Kuten edellisessä blogissa mainittiin, kiinnostus yliluonnollista kohtaan ei-uskovien ja uskovien keskuudessa on lisääntynyt merkittävästi viime vuosina. You don’t have to be born again and follow Jesus in order to walk in the supernatural and do signs and wonders. Many believers are, aivan kuin uskottomat, curious and interested in the supernatural and therefore they are eager to hear more about it. Siksi, monissa kirkoissa, the sermons, oppi (opetuksia) and seminars are mainly based upon walking in the supernatural and performing signs and wonders.
Is it wrong to perform signs and wonders? Not all! But the signs (eli. Demonien valinta, puhua muilla kielillä, healing the sick by the laying on of hands, taking up serpents, raising the death) shall follow the believers. Jesus has commanded to preach the gospel, the repentance, ja syntien anteeksisaaminen, and to teach and disciple all nations, baptize them, teach them to observe all things that Jesus has commanded, and remit or retain sins (Matto 28:18-20, Turmella 16:15-18, Lu 24:47-49, Jussi 20:21-23). But how can you preach the gospel and make disciples, and teach them to observe all things that Jesus has commanded if you don’t know and do the Word? How can you represent and bring the Kingdom of God to the people if you don’t see, know and walk in the Kingdom of God?
Focus on Jesus Christ
The focus of every believer shouldn’t be signs and wonders, but should be Jesus Christ, tekemässä Hänen käskynsä, living after His will, living a holy life (a devoted life unto God) and represent and bring His Kingdom on this earth. You can only do this by having a personal relationship with Jesus and through Jesus with the Father. Out of your relationship with Jesus Christ and your reliance on Him and in His authority, without using and applying human methods and technics, you shall go in His Name and represent Him among the people and shall do the works of the Kingdom of God in His authority, whereby people shall katua upon the words you speak and by the Holy Spirit, and the signs and wonders shall follow you and not the other way around. Saving a soul is more important than signs and wonders.
When the disciples returned with joy, because the devils were subjected through His Name, Jeesus sanoi:, that they should not rejoice that the spirits were subjected unto them, but that they should rather rejoice that their names were written in heaven (Lu 10:17-20)
But in most carnal churches, we see that the sermons and doctrines are not focused upon the relationship with Jesus Christ, pyhitys, lykätä vanhaa miestä ja uuden miehen pukeminen, itsehillintää, opetuksia, and corrections from God’s Word, so that believers mature spiritually and grow up into the image of Jesus in character and walk. But the sermons and doctrines are mainly based upon walking in the supernatural, supernatural blessings and doing signs and wonders, whereby the believers are being taught to walk in the supernatural by applying all kinds of human technics and methods, and as a result will prophesy, unelma, receive visions and revelations and do all kinds of signs and wonders.
Enter the spiritual realm on the basis of words and experiences of preachers
Many believers are not born again or keep living after the flesh and are unspiritual and therefore they don’t have any spiritual discernment, but they have gained insights and knowledge of the spiritual realm, by what preachers and teachers teach and tell them about the spiritual realm through their own experiences. They receive this information and make it their own and apply carnal technics and methods, jota heille on opetettu, heidän elämässään.
But since they are unspiritual and don’t discern the spirits, they don’t see what they are actually doing and what happens in the spiritual realm.
They enter the spiritual realm not by the Word, Pyhä Henki, and their spirit, but by the words of man and their soul (liha).
Instead of praying and studying the Bible and receive knowledge and insights by the Holy Spirit in the Word about the will of God and the Kingdom of God, they rather go to events and conferences, whereby the spiritual realm and spiritual warfare are being discussed from the experiences of a person and whereby the manifestations of signs, wonders and miracles are the centers.
Especially events with supernatural manifestations draw many people. This proves that many believers are still carnal, sense ruled and led by their flesh. They want to see signs, ihme, and supernatural manifestations and feel and experience the ‘Holy Spirit’. But the Holy Spirit isn’t a feeling nor energy, but He is Spirit and communicates and works in the spirit of the born again believer.
Seeking for signs
Sitä vanha luomus (Vanha mies) belongs to the unfaithful generation (of vipers) or as Jesus said: an evil, wicked and adulterous generation, who seeks for a sign (Matto 12:38-39, 16:1-4, Mk 8:11-12, Lu 11:29). But if they have seen a sign or a miracle, it is not enough and they still not believe, but they want to see more signs and wonders.
This happened to Jesus and those, who followed Him. The majority of His followers followed Jesus only because of His signs and wonders and not because of His words of life, which were often hard and confronting. Ei, they were not interested in His hard words and didn’t want to hear them, but they were only interested in His signs, miracles and supernatural manifestations. Take for example the 5000 seuraajia (women and children not included). Lopulta, only twelve were left, namely His disciples, whom had given up their own life (paitsi Jude) and followed Jesus because of His words.
The multitude followed Jesus for the signs and wonders
And a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His miracles which He did on them that were diseased (Joh 6:2)
John 6, we read about the attitude and behavior of the old man. The multitude seurasi Jeesusta because they had seen the miracles, which He had performed on them that were sick. When the multitude followed Jesus and found Him with His disciples on the mountain, Jesus fed the 5000 (women and children not included) with only five loaves of bread and two fishes. After all these signs and miracles, they knew, that Jesus was the Prophet, Who would come into the world and therefore they wanted to take Him with force and make Him King. But Jesus didn’t allow them and withdrew Himself and went into the mountain by Himself (Jussi 6:14-15)
Jesus knew the nature and the heart of fallen man and knew that the old man will admire, praise and exalt you one moment and the next moment will criticize, condemn, crush you and let you fall. And that’s exactly what happened with Jesus and the multitude.
The next day, when the people were looking for Jesus and found Him in the synagogue in Capernaum. they asked Jesus how He had come to the other side of the sea since there was only one ship that went and only His disciples were on board. But Jesus didn’t answer them, but He said:
Totisesti, totisesti, Minä sanon teille, You seek Me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perishes, vaan sen ruuan vuoksi, joka pysyy iankaikkiseen elämään, jonka Ihmisen Poika antaa teille: for him hath God the Father sealed. Sitten he sanoivat Hänelle, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jeesus vastasi ja sanoi heille, This is the work of God, that you believe on Him Whom He hath sent. They said therefore unto Him, What sign shewest Thou then, that we may see, and believe Thee? What dost Thou work? (Jussi 6: 26-30)
Jesus healed so many people, that’s why they followed Jesus. Jesus had fed them with only five loaves of bread and two fishes, after which they regarded Him as a Prophet and wanted to make Him King. Luulet, that they would believe in Jesus the Messiah and that He was the Son of the living God. Mutta ei, they asked Him for a sign, so that they would see and believe that He was indeed the Messiah; yksi, Whom God sent to the earth.
Murmur and strive among the followers of Jesus
The multitude expected a sign from Jesus, but Jesus didn’t give them a sign, He witnessed and told them that He was the Bread, that came from heaven. When the multitude heard His words, they began to murmur at Him, because they saw Jesus after the flesh, as the son of Joseph (Jussi 6:32-41).
Jesus continued and witnessed, that He was the Bread of life and if someone would believe on Him he would have everlasting life. If any man would eat of the bread, he would live forever and that the bread, that He would give would be His flesh, which He would give for the life of the world. When the Jews heard His words they began to strive among themselves and wondered how Jesus could give them His flesh to eat (Jussi 6:48-52)
Jesus wasn’t troubled and intimidated by their murmur and their striving, but He continued and said, that except they would eat of the flesh of the Son of man and would drink of His blood, they wouldn’t have life in them.
Only when they would eat of His flesh and drink of His blood, they would have eternal life, and He would raise them up at the last day. And Jesus continued (Jussi 6:53-59).
But the multitude didn’t consider His words as words of life, but as hard words and therefore they were offended. They considered His words a hard saying and were not able to hear it.
Jesus wasn’t intimidated by people
Jesus knew their heart and knew, why they were murmuring and asked them if His saying offended them. But Jesus wasn’t intimidated by them and didn’t change and adjust His hard sayings, to what the people wanted to hear. Jesus didn’t stay silent but continued with His testimony. Which eventually caused many of His disciples to went back and left Him and didn’t walk with Him any longer.
His disciples asked for signs because they wanted to see signs and wonders. They didn’t ask for hard confronting words, which would cause them to change their lives and even give up their own lives.
Jesus let them go. He didn’t change and adjust His words. He didn’t beg them to stay and to give Him another change. Ei, He didn’t chase them and use flattering words to persuade them to stay with Him. Sen sijaan, He asked the twelve disciples, who were the only ones that were left, if they also wanted to go. But the twelve disciples didn’t follow Jesus because of the signs and wonders, but because of His words. And that’s why they stayed with Him because Jesus had words of eternal life.
Repentance on the basis of signs and wonders or the Word of God?
Valitettavasti, we see the same phenomenon today among believers, whereby many believers become Christians and decide to follow Jesus for the signs and wonders, instead of the Word. But faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God and not by signs and wonders (ROM 10:17)
Ne, who have repented on the basis of signs, ihme, ja yliluonnollisia ilmentymiä, are many times not focused upon the Word and don’t like hard and confronting words, and words of correction, but they are focused upon signs, wonders and supernatural manifestations. They run from one (kuuluisa) saarnaaja, apostoli, evangelist or prophet to the other. They are ever learning, listening and watching for hours to Christian television or social media channels and follow all kinds of preachers, apostolit, evangelists and prophets, who perform great signs, wonders and supernatural manifestations, instead of taking the Bible and study the Word of God by themselves and take His words of life, which are often confronting and corrective and take the living, confronting but also corrective words of Jesus; the Word and apply them to their lives. Because His words will deal with the soulish old carnal man, and ensure that the new man will mature into the image of Jesus Christ
The church possessed by the kingdom of darkness
Johtuen siitä, että, that many believers stay the old carnal man, walk after the flesh and astua henkiseen maailmaan out of the soul (liha) and/or get involved with the occult, many churches have become occult and live under the authority of evil spirits of darkness, joka tulee näkyväksi luonnossa, muun muassa, by the sins of the believers ((Lue myös: "Okkulttinen kirkko' ja 'New Age kirkossa').
Many claims to be spiritual, because they experience supernatural manifestations in their lives and in the church, but soulish supernatural manifestations, don’t prove if believers are born again and walk after the Spirit or not.
Only their lives and the works they do, prove to whom they belong: Jesus or the devil and by whom they do the signs, ihme, ja yliluonnollisia ilmentymiä.
When believers are lukewarm, passive for prayer, studying the Bible and the things of the Kingdom of God and keep living in sin, it shows that the believers, ketkä ovat kirkko, live under the authority of the devil.
They are led by the devil and walk after hänen tahtonsa, instead of that they are led by Jesus and walk after His will, mikä on myös Jumalan tahto.
As long as supernatural manifestations occur in the church, but the church allows the works of the devil, under the guise that the time has changed, or to be respectful towards others, sitä Jumalan armo ja Jumalan rakkaus, which according to many tolerates and accept sins, only prove that the church is carnal and is spiritual asleep. Because the church doesn’t notice and see the devilish synnin voima; the spiritual aspect and the bondage of the church to the kingdom of darkness, that is revealed in the flesh through sin.
As long as a church doesn’t see, represent and bring the Kingdom of God on this earth, it proves that the church is not born again and still carnal. Because if the church would see the Kingdom of God, they would see the holiness and righteousness of our Lord God and His righteous love, which shows His mercy, goodness and grace and the giving of His Word. Both the Living Word; Jesus and His blood as the written Word, that both represent His will.
The grace of God calls man to repentance
God is a holy God and a righteous God and those, who truly rakastaa häntä, shall yield themselves to Him and His commandments and live after His will. His grace is not a license to keep living in sin, but His grace calls man to katumus ja syntien poistaminen (ROM 2:4).
God cannot be a Partaker of sin, Jesus cannot be a Partaker of sin (He has dealt with sin, so that everyone can be freed from the sinful nature, that causes sin, by becoming a new creation in Him) ja Pyhä Henki, who lives in the believers, can also not be a Partaker of sin.
Kun yliluonnollisia ilmentymiä tapahtuu, mutta uskovat elävät lihan mukaan ja kestävät syntiä, silloin Pyhä Henki ei ole läsnä eikä toimi, vaan toinen henki (tai henget) toimii, joka lopulta terrorisoi uskovien elämää
Uskovat, jotka keskittyvät merkkeihin ja ihmeisiin, joutuvat lankaan
Ne, jotka pysyvät lihallisina, ja kävelevät lihan perässä, joita aisti hallitsee ja johtaa se, mitä he näkevät ja tapahtuu näkyvässä valtakunnassa. Mutta jos he keskittyvät yliluonnollisiin ilmenemismuotoihin, jotka tapahtuvat näkyvässä maailmassa, niin monet joutuvat huijatuksi ja harhaan. Koska kuten on käsitelty edellinen blogi, sinun ei tarvitse syntyä uudesti vaeltaaksesi yliluonnollisessa ja profetiassa, unelmoi taivaallisia unia, saada näkyjä ja ilmoituksia ja tehdä tunnustekoja ja ihmeitä.
Jeesus varoitti, että viimeisinä päivinä olisi vääriä kristuksia ja Väärät profeetat, jotka tekevät suuria merkkejä ja ihmeitä, että vaikka se olisi mahdollista, johtaisi valitut harhaan (Matto 24:24-25, Turmella 13:21-23). Siksi, meidän ei pitäisi keskittyä merkkeihin ja ihmeisiin ja olla niiden johdolla, mutta pysykää keskittyneinä ja pitäkää katseemme Jeesuksessa ja Hänen tahtossaan ja tehkää Hänen käskynsä.
Henkisesti kypsä
Et kypsy henkisesti merkkien perusteella, ihme, ja yliluonnollisia ilmentymiä. Kuten aiemmin mainittiin, kun kaikki tämä tapahtuu lihan kautta, joudut demonisten voimien vaikutuksen alaisena, kuka hallitsee elämääsi. Jotkut demonisen toiminnan merkit elämässäsi ovat passiivisuus rukouksessa, tutkiessaan Raamattua ja Jumalan valtakunnan asioita, väsymys, melankolinen, masentunut henki, depressio, ahdistus, Pelkoja, itsensä sääli, tyytymättömyys, vihaisuus, ja seksuaalinen epäpuhtaus.
Hengen hedelmä eivät ole merkkejä, ihme, ja yliluonnollisia ilmentymiä. Siksi, voit kävellä yliluonnollisessa ja tehdä merkkejä ja ihmeitä, mutta se ei todista oletko uudestisyntynyt ja pelastutko vai et.
Ei jokainen, joka sanoo minulle;, Herra, Herra, pääsee taivasten valtakuntaan; mutta se, joka tekee taivaassa olevan Isäni tahdon;. Monet sanovat minulle sinä päivänä, Herra, Herra, emmekö me ole profetoineet sinun nimessäsi? ja sinun nimesi kautta aja ulos riivaajia? ja sinun nimessäsi tehnyt monia ihmeellisiä tekoja? Ja sitten minä tunnustan heille, En koskaan tuntenut sinua: poistu minusta, te, jotka teette vääryyttä (Matto 7:21-23)
Nämä uskovat olivat profetoineet ja ajaneet ulos riivaajia Jeesuksen Nimessä ja tehneet monia ihmeellisiä tekoja, mutta Jeesus ei päästänyt heitä taivasten valtakuntaan. Miksi ei? Koska Jeesus ei tuntenut heitä. Hän jopa kutsui heitä vääryyden työntekijöiksi!
Vaikka he tekivät merkkejä ja ihmeitä Hänen Nimessään, he eivät tehneet Isän Jumalan tahtoa. Heidän elämänsä ei muuttunut, mutta he elivät lihan mukaan synneissä. He eivät rakastaneet Jumalaa yli kaiken eivätkä vaeltaneet Hengen perässä, Jumalan tahdon tekeminen, koska jos he tekisivät, he eivät tekisi vääryyden ja synnin tekoja.
Sinun sanasi olen kätkenyt sydämeeni, etten tekisi syntiä sinua vastaan (Ps 119:11)
Älä anna tämän tapahtua sinulle ja varmista, että tiedät sen todellinen Jeesus Kristus henkilökohtaisesti, viettämällä aikaa Sanassa ja rukouksessa. Älä ruoki itseäsi tämän maailman asioilla, vaan ruoki itseäsi Sanalla ja Jumalan valtakunnan asioilla. Etsi niitä asioita, jotka ovat sen yläpuolella, missä Kristus istuu, mutta sinun pitäisi tehdä tämä hengellä, Pyhän Hengen ja Sanan kautta. Jos elät Hengen mukaan ja teet Hänen sanansa ja Hänen tahtonsa, silloin merkit ja ihmeet tapahtuvat seuraa sinä etkä päinvastoin.
'Ole maan suola’
