33. When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man. Night is coming, when no one can work. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord! As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, It is the Lord, he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. . I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE COST OF THE CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST SO AS HUMAN BEINGS MAY NOT PLAY WITH THE GRACE OF GOD THROUGH HIS DEAR SON. By Lesli White What is your relationship like with Jesus? Have you come to destroy us? I believe in the great exchange..Why is our physical life so limited ? We were just as helpless as Lazarus who was four-days-dead. 9. His business is helping a homeless couple find shelter before nightfall. He replied, It is not right to take the childrens bread and toss it to the dogs. Yes it is, Lord, she said. I am by no means a miracle worker. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.. How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Sometimes you aren't aware of it because much of what he said and did has become ingrained in our culture for. So he went to her, took her hand, and helped her up. His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, Isnt this the same man who used to sit and beg? Some claimed that he was. Where are the other nine? However, this hypothetical question presupposes we have already answered another equally important, yet less obvious, question: What did Jesus do? He refused to let the ministry pressures of today stop him from identifying and investing in the leaders of tomorrow (Matt. Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters table. Then Jesus said to her, Woman, you have great faith! Jesus mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. We are now seated with Christ. 8. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live. Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples. You give them something to eat. We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish, they answered. Jesus wanted John the Baptist's disciples to tell him that now "the deaf hear" (Luke 7:22). Lets look at some aspects of the exchange. Jesus cured Peter's mother-in-law of a fever (Mark 1:30-31). Were going to drown! He replied, You of little faith, why are you so afraid? Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. We know that God does not listen to sinners. We respect your privacy & promise not to spam you. It was your eyes he opened. The man replied, He is a prophet. They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the mans parents. How did the fig tree wither so quickly? they asked. With long life will He satisfy us. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. He created it. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask. Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again. Martha answered, I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 19:16-21). All of our episodes are available atLifeAudio.com. 10 Prayers of Jesus in the Bible [+Audio] - FaithGateway Store Tell me so that I may believe in him. Jesus said, You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you. Then the man said, Lord, I believe, and he worshiped him. What would Jesus do? Paul, I have found that many optimistic grace teachers subscribe more to a Christus Victor view of the atonement, and less of a penal-substitution view, as Mr. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath. Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Used by permission. Taken from "Jesus Is Alive and Active" by In . He has seizures and is suffering greatly. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 2000), 2000 Mike Fleischmann. You dont have to tell me but you need to make your mind up. 7. We are governed by LAWS of our own circumstance, Christs gift to us gave us our identity in him, our status. On a Sabbath, Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. Let it be done just as you believed it would. And his servant was healed at that moment. The right hand is the opposite. Jesus raised the widow's son from the dead (Luke 7:11-18). Then he spit and touched the mans tongue. The Gospel in Twenty Questions However most preachers mostly only mention forgiveness and a lot of pentecostal prachers talk about healing. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. 10:1-4). I have a question . Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Have you ever noticed how much of Christs life was spent in doing kind things?. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me. When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out! The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, Come and have breakfast. None of the disciples dared ask him, Who are you? They knew it was the Lord. He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, Ephphatha! (which means Be opened!). We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we dont even know where he comes from. The man answered, Now that is remarkable! Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. But because you say so, I will let down the nets. When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made" in Psalm 139, Be Still and Know That I am God in Psalm 46:10, "No Weapon Formed Against Me Shall Prosper" - Isaiah 54:17, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Then he said to it, May you never bear fruit again! Immediately the tree withered. Jesus saw the people around him as miracles waiting to happen. Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, Why couldnt we drive it out? He replied, Because you have so little faith. 5. Access to the Father (v. 2) The access that was unthinkable in the Old Testament is now made possible through Jesus Christ. But Isaiah says: the Lord has laid upon him the guilt [the perversity, the rebellion] of all of us. All we leaves out no one. And we, as His followers, should be doing the same thing. We cannot simply watch what others say or do or answer. Then he said to her, Daughter, your faith has healed you. Each issue highlights new, ready-to-download Bible studies at ChristianBibleStudies.com, and other tools to help you become a dynamic teacher of God's Word. I am just about to rad your blog. Derek Prince confuses me in one book he explains how Jesus has accomplished everything, but in other books he explains how we still have to deal with stuff like curses. Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. Matt 12:17-21. Nine hundred years was a typical life span,near to the awesome Glory of God. 4. Thats reason to pray for the lost. I tell this one, Go, and he goes; and that one, Come, and he comes. That is what God has to offer you in the midst of a crazy, strange, and confusing world. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. Then the Jews said, See how he loved him! But some of them said, Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying? 100 Questions Jesus Asked and You Ought to Answer Ive been looking for an excuse to post something by Derek Prince ever since I started Escape to Reality. Its when you make it personal. In new life we have the risen Christ. But Jesus was sleeping. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? He said to them, If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? I think it is the intersection of time and eternity. Learn about God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in this 3-session study. News of this spread through all that region. Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us! The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us! Jesus stopped and called them. 1. In this series Prince describes 10 things that Jesus did for you at the cross. The truth of the matter is we were on the cross with and in Him. He sought the Father. He served through sacrifice, putting the needs of others above his own. So obviously, exceptions can be made. He physically, emotionally and spiritually suffered so that we could be freed in all those dimensions. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the mans eyes. As simple as it seems, sometimes the questionWhat would Jesus do?still leaves me wondering. Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. He would seek the Father for the strength and wisdom to embrace, restore, confront, teach, serve, and equip the people around him. Then Jesus looked up and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me. We are able to pray from a position of authoritythe victory has already been won. Jesus said to them, Take off the grave clothes and let him go.. But for the Church,it is all these five things functioning together in believers lives. Not only are we forgiven, not only do we have victory over our old life but we have a new life. 10. I think the most contemporary translation is rebellion. Thats the universal guilt of the whole human race. Prince appears to be advocating. (1Peter 3:18-20) His burial is our victory. Learn how your comment data is processed. As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, Have mercy on us, Son of David! When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? Yes, Lord, they replied. Which is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven, or to say, Get up and walk? However, that understanding of teaching is too narrow. Ive heard preaching on death as an enemy but little about long physical life . Leprosy is symbolic of sin and lepers had to be quarantined because they could infect others, so in a similar way, we were all unclean before God, beingseparated from Him by our sins (Isaiah 59:2),howeverJesus righteousness was attributed or imputed toward us so that now we are seen as having the same righteousness as Christ (2nd Cor 5:21).