For it is written “And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?”
“Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”
“And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.”
I declare my power and authority over the enemy and all his weapons in the name of Jesus Christ by the power in His Blood!!! Remember satan has been defeated he is a defeated foe!!! It is finished!!!
Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
Luke 10:17-19
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
13.3.24
Today’s scripture is Matthew and basically what He is telling us is that all infirmities in the body come through sin because this gives the demons access to your body!!! God created man from the dust (woman was taken from his side) and the serpent was to eat dust all his days as punishment for what he did!!! Also the biggest problem which causes dis-ease in the body is unforgiveness and holding grudges against people who are most of the time not even aware of this. You holding on to this is hurting you not them, God said “hold your peace and I will fight your battles, vengeance belongs to Him and He will repay” no one is going to get away with anything!!! Holding on to this festers your insides and causes dis-ease as you are holding on to something which is not of God, He forgave us while we were still sinners!!! And He expects the same from us!!! He tells us to pick up our cross daily and follow Him, do what He did, act like He acted,(He spent more time with the sinners than anyone else!) like when He asked God to forgive the two men who were crucified with Him that were mocking Him, because they didn’t know what they were doing or talking about, that is grace and judgement belongs to God not us as He sees, knows and hears everything! Also do to people as you would want people to do to you in other words treat people how you want to be treated, if you treat people badly then don’t expect to be treated nicely!!! If people do you wrong pray for them and leave it in God’s hands to deal with, He will sort it out or again ask God what to do and open your Bible because sometimes He is separating you from certain people who He knows are no good for you, He hears things we don’t and sees things we don’t!!! You can tell God anything He would rather you went to Him and screamed and shouted about people and the way they treat you, than you end up in sin because you let your flesh take over!!! You can say nothing or do nothing to lose His Love for you, nothing!!! This is very hard I know it has taken me a while to master this as I do have a short temper, but God gives me patience to deal with people and I don’t always get it right even now but I go to God to discuss it first not other people. Then we get to the narrow way which is so very difficult to follow as most people are following the wide way to destruction and that is the way the world and worldly things lead you to, hence why He says very few find the correct way, Jesus said Follow Me!!! This is why scripture is so important to know and understand because how else are you going to know if you are following Him??? And only God can teach you scripture no man or woman can reveal the mysteries God does, He is the only author present when you read His Word!!! Sometimes I don’t understand why He has taken me to a specific chapter so I ask and open my Bible (I also keep notes on all this) again and keep doing this until it makes sense and I understand what He is telling me. It is all a work in progress it is learning from your mistakes and not making them again and falling back into sin!!! Sin disconnects us from God because the last thing you feel like doing when you know you are sinning is seeking God, even although He is just waiting there for you to return to Him!!! Only one step back people, only one and He will open the door and welcome you back with open arms!!! The narrow way is not easy by any means it is much harder than following the world because you will be attacked spiritually by satan and his army of demons!!! You will become Job and suffer just like He did but God will not let you be tried beyond what you can deal with!!! If your life is easy you already belong to the devil!!! Tribulation and trials bring Faith, thank Him and keep praising Him during these and ask what lesson you need to learn!!! God will always make a way and He will also take you to scripture which will help you in your trials!!! Remember scripture His Word is a two-edged sword and that is our weapon, use it as such against the devil just like Jesus did when tempted by the devil in the wilderness!!! Then we have false teachers who are not teaching the true Word of God, if you go to church and your pastor is not telling you to read the Bible for yourself, repent and pray constantly and have a personal relationship with God, then you have a false teacher who is babeling not preaching! And you will know them by their fruits like all these mega churches with so called pastors who fly about in private jets and ask for money all the time or the vatican which hordes billions in gold, silver and precious jewels instead of feeding the poor or housing them!!! Corrupt people cannot bring forth good fruit and vice versa and every tree not bearing good fruit will be cast into the lake of fire!!! Then we have the people who know His word, preach His word and cast out demons by His name but who are they doing it for??? Are they doing it to be seen by men? What are their intentions behind what they are doing??? Are they doing it to be greatly seen among men and be known among men or are they doing it for the good of the people they are helping??? This is why He tries the Heart to know every intention behind every word and action, intention is everything!!! And don’t try to hide because He knows, this is why He said, “these people draw near to me with their mouths but their hearts are far from me”!!! And also why He said seek me with your whole heart, if you don’t give yourself to Him fully He knows and it will matter!!! Then we have the two foundations which pretty much explains itself in that Jesus is our foundation stone, the one the builders rejected and we build upon Him because when we do this nothing can shake our house or bring it down!!! A house is not a home unless Jesus is present, He makes it a home!!!
In chapter 8 we have Jesus healing the leper and telling him to tell no one about it but to present the peace offering to the priests! Now think about this if you are harbouring resentment towards someone then you will have dis-ease in the body but making a peace offering to that person not necessarily to them directly but to God and forgiving them is basically a peace offering which God will accept!!! Also we all get thoughts in our heads of things people have done or said to us and before you know, you are cursing them for these things, this is the devil putting evil thoughts into your head trying to get you to sin, rebuke him by saying, “The Lord rebuke you satan!” this puts it in God’s hand and then resist the devil and he will flee from you. Again if you harbour these thoughts they fester and grow arms and legs, so nip it in the bud as soon as possible! The devils game is to be in control of your temple, body and sit in God’s throne – your heart and control you and don’t underestimate him as he knows scripture much better than us!!! Take note of the centurion who believed that just by Jesus saying his servant was healed he was, this is the Faith God wants from us and he was a Roman not of Israel who had denied Jesus and many still are today! But this is why He says the children of Kingdom will be cast out and the people not chosen by Him will be invited into the Kingdom instead!!! Then He heals Peters mother in law and many more who came to Him!!! If you believe He will heal you, you will be healed but it is a work of faith and the devil will try anything to keep you from this, his biggest lie is, “did God really say?” making you doubt what God has said which is exactly what he did to Eve made her doubt God’s Word!!! If he succeeds in this he gets to eat your body and you will return to dust!!! So many lessons to be learned today through these scriptures and I speak from experience when I am explaining these things to you, most of these things I have experienced personally and learned the lessons!!! So don’t ever lose faith and always have the correct intentions behind every word and action or you will find yourself rebuked by God and that is not a nice experience trust me on that one!!! Also while I remember all the deaths are not all evil people because God says that no one regards when righteous people die or the young die before their time, this is God protecting them from the evil to come, taking them home to Him so don’t fret over people dying because most go back into God’s house and love and that is why He says the day of death is better than the day of birth!!! We all need to stand before His throne and give account for every single word, thought and action and the intentions behind those!!! No one escapes the judgement of God no one!!!
Matthew 7:12-29 KJV
Summary of OT righteousness
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
The two ways
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there at:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Warning against false teachers
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
The danger of profession without faith
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
The two foundations
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Matthew 8:1-18
Jesus heals a leper
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Jesus heals the centurion’s servant
5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Jesus heals Peter’s wife’s mother
13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the self-same hour.
14 And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.
15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
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