The Sunday News
GREETINGS beloved nation in the name of Jesus Christ. Romans 15:19, “Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.”
We see Paul saying that by the power of the spirit of God, he has fully preached the gospel of Christ. So meaning that the gospel of Christ cannot be fully preached without the power of the spirit of God. The moment we ignore the power of the spirit of God, the gospel will be half preached. Unfortunately, in this season, we are in, we are seeing the gospel half-preached. Why? Because we have ignored the power of the spirit of God. That’s why we cannot witness the mighty signs and wonders. It is the power of the spirit of God that produces the mighty signs and wonders as we see in the life of the Apostle Paul. It is a pity that we see many Christians compromising their walk because of certain sicknesses and diseases.
They end up going to witchdoctors for solutions and for healing because there is no power in what we are claiming to be.
Nowadays pulpits are full of speakings and there is no longer a demonstration of what we are saying. There have to be signs and wonders when the spirit of God is operational. Unfortunately, people speak about the goodness of God and that goodness is not seen in the life of a believer. We speak about the power and the power is not seen. My prayer is that may the Lord restore in this end time the power of the spirit of God so that there may be noticeable signs and wonders. People are tired of only hearing and not seeing the evidence and the proof that God is alive. I was saddened last week when I spoke to a woman who was once on fire for God, who was now being trained to become a traditional healer.
When I asked her what happened, she said she got sick to the point of death and her business went down. She tried to get help from many churches and couldn’t find help and she only became worse. In the end she was convinced by her family to go the mountains of Matopos to be trained to become a witchdoctor. My question is where are men and women of God who are full of the power of the spirit of God, who can demonstrate the power of the living God of healing and deliverance. It’s so sad if in the church we speak about the power of the living God and that power is not seen in us, in our speakings and it’s not demonstrated.
It is because we have ignored the spirit of his power as a church and as a body of Christ. We know how to package the gospel well in our vocabulary but it is not seen practically.
The gospel was designed so that people may hear and also see what we preach and what we represent as a church. Two dimensions that need to be seen when the spirit of God is at work. It has to (i) catch the attention of men (ii) it has to cause men to see the realities of what we are talking about. We cannot talk about healing and fail to demonstrate it. In Acts 8: 5-8 we see Phillip going down to Samaria and preaching the gospel. We see that the people gave heed unto those things which Phillip spake. The Bible says they were hearing and seeing the things he did. We have to underline two words here, “hearing and seeing”. That is the sign that the power of God was upon his preaching. They were able to hear and see the miracles he did. The problem with this generation is that people are hearing the nicest things we say about God. But they are not seeing, there is no evidence, no witness. And the Bible says in verse 7, “For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.” And verse 8 says, there was great joy in that city.
We see Peter and John performing a noticeable miracle on a man that was lame by the power of the spirit of God and the Bible says all the people saw him walking and praising God in Acts 3:9-10. We also see in Acts 4:16 when Peter and John were put in front of the council accusing them of preaching about Jesus of Nazareth. The council could not deny what Peter and John did to the man who was lame. They had to agree that indeed it was a notable miracle and the miracle was made manifest to all of them that dwell in Jerusalem and could not deny it. May God release his spirit of power so that there will be miracles that will become noticeable and undeniable, such that everyone who is in the city and in the country will surely acknowledge that God is alive in the midst of his people. (i) they have to hear, (ii) they have to see a noticeable miracle.
We are tired of extended testimonies where people secretly go to witchdoctors then they come and stand in front at the pulpit and testify that they were healed by God, while God was not involved. We are tired of seeing people being paid to testify lies that they were healed by God, whilst they are stage managed miracles. It’s now happening in the church of God because people have denied the ministry of the Holy Spirit that carries the power. May God revive and pour his spirit of power that will bring noticeable and undeniable miracles. Jesus one time when he was preaching, John sent his disciples to enquire if he was the messiah or they should look for another. Jesus sent them back to tell John what they have heard and what they have seen.
That the dead are raised, the blind see and lepers cleansed, Matthew 11:2-6. In the book of John 1:45-46 when “Phillip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, ‘Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?’ Philip saith unto him, Come and see.” The only thing that will stop people to argue about the gospel is for them to see the results that are produced by the power of the spirit of God, in our lives and in our ministries. When Phillip could not win the argument and could not answer the tough question, he had to convince him to come and see. I would like to invite you to receive Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour, by believing in your heart and confessing with your mouth that he is your Lord and Saviour, and you shall be saved. May God bless you all. Amen
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