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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
Jonathan has always had GREAT and SIMPLE faith. That is why God uses him the way he does.
One time, when he was in Africa, he and a friend were walking down the road and spotted a poisonous snake. They had seen some awesome things happen in his father's ministry and believed they had all power with God.
They looked at the snake and said, "I command you to die, in Jesus name."
The snake dropped dead. Wherever they were at in their "training" for ministry ahead, God used that to teach them something. It wasn't something he would walk around doing all the time. Just a lesson God allowed to happen that day. I believed he said they were shocked that it actually died! lol
BTW, I should add that they were young boys - 16 or 18 and the conversation was centered on what power they really had with God. When they saw the poisonous snake they both said, "Let's put it to the test." lol Again, I remember him saying they were both shocked that it actually died. (lol)
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I love hearing stories like this. We have so much power in God, but few of us actually walk in that power, or even have a strong desire to. I believe God is using people like J Suber to teach and instill faith in His people, to believe Him for what He said He would do, as He prepares His church to go to the next level.
If we spent half as much time talking about standards and using that same time and energy teaching and preaching about the gifts of the Spirit, the Apostolic church would be at a whole other level right now.
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