Text: Hebrew 4:12: For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Men’s
writing sometimes stirs the emotions, search the conscious, and influences the
human will, but in a manner and degree possessed by no other book. But the
Bible, the written Word of God convicts men of their guilt and lost
estate. It’s a divine mirror. For in it, man see the vileness of his own
evil nature and reads the secrets of his own evil nature and reads the secrets
by his own guilty soul.
The power
of God’s Word is why we will do the greater works. Bishop Wilson told us in 2011, that “We
must work the Word, so that we can work the works”, and Apostle Huntsman told us four years
ago that “We must work the works and work the works NOW”!
We the body of Christ must work the works now, because
many are in spiritual darkness. The darkness that rests upon the human soul, the
spiritual darkness that gives the heart a bias toward evil prejudices, against
holiness, fettering (to chain; mangle; restrain) the will so that it
never moves Godward.
What does
Matthew 6 say about this darkness? Vs
22: The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single,
thy whole body shall be full of light. Vs
23: But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of
darkness. If therefore the light that is
in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
So great
is the power of darkness, that all who are under it love darkness rather than
light. Why are men so prone to believe
religious lies? It’s because of the
darkness! What darkness? The darkness spoken of in Genesis 1:2, And
the earth was without form, and void: and darkness was upon the face of the
deep. Darkness in this verse is from the root word choshek’, meaning
misery;
destruction; death; ignorance; sorrow; wickedness; obscurity. Who wants to continue to live like
that, especially when there is a way to escape.
There’s a way out and it’s by and through Jesus the Christ. Colossians 1:12: Giving thanks unto
the Father which hath made us meet (enabled; fit) to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in light: vs 13: Who hath delivered us
from the power of darkness, and hath translated (transferred) us into the
kingdom of his dear Son. Vs 14:
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.
What is
the deep in Genesis 1:2? It is an abyss, a
surging mass of water, especially the deep (the main sea or subterranean water
supply); depth; deep places. Remember,
God uses the natural things to relate to spiritual things. The sea in the Bible becomes the allegory of
the “sea of humanity” in which the deep, or abyss, or bottomless
pit is contained composed of Satanic workings. It is contained in the confines of religious
systems, because it is only in the confines of religious systems that people
have spiritual torment. Let’s look at
what John saw in Revelation 18 in relation to the woman (religious church
system), MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, as she is
referred to in Revelation 17:5:
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Revelation 18:1: And after these things I saw another angel come down
from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. Vs 2: And he cried mightily with a
strong voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become
(present tense) the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit,
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird”.
This is a description of the Church today in relation to religious order. But we know that the power of God’s Word can deliver us from this terrible darkness! And if the devil had his way, we would be doomed forever. John 10:10, The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
But our Heavenly
Father has shown mercy! Mercy said NO,
I’ve given the plan of refuge! I’ve
given the plan of escape! I’ve given the
plan of salvation! I’ve given the plan
to bring all to the light of life, because the light dispels darkness!
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Isaiah 9:2: The people that walked in darkness (cho’shek) [misery; destruction;
death; ignorance; sorrow; wickedness; obscurity] have seen a
great light: they that dwell in the land
of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
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Ephesians 5:8: For you were sometimes darkness (skot’os) [shadiness; obscurity; error],
but now are you light in the Lord; walk as children of light.
Vs 14: Wherefore he said, “Awake thou
that sleep and arise from the dead (spiritual death), and Christ shall give
thee light”.
Our
Savior, Deliverer, Redeemer said, “I am come a light into the world, that
whosoever believeth (pisteu’o) [have faith; entrust their spiritual
well-being; commit unto; trust] on me should not abide in darkness
(John 12:46).
I’m
talking about “the power of God’s Word”!!
We the sons
(males/females) of God must work the works now, because the power of God’s
Word will deliver all who will accept and believe, and receive the Word of
God!
There is
nothing, absolutely nothing more powerful than the Word of God! Philosophy fails in comparison. Science, with all its concepts and
fundamental beliefs, does not measure up.
In fact, there has never been an individual or group whose words carry
more authority than God’s Word.
Many of
us today have seen and experienced the power of God’s Word. We know His Word has the power to heal. We know His Word has the power to turn
situations around to our favor. We know
His Word has the power to change lives.
We know the power of His Word will bring comfort and peace to grieving
hearts and minds. No other words written
or spoken has the same effect as the power of God’s Word!
In
Hebrews 4:12, the first thing written about the Word is that it is quick: meaning its alive, it is active, it is
piercing, discerning and sharp! It
is not some fabricated fairy-tale story.
It has stood the tests of time.
It is so powerful, God said in St. Matthew 24:35, “Heaven and earth
shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away”!
God’s
Word is powerful! God can speak and man will die. God can speak and man will live again! The power of God’s Word is so powerful it can
shift the atmosphere.
2nd
Kings:6, there is a famine in Samaria, for it had been sieged by Benhadad, king
of Syria and all his host. An ass’s head
was sold for fourscore pieces of silver [80 shekels of silver @ 64 cents each) totaling
$51.20]: and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for
five pieces of silver [a cab was a dry measure of about two quarts, making ¼ cab
about one pint, selling for 5 shekels of silver (@ 64 cents a shekel) ($3.20)]. They were eating human bodies and unclean
animals. But in 2nd Kings 7,
you’ll find that Elisha the Prophet spoke the words of the Lord, talking about the
power of God’s Word:
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Vs 1: Then
Elisha said, “Hear ye the word of the LORD”, thus saith the LORD, “Tomorrow
about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two
measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria”.
In your
spare time please read 2nd Kings chapter 6 and 7, and you will see in
2nd Kings 7:3, how four leprous men were at the entering in of
the gate: and they said one to another, “Why
sit we here until we die”? Lepers were those with leprosy and considered a
symbol in impurity and sin and were often isolated from the rest of the
community (Leviticus 13:45-46).
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Vs 4: If
we say we will enter the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die
there: and if we sit still here, we die also.
Now therefore come and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if
they kill us, we shall but die. Vs
5: And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the
Syrians: and when they had come to the
uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
The power
of God’s Word had shifted the atmosphere already and the shifting made the
footsteps of those four leprous men sound like a noise of chariots and horses,
even the noise of a great host.
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Vs 6: For
the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a
noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, “Lo, the king
of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the
Egyptians, to come upon us”. Vs 7:
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their
horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. Vs 8: And when these lepers came
to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and
drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it:
and came again, and entered another tent, and carried thence also, and went and
hid it. Still talking about the power of
God’s Word!
You will find
that Elisha’s prophecy of plenty was fulfilled all by the power of God’s
Word!!
God’s
Word is just as potent now as it was then. God’s Word
is sharper than any two-edged sword! God’s
Word cuts with accuracy and surgical precision!
God’s Word cuts going in and it cuts coming out. God’s Word knows every motive and intent of
the heart.
When
God’s Word goes forth and you accept, receive and believe it, that Word will
cut off from you all the bondages of the enemy, but when and if you fight
against God’s Word, that same Word will cut you up along with the bondages.
We have
everything we need to go forth and work the works now, because of the awesome power
of God’s Word that is in our mouth’s.
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Deuteronomy 30:11: For this commandment which I command thee this day, it
is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
Vs 12: It is not in heaven, that thou should say, “Who
shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do
it”? Vs 13: Neither is it
beyond the sea, that thou should say, “Who shall go over the sea for us, and
bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it”? Vs 14: But the word is very
nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou may do it.
This
tells us that even the words we speak are powerful, whether negative or
positive. Proverbs 16:24 says, “Pleasant
(no’am)
[agreeableness; delightful; suitableness; sweet] words (something
said), are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the
bones”. So, if we’re not saying
something good, we need to keep our mouth shut. Proverbs 18:21: Death and life
are in the power of the tongue: and they
that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Even
Jesus reiterated this Himself, when He said:
Matthew 12:36: But I say unto you, “That every idle (inoperative;
inactive; lazy) word that men shall speak, they shall give
account thereof in the day of judgement”.
The day of judgment is not a coming event, because it’s going on
right now. Vs 37: “For by thy
words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned”. The moment words go forth out of someone’s
mouth, the justification or condemnation takes effect, beginning right
then!
EXAMPLE:
Numbers 14:1-19 (the Israelites rebellion): vs 2:
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against
Aaron: and the whole congregation said
unto them, “Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would God we had died in this wilderness! Vs 3: And wherefore hath the
LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our
children should be a prey? Was it not better for us to return into Egypt? Vs 5-9 (Joshua and
Caleb said to the people]: vs 8: If the LORD delights in us,
then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with
milk and honey. Vs 9: Only
rebel not you against the LORD, neither fear you the people of the land; for
they are bread for us: their defense is
departed from them, and the LORD is with us:
fear them not”. Vs 10:
But all the congregation bade, stone them (Moses; Aaron; Joshua; Caleb) with
stones. And the glory of the LORD
appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of
Israel. Vs 11: And the
LORD said unto Moses, “How long will this people provoke me”? And how long will it be before they believe
me, for all the signs which I have shown among them? Vs 23: Surely they shall not
see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that
provoked me see it: vs 24:
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed
me fully, him, will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall
possess it.
Remember,
the judgment begins when negative or positive words come out of one’s mouth. Look at what God said in Numbers 14:26:
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: vs 27: How long shall I bear
with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children
of Israel, which they murmur against me.
Vs 28: Say unto them, “As truly as I live, said the LORD,
AS YOU HAVE SPOKEN IN MINE EARS, SO WILL I DO TO YOU”: VS 29: “Your carcasses shall
fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole
number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against
me”. Vs 30: Doubtless you
shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell
therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son on Nun. Vs 31: But your little ones,
which you said should be a prey them will I bring in, and they shall know the
land which you have despised. Vs
32: But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness. They spoke their own demise in verse 2-3. Our words are powerful!
Even the revelation of God’s Word is
powerful. The revelation being
the apokal’upsis, the disclosure, revealing, enlightening,
manifestation, coming, appearing, the knowing that we don’t have to wait
for Jesus Christ to come because
He is come (present tense)
and lives in us, and we are in Him, and we are all ONE right NOW in our
Heavenly Father! Look at Jesus’ prayer
to His Father in John 17!
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Vs 9: I
pray for them, I pray not for the world (system), but for them which thou have given
me; for they are thine: vs 10: And all mines are thine, and thine
are mine: and I am glorified in them. Vs
20: Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall
believe on me through their word: vs 21: That they all may be ONE;
as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be ONE in us:
that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. Vs 22: And the glory which thou
gave me I have given them: that they may
be ONE, even as we are ONE: vs 23:
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in ONE: and that the world may know that thou
hast sent me, and has loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Therefore,
the apocalypse is not a coming event, it has been going on since
the book of Genesis. That’s because it is
a continuous revelation (apokal’upsis) disclosure, revealing,
enlightening, manifestation, coming, appearing, of Jesus Christ in His
people, and it will continue forever!!
So now, the
revelation of our “oneness” with God the Father, let’s look at what John
wrote in the first epistle of John:
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1st John 4:1: Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many
false prophets are gone out into the world (religious system). Vs 2: HEREBY KNOW YOU the Spirit of
God: every spirit that confesses (agrees; covenants; acknowledges) that
Jesus Christ IS COME in the flesh is of God:
This “coming
in the flesh” is not just that Jesus came through the womb of the virgin
Mary, but this is “His coming, manifestation, or appearing, IN YOUR (OUR)
FLESH”!!
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2nd Corinthians 5:16: Wherefore henceforth (from here on) know we no man
after the flesh: yea, though we have
known (past
tense) Christ after the flesh, yet now hence forth (from here on) know
we him no more!! [We must know Him by Spirit]!
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2nd Corinthians 6:16: And what agreement hath the temple of God with
idols? For you are the temple of the
living God; as God has said, I will dwell (enoike’o) [inhabit; live in; occupy]
in them and walk in them:
and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
· Ephesians 5:30: We are members (mel’os) [limbs; parts] of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Jesus
told His disciples in John 14:16, “I will pray the Father, and he
shall give you another Comforter” (parak’letos) [intercessor; consoler; advocate]. Jesus knew that He wouldn’t be
with them much longer in the flesh body that He was in as Jesus. So He said to them in vs 18: “I
will not leave you comfortless (orphanos’) [bereaved (orphans); parentless; fatherless]: I
will come to you”! The word “come”
is the root word er’chomai (in the
present tense), meaning come; accompany; appear, and He came
to them as He said, and it was at Pentecost. He came in another form as Spirit in the power
of the Holy Ghost, as a universal gift, not just to those in the upper
room, but to all who will receive Him, and this “coming or appearing” is
continuous and forever. Therefore, people must stop
looking for His flesh body to return, because He has returned in Spirit,
and He is IN YOU AND ME! 1st
John 4:17b: As he is, so are we, in this world. We the body of Christ is the flesh He is appearing in now in the earth now. Ephesians 5:30, "We are the members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones"! That’s who the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit is,
God the Father, and Jesus Christ the Son, all living in us, to make us all ONE,
in and with them!!
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1st Corinthians 12:13: For by one SPIRIT (not in water) are we all
baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or
free; and have been all made to drink into one SPIRIT.
We don’t
preach and teach that Jesus IS COMING BACK, we preach and teach that HE IS
COME, He IS ALREADY HERE, manifested in His people!! 1st Corinthians 12:12: For
as the body is one, and hath many members and all the members of that one body,
being many, are one body: so also is
CHRIST!
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1ST John 4:3: And every spirit that confesses NOT that Jesus Christ IS
COME IN THE FLESH, is NOT of God: and
this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come;
and even now already is it in the world (religious system).
These are
they that preach and teach the “one of these days messages”: “One of
these days Jesus IS COMING BACK and take us up to heaven where God
is! God the Father, Jesus Christ the
Son, and the Holy Ghost are ONE in us (John 17). We are already in heaven, being in Christ!! Heaven being ouranos’, meaning the
idea of elevation; the abode of God; happiness; power; eternity; the Gospel. This elevated or high place is not
out in the sky, but in the Spirit.
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Ephesians 2:5: Even when we were dead (past tense) in sins, hath quickened (made alive) us
together with Christ, (by grace you are saved); vs 6: And hath (already) raised
us up together and made us sit together in heavenly (high;
elevated; lofty) places in Christ Jesus!
God is Spirit and He is the HIGHEST (MOST HIGH) GOD! Acts 7:48: Howbeit the Most High dwells not in temples made with hands. That’s because He dwells in us, we are His dwelling place! So being in the Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, by the Holy Ghost puts us in heaven now!
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1ST Corinthians 6:19: What! Know
you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which
you have of God, and you are not your own?
Vs 20: For you are bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body, and in
your spirit, which are God’s.
So don’t
even try to make anyone accept this revelation truth.
Don’t’ even get angry and upset with them if they don't accept it. Our job is to witness God’s Word to them
because they like ourselves, must hear it and the Holy Ghost will do the rest. 1st Corinthians 3:6, “I
have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase”.
Believe this, once we hear the proclamation of God’s Word, we
will never get away from it. That’s
because it is going to turn over repeatedly, in our minds and in our hearts, and
it will accomplish that which God pleases, and it shall prosper in the thing where
to God has sent it, for it will not return unto Him void or empty (Isaiah 55:11).
But in
God’s timing, the power of His Word is so powerful, the waves of
immortality have lashed out against it. Howling
winds of persecution have blown against it.
The sharp axe of the Atheist has tried to hew it down. Yet, the powerful Word of God remains.
God spoke
His Word into the womb of a virgin, and the Word became flesh and gave His life
for you and me. That same Word saved and
delivered us. That same Word is working
in and through us right now! That same
Word has empowered us to go forth with the sharp sword of the Spirit to smite
the nations.
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Luke 10:19: Behold, I give unto you power, to tread on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Therefore,
walk in the power and live in the power of God’s Word
today, because “You are of God little children (darlings), and have overcome
them: because greater is he that is in
you, than he that is in the world (system)” (1st John 4:4). Then, His powerful Word goes on to
say, in 1st John 4:17b: “For as he is, so are we in this world”!
Evangelist
Mary Perry