This is an excerpt from John
Parault's new book
"LIVING FAITH IS COMPLETE FAITH".
DO
YOU BELIEVE IN THE reality of the MIRACULOUS?
The miraculous is realm of living faith for the child of God.
You believe in God, then by virtue of what that entail you must
believe in miracles, for God and miracles are inseparable; one
demands the other. To declare that the God of heaven and earth
exist, is to declare that miracles are in His hands to perform.
There is no such thing as living faith in a weak God in Old and
New Testament revelation, or in the heart of one that has experienced
His love that released His power. Living faith cannot accept anything
less than the God of power and might.
It is not given to the church to determine when and how God will
perform acts of power that is to conclude that the day of miracles
is over. That is the stand of many this day, and they die never
haven witnessed a miracle in their lifetime. If they heard of
one they don’t believe it. If it is before their eyes they discredited
it. But there are some who are turn to acceptance and spiritual
change.
Know those wrong interpretations initiates’ wrong doctrines about
God that strips Him in the minds of His people of His ability
to make sovereign decisions and to act in power in these days.
This gives false understanding that can misdirect ones faith to
lies, if believed. How can there be God and not power and miracles
today. We are dependent, for the same needs are here as they have
been through the centuries. There is nothing we can do to change
what we cannot change; we still need Him and the miracles of His
love and grace. Where faith is misdirected in the church it will
always produce death, weakness, insufficiency, loss and problems
and sadly to say religion void of the Lord’s presence. Temptation
to believe lies comes from the adversary in order to stop the
miraculous in the church. The church must know the purpose of
God’s demonstrated power. Paul prayed for the Ephesians church
to know the power that raised Jesus from the dead in the totality
of life.
Eph 1:18-20 The eyes of your understanding
being enlightened; that ye
may know what is the hope of his
calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in
the saints, And what is the
exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe,
according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought
in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his
own right hand in the heavenly places. (Us-ward
means toward us, or in relation to us.)
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but
in power. 1Co 4:20
Its time for the church to believe for
the miraculous, it is preached, taught and written about,
but only experienced on a small scale in some places; even when
it comes it fades out, because flesh is permitted to touch the
glory and to bring human ways into it. What
we need to understand is, if we need divine intervention and we
do, lets us turn away in humility from human interference, ( doubt
and unbelief) for that will exalt the Lord. It is time
to see that it is kingdom power for this hour. God is going to
shake His church with acts of power, demonstrative power that
is wonderful power, astounding power and advertising power of
His greatness to arrest her attention in the midst of her unbelief,
in order to deliver her out of it with sheer mercy.
To view things from another angle, which
is power for everyday living and not so much in facing things
needing the miraculous, but in needing God’s might daily to walk
in victory. Here the church is also in unbelief and this
has become a serious issue within her ranks, revealing degeneration
in many areas. She is in unbelief in facing temptation to sin,
bondages, fears, problems, hurts, rejection by others, pain, trauma
and lost of varies kinds. I find the church confronting these
crises not trusting the Lord, and then evil spirits gain access
to their lives to control them, for they are not believing the
Lord to do so. Unbelief in the church is a revelation of how inadequate
her relationship to her Lord has been. A form of godliness is
there. Yes, the externals are there in her, but not the substance
of life. I repeat, “The just shall live by (living) faith,” and
those who have really learned this, have really learn to live
in the Lord. Again I repeat it is kingdom
power for the hour! It is the power that establishes divine
rule, purposes and life. Thy Kingdom come now O Lord, on this
earth as it is already in heaven.
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