KEY SCRIPTURE: 1Co 2:4 KJV” And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:”

Apostle. Paul’s letter to the church of Corinth had lots of issues to correct about them. It seemed these brethren lacked lots of spiritual understanding. In chapter three of this same book he writes as follows 3:1 KJV” And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.” These brethren had to encounter the power of God, so their faith would be In the Lord and in His power, and not in enticing words of man’s wisdom. Corinth having two harbours was a commercial city with lots of activities going on there. These trends of affairs had a direct effect on the church. Our world with the current information advancement and technology has modelled a society that is very unbelieving. As the Lord Jesus said, it needs miracles to believe. Matt 12:39.

The church of God must brace itself up to meet the challenge of proving God’s power with signs and wonders so that the faith of men would not rest in philosophies and motivational teachings but in the power of God. The truth is that miracles signs and wonders advertise the gospel more easily than a thousand messages. Jesus fame went abroad because of the great miraculous signs and wonders that he did. In Matt 8:34, the bible says the whole city came to meet Jesus because of the miracle of setting the demoniac lunatic man free.

What ushers one into this miracle ministry? The miracle ministry is a demonstration that God’s fire is blazing upon a man. In the Old Testament, God’s fire always comes from the blood that is placed on the mercy seat. Ex 25:22 KJV” And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.” Whenever the high priest offers the blood of a slain animal God’s presence comes as fire over the mercy seat with the blood on it. He then speaks through that fire to the high priest.
The fire of God always comes on the life that is slain for Him.

Any man that would bear the fire of God must be given over to seeking glory in the name of God. This sense of being slain for God drives him to long periods of prayer and fasting. Please note: it is not just praying and fasting that brings this approval of God’s miracle power, but a desire to see the name of the Lord glorified and a subsequent dedication of your life to fasting and prayer that ushers you into this miracle ministry.

THOUGHT: A LIFE SACRIFICED UNTO THE LORD, WOULD SURELY RECEIVE GOD’S APPROVAL FOR THE MIRACULOUS

FURTHER STUDIES

Act 2:22 KJV” Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:”

John 12:24 KJV” Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”