THE EFFICACIOUS POWER OF THE CROSS OF CRUCIFIXION

“Achievers’ Act of Audacity in Celebrating & Commemorating The Crucifixion, Death, Burial, Resurrection & Enthronement of our King, Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ”

Galatians 6:14-16 “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.”

Revelation 5:9-13 “And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to RECEIVE Power, and Riches, and Wisdom, and Strength, and Honour, and Glory, and Blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.”

1 Corinthian 1:17-25 “For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”

1 Corinthian 2:1-8 “And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.“

** Matthew 27:27-53 (A must read before proceeding further)

CALVARY GREETINGS

Shalom & Redemption greetings! Hosanna! Blessed be the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest – Luke 19:38. I bring you special Calvary Greetings in the REDEMPTIVE names of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen. I earnestly pray and trust that at the receipt of this April 2010 AFD Edition, all things shall be under your feet and you would be able to lay hold of your redemptive rights, privileges and position in Christ Jesus because of the efficacious power of the Cross of Calvary, Amen!

APRIL 2010 EDITION

I lift up my hands to thank God for His grace that is available for me to make this month’s AFD come your way again. For all my prayer chariots, I thank God for their heartfelt prayers that God’s word through AFD would prevail in all circumstances. Thank you all very much, just keep on keeping on, together we advanced the kingdom of our God by publishing the word, we keep the enemy at bay and we populate the heavens.

In preparing for this edition’s topic which I promised you in the MARCH 2010 publication, my spirit perceived two forces to deal with as I laid out the preamble to this edition. Firstly, it’s the beginning of a new financial year in the United Kingdom in April where I live. Decisions made by the government conveyed in the recent pre-budget speech will shape the economic, political structure and course of the country. Individuals, families, educational institutions, government agencies, entrepreneurs and various aspects of businesses both in the private and public sectors of the nation will find that their lifestyles and mode of operations will be affected by some decisions.

Secondly, the National Elections are coming up in May in the United Kingdom. Whichever Party that wins they will change some decisions in line with the promise that they made while campaigning. Things might change for a lot of people. Nations all over the world have to go through such governance in their own way and in turn affect global forces.

While I appreciate all these efforts being made by various governments and leaders of nations either to – combating terrorism, secure the economy, provide security, improve health services etc – the question that comes to mind is whether the Christian FAITH believer knows full well and has been able to come to terms with the decision of God towards any of the man made decisions, not only for the immediate problems, but in all times in which we live till eternity.

Jeremiah 29:11 (amplified) “For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in and a future (in your final outcome)”

3 John 2 “Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers”.

John 10:10 “The thief come 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.”

And it’s my great privilege to announce to you that the deed for your ever fulfilling life has been enacted for the rest of your life by the efficacious power on the cross of Calvary. BE WARNED: Understanding the mystery of the word in this Digest will transform and reposition the way you do life. Hence, kindly read the introductory texts meditatively before you begin this journey with me.

The Cross – The WISDOM of God

1 Corinthians 2:7-8 “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory”.

Ephesians 3:9-12 “And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.”

Isaiah 55:8-11 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. ”

**Matthew 27:26-53 (A must read before proceeding)

When humanity fell as result of the treason of Adam in Genesis, the scriptures made us understand that man (Adam & Eve – mankind) was cursed along with the perpetrator – the serpent (satan) – of the sinful disobedience to the audacity of God’s laid out way of doing life for mankind. The serpent was not only cursed, God made a very profound prophetic announcement or statement of His plan to redeem man back as found in Genesis 3:15 “And I (God) will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel”

Ever since that very day, the serpent – the devil – has been working overtime to figure out the very seed of the woman. The seed that was to be the very vessel and avenue of God’s eternal plan, purposes and pursuit to end all his satanic and devilish cohorts devices and robbery against mankind. Hence you could see that from Genesis until Christ came, major generations and individuals that appear to be in God’s channel of human redemption were in one way or the other polluted either by sin or disobedience to the heavenly plan of God. Some individuals and groups like the Pharisees, Kings, Pilate’s, Herod’s, Scribes, Lawyers, Philosophers etc were all assisting the devil knowingly or unknowingly to fathom the wisdom of God in His eternal arrangements for human redemption.

And when Christ came to the limelight like others who came before and God made the pronouncement in the course of Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist – “. . . This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” as recorded in Matthew 3:16- 17; And John the baptist making his declaration concerning Christ prior to the baptism as in John 1:29 “. . . Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world”. Satan heard it. He knew then that this was that seed of the woman but lacked the wisdom of God to fathom God divine strategy to make it happen.

The Scriptures recorded in Matthew 4:1-11 and Luke 4:1-13 respectively shows how that the devil then tempted Jesus. He does this act of temptation by using the same three ways trickery that he had tried on Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:1-19 wherein they fell and sold their birthright and entire mankind to the devil; the same trick and craftiness which is very active till this day as recorded in 1 John 2:15-17 “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”

The scriptures state in verses 13 of Luke chapter 4, that the devil foreseeing that his tricks did not work as planned, he left Christ for a while, then began his gimmicks by using the humans like kings – Herod, Pharisees, Lawyers etc thinking that by their human wisdom they could fathom God’s divine plan and then messed it up. Of course neither satan nor the humans he intended to use could by their wisdom fathom God’s divine wisdom plans, purpose and pursuit for mankind’s redemption.

1 Corinthian 2:8, finally and boldly declares that had the princes of this world known that by the rugged CROSS which looks foolish that mankind REDEMPTION would be accomplished, they would not have crucified Jesus as recorded in the book of Matthew (** Matthew 27:27-53 – A must read before proceeding further). The Cross was and is still today the wisdom of God to end the deed of satan against humanity. The devil, satan was judged on the cross and condemned on the cross to eternal bliss so that you will live in the freedom in Christ Jesus forever. Sin was nailed and judged on the cross. The Scriptures declares that in 2 Corinthian 5:19 ”That is, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation.” You can see how strategically that God was in Christ in the whole process and by His infinite wisdom He uses the least expected – The CROSS – to be The WISDOM of God to save mankind. If Christ had not been crucified on the cross – the wisdom of God – humanity would have lived without hope and assurance till this day. But thanks to God, His infinite wisdom – The CROSS – Prevailed, Triumphed and won the Victory for us all, Amen!

Beloved, we can’t by our human wisdom fathom God in His manifold wisdom. For his ways and thoughts are far higher than ours. Infact, they are incomparable as in Isaiah 55:8-11. But by the virtue of Redemption, Christ being the wisdom of God and in you, you can put the devil where he belongs and at a flight. That’s what the book of Ephesians 3:9-12 speaks about. You can by the cross – the wisdom of God rule and reign in life today. That means, that by the many-sided and manifold wisdom of God, we can overcome, triumph and win in life as we allow the efficacious done work of the cross to take its place in our daily live. This is the right of the Church – Praise God, Hallelujah, Amen!

The Cross – The Manifestation Acts of Sons

Romans 8:19-23 “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. ”

Galatians 4:1-7 “Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Therefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”

Isaiah 53:8-11 “He was taken from prison and from judgement: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”

Psalms 22:30-31 “A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.  They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.”

**Matthew 27:26-53 (A must read before proceeding)

Way before Christ came to deliver us, mankind longed to see their Redemption. Hence the Jews were mad with John the baptist and Christ, considering them per se as political deliverer or a special leader to emancipate them from the oppression of the Roman Empire in the bible days. The scripture records in Romans 8:19-21 the earnest of the groaning and great expectations of creation for the manifestation of Sons of God. Son-ship position indicates a place of knowing and exercising authority in the kingdom. A place of knowing your rights, benefits, taking responsibility and actualising them to make life worth living. God’s plan is not to make babies or keep people as children, lest the devil will take them for a right and THERE ARE TOO MANY BABIES AND CHILDREN IN THE KINGDOM TODAY – see Hebrews 5:11-14.

Galatians 4:1-7 helps to indicates that as long as we are children we will be unskillful in the words of grace as in Hebrews 5:11-14. But that Son-ship makes us mature and is the place and position of reigning and ruling in life. This is what Adam was until he committed treason by selling our birth-right to the devil. That’s why Jesus is acclaimed son of God – that is the place or position of being in charge of your life, not – government’s, career etc or the devil determining your destiny.

Son-ship positioning was and is God’s intention for His people. No room for cowards, the fearful and inferiority complex in the kingdom. For God cause to be, by His wisdom He planned another strategy to stop satan and his cohorts – the demons – by raising a breed of sons to make a generation by the Cross. This generation will be called sons (all gender – male and female). In Matthew 1:1, God staged that a generation shall be born or raised as sons to stop the groaning in Romans 8:19-21 as in other scriptures. Hence it began by the statement as in King James Version – “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the on of Abraham.” See the Word – Generation! Not genealogy as used by some translation and which can delude people from perfect knowledge of the scriptures in some cases. The used of the term Generation indicates a new breed of people – 1 Peter 2:9, who are called in 2 Corinthians 5:17 – New Creation personality. This people we are told in Revelation 5:9-10 are redeemed by the blood of Christ from every kindred, nations tongue and people etc.

This generation are not traceable to Adamic generation anymore but to Jesus generation which I call REDEMPTION generation – Jesus being our redemption. This generation are to be born out of the bosom of Christ stead in God. But a question comes to mind. How can Christ generate a generation of sons unto God if He did not marry, because the law of creation under the sun indicates that it takes two to make a generation. But God has a wisdom plan that the princes of this world cannot fathom – It’s the Cross. God wants to bring forth many sons as Jesus to bruise the head of satan as he bruised their heel while Christ is in glory seated at His right-hand and these sons may be on earth but positioned at the right-hand of Christ with the Father as joint heirs reigning in authority.

The scripture speaks of sons of God in Romans 8:14-17 (see more Galatians 6:14-15; 3:26-29; Colossians 3:10-11; Ephesians 2:14-15. How did they come about – this generation of sons? This was the same question being asked in Isaiah 53:8 “who will declare his generation? For he was cut off out of the land of the living . . . “. Besides, Matthew 1:17, tells us about the lineage or genealogy of Jesus and that Jesus was supposedly called the 42^nd generation of that lineage and now wants to raise his own lineage or generation not being married. How then did God plan to declare a generation of Jesus when he never married or Jesus never had a son to continue a lineage for Him.

Am glad to announce to you that the seed of Jesus actually came forth to be when God made His Soul an offering for sin on the cross as the Passover lamb. It was in that act of being pierced and opened, that you and I and every born again believer came forth. Get this, just as God opened the first Adam’s side and brought forth Eve to kick start a human generation, in-same-like-ness God brought a special breed of son-ship generation when he caused the side of Jesus to be pierced and opened while on the cross as in the following scriptures:

John 19:34-37 “But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.”

1 John 5:4-8 “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.”

Isaiah 53:10 “Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand”

Psalms 22:30-31 “A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.”

Beloved, a seed shall serve Him and each seed accounted a generation. Know this day that you are a special breed. A generation breed that indeed supersede Adamic nature through the blood of Christ – THE PASSOVER LAMB – for our REDEMPTION! Jesus blood by which you are hewed from have no Adamic nature of cancer and any form of diseases named or to be named. And by this redemptive blood of your salvation is what made you a son. You can arise with authority and put an end to all that craft work of satan against your life. Its time to stop looking for people to console and feel pity for you but arise on your own ground and win the life battle, demanding satan to get his stuff out of your domain. You are a special breed – Praise God, Amen. (See detailed teaching of The 42^nd Generation – the offspring of Christ from the website – www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com or on this blog –www.achieversfaithdigest.com and www.redemptionlifeinternational.org

The Cross – The Efficacious Power of The Crucifixion

John 19:1-2 “Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.”

John 19:16-18 “Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.”

John 19:32-37 “Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.  For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.”

**Matthew 27:26-53 (A must read before proceeding)

The scriptures of the book of John chapters 19 and Isaiah chapters 52; 53 and Matthew chapters 27 and others of the Gospel chapter’s show the condition in which Christ died when crucified at the cross. The scripture of John 19:1 speaks of the Scourged which Jesus was subjected to by the then Pilate.

And from the account of Matthew 27:26-28 “A Scourged was a Roman implement for severe bodily punishment. Research indicates that it consists of a handle with about a dozen leather cords with jagged pieces of bone or metal at the end to make the blow more painful and effective. The victim was tied to a post and blows were applied to the bare back, loins and sometimes to the face and bowels. The flesh was cut in several places by each blow. So hideous was the punishment that the victim often fainted and some died under it. It was designed to get confessions and secrets from its victims, but what could they get from an innocent sinless one – Acts 22:24-26? Flogging was permitted by the law up to 40 stripes – Deuteronomy 25:3. Jews reduce it to 39 stripes – 2 Corinthians 11:23-25. Now, if the scourge used on Jesus has 12 thongs and He was hit even 39 times this would make 468 stripes. If some struck in the same place and act deeper each time one can see how his body, because of the intense hatred, back of each blow, He was marred more than any man’s as recorded in Isaiah 52:14 “As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men”.

“Death by crucifixion was one of the most cruel and shameful deaths that could be devised. It is supposed to have been invented by SEMIRAMIS – Queen of NIMROD- who founded Babylonian system of mysteries – Rev.17:5. It was a Roman practice inflicted ONLY upon slaves and the worst criminals. The person was nailed to the cross each hand extended to the utmost stretch. The feet were nailed together, and then the cross was lifted and dropped into the hole with a violent thud which disjointed the whole body. The weight of the body hung on nails through the hands and feet. A victim was left on the cross until he died of pain and untold sufferings”

Jesus was crucified between two robbers to shame him, with crowns of thorns upon his head he bled, nailed on his feet and hands and pierced on the sides of his loins he bled, that he might bring forth REDEMPTION to all mankind as recorded on the following scriptures – Matthew 27:27-36; John 19:16-37; Isaiah 53:1-12 (kindly read them please). The mystery of the crucifixion of Jesus has great significance, and is efficacious for the following reasons:

1. He bled through His back – To endorse our access to divine healing and health as lost in Eden of Adam– John 19;1; Isaiah 52:14; 1 Peter 2;24; Isaiah 53;4-5, Matthew 8:16-17, Acts 10:38.
2. He bled through His Head – To endorse our access to be the head, be in charge and crown with authority and not a failure as it was lost in Eden of Adam. John 19:2; Matthew 27:27-31 (original cursed- Genesis 3:17-18); Gal. 3:6-9; 13-14; 26-29; Romans 2:28-29; Ephesians 2:13-14; Numbers 23:23; Colossians 3:3; Psalm 91:1-2; Isaiah 54:14-17; Gen 1:26-28.
3. He bled through His Hands – To endorse that the works of your hands might prosper which was cursed in Eden of Adam – John 19:16-18; Deut. 28:8, 12; *Genesis 43:12; Deut. 12:7; (*Gen. 3:17-19 original cursed); 2 Cor. 8:9; John 10:10; Deut. 8:18; 3 John 2; Job 36:11; Malachi 3:10; Genesis 8:20-21,
4. He bled through His feet – To endorse that every where the sole of your feet will tread on you shall have as a possession. Bruising the head of satan as it was before it was lost in Eden of Adam – (Gen. 3:14-15 – original cursed); Josh. 1:3-4; Luke 10;18-19; Heb. 2:14-15; Gen. 1:26-27; Rom. 5:17; Rom 16:20.
5. He bled through His side – To endorse you manifestation as Son to rule and reign in life, and most importantly to access unhindered fellowship with God as your Father now as a son which was lost in Eden of Adam. John 19:32-37; John 20:17b; Zechariah 12:10; Exodus 2:46; Zechariah 13:1. (Son-ship – seed was born as in Isaiah 53:10-11)

By the cross crucifixion experience of Jesus Christ our Saviour and Lord, we have access to all that God intended for mankind’s REDEMPTION. Thank you Jesus for taking my place to pay the debt I could not have been able to pay – The Cross crucifixion!

The Cross – Redemption Act: From Curse To Blessing

Galatians 3:13-14 “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:  That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.  ”

Colossians 1:12-14 “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: “

Ephesians 1:7 “To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:”

Genesis 3:1- 19 “. . . And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

I will be grateful to God for all mentors and teachers and books, messages stored in various electronic devices that God has brought my way over the years to sharpen and shape my life in Christ. In all, the most credible is coming to know the Bible for myself that Christ has redeemed me from the curses over my life to His eternal purpose blessings both for the now and for the life to come. This revelation has completely changed my life till date. When I came to know that Christ had redeemed me not precisely only from the curse of the law but from the curse of the fall, my transformation of FAITH in Him completely became translated and revolutionised.

I know that many people know about their redemption from the curse of the law but when it comes to the curse of the fall they can’t fathom it. Hence I have included it in this edition:

1. The Curse of the Fall: (Genesis 3:1-19) – This is when Adam, Eve and the serpent broke the order of God. These three where cursed by God as a result of their action which eventually spread upon humanity until this day. To each was apportioning in this respect:

a. To Adam –

Genesis  3:17:19 “And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

Ever since God spoke to Adam in a cursed term, all generation of mankind have gone through pain to make a living. And with the global economic atmosphere you can have reason to come to terms even now. In Europe they call it working for your bills and the tax man. But be it known to you that with God on what Christ has done for you, there are lots of opportunities today on how to make a living and be stress free. The concept on working and complaining and murmuring should not be for a believer. Stop for a moment! When last did you take stock on the job you do that gives you pains and robs you of your peace in Christ. Or the jobs you do that you think without you nobody else can or will do it hence you must give in to all manner of stress in the name of diligence without an holiday or time off. That’s not of God. There is wisdom from God that enables you to do a work and live free from stress and worries and all manner of anxiety that have held you bound. Ask of God He will give you that wisdom – James 1:5.

Jesus in Mark 6:30-31, had to stop the disciples from work and commission them towards having a holiday or time off in a no job working area or zone to have a rest. This is the wisdom from above. They went with Jesus had some leisure and rest before they cut their life time short all in the name of hard working. I therefore compel you to stop your human wisdom and learn sense from the Redemption Jesus for a restful refreshing life by the Holy Ghost – Isaiah 28:9-12.

b. To Eve –

Gen.3:16 “Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee”.

When I spoke to my wife that its possible to deliver safely without undergoing the supposed pain that is mostly attributed to all during delivery, it was another story. But when I took her through the scriptural process of her redemption and the act of Christ in it, the rest is history. Infact, the midwifes in two of the occasions where startled that somebody can come to the hospital relax and before they could finish all the necessary protocol and bed arrangement, babies are on the way to be born. God saved me at a point, I would have become an emergency midwife in the car on one occasion while taking her to the hospital and baby Joel was not ready to wait. Thank God I prayed my way to get there. Baby routine check in Paper work was only done after baby was born and born along with the sack intact then broken afterwards to get baby out at least for the usual cry. Thinking next time that going early to the hospital for baby Zachary for necessary paper work, he was more shocking to the midwife than we thought. The midwife thought we had come too early and it may have been false labour since she could not see any so called proper sign. She went away to only come back and found baby on his way to be born without hitches of any sort. May God be praised for all the great fulfilments we’ve seen Him do in our life in regards to these testimonies. Amen

While am saying all these, because I found it in redemption package that Sarah of Father Abraham in Hebrews 11:6, by her FAITH received strength to CONCEIVE and to DELIVER just like the Hebrew women of Exodus 1:15-22. Not just that, because I found this redemption act in 1 Tim. 2:13-15, that a woman can be saved and safe in child bearing as she lined up her life with the scriptural truth imbedded in that verse context. You can see another redemption act promise in Luke 1:45 and Exodus 23:25-26.

This is not just my notion or personal testimony only, but a countless experience I have seen with pregnant women who attend my Ministry FAITH Surgery. These Pregnant and expectant mothers testify as they get hold of the scriptures been shared with them. For the just shall live by His FAITH – (Habakkuk 2:4b)

c. To The Serpent –

Gen. 3:14-15 ”And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel”.

I shared in my last month episode how by the exercising of my redemption right authority I overcame a conman using charms, spells, hypnotising ability to reap people off of their Joy and finances. Jesus has given us authority over the devil and demons, it is our responsibility to enact or enforce it in any and every circumstances we find ourselves otherwise the devil will take advantage of us in determining our daily life in spite of our REDEMPTION. (Matt. 28:18; Mark 16:16-20; Luke 10:19)

We could see that from all the context of this edition that Christ has nailed and judged satan on the cross. We need not fight in this battle with the devil by any way of having confrontation or contention, but for you to take your place and determine for the devil and his cohorts where they should be. You are too good and too glorious to allow a defeated fool called satan nor his cohorts agents to determine you destiny.

2. The Curse of the law: (Gal. 3:13-14; Col. 1:13; Deut. 28:1-68 kindly read it)

What Jesus did on the Cross by way of crucifixion granted us freedom from the curse of the law. It was a divinely arranged and ordered and was not known to satan nor his agents the eternal purpose of the infinite wisdom of God. A genuine study of the scriptural book of Deuteronomy 28 will show the blessings and the curses. The curses stating from verses 14 to 68 can be summed up in three words: POVERTY, SICKNESS AND SPIRITUAL DEATH. And the announcement of Christ ministry in Luke 4:16-20 on that customary day in Nazareth Synagogue gives you a conclusion that the essence of his death on crucifixion day was to end our POVERTY, SICKNESS AND SPIRITUAL IMPOVERISHMENT through death on the Cross.

Jesus’ redemption act on the cross was to end this IMPOVERISHMENT hence he said in his final word it is “FINISHED” – John 19:30. Poverty is relative. I have seen men in ivory houses poverty stricken spiritually just as some people are physically stricken with poverty of nourishment. In same manner, it applies as to our health and every area of our life. As relative as it seems all of them have been dealt with on the cross and it’s not a kingdom act of redemption or sign of been spiritual or righteous to live and die through poverty like Lazarus then go and stay in Abraham’s Bosom instead of your own bosom – Luke 16:19-31. It’s not spirituality to live in another person’s servant’s quarter instead of your own main house. Now change your thinking and rise up by faith and see God prosper you even as promised in the following scriptures and more – 3 John 2, John 10:10, Jeremiah 29:11; Psalm 35:27; Job 36:11 etc.

I promise you, it’s easier and better to serve God being prosperous, than to be poverty stricken for it hinders the advancement of the Gospel, kills and destroys human life faster than cancer and frustrates good hearted people. Besides, it humiliates and robs you of good and healthy friendships. Read through the scriptures, in the book of Wisdom of Solomon no man makes intimacy with a poverty stricken fellow. They may relate to help but don’t keep you in their inner heart for intimacy. Hence you must keep at bay any sign of indebtedness out of your life and work in the grace of God upwards. For the poor tell more lies than the rich, I promise you. Poverty frustrates and ruins good relationship. Infact, it turns a Pastor’s anointing into announce and start blaming members. I hate it and I don’t want it to be my next door neighbour. Listen, you are worst than poor if you don’t pay your tithe. It shows how impoverished you are, repent and get born again and again. Make no friendship with a Christian who doesn’t pay his or her tithe. If they can rob God’s storehouse against redemption they can rob anybody – Malachi 3:8-12 (special bible teaching for you).

Wake up to be prosperous, be in health, even as your soul prospers spiritually and otherwise, for Christ have done the deed for you and all mankind.

**Matthew 27:26-53 (A must read)

The Cross – Access To The Blessings

Ephesians 4:7-11 “But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers”

Psalm 68:18-19 “Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.”

Ephesians 1:1-6 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.”

Revelation  5:9-12 “And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.”

2 Peter 1:1-4 “Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”

Galatians 3:13-14 “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:  That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.  ”

Looking at the scriptures above, we can conclude that indeed Christ has not only redeemed us but have also given us GIFTS AND BLESSINGS. The Scriptures of Ephesians 4:8 and Psalms 68:18 indicate that by the accomplishment of the father God demands to ransom mankind on the Cross, He gave gifts to them and received blessings on mankind behalf as indicted in Revelations 5:12. (Full details of the protocols that leads to this blessings being received and gifts being given are explained in the Easter special TEACHING Edition accompanying this APRIL edition)

1. HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN: (Psalms 68:18/Eph. 4:7-8, 11 etc)

In His accordance to build His Church as promised in Matthew 16:17-19, He gave both spiritual gifts and ministry gifts to men: The spiritual gifts which are merely spiritual to enable men function in the Church are as found in 1 Corinthians 12:1-26 especially in verses 4-11 and Galatians 5:22-23 and the ministry gifts are men empowered with spiritual gifting and are those He specifically set in the Church for some specific purposes and are called Apostles, Prophets, Pastors, Teachers, Evangelist and many other names but a few for the mentioned as found in Ephesians 4:7-16 and 1 Corinthians 12:27-31. Others by names are mentioned for various purposes as found in the scriptures ( see these – Acts 2;38-47; Romans 12:3-8; 1Cor. 14:1-6, 26-31; Eph. 5:18-20; Col. 3:16-17 etc.).

2. HE RECEIVED BLESSINGS FOR MEN: (Rev. 5:12; Ephesians 1:3; Heb. 9:15)

In the same way as in (1) above, Jesus in accomplishing the Father demands for mankind REDEMPTION received blessings for men to enable us to live secured in the rights, privileges and position we lost in Adam on earth. When Jesus led captivity captives – Psalm 68:18, He obtained our redemption – rights and privileges – in the will of God for us to enjoy as His blessings.

These blessings are there for us to actualise or appropriate by Faith into our life by Christ Jesus who is the custodian of them on our behalf. Let’s just consider the major covenanted ones in our REDEMPTION as in Rev. 5:9-12 with special interest on verses 12:

Seven redemptive covenant deeds received on our behalf are summed up in these:

1. Power (Authority) – In place of oppression, fear, intimidation etc. – Luke 10:19; 2 Tim. 1:7. etc.

2. Riches (Prosperity) – In place of poverty, hunger, thirst etc. – 2 Cor. 8:9; Phil. 4:19. etc.

3. Wisdom (Mental) – In place of ignorance, foolishness etc – James 1:5, Luke 2:40, 52. etc.

4. Strength (Physique) – In place of weakness, sickness and all ‘ness etc. – Phil. 4:13; Isaiah 40:28-31. etc.

5. Honour (Dignity) – In place of dishonour, disdain, inferiority complex etc. – Col. 1:13-14; Eph. 1:7; 2 Tim. 1:7. etc.

6. Glory (Beauty) – In place of shame, reproach, etc. Isaiah 61:3; 1 Pet. 2:5, 9. etc.

7. Blessings (Grace) – In place of curses, setbacks, stagnation etc. – Eph. 1:3; 2 Pet. 1:3-4; John 10:10. etc

Spend time to ponder over these gracious acts of Christ and pray them into your personal life. I trust God to meet you with His word answering to your dear needs that mere human wisdom cannot fathom.

FINALLY: The Cross – The Audacity to Celebrate & commemorate.

Psalm 110:1-3 “The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.”

Romans 1:16-17 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”

1 John 4:17 “Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.”

Galatians 6:14-16 “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.”

Apostle Paul declares in Romans chapter one verses sixteen scriptures as in the above texts that he is not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because he knows full well that there is power in the gospel of the cross – 1 Cor. 1:18. He even said further in Galatians chapter’s six verses fourteen and fifteen that he will make boast of the cross, because it’s by the cross he became what he is and will ever be. All through his writings in the epistles you can fathom same attitude in all time. This act of Apostle Paul in the light of the scriptures compels me to make my boast and celebrate as we commemorate Him all over the world on His Crucifixion Death, Burial, Resurrection and enthronement. I don’t know what constitute your act to boast and celebrate today.

The Scriptures in Psalms 110 1-3, says that God has purposed to send the rod of His strength through Zion, which is the Church and Body of Christ against the enemy of our FAITH and his cohorts – Hebrews 12:22-24; Eph. 3:9-12. And when we take a step of Faith – willingly volunteer – God will pour his dew – anointing– of the morning upon us and renew us with the strength as of a youth. The scriptures went further to say that as He – Christ – is so are we now in this present world – 1 John 4:17b; Ephesians 2:6-10.

Beloved Achiever in Christ, I urge you today, to take out time and meditatively ponder the amount of information being made available to you by this April 2010 AFD edition. You must come to terms to live by the graces that Christ has made available to you in God’s wisdom and stop living within your limited mind or wisdom. It’s time to celebrate through knowledge and not by the old religious mindset of commemorating this season of Easter holidays. I pray earnestly for you that in your celebration and commemoration that you come to terms with three things I am living you with:

1. That you come to behold what Christ has DONE FOR you by the CROSS.

2. That you come to behold what Christ has DONE IN you by the CROSS.

3. That you come to behold what Christ is DOING FOR you now, because of the CROSS.

Until I come your way again, have a blessed celebration of ALL Jesus is to you by the Cross crucifixion through this month of APRIL. Jesus loves you, so do I. MARANATHA!

DARE To Celebrate & Commemorate Your REDEMPTION . . . It’s your Redemption MANDATE . . . You Have The AUDACITY Today . . . For He is Risen & Enthroned!

In His Kingdom Business & World For His Glory,

Rev Chukie MORSI