Resist and Destroy!

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil. —Acts 10:38

God anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and power. This anointing was used to destroy the works of the devil. God does not like the devil oppressing people. The Church claims that God allowed the devil to attack them. God is not working with the devil, against you; He is giving you a means to resist the devil so he will flee from you. The means He gives you is the anointing and faith. If you are sure that God’s will is to destroy the works of the devil, then you can enforce the will of God and run him off. Here, in Acts 10:38, it says that Jesus healed “all that were oppressed of the devil.” If God’s will is to heal one and not the other, then Jesus messed up by healing all. God’s will is to heal all—and that includes you. When you know this, you can live healed and confident. You are no longer wondering whether it is God’s will, whether God is testing you, whether God is teaching you, or whether He is trying to strengthen you. You can boldly resist the symptoms, the pain, the irritations, the worry, and the fear that come from the devil with your authority. You can choose to live in healing, live in faith, and live in victory! You are a world overcomer! You can now lay hands on the sick without wondering whether God wants to heal them or not, whether He will or not. It is God’s will, and the sick person has a right to be healed. You can declare them healed in the midst of the symptoms because it is God’s will to heal all. You are now the will of God in action. Jesus went about destroy ing the works of the devil, and so do you!

Pastor Tom Kehres

Resist and Destroy!

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good,
and healing all that were oppressed of the devil. —Acts 10:38

God anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and power. This anointing was used to destroy the works of the devil. God does not like the devil oppressing people. The Church claims that God allowed the devil to attack them. God is not working with the devil, against you; He is giving you a means to resist the devil so he will flee from you. The means He gives you is the anointing and faith. If you are sure that God’s will is to destroy the works of the devil, then you can enforce the will of God and run him off. Here, in Acts 10:38, it says that Jesus healed “all that were oppressed of the devil.” If God’s will is to heal one and not the other, then Jesus messed up by healing all. God’s will is to heal all—and that includes you. When you know this, you can live healed and confident. You are no longer wondering whether it is God’s will, whether God is testing you, whether God is teaching you, or whether He is trying to strengthen you. You can boldly resist the symptoms, the pain, the irritations, the worry, and the fear that come from the devil with your authority. You can choose to live in healing, live in faith, and live in victory! You are a world overcomer! You can now lay hands on the sick without wondering whether God wants to heal them or not, whether He will or not. It is God’s will, and the sick person has a right to be healed. You can declare them healed in the midst of the symptoms because it is God’s will to heal all. You are now the will of God in action. Jesus went about destroy- ing the works of the devil, and so do you!

Pastor Tom Kehres

Why Jesus Came

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
—1 John 3:8

The leper in Matthew 8:1–4 asked Jesus outright if He wanted to heal him. This leper is like today’s Church. We know that God can. But the question is, will He? “If You want to, You can make me whole.” God is almighty. God is all-powerful. He can, but will He? We need to know more than His ability; we need to know His will. Jesus stated, “I will.” We need to know and believe that God can, and also that it is His will. Now we can enforce and prove His will in our lives, which is healing. The very purpose for which Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was manifested was to destroy the works of the devil. God’s will is to destroy the works of the devil and reinstate man to his original position. The works of the devil are sin, sickness, lack, fear, and the curse. God does not will to allow the devil to work, He does not want to put the devil’s works on you to teach and/or punish you, but He does desire to destroy the devil’s works. Jesus was the will of God in action. He went around destroying the works of the devil. God’s will is to destroy the works of the devil in your life, to deliver you from this present evil world. This now gives you boldness and the legal right to stand against the works of the devil. It also gives you the right to heal the sick and set others free because it is God’s will.

Pastor Tom Kehres

The Will of God in Action

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just: because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. —John 5:30

Jesus sought the will of the Father. You need to seek the will of the Father in His Word. His Word is His will. You may not know the will of God for you directly, but one thing we do know from Galatians 1:4 is that His will is that you would be delivered from this present evil world. When you know His will is victory for you, you will seek His will. If His will for you is defeat, there is no sense trying to live in victory. If His will is sickness for you, then there is no sense trying to get healed. If you really believe sickness is His will for you, and you want His will for you, then going to the doctor and taking medicine would be a mistake, because it would take you out of His will. If you believe sickness is His will for you, then you should pray for more and longer sickness to stay in His will. But His will for you is not sickness! It is that you would be delivered from every evil work! Jesus always did what pleased the Father (John 8:29). He always did the will of the Father and He always walked by faith. Because of this, He always lived in victory. Jesus did not live in victory because He was Jesus; He lived in victory because He lived by faith. Jesus was challenged all the time, but His answer was always the same: “It is written.” Your faith does not eliminate trials and troubles in your life; it enables you to go through them in peace and joy. Jesus said that if you have seen Him, you have seen the Father. Jesus was the will of God in action. If you study the life of Jesus by studying the Word of God, you will know the will of God. When you know His will, you can use faith to enforce His will in your life. Faith begins when you know the will of God.

Pastor Tom Kehres