Sunday, February 27, 2011

SERVING

EMPOWERED

EQUIPPED

DISCIPLED

SET FREE

HEALED

Now let's move on to HEALING:

Luke 4:16-19 (NKJV)
16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
18 “ The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,[a]
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”


It is extremely important that we understand, Jesus told the disciples 3 things: PREACH THE GOSPEL, HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED (SICK), CAST OUT DEMONS.. First 3 words of the vision statement: SAVED, HEALED, SET FREE.. As we mentioned on the previous blog, SOTSO, greek word for the SOUL, is to be made whole and perfected in spirit soul and body. So we all understood that WE HAVE BEEN SAVED in our spirits, AND OUR SOUL are being made WHOLE, and our body are being made WHOLE.. If you've been saved, your spirit has been healed. so what about the healing of your soul? and body?.. So we are going to talk about the PHYSICAL HEALING AND EMOTIONAL HEALING..

What does the Bible say about physical healing? Exodus 15:26 and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

In the Exodus, God does not only speak on what He does? but who He is?

SAVED -- What does it mean to be saved?

Have you seen a signage that says, JESUS SAVES.. a little boy said, I wonder what Jesus Saves? he thought, Jesus saves pennies.. For sure, Jesus saves more than valuable than pennies.

Let us look into three biblical verses:

1. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

PRESENT TENSE is BEING SAVED..

2. 1 Corinthians 3:15 if it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.

FUTURE TENSE is WILL BE SAVED.

3. Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. Every person in heaven will understand we are there completely and totally by the grace of GOD and we have responded to his grace...

PAST TENSE is YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED. Important note is that not by works, so that no one can boast.

Question is: ARE YOU BEING SAVED? WILL YOU BE SAVED? HAVE YOU BEEN SAVED?

answer is: YES, you will be saved and you are being saved IF YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED.. but there is a past tense to the word SAVED that we need to understand that we have been saved!!

First, We have 3 parts: BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT.. Our bodies will be saved in the resurrection. The bible says that we will have a new great body in heaven, BECAUSE our BODIES will be saved later in the resurrection, however, right now, we are in a decaying body.. For healing who are sick, we believed in that.. But even if you believe in healing, our bodies still go through a decaying body and die.

Our soul (mind will and emotions) are BEING SAVED.. are renewed and transform in the body and mind of CHRIST. The greek word of SAVED is SOTSO - which means to be made whole in body and spirit, to be made perfect.

Right now as christians, our souls are being perfected AND MADE WHOLE.. Our body will be saved, our souls are being saved, and our spirit have been saved.. IF YOU HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST DID IN THE CROSS FOR YOU.. Your spirit has a perfect relationship with Jesus Christ, BECAUSE JESUS paid the full price for our sins..

We will talk about the PAST TENSE of SAVED:

1. IT IS A GIFT. Our SALVATION IS A GIFT.. It is not a goal to achieved, but it is a gift to received. and you cant have it both ways, the same as Grace is also a gift then it is not of works. Romans 11:6 And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

If it's a gift, you cannot earned for it, otherwise it is not a gift. YOU CANT PAY FOR THE SALVATION OF GOD. Most believers, have a problem with, because it is either a gift according to the Bible.

2. IT IS ETERNAL LIFE.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 John 2:25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.

Can God Lie? NO, GOD DOES NOT LIE and this is the promised that He has promised us-- Eternal Life. 1 John 5:13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

QUESTION ABOUT ETERNAL LIFE???

HOW LONG?? Answer is FOREVER

and another question is WHEN does it start? It start when you die your own way, and accepted Jesus Christ whom you surrendered your life. When you died from your old ways and surrendered your new life to Jesus that means you have been crucified along with Jesus and live again. Bible says I have been crucified with Christ. Once you die, eternal life begins because you are living now with God's grace.

Does Eternal Life begin when you get saved? or God is waiting if you are good enough to receive eternal grace? NO, IT IS A GIFT..

3. IT IS FORGIVENESS. Acts 13: 38 Therefore my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

God talks in Jeremiah 31:34
No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the LORD,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the LORD.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”


David prayed in Psalm 103:12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Forgiveness is COMPLETE RELEASE from the penalty that was against us.. not a partial not ltitle bit release and see if we are good enough to get the rest of it.. but COMPLETE release. this is because He has promised us eternal life.. and it is a gift.. praise GOD as GOD will not remember it NO MORE.. PRAISE GOD BECAUSE OF HIS PROMISE :-)

4. ITS JUSTIFICATION. Being SAVED is being justified freely, you cannot earn it..

Romans 3:24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

Galatians 2:16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in[a] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified

GOD is a just GOD and it is justice for him to sentence me to HEAVEN.. Why would GOD send people to hell? God does not send people to Hell since we all earn our way to hell.. BECAUSE JESUS paid the full price, SINCE JESUS PAID THE FULL PRICE, IF I RECEIVE IT, GOD HAS TO LET ME GO FREE.. BECAUSE HE IS A JUST GOD, HE WILL NOT PUNISHED TWO PEOPLE FOR THE SAME CRIME BECAUSE JESUS PAID FOR HIM.. and if you have received it, GOD will set you FREE.

5. IT IS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Romans 4:3 What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited (ACCOUNTED) to him as righteousness.”

wHAT IS RIGHTEOUSNESS? it is being right standing to GOD.. It is not righteous.. Righteous is doing what is right. BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS means being in right standing with GOD.. so we can be righteous and have righteousness in God's sight because JESUS DID THE RIGHT THING.. we didnt do the right now.. but HIS SON did.. but it was ACCOUNTED TO JESUS for righteousness. ACCOUNTED is like an accounting. Literary talking about accounts.

ILLUSTRATION: SIN was in my account.. JESUS's account was RIGHTEOUSNESS.. and What GOD did is to took all of sins out of my account and put it into Jesus's account. and this is why Jesus died for our sins, because He was found guilty of my sin... the bible said, For God so loved the world...

Not all are saved because you need to BELIEVE that JESUS has taken all your sins.. when Abraham believed, God has put righteousness in his accounts... YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE A CHOICE.. because that makes sense, HE WHO BELIEVE will have LIFE (HEAVEN) and he who DOESNT BELIEVE will NOT have LIFE (HELL)..

you have a choice.. What does it feel like when GOD has put MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF POUNDS OR DOLLARS in your account, and someone tells you to give it all away but you did not want to give it away and believe it.. it is a FREE GIFT and how can you ever pass that out? that's SALVATION.. ITS RIGHTEOUSNESS.. it is BELIEVING IN THE RIGHT STANDING IN GOD'S SIGHT.

6. IT'S REDEMPTION.

1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

redeemed is to purchased back.. God has given ownership or deeds of the world (dominion) to ADAM N EVE however THEY HAVE LOST IT TO SATAN.. GOD has purchased you back through JESUS who purchased it back legally and purchased the WORLD and owns us now.. REDEEMED YOU.. and because he has created you in his own image and likeness so you have FREE WILL, you can choose whether to serve JESUS or not... HE HAS PAID YOU if you believe, you would like to become JESUS PROPERTY.. therefore it is not YOU, you dont belong to you anymore.. if you been saved, you have this experience.. you dont go back.. JESUS SAID.. YOU BELONG TO ME NOW.. YOU ARE MY CHILD NOW.. ITS REDEMPTION.. believe you are saved, you belong to JESUS..

7. IT'S TOTAL COMMITMENT.

There are Christians who want to go church because they dont want to go to HELL. and they do ministry.. but JESUS isnt the LORD of their LIFE..


Luke 6:46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?


Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Why do you call me Lord Lord, when you are still in control of your life? But He who does the will of my father in Heaven.. Jesus said, "depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!"... who are these people? if many people who attend church arent saved, many people who say, LORD LORD, JESUS LORD, and yet Jesus will say, i never knew you..

How can I know if im saved? then WHO IS THE BOSS? if you are still in charged, you are going to HELL.. its taking TOTAL COMMITMENT TO RECEIVED THIS FREE GIFT.. It is written in Hebrew, that this is a covenant, and the covenant is not enforced until both people have been died, so Jesus has died, have you died? you need to surrender your old self to die. You die to yourself in your own spirit and you no longer own your life.. and Jesus owns you now..

IF YOU HAVENT MADE THAT DECISION TODAY, you are going to HELL..

I would say, BELIEVE?? oh well, SATAN BELIEVES? he believes and even trembles.. BUT HE DOESNT SURRENDER HIS WILL TO GOD.. HE IS NOT GOING TO HEAVEN.. You must yield control either JESUS is the LORD OF ALL, or HE IS NOT YOUR LORD AT ALL.. HE DOESNT TAKE A SECOND PLACE.. he doesnt play games...

Whole a lot of people that have received Jesus.. and it actually tricks them that they got the real thing so they believe that

if you have any doubt whether you are saved or not? WHY DONT YOU DECIDE today? why would you do it? some people doubts for years and years.. but why not today? and make a total commitment to HIM today?

Have a moment with GOD.. some of you will have to make an important decision of your life.. some Christians would like to make-believe that People pour their out heart to Jesus and have a good relationship with JESUS but have never really surrendered everything to HIM... have you made that decision to be saved?

IT IS AN ACT OF WILL, and if you surrendered your life to JESUS.. died from your old self.. YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SAVED.. and your total commitment will please our LORD JESUS who had just lived in you now..

SAVED, HEALED, SET FREE, DISCIPLINED, EQUIPPED, EMPOWERED AND SERVING

This is the vision statement of a widely known Christian Church in USA right now, the Gateway Church (www.gatewaypeople.com) The site was shared with me by a d-group co-member who is also living in England.. His name is Michael and he has heard this well-known Pastor Robert Morris as a guest Pastor in one of the services in world-wide known church, Hillsong Church in London.. since then, Michael has followed Ptr Robert Morris in their website online services.. and its a great honour to have received the blessing of the Lord, by listening to Ptr Robert Morris sermons since then.. Thank you to Michael who has not kept his blessings from me, and who has a humble heart to share to everyone.

The vision statement: TO SEE PEOPLE SAVED, HEALED, SET FREE, DISCIPLED, EQUIPPED, EMPOWERED, AND SERVING. This has struck me which I believe when Ptr Robert explained that some Christian are saved however they are not healed, or some are serving but not been healed. Let me share with you the inspirational thoughts learned from Ptr. Robert Morris' sermons.