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Who We Are in Christ - Friendship
Without Limits - Gene Decode – Atlas Shrugs - REAL RAW NEWS - Russia Wrote Off
$20 Billion of African Nations’ Debts - Juan O' Savin – AMLO Calls Charges
Against Trump a Fabrication - THE BURNING PLATFORM - Nuclear Weapons in the
Bible & more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
March 22nd 2023
SG Anon Situation Update: Panic Mode
& The Trump Arrest! - Must Video - Wednesday, March 22, 2023 10:55 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/03/sg-anon-situation-update-panic-mode-the-trump-arrest-must-video-3658161.html
Putin and China Could End The US
dollar With This Move : Prepare For The US Dollar Collapse! — Will the Future
Global Society be Cashless? — A Recession is...Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:33
- https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/03/putin-and-china-could-end-the-us-dollar-with-this-move-prepare-for-the-us-dollar-collapse-will-the-future-global-society-be-cashless-a-recession-is-3790401.html
WORLD NET DAILY: MONEY POLITICS U.S.
WND NEWS CENTER WORLD WND - Dershowitz on Bragg: 'Never seen a worse abuse of
prosecutorial discretion' Dershowitz agreed "there was no crime." "They
had to make it up. They had to combine a non-existent state misdemeanor, which
is beyond the statute of limitations to a federal felony, which was not
prosecuted by the federal government, also beyond the statute of limitations…
That just isn't the way American justice works and everybody should protest
this," Dershowitz said. https://www.wnd.com/2023/03/dershowitz-bragg-never-seen-worse-abuse-prosecutorial-discretion/
POLL: Kari Lake Could Win in Arizona
Senate Race - By Martin Walsh - March 22, 2023 - Govenor? Vice President?
Senator? Republican Kari Lake has a lot of options on the table. Lake’s lawsuit
challenging her loss in the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election has now made
its way to the state Supreme Court. She’s also been asked about reports that
former President Donald Trump could be “seriously” considering her to be his
2024 running mate. And now an early poll exploring the 2024 U.S. Senate
election in Arizona found that Lake could win the race. https://conservativebrief.com/kari-lake-az-71829/?utm_source=CB&utm_medium=ABC
ATLAS SHRUGS: Vladimir Putin, Xi
Jinping sign economic deal in latest demonstration of ‘friendship without
limits’ - By Geller Report Staff - on March 21, 2023 - President Xi is routing
President Biden on the world stage. Xi flaunts alliance with Putin in front of
President Biden’s diminished America. Even if President Trump pulls out a win
in 2024, will the stability of the world even be salvageable? https://gellerreport.com/2023/03/vladimir-putin-xi-jinping-sign-economic-deal-in-latest-demonstration-of-friendship-without-limits.html/?lctg=87791646
ATLAS SHRUGS: Trump: Manhattan DA was
paid ‘EXCESS OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS’ by George Soro - By Pamela Geller - on
March 21, 2023 - Absolute corruption. The billionaire has long been outspoken
about his disdain for Trump. President Donald Trump is calling out alleged
corruption in New York linked to his potential indictment. He posted on Truth
Social Monday, “District Attorney Alvin Bragg received in EXCESS OF ONE MILLION
DOLLARS from Radical Left Enemy of ‘TRUMP,’ George Soros.” https://gellerreport.com/2023/03/trump-manhattan-da-was-paid-excess-of-one-million-dollars-by-george-soro.html/?lctg=87791646
REAL RAW NEWS: Putin Destroys 60% of
Covid Vaccines in Russia - By Michael Baxter -March 21, 2023 - Vladimir Putin
has destroyed sixty percent of all Covid-19 vaccines in Russia and will
continue waging war against the Deep State’s “poison” until every dose on
Russian soil is demolished, FSB agent Andrei Zakharov told Real Raw News. As
reported on March 4, Putin linked the Sputnik and CoviVac vaccines to a
dramatic spike in HIV cases across the Russian Federation. He tasked his
defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, with overseeing a massive operation to purge
hospitals, pharmacies, and clinics of drugs, as well as shutting down vaccine
production facilities. Moreover, he reportedly said the scientists who put HIV
in Covid vaccines must be put to death for their crimes. https://realrawnews.com/2023/03/putin-destroys-60-of-covid-vaccines-in-russia/
TASS: Russia wrote off $20 billion of
African nations’ debts, Putin says - It is highlighted that the mutual trade
turnover is growing from year to year, which reached almost $18 billion as of
the last year-end. "The more vigorous transition to national currencies in
financial settlements and the establishment of new transport and logistics
chains will facilitate the development of countertrade turnovers," Putin
added. https://tass.com/economy/1591417
BLP: President of Mexico Calls
Charges Against Donald Trump a ‘Fabrication’ - By Shane Trejo - Mar 21, 2023 - Mexican
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has commented on the prosecution of
Donald Trump, stating that he believes the charges are based on a
“fabrication.” López Obrador believes that the charges are being fabricated for
political reasons, similar to what he has endured in the past, in order to keep
Trump’s name off the ballot in 2024 and prevent him from winning back the
presidency. “Right now, former President Trump is declaring that they are going
to arrest him,” López Obrador said at a press conference. “If that were the
case…it would be so that his name doesn’t appear on the ballot.” https://bigleaguepolitics.com/president-of-mexico-calls-charges-against-donald-trump-a-fabrication/
Gene Decode: Situation Update March
2023 (Video) - Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:20 - Here’s Gene’s latest situation
update and Intel drop. Where is this all leading to? We are in complete
political turmoil and it leaves everyone wondering what’s going to happen
next..Gene tells what he thinks is on the horizon for the country and for the
world abroad.. https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/03/gene-decode-situation-update-march-2023-video-3790388.html
Juan O' Savin: The Arrest of Donald
J. Trump with Jaco Booyens (Video) - Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:12 - In this
episode of MSOM, Sean Morgan interviews Juan O’ Savin about the possible arrest
of DJT and how it could boomerang on the deep state. He also covers the J6
protesters and the financial reset that is coming. https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/03/juan-o-savin-the-arrest-of-donald-j-trump-with-jaco-booyens-video-3790387.html
US SECRET Airplane Was Spotted by
Sailors Over the Pacific Ocean - No one can find out the Pentagon’s secrets. At
least, that’s the conventional wisdom. But every now and then, people become
witnesses to strange phenomena associated with secret military facilities. For
example, relatively recently, a fishing vessel sailing across the Pacific Ocean
towards Vancouver noticed an unidentified object in the sky that looked like an
oddly-shaped aircraft. But the object didn’t move at all like a typical
aircraft, and at one point it simply disappeared into thin air. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLRwMGacecU
THE BURNING PLATFORM: Circus Politics
Are Intended to Distract Us. Don’t Be Distracted - Guest Post by John W.
Whitehead – March 22nd 2023 - “There is nothing more dangerous than
a government of the many controlled by the few.”—Lawrence Lessig, Harvard law
professor - It is easy to be distracted right now by the bread and circus
politics that have dominated the news headlines lately, but don’t be distracted.
Don’t be fooled, not even a little. We’re being subjected to the oldest con
game in the books, the magician’s sleight of hand that keeps you focused on the
shell game in front of you while your wallet is being picked clean by ruffians
in your midst…. https://www.theburningplatform.com/2023/03/21/circus-politics-are-intended-to-distract-us-dont-be-distracted/
Nuclear Weapons in the Bible - Chuck
Missler – March 22nd 2023 - In this segment Chuck Missler discusses
nuclear weapons in The Bible. This segment comes from the "Technology And
The Bible" briefing pack published by Koinonia House. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfOm9xvEIvg
Meet Joseph Goebbels’ Twin Brother,
Yuval Harari – Klaus Schwab’s Right Hand Man - By Bradlee Dean|March 22nd, 2023
- Last week, we highlighted Klaus Schwab and his Fourth Reich, and how it is
that he is pushing a global order, which, by the way, was sold to you by the
mainstream media as a “theory”. Let me now introduce you to Joseph Goebbels’
twin brother, Yuval Noah Harari, who is a professor in the Department of
History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
This man is the very embodiment of that of Goebbels, wicked to the core
(Proverbs 30:17). https://newswithviews.com/meet-joseph-goebbels-twin-brother-yuval-harari-klaus-schwabs-right-hand-man/
CANADA FREE PRESS: America’s Woke –
Professing themselves to be wise, have become bumbling fools? - By Rev. Michael
Bresciani ——Bio and Archives--March 21, 2023 - “Professing themselves to be
wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an
image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and
creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the
lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves.
(Romans 1: 22-25a) The reason we trust both the Old Testament and the New Testament
is because the nature of God in dealing with men is revealed in great detail in
the Old Testament. The New Testament offers a final solution to fallen man in
the finished work of Christ on the cross in the New Testament. https://canadafreepress.com/article/americas-woke-professing-themselves-to-be-wise-have-become-bumbling-fools
LIFE SITE NEWS: NCAA wrestling champ
praises Jesus Christ after victory: ‘No false prophets, no Muhammad’ – Tue Mar
21, 2023 - 4:55 pm EDT - Aaron Brooks simply stated Biblical truths during an
interview after winning his third national title, but the video sparked
controversy and was deleted by NCAA wrestling. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ncaa-wrestling-champ-praises-jesus-christ-after-victory-no-false-prophets-no-muhammad/
GATEWAY PUNDIT: HUGE NEWS for
Election Integrity! TWO MORE States Cut Ties with ERIC Voter Roll Systems –
OHIO and IOWA Are Out! - By Jim Hoft - Mar. 19, 2023 8:45 am - https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/huge-news-for-election-integrity-two-more-states-cut-ties-with-eric-voter-roll-systems-ohio-and-iowa-are-out/
Trumpy Thwomp Aftermath, Infinity
Pool Clones & More Zombie Animal Attacks - Wednesday, March 22, 2023 13:33
- https://beforeitsnews.com/paranormal/2023/03/trumpy-thwomp-aftermath-infinity-pool-clones-more-zombie-animal-attacks-2560911.html
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Who We Are in Christ
By Jack Kelley
Published on: July 28, 2015
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
March 22nd 2023
I am not part of the “word of faith”
movement and I am not a charismatic faith healer. I am an evangelical Christian
who takes the Bible very seriously, believing it means just what it says.
My goal is to see what the Bible
actually says about healing, as opposed to what people think it says, and to
see if I could find any reasons for the disconnect between what it says our
experience should be and what it actually is. My research identified several
reasons, which I described in the previous segments.
I want to explore what the Bible says
about who we are in Christ, and by that I mean what is the extent of our
authority in Him.
We all know our destiny is to be
kings and priests in the Lord’s Kingdom, but what are we between now and then?
Let’s find out.
Ambassadors of Christ
The fact that we’re destined to be
kings and priests makes us a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9) and having been
adopted as God’s own children (Galatians 4:4-7) confirms that we’re part of the
ultimate royal family.
In royal families the princes often
serve as ambassadors and that’s exactly what Paul called us. Using a Greek word
he only applied to us (2 Cor. 5:20) and himself (Eph. 6:20), he called us
ambassadors (representatives) of Christ sent with the ministry of
reconciliation to reconcile men to God (2 Cor. 5:18-20).
Through the cross, God has made peace
with His creation (Colossians 1:19) and as His ambassadors we are called to
explain the terms of His peace to all the nations, in other words to share the
gospel with them.
When an ambassador is appointed to
the country where he will serve, he presents his credentials to the host
country. His credentials show he has the authority to act on behalf of his home
country’s leaders.
When Jesus sent His original 12
disciples out to minister to the people, He gave them credentials to show they
had the authority to act on His behalf. He said, “Heal the sick, raise the
dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons” (Matt. 10:8).
Later He sent out 72 others telling
them to heal the sick in every town that welcomed them (Luke 10:9). And just
before He left, after reminding them that all authority in heaven and on earth
had been given to Him, He told His followers of that day and ours:
“Therefore, go and make disciples of
all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit” (Matt. 28:18-19).
To show that we have the authority to
act as His ambassadors today, we have also been given the ability to do the
things Jesus did.
[He said,] “Very truly I tell you,
whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing” (John 14:12).
Notice He didn’t say, “Whoever in
this generation” or “Whoever until the New Testament is complete” but “Whoever
believes in me.” Prefacing His statement with the phrase “Very truly I tell
you” indicates He was being as honest and direct as He could possibly be. That
means whether you know it or not, you have the authority as the Lord’s
ambassador to do the things Jesus did.
We who believe in Jesus have been
authorized to heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, preach the
gospel, and make disciples of all men, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We don’t need anyone’s permission to do
these things, they are part of our job, even part of our responsibility. They
are what we’ve been sent to do, just as they are what Jesus was sent to do.
Jesus didn’t pray to His Father,
asking Him to heal someone if it be His will, He commanded the person to be
healed. He commanded demons to depart. He commanded dead people to come to
life. He did this because He had the authority to do so.
The disciples didn’t pray to Jesus or
the Father, asking for healing on behalf of someone. In Jesus’ name they
commanded the sick to be healed, the lame to walk, the demons to depart, the
dead to rise. They also had the authority to do so.
What Can I Do for You, Lord?
So many times I’ve received emails
from people who say, “I’ve prayed for God to show me what He wants me to do
with my life. I keep listening, but I never hear anything back. What’s
missing?”
What’s missing is that He’s waiting
for us to do what He’s already commissioned us to do as one of His ambassadors.
“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cast
out demons, preach the gospel, and make disciples of all men, baptizing them in
the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
Why do we expect Him to give us
another job when we’ve yet to begin the one he’s already given us?
It doesn’t matter how busy you are or
how important your job is, you could find at least a little time to begin
acting as an ambassador of the Lord by doing some of the things He has
commissioned you to do. Even if you could only commit a few hours a week to
this, you would be serving the One who gave His life to redeem yours.
Imagine, if you can, how different
the world would be if each of us spent just a little time each week in our role
as an ambassador of Christ. Instead of being known primarily for what we hate,
wouldn’t the Church be better known for Who we love? Isn’t that what the Lord
wants? (John 13:34-35).
One final word about ambassadors.
They don’t try to impose their country’s culture or values on the country
they’ve been sent to. And they certainly don’t try to take it over. They know
they are guests who serve a special purpose.
In the same way it’s not the Church’s
job to take over the world or impose the Christian culture upon it. We are also
guests who serve a special purpose. Jesus told the 72 that if they entered a
town and were not made to feel welcome, they should leave, shaking the dust
from their feet as they did (Luke 10:10-11). And Paul said it’s not our
responsibility to judge those outside the Church (1 Cor. 5:12).
Our job is to show them something
better by our actions. Now before you say that to be an ambassador for Christ
you would have to leave your home and become a missionary in a foreign land,
consider this.
“Our citizenship is in heaven and we
eagerly await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Phil. 3:20).
No matter where you live on earth,
you are only a visitor here, so you could start right where you are.
Our purpose is to introduce the very
special benefits of our home country (heaven) to those who live on earth and
influence them to change their citizenship. And how do we do that? The way
Jesus told us to.
“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cast
out demons, preach the gospel, and make disciples of all men, baptizing them in
the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”
If you’ve never done anything like
his before, you shouldn’t expect to do all these things successfully right out
of the box. For example, just as it takes faith to be healed, it takes faith to
heal others. Most of us don’t have that kind of faith because we’ve never
developed it, and we’ve never developed it because it has never occurred to us
that we could.
But there are thousands of ways to
show the gospel to people. All it takes to get started is to make a commitment
to do something. And with prayer, study, and practice, we can all learn to do
all these things because we have all been given the authority to do them. It’s
who we are in Christ.
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