The Power of the Gospel - Bill Johnson (Full Sermon) | Bethel Church

beautiful nice to see you glad you're here how many of you have ever been in an accident of any kind and you still have lingering effects from that accident stand up is there anyone here that has cancer please stand if you're physically able to please stand i believe the lord is healing blood disease blood disease anyone who has any kind of blood disease please stand uh there's someone here that just struggles with ongoing tormenting headaches and i i believe that that is to end tonight that's you stand up yeah um there's there's somebody here who maybe you're already standing uh but there was some sort of an accident or something and you just you've just suffered with headaches ever since that accident to that injury uh who is that because i i want to make sure that down over here okay all right all right cool um jesus christ is the same today in this room as he was when he walked the earth his heart his commitment his love for people is the same he hasn't changed at all his power is the same his purpose his will is the same he never turned anyone away he never gave an explanation when the disciples tried to figure out why a man was blind was it his sins or his father's sins jesus just healed him religion looks for explanations kingdom brings solutions so we've got an opportunity here to serve some people that jesus is mad about mad that's probably not the best word he's not mad at you but he sure does love you and i'll say here's what we're going to do um all of you that are standing put a hand up if you would i want you to keep it there until somebody comes to you church family you know what to do if you're a guest with us you're welcome to join if you are a believer in jesus go to somebody who has their hand up find out what the condition is find out what the condition is and pray if no one is is praying for you wave a hand at me and i'll get somebody there i need i need somebody over here excellent thank you that was fast if you're watching online just do this at home if you have any of the conditions mentioned just join uh just join with us we will pray for a spirit of breakthrough upon households eric shared a series of testimonies again today on autism asperger's a number of those kinds of problems that jesus has been healing dyspraxia i think is the name of one of them so we just declare that as the testimony of the lord he heals the same today as he did then now those of you that are praying for anyone with head trauma i want you to literally rebuke the spirit of trauma [Applause] just literally just break off that that in infirmity we just declare it ends tonight in jesus name [Music] cancer no more we speak to you in the name of jesus be gone from people's bodies now go to restore what was stolen restore what was stolen lord some injuries were very very simple and they've just kind of been tolerated but we don't tolerate simple injuries any longer we just say this ends tonight in jesus name a rebuked pain and torment at the root the cause of of this uh disorder this pain in jesus name in jesus mighty name all right go ahead and end your prayer but stay with the person don't leave them go ahead end your prayer but stay with the person everyone who just received prayer as best you know how right now i want you to examine your own body try to move in a way you couldn't move if there was an issue with the head with sudden movements do something don't injure yourself but please examine yourself by kind of pushing the envelope so to speak just check yourself out don't wait to feel anything now anyone who is at least 80 percent better already i want you to wave both hands over your head like this yeah we bless the lord for that come on all around the room here it's beautiful yeah thank you lord all right turn to pray again turn and pray again unless you're 100 then you might mess them up so leave them alone also just turn and pray again use your authority to command this to be gone [Applause] use the authority that jesus gave you thank you lord okay don't let your faith sit down thank you lord let there be increase of a spirit of breakthrough in this room right now for the glory of the name jesus the glory of the name jesus now every one of you that are praying for an accident victim i want you just to rebuke affliction command it gone from their body we rebuke the spirit of affliction in jesus name thank you lord we ask as well for creative miracles that you would restore damaged destroyed parts of the body the vertebra the nerve damage uh down that right side there's somebody with nerve damage down the right uh shoulder and uh down the right uh back part of the hip here the lord is bringing healing to that right now jesus name the nerve damage is being healed he's restoring what's been stolen in jesus name in jesus name there's somebody who had a blow to the head it's affected your eyesight we just speak a wholeness to vision to your sight jesus name it's affected hearing us someone specifically the right ear we just command that to be open to be healed now in the name of the lord jesus yes there's a number of people that the lord is healing the sciatica put your hand on on it and your own body if that's you make sure you're standing stand put your hand right on the that sciatica that part of your your lower back there we just declare absolute relief now in jesus name absolute relief now in jesus name yes lord yes lord all right you did wonderful now stay with the person though again everyone that received prayer do something do something please do not wait to feel something only half the people we see healed actually feel it so move in a way even if it seems silly to move just do it anyway and in some way examine yourself to see what the lord has done everyone who's at least 80 percent better wave your hands over your head like this and look around the room everyone just give thanks to the lord yeah we give you thanks lord thank you lord god we bless you for that yeah now just i want you just to confess blessing over them the lord has given you authority to release blessing so just tell them i bless you in the name of the lord i declare over you that he will complete what he started he will finish what he started in you in jesus wonderful name amen amen why don't you hug him real good and be seated bless the lord how many of you just got healed just stand up i just want to see who you are just stand up is that amazing wow come on keep keep standing just keep standing what did you get healed from where did you get healed from what's that sprained ankle thank you jesus the sciatica thing yep yep the headache thing the mic yeah migraine stuff yeah back pain excellent torn muscle in the shoulder yeah yep a headache due to accidents yeah yeah [Applause] knee pain yep thank you lord so head injury from an accident and your ear just opened up yeah thank you lord so beautiful yeah back injury how long ago seven years ago wow seven years and three pregnancies yeah that's all yeah bless you wow [Applause] thank you lord jesus yep foot pain beautiful thank you lord knee pain trauma gone come on from how long lifetime depression and trauma a lifetime come on thank you lord yeah chronic migraines for three years gone bless the lord yep yeah yeah yeah neck trauma from car accident and your knees thank you lord jesus beautiful right here neck how many of you were healed from an accident of some sort an old injury come on let's give a shout of thanks and please bless the lord that's all god be seated that's amazing that's amazing amen amen you know um i we stopped ca i stopped counting about uh accident injuries that were healed probably at least 12 years ago and maybe maybe 15 and at that time it was like 2 800 people that we had seen healed from accidents and one of the things that i learned in that in that process and we see them heal just like almost every week sometimes just piles them um one of the things that i learned is that sometimes when you have an injury your body was designed to heal itself i mean god created us that way and sometimes you just learn to live with pain and learn to live with restriction restraint various things and sometimes unintentionally we actually give place to a spirit of infirmity that sustains the effects of that accident past its normal course of healing and when you realize sometimes not always but sometimes that's at the root then it kind of makes you angry and says no wait a minute i've been i've been stolen from for three years and this you know was too it's not necessary and uh somebody came three years ago and gave us this phrase what you tolerate will dominate and uh and so we just we're just saying together we will not tolerate we will not tolerate any longer and uh so i look forward to hearing some more stories of god's healing healing grace amen every time i say no my kid's here ask again she didn't quite understand the question i was in south africa and somebody left me a gift and they wrote a little note on it all i can figure is this phrase must mean something different there than it does here it says bill small appreciation for breaking the wind in the spirit for us [Applause] [Laughter] i didn't do it if you ever hear me order decaf coffee i've been kidnapped and i'm trying to signal you i just burned 2 000 calories that's the last time i leave brownies in the oven while i take a nap [Laughter] people are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's easier to harass which rich women than motorcycle gang members [Applause] i just saw some idiot at the gym put a water bottle in the pringles holder on the treadmill [Laughter] [Applause] one more going to bed early not leaving my house not going to a party my childhood punishments have become my adult goals [Applause] all right you guys have your bibles get your bibles out i'm going to have you look at a number of scriptures with me and let's see we'll start in matthew chapter 10. we are going to look probably at a half a dozen verses i suppose so just be ready to kind of move through the bible with me my wife is in spain and i head off to australia tomorrow so we're going to be in the opposite sides of the globe and we will meet up in a couple weeks she's uh having some treatments there but she posted this verse out of romans 15 that is just so good she posted on her instagram page out of the passion translation so let me just read it for you and then we'll end up in romans 15 in a few minutes now may god the inspiration and fountain of hope fill you to overflowing with uncontainable joy and perfect peace as you trust in him and may the power of the holy spirit continually surround your life with his super abundance until you radiate with hope that was better this verse is better than your response so let me read it again because i think some of you are daydreaming and trying to wipe the smoke out of your eyes and just trying to help you here now may god the inspiration and fountain of hope fill you with overflowing to overflowing with uncontainable joy and perfect peace as you trust in him and may the power of the holy spirit continually surround your life with his super abundance until you radiate with hope thank you for that spontaneous response matthew chapter 10 did i tell you where to start in matthew 10 okay matthew chapter 10. verse 1 when he had called his twelve disciples to him he gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out to heal all kinds of sickness all kinds of disease in the sister passage to this one in luke chapter 9 it says he gave them power and authority it's the combination of the two sometimes you have to move in power power is where we discern what god is doing and move with him authority is when we act out of who he's made us to be none it's never independent of him but sometimes it's initiated by our courage out of our identity so here's the verse again verse 1 of chapter 10 when he called his twelve disciples to him he gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease jump to verse 7. now as you go preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand heal the sick cleanse the lepers raise the dead cast out demons freely you have received freely give go to matthew 28. verse 18. and jesus came and he spoke to them saying all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth so if jesus has all authority there's someone out there who talks a lot who has no authority all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth go therefore the implication is i now have the authority to commission you to do what i would do go therefore make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the father of the son of the holy spirit teaching them to observe the things i have commanded you lo i am with you always even to the end of the age one preacher was afraid of flying this is the verse he'd quote lo i am with you always verse 20 says jesus commissions the 11 remaining disciples make disciples of nations listen carefully teach them what i taught you what did he teach them in chapter 10 to heal the sick raise the dead cleanse lepers there are some who have come to believe that healing ended with the last apostle but jesus told these 11 to train their disciples to do it and in turn have their disciples do the same and in turn have their disciples do the same the standard was never to be changed i've shared an example an illustration with you a number of times through the years but i'll do it again just to give a context years ago i hold heard a story from a pastor not a close friend but an acquaintance a man that i admired greatly he was uh a great pastor an amazing bible teacher and he they were building a new sanctuary and he they hired all the contractors and did everything but he knew the contractors he wanted to help he didn't have any building skills he wanted to do something just to be involved as he was excited with this new building that uh that they were building and so he came to the contractor over and over and over again finally the contractor said all right i'll tell you what you do when we leave tonight i need to have and i forget the numbers now so forgive me i don't have the exact here but he said something to the effect i need a hundred two by fours cut to eight foot in length will you do that for me and so he was excited and finally had something to do so he took a tape measure on the first two by four measured eight feet and he cut that board but instead of using the tape measure for the next board he used the board he just cut and he put it on top of the second board and he drew a line with his pencil and then he cut that second board instead of using the first board as the standard he used the second board that he cut as the as the measurement for the third one and he measured and then he cut and then he in turn used the third board for the fourth and the fourth for the fifth as you can imagine every time you use that preceding board you your line is actually about an eighth of an inch longer than the previous board is which isn't a problem if you're cutting three or four boards but when you're cutting a hundred you actually end up with some boards at the end of the cut that are nine feet long or longer instead of the eight foot standard and for two thousand years we've been measuring ourselves to the previous generation instead of to the original standard that was given to us [Applause] the standard is very exact very precise no excuses seek god until there's breakthrough where we display what jesus said we are supposed to dismiss [Applause] mark chapter 16. keep keep reading we're just going to keep on reading so don't get tired mark 16. verse 20. and they went out and preached everywhere the lord working with them confirming the word through the accompanying signs confirming the word through the accompanying signs miracles through your hands are not to con are not to affirm your identity they are to confirm the gospel the gospel must be preached romans chapter 1 says the gospel the good news of the kingdom of god is the power of god unto salvation salvation back in the reformation days we give great honor to what took place in the reformation but one of the mistakes that was made is that the gospel of the kingdom was reduced to the gospel of salvation specifically to the gospel of forgiveness of sin the word salvation includes in its meaning deliverance and healing as well as forgiveness so the gospel of the kingdom the gospel of salvation is the power of god the gospel of the kingdom is the power of god for deliverance for healing and for forgiveness of sin it was never meant to be separated in the gospel of matthew jesus said pray this prayer deliver us from evil the word evil of course refers to sinful activities but it comes from a word that is the comes from a word that is the word poor which comes from a word that means pain so it's interesting there's three levels of this one word evil evil sin pain sickness poor poverty the redemptive brushstroke of jesus was to wipe out the power of all three realms all through all three areas the kingdom of god is not meat or drink but it is what righteousness peace and joy righteousness deals with the sin issue peace deals with what the torment issue joy there's laughter is good medicine deals with the healing issue the kingdom of god is about these triune this triune gospel to impact the whole person spirit soul and body it was never intended that we just got forgiven so we could go to heaven it was supposed to be that we become transformed people that can model illustrate and demonstrate the same gospel that jesus walked the earth with and preached so here in math in mark 16 he says they went out they preached everywhere the lord working with them confirming the word through the accompanying signs the bolder the sermon the stronger the signs a cowardly message brings timid breakthroughs it is the power of god unto salvation it's all right you're making me work but i don't mind i i had the morning off so i just listened to eric today and it was wonderful acts chapter 4 acts chapter 4. still have your bibles open yes how many of your bibles let me see your bibles all right how many of you have electronic yeah i can see them the screens are shining at me it's all right i i have many in here all right acts chapter four look at verse uh 29 i like it best in the new american standard acts chapter 4 verse 29 and now lord take note of the threats and grant that your bond servants can speak your word with all boldness while you extend your hand to heal and signs and wonders take place through the name of your holy servant jesus think through this verse now god take note of their threats they were just in prison they just got released and so they are now praying they were threatened and told to never preach this gospel again to never pray for the sick again to never do any of that stuff so they go right from jail to a prayer meeting and they pray god take note of their threats and grant that your bond servants can speak your word with all boldness they were already credited last chapter with preaching with boldness but they're saying god you know that boldness that got us into trouble give us all boldness take us above the snake line take us up above where there's no snakes give us all boldness because the enemy runs out of energy and strength but the kingdom of god never runs out of out of energy or strength the devil has limitation jesus has no limitation give us all boldness to proclaim your word listen while he extends his hand to heal and signs and wonders take place through the name of your holy servant jesus so again in this passage we have god confirming the bold word that was preached that was confessed that was proclaimed go with me to hebrews chapter 2. yes amen hebrews chapter 2 verse four god oh it's on page 1873. no okay verse four of hebrews chapter two god also bearing witness both with signs and wonders with various miracles and gifts of the holy spirit according to his will what do we have here again all i'm doing is hitting line upon line layer after layer after layer of god saying he confirms his word he confirms the preaching of the gospel with miracles with signs with wonders with demonstrations of the spirit and of power amen romans chapter 15. i'm giving you a chance to learn where the books of the bible are you're welcome at different times in my life i've tried to memorize the books of the bible i found it's just a lot easier to become so familiar with it that you know what follows what romans 15 verse 13 now may the god of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that you may abound in hope by the power of the holy spirit verse 18. for i will not dare to speak of any of those things which christ has not accomplished through me in word and indeed please notice word and deed we don't have time to establish it here but uh action is always supposed to illustrate word the gospel was never meant to be in word only jesus would teach either to explain what he just do did or to set up what he was about to do acts chapter 1 verse 1 says i'll just quote it to you this is an account of theophilus luke writes this he says this is an account of theophilus of all that jesus began to do and teach when jesus exhorted nicodemus about being born again nicodemus had just come to him and said we know that you jesus our teacher that came from god because no one can do these signs that you do unless god is with him we know that you are a teacher word because no one can do the teaching gift from god's perspective was always supposed to be a word gift that set up for works for actions for miracles it was never meant to be reduced to what it's reduced to in western culture western culture the teacher is a source of information no one's faulted for that it's just the culture we we grew up in but the lord's restoring us to the original eight foot two by four the original standard the teacher taught and followed with demonstration or would demonstrate and would follow with teaching but they always went together this is an account of theophilus of all that jesus began to do and teach so paul says i will not speak of any of those things which christ has not accomplished through me in word and deed so what is he talking about to make the gentiles obedient stop right there for a minute you you won't discover the strength of the lord until you minister where you are weak we tend to think ministry is defined by our gifts and it's just simply only part of the story if you and i were to sit down and plan this thing and we've got 11 remaining disciples and we have a saul of tarsus about to be saved who was a genius among geniuses he was the most highly skilled and highly trained priest if you will a disciple of gamaliel the intellect of the day training in in the jewish religion if we were to write out a script of how this thing should be played out i doubt there's a person in the room that would give peter the assignment to minister to the educated jews and send paul to the gentiles right i mean i i don't know about you i'm sending paul to the jews because he can debate his way into anything he can he can absolutely lay it on the line and let these guys know from the scripture where they're coming from and he would minister to jews but he was sent to the gentile and peter this rough fisherman was sent to the jew what is that what does that tell us it it just it just tells us there are times where the resurrection power of jesus can only be seen when you minister out of your weakness where you minister not where you have great strength but out of raw obedience you've done what he's called you to do anyone can do what they do well and call it ministry it doesn't mean you shouldn't it just it just means learn how to obey well i'm not good at that then you're qualified then when it works nobody will give you the praise that was really a good point i was excellent i just i just want to encourage you that is good look at verse 18 again for i will not dare to speak of any of those things which christ has not accomplished through me in word and deed to make the gentiles obedient how in mighty signs and wonders by the power of the spirit of god so that from jerusalem and round about to eliquium i have fully preached the gospel of christ in mighty signs and wonders i have fully preached the gospel of christ in mighty signs and wonders by the power of the spirit of god i have fully preached the gospel [Applause] let me read one more verse and i'll talk for a few minutes we'll wrap it up acts 10 38. for the last 10 or 15 years anytime i see 10 38 on the clock i stop and acknowledge this verse if i'm in the middle of a conversation with somebody i just have a reflective pause in my heart if i'm driving down the street if benny and i are driving together or i'm driving by myself i will begin to quote the passage and declare this verse acts 10 38 god anointed jesus of nazareth with the holy spirit and with power went about doing good healing all who were oppressed by the devil for god was with him let's read it backwards because god was with him he healed all when god is with you certain things are expected to happen when god is with you a cooperation is necessary so that he does what is in his nature to do he healed all who were oppressed of the devil for god was with him you say what jesus was god that's absolutely right eternally god but this passage emphasizes his humanity as dependent upon the holy spirit given to him by the father and this picture is the model for the normal christian life the temptation of the day is to let the culture around us redefine the gospel the gospel is to redefine the culture the temptation of the day is to allow personal disappointment or personal experiences to change the gospel the gospel is to change our experience the gospel must be maintained for what it is it is the power of god unto salvation i do not need an explanation i just need the courage to obey eric talked this morning there's a great message and he had one part he said there's always the what about people yeah but what about it's the sabbath or what about the pigs that was somebody's economy that was their employment or what about the people around the pool that weren't healed don't be a what about don't be a yeah but just don't be a butt you can take that any way you want jesus walks up to a man at a pool history tells us there could be as many as a thousand people around that pool the pool of bethesda john chapter 5 the place that rocks me most when i'm in israel is the pool of bethesda not very many people go there it's just a little pool at the bottom of the hill there's a nice little cathedral there it's not a famous tourist site by any means but when i go there i just i'm rocked i'm rocked i make sure the one place that i've got to go to when i go to israel is i've got to go there not because i need to see the stirring of the water he's already stirred the spirit of god is stirring the water of my soul and that's enough but i need i need the exposure to the historic site where as many as a thousand people could be gathered around solomon's porch this area and they would wait for the angel to stir the water the first person in would be healed jesus walks past 900 and some people up to a man and starts dialogue with him guy says i've been here 38 years i have nobody to put me in jesus heals him i know we've reviewed this so many times but it gives me a context for an exhorting word if that miracle were to happen today pastors theologians newspaper writers tv interviewers would be talking to the 900 plus people that jesus walked past and asked them the question how did it feel to have jesus walk past you theologians would come to the conclusion this only goes to prove it's not always god's will to heal the bible talks about what jesus did not about what he didn't do he did what he what he did he healed all that the father sent him to and all who came to him he did not heal all on the planet what he did is the standard what he didn't do you have no business trying to figure out if you care about the 900 people left around the pool then get anointed by god and go find them [Applause] because he set a standard he set a standard boldly proclaim boldly confess this gospel of salvation is for the healing of torment is for the deliverance of torment it's for the healing of disease it is for the saving of the soul it is for the forgiveness of sin with the absolute new nature it's not just a cute prayer that i pray to ease my conscience it is the entrance into eternal life now god anointed jesus of nazareth with the holy spirit and with power those aren't two separate things he's adding emphasis to one of the expressions of the holy spirit do you remember in a scripture where he says seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness he didn't add righteousness to the subject of the kingdom he was emphasizing because the kingdom of god is righteousness peace and joy so here he says god anointed jesus of nazareth with the holy spirit and with power who went about doing good healing all who were oppressed by the devil for god was with him those are my happy verses let's stand i haven't talked about this for a while and ever once while i don't know if you need it but i know i need to talk about it every once in a while i just need to look at the scriptures again i do it on my own but i like to do it in front of you and say here it is here's the plumb line here's the standard here's the two by four this is what all of us have been called to do in some measure all of us every every single one we have the privilege to be bold and courageous and watch him back up our declared word with miracles signs wonders it's the privilege privilege of the believer i want you to put a hand on the shoulder of the person next to you and i want you to pray for them that god would give them so much courage that it would scare them more courage than they have ever ever had before let it surprise them courage courage courage boldness boldness boldness now pray for open doors open doors open doors open doors there's to be a harvest of souls in redding this week this week a harvest of souls people delivered from torment that they've carried for years run into the battle run into the fight not from it great courage great boldness great favor open doors open doors open doors god i pray that you'd stir up the hung of our city to ask questions of believers all over this city from various churches just to ask the questions put your hand on your own heart just pray my favorite prayer help me jesus help me jesus help me jesus help me jesus help me to represent you well help me to represent you well probably the most terrifying thought to me is to not have represented him well oh it just gives me the shivers to not represent him well and so what i exhort you in tonight is not to bring any kind of guilt or awareness of lack it's to create hunger for the more the breakthrough he's already predetermined breakthrough to be in your future breakthrough i know there's always a chance when there's this many people here that there could be someone here who's never been what the bible calls born again you've never surrendered your own personal life to jesus jesus the only one who has the absolute right to rule our life he's the merciful god a wonderful everlasting father and if there's anybody in the room that would just say bill i don't want to leave till i norma i'm at peace with god till i know i've been forgiven until i know that i've been brought into his family then i want you just put a hand up right where you are and i want us to pray for you just put it up real real quick real courageously real fast wave your hand at me if i if i oh right down here yeah wonderful beautiful beautiful yep good job was was there another one in the back i thought i saw maybe it's just somebody worshiping i saw one here all right is there any anyone else just wave it at me okay all right where's my uh it's my team you can help me here go right just go right back uh i want the the gentleman to raise your hand put your hand up again there you go right there yeah go right back there i want you to pray with him minister to him watch come out in the aisle and uh just come in the aisle it's a blessing yeah just bring bring him on down just bring him on down enzo just bring him on down bless him yeah go ahead pray with him yep all right i know i just took angelo's job away but he likes leading people to jesus anyway so he'd pay me for that chance so come on let's lead people to jesus this week let's leave people to jesus [Applause] people are the most open to the gospel when they have faced things for which there's no answer our city has been shaken shaken you don't need an explanation you just need good news i'm going to pray let's pray into this again father we pray for a rich harvest of souls this week out of our city transform lives transform families in jesus wonderful name thank you lord god thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord all right ministry team ministry team why don't you come on down to the front here and hold on if you would give some further instructions on what to do but uh come on down ministry team come quickly help us out yeah if you would let's give bill a huge round of applause [Applause]

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Published: Fri Oct 01 2021