Treasure Jesus
by Ernest Angley
December 2011
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16). God loved us so much that He sent us Heaven’s greatest treasure—Jesus. As the Lord was giving me this message, He told me that when He gave us Jesus, He gave His whole heart. He said it was the only time He had ever given all of His love. Not even when He created the first man and woman and made a beautiful home for them called Eden or when He saved just eight souls in the ark did He use all of His love.
The Father loves His Son so much that when Jesus was dying on the Cross, He had to turn His back to keep from coming down to Earth. He had given all of His love, and He had no more left to give. He had watched audacious men spit on Jesus and gamble for His robe crying, If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross (Matthew 27:40). Jesus could have come down, but He didn’t; and we must treasure Him because He stayed. If people won’t allow that great love to save them, then they will surely die and go to hell.
The Jewel of Heaven
Look at Jesus and treasure the truth because He is truth. He said, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me (John 14:6). He also said, And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32). Jesus made His footsteps of truth so clear for us that the devil can’t ever erase them. The Lord will give us the power to wear His shoes and the grace to walk in His steps.
Jesus is my greatest treasure! He’s my first love, the glory of my life and my all in all. In Jesus, I find perfect contentment, perfect joy and perfect greatness. He is the Jewel of Heaven and the Pearl of Great Price, but you have to sell out to the world if you want that Pearl. You can’t have the world and Jesus, too. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world (John 17:14).
Saving Grace
We must look at Jesus with His perfect love, grace and truth and know that we can be just like Him; but teachers and preachers alike say that nobody can live free from sin. Well, that’s true for those who have the devil in them; but once they get the devil out, it’s easy to live free from all sin.
Some people try to give up sin a little bit at a time, but that doesn’t work. People either get saved or they don’t, and salvation doesn’t come through works. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:8,9).
You have to treasure your salvation above everything else. If Jesus had not come, there would be no grace or mercy for us and no Heaven. Jesus came to Earth to bring us into the family of God. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons [or daughters] of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12). How did He do it?—through divine blood.
Jesus had no human blood in Him. He was a child of the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary, but many preachers today don’t believe in the virgin birth of Christ. They say it could never have happened, so there’s no salvation for them. If Jesus had not been born of the Virgin Mary, He would not be our Savior or the Redeemer of the world; but the Bible says He is our salvation. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12).
Jesus is your passport to Heaven, and no other name can be on that passport if you want to make it through the pearly gates. The Bible also tells us that only through the shedding of blood can we have forgiveness from sin. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission (Hebrews 9:22).
All Sin Must Go
Jesus should be the greatest treasure in your life; but most people treasure money, houses and lands more than they ever treasure Jesus. Isn’t it strange, though, that when they are about to die, they suddenly want Jesus; but many can’t find Him at that time. They think they can slip right into Heaven while holding onto their sins; but if they have never given them up, they’ll never have eternal life. The Bible says, The soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:4).
Jesus came saying, And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me (John 12:32). We must lift Jesus up, but you can’t do that with sin in your heart. If you have any, you’re a greater hurt to the Kingdom than you are a blessing. You’re driving the nails into Christ’s flesh just like the ones who crucified Him did, and you’re putting thorns in His crown when you should be crowning Him with glory and love.
God’s warning to Adam and Eve about the tree of death in the Garden of Eden proves that you have to live free from sin. God said, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die (Genesis 2:16,17).
Power to Be Changed
Those who sin are not members of the bridal company because the Bride of Christ will be without spot. 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). This verse describes the only kind of people Jesus is coming for; and when He does, they will be changed. 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).
Death won’t have a chance to touch the Bride on Rapture Day; but many preachers today teach that when the Bible speaks of the change, it’s referring to death. The Lord told me that death would reach out for the children of God who are ready to go; but before it could even touch them, they would be changed and have their wonderful, eternal bodies. The Bible tells us that our bodies will be changed according to the power that worketh within us. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you (Romans 8:11). Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us (Ephesians 3:20).
Treasure Jesus and the power of His resurrection just as Paul did when he said, That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection (Philippians 3:10). Jesus promised that He would return and bring the souls of our dead loved ones in Christ with Him. 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 4:16,17).
Where is that resurrection power today? So many churches are spiritually dead, and they’re a disgrace to the Kingdom of God. They’re not helping the Lord build His Kingdom as children of God are supposed to do. When that Kingdom is finished, Jesus will come for the Bride.
Have No Fear
Some of you are afraid of the Rapture, but it will be a glorious time. I experienced the Rapture one time in a divine vision; and as I was going up, there were people from all nations surrounding me. They were so close that I could even see their eyelashes; and everybody was shouting, “Hallelujah!” The heavens were filled with people, and their praises came like ocean waves. When I came to myself, I too was shouting, “Hallelujah!” I love that word, and it’s the same in every language. I’m persuaded to believe that the saints of God will be shouting that word when Jesus comes because He is our “Hallelujah.”
You either trust God and His Word or you don’t. The Lord said, Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths (Proverbs 3:5,6). Ask Jesus, the Treasure of Heaven, to enable you to use all of His power and all of His divinity. He said He would direct your paths, so that means He’ll look out for you. He’s your insurance and your true security.
With the Lord’s divine security, we should have no fear. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (II Timothy 1:7). Do you have power, love and a sound mind; or is your mind full of fear? It’s easy to become afraid, but we need to grow up in the Lord and get rid of fear. Jesus wasn’t afraid when the soldiers came to arrest Him; but the disciples were, and they ran. Fear will cause you to fail God, and it will make you run from the devil instead of making him run from you. Let God teach you how to not be afraid.
Jesus didn’t bring you the spirit of fear; it comes from the devil. Fear breeds depression, so why will you let the devil depress you? When you get knocked down into the dirt, have a little talk with the Lord. Then get up, dust yourself off and go on like Jesus and Paul did. Paul knew that the Lord lived within him; and 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). Some of you look only at your flimsy, puny self; and if I did that, I’d doubt, too.
Jesus Is Life
Jesus came to Earth saying, I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10). There is no life without Him. In him was life; and the life was the light of men (John 1:4). Jesus is our treasure of light and life. 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).
Jesus came to light up the world, and we have to be that same light. Ye are the light of the world…Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven (Matthew 5:14,16). We must be the Lord’s living, walking epistles, and we have to get this Gospel to the whole world before Jesus comes. Those who are not consecrated and dedicated will be left by the wayside.
Jesus must be our life, and Jesus was with His Father in the beginning when God created life. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made (John 1:1-3). Jesus was there when God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (Genesis 1:26).
Jesus is our treasure of joy and divine peace. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7). If you don’t have peace and are feeling discontented, it’s because you’re not walking as Jesus walked. Paul said, For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content (Philippians 4:11). We can walk through every valley with His light and deliverance, with His love, peace and fellowship.
Paul Gave His All
Paul was content even when he was beaten and thrown into prison for casting a fortunetelling devil out of a girl; and because of that, he was able to get the jailor and his whole family saved. And when they had laid many stripes upon them [Paul and Silas], they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway (Acts 16:23-33).
Paul is one of my greatest examples. Once he got saved, he promised God anything; but before that, he was having Christians put to death. He was well-educated and held one of the highest seats in the Jewish courts. He was a Pharisee, but the Lord despised the Pharisees. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell (Matthew 23:27,28,33)?
The Pharisees were against everything Jesus brought—His divinity, His divine blood, His claim to be the Son of God—and they were against everything that He taught. They didn’t want the truth; but when Paul found the Treasure, Jesus, everything changed for him.
Will You Pay the Price?
Paul suffered much, and we will have to suffer to win souls, too. There’s a price to pay, but don’t tell the Lord you’ll pay any price when you won’t do it. You can’t wait until you get into a close place to cry, “God, I’ll do anything for you if you’ll answer this prayer!” God doesn’t work like that. I’m determined to do anything for the Lord even if He doesn’t answer all of my prayers because I have a standing order in Heaven that says, “Lord, don’t ever answer one of my prayers if it’s not your divine will.” I don’t want God’s permissible will; I want only His divine will in everything. The Lord has raised me up to carry His light to people throughout the world, and He knows I’ll pay any price.
I don’t want to be on Earth when I can no longer win souls—souls are my life. It wouldn’t matter how much money I had; if I couldn’t use it to win souls, it would be worthless to me. I don’t preach for money, and I never did. When the Lord called me to preach, He didn’t mention money to me. The night I got saved, He rolled the burden of sin off of me and rolled the burden of lost souls throughout the world onto me; and I’ve carried that burden ever since. I’m determined that all the devil will ever see is my dust. I’m traveling on for Jesus, and I want to reach every person I can.
What’s Your Treasure?
I treasure Jesus more than I treasure anything or anyone on God’s Earth. He truly is my Lord, my Master and my Savior. He’s my Holy Ghost baptizer and my soon-coming King. Is He your greatest treasure or are there other things you treasure above Him? If there are, then you’ve left your first love. Some of you have never been truly saved if you haven’t made the Lord your main treasure; we all had to do that to get saved. When I became born new, I told God anything; and I’ve never changed. No matter how many 40-day fasts He’s called me on, I’ve never turned Him down; and I never will. I’m on duty for the Lord any hour of the day; and I’m happy about it because He is my resurrection, my grace, my love, my peace, my gentleness, my kindness and my faith. It’s time to go all the way with Jesus.
It shouldn’t matter what the world is doing because we’re getting out of here; but if some of you aren’t careful, you won’t be ready. You may turn back at the last minute and miss the Rapture. The devil is working the hardest on those of you who are weak in the Lord to try to keep you out of the Rapture. If he can do that, then he knows you’ll be like putty in his hands and that you’ll be willing to take the mark of the beast during the Tribulation Period. If you take that mark, there will be no hope for you ever again. You’ll be like the devil himself, and God will never hear another one of your prayers. He won’t even care if you shed a tear because He will have no more compassion for you.
The Healing Christ
Until that time comes, Jesus is our treasure of compassion; and because of His great compassion, He healed me when I was nigh unto death at just 23 years of age. My body had gone down so much that it looked like I would die in just a matter of days. My life was nearly gone, and all I had was pain. I knew I’d go to Heaven, but I couldn’t understand why the Lord wouldn’t heal me. I knew He had the power and that I was living free from all sin, and I knew He heard every prayer I prayed.
When God saved me at 18, I gave up everything of the world—its music, sports, movies, magazines and books—and I walked just like Jesus had walked as a young man on Earth. Shortly after that, the Lord called me to preach; so I couldn’t understand why I was going to die so soon. God was moving and blessing people wherever I went to minister, so was I not going to take the Gospel to the world? Then one night, Jesus Himself came and healed me all over; and He told me that I would take His Gospel to the world. I knew I was going to live, and I wanted to tell the whole world that I was healed!
I make no room for doubt; and if you want the Lord to talk to you, you have to get rid of all doubt, too. Having no doubt has brought His miracles and saving grace to me so that I can serve others His divine love. That love is deeper than any love on Earth, deep enough to fill all of the oceans, rivers and streams throughout the whole world.
The Outpouring of the Spirit
I treasure Jesus because He pours rivers of living water through His holy people. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water (John 7:38). I’ve actually seen those rivers as I have stood before the multitudes attending my services in other nations. The rivers have come rushing in like water; but it isn’t water, and it covers the people so that I can’t even see them…but I see the results when they’re delivered. Then the rain of the Spirit comes down, and it falls at my feet. Again, it isn’t water; it’s the Spirit falling, and it’s wonderful!
You can’t buy such rivers of love and peace, and that’s why there are so many people today who are miserable and doing the wrong things. The only way they’ll come out of all of that is to humble themselves before the Lord. Daniel humbled himself before the Lord three times a day—morning, noon and night—and he lifted up his eyes toward Jerusalem.
Our Jerusalem is Golgotha; and we have to lift up our eyes unto Jesus, the One who died on that Cross, so He can make intercession to the Father for us. 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). Jesus is at the right-hand of the Father, and Stephen saw Him there in his dying hour. But he [Stephen], being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God (Acts 7:55).
You Must Have Divine Love
When you treasure Jesus, you’ll know that the Father always hears you. Jesus said, And I knew that thou hearest me always (John 11:42). Jesus prayed saying, Father…not my will, but thine, be done (Luke 22:42). If you want results in your life and you want to be able to get your prayers through to Heaven, Jesus has to be your most valuable treasure. These things I’m bringing to you are real, and yet some of you live so far beneath your privilege.
You have to grow up. Paul said, When I became a man, I put away childish things (I Corinthians 13:11); and Paul didn’t become a man until he met Jesus. You have to meet the treasured Man, the One who came from Heaven, if you want to be changed. The Psalmist met Him and said, I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). If you’re one who thinks you’re worthless, then get down on your knees, get the love of God in you and become worth something.
The Lord tells us in His Word that if you don’t have His love, you are worthless. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing (I Corinthians 13:1,2).
Unfortunately, love is a stranger to many people, and they are strangers to love. There’s no real life without God’s love, and you definitely can’t have a real marriage without it. If you’re unsaved today and miserable in your marriage, get right with God and see what He can do for you. When both of you decide to serve God, you’ll quit your fussing and fighting.
Rich in the Lord
Jesus came to make us children of God. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:16,17). We’re not only heirs but joint-heirs, yet some Christians act as if they’re so poor. They only think about what they don’t have in this life, and they don’t realize that if they were to die right now they’d be wealthier than a millionaire. Jesus gave us the description of the heavenly city. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass (Revelation 21:21). The Bible goes on to tell us that the twelve foundations are garnished with all manner of precious stones; but we have a foundation right now—Jesus—and He’s far greater than all of the foundations of that holy city. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 3:11). Knowing that should help you to trust in Jesus more than ever.
Jesus brought the throne of grace down so close to us that we can kneel before God’s throne right here on Earth. 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). To most people, that throne is millions of miles away; and they scream and beg trying to reach it. They’re not listening to the One who said to the angry sea, Peace, be still (Mark 4:39). Jesus is saying that to your soul today, too.
The End Is Near
I’m ready to go when the Rapture call comes, but my work here is not yet finished. I dread the day when it will be completed because there will be no more chances to win souls for the Lord. I’ve been to that sad day in a vision. There were people everywhere as far as I could see, and it was like I was on loudspeakers preaching to the world. I was holding my Bible up; and I was crying in a loud voice, “Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus!” When I started to say it one more time, my voice stopped down in my throat; and the Lord took over. He began to speak saying, “I don’t want you, and I’ll never want you. I will never hear another one of your prayers or see your tears.” I never thought I’d ever hear God talk like that! If the blood could have frozen in my veins, surely it would have that day.
At another time, God took me to the edge of hell; and I could see the smoke coming up. As I looked way down, I reached for my Bible; but it was out of reach. I’d come to the end of the journey, and I was never going to win another soul. The smoke of the people’s torment was coming up, but I had no message.
The Lord gave me so much compassion, and He gave me His anointings to preach. When I left the world all behind, I treasured Jesus; and I lived in His presence night and day. He would talk to me and tell me things to come, and He would sing through me in many different languages and dialects from the time I got the Holy Ghost. If I was out somewhere, I could hardly wait to get back home to my room; I just wanted to be alone with the Lord and learn everything I could about Jesus. He became my greatest companion, my greatest love and my greatest reality. I had abundant life, and I never missed the things of the world that I thought I would.
Divine Forgiveness
Treasure Jesus, the forgiving Christ, the One who forgave even His enemies when He was dying on the Cross. Can you forgive your enemies like Jesus did? When you can do that, you have forgiven them from your heart. You put them under the blood and leave them there. Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord (Romans 12:19). The Lord tells you that He’ll take care of every case.
Jesus not only forgave the thief on the cross, He showed him great love. Think about the three crosses on Golgotha that day and the men who died on them. The One in the middle was dying without any sin, but He was dying because of your sins and mine; and He’s the One you want to treasure and be like. There was a thief on each side of Jesus, both of whom were headed to hell; and although Jesus was in awful pain, He was still able to convince one thief that he needed mercy. The truth got into him, conviction seized his heart, and he cried to Jesus, Remember me (Luke 23:42); and his eternity changed in that moment. The other thief didn’t want the truth, and he dropped into eternal damnation.
You Must Bear Fruit
Like Jesus, I don’t want to miss one soul that I could win. I dream about souls, I talk about souls and I pray for souls. I never ask the Lord for earthly riches; I ask Him to make me rich in His gifts. I treasure the gifts of God and the greatest gift of all—my salvation.
I also treasure the nine fruits of the Spirit. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance (Galatians 5:22,23). The spiritual fruits are far greater than all of the fruit trees of Eden, and they’re produced on the inside of us by the Holy Ghost. First, the blood has to purify the soil of your soul so it will be in a condition to bring forth fruit. Then you must receive the Holy Ghost baptism because He can only produce fruit in you when He dwells within, and that fruit will mean life to you.
When Adam and Eve no longer had that fruit, they were spiritually dead; and we were all dead, too, until Jesus came and made it possible for us to have a resurrection. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1). No human has been born with the image of God since Adam and Eve were shut out of Eden, and God made sure they would never get back in. So he [God] drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life (Genesis 3:24). God didn’t want anyone to get to the tree of life.
Later, the Treasure of our lives came to bring us life; but the people cried, “Crucify Him! His blood be on us, and on our children” (Matthew 27:25). That blood is still on their children today, and they’ve suffered so much. People have to be careful with the things they say to God.
Live by Promise
Treasure the Lord’s promises and know that they’re all true. When you depend on them, you won’t be worried about today or tomorrow because God’s promises cover every tomorrow we have. Our paths will be paved with His promises; and as you bravely walk on them in faith and love, then you’ll receive.
Treasure His longsuffering, His holy blood and His Gospel of liberty and freedom. Are you really free, or are you a miserable, so-called Christian? We will all have our sorrows; even Jesus did when He was on Earth. The Bible says He was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief (Isaiah 53:3). But Jesus rose above all of that, and so must we.
Divine love and joy are the answers to all of our sorrows. We can’t live by only human love because it’s too fragile, and it can wither or even die. When someone you love suddenly dies, all of that person’s love dies, too; and oh, how that hurts those who are left. But when you’re in love with Jesus, you can turn to Him at those times; and He’ll be there saying, “I’m your first love, your Savior and your salvation.” When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I (Psalm 61:2).
Take Your Stand
Trust in Jesus and always put Him first in your life. Don’t let anybody or anything get between you and Jesus or separate you from the love of Christ and the peace that passeth all understanding. If you do, they’ll keep you out of Heaven. There are people in hell today just because they listened to their companion or to some other family member.
Thus saith the Lord, some of you are being robbed by members of your own family. Of course, you love them; but you can’t love them more than you love Jesus. From the time God saved me, I always put Jesus first. I was determined to please Him and to give Him all of my life; I held nothing in reserve.
My family didn’t listen to relatives. When Mama and Daddy found the true Treasure of righteousness, they knew they had more than they had ever had before; and they took their stand. My mother’s side of the family had been rather close, but righteousness separated them; and it’s because of my parents’ stand that my granddaddy is in Heaven today. He felt no drawing of God at all and never went to church unless it was for a funeral; but when I started preaching and went to a church in his little town, he had to come and see.
That day, I preached about the love and grace of Jesus. I let the people know that the Lord would receive them, and God moved on my granddaddy’s heart. Soon, I heard him sobbing aloud, and it shocked me! He came down the aisle with all of his dignity in the dirt. He had both hands in the air, and you could hear him all over the church crying for God to have mercy. He didn’t kneel at the altar; he fell on it and right into the arms of the Lord. Then he got up shouting and praising God. Mama had surely prayed more than a thousand prayers for him because she loved her daddy so much; and since she wasn’t there at the time, I happily told her about what God had done.
Jesus, Our Healer
The Lord wants you to know that He’s the treasure of all miracles and healings, and He brought the Syrophenician woman and her daughter to mind. The daughter was so devil possessed that her mother couldn’t even bring her to Jesus; but when the woman got to the Master, she humbled herself before Him…and she wasn’t even of the household of faith. A woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour (Matthew 15:22-28). Jesus didn’t marvel because of her doubt and fear; He rejoiced at her great faith.
At the pool of Siloam, Jesus made a man completely whole who had been a cripple for 38 years. Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed (John 5:8-10). That was a great miracle, but all some people could do was complain that He did it on the Sabbath day. The Jews were hollering about the Law, but Jesus had brought grace.
Jesus raised Lazarus after he had been dead for four days. Jesus told those who were there to roll the stone away from the tomb. Then He [Jesus] cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go (John 11:43,44).
Treasure the whipping post. He [Jesus] was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). His divine, eternal blood was spilled for you and me, and it’s all we need for salvation. Also, remember that He can heal any disease, and that’s why so many people are healed of AIDS through this Jesus ministry.
Walk the Waters
Treasure the One who walked the waters and proved that we can walk them, too. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus (Matthew 14:25-29).
Get off the boat and stop letting the Christian life be such a chore. Unload everything that doesn’t go with that life and take Jesus for yours. When you do that, you will be able to say, “I’m complete.” And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power (Colossians 2:10). You’re not complete until you have the whole Jesus.
You must treasure Heaven knowing that all of its greatness is yours. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also (John 14:2,3). Jesus did go, and He will come again.
Take Jesus as Yours
Sinner, Backslider, why don’t you cry with the thief on the cross, “Remember me.” God has warned us that there will come a time when He won’t hear your cry any more, so don’t wait until it’s too late. Get rid of all sin in your life and be born again today. Say this prayer right now.
Oh, God, save my soul! I confess that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died for me. I believe in the great miracle of salvation, and I want to be born new. I want the image of God in my life. I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins. Come into my heart, Jesus! Come on in! Feel His power and presence now. Feel that shout of victory in your soul and know that you’re born new. Now that your sins are gone, you’ll feel pounds lighter.
Receive a Miracle
With a clean heart, it’s time to get your physical miracle and be made whole all over just like the Lord made me whole so many years ago. If you have HIV/AIDS, diabetes, cancer, heart trouble or any other deadly disease that medical science cannot help you with, God will heal you. You can be delivered from strokes and even leprosy, and little children born with just part of a brain can receive a whole brain and become normal. I can’t operate these gifts; but the Holy Spirit operates them through me because I live with the Lord in prayers, fastings and studying the Word.
Lord, here they are. I bring the people into your presence. I inject the healing power of the divine blood into their bodies to cure them of all diseases. Heal! in the holy blood-name of Jesus. Heal!
The Lord lets me behold His glory, and He lets you feel it. Feel His glory now and know it will get you well. Then write and tell me all that God has done for you. God bless you, and I’ll see you in Heaven one wonderful day.
December, 2011, ERNEST ANGLEY, founder & editor in chief, Vol. 56, No. 6, The Power of the Holy Ghost USPS 516-050) is published bimonthly by Grace Cathedral, 1055 Canton Road, Akron, Ohio, 44312. Periodicals postage paid at Akron, Ohio, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Power of the Holy Ghost, P.O. Box 1790, Akron, Ohio, 44309.
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