Tag: #Mark

Extend forgiveness towards those who have hurt you

Unforgiveness will hinder or block the healing power of the Holy Spirit. It will bind you up and separate you from God’s forgiving and healing power. It is vital to release those feelings that you have against others, so that the Holy Spirit’s healing and forgiving power can heal and restore your soul.

Unforgiveness is a deadly poison that separates us from God’s forgiveness in our own lives and gives us over to tormenting spirits. It is hard to receive healing when one is in such a position. Consider these passages in scripture concerning the deadliness of unforgiveness and bitterness in our lives:

Mark 11:25-26, “And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”

As we can see, unforgiveness will block God’s forgiveness from operating in our own lives. Inner healing requires God’s forgiveness.

Matthew 18:32-35, “Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.”

Unforgiveness will put us into the hands of tormenting spirits. This is the last thing we need when we’re seeking healing for our souls! As if that isn’t enough, unforgiveness also puts a person in spiritual darkness and separation from God, and defiles us spiritually:

1 John 2:11, “But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.”

Hebrews 12:15, “Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.”

It is absolutely essential to release feelings of bitterness and unforgiveness, in order to fully receive healing for our souls. Forgiving others will welcome the healing power of the Holy Spirit into our lives.

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Does Jesus’ warning about spiritual defilement not apply to us Christians?

Jesus made it clear that there are things which defile a man, meaning, they make the man unclean spiritually. Do we dare say that a Christian can do such things, and not have Jesus’ words apply to them?

Matthew 15:18-20, “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.”

Apparently, the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to warn the believers that through bitterness, they can become spiritually defiled:

Hebrews 12:15, “Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.”

When Jesus shed His blood for our spiritual freedom and physical healing, does this apply to believers or those who reject Christ? In Matthew chapter eight, Jesus was demonstrating what was prophesied by the prophet Isaiah when He went about casting out demons. At the same time, He was demonstrating the healing that was purchased for us through His work on the cross. Do we dare say that these things were intended to be received by those who reject Jesus?

Matthew 8:16-17, “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: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”

If casting out demons was only valid while Jesus was here on earth, then why did Jesus appear to His disciples after He rose from the dead, and told them that His children will be casting out demons as well? Also, why did the early church go about casting out demons as well? The fact is that the early church went about casting out demons, long after Jesus went on to be with the Father.

Mark 16:17, “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils…”

Acts 8:6-7, “And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.”

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Bible Study Tools: Mark 16:17 (Part 2) – In my name shall they cast out devils. (Self Deliverance)

so the Apostle Paul dispossessed the damsel, that had a spirit of divination; commanding the spirit, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her, and it did;

and evil spirits also went out of others, through his means, by the power of Christ, ( Acts 16:18 ) ( 19:12 ) ;

and this power continued for a considerable time among the saints: the phrase “in my name”, is in the Arabic version, joined to the word “believe”, in the preceding clause; and is omitted in the Persic version, but is rightly retained by all others in this place;

for by the power and authority of Christ, and not their own, and by calling upon, and making use of his name, such miraculous operations were wrought by the apostles:

Bible Study Tools: Mark 16:17 (Part 3) – they shall speak with new tongues. (Self Deliverance)

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or languages, not such as were new made, and had never been heard and known before;

but foreign languages, such as they had never learned, or were able to speak, or understood before;

and this not only did the apostles on the day of pentecost, but even common believers at other times, ( Acts 2:4 Acts 2:6 Acts 2:11 ) ( Acts 10:45 Acts 10:46 ) ( 1 Corinthians 12:10 1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 12:30 ) ( 1 Corinthians 14:13 1 Corinthians 14:18 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Corinthians 14:27 ) .

Bible Study Tools: Mark 16:17 (Part 1) – And these signs shall follow them that believe. (Self Deliverance)

Not all of them, but some; and not always, only for a time;

and which were necessary for the confirmation of the Gospel, and the establishment of Christianity in the world;

and not only believing hearers, but believing ministers of the word, are chiefly designed;

and this is said, for the encouragement both of those that preach the Gospel, and of them that hear, believe and obey.

The Persic version, contrary to all others, reads, “ye shall show signs and wonders to them that believe not”; see ( 1 Corinthians 14:22 ) .
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WHAT WE CAN EXPECT – THE LAST CRISIS ON EARTH

– Before his crucifixion, the Savior had predicted to his disciples that he would be killed and rise from the grave, and angels were present to engrave those words on minds and hearts (Mark 8: 31, 32; 9:31; 10:32-34).

But the disciples looked forward to political liberation from the Roman yoke and could not tolerate the idea that the one on whom all their hopes were concentrated should die an ignominious death.

They banished the words they needed to remember from their minds, and when the time came to test them they found them unprepared.

The death of Jesus destroyed their hopes just as if it had not been predicted.

Likewise, the prophecies announce the future to us with the same clarity with which Christ predicted his own death to the disciples.

The events related to the end of probation and the preparation for the time of trouble have been clearly presented.

But there are thousands of people who understand these important truths as incompletely as if they had never been revealed.