© 00 Colin Melbourne
Christmas is usually celebrated by sharing gifts, but are you using all the Gifts that come with Salvation?
Healing
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
1 Pe. 2:24 and Mtt. 8:17 KJV
Physical healing can never be Scripturally removed from salvation. ‘Saved’ in the Bible always includes the blessing of physical health.
The concept that physical healing by God’s power is distinct from salvation is a human invention, unfounded in the Scriptures.
The idea that salvation and healing are separate is erroneous.
Healing is included in the atonement.
When you receive Christ as Saviour, you’ve received The Healer.
Embrace His gift of complete health.
He paid the highest possible price to offer it to you.
Receive your Healing by Christ.
Deliverance
Has Satan harassed you with demonic attacks since you’ve been a Christian?
Do you try, but fail, to break free from sinful and destructive habits?
Are you oppressed by evil spirits of suicide, lust, greed, or addictions?
Then embrace your full salvation from all Satan’s power. Col. 1:13-14 KJV;
(God) 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.
Accept this Gospel truth now.
God doesn’t say believers are going to be delivered from the power of darkness (Satan).
God declares He has delivered us when we trusted in Christ.
So believe God’s word, stand up and declare that truth.
Shout it from the roof-tops,
Jesus has set me free, I am delivered by faith in His Blood!
Then you will put to flight every demon within earshot.
Doubt it, mutter it, and Satan will hold a circus in your life.
Believe Christ has defeated your enemy once and for all, that he has no power over you whatsoever (other than that which you allow by doubting God’s word) and you’ll revel in the gift of deliverance God died to give you.
Baptism of Power
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 1:8, 2:4 KJV
Unless you receive, and use this precious promised gift of God you will never be able to fulfil the ministry God has made you for (Eph. 2:10).
Each born again child of God has the Holy Spirit within, they are sealed by God’s Spirit (Eph. 1:13 and 1 Jn. 2:27) and God commands us to be filled with the Spirit (Eph. 5:18) and Jesus promised believers a Baptism of Power. Jn. 7:38-39
When you receive this gift of God, you’ll have the Bible Evidence of Baptism and demons will quake at your approach.
You will have the power to do what Jesus did, Jn. 14:12 KJV;
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
It is possible to go far with God, using His word alone (like many powerless evangelists), but devoid of the power of the Holy Spirit, you will fall short of your high calling.
Just as an aeroplane is powerless to fly when its fuel tank is empty, or a light-bulb is dead without electricity flowing through it.
The baptism in the Holy Spirit is not an optional-extra, it’s God’s anointing of power to glorify Jesus.
Have you received the Fullness of God’s Spirit?
Faith
But without faith it is impossible to please him: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Heb 11:6a and 11:1 KJV
There’s no wavering, no begging, no uncertainty, in faith.
Saving faith comes only one way, Ro. 10:17 KJV;
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Hearing the Gospel that Jesus Christ is Lord, and offer His righteousness to all. Phil 2:11, Ro. 10:4 KJV;
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Through simple heart faith in Christ’s death and resurrection, Ro. 10:13, Mtt. 7:8, Jn. 14:14, Jn. 16:24, Mk. 11:22-24 KJV;
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
For every one that asketh receiveth;
If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.…ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Believers have the same gift of faith Peter had, he said so, 2 Pe. 1:1 KJV;
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:
Peter discovered the power of faith in the Name of Jesus, and used it.
Listen to him, Acts 3:16 KJV;
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Through faith he spoke the command in Jesus’ Name (in His stead, in His authority), and God healed a man crippled from birth, and over forty years old.
You can do that too. Just hear and believe.
Notice that faith is more than words. It is an action.
The cripple wasn’t healed until Peter helped him put his faith into action by pulling him to his feet.
Many folks claim they have faith for healing, but won’t act on it.
They take medicines, use crutches, and trust in doctors whilst quoting 1 Pe. 2:24.
That is a powerful verse, but you have to act on it too!
Sick people take medicine: Healthy ones don’t.
The infirm need crutches: The healed don’t.
Trust in Dr. Jesus; By whose stripes ye WERE HEALED
Do what you couldn’t do before you knew that fact.
Prove your faith is real and not just talk.
Keep on proving it. Then you’ll see the manifestation, and God will be glorified in you. Faith without corresponding actions is dead, Jas. 2:20 KJV;
But wilt thou know… that faith without works is dead?
You can see real faith.
Use the ‘like precious faith’ Christ has given you. Don’t leave it gathering dust, unopened and unused.
An evangelist, received a wonderful vision from God, and part of it concerns unopened gifts.
Jesus took him in the Spirit for a walk around Heaven, and gave him many touching insights into our eternal home. However, Jesus’ face was saddened when they entered one building. Inside were rows of legs, arms, eyes, ears, kidneys, and other human body parts.
“What is this Lord?” the visitor asked.
With a deep sigh Jesus replied:
“Son, they are some of the unclaimed blessings of my children.”
In conclusion, ask Jesus to show you by revelation through the Holy Spirit, as you study His word, the riches of your inheritance in Christ.
There are many more than these seven gifts in salvation.
In fact, there’s no end to God’s Indescribable Gift.
If you have not yet been born again, don’t waste a second, you can enjoy all the benefits of Salvation Today.
© 00 Colin Melbourne
