Grace Grace In Your Face

What Is the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Why Do We Need Him? Ravi Zacharias

Lately, I've been asking God to help me understand why some people I pray for do not get healed on the spot.  Using your Kingdom authority as a believer in Jesus in my experience and the reports of other brothers I know that pray for healing see about 70% of people show some sign of improvement or complete healing.  What I'm learning through reading other brother's experiences is there are a multitude of ways we can go about praying for others to be healed.  So many ways...which leads me to an author that hits many topics I've been studying.  I listened to Kevin Winters and the Praying Medic via YouTube and decided to buy Mr. Winters book as recently I've been trying to hear from God as well as see in the Spirit to learn how to pray for people that I may not be able to drive to or a person that I know is not able to take a phone call or have visitors due to the closeness of death and protective state the family often will surround their love one with.   S...

I fully expected to see Hillary win the election.  It almost seems too easy.  Remember who it is we are fighting.  Satan has blinded the eyes of those in this world that are not born again.  So if you would say a prayer that God would open the eyes of Hillary and all lost people that worship self and care nothing for truth. It is God's will that all come to be saved.  So God, please open the eyes and ears of many lost people like Hillary Clinton.  Help them to see the truth found only in Jesus. Ephesians 6:12 KJV  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

This article was taken from a post Steve Harmon made about two years ago which illustrates what most Christians pray and expect when they pray for healing.  And the result is nothing.  He explains why: When I was at this church, there was this lady who had a horrible migraine. It was so bad that she had to get injections to numb the pain. After church was over, she was leaving and a Christian prayed for her. I knew this lady was not going to get healed when this Christian prayed. The reason was because of this Christian’s faith, meaning, I knew how she believed overall. The Christian doesn’t believe it’s God’s will for all to be healed, only some. The Christian believes that God is in control of everything. Also, they’ve seen so much disappointment that their motivation is almost completely shot. The prayer that the Christian gives is more of a comfort prayer than anything. The Christian hugs and consoles the lady with the migraine, as if that is going to make the migrain...

The answer is the Old Covenant. Galatians 4:4 KJV But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, Jesus was born under the law and was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel. Matthew 15:24 KJV But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Because Jesus lived under the covenant of law, His words line up with that covenant as He spoke to the Jews. Under the old covenant the only blood ever shed for people was animal blood which had no power to forgive sins or perfect the believer before God. (Heb. 7:19; 9:9; 10:1-4; 11:40) Animal's blood could only cover/atone for sin until the Lamb of God would come and take away the sin of the world and remove it as far as the east is from the west and remember it no more. John 1:29 KJV The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. If you are a true believer the...

How is that for grace grace in your face?  Welcome to a strange world with Donald Trump as President.  Well at least it isn't ole crazy eyes Hillary.  God Bless America.

In my estimation it seems that most Christians believe that all our sins are forgiven by the blood of Jesus. There is also a contrary teaching prevalent within most denominations that we must daily go to God to ask for forgiveness of our sins in order to be forgiven and be "right with God" by using one scripture (1 John 1:9). Do you see a conflict with these two beliefs? If you believe that you are not right with God unless you are confessed up then you must also make certain that you do not forget to ask forgiveness of every sin you commit.  So then comes the question you must ask is: What is sin?   Anything not of faith is sin. Romans 14:23 KJV And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. So then the good news is no longer so good because  you need to work very hard to keep up with all your sins in order that you can confess them and ask for forgiveness (even though you also believe that you...

Returning to sin after being saved is like going to the dumpster to eat when you can have the finest of food in Jesus Christ instead.  Why would you want to?  Perhaps if you do then you don't know who you are in Jesus Christ.

If you are a believer in Jesus Christ you have peace with God having been reconciled with God and you have the Holy Spirit of God living in you to teach you and to comfort you and to lead you.  You are righteous in Jesus because of what He did on Calvary by the shedding of His blood.  You are forgiven of all your sin and have been translated from the Kingdom of Darkness into the Kingdom of Light. Believe it. 1 John 1:7   KJV But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. So what cleanses us from all our sin?  The blood of Jesus Christ.  And Jesus actually became sin even though he knew no sin so that we could be made righteous.  If Jesus made you righteous then you are righteous.  To disagree with that is disagreeing with what God has done.  It is not humble to say that you are not righteous, rather it is the height of pride.  Ironi...

Do you believe the bible is literally true?  I do so when I read Mark 16 for the first time I was kind of thinking, well what does all that mean for me?  I did not know so I just kept reading and did not think too much more about it. Let's see what Jesus said and then ask some questions: Mark 16:15-18 KJV And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So questions and my answers about almost three years ago concerning the above verses were the following: Do I believe this is the true word of God?   Yes Am I a believer? Yes If I am a believer then why do n...

All sickness and illness have a spiritual component that is not from God but rather is a work of the devil.  I believe it is important to address this spirit or spirits and command them to leave in the name of Jesus.  But what is the root cause of the mental illness in the first place.  It seems that people that are mentally disturbed have been abused, hated, mistreated, and in general they seem to believe they have been rejected. A brother shared that in prayer he asked God what is the key to healing mental illness and the response he received from God was love. If we simply cast a demon out of someone that is suffering but don't take time with them and show them God loves them they may slip back into a rejected or lonely state.  I admit I am not as loving a person as I know I can be and I pray God makes a change in me so that I can truly share the love of Jesus with those that are hurting and help them be healed and delivered. 1 John 4:18 KJV There is no fea...

Often we arrive at a deeper understanding concerning the truth in Jesus. Or we have a revelation that something we believed in the past was not biblical but rather a doctrine of man.  The first thing I tend to want to do is tell people about this new understanding. This kind of information from God is not always easy to share with other believers for many reasons. In many cases there will be believers that are believing something that seems right but is contradictory to the Word of God.  To help us in these situations meditate on these verses and ask God to give you wisdom on how we should go about sharing truth with confused believers. James 3:13-18 KJV Jas 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. Jas 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. Jas 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensua...

The truth is we have been delivered from the Kingdom of Darkness and translated into the Kingdom of Light.  Recognize there is demonic influence coming against most believers.  Be wise as serpents but harmless as a dove.  Freedom in Jesus is possible. Listen to this testimony of a former Satanist about Halloween:

When you look into what it takes to be double minded you can see that it is someone that has two minds conflicting with each other.  Does a Christian have access to two minds?  The bible says that believers have been given the "mind of Christ".  But the natural man has the carnal mind. Christians often struggle with the carnal mind where the mind of Christ should be in charge. We have been given access to the mind of Christ, but if we let the carnal mind question what the mind of Christ says is true then we become double minded.  Also, I would like to point out that it is only a Christian that can be double minded. Understanding this has helped me answer a question I've had since becoming a believer. That question is: "Why does it seem some of the most neurotic people I've ever witnessed are Christians?"  I've felt that way myself at times.  That's also why I think it is so important for a Christian to understand what the mind of Christ does fo...