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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Web: </font><a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">
<font face="Times New Roman">www.2rbetter.org</font></a><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></b><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">August 31, 2007</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">"ACTS 10:36-38"</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </span></b></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">4. Acts 10:23b-43 A NUTSHELL OUTLINE OF THE GOSPEL
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">m. 10:36-38<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>PETER SKETCHES JESUS' MINISTRY</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">ton LOgon</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> [3056] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
aPEStei-len </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[649]</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> tois huiOIS </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[5207]</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> Is-ra<u>E</u>L,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">He sent the word unto the sons of </span>
</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Israel</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">,</span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">eu-ag-ge-liZOme-nos </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[2097] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
eiR<u>E</u>n<u>e</u>n </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[1515] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">diA I<u>e</u>SOU ChrisTOU</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">preaching good tidings of peace by Jesus Christ
</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(HOU-TOS es-tin PANt<u>o</u>n KUri-os </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[2962]
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">) </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">(he is Lord of all) </font></span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(37) huMEIS OIda-te </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[1492] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
to geNOme-non </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[1096] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">HR<u>E</u>ma </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[4487]</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">that saying YOU know, which was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
published</i></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">kath' HOl<u>e</u>s t<u>e</u>s IouDAIas, arXAme-nos </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">
[756] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">aPO t<u>e</u>s Ga-liLAIas,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">throughut all :</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Judaea</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, beginning from :</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Galilee
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">,</span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">meTA to BAPtis-ma </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[908] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
ho eK<u>E</u>ru-xen </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[2784] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I-<u>o</u>An<u>e</u>s;</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">after the baptism which John preached;
</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(38) I-<u>e</u>SOUN ton aPO Na-zaRETH, h<u>o</u>s ECHri-sen </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">
[5548] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">auTON ho TheOS</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Jesus :of </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Nazareth</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, how :God anointed him</span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">PNEUma-ti </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[4151] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
HA-GI<u>o</u> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[40] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">kai duNAmei [</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">1411</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">] :</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
the</i> Holy Spirit and with power:</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">hos di<u>E</u>Lthen </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[1330] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
eu-er-geT<u>O</u>N </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[2109] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, kai i<u>O</u>me-nos </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[2390] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">PANtas tous</span></font>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">who went about doing good, and healing all th
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">os</i>e</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">ka-ta-du-nas-teu-oMEnous </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[2616] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
huPO tou di-aBOlou </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[1228] </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">;</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">oppressed of the devil;</font></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">HOti ho TheOS </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[2316] </span><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
e</span></u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">n met' auTOU.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">for :God was with him.</font></span></b>
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<u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">JOHN</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">G.</span>
</u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">LAKE</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
<u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> AND OUR TEXT"</span></u></b></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">THE DEVIL REVEALED </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">On </span>
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">April 28, 1898</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, When Jennie's (</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">'s first wife) final hours seemed to be ticking away, a fellow minister encouraged
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> to resolve himself to God's will and to accept Jennie's death. His words weighed heavy, and </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
stiffened in resistance. Still, the reality of death seemed imminent.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In utter hopelessness, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> threw his Bible against the fireplace mantle and it fell to the floor opened to Acts chapter 10. As he walked over to pick it up, his eyes drifted to verse 38:
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the DEVIL; for God was with him."</i></span></font>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Those powerful words ripped through his thoughts. "OPPRESSED OF THE DEVIL!" That meant that God wasn't the author of Jennie's sickness, or
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">any</i> sickness! And if </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> was a son of God through Jesus Christ, then God was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
with him,</i> just as He was with Jesus! Now he was convinced it was the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">devil</i> who had caused Jennie's illness. It was the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">devil</i> who was stealing the mother of his children. It was the
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">devil</i> who was destroying his life!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">9:30 A.M.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Then </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> turned to Luke 13:16 and read: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"ought not this woman
whom SATAN HATH BOUND, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond
?"
</i>Now the realization hit him that not only was Satan the author of sickness and death, but that Jesus Christ through Lake could bring healing and deliverance to the afflicted! Through using him, Jesus Christ could conquer the throes of death! There was no doubt in his mind that Jesus died for the healing of his wife, just as He died for her sins. And he determined that absolutely nothing could rob Jennie of that gift.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In a boldness that only the Holy Spirit could have produced, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
decided to let God, not Satan, have the last say. He marched into the bedroom and declared to the seen and unseen that his wife would be healed at exactly </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">9:30 A.M.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Then he contacted Dowie to inform him of what God was about to do at the appointed time. When </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
9:30</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> arrived, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> knelt at his precious wife Jennie's side and called on the living God. When he did, the power of God came upon Jennie and permeated her body from head to foot. Her paralysis left, her heartbeat became normal, her cough ceased, her breathing regulated, and her temperature returned to normal immediately.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">At first </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> heard a faint sound escaping from Jennie's lips. Then she cried out, "Praise God, I'm healed!" totally startling him, because he hadn't heard such strength in her voice for years. Then, Jennie threw back the covers from her bed and stood up healed! The joyous praise that followed was indescribable as both she and John worshipped God!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">THE LIGHTNINGS OF JESUS </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Soon, the story of Jennie's healing became national news inspiring many to travel great distances to visit the
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> home. The newspapers had provoked the nation's curiosity and the </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
's were instantly thrust into a highly sought after ministry. People arrived at their home daily to see God's miracle, and to be prayed for. Many others sent in prayer requests.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">One day after praying for a man who suffered from a ten-inch fever sore, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> received a telegram that read, "</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, the most unusual thing has happened. An hour after you left, the whole print of your hand was burned into that growth that was a quarter of an inch deep."
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> would later refer to such power in his sermons as the lightnings of Jesus.
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">"You talk about the voltage from heaven and the power of God! Why there is lightning in the soul of Jesus! The lightnings of Jesus heal men by their flash! Sin dissolves and disease flees when the power of God approaches!"
</b></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> would also compare the anointing of God's Spirit to the power of electricity. Just as men had learned the laws of electricity,
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> had discovered the laws of the Spirit. And, as God's <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"lightning rod,"</i> he would rise within God's calling to
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">electrify </i>the powers of darkness and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">solidify </i>the body of Christ.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">THE ABOVE comes from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">"GOD'S GENERALS" by Roberts Liardon, 1996, ISBN 1-88008-947-5,
</b>Roberts Liardon Ministries, and </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">P.O. Box 30710</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Laguna Hills</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, </span>
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">California</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">92654</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">He concludes with this word:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As we close this chapter, I want to challenge you to walk in the revelation of your righteousness in Christ. Righteousness is a
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">lifestyle</i> that produces victory in every situation. If we would just grasp the reality of our position through Jesus Christ, as </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
did, every nation would ring with the praises of God. And every demonic regime would crumble under that authority.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">John</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">G.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lake</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> proved to us that this lifestyle can be lived and enjoyed by those who pursue it. So don't stop short of what God has given us through Jesus Christ. Allow the Holy Spirit to reveal your heavenly position to you; then take your place and change the nations for God.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">NOW BACK TO OUR TEXT:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>See how Jesus was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
anointed AFTER</b> His baptism by John. But He did not return from the 40 days of fasting and being tempted by the devil with POWER until He had undergone that testing. Though He was the Son of God, yet He was also THE SON OF MAN. It is as the Son of Man, a 100% Man of Faith, that He sets before us a possible example. He did NOT perform His miracles as the Son of God He did them as the SON OF MAN. Acts 10:36-38 is for US TOO, as members of His body.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Note also that the word "oppressed," <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ka-ta-du-nas-teu-oMEnous </b></span>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">[2616]</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> appears only twice in the Greek New Testament. Once in James 2:6, telling us how the rich normally oppress or "come down upon" the poor. What they do in the natural, the devil does to us body, soul and spirit the same word in Acts
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">10:38</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. They both come from the root word <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">DUna-mai* -- I can, or I am able </b>and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">
DUna-mis </b>or "power" is a derivative from this. It is THIS that Jesus returned with after His 40 days in the wilderness, and it is THIS that He used in healing all that were OPPRESSED of the devil. The Victory Jesus won over the devil in the wilderness, gave Him THIS power that overcomes the LESSER power of the devil that he uses for oppression.
<span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span>Think on this! Meditate on it! Then see how Ezra and Nehemiah broke the oppression of the rich Jews in </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Jerusalem</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
over the poor, after their return from the 70 year Babylonian captivity.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">I am persuaded that 2007 A.D. is in God's mind a year of Transition and Breakthrough. It is a year to see power for healing increased. It is a year for the signs of Mark 16:17-20. Satan has tried to bring the last 12 verses of Mark into disrepute through textual criticism. Don't believe it. Dr. Ivan Panin, the former Russian Nihilist, but later the scholar of the Numeric Greek and English New Testaments, shows that of all passages of the Greek New Testament, Mark 16:9-20 is more charged with God's Numeric Signature, than any other portion of the New Testament.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Incidentally, our text that appears in the beginning, is from Panin's Numeric Greek and English New Testament texts, and published by the
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Oxford</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> Press. So that you can corroborate his work on your own in part, Strong's #'s appear in brackets following significant Greek words.</span></font>
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