It takes a miracle for a person to be saved from the power of darkness; to be turned to the power of God. It took the blood of Jesus Christ who was betrayed into the hands of sinners. He took all of sin on himself. He really took all of it on himself.
All of the world is under the power of darkness. All of it. The only way to be saved from it is THROUGH Jesus who is the TRUE LIGHT of the world.
I see the power of darkness when people curse other people. I see it when people steal for selfish gain. I see the darkness when governments oppress the people they are over. I see the darkness when men sleep with other men, and when women sleep with other women. I see the darkness when a person's neighbor is cruel and merciless to their neighbor.
I see it in war, and even in times of peace.
I see it when the rich deal secretly against the poor for wicked riches. I see it when lawyers make lies to save the guilty and make other lies to condemn the innocent.
The power of darkness is real power, and so is the power of God. Jesus Christ has overcome the power of darkness with his blood. The message of HIS gospel is LIFE. Anything else means death.
The religions of men are of the power of darkness. Not of God.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is so simple. It is the message of the LOVE of God for humanity. Love enough to die for something he didn't do, only to tell people that they ought to love God and each other the same way he loved us and gave his life for us.
The power of that simple message is truly shunned in this world. If you test it, you will see how true it is.
You see, it was written that as the HEARTS of men wax cold, INIQUITY will grow. This is why corruption is increasing.
And if we love this world, we will meet the same fate as Lot's wife, who was turned to a pillar of salt.
God has chosen, before-hand those who were his own and called them out of the world. He knew them before the world was. This is who Jesus came to give the message to. To those who were then, and to those who are coming. Those, who when they hear the words of the kingdom will be fruitful.
So there are two ends. Those who were predestined to hell, and those who were predestined to the kingdom of God.
Those who choose to get glory and honor riches NOW in this world, and those who wait patiently for the kingdom of heaven.
Those who are ruthless in their seizure of territory and control and power NOW, and those who will inherit the earth and be given power over it all THEN.
It is the HOPE OF ETERNAL GLORY, sealed in the HEARTS.
FOR WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD. Indeed the fight is spiritual, against spiritual darkness and powers unseen. That is why it is ONLY the power of God that can destroy the works of the devil. There is no other way to be saved but by Jesus Christ.
No, doctors are not the instruments of God. They work for money. Healing (true healing) comes from God. But who will believe this?
I am guilty of doubting God, and succumbing to the power of darkness. That is why I have been afraid and confused and upset and worried.
Who really acts by their own will? There are only two wills that are present in this situation. There is the will of the Devil, and there is the will of God. And we are tossed back and forth between those two wills with every decision we make in this world.
Why is it that there is no power coming from your local church? It is because the power of darkness as corrupted it.
Money is in no way a part of the kingdom of God, nor is it the tithe he requires.
A pure and repentant heart is what he requires. He requires faith, and mercy, not sacrifice.
So many churches teach and preach the kingdom of darkness. They are not worried about the kingdom of God, because they assume it is theirs already.
Why else would Jesus say we have to LABOR to enter into that kingdom? Why are only FEW entering? And there are many church buildings at every corner almost.
We need the MERCY of God. We need the POWER of God, else we are DEAD in our SINS.
May he make me pure. Amen.