Now is the time of God’s favor!
Now is the day of salvation!
2 Corinthians 6:2
After the Lord was received up into heaven, the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed His words by the signs that accompanied it (Mark 16:20). Yes, they did what God’s power and will had decided beforehand should happen.
We are Your servants, Father. Help us to say what You want us to say without fear (ERV). Give us great boldness, stretch out Your hand with healing power. May miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus! (Acts 4:29-30 NLT).
Along his journey, Paul stopped at the town of Lystra, which means dissolves and disperses. There was a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. He listened as Paul shared God’s Message. Looking directly at that man, Paul saw he believed.
The Son of God was made manifest (visible) to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil has done (1 John 3:8 AMP). And on His robe and on His thigh, He has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS (Revelation 19:16). As King Jesus sits on His throne of justice and disperses all evil with His eyes.
How blessed are His sons who come after Him. Who can say, “The Lord has cleansed my heart. I am pure from my sin!” Proverbs 20:7-9 NASU. Yes, this promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off – for all who hear and answer the call of the Lord our God (Acts 2:39).
Paul saw that crippled man received faith to be healed so he called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk (Acts 14:8-10). When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” They called Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes because He was the chief speaker.
However, Paul responded, “We are only men, human like you. We bring Good News, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God (Acts 14:11-15), Who put into effect a magnificent plan to save us. He sent His own Son in a human body like ours – except that ours are sinful – and He destroyed sin’s control over us by giving Himself as a sacrifice for our sins.
We no longer have to obey the old evil nature within us. For God has given us His Holy Spirit to follow (Romans 8:3-4 TLB). When we are in fellowship with the Spirit of Truth, we always have His words of encouragement because God has united us with Christ. We can know and experience God’s comfort and love.
We can be filled to overflowing with tenderness and compassion as we become like-minded (Philippians 2:1-2), having the mind of Christ!
(1 Corinthians 2:16). We have been given the privilege to probe into the limits of the Almighty! For the Way has been revealed so we can really understand the mysteries of God (Job 11A:7).
The Word of God presented to you in its fullness – the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations but is now disclosed to the saints. To them God has chosen to make known among the nations the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:25-27).
Though the grace of God was given to us through Jesus Christ from the beginning, it has now been revealed in the coming of our Lord and Savior. Jesus destroyed death and showed us the way to have Life. Yes, through the Good News Jesus showed us the way to have Life that cannot be destroyed (2 Timothy 1:9-10 ERV).
Jesus is the Way and the Truth and the Life (John 14:6)! And, through faith, Christ will dwell in our heart so we might grasp how great the vastness of His love. That we may know this love surpasses knowledge.
I pray out of the glorious riches of His Word God would strengthen us more and more in our inner being with power through His Spirit. That with Christ dwelling in us, God’s Word would root and establish us in His love, as we receive more and more insight and revelation from Holy Spirit, Who fills us to the measure of all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:16-19).
That you would be strong in the Lord
And in His mighty power!
Ephesians 6:10