He Walked out

The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, is the greatest event of victory in history, and it changed man’s eternal destiny. Jesus conquered death, hell and the grave; and because He walked out of the tomb, we can walk out of everything bad into everything good.

Why was it necessary for Jesus to walk out of the tomb that day so many thousands of years ago?—because when Adam and Eve sinned, they died spiritually; and divine blood no longer flowed in their veins. The fellowship between man and his God was broken, and everyone born after that had sin-stained blood flowing in their veins. That human blood brought death, so man and woman needed a spiritual resurrection and a new heart. A new heart also will I [God] give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them (Ezekiel 36:26,27). You must not only keep God’s commandments, you must also do them.

“Resurrection” means to be risen from the dead, but it also means to bring to use again. When Jesus walked out of the tomb, He brought back to use again the divine blood. The sin that had separated man from his God could be washed away through the shed blood of Jesus and the power of His resurrection, and man could once again have the same wonderful fellowship with God that Adam and Eve had once had.

Since Christ’s resurrection, there is no longer anything separating you from God unless you cause something to be there. You can call on Him any time in the name of Jesus and through the power of the Holy Ghost. The Bible says, It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us (Romans 8:34). Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered (Romans 8:26). When you are right with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit will make intercession before God for you.

Know the Power of His Resurrection

The redemption plan for mankind began at the birth of Christ and was completed with His death on the Cross, but all that would have been to no avail if Jesus had not walked out of the tomb. Thank God, He walked out! Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Ephesians 4:8).

Jesus did not walk out for Himself; He did it so you and I could have eternal life. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17). Jesus walked out for all who want to know the power of His resurrection as Paul did. He said, That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death (Philippians 3:10).

We live in a cruel and evil world, so we really need to know the power of Christ’s resurrection and all the benefits that came from Him walking out of the tomb—redemption, sanctification, the Holy Ghost baptism and so much more. The Lord wants all people to experience the fullness and power of the whole Godhead—Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Mary Magdalene was devil possessed, but Jesus cast out seven devils from her; and when she believed, she was miraculously changed. Then that once sinful woman carried the first Gospel message of Jesus’ resurrection. Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with him (Mark 16:9,10).

There would have been no message for Mary to carry if Jesus had not walked out, and all would have been lost. Crucifixion was common in Jesus’ day, but He was the only one who was resurrected; and because of that, all who would accept Him could be free in soul, mind and body.

Benefits of the Christ Life

Because Jesus walked out, we can have the same anointing He had; and it will enable us to walk just as He walked when He was on Earth. What does that walk include? Jesus said, The Spirit of the Lord [the Holy Ghost] is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives [those who are bound with devils], and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18,19). There is great victory in that kind of walk.

The Lord is using this Jesus ministry to give people all over the world a chance to be saved, healed and delivered through God-anointed books, magazines and sermons He has given as well as through the blest cloth, the website, our world radio station, our social media pages and more.

The Lord told me He is anointing honest-hearted people with hope, and we are taking them what they need. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues [by unction of the Holy Ghost]; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover (Mark 16:17,18).

You don’t have to be oppressed when you take your place in the Lord. If you are a child of God, the devil has no right to torment you. Some of you carry burdens the Lord doesn’t want you to carry, but that is not the divine will of God. The Bible says, Casting all your care upon him [Jesus]; for he careth for you (I Peter 5:7).

Because Jesus walked out, you can go boldly before God’s throne and talk to Him at any time of the day or night without the help of anyone else on this Earth. You can stay connected with God all the time. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16).

Jesus Brought Everything We Need

Because Jesus walked out, His true light shines upon mankind. He said, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life (John 8:12). Then one day soon, we will walk the streets of gold where the Lamb, Jesus, is the light. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night [or evil] there (Revelation 21:23,25).

Jesus brought comfort and peace to the brokenhearted through the power of the Holy Ghost. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:26,27).

Jesus brought everything we need to become a part of His family. But as many as received him, to them gave he [Jesus] power to become the sons [or daughters] of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12).

As a son or daughter of God, your hands, eyes, ears and feet must be His. Then you can walk as Jesus walked and have the same victories He had. Paul knew that when he said, I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20).

Walk like Jesus

Jesus walked on Earth as a man to show us how to walk. He grew up being in subjection to His Earth parents just as children are to be today, but He also served His heavenly Father. And he [Jesus] went down with them [Mary and Joseph], and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them...And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man (Luke 2:51,52).

Jesus walked the road to Jordan to be baptized in water; and immediately afterward, He was baptized in the Holy Ghost. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased (Matthew 3:13,16,17). You too must be baptized in the Holy Ghost.

Jesus walked into the wilderness and fasted forty days and nights. Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered (Matthew 4:1,2). Because Jesus fasted, we must fast. He said, This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting (Matthew 17:21).

Jesus walked roads of sorrow, opposition and rejection. He walked the lonely, agonizing road to the Garden of Gethsemane, and then all of His disciples ran in fear. Then all the disciples forsook him [Jesus], and fled (Matthew 26:56). Jesus then walked the tortuous road to Calvary’s hill to die on the Cross. Most people thought He would never walk again, but He did.

Jesus Brought New Life

Because of Christ’s great sacrifice, you must choose to bury the old, sinful man and let Him raise you up to walk in newness of life. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4). Jesus said, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live (John 11:25).

When you walk in the newness of life, sin will have no more power over you. For sin shall not have dominion over you (Romans 6:14). No devil or person can make you sin if you don’t want to. The devil can no longer make you say or do the wrong things or go to the wrong places. For ye are not under the law, but under grace (Romans 6:14). Grace is all the favor of God, and it will keep you holy if you want to be holy.

Most ministers today teach that everybody sins; but the Bible says, Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin (Romans 6:6). Then once you are cleansed from your sins, you have to stay clean. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead (Romans 6:12,13).

Jesus walked out so you could walk into salvation, healing, the Holy Ghost baptism and on to Rapture ground. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed (I Corinthians 15:51,52). You must choose to walk with Jesus all the way.

Choose to Walk with Jesus

Are you walking with Jesus in the power of His resurrection today? If not, you will be left behind when He comes for His Bride. If you are unsaved, choose to accept Jesus into your heart right now. Lift up your hands and say the sinner’s prayer: Oh, God, save my soul! I confess my faith in Jesus Christ, and I know I am a sinner. I am so sorry, Lord, for all I have done against you, and I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins. Come on in, Jesus! Come on in!

If you meant that prayer, you can say, “Hallelujah! Jesus has come. Hallelujah! Jesus is mine. I am free through the divine blood that Jesus brought. Thank God Almighty, I am free!” If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed (John 8:36).

Jesus Wants to Heal You

Everything about the Resurrection was miraculous; and thus saith the Lord, you can get a miracle just by reading this message today. When you truly believe that Jesus walked out, you will believe in miracles and in all the promises of God; and healing is a promise. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up (James 5:15).

If you are sick and afflicted today, the Lord heals all diseases just as easily as if they were a slight headache. It doesn’t matter whether you have AIDS, leprosy, cancer, paralysis, TB, diabetes or heart trouble—the power of His resurrection is for all; and the Bible declares it is God’s will for His children to be in good health. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth (III John 1:2).

Lord, I bring the sick and afflicted to you today. Many of them are dying, and there is nothing doctors can do for them; but, Lord, all the power of Heaven is in the blood of Jesus. I use that blood to cleanse the people’s bodies from all deadly diseases and to give them life. Heal! in the all-powerful, blood name of Jesus! Heal!

Now, thank God for your miracle and believe with all of your heart that it is taking place. Watch yourself and your little ones get well and then write or email to tell me about it. I want to hear from you so we can give God all the praise, honor and glory for your miracle.

Let The Resurrection Power Change Your Life

by Steve Millar

What is resurrection power? It is divine power from God that can bring life to something that is dead. The devil has power, but he doesn’t have Resurrection power. The same Resurrection power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead is working in the lives of true believers today, and that power can only work through the blood of Jesus and the supernatural power of the Holy Ghost.

Resurrection power is available not only for your soul but also for your mind and body, yet so many people do not recognize the Resurrection power that is available to them. They believe miracles are not for today, and no one can live free from sin.

Resurrection power can deliver you from both sin and sickness, and there is no limit to what that power can do because it has all the backing from Heaven. Resurrection power is only limited in your life if you give in to doubt and fear. The whole purpose of Jesus coming to Earth from Heaven and sacrificing Himself was so that we could have deliverance through His resurrection power, so why wouldn’t it be available to us through the Holy Spirit?

The devil wants you to think you have to be stuck in the bondage of sin and that there is no hope for your life. He wants you to keep walking down the same path of sin because his main objective is for you to miss the Rapture and Heaven, too.

Examine the Prodigal Son

The devil is no respecter of persons. He will prey on any soul, especially the young, and try to get them to go astray. He tries to convince them that they are missing out on the pleasures of this world and that the grass is greener on the other side, so to speak.

Jesus tells a story about the prodigal son in Luke 15. A certain man had two sons; and the younger one went to his father and asked for part of his inheritance, which the father gave him. Not many days later, the young son gathered up all his belongings and took a journey to a faraway country where he started spending his inheritance on riotous living.

Take note that what that son did is a typical move of the devil. He wants to deceive people and draw them away from those who are living right so he can entice them with the pleasures of this world.

The Bible doesn’t say the father tried to stop his son or forbid him from going away just as our heavenly Father doesn’t stop us from making wrong choices. We all are free moral agents, and each one of us is responsible for the choices we make in life. The father could have forced his son to stay and refused to give him his portion of the inheritance, but he knew his son would resent him; so it was a lose-lose situation.

I Was Once a Prodigal Son

Years ago after I had graduated from college, I had an opportunity to move to Los Angeles, California. My mom was sobbing as I packed up my car and got ready to leave because she didn’t want me to go. She thought I was making a big mistake, but I was a young adult; and I wanted to do things my way. I wanted to experience life on my own, and my mom knew she couldn’t stop me.

As we were standing by the car saying our goodbyes, I said, “Mom, if you live my life, whose life am I going to live?” That was a terrible way to say goodbye, but I was a sinner at the time; and I wasn’t under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.

So I went to Los Angeles with my friend, and everything was going well; but I had a strong longing to go back to Ohio. Somehow, I knew in my heart that I didn’t want to meet a girl and form a relationship in California. I knew my future wife was in Ohio; so after spending six months in California, I decided to make the journey back to Ohio. It wasn’t long after I returned that I met the girl who would later become my wife. God had her marked for me, and He had given me that longing to return home.

The devil wanted me to get as far away as possible from God’s plan for my life, but I praise God that He was able to deal with me and bring me back home. Now, I’m living the life God wants me to live, and I’m helping spread the Gospel to the whole world with my Grace Cathedral family.

The Prodigal Returns

I believe the prodigal son’s father knew his son was going to leave with or without his blessing, so he had to let him go and trust that God was going to bring him back. You may have a loved one who has left the safety of God’s home and has gone out into the world of sin, but always remember that the Lord is doing everything He can to bring that person back.

The Bible says, Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you (Jeremiah 3:14). God is a patient God, and He knows how to deal with each soul. A person may have to hit rock bottom before he is willing to return to the Lord, but it is worth it if he gives his heart and soul back to God.

The prodigal son was one who had to hit rock bottom before he was finally willing to face himself for who he really was and admit he was lost. After he had spent all of his money, there was a great famine; and he found himself poor, hungry and all alone in a strange land. I’m sure he had plenty of friends when he had money, but all those so-called friends disappeared when his money ran out.

The young man was so hungry that he was willing to eat food meant for the swine. He went from eating at his father’s table to eating with the pigs, and that was exactly what the devil wanted. Still today, he wants you to give up your banquet table filled with wonderful, spiritual food and eat garbage.

Finally, the prodigal son decided to go back to his father’s house and become a servant because he knew he would at least have food to eat. He was also going to confess the sins he had committed against his father and against Heaven. When he took that first step towards Resurrection power, the devil began losing his hold on him.

Every step that young man took towards home brought him closer and closer to his deliverance; and when he finally arrived, his father was there to greet him with open arms. The prodigal son no longer thought he was worthy to be called his father’s son, but his father forgave him and restored him back to his place.

A Backslider Comes Home

When you accept Christ’s resurrection power of salvation for your soul, God forgives you of all your past sins; and He will never remember them against you. Even though you may not feel worthy of His forgiveness because of all the things you have done while you were living in sin, God doesn’t look on your past; He looks on your heart. For the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart (I Samuel 16:7).

When the prodigal son was on his way home, his father saw him when he was still a far way off. Why?—because his father had never given up hope of his son returning, so he was always watching for him. The Bible says, His father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him (Luke 15:20).

All the father wanted to do was show his son love. When his son confessed that he had sinned against his father and Heaven, the father was quick to forgive him just like our heavenly Father will always forgive an honest-hearted sinner. The father not only forgave his son, he gave him the best robe, a ring and shoes; and he celebrated by killing a fatted calf. Our heavenly Father will always bless His children in a great way, too.

Rejoice over Souls

When a soul becomes born again, the angels in Heaven celebrate. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth (Luke 15:10). The prodigal son’s father was very happy he had returned home, but not everybody was. The older son resented the fact that his father had received his brother back and was celebrating. The father tried to reason with that son by saying, It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found (Luke 15:32). The younger son was resurrected from a life of sin to a life full of love and grace. He was no longer lost and wandering aimlessly in this dark world of sin.

Jesus conquered death, hell and the grave for us; and it is through the blood of Jesus and the Resurrection power that you can be made a brand-new creature in Christ. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (II Corinthians 5:17).

Jesus Was Resurrected

On the third day after Jesus had been crucified, He was resurrected. A great earthquake shook the place, and an angel rolled back the stone from the entrance of the tomb. Then Jesus walked out. He was raised from the dead through the Resurrection power in His life.

Jesus had told people earlier, Destroy this temple [His body], and in three days I will raise it up (John 2:19). The sad thing is that people did not believe in the Resurrection power, and that is because they were using man’s thoughts instead of God’s thoughts. They limited their understanding by thinking that Jesus was speaking of the temple in Jerusalem that had taken 46 years to build. They had no idea He was speaking of His own body, and they did not consider the possibility of Jesus being resurrected from the dead.

Jesus said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God (Luke 18:27). Jesus let the disciples know before He ascended into Heaven that they could have the same power He had through the Holy Ghost. Then through Resurrection power, Jesus was taken up in a cloud into Heaven; and the people at that time couldn’t see Him anymore. While they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight (Acts 1:9).

You Must Have the Holy Ghost

Earlier, Jesus had let the disciples know that He must depart from the Earth so the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, could come. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you (John 16:7).

About 120 people went to the Upper Room and received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:1,2,4).

It is very important to receive the Holy Ghost because He is the one who will guide you and teach you, and He will be your Comforter in time of need. The Holy Ghost will draw souls to you so you can witness to them and lead them to the Resurrection power that will set them free from the bondage of sin. Then they can go on to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost so they can make the one flight out.

Resurrection Power Can Be Yours

Do you believe in Resurrection power for your life? Do you even believe that it exists? The Bible says, But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord (I Thessalonians 4:13-17).

Resurrection power will open the graves of those who have died in Christ, and they will rise to meet Jesus in the air. Then all of us who are full of the Holy Ghost will also rise to meet Jesus in the air. That may sound impossible to you, but it’s true.

Will you be ready when the trumpet of the Lord sounds? Jesus is only coming back for a Bride who is without spot, wrinkle or blemish; and each member of the bridal company must be filled with the power of the Holy Ghost so they can be changed in a twinkling of an eye. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:27). In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed (I Corinthians 15:52).

Come Back Home

If you think you don’t need the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives the utterance, then you are denying the Resurrection power for your life; and that is dangerous. It will be too late to receive the Holy Ghost once the trumpet sounds and all the Holy Ghost-filled saints are raptured. You need to put everything aside and make receiving the Holy Ghost a priority. Do you know that procrastination is a blemish on your garment? Read about the ten virgins in Matthew 25. The five foolish virgins procrastinated in having their vessels filled with oil, and they were left out of the Marriage Supper. Trust me when I say that you don’t want to be left behind when the Rapture takes place because you will find yourself in a living nightmare for the rest of your life.

Backslider, my heart goes out to you. The devil has enticed you to go astray and leave your home with the Lord. I encourage you to come back to Jesus; He is waiting for you with open arms. His Resurrection power is available to make you a new creature in Christ. He wants to bring you out of death into everlasting life, so don’t let the devil make you think you can’t come home and that you have to keep eating scraps when the Lord has a big banquet supper waiting for you as well as a robe of righteousness.