Randy Kay explores the Biblical significance of the sealed Eastern Gate in Jerusalem, prophetic signs of the times, and the distinction between the Rapture and the Second Coming.
Which group do you belong to? It is all about our relationship with Christ and The Holy Spirit.
The gifts of THE SPIRIT are vital to the Body of Christ!
In the past, I have seen many men operating in the gifts of The Holy Spirit, including myself.
Paul wrote of the nine gifts given by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 12:
4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
The New Testament makes a clear distinction between the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the fruit (character) produced by the Holy Spirit. Both come from the Holy Spirit, but they serve different purposes.
The gifts of the Spirit are for ministry to others
The gifts of the Spirit are supernatural abilities God gives believers to build up the Church and accomplish His work.
Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 4:
11 And He has appointed some with grace to be apostles, and some with grace to be prophets, and some with grace to be evangelists, and some with grace to be pastors, and some with grace to be teachers.
12 And their calling is to nurture and prepare all the Holy believers to do their own works of ministry, and as they do this they will enlarge and build up the body of Christ.
13 These grace ministries will function until we all attain oneness into the faith, until we all experience the fullness of what it means to know the Son of God, and finally we become one into a perfect man with the full dimensions of spiritual maturity and fully developed into the abundance of Christ.
14 And then our immaturity will end! And we will not be easily shaken by trouble, nor led astray by novel teachings or by the false doctrines of deceivers who teach clever lies.
And Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Peter chapter 4:
10 Every believer has received grace gifts, so use them to serve one another as faithful stewards of the many-colored tapestry of God’s grace.
11 For example, if you have a speaking gift, speak as though God were speaking His Words through you. If you have the gift of serving, do it passionately with the strength God gives you, so that in everything God alone will be glorified through Jesus Christ. For to Him belong the power and the glory forever throughout all ages! Amen.
Why are the Gifts vital?
1. They reveal that Jesus is alive and working today.
Jesus ascended into Heaven, but He continues His ministry through His body, the Church.
He told His disciples:
“Whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I do.” (John 14:12)
The gifts are one of the primary ways Christ ministers through believers.
2. They demonstrate the Kingdom of God
Jesus rarely preached without demonstrating God’s power.
He:
He said: “If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.” The gifts are evidence that God’s Kingdom is breaking into this world.
3. They confirm the Gospel
The apostles did not merely preach. They demonstrated God’s power.
The ending of Mark says:
“…the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.”
Throughout Acts:
Power confirmed the message.
4. They build up the Church
Paul repeatedly says spiritual gifts are for edification.
They strengthen believers through:
Without the gifts, the Church loses many of the means God has provided to minister to one another.
5. They equip believers for spiritual warfare
Paul reminds believers that our struggle is not merely against flesh and blood.
The gifts become spiritual tools.
Examples include:
Jesus often confronted spiritual opposition through the power of the Spirit.
6. They reveal God’s Love
Healing is not merely power, it demonstrates compassion.
Prophecy is not merely prediction, it often strengthens, encourages, and comforts.
Miracles reveal that God is personally involved in people’s lives.
Jesus ministered through the Holy Spirit
In Acts 10:38, Luke summarizes His ministry:
“God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power… He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil.”
If Jesus ministered through the Spirit’s power, it follows that His disciples also depend on the Spirit’s empowering.
The early Church expected the gifts
Reading Acts, the gifts are woven throughout the Church’s life.
They experienced:
These were not portrayed as occasional curiosities but as normal aspects of the Spirit’s work among believers.
Paul instructed believers to desire them
Paul did not tell believers to ignore spiritual gifts.
Instead he wrote:
“Earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.”
He also instructed:
“Do not quench the Spirit.”
and
“Do not despise prophecies, but test everything.”
His concern was not to eliminate spiritual gifts, but to ensure they were exercised with discernment and order.
However, the Gifts without character are dangerous!
What are the keys of the Kingdom?
Jesus spoke in Revelation chapter 3:
7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He Who is Holy, He Who is True, “He Who has the key of David, He Who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”:
The “keys of the Kingdom” are mentioned in one of the most significant passages in the Gospel of Matthew.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 16:
15 Jesus said to them (the disciples), “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.”
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in Heaven.
18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound (already forbidden) in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed (or already released) in Heaven.”
To understand what Jesus meant, it helps to examine the context, the symbolism of keys, and how the rest of Scripture reveals this Truth.
The Context
Just before Jesus speaks of the keys, Simon Peter declares:
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus tells Peter this understanding came from the Father, then says:
These statements all concern the establishment and expansion of Christ’s Kingdom on the earth.
What Do Keys Represent?
Throughout the Bible, keys symbolize authority.
A key gives someone authority to:
One of the clearest Old Testament backgrounds is Isaiah 22:22:
“I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.” The key belonged to the king but was entrusted to his steward, who exercised delegated authority.
Jesus, the Son of David, is the True King. He possesses all authority and entrusts Kingdom responsibilities to His followers.
What Are the Keys?
The keys are not physical objects and are generally understood as representing authority to proclaim and administer the Kingdom of God.
This authority includes:
The authority comes from Christ—not from human power.
Peter’s Use of the Keys
The book of Acts shows Peter using these keys in a remarkable sequence.
1. Jews (Acts 2)
On the Day of Pentecost, Peter preaches.
About 3,000 people believe and are baptized.
The Kingdom is opened to Israel.
2. Samaritans (Acts 8)
Peter confirms the inclusion of the Samaritans.
The long-standing division between Jews and Samaritans begins to disappear within the church.
3. Gentiles (Acts 10)
Peter is sent to the house of Cornelius.
The Holy Spirit falls upon Gentiles just as He had upon Jewish believers.
The Kingdom is now clearly opened to the nations.
Notice Peter never claims personal ownership of the Kingdom. He simply opens the door by preaching Christ.
Binding and Loosing
Immediately after mentioning the keys, Jesus says:
“Whatever you bind…whatever you loose…”
In first-century Jewish language:
In the church this authority includes:
Importantly, Jesus gives similar authority to all the apostles in Matthew 18:18 in the context of church discipline, suggesting this authority was not exclusive to Peter.
Peter represents the apostles and, in a broader sense, the church’s ministry of proclaiming the Gospel. The “keys” belong to Christ but are exercised by the church under His authority.
Who Ultimately Has the Keys?
The New Testament ultimately says that Jesus Himself possesses the supreme keys.
The Beloved Disciple recorded what he heard and saw in Revelation chapter 1:
17 When I saw Jesus, I fell down at his feet as good as dead, but He laid His Right Hand on me and I heard His reassuring Voice saying: Don’t yield to fear. I am the Beginning and I am the End,
18 the Living One! I was dead, but now look—I am alive forever and ever. And I hold the keys that unlock death and the unseen world.
This passage reminds us that all delegated authority belongs first to Christ.
Practical Meaning for Believers Today
The keys of the kingdom remind believers that Christ has entrusted His church with the responsibility to:
The church does not create salvation or decide who is saved. Rather, it announces the terms established by the King.
To Summarize:
The “keys of the Kingdom” represent Christ’s delegated authority to open the Kingdom through the proclamation of the Gospel and faithful administration of His Truth.
Peter first exercised this authority by opening the Gospel to Jews, Samaritans, and Gentiles in Acts. Yet the ultimate authority always belongs to Jesus Christ, Who alone holds the highest keys over Life, death, and God’s Kingdom.
The keys given to us, are not about ruling over people but about advancing Christ’s Kingdom through Truth, the Gospel, and obedience to the King.
Jesus gave us power and authority over the devil and his demons!
Jesus is our Perfect Example of what it means to walk in Spiritual maturity. We must not disregard His ministry to set the captives free and this is done through the ministry of deliverance that Jesus operated in… and so should we. However, we must focus on being fully led by The Holy Spirit as He was in His earthly ministry.
The ministry of deliverance is the Biblical practice of setting people free from the influence, oppression, or possession of demonic spirits through the authority of Jesus Christ. Throughout the New Testament, it is presented as an important part of Jesus’ ministry and the mission He entrusted to His disciples.
Let us summarize the past writings:
1. Jesus Made Deliverance a Major Part of His Ministry
The Gospels repeatedly show Jesus:
One of His first public acts in Mark 1 was delivering a man in the synagogue from an unclean spirit.
Jesus explained the purpose of His ministry as He declared in Luke chapter 4:
16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
18 “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”
20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Deliverance demonstrated that the Kingdom of God had arrived.
2. Deliverance Demonstrated God’s Kingdom
Jesus said:
“But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.”
(Matthew 12:28)
Casting out demons was not merely an act of compassion—it was evidence that satan’s kingdom was being defeated by the reign of God.
3. Jesus Gave His Disciples Authority
Jesus did not reserve this ministry for Himself.
He commissioned the Twelve:
(Matthew 10:1, 7–8)
Later He sent out seventy-two disciples who returned rejoicing:
“Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your Name.”
Jesus replied:
“I saw satan fall like lightning from heaven.”
(Luke 10:17–20)
Their authority came from His Name, not from personal power.
4. Deliverance Continued After the Resurrection
The ministry did not end with Jesus’ earthly life.
The apostles continued casting out demons throughout Acts.
Examples include:
Deliverance remained part of proclaiming the Gospel.
5. The Purpose of Deliverance
The goal is freedom, not spectacle.
Deliverance aims to free people from:
The objective is that people may Love, worship, and serve God with greater freedom.
6. Deliverance Is Centered on Christ
The New Testament never portrays deliverance as a technique or ritual.
It depends on:
No human minister possesses independent power over demons.
7. Deliverance Is Part of Spiritual Warfare
Believers are instructed to resist the devil and stand firm in God’s armor.
(Ephesians 6:10–18)
Deliverance is one aspect of the broader spiritual battle, alongside prayer, Truth, righteousness, faith, and the Word of God.
8. Discernment Is Essential!
The New Testament emphasizes testing spiritual claims.
Not every physical illness or personal struggle is attributed to demonic activity, and Scripture calls for Wisdom and discernment rather than assuming every problem has a spiritual cause.
Deliverance ministry should therefore be exercised humbly, Biblically, and with care.
9. Life After Deliverance
Jesus warned that simply removing an unclean spirit is not enough if a person’s life remains spiritually “empty” (Matthew 12:43–45).
Scripture emphasizes that lasting freedom is nurtured through:
Deliverance is meant to lead into discipleship, not stand alone.
The Summary
From the New Testament, the ministry of deliverance can be summarized in these points:
Taken as a whole, the Gospels show that Jesus’ public ministry consistently included three interconnected works: preaching the Kingdom of God, healing the sick, and casting out demons. These were not separate missions but complementary expressions of His work to restore people under God’s reign.
Jesus gave us power and authority over the devil and his demons!
Jesus fully exposed the devil and his devices. With deliverance being roughly a third of Jesus’ ministry, we must not neglect this aspect of ministry. We need to know our enemy and his devices!
Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 4:
23 Jesus ministered from place to place throughout all of the province of Galilee. He taught in the synagogues, preaching the wonderful news of the Kingdom and healing every kind of sickness and disease among the people.
24 His fame spread throughout all Syria! Many people who were in pain and suffering with every kind of illness were brought to Jesus for their healing—epileptics, paralytics, and those tormented by demonic powers were all set free. Everyone who was brought to Jesus was healed!
And in Matthew chapter 8:
14 Now when Jesus had come into Peter’s house, He saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.
15 So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them. 16 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a Word, and healed all who were sick, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.”
And in Matthew chapter 12:
22 Then one was brought to Jesus who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
23 And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the Son of David?” 24 Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”
25 But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
26 If satan casts out satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
27 And if I cast out demons by beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
This passage is one of the clearest teachings of Jesus about His authority over demons and the arrival of God’s Kingdom.
A man was brought to Jesus who was:
This verse demonstrates an important Biblical principle: sometimes physical affliction has a spiritual cause. However, Scripture does not teach that all sickness is caused by demons. Jesus healed many diseases that were not described as demonic and also cast out demons when they were the cause.
In this case, after Jesus cast out the demon, the man’s sight and speech were restored immediately.
The title “Son of David” is a messianic title. The crowds were beginning to wonder: “Is this the Messiah we have been waiting for?” Why?
Because the Old Testament foretold that when the Messiah came He would:
Jesus’ miracles pointed directly to those promises.
Rather than denying that a miracle occurred, the Pharisees accepted that the demon had actually been cast out. Their accusation was about the source of Jesus’ power.
Jesus exposes their logic to be false.
His argument is straightforward. Demons do not wage war against themselves to destroy satan’s kingdom.
This is the key verse.
“But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.”
Everything hinges on the word if.
Jesus presents two possibilities:
If the second is true—and Jesus says it is—then something profound has happened.
The Kingdom of God is no longer merely a future hope. It has arrived in the person of the King. Every demon expelled demonstrated that satan’s rule was being invaded by God’s reign.
This passage reveals several important Truths:
1. Jesus has complete authority over demons.
There is no struggle or uncertainty. The demons obey Him immediately.
This fulfills prophecies such as Isaiah 61, which foretold that the Messiah would proclaim liberty to the captives.
2. Deliverance is evidence that God’s Kingdom is present.
Jesus did not perform deliverance merely to relieve suffering. Each deliverance was a visible sign that God’s Kingdom was overcoming the kingdom of darkness.
His miracles authenticated His identity as the Messiah.
4. Spiritual warfare is real.
Jesus treated demons as real personal beings, not merely symbols of evil.
His ministry consistently included:
These ministries often worked together as signs of God’s redemptive work.
Jesus attributes His ministry to “the Spirit of God.” His authority is exercised in perfect union with the Father and through the Holy Spirit. Our authority is derived from Christ, not self-generated.
The emphasis of Matthew 12 is not on techniques for confronting evil spirits but on who Jesus is. His power over demons is evidence that He is the promised Messiah and that, through Him, the Kingdom of God has broken into the world.
Every deliverance in His ministry points to His ultimate victory over sin, satan, and death through His cross and resurrection.
Jesus gave us power and authority over demons!
How many pastors are teaching this aspect of the Great Commission?
The believer’s primary mission is to do what Jesus commanded.
The ministry of casting out demons was a significant part of the disciples’ ministry. In the Gospels and the book of Acts, it is presented as a demonstration that the Kingdom of God had come and that Jesus Christ had authority over satan’s kingdom. Jesus did not reserve this ministry for Himself. He intentionally delegated His authority to His followers.
Jesus commanded in Matthew chapter 10:
1 Jesus gathered His twelve disciples and imparted to them authority to cast out demons and to heal every sickness and every disease.
Notice several important truths:
And in
7 And as you go, preach this message: ‘Heaven’s Kingdom realm is accessible, close enough to touch.’
8 You must continually bring healing to lepers and to those who are sick, and make it your habit to break off the demonic presence from people, and raise the dead back to Life. Freely you have received the power of the Kingdom, so freely release it to others.
This was part of their normal ministry.
Later, Jesus expanded this authority beyond the Twelve.
Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 10:
1 After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His Face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. 9 And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
17 Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your Name.”
Jesus viewed deliverance as evidence of God’s Kingdom
Jesus explained why He cast out demons when He spoke in Matthew chapter 12:
28 “But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God is come unto you.”
Every deliverance demonstrated:
One of Agape Love’s primary missions is to set people free!
The disciples sometimes failed due to their unbelief.
One example is the boy with epilepsy-like symptoms and a demon. The disciples tried to cast the demon out but failed… they were surprised by their failure.
Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 17:
14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,
15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
The father’s request most assuredly was based on what he saw when the disciples were ministering deliverance from demons else he would not have brought his sone to them.
17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”
18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
The lesson was not that Jesus had withdrawn authority, but that effective ministry required dependence on God and faith. Jesus doesn’t withdraw authority but instead, He expands authority so that the Kingdom of GOD will fill the earth!
We must not be reluctant to identify and deal with demons!
How many pastors and believers skip over the chapters 16:17, and 18 in the Gospel of Mark?
The believer’s primary mission is to do what Jesus commanded.
Jesus consistently emphasized:
* Preach the Gospel.
* Make disciples.
* Love God and neighbor.
* Teach obedience to His commands.
Casting out demons supported the proclamation of God’s Kingdom. However, we must not lose our focus by such works.
For example, after the seventy-two rejoiced over demons submitting to them, Jesus replied in Luke 10:20:
“Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in Heaven.”
Their relationship with God was more important than Spiritual power.
Not every Christian has the same ministry Paul the Apostle teaches in First Epistle to the Corinthians 12 that the Holy Spirit distributes different gifts and ministries. Not every believer has the same role. Some Believers may encounter deliverance ministry regularly; others may faithfully serve in teaching, evangelism, mercy, administration, or pastoral care.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 19:
13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?“
16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
We are given important cautions concerning deliverance from demons. Scripture gives several warnings:
* Never seek power or spiritual experiences for their own sake.
* Never attempt deliverance apart from Christ’s authority.
* Live in obedience to Christ rather than relying on formulas or rituals.
The Word of GOD expresses these Truths for us to consider:
Yes, believers may cast out demons in Jesus’ name when confronted with genuine demonic oppression.
Yes, Christ has authority over Satan and shares that authority with His followers as they carry out His mission.
No, casting out demons is not presented as every believer’s primary calling or as the measure of Spiritual maturity.
The believer’s highest priorities remain Loving God, proclaiming the Gospel, making disciples, growing in Holiness, and serving others. Deliverance ministry is one expression of Christ’s authority and compassion, exercised as needed and always centered on Him rather than on the phenomenon itself.
This balanced perspective reflects the overall pattern of the New Testament: Jesus and the apostles did cast out demons, but they consistently kept the focus on the Good News of the Kingdom of God and the call to repentance, faith, and discipleship.
We need to follow the same pattern and be led by The Holy Spirit. As we mature in Christ, we will not be intimidated by demonic activity but instead heave the full assurance of walking in the power and authority given to us by Jesus Christ Himself.
We must not be reluctant to identify and deal with demons!
How many pastors and believers skip over the chapters 16:17, and 18 in the Gospel of Mark?
What was Jesus’ primary mission?
Jesus Himself stated His primary purpose:
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 4:
42 Now when it was day, Jesus departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them;
43 but He said to them, “I must preach the Kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.”
44 And He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Likewise, after large crowds sought healing, He often left to preach elsewhere.
This suggests His priorities were approximately:
Why deliverance was so prominent
Jesus explained the significance of casting out demons in Gospel of Matthew 12:28:
“If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you.”
Every deliverance was evidence that:
This fulfilled the prophecy of Book of Genesis 3:15 that the Seed of the woman would crush the serpent’s head.
While Scripture does not provide a numerical percentage of Jesus’ entire ministry, a reasonable summary would be:
The Gospels frequently pair healing and deliverance together. The writers often summarize entire days by saying Jesus healed “all who were sick” and cast out “many demons,” indicating that deliverance was a regular, though not exclusive, aspect of His ministry. His ultimate mission remained to proclaim the Kingdom, call people to repentance, and accomplish redemption through His death and resurrection.
Casting out demons as a legitimate ministry of the Church, but it is never portrayed as the central mission of every believer or as something to pursue for its own sake.
To whom did Jesus give this authority?
Jesus first gave authority to the Twelve:
Gospel of Matthew 10:1 – “He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out…”
Gospel of Luke 9:1 – He gave them “power and authority over all demons.”
Gospel of Luke 10:17–20 – Jesus also sent out seventy-two disciples, who returned saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your Name.”
Notice that this authority was not limited to the Twelve; it was also exercised by the larger group of disciples.
After Jesus’ resurrection, He spoke in Gospel of Mark chapter 16:
17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My Name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new Tongues;
The Book of Acts records believers casting out demons.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 5:
14 And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,
15 so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them.
16 Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
And in Acts chapter 8:
5 Philip traveled to a Samaritan city and preached to them the wonderful news of the Anointed One.
6 The crowds were eager to receive Philip’s message and were persuaded by the many miracles and wonders he performed.
7 Many demon-possessed people were set free and delivered as evil spirits came out of them with loud screams and shrieks, and many who were lame and paralyzed were also healed.
8 This resulted in an uncontainable joy filling the city!
And in Acts chapter 16:
16 Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”
18 And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the Name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.
And in Acts chapter 19:
11 God kept releasing a flow of extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul. 12 Because of this, people took Paul’s handkerchiefs and articles of clothing, even pieces of cloth that had touched his skin, laying them on the bodies of the sick, and diseases and demons left them and they were healed.
Deliverance ministry clearly continued after Jesus ascended.
THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY is warning all of creation!
IT is written by The Holy Spirit in Jonah chapter 1:
1 One day YAHWEH revealed to Jonah, Amittai’s son, this message:
2 “Arise! Leave at once for the great city of Nineveh and proclaim judgment against her, for the wickedness of her people is staring Me in the Face.”
How would you like to be included in such judgment? Why is the weather now producing such extremes across the U.S.? Earlier this week, winds in N.W. Oklahoma were clocked at 103 mph! There have been many reports of 80+ mph straight winds throughout the state. In effect, the winds equal a category 1 hurricane. I can attest that the weather is the most extreme that I have seen in my adult life.
The book of Jonah presents Nineveh as one of the greatest and most significant cities of the ancient world. It was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and is portrayed as both extraordinarily powerful and deeply wicked. Yet it also became the setting for one of the greatest examples of national repentance recorded in Scripture.
Jonah opens with God’s command:
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city…”
The word “great” is repeated several times throughout the book. It refers to more than just size.
Nineveh was:
It was one of the most important cities in the ancient Near East. Does this sound like the U.S. today?
Why was Nineveh so wicked?
God said:
“Their wickedness has come up before Me.”
The Assyrians were infamous for:
How does the rest of the world view the U.S. now?
How should this country respond?
The city’s repentance
The people:
Even the king:
This is one of the few examples in Scripture where an entire city is described as responding to God’s warning.
God’s response
When God saw their repentance:
“…God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way…”
He relented from the announced judgment.
This does not mean God changed His character or acted inconsistently. Rather, the judgment He warned of was conditional: when the people genuinely repented, He showed mercy instead of bringing the announced destruction.
This reveals two Truths about God:
Are you aware of the “Black Star” heading to the earth?
Scientist and inventor Weston Warren is back (to usawatchdog.com) with another update on the so-called Black Star or electromagnetic anomaly that entered our solar system more than two decades ago. It’s slow moving, it’s an event that only happens about every 4,000 years, and it causes earth changes and destruction. USAW and Warren have been following the progression of the Black Star since April 2025. The Black Star will be the closest it has been to Earth in 4,000 years, but it will not hit Earth. Warren has predicted the Black Star will detonate many earthquakes and volcanoes worldwide in 2026. So far, he’s been correct with numerous earthquakes and volcanos being tracked around the world. Recently, in the US, there are quakes and tremors in the Pacific Northwest, Oklahoma and a 6.1 quake near Cuba that was felt all across Florida. Is this fulfilling the prediction Jesus made in Matt 24:7 when he predicted that in the “Last Days,” you would see “earthquakes in divers places”?
With this backdrop, watch the following video:
You are meant to hear GOD’S Voice!
The ability to hear God’s voice and walk in a prophetic anointing is not reserved for a select few but is a gift available to every believer. Your prophetic anointing is not a title but is a function of hearing GOD.
Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Numbers chapter 11:
24 So Moses went out and told the people the Words of the LORD, and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle.
25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again.
26 But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad (GOD has Loved), and the name of the other Medad (Love). And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp.
Those two received the same breakthrough as the seventy without being present.
27 And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
28 So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said, “Moses my lord, forbid them!”
29 Then Moses said to him, “Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!”
Prophecy in the Old Testament, was the sign that the anointing was on a person.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 14:
1 Pursue Love, and desire Spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
The prophetic is the way that we function, the way that we see, it’s the way that we communicate to people. It does not require to begin or end with “Thus sayeth THE LORD”. If you give a timely Word in a given situation, it will bear fruit in their life and they in turn will give GOD the glory.
When we release the Word of THE LORD, It alters and changes environments and we are in a season where we need desperately prophetic people to bring clarity to what’s happening in the world. Both the political spirit and the religious spirit are vying for your affections.
Whenever there’s influence from either of those two realms, the Word of THE LORD becomes diluted and distorted. THE LORD is wanting a clear Word, a precise Word, an empowering Word to come to the cities and the nations of the world.
We are being lied to everyday of our life. If you have anything to do with media, your being fed a bill of goods… every day. Very little of it is intentional deception but instead, most of it is agenda driven. When you are driven by an agenda that is wrong, you reinterpret circumstances incorrectly.
Both the political spirit and the religious spirit want to impart the gift of suspicion because that reinterprets circumstances and it causes a spirit of offense to rise up that mirrors the prophetic anointing. You have a burning conviction, you have the sense that something needs to be done, something needs to be said, but not recognizing that the origin of the information is actually the spirit of deception!
Whatever you misdiagnose, you will mistreat.
We must recognize true anointing versus the counterfeit which is suspicious, it’s agenda driven, and it moves in the spirit of offense. One of the biggest challenges in life is to not pick up offenses of the people you Love and serve.
Our effectiveness in serving people, loving them, and bringing forth the Word of THE LORD for their benefit, not ours, requires us to not pick up any offense that they may have.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 59:
21 “As for Me,” says the LORD, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit Who is upon you, and My Words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the LORD, “from this time and forevermore.”
If is vital that from our mouth comes the Word of THE LORD! Jesus set the standard when He said, “I only say what I hear My Father says”.
Hearing from God is not about striving, human effort, or trying to force a “Thundering Voice”. Instead, it is a natural result of a lifestyle of surrendering to God’s Presence and thinking His Thoughts.
God places His Words in the mouths of believers so that they can partner with Him to “plant the heavens” and lay foundations on the earth. We are to use our tongue to build up, encourage, and call out the destiny in others.
Meditate The Word day and night, and you will speak the Words of fruitfulness from you time spent in The Word.