Jesus Came to Provide both Spiritual and Bodily Healing – Day 14:

Jesus came to provide both bodily and spiritual healing:
Have you ever been sick or do you know anyone who is sick? Well, in Mark Chapter 2, verses 1-12, there is a story of a man who was paralyzed by sickness. He was too paralyzed to stand, walk or sit. He was bed- ridden, and he could no longer take care of himself. The scriptures tell us that this paralytic man, was brought to Jesus by four men on a stretcher.
The story goes as follows:
“1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.”
Due to the crowd, the four men could not get the paralyzed man to Jesus. The house in which Jesus was, was full beyond capacity. However, these four men, who had most likely walked several miles bearing the dead weight of their invalid friend, were not about to be deterred to get him to Jesus, by lack of room in the house. They took a calculated risk, unroofed part of the house, and lowered the stretcher with the paralytic man into the house. Verse 5 states “When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.” Can you put yourself in the shoes of these men for a moment? They had risked everything to get their friend to Jesus. When against all odds, they finally got him to Jesus, Jesus momentarily ignores the obvious and addresses the not so obvious, the spiritual condition of the paralytic, by saying “…. Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.” The four men are probably thinking, “misdiagnosis”. However, Jesus identified a deeper rooted and far dangerous problem in this man, than the man’s physical disability, his spiritually dead spirit. Satan works outside in, God works inside out. You may say, “how do you know that?” In the Garden of Eden, Satan drew man’s attention to the fruit on tree, God had forbidden man to eat of; “6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” Genesis 3:6. On the contrary, God begins his work by focusing on what is on the inside of man; “ But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees;[a]for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”’ I Samuel 16:7.
When Jesus pardoned the paralytic’s sin, the religious order of the day became upset with Him. They said “ Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?” But Jesus’ next move was to leave them utterly amazed; “…. (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.”’. Jesus clearly demonstrated that sin and sickness are evil twin brothers, and they are to be addressed in the same transaction. Jesus could have said to the four men, “carry the paralytic man home, after all his sins are forgiven”. No sir. Jesus came that we may have life and have it more abundantly. Jesus took both our sins and sickness on his body on Calvary. Matthew 8:15-17 records “16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.” Please note that Jesus carried both our infirmities (sins) and sicknesses in his own body on Calvary.
Please Check my next blog for the continuation of this message.

Model Prayer: Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord. I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead. Dear Jesus, come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior. I am sorry for my sins, and I ask you to forgive me, wash me with your blood, and give me your Holy Spirit to teach and guide me. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
If you believed and prayed the above prayer, you are now a born again child of God.
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The Way of Salvation – Day 13:

I suggest that you read day 12 blog first by clicking here.

You were meant to live with God Forver:

Man is destined to live eternally, the question is where? In the Gospel of John Chapter 14 verses 1-6 Jesus is quoted saying, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

² In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

⁴ And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

⁵ Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me”

When Adam and Eve sinned by disobeying God, sin entered the world through them and was passed down to all their offspring, all the way down to me and you. For this reason the scriptures state that “²³ ….all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23. The scriptures further state that “¹⁰ ……There is none righteous, no, not one:

¹¹ There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

¹² They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.” Romans 3:10-12. The Old Testament scriptures echo the same message “⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:6. The book of Genesis records man being driven from the presence of God because of sin (Genesis 3:23-24), the New Testament heralds the message of the Savior of the world (John 4:14). In the Old Testament, a lamb had to die in order for God to temporarily forgive man’s sin, in the New Testament, Jesus became the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world once and for all if believed (John 1:29). After Adamic sin, man had no way to God. In fact God having driven man out of the Garden of Aden, an angel and a flaming sword that turned every way were placed there to guard the way to the tree of life (Genesis 3:24). Man then, began a long journey, as if blind folded, trying to figure out his way back to God; a matter that accounts for all the religions of the world today. Having been driven away from God’s presence, man found himself naked both physically and spiritually. Man used the leaves from a tree to cover his nakedness (Genesis 3:7), but God deemed the covering of leaves incapable of covering man’s sin because without the shedding of blood, there no remission of sins (Hebrews 9:22). God had to kill a lamb, in order to make a covering for man (Genesis 3:21). The construction of the tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) is another miserably failed man’s attempt to reach God in his own effort, in my view the equivalence of organized religion. Then God Himself gave man the law through Moses but it turned out that no one could fulfill the whole law (James 2:10).

When man was in this disparate state, Jesus stepped on the scene of history and declared “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

² In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also…… ⁶ ….. I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” John 14:1-6. No need to cover ourselves with the leaves of religion, no need to console ourselves with the tower of Babel (human endeavor and achievement), no need to kill a lamb, for Jesus, the perfect Lamb of God, came to take away the sin of the world. He is the only way back to the tree of Life.

Jesus came first and foremost to save sinners. In Mark chapter 2 Jesus said to the palylized man, “Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.” While Jesus would go on to heal the man of the bodily infirmity, he addressed the man’s spiritual condition first. Call on Jesus today, like the paralytic man, sin can paralyze anyone. The Good news is that Jesus is telling you today “Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.”

Model Prayer: Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord. I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead. Dear Jesus, come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior. I am sorry for my sins, and I ask you to forgive me, wash me with your blood, and give me your Holy Spirit to teach and guide me. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

If you believed and prayed the above prayer, you are now a born again child of God.

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God’s will for all mankind – The Salvation of mankind 12:

I suggest that you read blog 11 first by clicking here.

God’s Plan for Man Reinstated:  

Satan’s arrive on earth was announced by angels stating that, “terror will come on the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you in great anger, knowing that he has little time.” Revelation 12:12, but Jesus’ arrival on earth was announced by angels as follows:

” ¹⁰ And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

¹¹ For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

¹² And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

¹³ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

” Luke 2:10-14

 

Why did Jesus – the second Adam – come to earth? He came as a “saviour” of mankind (Luke 2:11). According to Strong’s Concordance, the word Saviour is a Greek word “sotel” explained as follows: Cognate: 4990 sōtḗr (a masculine noun, derived from 4982 /sṓzō, “save”) – properly, the Savior, Jesus Christ who saves believers from their sins and delivers them into His safety. See 4982 (sōzō). It is generally accepted by the Christian community that Jesus came to save mankind from sin. But was this “good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.” Luke 2:10, only in respect to soul salvation? Vehemently the answer should be a “no”. Jesus came to (sōzō) mankind. According to Strong’s Concordance, the word (sōzō) is defined as follows: Strong’s #4982: sozo (pronounced sode’-zo)

from a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saos, “safe”); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively):–heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole. Jesus came to restore that which the first man Adam had lost through sin. A majority of my blogging is going to concentrate on how Jesus came to (sōzō) – save – mankind from sin and its consequences. This will entail soul salvation, bodily healing, and material provision. The three pieces of (sōzō) constitute “wholeness”. Wholeness is clearly demonstrated in Jesus’s encounter with a demon possessed man of a place called Gadarenes. Mark and Luke depict the demented man as inhumanly strong that he could break fetters and chains and no man could restrain him. He was too violent, that no one dared to pass by his proximity. He was naked and cutting himself to bleeding with stones. He lived in the cemetery (in the tombs). Mark 5 & Luke 8. When Jesus met the man, he commanded the demons to come out of the man. The demons left the man and the bible states that they entered into a herd of pigs which the drowned but the man was made whole. When the dwellers of the city came to see the man out of whom Jesus had cast demons, it is stated that, “³⁵ Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.” Luke 8:35

The man was saved and healed (right mind), and materially provided for (clothed). That is wholeness. Jesus’ atonement on Calvary included more than the forgiveness of sins.

Your sins are forgiven….Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. (To be continued in blog 13)

Model Prayer: Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord. I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead. Dear Jesus, come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior. I am sorry for my sins, and I ask you to forgive me, wash me with your blood, and give me your Holy Spirit to teach and guide me. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

If you believed and prayed the above prayer, you are now a born again child of God.

I would love to hear from you and will be more than glad to be of further spiritual assistance. Feel free to email me at: info@heavenlyspringschurch.org

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God’s Plan for Man Reinstated – Day 11:

I suggest that you read blog 10 first by clicking here.

God’s Plan For Man Reinstated:
“15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” Genesis 3:15 KJV. After Satan had deceived Adam and Eve to disobey God, which ultimately led to what we know as the fall of the human race into sin, God was not left without a solution. When man fell, Satan became the new ruler of the earth realm. In blog 9 I had discussed that according to God’s law, spirit beings need a body to function legally here on earth. That is why Satan had to hijack the body of a serpent to be legally allowed to conduct his business here on earth. Jesus also had put on a human body in the womb of the Virgin Mary in order to be legally regarded as Son of Man.

So, what was on Satan’s agenda when he deceitfully assumed Adam’s position of  the earth ruler-ship? Jesus described him as a thief, who  “…cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy” John 10:10. Jesus further referred to Satan as follows, “…He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”  John 8:44. In the book of Revelation chapter 12 verse 12,  John, the writer of the book of Revelation,  equates Satan’s agenda when he fell from from heaven with great wrath towards mankind; “¹² Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” So, God glanced across the corridors of time and history and saw the unrestricted work of Satan on the human race, and crafted an immediate solution to curtail his work and influence on the human race, the Seed of a Woman (Jesus, the second Adam- man of dust- I Corinthians 15:45 ). In the Apostle Paul’s first letter to Timothy, he reavels that just as humanity fell into sin as a result of Eve being deceived, likewise humanity will be availed a way of salvation through the birth of the child by a woman, “13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve, 14 and it was not Adam who was deceived. It was the woman who was deceived and became disobedient, 15 even though she will be saved through the birth of the Child, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, along with good judgment.” I Timothy 2:13-15. It is written of Christ when He was born, “¹¹ For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11. 

In the Old Testament, prototypes of the seed of the woman, temporarily relieved man of the immediate effects of sin. When Adam and Eve sinned, leaves from trees could not constitute a viable covering for their nakedness (Genesis 3:7).  A lamb had to be killed in order for God to cover their nakedness with a garment made out of a skin (Genesis 3:21). When Abraham was about to sacrifice his only son Isaac, God provided a lamb which saved Isaac’s life and was sacrificed in lieu of Isaac (Genesis 22:13). According to God’s word, there is nothing else on earth, (thanks to the efforts of modern psychiatry and psychology) that has the ability to cleanse humanity of the inherent sin save the blood of the lamb, “²² And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.” Hebrews 9:22. Prostitute Rehab was saved with her household when the city of Jericho was destroyed, by simply abiding by the angel’s instructions to her to put a scarlet (red) cord in her window (Joshua 2:21). The Children of Israel were passed over in Egypt, when the death angel went through Egypt killing all firstborns. Why did the death angel pass over the Israelite’s dwellings? Because they had heeded God’s instructions to kill a lamb and put its blood on the door posts of their dwellings (Exodus 12:3). When Jesus was arrested and put in prison with a death sentence on him, Barabbas who was a murderer had to be acquitted (Matthew 27:21-22). I hereby submit to you that, Jesus, the perfect Lamb of God has died so that any type of destruction will have to pass over those who believe in Him.

“15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”  Genesis 3:15. The seed of a woman (Jesus) did crush the head of the serpent (Satan) and conversely, Satan did bruise the heel of the seed of the woman (Jesus). Originally I am from Africa where snakes are never pets. Skilled snake killers first look for the head and bruise it. Once the head is bruised the snake is practically dead although the snake’s body can maintain a sort of pinned motion for sometime after the head is bruised. Sorry to those of you who may regard a snake as a pet. I personally don’t and I don’t think that any born again Christian should based the biblical description and representation of the snake. The good news is that the first Adam brought spiritual death and degradation to all mankind, the second Adam (Jesus), came to reverse the effect of the first Adam’s fall. I Corinthians chapter 15, verse 49 states, “⁴⁹ And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.” You and I can now walk in the image of the second Adam (Jesus). With us bearing the image of the second Adam (Jesus), like Jesus we can also say “I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of the world (Satan) is coming. And he has no claim on Me [no power over Me nor anything that he can use against Me];”AMP

Whyt did Jesus (the second Adam) come? To be continued.

Model Prayer: Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord. I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead. Dear Jesus, come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior. I am sorry for my sins, and I ask you to forgive me, wash me with your blood, and give me your Holy Spirit to teach and guide me. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

If you believed and prayed the above prayer, you are now a born again child of God.

I would love to hear from you and will be more than glad to be of further spiritual assistance. Feel free to email me at: info@heavenlyspringschurch.org

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God’s will for all mankind – The Salvation of our souls-Day 10:

I suggest that you read day 9 blog first by clicking here.

God’s Plan for Man Spoiled:

In day 9 blog, I discussed how Satan fell and he was cast out heaven to earth. Remember Adam had been crowned the ruler of this earth;” ¹⁶ The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, But the earth He has given to the sons of men.” Psalms 115:16.(New American Standard Bible) NASB.

Satan was not among the “sons of men”. He was a spirit being. Only man was created with a body. When Jesus rose from the dead, he appeared to his disciples, but the disciples with the gruesome death that Jesus had suffered still on their mind, they concluded that the man who had appeared to them resembling Jesus was simply a ghost. Read the following account of how things prayed out in this scenerio: “³⁶ And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

³⁷ But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

³⁸ And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

³⁹ Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

⁴⁰ And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

⁴¹ And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

⁴² And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

⁴³ And he took it, and did eat before them.

⁴⁴ And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

⁴⁵ Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

⁴⁶ And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

⁴⁷ And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

⁴⁸ And ye are witnesses of these things.

” Luke 24:36-48.

How did Jesus prove to his disciples that it was Him and not the ghost? Jesus said to them “Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.” Verse 39. So, from Jesus’ account, spirit beings do not have “flesh and bones”. This is a vital concept that need to be grasped as we forge forward in this study. The apostle Paul put it this way: “For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 New Living Translation (NLT). Paul described the spiritual enemy that is at war with mankind as not having “flesh-and-blood”, while Jesus said that spirit beings do not have flesh and bones. So, when Satan was cast down from heaven, he and his angels that fell with him were not given a body. Adam and Eve along with the rest of creation had been given bodies because they were designed to function in this material temporal realm.

Without a body, Satan’s influence on earth was totally illegal according to God’s word that states that God gave the earth to the sons of men. Have you ever wondered why God had to go to a great length to convince men to carry out his plan on earth? He reasoned with Moses to go and deliver the children of Israel from Egypt, (Exodus 4:10). God had to convince Gideon that his cooperation was vital in delivering the Children of Israel from the oppression of the Medianites (Judges 6:14). Down to me and you, God needs our bodies to carry out His purpose on earth. Well, the same holds true for Satan. He needs a body to do his work on earth. When he fell from heaven he did not have a body. He quickly improvised and high jacked the body of a serpent, which must have been a four feeted creature, since he was cursed to crawl on the ground (Genesis 3:14) after Satan had used his body to deceive Adam and Eve. So now Satan finally had a body, he was legally permitted to transact business on earth. His first mission was to dethrone Adam who was then the legitimated ruler of the earth. He used a lie to accomplish this and Genesis Chapter 3 outlines Satan’s deception to man, the fall of man and the resulting curse from the fall. Don’t forget that from past study we had discussed that when Satan was cast down from heaven to earth, the following is recorded about him, “Therefore, rejoice, O heavens! And you who live in the heavens, rejoice! But terror will come on the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you in great anger, knowing that he has little time.” Revelation 12:12. Jesus regarded Satan as a thief, who comes to “..steal and kill and destroy” John 10:10. Over the centuries Satan has been behind senseless murders, genocides, and despicable human atrocities in human history. But the second Adam, Jesus Christ came to reverse that. That is why you find Jesus opening blind eyes, cleansing the lepers, making the lame to walk, healing a woman from bleeding and other countless healing miracles that Jesus performed to cure man from Satan inflicted pain.

God’s Plan for Man Reinstated: (To Be Continued)

Model Prayer: Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord. I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead. Dear Jesus, come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior. I am sorry for my sins, and I ask you to forgive me, wash me with your blood, and give me your Holy Spirit to teach and guide me. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

If you believed and prayed the above prayer, you are now a born again child of God.

I would love to hear from you and will be more than glad to be of further spiritual assistance. Feel free to email me at: info@heavenlyspringschurch.org

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God’s will for all mankind – The Salvation of our souls-Day 9:

I suggest that you read day 8 blog first by clicking here.

God’s Plan for Man Spoiled:

In day 8, I left off by discussing how Satan having deceived Adam and Eve, usurped their position as the rulers of this earth, a fact that was acknowledged by Jesus when he called Satan the “ruler of this world” (John 14:30) and by Apostle Paul when he addressed Satan as the “god of this world” 2 Corinthians 4:4.

The scriptures clearly tell us that Satan, who was ejected from heaven because of his rebellion against God, came down to earth with a deadly agenda (Rev.12:12). He had left heaven not on good terms, but had been cast down by the government of heaven because of his pride and rebellion against God. Revelation 12:12 states, “Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath”.

But why great wrath? To answer this question, we need to examine a text in Ezekiel 28:13-15 that states, “¹³ You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared. ¹⁴ You were the anointed cherub who covers: and I set you, so that you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire. ¹⁵ You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.”

I understand that some theologians have difficulty accepting the prior description as fitting Satan, because the context is about the king of Tyre. However, I have already addressed the issue that Satan being a spirit, he is not legally permitted to transact business on earth. In the Garden of Eden, he incarnated himself into a snake, in this case, he embodied himself in the king of Tyre. Jesus understood the concept that, a spirit being has to have a body to operate on earth. It is written about Jesus that “…. when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me;” Hebrews 10:5 NIV.

A body was prepared for Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary, otherwise, it would have been illegal for Him to transact business here on earth, which had been designated to the sons of men (Psalms 115:16). That is why Jesus constantly refers to Himself as “son of man” in the gospels. Furthermore, Jesus referred to Satan as thief who did not come through the “door” (the womb of a woman) John 10:1. Jesus had no difficulty discerning the person of Satan, whether he was tempting him to convert stones into bread (Matthew 4:3) or tempting Him to avoid the pain of the cross through Peter (Matthew 16:23), who was in Jesus’ inner circle. As follows, when Jesus discerned that Satan was operating through Peter to entice him to avoid the cross, he did not address Peter but Satan; “²³ But he turned, and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.” Matthew 16:23 World English Bible (WEB).

In Luke 22:3 the scriptures state the following, “³ Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was numbered with the twelve.” (WEB). Satan needed a body through which he could carry out the betrayal of Jesus Christ, so he entered Judas’ body according to scripture. Following these developments, it is not unfathomable that Satan would carry out his agenda, through the of the king of Tyre. The Holy Spirit who inspired the scriptures, addressed the spirit that was working through the king of Tyre, in such a way that, the description can only fit Satan.

Now that I have established that Ezekiel 28:13-15 rightly applies to Satan, I am able to embark on answering the question as to why Satan came to earth with “great wrath” towards the dwellers of the earth. Without going into the technicalities, it is evident from Ezekiel 28:13-15, that at a certain point, Satan had enjoyed the luxury of the Garden of Eden. Possibly he might have been God’s first choice ruler for the Garden of Eden, before “iniquity” was found in him. Thus coming down to all mankind – the newly appointed rulers of the earth -, with vehement wrath. Besides, he wanted to revenge against God for ousting him out of heaven, and he wanted to continue with his goal of setting up his kingdom above God’s.

To some extent Satan achieved limited success. When he came to tempt Jesus (the second Adam), it is stated as follows: “⁵ The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. ⁶ And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.⁷ If you worship me, it will all be yours.” Luke 4:5-7 NIV.

Satan claimed that the kingdoms had been given to him. He was pleading that rather being regarded as an encroacher, he had a legitimate earth title from Adam. Jesus never contested the devil’s claim to the kingdoms of this world and their splendor. However, Jesus resisted Satan using the sword of the Spirit which is God’s word, defeat him, and by so doing, he regained what the first Adam had lost. This launched a dispensation of God’s “Kingdom” versus “Kingdoms” of this world. The book of Revelation chapter 11 verse 15 states, “¹⁵ Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!” (NKJV). While Satan managed to deceptively steal the kingdoms of this world from Adam, John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1-2), and Jesus (Mark 1:15), came announcing the advance of God’s Kingdom. After Jesus ascended into heaven, His disciples were left with the task of propagating the messaged of the Kingdom. Acts 3:21 states, “²¹ whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.” This means you and I, and all those who believe in Christ, are involved in this restoration of these stolen kingdoms. God’s kingdom will crush all other kingdoms and stand forever, “And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,” Daniel 2:44. Stay tuned, I want to share with you ways you can evict the devil and take what is rightfully yours.

God’s Plan for Man Reinstated: (To Be Continued)

Model Prayer: Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord. I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead. Dear Jesus, come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior. I am sorry for my sins, and I ask you to forgive me, wash me with your blood, and give me your Holy Spirit to teach and guide me. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

If you believed and prayed the above prayer, you are now a born again child of God.

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God’s will for all mankind – The Salvation of our souls-Day 8:

God’s Plan for Man Spoiled:

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When Satan, and one third of Angels who had joined him in a rebellion against God became cast down from heaven, a voice was heard in heaven stating, “Therefore, rejoice, O heavens! And you who live in the heavens, rejoice! But terror will come on the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you in great anger, knowing that he has little time.”
” Revelation 12:12 New Living Translation (NIV).

But terror will come on the earth and the sea? Why? Because Satan who is the master mind of all terrorism, had been cast down from heaven to earth. Jesus described him as a thief, who comes to kill, steal and destroy; “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” John 10:10

He came to steal people’s: peace, joy, health, marriages, jobs, relationships, wealthy and anything he can get his hands on. In another instance Jesus depicted him as a liar and the father of all lies; “….He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” John 8:44.

I grew up in Africa where animals live in the wild and herdsmen sometimes encounter potentially dangerous animals. But I remember being advised by my parents, that many times even dangerous animals, when unprovoked would not bother man. However, when a wounded animal escaped from the hunters, it would become deadliest and would chase and kill anything that resembles humans. Well Satan suffered a terrible defeat in heaven when he was cast down to earth. He knew it very well, that the sovereign God was the reason for his defeat. So, like a wounded animal, he came down to earth with great vengeance to kill anything that resembles God. Remember man had been created in the image of God? He knew exactly where to go, the Garden of Aden where man had been coronated by God to be the governor of the whole earth; “The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.
” Psalms 115:16.

God had outsourced the earth and its resources to Adam and his descendants, “the earth He has given to mankind”. Remember that Satan is not mankind, he is a spirit. He did not have a body either. According to God’s word, the earth had been given to mankind. This would make the activity of any spirit being here on earth to be illegal. The devil knew about this legality, that is why his first move was to secure a body, a serpent. Then the next move was to use a lie to cause man to disobey God, a task he succeeded at. When Satan succeeded at enticing Adam and Eve to disobey God, he assumed Adam’s title, “the ruler of this world”. Jesus acknowledged this fact when he said, “I don’t have much more time to talk to you, because the ruler of this world approaches. He has no power over me,” John 14:30. The Apostle Paul echoed this sad reality when he said, “³ But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

⁴ In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. ” 2 Corinthians 4:3-4

 But don’t worry, God is always a light year ahead of His arch enemy the devil.

(To Be Continued in Blog 9)

 

God’s Plan for Man Reinstated: (To Be Continued)

Model Prayer: Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord. I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead. Dear Jesus, come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior. I am sorry for my sins, and I ask you to forgive me, wash me with your blood, and give me your Holy Spirit to teach and guide me. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

If you believed and prayed the above prayer, you are now a born again child of God.

I would love to hear from you and will be more than glad to be of further spiritual assistance. Feel free to email me at: info@heavenlyspringschurch.org

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