Can God?

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

Can God use the internet with all of the porn sites on it ?

Personal testimony:
Several years ago I received an email that was not really meant for me. As I read it I realized someone had mistakenly sent it to my e-mail account. I sent a response that I received it in error. In the original note there was a phrase that mentioned something about thanks for recommending a Church. I asked about that and we began to correspond. The guys wife was a backsliden Pentecostal and they were making their way to God. She wanted them to be baptized in Jesus name and I gave them a Pastor's name in the area where they were living. I followed up with that Pastor and they both went and were baptized in Jesus name.

I had saved this series of e-mails but alas the hard drive they were stored on died the death and of course I did not have them backed up to CD.

So the answer to your question is Yes!

Also several folks have e-mailed POA to tell us that they received the Holy Ghost while viewing our service via the Web-cast.

[revrandy]

I think that we know God can but don't trust ourselves enough to put our faith to work...for example...

One time a few years back I was in a store front and saw a blind man on the corner waiting for a bus and I felt a stirring in my spirit to pray for him...and I didn't act on it because I doubted myself...the man got on the bus and left...I realized then that I had missed an oppurtunity to see God work and see that man healed... I never want to mistrust again...

God Can...

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by revrandy

I think that we know God can but don't trust ourselves enough to put our faith to work...for example...

One time a few years back I was in a store front and saw a blind man on the corner waiting for a bus and I felt a stirring in my spirit to pray for him...and I didn't act on it because I doubted myself...the man got on the bus and left...I realized then that I had missed an oppurtunity to see God work and see that man healed... I never want to mistrust again...

God Can...

Thank you for your candor, RevRandy! I think most all of us at one time or another have been there and done that.

Does anyone else tire of the debate and arguing amongst ourselves? God can do anything, except lie, and He has given us promises and the power to fulfill them. Our passion and purpose should be toward whatever direction He points, to whatever house He directs, into what situation He sends. May His Kingdom be increased by our service.

[Ferd]

It seems to me that we all agree that God can do anything. In every one of our lives God has exchanged evil for good. I wonder why we dont recognize that?

I also find that while God can GO anywhere and DO anything, often, God only goes where WE take him and he does what we are WILLING to do in His name.

Sometimes we are too fearful to step out... RevRandy, I have a story or two like yours....

Sometimes we are too Holy to step in.

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by Ferd

It seems to me that we all agree that God can do anything. In every one of our lives God has exchanged evil for good. I wonder why we dont recognize that?

I also find that while God can GO anywhere and DO anything, often, God only goes where WE take him and he does what we are WILLING to do in His name.

Sometimes we are too fearful to step out... RevRandy, I have a story or two like yours....

Sometimes we are too Holy to step in.

Wow! Good points Ferd.



Looks like the Moderates have spoken.......

But where are the libs and cons on this subject?

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by RevDWW

Wow! Good points Ferd.



Looks like the Moderates have spoken.......

But where are the libs and cons on this subject?

So, next time I see a blind man, I should walk up to him, lay hands on him, and say "In the name of Jesus, be healed!"?

Oh, but it probably wouldn't work for me, not being baptized in Jesus' name or a speaker of tongues, and all. I'll leave it to you guys.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by RevDWW

Can God take a corrupt medium/method and use it for His kingdom?

Mediums aren't corrupt. Men are corrupt. Methods are not necessarily corrupt either. God can use any medium. God can use any man or woman. What God looks for is submitted vessels

Can God win against all odds and enemies?

Can He? Yes. But let's remember how little miracles Jesus was able to do because of the lack of faith on the part of the people. Are we a people of faith or are we a people of rules and regulations. We need to find a balance between Faith and Doctrine.

Can the power of the enemy compare to anything Jesus has to offer?

Nopers

Can we offered to cede any ground, house, or tool to the enemy?

I'm not sure what you just said, but if my intepretation of what you meant is correct then I would say yes we can loose because of what we cede or do or not do. Infact I have stated before that I wonder if sometimes we might get to heaven and after many years of celebration and praise Jesus takes us over to a vault and opens the door and shows us all the many weapons, tools and gifts that were waiting at our disposel but we were too apathetic

While some seem to think the power of God has diminished and can't overcome evil on it's on turf please consider this:

In an enemy city, God saved only those that went into the harlot's house.
From that same harlot's house He saved us, having brought Rehab into the bloodline and linage of Christ.

I'm not aware of anyone that actually thinks that. It's not HIS power that is the problem. It's HIS church that is the problem. And if anyone doubts that, read the epistles and the first few chapters of Revelation

Isn't it time for the Church to arise and take it to the enemy? To long, like Israel of old, we look for a judge to deliver our land from the hand of the enemy, when the One forever on the throne of David, has promised us the power and would equip and lead us, to overcome, conquer, and capture the enemies kingdom and strongholds.


Is anything to hard for our God?

past time brother. If we are willing to fight via the weapons God has given the church.......

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by Timmy

So, next time I see a blind man, I should walk up to him, lay hands on him, and say "In the name of Jesus, be healed!"?

Oh, but it probably wouldn't work for me, not being baptized in Jesus' name or a speaker of tongues, and all. I'll leave it to you guys.

Why haven't you been baptized? What’s stopping you? Have you asked God if the infilling of the Holy Ghost is real then let me have it?

Would it strike you as odd, that I think faith can move mountains even in someone not "filled" with the Holy Ghost. Look at the shysters whose main goal is to make money off the Gospel. Just because someone can lay hands on the sick doesn't mean Jesus even knows them. Don't look at the just the miraculous to verify if someone is of God look at the fruit their life produces. All leaves and no fruit is a tree good for nothing but to be cut down and cast into the fire.

There can be no fruit produced without the power. The leaves of a plant produce the power for life in a plant. Without the Sun, no power. Without the leaves, no fruit. Without fruit no fulfilling God's command to multiply.

Try it, lay hands on the blind man and beleive for his healing. the worst that can happen is nothing happens and he's no worse off.

I'd also suggest you find a place to form a connected, meaningful, relationship with Jesus, if you haven’t already.

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Mediums aren't corrupt. Men are corrupt. Methods are not necessarily corrupt either. God can use any medium. God can use any man or woman. What God looks for is submitted vessels


Can He? Yes. But let's remember how little miracles Jesus was able to do because of the lack of faith on the part of the people. Are we a people of faith or are we a people of rules and regulations. We need to find a balance between Faith and Doctrine.


Nopers


I'm not sure what you just said, but if my intepretation of what you meant is correct then I would say yes we can loose because of what we cede or do or not do. Infact I have stated before that I wonder if sometimes we might get to heaven and after many years of celebration and praise Jesus takes us over to a vault and opens the door and shows us all the many weapons, tools and gifts that were waiting at our disposel but we were too apathetic


I'm not aware of anyone that actually thinks that. It's not HIS power that is the problem. It's HIS church that is the problem. And if anyone doubts that, read the epistles and the first few chapters of Revelation


past time brother. If we are willing to fight via the weapons God has given the church.......

Thanks for the meat. This was a very substantive post!

What I meant to say was "Can we afford to cede any territory, house, or tool to the enemy". I like the store where Saul and Jonathan went to fight the enemy and they were the only ones that that "real" weapons. The rest had gardening tools and the like. Yet there was victory!

Many times the enemies of Israel would conquer them and confiscate there weapons. Seems the enemy of the Church would like to do the same.

[RevDWW]

Was David out of the will of God because he used Goliath's own sword to cut his head off? After all it probably had been used to slay many Isrelites at one time or another.