Family of God: Re: [FamilyofGod] The Life and Ministry Of Jesus

To be self sufficent would mean we dont need god. What a sad thing not to want god in your life.

On Thu May 19th, 2011 8:26 AM CDT Michael J. Knight wrote:

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>The Life and Ministry Of Jesus
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>It is written about Jesus that "God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit
>and with power". What was the result? "He went about DOING GOOD and
>HEALING (DELIVERING) ALL WHO WERE OPPRESSED BY THE DEVIL, for God was
>with Him." (Acts 10:38). The world around us is full of people who are
>suffering because Satan has oppressed and harassed and bound them in
>some way or the other. When God is with us, we will do what Jesus did -
>go around doing good to them and delivering them from Satan's bondage.
>It is impossible to do that without being anointed with the Holy Spirit.
>If Jesus Himself could not fulfill such a ministry without the anointing
>of the Spirit, how can we? When we see the baptism and the gifts of the
>Spirit in the context of Jesus' ministry, we can never go wrong. Jesus
>not only lived a holy life, He also had a ministry to others. He
>preached, healed the sick, cast out demons, and made disciples. We can
>never serve God effectively as His servants in the church if we are not
>anointed as Jesus was.
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>There are many who study the Word carefully and preach it accurately,
>but they don't have the anointing of the Holy Spirit upon them.
>Therefore their ministry is dry and dead. As servants of the new
>covenant, our preaching must always be in the power of the Spirit. Jesus
>was never dull or boring or stale at any time when He preached - because
>He was anointed. When we are anointed as He was, we too will never be
>dull or boring or stale. Instead, our ministry will be a refreshing
>blessing to everyone. When Jesus preached the Word to the disciples who
>were walking to Emmaus, they testified that their hearts "burned within
>them" (Lk.24:32). That is how a truly anointed ministry is - it makes
>people's hearts burn. And that is how our ministry should be always.
>There must never be a time when we're not under the anointing of the
>Spirit. Then we will always have a word to give to those in need whom we
>come across, even as Jesus had (See Isa.50:4)
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>In Acts 1:1, it says that the gospel of Luke describes "all that Jesus
>BEGAN to do and to teach." So the Acts of the Apostles is a record of
>what Jesus CONTINUED to do and teach. In the gospels, we have the record
>of what Jesus did with His physical body. In the Acts we have the record
>of what He did with His spiritual Body. So the Acts of the Apostles is
>actually the acts of Jesus through the apostles. Jesus is not engaged in
>some other ministry on earth today, than what He did when he came to
>earth 2000 years ago. He is still "going around doing good and
>delivering all who are oppressed by the devil" - through the members of
>His spiritual Body, the church. And so it is an awesome responsibility
>that we have to be a servant of the Lord in His Body. Let us never take
>it lightly. If Jesus Who lived such a perfect life for 30 years needed
>to be anointed with the Holy Spirit before He began to serve the Father,
>how dare we engage in such a ministry without a similar anointing? If we
>have not been anointed by the Spirit as yet, it must be because we have
>not sought for it sufficiently. And if we have not sought for it, it is
>probably because we have not valued it sufficiently. And if we have not
>valued it, it must be because we have been self- sufficient. Let us
>repent then of our self-sufficiency - and allow God to circumcise our
>hearts of all self-confidence.
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>He who has ears to hear let him hear.
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>Remember
>Only one life, will soon be past,
>Only what is done, for Christ will last.
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>The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
>communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. (2 Corinthians
>13:14)
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>Love & Prayers,
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>Michael J. Knight.
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>"By the grace of God I am what I am…." 1 Cor 15:10.
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>What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
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