IN 2006 I FELT THAT GOD SPOKE TO ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO DELIVER ME FROM SOME ISSUES THAT I WAS DEALING WITH AND THAT I WAS GOING TO MINISTER TO WOMEN AND INSTEAD OF SAYING THIS IS WHAT GOD CAN DO, I WOULD BE SAYING THIS IS WHAT GOD DID AND IF HE DID IT FOR ME HE CAN DO IT FOR YOU.
IN DECEMBER OF 2009 I WOKE UP HEARING THE WORDS DEMONSTRATE A LIFE OF DELIVERANCE.
AS I WAS STUDYING I REALIZED THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE DID WITH SAUL. MOST WOULD SAY HE WAS THE WORST OF THE WORST. HE WAS A PERSECUTOR AND MURDER OF GODS PEOPLE. Acts 9:1-19 The Conversion of Saul 1 Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; 4 and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” 5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, 6 but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do.” 7 The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one. 8 Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. 10 Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” 11 And the Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying, 12 and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.” 13 But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem; 14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.” 15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, FOR HE IS A CHOSEN INSTRUMENT OF MINE, TO BEAR MY NAME before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; 16 for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.” 17 So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, “ BROTHER Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized; 19 and he took food and was strengthened.
THE DELIVERANCE HAD COME AND MINISTRY BEGAN AND NOW A LIFE DELIVERANCE WAS NOT ONLY BEING TESTIFIED BUT BEING DEMONSTRATED.
Saul Begins to Preach Christ Now for several days he was with the disciples who were at Damascus, Acts 13:4-12 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5 When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John as their helper. 6 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar- Jesus, 7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9 But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him, 10 and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord? 11 Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand. 12 Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.
DO YOU SEE THE SIMILARITY IN BOTH OF THESE STORIES
BOTH SAUL AND THIS MAGICIAN WERE full of all deceit and fraud, sons of the devil, enemies of all righteousness, who made crooked the straight ways of The Lord.
BOTH OF THEM WERE SEEKING TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE FAITH
BOTH OF THEM WERE BLINDED FOR A SEASON
BOTH OF THEM NEEDED SOMEONE TO LEAD THEM BY THE HAND
GOD WILL USE EXTREME MEASURES SOMETIMES TO BRING FORTH DELIVERANCE AND SALVATION.
AND WHEN HE DOES HE WILL SEND YOU TO THE VERY PEOPLE HE DELIVERED YOU FROM AND USE YOU TO GO AND
18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me. ’
TO TESTIFY AND DEMONSTRATE THIS IS WHAT HE DID FOR ME AND HE CAN DO IT FOR YOU TOO.
PAULS DEFENSE TO KING AGRIPPA WAS
Acts 26:15-18
And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord? ’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 But get up and stand on your feet; FOR THIS PURPOSE I have appeared to you, TO APPOINT YOU A MINISTER AND A WITNESS not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; 17 RESCUING YOU FROM the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, TO WHOM I AM SENDING YOU,
18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me. ’
I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO IN ALL OF US.
HE WANTS TO COME AND RESCUE US FROM SITUATIONS, TO DELIVER US FROM ISSUES THAT WE CAN STAND AND MINISTER AND TESTIFY AND DEMONSTRATE THE DELIVERING POWER OF GOD.
HE DID IT FOR ME THE WORST OF THE WORST AND HE CAN DO IT FOR YOU!!!
IF HE DID IT FOR YOU HE CAN DO IT FOR OTHERS TOO!!
SO LETS TESTIFY AND DEMONSTRATE THE DELIVERING POWER OF ALMIGHTY GOD.
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