Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke 10:17-20
10:17. Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name."
10:18. And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
10:19. "Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
10:20. "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."
God has a desire that we can experience the spiritual increase, so we are sent by Him according to His plan and will.
Revelation 1:5-6
1:5. and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from 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,
1:6. and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
God's will to redeem us with His blood is for two things as follows:
The salvation costs the sacrifice of Christ.
That is why we must fight for our salvation and appreciate the blood of Jesus, so we can live in righteousness.
Our ministry costs the sacrifice of Christ. We must also appreciate and fight for our ministry more than anything. We have to become the priests and kings or the instrument of righteousness. We minister to God according to the ministry that He gives to us faithfully and truly until the finish line (up to death or until God comes a second time).
If we are sent by God and we minister to Him faithfully and truly, He will give us reward as follows:
ad. a. the power of God.
There are three kinds of the power of God for the messenger of the LORD (the priest and king) as follows:
God blesses us.
Luke 10:17-20
10:17. Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name."
10:18. And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
10:19. "Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
10:20. "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."
God has a desire that we can experience the spiritual increase, so we are sent by Him according to His plan and will.
Revelation 1:5-6
1:5. and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from 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,
1:6. and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
God's will to redeem us with His blood is for two things as follows:
- Releasing us from sin by His blood, namely justifying and saving us.
- Lifting us up to become the priests and kings, namely one who is used and sent by God.
The salvation costs the sacrifice of Christ.
That is why we must fight for our salvation and appreciate the blood of Jesus, so we can live in righteousness.
Our ministry costs the sacrifice of Christ. We must also appreciate and fight for our ministry more than anything. We have to become the priests and kings or the instrument of righteousness. We minister to God according to the ministry that He gives to us faithfully and truly until the finish line (up to death or until God comes a second time).
If we are sent by God and we minister to Him faithfully and truly, He will give us reward as follows:
- The power of God (Luke 10:17-19).
- our name is listed in the kingdom of Heaven (Luke 10:20)
ad. a. the power of God.
There are three kinds of the power of God for the messenger of the LORD (the priest and king) as follows:
- The power of the name of Jesus.
Luke 10:17
10:17. Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subjectto us in Your name."
Jesus becomes obedient to the point of death on the cross, so He receives the name which is above every name to defeat Satan.
The proof that we experience the power of winning in the name of Jesus is we become obedient life.
The example is Moses.
Exodus 14:16, 21
14:16. "But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
14:21. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.
Moses and the Israelites were deeply distressed. They faced the sea in front, Pharaoh and all his army behind, and the wilderness on their left and right.
There was no way out or facing the impossibility.
But, Moses obeyed God when he was told to lift up his rod, so the power of winning happened, namely the waters were divided.
If we obey God, we will experience the power of winning in the name of Jesus over Satan the trinity.
As a result, the power of winning in the name of Jesus is able to do the things as follows:- Giving way out from all impossible problems.
- Taking care of our life miraculously up to eternal life.
- Giving us successful, beautiful, and happy future.
- Giving way out from all impossible problems.
- The power of protection by the name of Jesus.
Luke 10:19
10:19. "Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.- The power to protect us from serpents/false teachings that mislead us up to we lose the direction to heaven.
The teaching of Babylon teaches the physical prosperity and entertainment, without the purification word or the cross (suffering with God).
Consequently, one does not minister to God faithfully and fervently (it starts from the shepherd and the servant of God), but guides to false church.
The teaching of Pharisees is the one of marrying after divorce.
We are protected so we are not lost, but we can keep being faithful and walking with God until the finish line, and enter the New Jerusalem. - The power to protect us from scorpions/the spirit of wickedness and uncleanness.
Revelation 9:2-5
9:2. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.
9:3. Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
9:4. They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
9:5. And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
The spirit of wickedness is the will of money that makes one greedy and stingy.
Being stingy means one cannot give.
Being greedy means one steals God's and other's.
The spirit of uncleanness is sin of eating-drinking (smoking, getting drunk, and drugs abuse) and marrying-being given in marriage (the sexual sin and its kinds, and the wrong marriage).
We are protected so we can hold fast the true teaching word. We keep living in righteousness and holiness. We are controlled by Holy Spirit.
We are protected from antichrist, God's punishment, and upcoming doomsday.
- The power to protect us from serpents/false teachings that mislead us up to we lose the direction to heaven.
- The power of God to use us in the revival of lightning.
Luke 10:18
10:18. And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
The revival of lightning or the one of Holy Spirit in the last rain or the one of the building of the body of Christ is the one to lift us up to the glorious clouds up to the throne of heaven.
Matthew 24:27
24:27. "For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
The revival of lightning is the one of the gospel of the glory of Christ or the true teaching word that is sharper than any two-edged sword or the bride tidings.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
4:3. But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
4:4. whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
There are two kinds of the preaching of gospel as follows:- The gospel of salvation. It preaches Jesus' first coming to die on the cross and call the sinners, so they believe Jesus and be saved.
- The gospel of the glory of Christ. It preaches the second coming of Jesus in the glory of the King of kings and the heavenly Bridegroom to choose saved people, so they are purified up to perfection, and they are worthy to greet when Jesus comes a second time.
The more we are purified, the more we are used by God.
Hebrews 4:12-13
4:12. For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
4:13. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
The purification starts from the heart.
Matthew 15:19
15:19. "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts(1), murders(2), adulteries(3), fornications(4), thefts(5), false witness(6), blasphemies(7).
If we are controlled by seven spirits of wickedness and uncleanness, or having hard heart, we are like a quenched lamp. Our life is dark and blind.
If our heart is purified to become tender and sincere, it will result in good and true deed.
Psalm 149:6
149:6. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand,
Mouth can speak good and true word, testify, and worship God.
We return as a baby who cries out Jesus' name.
Until when Jesus comes a second time, we are changed to become perfect. We do not stumble in word. We are lifted up to the glorious clouds with God. - The gospel of salvation. It preaches Jesus' first coming to die on the cross and call the sinners, so they believe Jesus and be saved.
God blesses us.