Matthew 10:8 "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give."
Words are nothing without proof. And the gospel without Biblical signs, wonders, and miracles is an obvious betrayal of truth. Here is what the Bible says:
Hebrews 2: 3 and 4 "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard [him]; God also bearing [them] witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?"
1 Corinthians 2: 4 and 5 "And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God."
Acts 1:8 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
John 1:12 "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:"
1 Corintians 4:20 "For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power."
Matthew 16:18 " ... upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Luke 10:19 and 20 "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. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven."
Matthew 17:20 and 21 " ... If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."
Jeremiah 32:17 "Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, [and] there is nothing too hard for thee:"
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."
Romans 8:31 " ... If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?"
1 John 4:4 " ... greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world."
These and many more verses show how a Christian can be so powerful if he truly follows the Word of GOD. A Christian indwelt by the Spirit of GOD should manifest divine power experienced by our Christian progenitors. It is sad if this is not so with some, because they will be at the mercy of the enemy, the devil.
There is an urgent need to obtain this power from GOD with all that the enemy is doing in the world today -- he uses people and circumstances to perpetrate crime and violence, terrorism, bloody murders, etc., which make up the gruesome news of everyday. Many have been victims of Satan's cruelty. How unsafe this planet is specially now!
The devil is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4), and he is given temporary authority by GOD to have dominion over this sinful planet, under the permissive will of the LORD, after Adam and Eve fell from grace by disobedience to commandment of GOD. People without the Spirit of GOD are easy victims of Satan and his cohorts. That is why we see morbid massacres, freak accidents, natural and man-made calamities, lawlessness, rape, war, etc., everywhere sowing confusion, fear, chaos, hopelessness, and despair upon all perpetrators, their victims, and the spectators, worsening even during these end times, and the worst finale -- death and hell!
But take a look at how it is going in the lives of the JESUS Miracle Crusade brethren in the true Church of GOD. It is the other way around -- the devil is at the mercy of Christians! Our loving Savior JESUS CHRIST offers powers over Satan and all evil spirits to survive in this world of carnage. Satan is the enemy, and without the power from on high, man is just a plaything for him.
But thank the good LORD, we can be victorious over all the power of darkness and proclaim this to all the world (Acts 1:8, Luke 10:19)! By receiving our dearest JESUS through water baptism in JESUS' name (Acts 2:38) HIS Spirit will enter the heart of every believer to become true sons and daughters of GOD (John 1:12). Satan can never have dominion over the children of GOD by the blood of our dearest JESUS (Revelation 12:11) if all will steadfastly serve HIM until HE comes. The fact is, the devil had been defeated by the blood of the resurrected CHRIST Whose Spirit now resides in every believer in HIS true Church. The subsequent pages of this section will show just a very few testimonies from a vast ocean of miracles in the JESUS Church, made possible by the constant prayer and fasting started by our dearly beloved honorable Evangelist WILDE E. ALMEDA and Assistant Pastor LINA C. ALMEDA since the pioneering years of JMCIM, which goes on unto this day.
This is the spiritual side of heaven -- the JESUS Church is none other than the kingdom of GOD on earth!
Matthew 6:10 "Thy kingdom come." -- This portion in the LORD's Prayer tells about the forthcoming Church to be established by GOD on earth, prelude to the coming down of the literal heaven in Revelation 21:1-4.
Matthew 16:18 " ... upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." -- This revelation which was prophesied during the Apostles' time is fulfilled right now in the JESUS Church!
Hebrews 6:4-5 " ... those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost*, And have tasted the good word of God**, and the powers of the world to come***, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame." -- This talks of a supernatural power a true Christian can avail of and the admonition and warning to be steadfast in faith, never to fall away from the true Church, or else damnation in hell will be inevitable.
* The Pentecostal experience of first believers in Acts 2:3 and 4, the fourth requirement of salvation after faith, repentance, and water baptism in JESUS'name.
** Meaning, the fulfillment, firsthand or true-to-life experience in a believer, not just theory or wishful thinking.
*** This means the advanced experience of the supernatural powers of heavenly beings. To say it clearly, the natural world can never imagine firing a gun and its speeding bullet landing on a bare human body without being hurt. Or the bullet simply bouncing off the skin, leaving just a scratch! Or can a man's body be transformed into an impenetrable matter like solid iron to withstand bullets fired point blank? Only to "Bionic man" or other fictional characters. But it happens to JMCIM brethren -- an undeniable, hard fact. Out of this world? Indeed! A foretaste of heaven, "the powers of the world to come!"
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