CHECK UP ON YOURSELF !

CHECK UP ON YOURSELF ! The apostle Paul said, "I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is the power of God." Many people think that the Holy Spirit is the power of God: good news is the power of God. It is the gospel. And the gospel of course, is faith, and it is prosperity, and it is healing, and it is deliverance, and it is preservation, and it is soundness, which encompasses the word salvation. All of these are involved in salvation. When Paul said that, he was telling us that the power of God is in the Word of God. "He (Jesus) is the sole expression of the glory of God [the Light being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine], and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God's nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power." (Hebrew 1:3). The amplified Bible. The gospel is good new. It is the power of God unto salvation--- which means deliverance, preservation, healing, soundness. If you preach it the way the word says it, and with the right attitude, people will believe it. But you can turn people off by saying things the wrong way. Don't take the Bible and beat people over the head with it. Sure, they are bound in religious traditions. You were to before you first heard it--- in fact we all were ! We were all in the same boat being tossed up and down in the turbulence of life. Be Right Scripturally and in attitude: any time you teach something with an attitude people want receive, even though you may be right scripturally, you are wrong in attitude. . . "The sweetness of the lips increaseth learning." (Proverbs 16:21). The gospel, the good news, is the power of God. But sometimes people take good news and turned it into bad new. They take a Scripture that Ashley is one of the great healing Scriptures and then turned it into bad new. As an example, think of what Jesus said to the apostle Paul when he prayed asking to be delivered from the thorn in the flesh. Jesus said, . . . "My grace is sufficient for thee. . ." (2 Corinthians 12:9). Rightly Divide The Word: I have heard people say, "God wouldn't heal Paul." But, Jesus said, "Paul, my grace is sufficient for you." Grace is God's willingness. That script is one of the most powerful Scripture in the Bible for healing and deliverance. But first, you must understand that Paul's thorn in the flesh wasn't sickness. Paul called it a messenger of Satan.