"Jesus Christ has supreme authority over all powers. The evil forces cannot keep from us from Him and the good powers are not needed to mediate our approach to Him. We have direct access to Him unhindered by evil powers and unmediated by good powers".
Ern Baxter - "Christ's Ministry" - New Wine Magazine - July/August 1977 - CGM Publications - (p7).
"The man who never reads will never be read. He who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own ... You need to read" - C H Spurgeon. "To fail to learn from the pulpit of the past is to impoverish that of the present" - Tony Sargent
Saturday, 24 May 2008
Ern Baxter on Jesus Christ Supreme Authority
Ern Baxter on Jesus as Lord
"In being "joined to the Lord" we are joined to God. This is not just a matter of names and titles but a matter that has continued vital meaning to those who are "joined" ... our relationship with the enthroned Jesus makes available to us the incomputable resources of the triune God".
Ern Baxter - "Christ's Ministry" - New Wine Magazine - July/August 1977 - CGM Publications - (p7).
Ern Baxter on the King of Kings
"He is the King of Kings now! Many Christians are unaware or uninstructed that Jesus is now reigning. As a result they live in relative indifference to the present sovereign rights of King Jesus over the world ... such indifference reduces their redemptive and remedial activity as the delegated authorities that God has ordained them to be as His Kingdom community in the out-working of His divine government on and over the earth".
Ern Baxter - "Christ's Ministry Today" - New Wine Magazine - July/August 1977 - CGM Publications - (p6).
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Gordon Fee on Where Christ is NOW (And it isn't the Cross!)
"Christ is now the warrior-King who through His death AND resurrection not only subdued all of God's enemies but also is the source of all gifting in His body, the Church".
Gordon D Fee - "Pauline Christology - An Exegetical/Theological Study" - Hendrikson (2007) - (p358-359).
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Rob Rufus on Sustaining a Move of God
"I am convinced that the way we sustain a supernatural acceleration and advancement of the Kingdom of God on earth is by a culmination of operation of the Word of God and the Spirit of God working together".
Rob Rufus - "Session 2 - Day 2" - "Glory and Grace Conference in Sydney" - 27th March 2008.
Saturday, 5 April 2008
Bill Johnson on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit - what It Is
"The Baptism in the Spirit, a profound encounter with the face of God, adds the power of heaven to bring transformation to planet Earth. This baptism qualifies the least in the kingdom to be greater than John (the Baptist). It is a promise in effect now, to the degree we live in and manifest the King's domain".
Bill Johnson - "Face to Face Intimacy with God" - Charisma House Publishing, Florida (2007) - p102
Bill Johnson on the Kingdom of God
"The kingdom of God must never be reduced to talk, ideas and principles. The Kingdom of God is power. Unlimited power has been granted to those who encounter Him over and over again. Each encounter works deeper in our hearts, bringing about the needed transformation so that we might be entrusted with more of Him. The more profound the work of the Spirit is within us, the more profound the manifestation of the Spirit flowing through us".
Bill Johnson - "Face to Face Intimacy with God" - Charisma House Publishing, Florida (2007) - p83
Monday, 4 February 2008
Rob Rufus on the Vital Power of a Right World View
"We are not talking about an earth getting worse and worse and worse and the Church being so weak and pathetic that we will have to escape to heaven one day. No we are talking about the earth getting BETTER and BETTER and BETTER and the government of God's peace breaking into the earth and evil being toppled and God's Kingdom invading this earth and manifesting God's Kingdom on earth!
The Anti-Christ and the Beast are not going to invade the earth and take it over. Read your Book of Revelation! The Church does! The power of God takes over the earth! And when you see this as your world-view and your vision for life of where the world is going then you understand why you need more than just a little anointing to survive a little life - you need a measure to enforce impossibilities to bow their knee and the hungry will be fed and orphans cared for!"
Rob Rufus - "Invading the Impossible - Part 3" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 28th January 2008.
Friday, 4 January 2008
Ern Baxter on Evangelism and the End Time Church
"I believe God's plan for the salvation of the nations not only involves bringing of men and women into the Kingdom of God but the stemming of ungodliness and the bringing of kingdom principles into the nation. I believe His plan is to go into a country that will unitedly bind the Strongman and blast that nation for God leaving evangelicalism by example - a witnessing community".
Ern Baxter - "Evangelism by Example" - New Wine Magazine - November 1977 - CGM Publishing Ministries - (p27).
Sunday, 30 September 2007
Rob Rufus on what the Kingdom of God is about
"Your Kingdom is not about knowing concepts and bible academics and cerebral information but Your Kingdom is about divine encounters that translate into doing the ministry of the Lord Jesus".
Rob Rufus - "Knowing the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday September 23rd 2007.
Sunday, 5 August 2007
C Peter Wagner on the Kingdom of God
"The Church is prepared to advance the Kingdom with a speed and intensity that has not been in previous generations".
C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p111).
Friday, 3 August 2007
Gordon Fee on Kingdom of God
"The radical change to traditional Messianism is that one finds in Paul's thought - the Kingdom is NOW and the Son of God currently reigns".
Gordon D Fee - "Pauline Christology - An Exegetical/Theological Study" - Hendrikson (2007) - p110).
Terry Virgo on Kingdom Perspective
"To the unbelieving eye I am sure history looks like one random event following another, but when you know history’s Author your perspective changes".
Terry Virgo's blog - "Word and Spirit" - June 15th 2007