Family of God: RE: [FamilyofGod] True Holiness

Even if someone there had the gift of healing, doesnt mean they would get thier healing. I know I have gifts but there are times when I cant use them. Jesus said because of thier unbelief not many miracles were done. Not the disciples unbelief but the people
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Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 7:59:30 am
To: FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com
From: "Michael J. Knight" <michaelnight82@yahoo.in>
Subject: [FamilyofGod] True Holiness

True Holiness

Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,
gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom
go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the
priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the
altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine
heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore
should they say among the people, Where is their God? (Joel 2:15-17).

In Joel 2:15-17, we are encouraged to call all of God's people to
fast and pray as a church - the elders, the children, the bridegroom and
the bride, everyone. And let them all pray saying, "Spare thy
people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the
heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the
people, Where is their God?"

Do you know that Christians are an object of mockery among the heathen
in most countries of the world? There was a meeting recently in a city
in India where a Christian preacher claimed to be able to heal the sick.
They had advertised the meetings saying, "The blind are seeing, the
lame are walking and the deaf are hearing", etc. Some anti-Christian
people brought a doctor and some sick people (with problems much less
than blindness) to the meeting, and asked the preacher to heal them. Of
course, he couldn't heal any of them. Then they rebuked the
Christian preacher and his team and told them not to deceive people with
false claims, when they did not have the power to heal anyone. I must
say that I agree 100% with what those people said. We must not deceive
people by making false claims. That is why the Name of Jesus is being
mocked today. Let us not claim to have gifts which we don't have. If
you have the gift of healing, go ahead and exercise it and people will
be genuinely healed, as Jesus healed people. But don't go around
claiming that you have a gift when you don't have one. Jesus
didn't go around advertising His healing gift. He did not have to
advertise, because He actually healed the sick, and soon everybody knew
about it, without any advertisement.

"Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his
people"(Joel 2:18). When we sincerely repent and confess our sins,
the Lord will be indignant for the honour of His name and will answer
us. And how will He answer us? He will pour out His Spirit upon us.
"I will pour out My Spirit on all the people, and your sons and
daughters will prophesy and your old men will dream dreams" (Joel
2:28).

This was the verse that Peter quoted as being fulfilled on the day of
Pentecost. 120 of them fasted and prayed in the upper room for ten days,
repenting, seeking God and saying, "Lord, don't let Your people
be the object of mockery here in Jerusalem". And the Spirit was
poured out on them and they went forth and the Lord's Name was
glorified where it had once been dishonoured.

So let me encourage you to blow a trumpet and call a fast and get people
to seek God - people who are concerned that the Name of Jesus is being
dishonoured in the land today. What a word of prophecy Joel has for us
today! Seek God now. Very soon the day of the Lord will come. Today, you
and I must call God's people to repentance, to turning from their
idols and to seeking God in fasting and prayer.

The burden of all the prophets was holiness: Give up your idols and put
God first in your life. True holiness is to have no idols at all in our
life. Holiness is to have God filling our whole heart. Our calling is to
proclaim that today so that the church can be a place where God dwells
with delight.

He who has ears to hear let him hear.

Remember
Only one life, will soon be past,
Only what is done, for Christ will last.

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)

Love & Prayers,

Michael J. Knight.

"By the grace of God I am what I am…." 1 Cor 15:10.

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