The God of Last Resort, Part 3

Ask yourself: Do I believe what Jesus said? Do I believe the Bible? Following is a quick test you can give yourself. In Mark 9:23b Jesus remarked: "...All things are possible to him who believes." Do I believe that? Do I still believe it when I am the "him" who is to do the "believing?"

How about an easier one? Mark 10:27 reads: "Looking upon them Jesus said, 'With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'" Of course. God can do anything! But we aren't off the hook, are we? Read it again. "With men it is impossible..." Who is it impossible with...? Continue reading: "...but not with God;" Here's the question: Who am I, who are you, "with"? Jesus was "with God" as a man while He was on the earth. If He had not done His works on the earth as a man, He could not have legally (in the spirit realm) prayed to the Father "As Thou didst send Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world." (John 17:19) because we are in the man-class of being. To clarify, if there is any question, God sent Jesus into the world to bring the kingdom of God to man, and along the way, He worked signs, wonders and miracles. Jesus is saying we are to do the same.

Let me take one more pass at this to make sure the point comes across. Jesus the man operated in the earth under the anointing of God. (Luke 4:18) In most of the New Testament the word "anointed" in that verse is left as a derivative of the Greek "Christos" which we say as "Christ." It is Father God's "Super" on Jesus' "natural." That anointing to redeem, set free and heal was His to operate in while He was in the earth, and comes to us when we become a "Christ-ian." The word "Christian" means, "little anointed one." Without apology, that means that, as a Christian, we have available to us God's "Super" on our "natural!" Now we have discovered another reason we don't see many miracles where we live: The church does not know, does not believe, or is offended at the concept that we are "with God." (Mark 10:27 again.)



Is this too much to bear, too hard to swallow? Is it too great a thing for God to have arranged His economy to work through His people who would be silly enough to just take Him at His Word? Certainly, it is something to ponder. Some have said, preached, yes, demanded, that we believe that such things only happened in the early church. If that is so, then God does not remain the same yesterday, today and forever. NOW we can go on to Biblical examples of the "God of Last Resort" in operation.