necessary.

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