OBEYING THE KINGDOM PRINCIPLE !

OBEYING THE KINGDOM PRINCIPLE ! Many people have learned to obey their particular denominational creed. If someone calls and says, "aunt Susie is in the hospital, and she's going to dive for sure," use your faith to the limit. Your faith is what you say concerning the situation. Dare to say some things in faith. Say, "in the name of Jesus, I believe she will live and not die. I decree it in Jesus name." But what if she dies ? One thing that you and I have no control over is another man or woman as we too live or die. Well, you use your faith to the limit. You did what you could. There are some things you can't control by your faith. Aunt Susie might have gotten a glimpse of the other side and she chose to go to heaven and you couldn't stop her. We sorrow not as those that have no hope ! If she wanted to go, you should stop her. These are some things we need to understand. Don't get under condemnation for using your faith. Someone might say, But I pray for somebody and they died. What does that have to do with it ? You are required to use your faith, many people do not even know what faith is or how to obtain it, but you can't control every situation or every circumstance. I should hate to be a partner to anyone dying before their time. But if an individual wants to go, you should always try to stop them. They should have the right to go home. JESUS ESTABLISHED THE END RESULTS ! At the tomb of Lazarus, Jesus said to the Father, . . . I think thee that thou hast heard me. He has established something. And I know that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which standby I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. Many precious people don't know that God heard them and not because they're continually praying and praying and praying and not seeing any results. The Scripture said, "And This Is the Confidence That We Have in Him, That, If We Ask Anything According to His Will, He Hears Us; and If We Know That He Hear Us, Whatever We Ask, We Know That We Have the Petitions that we desired of him." (1 John 5:14-15). He said, "I know you will hear Me. That's the reason I said it. I wanted to establish this on earth. (Psalms 119:89) says, "For ever, old Lord, thy word is settled in heaven." God's word is already established in heaven; but on earth is where it needs to be established now. Look at what Jesus said to Peter: "And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 16:19). Jesus said the power of binding and loosening is on earth. You have authority to bind on earth those things which have been bound of heaven. You can lose some things and they will be loosed --- not only by you, but God in heaven will lose some things, if you will lose them. But you must do something first on earth. Jesus loose Lazarus from death. "And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. (John 11:43). I can just imagine what Peter was thinking when Jesus started talking to the dead. I imagine Peter was embarrassed.