Post by Paddy by Grace on Jan 27, 2009 14:08:32 GMT -7
Taking Command
Matthew 17:14-21
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to Him a certain man, kneeling down to Him and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son : for he is a lunatic, and sore vexed : for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water, and I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said, Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you ? How long shall I suffer you ? Bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked the devil ; and he departed out of him : and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out And Jesus said unto them : Because of your unbelief : for verily I say unto you , If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove ; and NOTHING shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit, this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Now let's look at this carefully : First, the disciples had been going around casting out devils. They hadn't had a problem . All of a sudden, they run into an obstacle of faith. A STRONGMAN ! Even with more than one disciple, together, they couldn't do anything with this problem.
Looking at the prayer life, and fasting life of Jesus, we see that He was ALWAYS prepared to come against the principalities, powers, and evils of the spiritual realm. So when He confronted this Powerful principality (mountain ), He had no problem.
Jesus challenged the Faith of the disciples, then gave advise of how to BUILD up this faith to the point of being effectual ! PRAYER and FASTING ! Getting more in touch with the spiritual realm...
One more thing : Jesus called the spiritual force a MOUNTAIN ! No, He was not talking about a hunk of dirt ! The whole teaching and expression was about confronting SPIRITUAL . He could have just as easily said Principality.
Ephesians 6:12 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.
And again in Ephesians 2 : 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the Prince of the Power of the air, the SPIRIT that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
So, we see the same disciples, that has been WITH Jesus, seeing all the miracles, wonders and signs, already has cast out devils, and healed the sick, now with A LACK OF FAITH. Was it a situation like as unto Peter walking on the water ? Suddenly disbelieving because of what the NATURAL eye was seeing ? I think so. Some of the confrontations of Satanic oppressions seem much too much, IN THE NATURAL WAY OF LOOKING !!! Thank God, that through fasting and prayer, we can dig a little deeper, and find FAITH in time of need ! HALLELUIAH !!! So I want to encourage you saints, to dig a little deeper, and find the FAITH it takes to overcome the obstacles the Prince of the power of the air, confronts you with !
Let ALL of the promises of God be : YEA, and AMEN !!!
When we get tired of not being able to walk as Jesus, talk as Jesus, do as Jesus, then let us get serious enough to DIG A LITTLE DEEPER ...
DENY the flesh, and take on the spiritual...
God bless you all, in the name of Jesus...
Matthew 17:14-21
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to Him a certain man, kneeling down to Him and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son : for he is a lunatic, and sore vexed : for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water, and I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said, Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you ? How long shall I suffer you ? Bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked the devil ; and he departed out of him : and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out And Jesus said unto them : Because of your unbelief : for verily I say unto you , If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove ; and NOTHING shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit, this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Now let's look at this carefully : First, the disciples had been going around casting out devils. They hadn't had a problem . All of a sudden, they run into an obstacle of faith. A STRONGMAN ! Even with more than one disciple, together, they couldn't do anything with this problem.
Looking at the prayer life, and fasting life of Jesus, we see that He was ALWAYS prepared to come against the principalities, powers, and evils of the spiritual realm. So when He confronted this Powerful principality (mountain ), He had no problem.
Jesus challenged the Faith of the disciples, then gave advise of how to BUILD up this faith to the point of being effectual ! PRAYER and FASTING ! Getting more in touch with the spiritual realm...
One more thing : Jesus called the spiritual force a MOUNTAIN ! No, He was not talking about a hunk of dirt ! The whole teaching and expression was about confronting SPIRITUAL . He could have just as easily said Principality.
Ephesians 6:12 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.
And again in Ephesians 2 : 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the Prince of the Power of the air, the SPIRIT that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
So, we see the same disciples, that has been WITH Jesus, seeing all the miracles, wonders and signs, already has cast out devils, and healed the sick, now with A LACK OF FAITH. Was it a situation like as unto Peter walking on the water ? Suddenly disbelieving because of what the NATURAL eye was seeing ? I think so. Some of the confrontations of Satanic oppressions seem much too much, IN THE NATURAL WAY OF LOOKING !!! Thank God, that through fasting and prayer, we can dig a little deeper, and find FAITH in time of need ! HALLELUIAH !!! So I want to encourage you saints, to dig a little deeper, and find the FAITH it takes to overcome the obstacles the Prince of the power of the air, confronts you with !
Let ALL of the promises of God be : YEA, and AMEN !!!
When we get tired of not being able to walk as Jesus, talk as Jesus, do as Jesus, then let us get serious enough to DIG A LITTLE DEEPER ...
DENY the flesh, and take on the spiritual...
God bless you all, in the name of Jesus...