Key to grow from power to power, glory to glory - Pastor Paul Ang

The most difficult crossing is from the Kingdom to His power & glory. The last sentence of the Lord’s Prayer… “For thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever” which every Christians recite the prayer often. When Moses went to the mountain of the burning bush, God told him to take off his sandals telling him not to come any nearer for the ground he was standing is holy ground (Exodus 3:5).

We need the blood to cleanse our hearing, our service and our walk. We need the Holy Spirit’s anointing to hear, to serve and to walk as we should. Both the blood of Jesus and the anointing of the Holy Spirit are necessary parts of our ‘great salvation” (Hebrews 2:3).

God has made us “kings & priest unto our God” (Revelation 1:6). He wants us to have the power of kings and purity of priests. We must experience His full anointing to have this. When we start talking to God about power, He starts talking to us about purity!

Balak summoned Balaam to curse Israelites but God told Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on these people, because they are blessed” (Numbers 22:12). Hence, Balaam could not curse them. However, Balaam’s advice to the Midianites to lure the Israelites into sin as a mean to turn the Israelites away from God (Numbers 31:16).

Only holiness & purity will keep us from growing from power to power, glory to glory. As human, we are incapable of walking in God’s holiness. Jesus said in Matthew 19:26, “With man, this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Hence, we need His mercy, grace, anointing and the blood to purify us so that we will continue to grow spiritually & powerfully as Christian.

A true love of God must begin with a delight in his holiness. -- Jonathan Edwards


----This article taken from Pastor Paul Ang's comment in responding to my previous post through email

Supernatural God, Supernatural Demonstration: Sealing of Spiritual Wall

I was prompted to demonstrate ‘sealing of spiritual wall’ very first time during CG last week. This inspiration came from Ps Paul’s demonstration on ‘sealing the door’ and DVD - demonstration on the power of God from Bro. Benjamin’s previous church.

During fellowship, when the anointing reached up to new level, I was prompted to declare a spiritual wall of fire between my living room and dining room and called the angels of God stationed over the spiritual partition. Then I asked Sister Georgina to walk across. She can’t walk through on the first time. Then, she tried again and was bounced back and flung up! I was amazed by the power of the declaring word.

Second time, the demonstration was during the night of Joshua camp where the participants overnight at the sanctuary. Brother and sisters including those from Singapore, they can’t walk through the spiritual wall until the wall was commanded to be removed in Jesus name. Sister Gloria said she saw the fire wall and amazed by the spoken word of God.

Third time was in Banting church. I was sharing about the important of signs and wonders in this last day in transforming our city. To illustrate the first point (signs and wonders reveal the nature of God – Our God is supernatural God - We are to be a witness for God. To give witness is to "represent." This actually means to re-present Him. Therefore, to re-present Him without power is a major shortcoming), I demonstrated the sealing spiritual wall on the middle of sanctuary where the upper beam as a benchmark of the wall. Sister Sue was called to walk and she actually could passed over the line, but then suddenly, an energy ‘push’ her back from the wall! Sister Georgina totally can’t walk through and bounced back and fell shaking and trembling.

Fourth time when I declared the wall of fire and called forth the angels to guard the wall in my house, some told me that the fire wall became thicker where those who are sensitive can felt it and even can’t walk closer few feet before the wall! All Glory to God that truly our God is supernatural God and the spiritual world is exist. God is the spirit and those who are led by His spirit will see and feel the spiritual activities on that moment. There are some people who can walk through the wall and asked me why? What I can said is those who sensitive to the Holy Spirit and spiritual senses are opened, it's very difficult for them even to get closer to the wall.

Bible did illustrate the angelic activities to prevent people to come nearer. In Gen 3:24, it speaks of angels assigned to guard the tree and there are fiery swords all around the tree. In Num 22:23-26 speaks of angelic activities in sealing the pathway to prevent Balaam and his donkey to go further.

24So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. (Gen 3:24 NKJV)

23Now the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road.
24Then the Angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall on that side.
25And when the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD, she pushed herself against the wall and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall; so he struck her again.
26Then the Angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. (Num 22:23-26)

The Important of Signs and Wonders

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. (Hab 2:14 ESV)

The knowledge of the Glory of God is important in equipping the end time army of saint, full of Holy Spirit, bringing the testimony of Jesus Christ, releasing His power in transforming the nation.

Many fear signs and wonders because of the possibility of deception. Many christian activities, programme, man made agenda or even religious study become a substitute of the manifest power of God. Many often satisfied with knowledge. But, when this happens, who is deceive? When miracles are absent, so is the glory of God, which is the manifested presence of Jesus. When glory is released, it displaces the power of darkness and replaces it with the presence of God

Many uses Mat 7:22-23 to against those operating in miracle and said they are false prophet without knowing the fruit of their ministries.

When the Judgment Day comes, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord! In your name we spoke God's message, by your name we drove out many demons and performed many miracles!' Then I will say to them, 'I never knew you. Get away from me, you wicked people!' (Mat 7:22-23 GNB)

What's categories of people Jesus was refering to? It's imposible for those who do not have relationship with Holy Spirit to cast out demon, in fact, it's dangerous to do so.

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus, whom Paul proclaims." Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?" And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. (Act 19:14-16 ESV)

The Lord revealed to me these group of people through the verses below:

For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they then fall away, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. (Heb 6:4-6 ESV)

Below is a summary of important of signs and wonders, taken from Bill Johnson's book, when Heaven Invades Earth.

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Revival is the atmosphere in which Christ's power is most likely to be manifested. It touches every part of human life, breaking into society with sparks of revolution. During revival, hell is plundered and heaven is populated. Without revival, hell is populated

The necessity of signs and wonders in our quest to see our cities transformed and the glory of God fill the earth

1. Signs and Wonders Reveal the Nature of God

o It is impossible to give an adequate witness of God without demonstrating His supernatural power. The supernatural is His natural realm. Our God is supernatural God and Jesus was an exact representation of the Father's nature (Heb 1:3). Jesus become model for us.

2. Signs and Wonders Expose Sin and Bring People to a decision

o Luke 5:5-8 recorded Simon Peter miraculously catch of fish after obey the command of Jesus . When he saw the miracle, he confessed that he was a sinner.

o Who told that he was sinner? No record of sermons, rebukes. It was miracle. Power exposes. It draw a line in the sand and forces people to a decision. Power often causes people to decide what they're for or against. Power removes the middle ground. Miracle make us can't stand in neutral, but in decision to draw us to Jesus or NOT.

3. Signs and wonders bring courage, call forth faith, raises our faith level to believe God .

o In Jewish Culture was shaped by the command to keep the testimonies of the Lord. To ensure they didn't forget, they were to build monuments to remember. Joshua 3:14-17, Joshua 4:4-7 They piled stones to mark the place where Israel crossed the Jordan River.

o The testimony stir faith. Expectation Grows, Miracles Increase. When miracle increase, testimonies increase

4. The Supernatural is the Key to the Sin Cities of the World

o Mat 11:20-24 The Cities that Jesus addresses here saw more signs and wonders than all the rest combined. Tyre, Sidon and Sodom would have been repented had they been exposed to the same dimention of outpouring. Miracles in the streets of the sin cities of the world will cause them to repent!

5. Miracle Reveal His Glory

o Jesus performed this first miracle in Cana in Galilee; there he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him. ( Read Joh 2:11 GNB)

6. Signs Direct people to give Glory to God

o But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. (Read Mat 9:8 KJVR)

7. Signs themselves give Him Glory

o All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you! (Psa 145:10 ESV)

8. Miracles are unifying force for the Generation (Help us to connect generationally)

o One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. (Psa 145:4 ESV)

9. Signs and Wonders affirm who Jesus is

o John 10:37-38 If the Jews struggled with believing in Jesus as their Messiah, he simply told them to look at the miracles and believe them.

10. Miracles help people hear from God

o And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. (Act 8:6 ESV)

11. Miracles help people obey God

o Roman 15:18-19 here the apostle Paul demonstrates how the Gentiles were brought into obedience through the power of the spirit of God. This was what he considered as FULLY preaching the gospel. It's wasn't complete the message without a demonstration of the power of God!

12. Miracle Validate the Identity of Both The Son of God and His Church

o John 3:2 no one can do these signs unless God is with him. It was understood by the Jews that if God is with you there should be miracles. His presence is the assurance of His intent to use us in the miraculous