Saturday 25 August 2012

SPIRITUAL POWER AND USE OF GIFTS


  1. All power belongs to God. The power of God is the sum total of His being which is all He has given to men as gifts. The power of God is also His glory, for this reason, the marks of His presence are His character- love, peace, joy, and all the fruits of His Spirit.
  2. Its the gift of the land, the bread that feeds all, both Kings, princes, men and rulers.
  3. Jesus is a prince, the prince of the principality of peace. This is the character of His power. The gifts of God work through the fruits of the spirit of God. A word of advise, or a word of wisdom from a servant of God, for example, would be laced with love, peace, joy e.t.c, while that coming form an  unGodly spirit, not necessarily person, would be irritating, depressing, angering, basically attacking. These tend to be more prevalent in times of spiritual vulnerability or war. 
    1. God is seated above all principality,  power. He is the Lord of Hosts, which means the lord of all spiritual beings, and so they(all spiritual things) owe their power to Him. All Angels, be they fallen or not, have to bow in the presence of God.
    2. Power is represented in the scripture as wine. Wine taken uncontrollably has properties of overcoming the control of the drinker. So does spiritual power, if taken without reason, which is what the rulers of this world do by theft. This is what they(the thieves) come to steal. 
    3. Servants of God receive power as the need arises, seasonally. This is actually one of the works of faith, another fruit, and gift of the Spirit. It draws power out of God by creating a necessity according to the need. The power of God will hang around for a limited time. It does not mean that the gift goes with it. Gifts of God given to men are irrevocable. These gifts work through the power of God, which is stored in heaven (store your treasures in heaven where moth cannot eat, or thieves steal.) 
    4. Thieves are the sons of darkness, the principalities of this world that will strip it off as soon as they get the chance, so use it for its purpose, according to your spiritual gift. Lingering with the power of God for too long will make it fly away before accomplishing its purpose. This is why the annointing of God is likened to a flowing river. There are other times that the power may stay on for days, even months, depending on the assignment it carries. Speaking of assignments, God empowers His ministering angels for an appointed work, or a counsel and the angels are more of extensions of the principalities, or powers that they carry.
    5.  Engaging in the use of the power of God as a source of a feel-good kind of thing for men of God is dangerous as it puffs up the self. Self is the operating module of the devil, and once puffed-up, well, prepare for war. This is corruption of the water of the well flowing out of the children of God, an enemy working from the inside, so to say. The thorn in the flesh kind of situation arises like this. The wicked are usually drunk for all of the seasons. To them it is always time for party, revelings, indulgence(wickedness), and wicked spiritual power is at the center of this. 
    6. The greatness and intensity of their power varies according to the extent of indulgence with the gods/powers of this world. There are actually folk whose power can be felt yards away. Some are mistaken for ministers of God, for their ability to perform miracles. The greater the indulgence with the works of darkness, especially so on a spiritual level, the greater the increase in their spiritual powers. For example, a temple of an idol would have a warm presence that would seem to be redidual at the venue so long as it is revered by its worshippers. These are the same powers at war with the Kingdom of God. I have heard preachers comment that they were always "drunk with the power of god." It is not advisable. For this reason, it is important to search the spirits of all men before getting yoked to them in the many ways that we do, like fellowships. Don't drink from this wells/powers of darkness. They are corrupt waters.
  5. God hates drunkards. It leads to indulgence of the self.
  6. In the spiritual world(dreams, prophesies, visions), powers/principalities are represented by animals. For the powers of darkness, there will be use of serpents, dogs, actually most of the animals, including some that are not in existence. To represent the powers of God, scriptures and prophets have on ocassion used the lion, the lamb, with His angels adorning the faces of some animals too, for example in Ezekiel's visions, among others.These are rarely seen, unlike the powers of darkness which will wander alot. The mark of powers of darkness is engagement in vanity with no particular order. The power of an animal is hidden in its character. In the same way the power of God is known by its character.
  7. Exposure of the powers/works of darkness is one of the most powerful weapons of war. This is because Christ is actually the light of the world, and the works, being works of darkness, cannot stand the light. They work better under the cover of darkness, when no one rebukes, no one looks, or even cares.
  8. Spiritual gifts have a characteristic. They are spirit. Not definitive, like human spirits. They are stored in the spirits of men, which most of the time, will be likened to a city. This is how a person can carry thousands of demons inside them. The best of the gifts is the gift of wisdom, because its benefits include most of the remaining gifts, and much more. Gifts are also referred to as riches, and they are given to be given/for service of the church. A gift is like the authority to rule over something, healing for example rules over sickness, knowledge and wisdom over famine or the hunger for the counsel of God. This authority can be imposed over the life of another person, by the command of a word or an action like the laying of hands. You know the person to whom the power is present to work for by the drawing of the Spirit of God. Jesus was drawn to heal by compassion, faith, love and  these are the characteristics of the Spirit of God. Not all men should be given to partake of these gifts, especially by laying of hands.Its unwise. Its like throwing pearls to one that will trample it, and then turn on you.

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