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The premise of this book is that
those ready to meet Jesus will have gained the victory over every influence or
oppression of Satan in their lives: spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
They will be just like Jesus when He returns (1John 3:2). Satan will have no
influence over them.
My goal in this book is to present a balanced approach to
this deliverance. We are warned that the majority of Christians in the last days
will lack real genuine faith and will live their lives in denial of the reality
of God’s delivering power (Luke 18:8; 2Tim 3:5)
I will begin by presenting the
importance of following God’s laws of health in order to achieve good health.
Many who read this book will be somewhat familiar with these laws. My prayer is
that all who read of their importance will renew their commitment, by God’s
grace, to live their life in harmony with them.
The biblical teaching on what
many call “faith healing,” which is the “trust in divine power,” which Ellen
White referred to in the following quote, will also be presented.
“Pure air,
sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust
in divine power—these are the true remedies.” Ministry of Healing, p.127
Ministry
to the sick is not to be limited to teaching the importance of following God’s
ordained health laws in order to achieve good health. They are also to be prayed
for in faith believing God will heal them.
“The work of the true medical
missionary is largely a spiritual work. It includes prayer and the laying on of
hands;” Counsels on Health, p.540
Another vital aspect of healing presented is
the importance of deliverance from Satan’s emotional oppressions in our life
such as: depression, anxieties, fears, uncontrolled anger, critical spirit, etc.
The principles of how to achieve this emotional deliverance will be delineated.
Every biblical teaching in this book I have either experienced personally, or
seen in the lives of others who have put into practice the principles of
deliverance presented in the following chapters. I know and believe the
teachings of deliverance you are about to read are true because of three
witnesses to their truthfulness; the Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy writings
(Ellen White) and experience.
The deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage
was a type of the deliverance of God’s remnant people when Jesus comes the
second time. We are told that there was not “one feeble person among their
tribes” (Ps 105:37). When Jesus comes there will not be “one feeble” person
among God’s remnant. Why; because they have learned and practiced the principles
of deliverance from all the oppressions of Satan in their life; spiritually,
emotionally and physically. This may sound impossible from where we stand today
in Laodicea. However, remember, those ready to meet Jesus will have heeded God’s
call to come out of their Laodicean condition by receiving the baptism of the
Holy Spirit (Rev 3:18-21). They have experienced a genuine and powerful revival
and reformation as the Spirit continued to fill them day-by-day. Their faith
will have developed to the point where they are able to stand against anything
Satan brings to them. They are completely victorious in every area of their
lives; spiritually, emotionally and physically.
I have not used the word “perfection”
or “perfectionism” in this book. There have been many misunderstandings
throughout the centuries on the meaning of these terms. According to the Bible
we will retain our sinful nature and bodies that are subject to death until
Jesus comes (1Cor 15:51-53). Put simply, the spiritual deliverance I am
presenting in this book is in essence; if you know something is sinful you don’t
have to do it.
I believe God is calling this
“remnant” today. My personal conviction is that we must take seriously this call
by receiving the daily baptism of the Holy Spirit, experience revival and
reformation under the power of the Holy Spirit, and experience the full
deliverance Jesus offers to us over all of Satan’s temptations, influences and
oppressions.
Our personal experience of
deliverance over all of Satan’s influences in our life is an ongoing process.
Its full and complete deliverance does not happen over night. It is an
experience we are to grow into, and become stronger and stronger in (Mark 4:28).
So as you read in this book about the
deliverance God’s last remnant people will have experienced and you do not see
that full deliverance in your life now, don’t be discouraged. Let God begin the
process now and trust him to bring you to the state of full and complete
deliverance (1Thes 5:23-24). Learn and apply the “weapons” of your warfare
against Satan and you will experience many more victories in every area of your
life; spiritually, emotionally and physically (2Cor 10:4-5; Eph 6:10-18).
Everywhere I have presented and
applied the principles in this book I have seen people delivered from Satan’s
oppressions. Many have asked if this material was available in print so they
could have something to study. This book is written in response to these many
requests.
I invite you to read this book with
an open mind and prayerful attitude (Acts 17:11). If we are living when Jesus
comes, our eternal destiny will rest on whether or not we have cooperated with
God in achieving this complete and final deliverance the gospel of Jesus Christ
offers. This book is dedicated to the preparation of that last remnant people,
who will have experienced that deliverance.
Personal Experiences
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I was baptized and became a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian just before I graduated in engineering at
Colorado State University. The year was 1966. Before I began studying the Bible
with the local pastor and attended a short series of meetings conducted by HMS
Richards Sr., who was joined by his son HMS Richards Jr. in Longmont, Colorado,
I had come to the point where I even doubted the existence of God. But God in
His masterful way led me to take the Bible seriously. Over a period of a few
months I accepted Christ and His teachings.
I was excited about my new found faith and soon began feeling a call to the
ministry. I worked in engineering for over a year, but then decided to leave
everything and go to Andrews University and study for the ministry. God
providentially opened many doors and within a little over two years I received
my Masters of Divinity degree and began pastoring a small church in the
northwest.
If the Bible Teaches It – That Settles It!
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I was happy to be an Adventist Christian and to be a pastor. Since my baptism I
had prided myself in the fact that my church and I took the Bible as it read. If
the Bible said it I would believe it. I have found that every person that comes
to accept and obey the fourth commandment on the seventh-day Sabbath must come
to that same conclusion. So I always held myself to this principle of believing
something if it is in the Bible and I have taught others to do the same.
Over the years as a pastor I have had about every teaching that is contrary to
my beliefs presented to me with Bible texts that supposedly supported them, and
every time I became more confirmed in my faith. The teachings that I held and my
church held could stand up to the closest scrutiny.
God’s Unexpected Leading
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Often God allows something to happen in our lives in order to teach us more
about Himself. Such an experience happened in 1992. My wife, Patty, began
experiencing an intense internal side pain. After several tests it was
discovered that she had a congenital obstruction in one of her kidneys. Surgery
was scheduled to remove the obstruction. During the surgery the doctor
discovered that the kidney had been too badly damaged so it had to be removed.
About a month after this surgery Patty began experiencing severe edema. We again
sought a specialist. After several tests it was discovered that the other kidney
was being destroyed by glomerulonephritis, an auto-immune disease of the kidney.
The doctors could only recommend steroids, but could guarantee no positive
results. We sought a second opinion at UCLA Medical Center and spoke with the
chief of the nephrology department and he gave us the same advice. We obtained
information on steroid therapy and discovered there were many negative side
effects. After much prayer and discussion Patty and I decided to take this
problem to the Lord and trust Him for healing. We studied every verse in the
Bible on healing to bolster our faith. In the process we discovered that it is
God's will to heal His children. In time, Patty's kidney was healed and is
functioning today at the level of two kidneys.
During the months that followed I didn’t pursue the Bible teaching on healing to
any great extent. I had been a pastor for many years and had never seen a
healing occur except for Patty’s kidney. So I had concluded that as a rule it
probably was not God’s will to heal. However, this premise was challenged when
we began studying the Bible teaching on healing after Patty faced the loss of
her last kidney.
In September of 1999 God began challenging me in various ways to look at the
Biblical concept of healing more closely. After careful study and prayer I came
to the conclusion again that it is God’s will to heal His children. This book is
the result of my study and the confirmation God has given to so many who have
reached out to Him and received healing grace in their lives.
We as Adventists have been a little afraid of the concept of “faith healing” and
deliverance ministry. Biblical healing is a simple concept. One must simply
believe in God's desire and power to heal in Jesus' name in order to be healed.
I will elaborate on this concept in much greater detail in other chapters.
What Happened Next
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What I will share next is what has happened as we have asked God for healing.
One’s healing may be spiritual, emotional or physical since it is God's desire
is to heal and sanctify us wholly: body, soul, and spirit (1Thes 5:23-24). Of
course, we must remember that the one praying does not do the healing. God is
the only One Who can bring healing.
The following deliverance experiences and more have occurred since mid September
of 1999. Since then I have seen God heal scores of individuals as they have
reached out in faith to their healing God. For the previous 30 years of
ministry, before understanding the biblical concept of healing, I had never seen
a parishioner healed as the result of prayer except for my wife, Patty. A brief
description follows of healings I have witnessed since coming to understand
God’s desire to heal His children and the principles of biblical healing.
• A lady had severe pain in her left arm and was wearing medicated
patches to
relieve the pain. She also suffered from severe anxiety and
mild depression. She
was healed physically and emotionally.
• A thirteen year old suffered from a heart ailment called tachycardia for
which he was taking medication several times a day. He also suffered
from asthma
and allergies. He was delivered from all three.
• A lady had severe back pain and several fused vertebrae. She was
completely
healed of the pain.
• A lady had a very severe cold, which left her after a prayer for
deliverance.
• A child had torn knee cartilage, which was healed. She was running with
the
other children that same afternoon.
• A lady suffered with depression and had kidney stones that caused her
great
pain. After prayer and learning the weapons of her warfare her
depression was
relieved and the pain left her.
• A young man was clinically depressed and planned to commit suicide on
two
occasions. He was heavily medicated for his condition, but was
completely
delivered from depression after prayer.
• One individual was healed of leg and neck pain.
• Two individuals were healed of severe pain for which they were taking
cortisone shots. One had knee pain and the other shoulder pain.
• A lady was healed of a tumor on her lung.
• A man was healed of a heart condition that caused him to have
breathing
problems.
• A lady was healed of asthma
• One individual was healed of severe shoulder, back, leg pain caused by
an
accident years before
• Eye floaters, which were inhibiting one individual’s reading ability, were
removed through prayer.
• One individual suffered from stomach pain, shoulder pain, lower back
pain,
and her neck artery was 50% blocked. All of these health problems
were healed.
• A lady was healed of severe arthritis in her back and hands
• An individual was healed within an hour of a severe bladder infection
• A man was healed of a throat problem that hindered his singing for the
Lord
in church
• A man’s severe hip pain was healed that he had been suffering with for
several months
• Another lady’s blocked neck arteries were opened
What About Doctors?
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The following chapters give the biblical basis for faith healing. However, I
want to make one thing very clear. I do not believe the Bible teaches that one
should not seek medical advice and rational medical cures for ailments. My
personal belief is that God should be sought first in all cases. He will direct
sincere believers as to what His will is for their recovery. In my wife,
Patty’s, case we were directed to depend on God for the healing and not follow
the recommended regimen of steroid treatment. There are also many “natural”
means that can be used to bring relief from many health problems such as: diet,
exercise, rest, etc.
I recall one case where an elderly man in our church had a
defective heart valve that needed replacing. We prayed for his healing. Yet, God
seemed to keep leading toward surgical replacement of the valve. I didn’t
understand why the Lord did not heal him without surgery. The man had a
successful valve replacement through surgery. After the surgery the doctor said,
“Your heart valve was so defective I don’t understand how you were kept alive!”
Then I understood. The Lord had answered our prayers and used the experience as
a powerful testimony to the doctor of God’s power to keep His children.
In
another case a young man had gone though many surgeries because of a severe
health problem. Again he was facing very serious surgery on his neck. We had
prayed for him that God would heal him. However, again the Lord kept leading
toward the surgery. So the young man had the surgery. During the operation
something amazing happened. When the doctor opened the area in his neck, the
bone that he was going to try to properly relocate (which was a dangerous
procedure) automatically moved on its own to the proper place in the neck. After
the surgery the doctor related this to the young man and his mother stating that
he had never see such a thing happen before. He didn’t understand it. Again God
used this medical procedure as a testimony of His power.
God has also led us to
understand His desire and power to heal emotional problems such as chronic
depression, anorexia, anxiety attacks, anger, critical spirit, etc ... . As a
result of applying this understanding I had never before seen such delivering
power in ministry. These issues and how to become delivered from them will also
be studied in this book. I think Satan’s plan is always to try to drive us to
extremes by causing us to:
• Be suspicious of “faith healing” and reject it
• Look to doctors and modern medicine only
• Depend on “faith healing” only and reject all modern medical solutions.
I believe God wants us to take a balanced approach.
In the following chapters we
will look more closely at the Biblical teaching on healing and deliverance. My
prayer is that the reader will approach this subject with an open mind. Healing
is a wonderful gift God has given to His children. Do not allow Satan to steal
it from you.
What Made the Difference?
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What made the difference in my ministry? Why have I seen so many healings in
recent years when for over 30 years I saw none? I had to choose to believe what
the Bible said about healing and deliverance. I had to step out in faith and act
on that belief and encourage others to do the same. As a result I have seen how
truly merciful and loving God is. I have gotten a glimpse of how desirous God is
to heal all who suffer. In fact, the prophet Micah states that God “delighteth
in mercy” (Micah 7:18). Every act of divine healing is an act of “mercy.” God
“delights” to show “mercy” and “heal” His children! Remember that God’s word
tells us to “believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper” (2Chron 20:20). Let us
believe what Micah and the other Old and New Testament prophets tell us about
God’s desire to be merciful and heal His children. When we do this then we too
shall “prosper.”
My Personal Struggle
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This understanding didn’t come easily. Whenever one studies the Bible they bring
to that study certain presuppositions. We all have previously formed ideas about
certain teachings. These can affect the interpretation of what we read.
When I
began this study of the biblical concept of healing I knew that I had preformed
opinions on this subject. The following are the major presuppositions I had on
the topic of faith healing.
• God has the power to heal but He probably will not
• God's promise of physical healing applies primarily to when Christ returns
and we
receive our glorified body.
• We live in a sinful world, and disease and suffering are part of this world
for both
the believer and non-believer.
• When we ask God in prayer to heal us we can never be confident that He will
heal.
• We must always preface our prayer for healing with the words “If it be Thy
will.”
• It is presumptuous on our part to pray with assurance that God will heal
us.
• God's way of healing today is through the use of doctors, hospitals, and
following
natural health laws only.
• Miraculous healing may occur today through prayer. However, this in the
exception
rather than the rule because this type of healing was needed in times
past when
there was a great ignorance of God's health laws and medical science
was not
understood as it is today.
• There is so much counterfeit faith healing taking place today that God will
not now
work in this way very often.
We need very much to have an open mind on the subject. Our goal must be to let
the Scriptures speak for themselves. We would do well to emulate the Berean's
attitude when searching for Biblical truth.
“These were more noble that those in Thessalonica, in that they received the
word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether
those things were so.” Acts 17:11
I recall one man in my church that was very skeptical about what I was teaching
on healing. When he was a child a “faith healer” had come to the area where he
lived. As a result of what he saw and heard, he concluded that faith healing was
not scriptural. Now he was a professional truck driver transporting vehicles. On
one of his trips he fell from the top of the trailer and broke his foot. The
pain was excruciating. Remembering what we had been teaching about God’s desire
to heal His children, he called out to God in prayer asking Him to remove the
pain. Immediately the pain left. When he went to get treatment for his foot the
doctor asked him what pain medication he was taking so he could give him another
prescription for continued relief from the pain. He told the doctor that there
was no pain. The doctor couldn’t understand it. Such a break should be very
painful. From that point on he believed in God’s desire to heal His children.
Three Views of Healing in the Christian Church Today:
1. Some believe the gift of healing does not apply today. It was a gift for
the apostolic Era of the church only. Therefore doctors and medicine
are God's
ordained means to heal today.
2. Other Christians teach that faith healing is very much applicable
today.
However, some Christians go so far as to teach that if one
goes to a doctor or
uses medicine he is denying faith in God's power
to heal. They teach that one
should only look to God for healing of any
disease one faces in this life.
3. The Seventh-day Adventist church has taken the middle road of these
two
extreme views. The Adventist church teaches that God has given
the knowledge of
medical science for our benefit and we should avail
ourselves of this knowledge.
Natural laws of health such as diet,
exercise, etc. play an important role in
maintaining health. The church
also teaches that the gifts of faith healing are
given to the Christian
today as well.
Health is God’s Plan for His People
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The apostle John shared the desire he had, which would have been God’s desire
also, for Gaius and all of God’s children.
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth.” 3 John 2
Ellen White also wrote much about health. In the following statement she lists
what have been called God’s eight natural remedies.
“Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of
water, trust in divine power - these are the true remedies.” Ministry of
Healing, p.127
Why has God given us these eight natural remedies? He wants us to experience
good health. In the chapter entitled, “Laws of Blessing,” I presented the
importance of following God’s health laws. In the chapters that follow we will
study closely the last of these eight true remedies, “trust in divine power” in
order to experience spiritual, physical and emotional healing.
My prayer is that every reader of this book will truly be a Berean Christian,
mind open and receptive to what the Bible teaches on this wonderful subject of
divine healing. I know from experience that a great blessing awaits you if you
do so.
Concluding Thoughts
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The goal of
this book has been to present a balanced view on spiritual, emotional and
physical deliverance. My impression is that most Christians tend to emphasize
one aspect of deliverance to the neglect of other important aspects. Those who
focus on “natural remedies” such as diet, exercise, rest, etc. often know little
about “trust in divine power” (faith healing). While, on the other hand, those
who emphasize “faith healing” tend to put little emphasis on the natural laws of
health.
My personal conviction is that God wants us to understand and apply all the
truths concerning how we are to achieve total deliverance from Satan’s influence
in our life; spiritually, emotionally and physically. I am also deeply convinced
that the last generation of Christians living when Jesus comes will have
achieved this total deliverance.
Not an Accurate Example Today
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Therefore, what we see in the Christian world today concerning spiritual,
emotional and physical deliverance is not an accurate example of what those
believers living when Jesus comes will have experienced. In general, God’s
children today are still struggling with sin, emotional oppressions and physical
diseases. When we read God’s description of the seventh church era, Laodicea
(Rev 3:14-22), which is a description of the church today, it would be expected
that the Laodicean Christian would be experiencing little real deliverance. In
fact, those who choose to stay in their Laodicean condition will deny God’s
power to deliver until the very end of time (2Tim 3:3, 5). Today’s Laodicean
Christian’s experience is no where near the victorious experience God’s last day
remnant people will have obtained just prior to Christ’s second coming.
However, even today I have seen glimpses of the deliverance God’s last day
believers will experience. I have seen amazing spiritual, emotional and physical
deliverance. I have seen flashes of God’s glory; that glory which will fill the
earth just before Jesus returns (Rev 18:1).
A Glorious, Victorious Future
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You see, that last generation of believers will vindicate their God before the
entire universe (1Cor 4:9; Eph 3:10). In the midst of the greatest darkness upon
this earth they will “perfectly” reflect the character of Christ and will have
experienced, in the name of Jesus, complete deliverance over every “oppression”
of the devil in their lives. They will be just like Jesus (1John 3:2).
I believe Ellen White supports this view in her many statements about
deliverance. In the area of spiritual victory she states the following
concerning the “character” of those ready to meet Jesus.
“Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself in His
church. When the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His
people, then He will come to claim them as His own.” Christ’s Object Lessons, p.
69
They will be continuously victorious over Satan’s temptations and will be
reflecting Christ’s character perfectly.
“He who has not sufficient faith in Christ to believe that He can keep him from
sinning, has not the faith that will give him an entrance into the kingdom of
God.”— Manuscript 161, 1897.
Christ will be living fully in His remnant people through the baptism of the
Holy Spirit (early rain). Their life will be a life of continual obedience to
Him.
“All true obedience comes from the heart. It was heart work with Christ. And if
we consent, He will so identify Himself with our thoughts and aims, so blend our
hearts and minds into conformity to His will, that when obeying Him we shall be
but carrying out our own impulses. The will, refined and sanctified, will find
its highest delight in doing His service. When we know God, as it is our
privilege to know Him, our life will be a life of continual obedience. Through
an appreciation of the character of Christ, through communion with God, sin will
become hateful to us.” The Desire of Ages, p.668
Loving God and our fellow man are essential requirements in order to be ready
for Christ’s Second Advent. God’s last generation of believers will love the
Father with all their hearts and will love others as Christ loves. They will
love “just like” Jesus loves. Ellen White wrote of this with the words:
“Love to man is the earthward manifestation of the love of God. It was to
implant this love, to make us children of one family, that the King of glory
became one with us. And when His parting words are fulfilled, ‘Love one another,
as I have loved you’ (John 15:12); when we love the world as He has loved it,
then for us His mission is accomplished. We are fitted for heaven; for we have
heaven in our hearts.” The Desire of Ages, p. 641
They will also have gained emotional victory over every emotional oppression of
Satan.
“That which brings sickness of body and mind to nearly all is dissatisfied
feelings and discontented repinings. They have not God, they have not the hope
which reaches to that within the veil, which is as an anchor to the soul both
sure and steadfast. All who possess this hope will purify themselves even as He
is pure. Such are free from restless longings, repinings, and discontent; they
are not continually looking for evil and brooding over borrowed trouble.”
Testimonies, Vol.1, p. 566
God’s last remnant people will not have dissatisfied feelings, discontented
repinings, and restless longings. No; instead they will have peace with God and
reflect the purity of Christ in their countenance and emotions.
Thirdly, those ready to meet Jesus will be victorious over every physical
infirmity Satan has tried to bring upon them. Ellen White indicates this when
one understands the logical conclusion of the following statements.
“Through faith in his all-powerful name—the only name given under Heaven whereby
we may be saved—man could overcome appetite and passion, and through his
obedience to the law of God, health would take the place of infirmities and
corrupting diseases.” Review & Herald, March 4, 1875 par. 11
“It is a sin to be sick, for all sickness is the result of transgression.”
Counsels on Health, p. 37
“God has pledged Himself to keep this human machinery in healthful action if the
human agent will obey His laws and co-operate with God.” Medical Ministry, p.221
“Sin brings physical and spiritual disease and weakness. Christ has made it
possible for us to free ourselves from this curse.” Ibid, p. 12
“The influence of the Spirit of God is the very best medicine that can be
received by a sick man or woman. Heaven is all health, and the more deeply the
heavenly influences are realized, the more sure will be the recovery of the
believing invalid.” Ibid. p.12
God’s children, who are ready to meet Jesus, will most certainly be living under
the “heavenly influences” of both the early rain baptism of the Holy Spirit and
the latter rain outpouring of the Spirit. According to Ellen White, this
powerful heavenly influence will bring recovery from debilitating disease.
Simply put, Ellen White tells us that those who obey God, which certainly
describes those ready to meet Jesus, will experience health instead of
infirmities and corrupting diseases. She states it is a sin to be sick. Those
ready to meet Jesus will not be living in any known sin. Therefore, they will
not be sick. Also, those ready to meet Jesus will be cooperating with God in
every way. God will honor their obedience and pledges Himself to keep them in a
healthful condition.
Also, prophecy indicates that those ready to meet Jesus will have gone through
the “time of trouble.” They will have either been imprisoned or fleeing to
isolated places to escape persecution. They will not be able to “buy or sell”
(Rev 13:17). Under such conditions medical care, medications, kidney dialysis
equipment, etc. will not be available to them. They will have learned to depend
on God for their health, protection, sustenance, and victories over Satan’s
attacks. They will know from experience what the scripture means when it says,
“man shall not live by bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth
of God” (Matt 4:4 NIV). They are truly living by faith in God’s Word.
Remember, those ready to meet Jesus are the “first fruits” of the redeemed who
will be raised from the dead (Rev 14:4). They still have a sinful nature and a
body that is subject to death, both of which will be changed when Jesus returns
(1Cor 15:51-53). However, they will have gotten complete victory over their
sinful nature because they are allowing the “divine nature of God” to rule in
their life (2Pet 1:4). And under the Spirit’s influence and power they have been
delivered from emotional and physical infirmities. They will have achieved in
the power of the Holy Spirit a level of victory that no other “generation” has
experienced. They are a “type” of those who will be resurrected when Jesus
comes. They are the “first fruits” of the redeemed.
Now is the Time
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I personally believe God’s prophetic time clock has struck the hour in which God
is calling His remnant to experience the baptism of the Holy Spirit and come out
of their Laodicean condition. God is now calling us to experience the full and
complete deliverance from all of Satan’s influences in our life (spiritual,
emotional, physical), and reflect God’s glory fully. Those who heed this call of
God will be able to stand “in the flesh” in the presence of a holy God in all
His unshielded glory (Rev 6:17; 7:1-3).
Will you heed this call and glorify God in your spirit, soul and body (1Thes
5:21; 1Cor 10:31)? Are you willing to let the Lord refine and purify you? If you
say “yes” to God’s call in your life, then when Jesus comes you will be among
those of whom Jesus says; “This is my people,” and you will reply; “The LORD in
my God.” (Zech 13:8-9)

About the Author
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At the time of the writing of
this book, Dennis Smith is serving as pastor in the Southern New England
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (New
Haven SDA Church). Dennis has served the church as an active layman, and in
pastoral and departmental positions for over 35 years.
Dennis received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from
Colorado State University. While at Colorado State, he became a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian. After working in engineering for a short time, he felt the
call to full time ministry. To fulfill that calling, Dennis attended Andrews
University Theological Seminary and received a Masters of Divinity degree.
Dennis has also done studies in the area of public health from Loma Linda
University.
Books Pastor Smith has written
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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit
This book presents the biblical teaching on the baptism of the Holy Spirit,
the benefits of receiving this Gift in fullness, and why it is necessary for the
Christian to receive this special Spirit infilling in order to become like
Jesus.
Spirit Baptism & Evangelism
The relationship
between the baptism of the Holy Spirit and witnessing for Christ is presented
along with Christ’s method of evangelism. The spiritual problems last-day
Laodicean Christian’s face and the solutions to those problems are discussed.
Spirit Baptism & New Wineskin Fellowship
This book gives a
biblical and historical study into; how the early Christians “did church”, the
historical “falling away” from God’s original plan for His church, the
implications of how this apostasy is still influencing the church today, and why
“new wineskin” fellowship is necessary for the Christian to grow into the
fullness of Christ.
Spirit
Baptism & Deliverance
The premise of this
book is that it is God’s will to deliver His children from every influence and
oppression of Satan in their lives; spiritually, emotionally and physically.
Along with powerful testimonies of deliverance, the biblical principles of how
these deliverances took place are presented in a manner that every Christian can
apply to their own life.
Spirit Baptism & Prayer
Prayer is the most
powerful force on earth. Prayer moves the arm of God on behalf of His people. In
this book the necessity of intercessory prayer for the unsaved and fellow
believers and how to become a prayer intercessor is delineated. The question:
“Why does God need our prayers?” is answered. What it means to pray in the
Spirit, persevere, unite and fast I prayer are presented.
Spirit Baptism & Christ’s Glorious Return
This book gives the
characteristics of those who are ready for Christ’s return. The question is
answered; what do I have to do to be among that final generation whom God is
calling into existence today?
Spirit Baptism & Abiding in Christ
This book explains how
the Christian is to obtain victory over every temptation and sin by allowing
Christ to live out His life in and through them. When this is experienced one’s
life will never again be the same. Victory is no longer a struggle and joy in
Christ is experienced as never before.
Spirit Baptism & Waiting on God
In this book, the biblical teaching of waiting on God is presented. we live in a
society that doesn't like to wait. Yet, the Bible presents waiting on God as
necessary for us to understand and experience in order to know Him intimately,
develop Christ's character, be guided by Him, and serve Him.
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