TOUCHING THE HEM

TOUCHING THE HEM

Mark 5:21   ²¹ And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

Jesus had just cast demonic spirits out of a man living in the tombs and mountains into 2000 pigs.

Mark 5:22-24   ²² And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

²³ And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

²⁴ And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.

Thronged means to surround, a crowd of people.

Mark 5: 25-29   ²⁵ And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

²⁶ And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

²⁷ When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

²⁸ For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

²⁹ And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

First the woman had to believe that if she touched his garment she would be healed. She had heard about his healing power, and had faith that if she but touched his garment she would be healed.

What faith this woman had, she could have easily been stoned for being in public with an issue of blood. It wasn’t allowed for a woman to even touch a man when she had her time of bleeding.

The garment or cloak that she wanted to touch was a prayer shawl. It had four tassels, each tied with five double knots, which represent the 613 commandments in the Tora. She saw these tassels on Jesus’ garment.

She understood what it meant. She knew the Hebrew tradition.

The Hebrew word for hem is wings, the hem of Jesus’ garment was representing the 613 laws or commandments that Jesus was to fulfill at the cross.

This woman knew if she touched the hem of his garment she would be healed, or made whole.

When she saws the tassels or wings on his garment, she said to herself, there is healing in his wings. I must touch this garment.

At this period of time it was before Jesus went to the cross. This was a covenant God made with the Hebrews. Jesus was wearing that covenant, he was passing by with that covenant.

Mark 5:30-34   ³⁰ And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

³¹ And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

³² And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

³³ But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

³⁴ And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

It puts us to the question; how many would reach out to touch the hem of his garment with such faith.

Because Jesus did fulfill the 613 laws or commandments under the old law, you had to do good to get good.

Under the new covenant of grace, we have to accept what Jesus did to receive the blessings he has made available to us. It’s never going to be under the law again, it will always be under grace, because of what you believe in God’s word, under the new covenant.

It is all about faith, and how you use faith. All the promises that have been provided in God’s word, rest upon your faith in what Jesus provided at the cross.

You cannot get what grace has provided without faith, faith has to be involved. Your faith is going to start working as soon as you start acknowledging and admitting that you have already gotten what you ask for.

Hebrews 11:1   11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

The substance that has been provided by grace will take the kind of faith that the woman with the blood issue had to get her healing. If you are a believer, everything is in your spirit. Whatever you need Jesus has already deposited it in you.

You need to know what faith is and how it operates, and our part in it in order to take possession of what grace has already made available.

This is not a case of us trying to get God to do something, God has already done it. Now all we have to do is possess it.

Faith is not something we do to get God to respond, that is under the law, with faith it is our response to what God has already done for us.

Faith is not God response. Faith is our response to what Jesus has already done, faith moves us. God has already moved through his beloved Son, Christ Jesus.

If God had not provided it independent of your effort and prior to your need, then faith can’t make it happen. It’s not about God manufacturing it when you have need of it.

The last words Jesus spoke on the cross, “it is finished”. It has all been done. We can’t get it done in the natural, you can’t receive from the supernatural by responding in the natural.

Faith does not cause a positive response to move God, why?

Because faith is a positive response from us not from God. God has already responded positively.

Hebrews 11:6   ⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

This is why we must respond by faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God.

Having faith also means believing He is…

CONSIDERING GODS UNDERSTANDING

CONSIDERING GODS UNDERSTANDING

2 Timothy 2:7   ⁷ Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

God speaks through the bible, His word. We need to be open and receptive to Him as we read the word. Ask God to reveal the truth of it by His Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit will open your spiritual eyes and give you discerning (understanding). When you read the word meditate on it, don’t just read it like a common book.

The bible is a living word. It is for perfecting of the saints (Christians), for the work of the ministry and for the edifying of the Body of Christ.

Ephesians 1: 17   ¹⁷ That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

The spirit of wisdom, knowledge and understanding comes from God the father, through the Holy Spirit who reveals the truth to your spirit.

Many believers want an abundance of Gods special favor and understanding, but they are unwilling to put forth the effort to seek his word and know him better.

God allows us to share in his divine nature so we can lead a godly life and empowers us with his own goodness, confidence through His word. It is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls.

Two unchangeable things are Go promise and his oath. He cannot lie, because God is truth. You never need to wonder if He will change his plans.

When God says to consider what I say, he is saying His wisdom is higher than our wisdom and his wisdom is a wisdom that doesn’t belong to this world or to the rulers of this world.

God gives us the understanding that the heavens are higher than the earth, and His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than ours.

When God speaks it shall not return to Him void. But it shall accomplish that which He pleases and it shall prosper in the thing where he sends it.

We can’t even imagine with our natural minds what God has prepared for us and our lives.

God reveals his word, not as the wisdom of man, but by the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. For the wisdom of the natural man is foolishness to God.

1 Corinthians 1:19   ¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

In other words, I will reject the intelligence of the intelligent people, the people of the world system. If you only have worldly wisdom and not spiritual wisdom your foundation if not framed on the word of God will crumble.

When you speak the word of God through faith, the words you speak activates Gods word, transferring the word directly through your spirit to the natural.

God hears the words of His word when we speak them, when spoken in faith, those words go into our soul and transfers to the heart (the spiritual heart) and out of the abundance of the heart we speak and Gods word goes into action.

It is God releasing or transferring His power and authority from the supernatural to the natural, or, from the spirit man to the natural man.

When you get Gods understanding, you can be confident of the good work of God which he will perform in you.

When you speak the word, you are decreeing and declaring the word to manifest in the things Jesus made available to us at the cross.

Release the wisdom of the word in everything that pertains to the purposes of your life.

Start trusting God at His word, He is still in control, don’t try and lean to your own understanding.

stay in the word

Brother Andy

The Evil Spirt of Fear

The Evil Spirt of Fear

2^nd Timothy 1:7     ⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Romans 8:6    ⁶ For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Renewing your mind is exchanging your thoughts, your beliefs and your opinions, for Gods thoughts, Gods beliefs and Gods opinion, which is His word.

Gods power, Gods love and a sound mind will win over anything Satan can come up with.

Fear in America is destroying lives and people are not even aware of why everything is so chaotic in their lives.

The spirit of fear is evil, it will put you in bondage. Bondage will lead you into confusion. It will cause stress in your life, and will always lead to depression. Now you are over in Satan’s arena. 

Satan definitely plays hardball. When you get to this point you will do things and say things you normally would never do. Especially to friends and family.

A very large percentage of people have this problem today. The reason Satan is getting by with it is we allow it. You must know your enemy.

Satan’s only weapons are manipulation and deception. You need know how he works his deception to destroy you. He will manipulate all people, even little children. 

It is time to rise up and put the devil in his place.

1 Peter 5:6-8   ⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

⁷ Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

⁸ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Turn your anxiety over to God. Be sober, keep your mind clear and alert, because the devil who is the accuser of the brethren, prowls around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.

Malachi 3: 11   ¹⁰ Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

¹¹ And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

Folks this is real. God is real, Satan is real, heaven is real, and Hell is real.

John 14:6   ⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Most of what we see today is people denying the truth and have a form of godliness. Saying, it feels right and everyone is doing it, it must be ok.

It is true that the truth will set you free. But only if you know it and apply it to your life.  

John 10:10   ¹⁰ The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Satan who is called the devil, really does not want you to know any of this.

First, he doesn’t want you to know he is a killer, a stealer and certainly does not want you to know he is a destroyer.  

Second, he most certainly does not want you to know that you can have life in abundance by accepting Jesus as your Lord and savior. 

The question is, how hard are you willing to fight to keep him from winning. He is trying to steal your right to heaven and life eternal with the Father. As well as all the blessings, the Father has for you.

Believe it or not, we are in a spiritual war, a war for our very soul. Satan certainly does not want you to know that once you have accepted Jesus as Lord and savior he has lost the spiritual battle for your soul.

Here are a few of the things that Satan doesn’t want you to know.

Satan doesn’t want you to know that when Jesus died on the cross his blood was so pure until it cleansed your spirit man so clean until the Holy Spirit of God could come in and live in your spirit. When the Holy Spirit came into your spirt He sealed your spirit.

That is why 1 John 4:4 says greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

Satan doesn’t want you to know the truth, because he knows the truth will set you free from the bondage of fear.

John 8:32   ³² And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Satan doesn’t want you to know that you have the victory in your life because of the new blood covenant.

He doesn’t want you to know that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

Philippians 4:13   ¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

He doesn’t want you to know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to His purpose.

He for sure doesn’t want you to know that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and that no man comes to the father but by Jesus Christ.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself. As long as you have Jesus you have everything you need.

This is a perfect opportunity to lift your hands up to the Lord and ask Him to come into your heart and be the Lord and Savior of your life.

It’s really simple, just make the decision to follow Him. I have.

The Spiritual Force of Faith

The Spiritual Force of Faith

We have all been given a measure of faith. It is up to us to use it to reach out to God, to have a meaningful relationship with Him.

Hebrews 11:6   ⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

We know from this what pleases God, but what is faith?

Hebrews 11:1    Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Faith in God’s word, creates a substance in you that is hoped for. This substance in you is a real thing. That is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us.

Even if we cannot see it up ahead, faith is the full assurance of Gods holy word. Faith is real, faith creates substance created by faith.

In other words, it is conformation or the proof of things we do not see.

We can’t see the air we breathe but your breathing is conformation or proof that it is there. It is confidence in God’s word that He will do all that He says He will.

Faith will sanctify you, faith will make you whole.

2 Corinthians 5:7    ⁷ (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Walking by faith is the world’s way of walking.

Hebrews 10:38   ³⁸ Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

If you are born again you are the Just that this verse is talking about. Faith is the word of God, you cannot separate faith and the word.

Faith is not based on your feelings, it is based on the inspired word of God. Your feelings are not going to move God, you can fall down, kick and squall, it will not move God.

The only things that will move God is faith in his word, obedience to his word and praying in confidence.

It is impossible to claim faith by a blessing that we are not certain that God offers. If you don’t know Gods will, you don’t have any basis for faith to work on.

Faith is expecting God to do what we know it is his will to do.

How do you know faith works? You can’t see faith.

2 Corinthians 5:7   ⁷ (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

You know faith works because God word says it does.

You will never have faith in God or his word until you make up your mind to trust him. You need to build a relationship with him. He wants to fellowship with you.

God never changes, his word never changes. Real faith says, if Gods word says it then it is true.

God’s word says it is mine, then it is mine. I have it now. If it is not now it is not faith.

I have it now even though I can’t see it.

I have it now because God cannot lie.

God has told us without faith it is impossible to please Him.

God has provided the way where everyone can have faith.

Real faith is built on and grows out of the word of God.

Stay in the word.

Brother Andy.