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1. Ultimate Power to Change Our World

By Ron McGatlin

THE POWER OF SPIRIT OVER SOUL

What is happening to our world? Something must have gone terribly wrong somewhere along the line of history. There seems no end to the degradation and increasing dysfunction of the world’s people and governments. Where did the America go that I knew as a child that now seems so far away? How has mankind made such a world of terror and stress where almost no one really trusts others? Is there a way to not just go back to where we were but become the world that God intended?

Go back with me for a brief look at what happened to see if perhaps God will open our eyes to see what can truly fix our dysfunctional world.

Man was created a spirit being in a body with a soul (mind, will, and emotions). The spirit is designed to rule over the soul. Adam was made to be guided and empowered in his spirit by the Spirit of God. Adam walked with the Spirit of God and was led by Him. He had tremendous ability to perform the task of managing the earth with God’s guidance and empowerment. He cared for the garden and named all of the animals, and whatever he called them was their name.

Adam lost the guidance and close walk with Spirit God when he fell into disobedience, and the world has never been the same since.

As natural finite human beings born under the linage of fallen Adam, we are bound to be ruled over or controlled by spiritual powers greater than our own souls. In the absence of God, evil spirits have greater power than natural fallen mankind. The soul of fallen man is no match for the deceptive cunning of spirits of darkness that flood men’s souls with thoughts, feelings, and deceptive ways. In our natural minds, without God we are bound to be deceived. It is not a maybe situation; a human being without God will be guided by his own conscience that is affected by spirits other than God.

Mankind in Adam was originally designed to be in close connection with, and in loving submission to Spirit God. Adam’s choice to turn from obedience to Spirit God and obey the enemy spirit by partaking of the tree of knowledge of good and evil caused a separation from closeness with God and opened the way for spirits of evil to have power to affect Adam and subsequently mankind. Prior to that event the enemy was in the garden, yet he had NO effect on Adam or Eve other than enticement. They had to yield in a decision to follow his false words against God.

Redemption of Man

The redemptive work of Christ Jesus reopened the way for Spirit God to again dwell in closeness with man and thereby restored the potential for man to live and walk in Spirit God and have full power over the spirits of evil. Christ Jesus has been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Christ in us by the Holy Spirit has all power over the enemy. The Holy Spirit of God forms Christ in those who live and walk in the Spirit.

Gal 5:25: If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Gal 4:19: My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you.

Rom 8:9b: Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

Christ in us by the Holy Spirit has full power over all the power of the evil spirits that once deceived us.

Mat 28:18: And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

Mark 1:27: Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

There is in Christ Jesus all that is needed to bring the entire world into worldwide abundant living of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. All authority, power, and wisdom to bring forth the reality of love beyond measure establishing perfect unity and cooperation worldwide is potentially available to every person, family, and nation of the world by the indwelling Spirit of Christ in the Holy Spirit.

John 16: 12-15: “I (Jesus) still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine (or Me) and declare (or impart) it to you.

Col 1:27: … Christ in you the hope of glory.

The enemy is defeated, and His only power is the power of deception. If he can trick people into believing that they do NOT need the reality of Christ formed in them by the Holy Spirit, then he can cunningly deceive them in every area of their lives.

Without God in Christ Jesus by the Holy Spirit within us, even the greatest human intelligence is no match for evil spirits. Strong human resolve and perseverance of the strongest of human souls is no match for spirits of darkness. Human earthly wisdom, money, and worldly power cannot defeat and overpower deceiving spirits.

Even the most powerful and most intelligent men can easily be deceived, overpowered, and used like puppets by evil spirits. Deceived people do not know they are deceived and therefore believe that those who do not agree with them are the deceived ones. Even church-going Christians who believe in Jesus as Savior can be and often are deceived, if they choose to not live by and walk in the Spirit.

Only by the Spirit of God is there real discernment of what is true or false. One could read the Bible a thousand times and still be very deceived if not living and walking in the Spirit. It is the Spirit of God whereby we have real life and clear discernment. The Bible word is alive by the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God discerns all things by the word of God.

The enemy is not concerned about people being highly intelligent and well educated in academics. Actually these are often among the most easily deceived people because their high respect for human knowledge and understanding often makes it harder for them to perceive the more powerful spiritual realities. An inflated view of self and academic knowledge tends to increase disrespect for Spirit God and the much deeper spiritual realties of all life and creation. Knowledge puffs up (1 Cor 8:1).

In this current age, most of the people in the western world including many Christians place little or no real value on living by the Spirit and walking in the Spirit of God.

Most men and women in the places of leadership and influence, in the areas of society that have the most effect on people, are void of living by and walking in the Spirit of truth, the Spirit of Christ by the Holy Spirit.

The God-given authority and power to know truth and to not be deceived by the spirits of darkness are void in most college and university professors and teachers. Most governmental leaders and officials who rule in the nations do not follow the greater wisdom of Spirit God. Media and entertainment are among the highest areas of influence among the masses of people. Yet, most entertainers and those involved in producing media and entertainment are not living by or walking in the Spirit of God. Even a large portion of Church leaders are void of truly living by and walking in the Spirit.

Therefore, most of the leaders of the nations are wide open to the deception from other spirits. Spirits of darkness have free reign to deceive and guide the leadership of our world into the practices that lead to death and destruction of the people and the nations of the world. Spirits that oppose the Spirit of Christ and the ways of God are now strongly affecting the souls (minds, wills, and emotions) of most of the world. The spirits of anti-Christ are bringing death and destruction to the peoples and nations of our world.

The Ultimate Power to Change

Love is the greatest power to change people and the world. Love is the ultimate Spirit power. God is love, and mankind has access in the Spirit of Christ to the pure love, power, and wisdom of God that is the ultimate power of change.

The spirits of darkness are completely under the control of Christ Jesus in man by the Holy Spirit. The guidance and empowerment of Spirit God is the only force to change the world. The hope of the world is Spirit God ruling in the lives of man. There is no other hope or answer to the transfiguration of the hearts of man and the transformation of this world.

This powerful cornerstone of all life has been rejected by the builders of the world’s governing systems. In Matthew 21:42, Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous.

The rejected Stone is coming into His rightful place as the Chief Cornerstone of all life and governance in this world.

There will be a spiritual turn-around, the magnitude of which has never been seen. There must be a magnificent shift in the hearts of mankind. A Spirit explosion of Light – clear white pure light explosion that is in one day experienced over the entire planet penetrating every corner and every heart and all life on earth – like solid lightning over the whole earth. Myriads of angels in one instant releasing pure Spirit light that no man can deny. No darkness can remain in the pure release of the light of God. Every work of darkness will be dissolved. Only that which honors God will remain. All that lifted itself against God will no longer exist.

I do not fully understand what I have just written prophetically in the preceding paragraph. However, I believe that it is a spiritual picture of the fullness of Christ impacting earth with clear white holy fire so that only the King and His kingdom remain in full authority on earth.

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit - Rom 5:25.

Live in the Spirit, Walk in the Spirit,

Ron McGatlin

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Do Christians have a future in the Middle East? - 10/10/2013
Since the "Arab Spring" began, regimes have fallen and Islamist governments have risen. The turmoil has left many of these Eastern Christians wondering what future is left for them given the corresponding increase in persecution. "In the next decade or two, unless we do something about it it's possible that Christianity could be extinct in its birthplace."


Wave of persecution sweeps across the Middle East and North Africa - 10/10/2013
Believers in northeast Nigeria are reeling after Muslims killed their pastor and his son, and set fire to their church building and five homes. The attack is the latest in a rising tide of persecution sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. "Attack after attack on Christians seems to go by the wayside." Thousands have fallen in Nigeria alone at the hands of the Islamics.


Iranian Believer: Amazing Dream Brings Her to Christ - 10/10/2013
I'm happy that my husband is also a Christian. We can't go to the normal church where I met Christ, since it would be too dangerous for us, because we have been Muslims before. In our house group we are teaching other Believers now and I counsel people in church who suffer from marriage problems, depressions and sometimes even suicidal thoughts.


Twenty-five Christian buildings marked for demolition - 10/10/2013
Government authorities in northern Nigeria's Borno state plan to demolish 25 churches and schools, ostensibly to make room for new housing. This is yet another attempt by local governments in northern Nigeria to persecute Christians. "The areas earmarked for demolition are already developed with churches and schools. Christians have already suffered enough in Borno state."


Trial date set for ousted Egyptian president on November 4 on charges of committing and inciting violence. - 10/10/2013
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News From British Isles, Ireland, Europe and Worldwide - 10/10/2013
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Texas Hero: Why Greg Abbott Never Asks ‘Why Me?’ he rushes to take the Obama administration. He’s sued them 29 times. - 10/10/2013
"State attorneys general can hold their federal government accountable when they overreach, when they intrude into our liberties and when they crush the Constitution," "They're letting the Supreme Court know that a majority of Americans not only believe that Obamacare is wrong, but a majority of Americans actually believe that Obamacare is unconstitutional."


Links with Jihadists from Somalia Increasingly Bring Battle to Kenyan Soil - Religious tensions mount in Kenya as church building is burned. - 10/10/2013
Two weeks after Somalia-based Islamic extremists attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, Kenya saw a battle zone on Oct. 4. Responding to the shooting death on Oct. 3 of A hard-line Sheikh, Muslims set fire to the Salvation Army Church building. “burning the Church is aimed at creating a religious conflict between the Christians and the Muslims.”


We just got bad news: please respond - 10/10/2013
Last month, we were stunned to learn that one of our partners could no longer fund our life-saving nutrition programs in South Sudan. As of October 1, funding has been cut from vital programs that distrubute emergency foods like Plumpy'Nut® and other critical care to malnourished children and their mothers in South Sudan. This means that 20,000 lives are now at stake.


Syria, Iran and the Shi’ite Crescent -- a call for enduring, strategic prayer - 10/10/2013
The war in Syria is complex and multi-faceted and a key element is Syria's strategic alliance with Iran, the arch-nemesis of Israel, the US and the Sunni Arabs. Iran is a highly strategic nation, historically, geographically, linguistically and culturally. The Islamic Revolution there has created widespread despair. Whilst drug addiction and childlessness are soaring.


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