Our assignment is to usher in The Kingdom of God on earth!
Believers who don’t take this assignment seriously often defer to the Sovereignty of GOD as being the requirement to usher in HIS Kingdom. In essence, they take no responsibility to obey the commands of Jesus.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 12:
28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
29 Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
30 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.
In other Words, “So join with Me, for if you’re not on My side you are against Me. And if you refuse to help Me gather the spoils, you are making things worse.” This is a war with no neutrality! You cannot sit on the sideline as an observer.
Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit 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.
Both His power and authority were given for us to walk in as well, as Jesus stated in Mark chapter 16:
15 And Jesus said to them, “As you go into all the world, preach openly the wonderful news of the Gospel to the entire human race!
16 Whoever believes the Good News and is baptized will be saved, and whoever does not believe the Good News will be condemned.
17 And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of My Name. They will speak in tongues.
18 They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous. And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.”
We don’t need to pray to FATHER for HIM to heal the person before us. Jesus gave us the power and authority to use Hin Name in healing and driving out demons.
Peter and John understood this as Peter healed the lame man.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 3:
1 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;
3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.
4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”
5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: By the power and authority of the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”
7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them-walking, leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God.
10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Peter had no power and authority himself; he could not heal the man separate from the power and authority of the Name of Jesus Christ. Peter did not quote some lengthy prayer begging for GOD to heal the man. Peter had the faith of GOD in his spirit now and now had no unbelief as he did during the earthly ministry of Jesus.
What happened as a result of the lame man’s healing?
11 Dumbfounded over what they were witnessing, the crowd ran over to Peter and John, who were standing under the covered walkway called Solomon’s Porch. Standing there also was the healed beggar, clinging to Peter and John.
12 With the crowd surrounding him, Peter said to them all, “People of Israel, listen to me! Why are you so amazed by this healing? Why do you stare at us? We didn’t make this crippled man walk by our own power or authority.
This healing drew a crowd, and Peter preached the message of Jesus Christ to them. What was the result?
Acts chapter 4:4 Yet there were many in the crowd who believed the message, bringing the total number of men who believed to nearly five thousand!
This one healing resulted in nearly 5,000 men plus women and children coming to Christ. This is bringing the Kingdom of GOD to the earth!