Strengthened and Reinforced by His Mighty Power - Your Identity In Christ (107) - September 18 2021

If we could just comprehend the Lord’s immeasurable, mighty power within us, available for not only our own mortal bodies for healing sickness and disease (Romans 8:11) but also for those who need to be set free around you. Ephesians chapter 3 verse 16 (AMPC) reveals God’s mighty power for the inner man out of the rich treasury of His glory. 

This program covers the following Scriptures from the Amplified Classic version (AMPC): Ephesians 3:16-21; Romans 8:11.

Transcript

And a very good day. This is pastor Marc Whelan with Touch of God. And last week we were talking about the exceeding greatness of the Lord's power to us-ward who believe according to the working of his mighty power. That's according to the king James version of Ephesians chapter one verse 19, and we were talking about this understanding of God's power is immense, it's immeasurable, it's great, it's exceeding, and God is living in us, and so why wouldn't we be seeing the full immeasurable power of him working through us and from us? That is because we have a free will to choose when, to allow the Lord to flow from us when to pray for people when to decide to accept that the word of God is forever settled in heaven, Psalm chapter 119 verse 89. And so, we have the ability to decide when to go out with the Lord and pray for people help people love on people. , to command demons, to leave, to command sicknesses, to leave. So Ephesians chapter one, verse 19 in the king, James, it says, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward would who believe according to the working of his mighty power? So the mighty power that exists within us is all the Lord. It's Jesus, the father and the Holy Spirit. And what we have to understand is that we have the ability to read the word of God, to understand the truth of the nature of the father, the son, and the holy spirit, to understand that God wants his will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.

And therefore his power is needed to flow through us and out of us. Into this world into other people so that they may be healed, that they may be resurrected from the dead. That demons may flee out of people when they see you coming, because they don't see you coming. They see the light that's in you and that's the light of Christ.

Jesus. We, again, didn't get to decide. Are we going to allow ourselves to be used to the law? Well, the Lord has commanded us in the great commission. He's commissioned us , to preach this gospel, to teach the gospel, with signs and wonders to all creation. And we, in obedience , would be doing that.

. So if we're not doing that, that means we're in disobedience.. And you might say, well, this is for certain specific people in the church that are supposed to go out and teach and to preach. That's only for the evangelist. Actually, no, he commanded all his disciples to go and teach the gospel and preach the gospel to all creation.

There are so many souls upon this earth that need to know about Jesus that don't yet know him. They may know all of his name, but they've rejected him so far and they have not received him and they have not submitted to him. So it's all hands on deck. God has made it so that any believer can believe in him, have the.

The measure of faith that God has given that believer that believe it can put that faith to use believe in God, believe that God can work through them and allow the Lord to work through them so that Lord's will is done on earth as it is in heaven. Now, some of you may not be well today. You might be sick in your bodies, or you may be broken hearted.

There is good news, Romans chapter eight, verse 11 in the amplified classic edition. And it says, and if the spirit of Him, who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, then he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life, your mortal short-lived perishable bodies through his spirit who dwells in you.

So if you are born again, today, you've been saved. . Submitting to Jesus. God comes and lives in you. Jesus said that he and the father would make their home. They would abide in us. That means that the spirit of him is dwelling in you. According to Romans chapter eight, verse 11, because where Jesus is entire Godhead exists because the entire Godhead has been placed in Christ.

And Christ is in you, the hope of glory the word of God says, . So that means that the spirit of him is dwelling in you. That means that that life , that spirit. He who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal bodies through his spirit who dwells in you.

That means if you have a sickness in your body today, just accept this verse is true for you. . Because it is truth. It is the way the truth and the life Jesus said, but Jesus is the life as well as the way in the truth.

So this is truth and he's also the life., when your body is sick, it needs life. It doesn't need death. It needs life. And it's the opposite of death. It needs the opposite of sickness, which is restoration. .

Complete. Divine healing in your body. That's what your body needs to stay alive. . And to be well again, it is the Lord's will for you to walk in divine health. It is not the Lord's will for you to be sick and to keep getting healed. Of course, he's paid for you to be healed by his stripes. You were healed first, Peter chapter two, verse 24, but God's will is for you never to get sick.

Therefore the goal is to stay in the word of God, to abide in Christ, to seek him with all of your heart, to be that branch in John chapter 15, into the vine of Jesus. . Continually, depending on and clinging to Jesus and the life that he emits and consumes you with, allow that life to penetrate your mortal body.

And you say. And if God is in me, then God's in my body. My body's full of life. Well, you are a three-part being, I'm sure you've heard this before. You are a spirit. You have a soul and you live in a body. You are a spirit. So your name let's say your name is. Tim, the spirit inside of your body is called Tim.

You Tim, are the spirit, you are not the body. Your body is not called Tim and your soul is not called Tim. The spirit in your body that has a soul. That spirit is called Tim. Tim has a soul, a mind will, and emotions, and Tim also lives inside a body. So. You are one spirit with the Lord. The Word of God says, when you are born again, Christian, but your body is separate from your spirit.

It may be connected through your soul, but your body needs to get healed. And in between the spirit, your spirit that knows the truth because it's one spirit with the Lord. Your spirit knows the word of God. There is nothing else. Your spirit needs to be told because it knows all things. It's in Christ.

But it's your soul. That's in the middle between your spirit and your body. Your spirit knows all things. It's one spirit with the Lord. Now your soul, which is your mind will and emotions, your mind has to be renewed.

Romans chapter 12, verse two, the apostle Paul wrote to the Romans and said, do not be conformed to this world, but be , transformed by the renewing of your mind. So now we have to be transformed by reading the word of God so that our mind is updated to the truth. Not what we used to believe, not what we were taught incorrectly.

Your mind has to be updated. It needs to be renewed by the scriptures that will show you that Jesus has paid for your healing. That all you have to do is believe by faith. You can speak to the mountain, cast it into the sea. And if you don't doubt in your heart, Jesus said, it will be given to you.

So I believe today that Romans chapter eight, verse 11 is true for you today. If you are not well, or if you are well, either one, but let's just say you're not, well, I want right now for you to accept that this verse is true. Not just that you say, well, this verse in the Bible is true. You need to take it a step further and say, I'm going to take action on knowing that this is true.

I'm going to truly put my arms around this verse and say, Jesus, I thank you. I thank you that you are restoring me to life. You are restoring my mortal body to life because you are the life and you are the life my body needs to be healed. So I thank you today. Lord Jesus. I receive Romans eight verse 11 because my body needs it.

You paid for it to be healed. And I accept it's true, now I believe that I'm healed. I believe it. I don't doubt that I'm healed. I believe that I'm healed because I saw that you suffered for this greatly at the whipping post Isaiah 53 verse five by your scourging we are healed by your scourging today. I am healed in your name because of your stripes because of your suffering.

So today. Now I'm going to pray for you. I'm going to speak life over you. You can receive this scripture yourself at any time, just meditate, ponder on it, consider it. . Just focus on it. Romans chapter eight, verse 11, and just allow and believe and allow the holy spirit within you to penetrate every organ of your body to flow life. The life that is Jesus within your body. From your spirit, being one with the Lord, allow the power of the holy spirit out , from your spirit out, into your flesh, out into your organs, out into your eyesight, out into your brain, out into your limbs, your bones, tendons, ligaments, joints, and muscles.

I allow this to happen today. Allow it to happen. And you say, well, I'm not worthy. None of us were worthy, but Jesus still went to the whipping post to pay for this healing for you. And he still went to the cross while we were yet sinners. He died. So that means that we owe it to the Lord to receive this healing because he suffered greatly for it.

Not for us to say no Lord it's okay. I'm not worthy to receive it. That would be causing Jesus to have suffered in vain. And we don't want that to happen. He wants us to believe and to receive what he has already paid for. . He and the father and the holy spirit all agree always. And that's what they want for us.

So today I speak life, the life of Jesus over your body. From the top of your head, to the tips of your feet, every part of your body, your physical mortal body. I speak healing on it right now in Jesus name, I command all sicknesses and diseases to leave you right now, or pain, be gone or arthritis. Be gone or headaches.

Be gone in Jesus' name, heart murmurs, be gone in Jesus' name! Lord. I thank you for alignment in the physical body, the bones, the tendons, ligaments, joints, and muscles, the spine, the neck, the shoulders, or stiffness. Be gone, swelling inflammation in Jesus' name, carcinoma cancer. Be gone from these bodies of these people.

Cancer of any kind, I command you to shrivel up inside their bodies. You will no longer live inside these people's bodies in Jesus name. You are illegal because Jesus bore you as a sickness in Jesus' name, Lord, I thank you for brand new cells in their bodies a creative miracle.

I thank you Lord, for restoring their hearts emotionally, bringing them peace and enjoy having them cling to you. Having them cast their cares upon you, their anxieties, their concerns, their worries. Lord, I thank you today that you did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

So Lord, today, I thank you . We have sound minds and they're becoming even more sound as we renew them. To your word with transformed by the renewing of our minds today. And we thank you, Lord, that your spirit lives within us. It raised you from the dead and it's restoring us to life. It's restoring our mortal bodies completely to divine health in Jesus name.

Amen. And continuing on in Ephesians chapter 3. Verse 16. We want to continue this discussion. This talk about the immense power of God that is so readily available to us. God makes his power available to us so that we can , allow the Lord to use us in that power. He would not provide us something that's not for a purpose.

, God doesn't waste anything. Ephesians chapter three, verse 16 says, may he grant. Out of the rich treasure of his glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the holy spirit himself in dwelling, your inner, most being and personality. Now, isn't that interesting?

How that verse lines up with Romans chapter eight, verse 11. There is no coincidence in this life. It was orchestrated by the law today that we would touch on both of these verses and there will be one immediately after the other. So Ephesians chapter three, verse 16, may he, God, grant you out of the rich treasure of his glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the Holy Spirit, Himself in dwelling, your innermost being and personality.

So you have this almighty power within you, your inner man inside , with your spirit. . And it's wanting to heal every part of your body that needs it. It's wanting and desiring to strengthen and reinforce your body. . And everything within you. . Because the spirit, the holy spirit indwells you, and that's where the immense mighty power of the Lord is.

It's his. And so he has rich treasure. Now, if you ever gone into a jewelry store or a jewelry shop, you know, there's a lot of silver and a lot of gold, but nothing can compare to the rich treasure of the Lord's glory. It's not jewelry. It's his glory out of that. He's going to strengthen and reinforce you with his power.

So just understand today, you got your mighty power of the Lord within you, and you've got the Lord himself within you. Verse 17, may Christ through your faith. Now that's interesting. That means your faith is involved. It's not automatic. You might say, well, why do I not feel strengthened and reinforced?

why do I feel weak? Why do I feel sick? Trust in the Lord, seek the Lord with all of your heart, know the word of God know and believe and trust that it is forever settled in heaven. Know that Jesus has paid for your healing. Know, that he has paid for you to be completely reconciled back to God and body, soul, and spirit.

But it's by faith. We have to believe. Faith is trust in God. It's trust that his word is true and trusting that things will happen according to God's will that you cannot see with your naked eye. So it may Christ through your faith actually dwell, settled down abide, make his permanent home in your hearts.

May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love. That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints. God's devoted people. The experience of that love what is the breadth and length and height and depth of it. That you may really come to know practically through experience for yourselves the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge without experience that you may be filled through all your being unto. All the fullness of God may have the richest measure of the divine presence and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God himself.

And that was. 19, I would recommend that you truly spend time in this chapter, Ephesians three, the whole book of Ephesians, the whole word of God is amazing. . But the Ephesians , is great for knowing your identity in Christ Jesus, but it is also very good in Ephesians chapter three in this area verses 16 to 21 that you learn about the living creator of the universe residing within you and what that means, the power that's available, the power that's trying to always do good inside of you to restore your own modal body, but also to allow you to understand the greatness of the love of God for you and for humanity.

And this power is not for us to just keep to ourselves, when we pray for the sick and we lay hands on. The power of the holy spirit. When you use your faith towards it, you will feel that power, leave your body and go into the other person. You will be giving power to the person who is sick. . There is still an infinite amount of power that still in you waiting to be used . And it's God's will because God's paid for it. Jesus has paid for them to be healed. . Jesus has paid for them to be peaceful and joyful, and we need to encourage people to when they asked us for prayer, pray for them, but also encourage them to seek the Lord for themselves so that you are not always the person in the middle.

God does not want us to be a person in the middle between them. and God for an extended period of time. It's okay for a little while, while they're still learning about the Lord, but we have to encourage them to seek the Lord for themselves. Otherwise you become the permanent relay person in the middle, the man in the middle, so to speak, or the lady in the middle Romans verse 20 now to him who buy in consequence of the action of his power that is at work within.

He's able to carry out his purpose and do super abundantly far over and above all that we dare, ask or think infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams to him, be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. So Be It. 

Your Lord can do amazing things.

He has done amazing things. And he's doing amazing things that you cannot see in the spiritual realm. Just trust that he is for you, not against you. if God is for you, who can be against you when he is your Lord, when you make him your shelter, your refuge, who are you to fear?

He did not give you a spirit of fear that only comes from the kingdom of darkness Only have a reverential fear of God. That's the only fear that should be in your life. Do not fear, man, do not fear the devil do not fear anything. Do not fear sickness do not fear catching something from someone. When you entrench yourself in the Word of God.

When you trust in the Lord with all your being, when you spend time with him, when you are that branch that plugs into the vine, it's connected with Jesus wholeheartedly, every part of your heart, it is dwelling with him. It is saturating yourself in his truth and his word. . You're speaking in tongues, the baptism of the holy spirit.

You're praying in your most. Holy faith, Jude chapter one, verse 20. Nothing can touch you. Nothing can come upon you because you're full of life. You're full of Christ and nothing can attach to Christ. Nothing could attach to Jesus when he was walking upon the earth. So we have to be full of him, follow his word, which is full of him because Jesus is the Word..

So that nothing can attach itself to us that nothing can come upon us. It can try, but it will fail because you're full of life and you are full of light. . And we thank you Lord today for your scriptures. We thank you for your verses today. We bless you in Jesus name. We thank you Lord for these precious souls listening today. Lord, I thank you for revealing yourself to them in the way that they will understand that they can trust that you are within them, that you have the immeasurable power working within them ,to the degree that they believe you will be able to restore their mortal bodies to divine health, if they are sick. And Lord, we thank you today that I speak your life over them as well in Jesus' name. Amen. If you'd like us to pray for you, we'd love to hear from you country code 1 4 0 7 7 0 5 3 1 5 1 country code 1 4 0 7 7 0 5 3 1 5, 1. Our website is T O g.world. Touch of god.world. And until next week you have a blessed week. Amen.