Tuesday, February 28, 2012

CHRIST NEEDS A HUMAN: Prayer Note # 17

     “We must ask for the release and application of these things,{what all Christ accomplished at the cross}. So let me offer the following as a biblical definition of intercessory prayer: Intercessory prayer is an extension of the ministry of Jesus through His body, the Church, whereby we mediate between God and humanity for the purpose of enforcing the victory of Calvary.”

     Christ needs a human on the earth to represent Himself through just as the Father did. The Father’s human was Jesus; Jesus’ humans are us, the church. He said, Father has sent Me, I also send you’ (John 20:21)… Sent ones have authority, as long as they represent the sender…The setting of conditions and the ability to carry out or enforce them is all the responsibility of the sender, not the sent one.

     Jesus was a sent one. That is why He had authority. He received it from the Father who sent Him….The result of this arrangement was that, in essence, He wasn’t doing the works, but the Father who sent Him (see John 24:10). The same is true with us. Our authority comes from being sent ones, representing Jesus. As long as we function in that capacity, we function in Christ’s authority. And, in essence, we’re not really doing the works, He is.

Prayer Note # 17CHRIST NEEDS A HUMAN- Taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer   (pgs 41, 42)

“What a huge harvest! And how few the harvest hands. So on your knees; ask the God of the Harvest to send harvest hands.” (Luke 10:2  MSG)

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COMING OUT OF THE DARK  PART 3 by Mary Southerland


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