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Resurrection Power Is At Work In You (Part 2) In our previous article we began looking at the resurrection story in Luke 24. We studied two things that happens when the resurrection power is at work in us.
Pastor Nkechi Ene (Mrs.)
They can’t and will never tell you that you
through which resurrection power is
have been healed of cancer. They will tell
effected. It can make you become someone
you it has gone into remission, so as to
who doesn’t understand grace because it
keep you expecting for it to come out of
doesn’t make sense to you. When
remission. When God decimates something,
resurrection power is at work in you,
it is gone forever.
people are at a loss for words and that makes God get all the glory.
Firstly, our plans are overtaken, because for resurrection power to work in us, we must be completely yielded to the Holy Spirit. Secondly, every obstacle in our lives is overtaken. In this article we will continue looking at the resurrection story in Luke 24:1-12 and Mark 16:1-8, and discuss some other things that happens when the resurrection power is at work in us.
Sometimes when certain things happen to us, we call it a coincidence but you should
You Are Relocated And Your Status
stop using that word! Saying it is just a
Changes
coincidence is as good as saying it was
5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed
sheer luck. People use that word because
their faces to the earth, they said to
they are lost for words or they don’t have
them, "Why do you seek the living
an answer.
among the dead? them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
Some doctors would even predict a patient’s case, describing how it would be after some days or weeks. How does that
4 And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this that
A doctor can die and his word can die with him; but Jesus is alive to see what He said
behold, two men stood by them in
over you. Resurrection power puts even
shining garments.
experts at a loss for words. No one knew Luke 24:4
how the stone and the body were removed. There is no explanation till date for that
The Bible says they were alarmed; they whole event, apart from the resurrection trembled and were amazed. To be power at work. “greatly perplexed” means to have no way out, or to be at a loss. “Alarmed” “When the Lord turned again the captivity of means utterly astonished and greatly Zion, we were like them that dream” (Psalm wondering. They were at a loss for 126:1). That is a dream I wouldn’t want to words. They had no way out! What wake up from. Dreams that don’t make does it mean?
sense! Always position yourself as the one that will put the experts at a loss for words;
It’s like trying to explain a situation. For where they will have no answer. instance, like when a doctor is trying to explain the disappearance of a cancer.
how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, Luke 24:5-6
doctor know that he will be alive to see if what he has said will come to pass or not?
Things Won’t Make Sense
6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember
When you question how and why God do the things He does, you miss the essence of the grace of God, and therefore the channel
Why do you seek the sons among the slaves? They’ve relocated! See the place where they lay immobile, no progress, wasting away. That was what your life was until resurrection power hit you. Why do you seek the wealthy in Christ among the poor? Why do you seek the one who has direction in God among confused people? Why do you bother looking for them there? They are not there anymore. When resurrection power is at work in you, your status changes. God relocates you from where you are lying dead and immobile, rottening away to a place where you are constantly on the way of progress. It can only get better for you because God has put His power within you. If you are a believer and you are addressed like a dead person anywhere, _lee that environment!
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Let me just deal with this deliverance
death. You have been rescued from the
want” and there is a sentence of
issue again because some of you are
power of death.
barrenness above you, a time will come
still falling for it. Don’t let anybody
when the enemy will remember your
come to you and say that you need
The Word You Declare Will Be
word, particularly when you are
deliverance. What do you need
Manifested
carrying your baby. It may not have
deliverance from? Have you not read in
6 He is not here, but is risen!
made sense in the place where you
the Scripture that you have been
Remember how He spoke to you
were then but your words have gone
“delivered” - past tense, from the power
when He was still in Galilee,
ahead of you.
of darkness and a relocation took
7 saying, 'The Son of Man must be
place? You have been translated into the kingdom of His dear son, the kingdom of Zoe life (Colossians 1:13).
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be cruci_ied, and the third day rise again.'" 8 And they remembered His words. Luke 24:6-8
If you subject yourself to any form of deliverance, you are subjecting yourself to death. All you are simply doing is taking the stone and pushing it back over your grave. It is when you are i n s i d e a g r a v e t h a t y o u n e e d deliverance, or that somebody needs to deliver you from it. The Word of God says you have been removed. So, why seek the living among the dead? You may say, “Pastor, this thing has been disturbing me, it has been there.” Deal with it with the authority you have in the Name of Jesus! Command it to leave with the authority you have in the Name of Jesus. Treat it like a rebel, like an outcast; deal with it like smuggled goods trying to enter into your country without an import license. Don’t accept it as yours. You are the living, not the dead and you are alive! The things that matter around you are all alive and doing well. Resurrection power is at work in you. You don’t need any deliverance because subjecting yourself to deliverance is subjecting yourself to the power of
You might be in a situation now that needs resurrection power to be effected, but the question is are you silent or are you talking? When you speak the rhema word, you are giving God something to work with. Many times nothing happens in your case, because the hand of God has nothing to work with. He needs your faith that was why He said, “…Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; and concerning the work of My hands, you command Me” (Isaiah 45:11). Have you seen a child play with plasticine? My children love playing with plasticine and they mold it. That child might have an image of what they want to mold but until you put the plasticine in their hands, they can’t mold anything. God has done all He needs to do concerning you, but when you want it manifested, give Him something to work with. If you don’t want to wait for the move of God, you can take it in your hands. Jesus took charge ahead of time by saying what was going to happen. When you speak the Word in the middle of that messy situation, people will be confused. When you say, “I’m fruitful, I have as many children as I
What are you saying? Jesus knew the cup He was going to drink from, but He didn’t complain. Even when the cross was too dif_icult for Him to carry, He said “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done” (Luke 22:42). Sometimes it doesn’t make sense when you look at your circumstance to say what the Word says, but you must keep speaking the Word of God; you must keep speaking what the Father said about you. Fill your thoughts with the Word of God and stop wishing for change. Believers shouldn’t wish for things but hope for things. There is a power for hope, but your faith needs to push that force forward. One way your faith is manifested in this area is by the rhema word. When resurrection power is manifested in you, what you speak is what will be manifested. The question here is: What have you been saying about your life? How long do you want to take life’s journey? How far do you want to go in life? For instance saying or thinking God will satisfy you with long life is not magic. You must learn to never speak death, and you must also learn to eat right and exercise alongside your declaration for long life. Give God something to work with. Command God with His Word because the resurrection power can only be activated by the rhema word.
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