The Faith Path In Action

(2 Th. 1:10-12) when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day. (We are still coming out of the dark ages but God will reveal the greater works in our day.) (11) To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power; (12) that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

(2 Cor. 3:18) But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.

(Col. 3:4) When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.

(Gal. 4:19) My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you.

(Col. 1:27,28) to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (28) whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

(2 Cor. 4:10,11) always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. (11) For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

(Eph. 3:14-19) For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, (15) from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, (16) that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; (17) that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, (18) may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, (19) and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

(Eph. 4:11-15) And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; (12) for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: (13) till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: (14) that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; (15) but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, [even] Christ;

Maturity is having Christ manifest in you. 1 Jn 2:28 says "And now my little children, abide in him; that if he shall be manifested (the three most ancient manuscripts of the New Testament, the Nestles text, the A.S.V., the R.V., and the Numeric New Testament agree to this translation) if he shall be manifested we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming." This means that "If he shall be manifested" in us, we won't be ashamed when we see him.

1 Jn 3:2 says "Beloved now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, (Again this means manifested in us 2 Cor 4:10,11) (the three most ancient manuscripts of the New Testament, the Nestles text, the Received Text, the A.S.V., the R.V., and the Numeric New Testament agree on this translation) we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is". Notice that we must see the real Jesus to be like Him. The apostates Jesus is nothing like Him and so they do not walk as He walked.

2Co 3:18 ASV But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. This shows us that if we “see him as he is” in the mirror (by faith) then we will manifest his glory. According to quantum physics or mechanics we must see what we want and believe we have received it to have it.

Christ exchanged his life for ours at the cross. (Col. 1:22,23) yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him: (23) if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven;)

That's why we must see him in the mirror by faith in order to manifest him. (Gal. 2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. This kind of faith is accounted as righteousness until righteousness is manifested in bearing fruit. He who sees his “natural face in the mirror” will be a hearer but not a doer because they will not have power to obey (James 1:23).

(Col. 3:4) When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested (in us-same as above), then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. Now notice the life of Christ is his glory and it is manifested in our “mortal flesh” (2 Cor 4:11) For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. Notice: mortal flesh on the earth, not glorified bodies.

The false prophet has told us that we have to settle for being forgiven sinners in this life instead of overcoming sons of God. For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, [even] they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. (This means in the true believer’s flesh.) (2 Jn 7). Note: "is come" or "has come in the flesh" has no foundation in the ancient manuscripts, the Received Text or the Nestles Text or Numerics. Paul prayed in Epe 3:18,19 that they "may be strong to apprehend (not comprehend- The ancient manuscripts, Received Text and Nestles Text and Numerics agree) ...the breadth and length and height and depth ...of Christ ...and be filled unto all the fullness of God".

According to Paul in Eph. 4:11-15 the five-fold ministry is "for the perfecting of the saints...unto a full-grown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ". Through faith in the promises we "cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" (2 Cor 7:1).

(2 Th. 1:10-12) when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day. (11) To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power; (12) that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Be diligent in this faith beloved, till He comes and you will bear the fruit of His works and have great reward.

Most of you know but I want to briefly explain that Manifest in these texts means to appear in the physical realm. When we come to Christ we accept all of His benefit by faith (faith is the substance of the thing hoped for while the evidence is unseen) until the sacrifice is manifest in our lives as fruit. According to the parable of the sower, the seed is sown in the heart but only one out of the four is good ground and brings forth fruit 30, 60, 100 fold. The fruit here is Christ, not other souls. The fruit of the Spirit. He is the “seed” (sperma = Greek) of the word and each seed brings forth after its own kind; not another Jesus.

(Rom. 8:24,25) For in hope (Greek = a firm expectation) were we saved. But hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth? (25) But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. In other words we wait for the full manifesting of our salvation. When we come to Christ, we receive a new spirit but our soul, our mind, will, and emotions, needs transforming. (Rom. 12:2) And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

By faith we say with Paul (Gal.2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. As we make this confession of our faith, it will be continually manifested in us for we are justified by faith. The Holy Spirit gives power to those who believe.

If we don't repent and believe the word, we cannot have what it says. As long as we are walking by faith in the word, we are acceptable to God for "faith is accounted as righteousness". Jesus told his disciples in (Luk 6:40) The disciple is not above his teacher but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher. Christ wants to live and be seen or manifested in us. As we repent, when we see the word we permit this to happen. We give good ground to the seed and bear His fruit.

(Lk 9:23,24) And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. (24) For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

(2 Pet.1:19) And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts. This is the manifested glory.

(2 Pet 1:9-11) For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. (10) Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall never stumble: (11) For thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

(Jas.1:23) For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror. If we don't see Jesus in the mirror, then that is not faith and we will not be a doer of the word. A doer of the word is manifesting Christ.

I received this objection to my letter "Christ In You" from a brother. I am using the word perfection as the Greek word implies, to be mature, or fullgrown.

Here is an apostates objection:

Dave, Are you suggesting that the Word teaches perfection can be attained in this life? your quote: "perfecting holiness in the fear of God" (2 Cor 7:1). would seem to indicate strongly that it is an ongoing process (known in Scripture as Sanctification) not accomplished in this life. Paul said, "...not as if I had already attained "... - Paul continues that he is still pursuing that higher life which is found in Christ who is "in us". I John says that if we say we sin not we lie. We must be careful to differentiate between the goal we strive for (as close to the life of Jesus as possible) and claiming sinless perfection. Try as you may and believe as much as you wish does not erase the "old man" we must constantly fight against. That fight is by faith, of course, in Christ.

Here is my answer:

I hope you will read this carefully because as you can see it is the Word of God. We can't reject any scripture and still say we have the truth. We cannot pick the verses we like in order to justify our religion. "The sum of thy words is truth".

The whole verse says this: Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (2 Cor. 7:1) All we have to do is believe what it says without invoking the curse for adding to the word. We are commanded here to use the word of God to separate from worldly thinking and actions.

Look at what the following scriptures say: (1 Th 4:3-8) For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; (4) that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor, (5) not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God; (6) that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified. (7) For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification. (8) Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.

How can sanctification not be attainable in this life when scriptures says, (Heb. 12:14,15) Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: (15) looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God. Holiness and sanctification are the same Greek word. A person who does not believe it is attainable cannot receive it because we receive it by faith.

(2 Cor. 4:11) For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

(Eph.3:18-20) ....may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, (in other words all of Christ ) (19) and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fullness of God. (20) Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

(Eph. 4:12) for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: (13) till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: (14) that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; (15) but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, [even] Christ;

(Col. 1:22,23) yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him: (23) if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard,

(1 Cor. 15:1,2) Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, (2) by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.

We are justified by faith in the sanctification given us at the cross and that faith continually brings us into manifest sanctification. Faith is accounted as righteousness until righteousness is manifested in us. In this way a person can continue under the grace of God as he bears fruit.

Faith is the "victory that overcomes the world" (1 Jn 5:4). Faith is "calling the things that are not as though they were" (Rom. 4:17), until they come to pass. We must be "seeing that His divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness... whereby He hath granted unto us His precious and exceeding great promises that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust" (2 Pet 1:34).

Christ made you "free from sin" (Rom. 6:18,22) so why should you "live any longer therein?" (verse 22) for you were "delivered out of the power of darkness" (Colossians 1:13) so "reckon yourselves to be dead unto sin but alive unto God" and "let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body that you should obey the lusts thereof "(Rom. 6:11,12). "If you live after the flesh, you must die: but if by the Spirit (God's power) you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God" (Rom. 8:13,14). Believe God's promises and escape the lusts of the flesh. "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God (2Cor. 7:1).

(1 Jo.2:1-6) My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: (2) and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. (3) And hereby we know that we know him. If we keep his commandments. (4) He that saith. I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar. and the truth is not in him: (5) but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him: (6) he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

The religions of this day have turned the grace of God into lasciviousness, which is a license to do what you want to do. As we can see from the above verses grace delivers from sin, not just covers it up. The blood covers our ignorance until we see the light.

(Jas 4:17) To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. (Heb. 10:26) For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, (27) but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.

Some sins are done in ignorance and are therefore not willful. These are covered by the Blood. For the other sins we will obviously get chastening until we hopefully repent. (Rom.5:13)... for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. You may have sinned a sin of ignorance (not knowing the law) but under Grace, God does not reckon it as sin. That is why we cannot say, "we have no sin",(1 Jo 1:8) We are ignorant of many things that are against His perfect will. When we get light, then we are responsible.

When does the Blood not just cover, but wash away the very nature of sin? (1 Jo 1:5-7) And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (6) if we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie. and do not the truth: (7) but if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

This is why the Gospel is the good news. Now we don't have to be content with forgiveness because Jesus is "the Lamb of God that taketh away, not just covers up the sins of the world". Many of God's people are still living with Old Testament benefits because they don't believe the Gospel.

I hope this answer will benefit you in your walk with Christ.

One With Jesus

Anonymous 06/22/23 (David’s notes in red)

(Last night I tried going to sleep but God wouldn't let me until I wrote this down, and I asked God if He really wants me to write it down to have some dogs bark, which I don't hear often, and as soon as I thought this in my mind, multiple dogs started barking. After I wrote it down on my phone, I instantly fell asleep PRAISE GOD!

When I had this experience, everything I wrote I felt and saw as if it had fully manifested, and it was so real and alive and true and I DESIRE, that I could have stayed in this experience. It was maybe like 10-30 seconds of seeing and feeling all of this, and it was so real and I am so excited for us all to have this connection with God every moment, no matter what is going on, and to have His Holy connection with each other and being one together, without spot or blemish.)

I was praying in tongues, and I saw that very soon we are all going to be so connected to God (we already are by faith but it will physically manifest), that we hear His voice extremely clear every moment, and we know it is Him without doubt and unbelief. That we will constantly be speaking to Him back and forth, more than we speak to any human, when awake and asleep our soul will be communing with Him just as the Holy Spirit does. That the flesh will be so suppressed and submissive to the Holy Spirit, and we will be so in tune with God, we know and obey what He wants with extreme joy in every moment, without complaint and without the flesh trying to stop us.

We will have such boldness to have Him speak through us, with no fear of man, or fear of rejection (these things that try to hinder us from being and living as Jesus won’t even try to hinder us anymore.) That we will know 100% that He is in us, and all around us and we ARE one with Him. (Him literally here in this physical flesh and the flesh in agreement without hindrance.)

That we would know and be, living and breathing His Word, not from our own works but in His strength. It will be from His Spirit and Grace in our soul in our flesh. Every second we will know it is His Grace and we will rest beyond understanding, because we are in Him and Him in us no matter what is going on around us. Our soul will be fully content with this and nothing can stop it and the flesh will submit. That we will know Jesus’ authority in us over the enemy, and the enemy will flee with one word or thought, because it's just Jesus in us. No more struggling with the flesh, but just being in Him.

That we can constantly freely praise and worship Him every moment with NO temptation to complain, murmur or doubt. That our soul is completely free to praise as the Holy Spirit does and free to worship God with our body, physically being submitted to doing ALL God wants.

All of this while on earth, and in this physical body. Alive in Christ. I saw that the brethren will be in complete unity, because of Jesus in them, and the enemy won't be able to get in the way of this oneness in Christ.

No jealousy, no pride, no rejection, no battles of the flesh; but pure Holy Love one to another, loving each other as we love our self, and serving each other as Christ serves. We will be one with no separation, no superiority, equal together in Christ. All different members, but all one body working together in unity, like the human body. So connected, it's as if we are reading each other's mind, and in agreement in our minds and souls and spirit, and the flesh is submitted. That everything flows perfectly because we all are constantly connected and in tune with God (and in tune with each other.)

That our Faith is complete with God, that we have not even a tiny doubt, and we know that what we ask, we immediately receive because it's Christ in us. That what we command and speak into the physical, is immediately manifested, because Jesus in us is communing with Father every second. The enemy doesn't even try his normal tactics of unclean thoughts and feelings, because he knows we won't even accept or look at it.

I knew that we will see and experience things we can't even imagine right now, but it is all for God's glory and it will be only Jesus in us. We can't do anything to make this happen, but have faith in His grace to do it through us for His Glory. EVERYTHING IS for Him! Now and forever!

(My husband prayed about this and heard:

“You are now in a new level of training. This is an exercise of the tests and application of My Word. Speak and hold to the miracles I have promised! Many are showing others who are younger in their walk to do this when in doubt or with little experience. See how one who prays and praises in faith, can move a miracle. Then others will try in their belief; suddenly the power will multiply and through many more people. It will spread and go beyond even the first person who prayed, leading by example. The effects go to areas and new heights where no one had even thought. It will go beyond the imagination or thoughts of impossibility. You (all) are My vessel. I will flow through you all as a Holy Army!”

(I landed on: ‘testifying’ in 1Th 2:11) Praise the Lord - Forever!

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The Faith Path In Action (2)

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David Eells – 12/27/23

Expectation In Faith

Anonymous 12/12/23 (David’s notes in red)

There is something I had been praying and trying to believe God for a while now and I know He can instantly answer this prayer and He can instantly provide because He owns everything and can do beyond our imagination. However, it hasn’t manifested into the physical realm yet. (So our faith must be tested until we get rid of doctrinal and imaginary loopholes as to why we will not receive our request. Mar 11:24 ASV Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye received them, and ye shall have them.) This experience was an answer to why this prayer hasn’t been manifested physically yet and I felt it is also relevant to healings, deliverances, and all prayers etc.

I saw a bright gold light as a path or a connection between me and God. (This path to God and His answers to prayers is available to all because of the sacrifice of Jesus but “all have not faith” which is a “gift of God”. It's “to whosoever will” but few have that will. “God works in us to will and to work.” Psa 65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, That he may dwell in thy courts:

Joh 6:44 ASV No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him…) The path and connection have always been there and always instant when we believe it. It was understood that a few people have actually connected with Him in this way. It was understood that only a remnant of those that will be with Him in eternity, will experience this connection with Him on earth. (Heb 11:6 ASV and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.)

It was an instant connection with God where He hears EVERYTHING we say and He instantly responds. The connection is beyond perfect and greater than we can imagine. (I have been having this connection with the Father and Son for some time. It used to be that I had to wait for replies from Him in a word, dream or scriptures. Now it is an easy conversation and I hear them clearly. Eve says she has this experience too. I believe all of the Bride will experience this at the restoration.)

The path wasn’t long but so short and closer than I can describe. With this path or connection, we are instantly heard and our prayers are instantly answered. (Even when Father says yes, there is a perfect timing. 1Jn 5:14-15 ASV And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: 15 and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. So it takes knowledge of his will to base solid faith on which many Christians do not have or seek out.) Isa 65:24 And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

I saw this path or connection has ALWAYS been there for every human. (We are born into sin and the adamic nature but we are innocent because of ignorance. At that time we have our best connection to God unless we are born again. Our spirit, which would connect us to God, dies through sin. So, the rebirth of our spirit through the gift of faith opens this path to Him.) Jesus made this path before the worlds foundation and He already has made the connection for every prayer to be heard, every healing to manifest, everything to be instantly answered. (As we have studied in Quantum Physics or Mechanics.) He has already paved the way for all these things and greater and He has given everyone instant access for this. (Through faith in the promises.) Joh 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me no question. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give it you in my name.

I saw this and it was so perfect and everything was already complete and because of His Grace (through faith) we always have access to this Holy connection and path because Christ already made it.

However, I then came out of this pure path connection so I could see the instant Holy connection, but there were fallen angels standing in between me and God on this path. One of them specialized in doubt and unbelief, another in rejection and unworthiness and I forgot the other ones. But I knew that I had been listening to these lies of doubt and unworthiness of God keeping my prayer from manifesting in the physical. I had doubt that it was really God’s will because it hasn’t manifested yet and doubt that I am worthy or deserve to have it manifest.

Because I was listening to the thoughts and feelings of these demons, even in the tiniest amount they were then allowed to stand between me and God’s blessings manifesting in the physical. It was this part of me, a carnal and yet to be perfected state of myself, standing in between my prayers being answered; because Jesus had already made the path for ALL prayers, blessings and all holiness to manifest. (Through our faith)

He even has already made the path for us to all manifest Jesus 100 fold in the physical. We aren’t waiting on God to move; He is waiting for us to get in line with Him and what He has already done. We are the only ones blocking it. It isn’t the demon’s fault, the demons can only do what we allow them to do, they aren’t the ones stopping anything, it’s us.

As soon as I confessed the doubt, unworthiness and rejection etc. the demons instantly moved off the path and out of the way and the perfect Holy connection was manifested again. As soon as I told them to go, they had to go and as soon as I confessed this sin separating me from God’s blessings being manifested, all blessing blockers left because of what Jesus has already done.

I understood that these demons will keep testing me with thoughts and feelings of doubt until I overcome them fully. But I have to ALWAYS be on guard as the devils use some truth and sugar coat it to make it sound fine and they are good at pretending to be God with His voice and twisting His Word. As soon as we agree with them it blocks us from the full 100% instant Holy connection and communication with God that He has already prepared and paid the price for us to have.

It was also made known to me that Jesus paid the price for all humans to have this instant connection, but majority don’t want it and majority of those that do want it don’t really want it 100% in full because they want to hold onto even little sins that block this.

Now we all need to be in agreement with God, without opposition, doubt or unbelief. This is forged on the altar of our sacrifice of self to allow Jesus to complete the intercession and manifestation on our behalf. Let’s stand in faith to His whole Word together for all our needs to be met!

Authority Over Demons

David Eells

I want to speak to you of our authority over powerless demons. Luk.11:20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you. (21) When the strong [man] (The word “man” is actually not in the original; it was added-in later. Jesus was calling the devil “the strong” when He was spoiling the devil’s kingdom.) When the strong [man] fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace: (22) but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. (23) He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

It actually says, Luk.11:21 When the strong fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace. These “goods” Jesus is talking about are the things that the devil, “the strong,” has been given authority over in this world through our sin, and the “court” here represents his kingdom where he, “the strong,” rules and reigns. That’s what Jesus was talking about.

Luk.11:21 When the strong (the devil) fully armed guardeth his own court, his (referring to “the strong.”) goods are in peace: (22) but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him (That was Jesus and that’s been done.), he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted. Did you see that the devil has no armor? His kingdom and his demons have no armor. They have no protection against the authority that God has given to us. Their protection has all been taken away from them. It is God in Col.1:13 Who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love.

He gave us authority over the devil’s kingdom and as His servants we are to fight His battles. Luk.10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you. Notice, this has already been accomplished; it isn’t something that we have to accomplish. God has given us authority to partake of everything that Jesus did at the Cross.

Col.1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet (The Greek there is “made us able or competent.”) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. Whatever a saint in light is entitled to, God made us able to partake of that, so you lack no ability you need to do the work of God as shown in the light of the Scriptures. As a baby Christian I was devouring the Word day and night and since I had no scriptural background, or training from man to overcome, I was seeking to act out what I saw. So as a baby Christian I didn’t know much about demonology but I was casting out demons. I cast the demon of alcoholism out of my dad. He went everywhere bragging on God because he had tried everything and failed. A.A., self help, and all had failed.

Don’t worry, baby’s sometimes make mistakes but its ok because it’s a part of learning. God made you able to do this and the people of God and the demonized need you so put on your armor and go to work. Eph.6:13 Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. (16) Withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil [one].

And Php.4:13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me. Jesus made us able to be a partaker in whatever we need. He made us able to plunder the devil’s kingdom, and the devil’s kingdom is wherever he rules or his curse reigns. Wherever the devil has ability, we have the ability to take it away from him. The devil has no power except what we give him in our ignorance.

Do you remember when Joshua and Caleb were seeking to bring the children of Israel into the Promised Land? After spying out the land, these two said that their enemies’ defense was removed from over them. This defense includes the demons. Num.14:9 Only rebel not against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not. All that the other ten spies could see were the giants, but Joshua and Caleb saw that the enemy had no armor.

That’s the way we have to see the enemies of God’s Kingdom. It makes no difference whether those enemies are the lusts of the flesh, works of darkness, demons, the devil, or whatever. Their defense is removed from over them. They have no power against the Word of God. Jesus was the “Stronger” Who came and took away their whole armor as we saw.

Jesus crippled the devil and divided his spoils. Those “spoils” of the devil’s kingdom are all the places where he has taken advantage of your life or taken authority over the things or circumstances that God has put in your hands. All these add up to “spoils.” When Jesus went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil (Acts 10:38), He was spoiling the devil’s kingdom. If you are being oppressed of the devil, remember Jesus destroyed this oppression. He broke this power everywhere He went.

Whether it was hunger, sickness, demonic possession, or mental weakness, it didn’t make any difference; Jesus broke the oppression and He told us to do the same thing because He said in Mat.12:30 He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. This scattering basically means that if you are not chasing the devil and his demons you will be running from them.

The devil’s power over God’s people rests in the fact that they don’t know that his power has already been broken, and they don’t know the authority that’s been given to them. Although the Word speaks it plainly, it still has to be a revelation that you pick up and do something with. The Bible says of Jesus that, Col.2:15 Having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. “Triumphing” is not winning the victory. “Triumphing” means celebrating the victory that has already been won.

Jesus triumphed over the devil and He rubbed the devil’s nose in what He had accomplished on the Cross. The victory was at the Cross; what came after the Cross was the triumph. 2Co.2:14 But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place. We are to simply celebrate His victory.

What we need to do is repeat what the Word says about our circumstances or situation, and we do that by stating what the Word says about our authority and righteousness. All we have to do is believe that. The devil wants us to look at ourselves and our weaknesses or failures and the curse around us, but we just need to remember that we have authority over that curse because of Jesus. Gal 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. We’ve been crucified with Christ and we’re not alive anymore; now it’s Christ Who lives in us. Gal.2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

We should be confident like Paul that Jesus is in us to do this job. This is the Gospel that we must be unveiled about, that Jesus is in us to live the Christian life and do the Christian ministry. 2Co 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. Notice seeing Jesus in the mirror by faith causes us to manifest His glory in us. When we remember what the Word of God says about us and about our circumstances, we can celebrate the victory.

Demons cannot enter a person just any way or time they want. You have to open a door. They suggest thoughts to you, fiery darts, that are contrary to the Word of the Lord and meant to burn you. When you accept those thoughts you can be inhabited by them in oppression or worse possession. Contrary to popular simplistic opinions the demons can reside in your flesh and oppress your soul or they can reside in your flesh and possess your soul if you sin in your thoughts. And God can reside in your spirit and possess your soul because you are full of His Word.

We have the authority to resist the demons thoughts and so win the battle for holiness. Eph 6:16 withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts (or Evil thoughts) of the evil one. (When you have faith that Jesus delivered you from sin, you do not have to fall when tempted because you are shielded.) 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: (When you have faith that you are saved and helmeted from the mind control of Satan because the Word says in Col 1:13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love.) So your heart and mind is protected when you believe the gospel and you can cast down vain imaginations that come to destroy you.

2Co 10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds, 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. A stronghold is a position that the devil can make effective war against you from. Like in all wars He sends disinformation to make of no effect your strategies. By casting down imaginations that are against the Word you are safe.

In not permitting in your mind thoughts that are against the Word you are resisting the Devil. Jas 4:7 Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (Notice if you resist his thoughts He will flee, meaning in terror.)

If you permit the devil’s disinformation thoughts he has a right to bring the curse on you. Rev 22:18 I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book: 19 and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

He had to get Eve to question the word to cause her to fall. Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

Another problem is that many will not use their authority and fight for themselves and others. They just don’t know why God won’t do it for them.

There isn’t any place in the NT where we are told to pray to Jesus to cast out demons or for Him to do anything with the Devil. Jesus said, “it is finished” and in Joh 16:33 These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. It’s all been accomplished at the cross. God “delivered us out of the power of darkness and healed us, for by whose stripes we were healed.” Now by faith we take the authority He gave us and cast out demons or we can do without.

We have been delegated the authority of Jesus over the devil. He wants us to be sons of God and we won’t learn any other way than to take His authority and use it. Authority is the right to use God’s power. Joh 20:21 Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you. Luk 9:1 And he called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. Luk 10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

He delegated his authority to us and if we don’t use it God’s will will not be done through you. Mat 28:18-20 And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

Notice, according to this verse, what Jesus commanded the early disciples He commanded us today. So He told us in Mat 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give. Mar 3:14 And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,15 and to have authority to cast out demons:

He told us to cast out demons not pray to him to do it. Mar 16:15-18 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned. 17 And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

If you do pray to God to cast out someone’s demons He will do what He has done all though the New Testament, He will use someone with faith to do it. Who better than you who knows the problem and is supposed to be faithful and obedient. Jas 4:17 To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. We are to be on the front lines and are forbidden to give place to the devil. Eph 4:27 neither give place to the devil.

We are commanded to withstand the devils works against us and our brethren with our faith and authority. 1Pe 5:8-9 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour, 9 whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

Who has the scriptural right to deliverance, healing, etc., which Jesus called “the children's bread”? Although God can give these benefits to others they are guaranteed to God’s children. 1Jn 5:16 If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. Notice when we sin we are entering into spiritual death and are in need of life, which comes in many forms like healing and deliverance. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request. I.e. the one who sins unto death has no kingdom benefits.

What is a sin unto death? Heb 6:4-6 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. Notice that Baby Christians cannot sin a sin unto death. But when someone who meets these conditions fall into sin especially willful sin they can be reprobated. You ultimately will not succeed to deliver them. I have seen this in the factious.

How can we sin unto death? If a person stays in willful sin they will spiritually die because they have no sacrifice. Heb 10:26-29 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, (Some in willful sin ignorantly believe the blood covers everything but we see here that Jesus didn’t bear the curse for this sin so we have to. Certain judgement comes for them.) 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.

28 A man that hath set at nought Moses' law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses: 29 of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? Preachers have turned grace into a license to sin with impunity. For this they will be judged.

Praising God is triumphing over the devil; it’s celebrating the victory. Praising God is not necessarily singing songs, and some songs that you sing in church don’t really praise God. Many songs don’t even confess the Word of God. They don’t celebrate the victory, and as a matter of fact, a lot of them just confess the problem. We are not under the curse anymore because in Gal.3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

(He became accursed for us so that we could have Abraham’s blessings. So how was Abraham blessed?) Gen.24:1 …And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. Gal.3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto. (16) Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (The promises were given to Christ and they are ours as we abide IN Him.) (17) Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul (Annul), so as to make the promise of none effect. (So we still have the Abraham covenant promises and the Law did not annul them. Many are deceived about this.) (18) For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise. Now we are celebrating the victory that He already accomplished.

Jesus said in Joh.16:33 …In the world ye have tribulation: be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. And He said, Joh.19:30 …It is finished… That’s what we have to remember when we look around us and see the very opposite. If we apply the Word to the problem, we are going to spoil the principalities, the powers, and the rulers of darkness (Ephesians 6:12). The Bible says when Jesus took away the devil’s armor, He divided the spoil. Isa.53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death…

Jesus said, Luk.11:23 He that is not with me is against me… He’s talking there about those who are dividing or plundering the spoils. If you are with Jesus, then you are going to do what He did, and what He did was plunder the devil. All of His physical life, He plundered the devil, and by His victory over the devil, He made it possible for us to plunder the devil’s kingdom. We should be spoiling the devil’s kingdom; we should be destroying the curse around us. We should be bringing people into victory by putting faith in their hearts. We should be delivering those who are captive by casting out demons. And we should be delivering those who are oppressed of the devil by healing the sick. We should be doing everything our Lord Jesus did.

Jesus went on to say in Luk.11:23 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. So you are either going to be “gathering” or you are going to be “scattering.” That means you are either going to be on the attack or you are going to be on the run. You’re going to be doing one or the other, and sad to say, most Christians are on the run because they don’t understand what Jesus did. They don’t understand what the Word of God says. They don’t understand what their position is in this world. We believers are on the attack.

We are going into the Promised Land to take this land for Jesus Christ, and not a man can stand before us. Jos.1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life. as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Most Christians don’t understand that the victory has already been given to us.

Saints, Get into this battle. It will spare the Woman for the wilderness teachings through the Man-child reformers.

Rev 12:7-11 ASV And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels; 8 and they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. 10 And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb (They believed in the sacrifice of Jesus), and because of the word of their testimony (What they spoke out of their mouth); and they loved not their life even unto death (Denied themselves to follow the Lamb.).

Satan Cast Down

Marie Kelton - 12-22-23

During the meeting, while we were worshipping. I had an open vision of a dark angel with white wings falling from heaven I saw this multiple times throughout the worship and I heard this scripture

Luk 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.

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