The Gospel Is Power: Pt

SIGNUP & GET A FREE MP3! enter your email to subscribe.. SUBSCRIBE SUPERNATURAL LIVING PODCAST SUBSCRIBE HOME ABOUT US DONATE MISSIONS SCHOOLS TEACHING CONTACT EVENTS INVITE TODD The Gospel is Power: Pt. 2 By Todd Bentley WRITINGS Jesus Christ never could, and never would, conform to the status quo set by Israel's ultra-religious All Writings clerics. Those dudes had everything all wrapped up, jammed up, written up, and boxed up! But Jesus Articles busted through their rigid mindsets by walking boldly in His full stature, power, authority and anointing. After all; He was and is God. But they couldn't perceive it. No wonder most of them hated Jesus and Missions Reports some even conspired with the Romans to have Him crucified. But He rose again! The apostle Paul wrote to the Romans about this when he spoke about Jesus' deity: ". declared to be the Son of God with Desk of Todd Bentley power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead" (Rom. 1:4). Amen!! Reports from the Road THE GOSPEL IS IN WORD AND DEED! Honoring our Partners When Jesus walked in the full power of the anointing of God, His righteous acts demonstrated to the Testimonies world that the gospel wasn't only a message to hear, but it was also a message to see. How He dramatically preached the gospel was by healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Yes, He did speak, of course, but He also released miracles, signs and wonders because the gospel is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek" (Rom. 1:16). And God wants us to walk in this power, too. Listen. There's no better time than now. Look at what's happening in the world. If there ever was a time that the nations needed to see the hand of God and Jesus Christ's redemption, it's NOW! It's time to throw down stuff that doesn't matter; stupid busyness and daily grinds that mean nothing. We need to cry out for an outpouring of the Holy Ghost! We need to have a God-encounter; an experience with the Holy Ghost. Look at this. You know what I love about Jesus? It's Acts 1:8! "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." Jesus was declaring that His disciples would have a win-win situation because they would receive power when the Holy Spirit came upon them. And He wants us to be winners too! The power of God is always unto winning lost souls for Christ. It's always connected to being witnesses, evangelism and releasing the message of the gospel. The power of God is always connected to, "And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand'" (Matt. 10:7). If there isn't any going, there isn't any power; why would there be? But with the power of God we are fully equipped to go to the lost wherever they are. You know, one big reason why God gives miracles is because He is moved with compassion. But perhaps more than that, miracles are a visible demonstration to a lost and dying world. I guarantee that the more you begin to take the gospel of Jesus Christ into the city streets, the more you will experience an increase of the manifestation of the power of God. God will always bless soul-winning. God will always bless: "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give" (Matt. 10:8). "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). Hey! I am excited about going into the harvest. I am excited about going to the jails and the drug houses. I am just excited about the power of God because the gospel of God is the power of God unto salvation! You will see more power than you can shake a stick at when you begin to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ in faith, believing that it is a gospel not in word only but also in power. Signs and wonders will follow those who believe (Mark 16:17). The apostle Paul knew this. Let's examine Romans 15:17–19 and take to heart what he was saying: "Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God. For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, to make the Gentiles obedient—(NKJ) "[Even as my preaching has been accompanied] with the power of signs and wonders, [and all of it] by the power of the Holy Spirit. [The result is] that starting from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum, I have fully preached the Gospel [faithfully executing, accomplishing, carrying out to the full the good news] of Christ (the Messiah) in its entirety" (Amplified). Paul was saying it's in word and deed and by mighty signs and wonders by the power of the Spirit of God that he fully preached the gospel, faithfully executing and carrying out to the full, the good news of Christ the Messiah in its entirety. On the flip side, do you know what else Paul was saying? "I have not fully preached the gospel of Christ if I have not done it with power, signs and wonders. I have not really preached the gospel and I'm not really a minister of God unless Gentiles are being made obedient because they are receiving the word, the message, and the deeds." A powerless gospel is not going to give harvest, friends. You can't just be a man and a woman with a message. It's a man and a woman of power with a message. It's a man and a woman filled with the Holy Spirit. It's a man and a woman endued with power from on high with a message! Paul was saying that he hadn't really preached the gospel if he hadn't done it with miracles, signs and wonders. We need a demonstration of the Spirit of God and power and I believe that the Holy Spirit wants to impart that to you today. As I said in Part 1 (of this teaching), we need to understand that the gospel without power is not the gospel of Jesus Christ as He meant it to be proclaimed. A gospel without people being saved and healed, and without people being delivered and radically changed, is not the gospel of Jesus Christ! Look, we need to examine our own lives. We're not actually walking in the fullness of our salvation if we're not contending, ourselves, to be completely healed. I say this because when we really understand what it means to be saved we'll understand that salvation is for our body, soul and spirit. Just as Jesus was wounded for our transgressions and iniquities, He also bore upon His body all of our sorrows, all of our sicknesses, and all of our diseases. By His stripes we are healed. We just can't take that away from Jesus. We can't take that away from Calvary. Don't miss this. To take miracles and healing away from Calvary is to bring down the ministry of Jesus; it's to bring down the gospel of God. To believe that you can embrace Christianity without power is the same as believing that Jesus never really rose from the dead and that there's no power in the gospel of God. If we believe like that it's like saying, "We just need to have a message." "Theology will do it." "My opinion will do it." "My programs will do it." BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND KEEP ON BEING FILLED! Would you agree that it's going to take more than theology and programs to win the lost to Christ? When the power of God begins to visit us and we really begin to get hungry for the anointing, and we really begin to have a revelation and understanding of the gospel, we'll begin to preach the gospel in its entirety, like Paul did (Rom. 15:17–19). And as we begin to preach the full gospel, we'll begin to lay hands on the sick and they will recover. As the saints begin to be released into that anointing, we will start taking whole cities for Christ. But it all begins when the power of God comes upon you. And I want you to get hungry for that! I want you to get hungry to have an experience with the Holy Ghost. Jesus gave the promise of the Holy Ghost to His followers. This is where it all began—"for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now" (Acts 1: 5). Yes, they were baptized with the Holy Ghost! On that great day, the day of Pentecost, they spoke in foreign languages (formerly unknown to them) to all the people, which in itself was a marvelous sign and wonder. Yet, still, some of the onlookers mocked them and said, "They are full of new wine." But get this! There's more to being filled than the gifts of the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues, or being drunk in the Holy Ghost.

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