“We know that God loves you, dear
brothers and sister, and that He chose you to be his own people. For
when we brought you the gospel, it was not only with words but also
with power . . .” (1 Thessalonias 1:4-5) NLT
Are you a
believer? If so, are you ready to step into a new dimension? . . .
Consider it because you have been chosen by God.
Apostle Paul
wrote a letter to the church at Thessalonica thanking members for
their faith and work as well as words of encouragement on how to
live with a complete trust in God and to reassure them that Christ
would return.
In this letter
he told them that they had received a gospel of words and power.
They actually had received a message that assured them of eternal
life and power available to anyone who would come to Jesus through
faith in the good news (gospel).
“I am not
ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for the
salvation of everyone who believes: first fo the Jew, then for the
gentile.” (Romans 1:16) NIV
Considering
that you are a believer, who has confessed Christ as Lord and
Savior, you have received the same gospel of words and power as the
early church of Thessalonica. If so, then you have received
salvation and power as it is written in 1 Thess 1:5 and Romans
1:16.
Salvation is
the same as eternal life, meaning that even if you die before, you
will raise again when Jesus returns. Not all men will die before His
return. (John 11:25-26/1 Thess 4:14-15)
But what about
power? Which power did you receive through the Gospel of Jesus? That
is an important question. All believers should know the answer for
it is a power available to anyone who is in Christ and yet many
believers in Christ don’t take a hold of it. It is time for you to
appropriate the power, authority and victory which has been given to
you by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Before I tell
you about the power that belongs to you as a believer, I will tell
you why the gospel is not only of words but is also is filled with
great and mighty power. “So the word become flesh and made His
dwelling among us . . .” (John 1:14) NIV
The Holy
Scriptures let us know that Jesus, the Son of God, was made flesh
and lived for a time among us as man and yet God. (John 1:1-18)
reveals to us Jesus as the incarnated word of God walking on earth.
Can you see and realize why the word of God is so powerful? Well, it
is just because Jesus is the word.
That explains
the scriptures that say: “For you have exalted above all things your
name and your word.” Psalm 132:2 (NIV)
“Heaven and
earth will pass away, but my Words will never pass away.” Matthew
24:35 (NIV)
Do you know
that even when I was born again, I could at first not see the truth
in these versus? But now as my eyes have been opened to the truth, I
realize that the gospel, the New Testament, and the whole word of
God once upon a time was Jesus manifested in flesh. That is why the
gospel is power and that power is Jesus Himself, whom today abides
in you through His spirit. (John 1:14; 14:15-20)
The Gospel of
Jesus, besides giving you power unto salvation, gives the power for
living a life of victory over all things. In the very moment you
accepted Jesus, His power was transferred to you by His grace
through the Holy Spirit that now dwells in you.
“Don’t you
know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?”
(1 Corinthians 3:16) NIV
While men of
all parts of the world are fighting for power and dominion,
believers possess the greatest power right in their hearts; and yet,
many of them don’t attain it. God wants to manifest His power, glory
and life through your life, and that is for now on your earthly life
for in heaven, you will not need it because there all things will be
perfect unto God.
2
Corinthians 5:20 says that
we are the ambassadors of Christ meaning that you and I are to
represent Jesus on earth. As the vessel of God, we are supposed to
carry on the works of Jesus such as: healing the sick, resurrecting
the dead, giving hope to the hopeless, and much more.
For Jesus
Himself said: “I tell you the truth; anyone who has faith in me will
do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these
because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you asking
in my name, so that the son my bring glory to the Father. You may
ask for anything in my name, and I will do it. John 14:12-14
(NIV)
Thank God
Jesus didn’t say that only to the apostles or disciples of His time,
but He said it to anyone who had faith in Him. So it is for us,
believers, that Jesus promised to do whatever we ask in His name.
You and I are the ones whom He said that could do greater things
than those done by Him, and this is possible for two reasons:
First: He is with the Father
interceding for you and me. That’s why we must come before the
Father asking in His name for He is the only way. (John
14:13/John 14:6)
Second: Because of the power that
works in us comes from His Holy Spirit, who is able to do all things
through us He is the Spirit of God.
In order for
you to quote the scripture: “I can do everything through Him who
gives me strength (Phil 4:13) and really step out there and
do greater things than those done by Christ, you must grow
spiritually.
The time is
for you to grow in the realm of the Spirit. The time has come for
you not to be conformed with your position in Christ nor to be
conformed by changing only from level to level. God wants to take
you to a new dimension in which you will be set in a position to
display His glory and to perform greater works than Jesus did.
— Stepping into a New Realm
A Realm of Power, Authority and
Victory —
“One day Jesus
said to His disciples, ‘Let’s go over to the other side of the Lake.
So they got into a boat and set out.” Luke 8:32 (NIV)
I believe you
have about this famous bible passage before: Jesus calms the storm.”
(Luke 22-25)
I would like
to ask you to read it for I will just run through it.
These
scriptures tell us when the disciples and Jesus were sailing from
one side of the lake to the other, an unexpected storm rose against
them, and the disciples feared for their lives. But when Jesus, who
was asleep, was awakened by their disturbance, rebuked the wind and
raging waters, and the storm subsided.
Today, as He
told the disciples, He is telling you and me: “Let’s go over to the
other side.” (Luke 8:32)
The time has
come for the Body of Christ to walk as the sons and daughters of the
Most High God, who has paid a high price for us to live in this
present life as kings and priests. “And from Jesus Christ, the faith
witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler over the kings of
the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His
own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father,
to Him be the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
Revelation 1:5-6 (NKJV)
You are to be
walking and living as a king on this earth. Romans 5:17 says
that the grace of God by the person of Christ give us the ability to
reign in this life as kings. Picture yourself as a king. How would a
king be living on this earth?
A king in our
physical world wouldn’t lack anything. In fact, a king or a queen
would have money, and I mean plenty of money; the best of what money
could buy; they would have the best of what technology, science and
medicine could offer; they wouldn’t lose one night of their sleep
because they know they would be secure and safe by their centurions
and army.
I have given
you a few examples of how it is or would be to live a life of a
king, and the bible says that you are to be living as a king through
the power and grace of Jesus Christ who operates in you by His Holy
Spirit.
Now after you
have imagined yourself as a king and know that God made it possible
for you to be one, I ask: are you living in this life as a king,
heir of the Throne of God? Galatians 4:7
To those who
are not walking in this life with their heads up, in abundance of
everything such as health and money, peace and joy, I want you to
know that it is time to move into a new dimension. As Jesus said,
“Let’s go over to the other side.” But before you receive
immeasurable power to become a mighty kind for God, you will be
tested.
In the natural
realm, a natural king only gives his sons the ability and power to
use and enjoy of all things in his kingdom after he becomes a mature
man. Only then will his father trust in his judgments to manage all
the riches and business of the kingdom.
Well, our
heavenly Father is not different. You will be tested and proved
before He can trust to you all the riches, authority and power. God
wants to use you as a vessel whom He will bless as well as use to
bless others. But before He needs to see with how much He can
entrust your hand.
A certain
level of power has been given you at the moment you accepted Christ
for He said, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all
creation.
“And these
signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive
out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they pick up snakes with
their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt
them at all; they will place their hands on isck people, and they
will get well.” Mark 16: 15, 17-18 (NIV)
You have been
given power and authority as a believer to preach the gospel, cast
out demons and heal the sick.
The power
given to you is the authority of the nature of Jesus. Jesus gave you
a power of attorney to use His name to perform all the work He
commanded you do, such as healing.
My question to
you is: Have you been using this power that you received when you
got saved? If not, how do you expect God to bestow upon you more
power when you are taking for granted the one He has already given
to you?
Many believers
are asking God for power or more power and God is telling them:
start using the power that has been given to you and then once you
are reliable, I will increase My power over you.
The point I am
trying to make is the following: apply the power and authority that
Jesus has already blessed you with and then more will come.
Remember, you are supposed to do greater things than He did. John
14:12
As a king,
start taking dominion over the powers of darkness to set free many
lives in bondage, exercise your power through the name of Jesus to
pray for the sick and get them healed, and preach the gospel of
salvation to the lost. For this you don’t need any extra power, but
all you need is your faith in Jesus’ name. Because it is Jesus and
His Holy Spirit who will get the job done. AS far you, all you need
is to be obedient to the command of Jesus and step out there by
faith and do it. The rest, don’t worry; the Holy Spirit in you will
lead you through.
Do you
remember I told you that a test would be required of you before you
receive an immeasurable level of power? Well, the first test is to
act on faith and by applying your faith in the power that you’ve
already got, then God who rewards the faithful and obedient will
honor you in all things to come; more power, more blessing and
glory.
Using the same
story of Luke 8:22, I want you to notice something. When Jesus told
the disciples, “Let us go over to the other side. . .” they all
agreed and jumped into the boat and sailed out toward the other
side. But they weren’t aware of the storm that would raise during
their journey: “on the way across, Jesus lay down for a nap, and
while He was sleeping , the wind began to rise a fierce storm
developed that threatened to swamp them, and they were in real
danger.” Luke 8:23 (NLT)
I believe when
Jesus invited them to cross to the other side, the lake was calm and
the weather favorable; everything at the beginning probably was nice
and easy. But in the middle of their journey was when everything
changed so quickly and a fierce storm threatened their lives. For a
moment, due to desperation and lack of faith, they forgot that
Jesus, the son of god, was in the midst of them. When you feel
threatened, remember He is in control.
Regardless of
how mature or immature a Christian is, storms will come. Maybe you
are facing one now or perhaps yours has already passed, buy what I
want you to know is that storms, trials, tests and tribulations come
and go and the conditions of how you are going to come out of it
depends on you.
A Christian
walk is not always easy, but every time you are hit by any kind of
tribulation you should be able to release your faith on God’s
invincible word and use it against the situation. In the same way
that Jesus rebuked the storm, you also can look into the eyes of
your situation and rebuke. You’ve got the power of Jesus in you.
“Because the
one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. We
know that we live in Him and He is in us because He has given us of
His Spirit. 1 John 4:4, 13 (NIV)
The best time
to walk the talk, I mean, to apply the faith you say you have in
God’s word is during the storms of life. It is at this moment that
the power of God will be released through His spirit in you to set
you above the trials and tribulations of life. That is a new
dimension.
As soon as you
take God at His word and use it against the circumstances in your
life, an immeasurable level of power will dominate you and
definitely you will be taken into a new dimension. For it is only
when you believe with now shadow of a doubt in what God’s word says
that you will be able to see, live and act as a king, always as a
conqueror, for the bible says: “But thanks be to God who always
leads us in triumphal procession in Christ.” (2 Corinthians 2:13)
1 John 4:13
says that Christ is in you and you are in Him and 1 Corinthians
6:19 also declares that you being born again have united
yourself with the Lord therefore you are one with him. As both
scriptures are true, all the things needed for you to live and walk
as king as been already done by Jesus, for He is king for ever more
and He brought you unto Him through the cross so all that’s left for
you to do is see, live and act upon God’s word.
“And we pray
this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may
please Hin in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing
in the knowledge of God.
Being
strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that
you may have great endurance and patience and joyfully giving thanks
to the Father who has qualified you to share in the
inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of Light.
For He has
rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the
kingdom of the sons he loves.” Colossians 1:10-13 (NIV)
ee yourself
through the scriptures above. Let them take residence in your heart
because if you only keep it in your mind, you will not reap the
benefits of it. God Himself has qualified you to inherit all the
blessings, power and glory through His son, Jesus Christ.
Moving into a
new dimension depends on you. Jesus has already set for you all you
will ever need to live as a king, an heir of all promises. All that
is needed is faith and willingness to appropriate the truth of God’s
words. Moving into a new dimension requires you to get rid of
reality and step into the truth.
For reality
says you are sick, but the truth says that by Jesus’ stripes you
were healed. 1 Peter 2:24 For reality says that you are
broke, but the truth days that God will meet all you needs. Phil.
4:19
You step into
a new dimension in the moment that you truly accept by faith and act
on everything that is written in God’s word. Because when you
believe, you also do and the doers of the word are the ones who
receive. You are a king, so see and act as one. Remember, it is not
about you; it is about Him who lives in you. God bless you!
Servant of
God
Rev. Wanderson Da Silva
