Inspire To Pray

As promised we would like to relate the Powerful Soul Winning Campaign after the Blessed Revival Year of 1977.

In 1978 September 2nd  – 9th we held a wonderful Evangelistic Campaign in Bukit Ho Swee “JESUS SAVES MISSION” in Singapore.  After the great visitation from God in December 1977 in the Penang Camp the Revival Spirit of Prayer continued with us. For many months we planned and prayed – many a time praying with a day or 2 of fasting. After the very successful Evangelistic Campaign I told sis. Betty that I lost 5 pounds due to the 8 days of prayer and also fasting. She replied, “I lost 10 pounds.”  Such was the total serious consecration to God’s work that we were willing to pay any price for souls to be saved.  Let me relate verbatim from my diary of 1978:-

September 2nd  1978

” Spent the morning and afternoon at Mt. Faber in prayer and fasting. About a dozen brothers and sisters were present. It was a blessed time of prayer. The Presence of God was felt gloriously  amid the refreshing weather. After the initial prayer  we went through an article on Prayer from the “Herald of His Coming” paper. Sister Betty & Sister Seow Fong read them distinctly. Brother Matthew Khoo came later. Then it rained. It was a shower of blessing. We continued in prayer at the pavilion. About  3p.m. we broke fast.

“Tonight the Evangelistic Meeting Commenced. Brother James came over early and prayed. The LORD granted us liberty in prayer. Brother James preached on “One Most Needful Thing.”  Felt the power of God. 5 people were saved. It was a blessed time.

Note: Fast forward  today 27th January 2013:-

Sister Betty is my sister in law. Her sister Christiana(Dolly Soh) is my wife. Sister Betty (now called Bethany) is the wife of Rev. John Khng (Founding Pastor of 2 Churches : Faith Independent Baptist Church & the current “Mt. Calvary Baptist Church” of Singapore.

Sister Seow Fong is the wife of Rev. Matthew Yong. Assistant Pastor of Singapore “Jesus Saves Mission.”

Matthew Khoo was ordained in 1980 and is now the Chinese Pastor of Singapore Jesus Saves Mission. Now Rev.(Dr.) Matthew Khoo.

Brother James Tan. Ordained in 1980. Pastor of “CHRIST GRACE CHURCH” Now Rev (Dr) James Tan.

September 3rd 1978 (SUNDAY)

My greatest fear is sin – especially at this time.

A wakened this LORD’s Day.  During the Adult Bible Class we went through an article on faith – “Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, OBTAINED

PROMISES.. (Heb 11: 33)  We claimed Psalm2:8 “Ask of Me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance…”& Acts 18:9&10 : Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee; for I have much people in this city.” During Worship Rev {Dr) Peter Ng (Founder of Jesus Saves Mission)  spoke a clear, challenging message on the colt(Luke 19:30)

The Meeting Commenced tonight with more Christians. The place was filled. We felt liberty again in prayer. We bound Satan and prayed for the scales to fall from the eyes of the sinners. More souls were saves tonight. The PK Choir sang tonight.

Note:-  Throughout the entire message there is a group of brothers and sisters praying separately upstairs for power on the preacher and for souls to be saved. So great faith  were given that we boldly claimed the promises of God, “ASK OF ME..I WILL GIVE THEE THE HEATHEN FOR THINE INHERITANCE Psalm  2:8) I was praying for 10 souls to be saved but only 5 souls got saved. As I moved downstair to see the converts Brother Cheng Hong who was sitting on the stairs exclaimed, “Thank God for answering my prayer – 5 people accepted Christ as Saviour tonight.”  I gently chided him. “Don’t ask for 5, ask for 10 souls to be saved.” No wonder my prayer for 10 was blocked by your asking for only 5. And so we started to see 10 or more souls saved as the Campaign progressed.

PK Choir :  PK stands for Persiaran Keliling ( Choir from Curcuit Road Jesus Saves Mission) Macpherson, S’pore

Mr. Lim Cheng Hong is the deacon of Faith Independent Baptist Church.

September 4th 1978 (Monday)

Again felt liberty in prayer tonight during the Evangelist Meeting. Rev. Ng preached on “THE UPLIFTED CHRIST” More souls were moved and saved tonight. The BHS Student Choir sang during the Meeting with Scripture Verses read in between by brother Liang Teck:  “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon (Isaiah 55:7)” The effect was piercing.

Tonight brothers Matthew & James,  Sis. Rhoda  & I discussed about the Campaign. We were reminded of James Alexander Stewart’s book- EVANGELISM WITHOUT APOLOGY”. We ought to have more prayer.

Note: Brother Liang Teck now called Mark – a Trustee of Mt Calvary Baptist Church.

Sister Rhoda Chang – wife of Rev. Matthew Khoo.  She was the Missioner for BHS.

September 5th 1978 (Tuesday)

It was my turn to preach tonight.

Fasted this day. In the afternoon prepared the message on “THE PERFECT GOVERNMENT” with many thoughts and Scripture verses written down, but could not construct it into a sermon.

Listened to the testimonies of brothers Weng Kee & James Tan tonight. The  testimonies were very convicting. The Choir sang “There is a Fountain Filled With Blood.” When I stood up to preach I literally looked to the LORD. Felt the resistance of the evil spirits. But preached the truth by faith. Felt a little assisted after one quarter of the message. A number of souls were saved. (I think about 12).

Tonight the LORD showed me the two agents of conversion: THE WORD OF GOD & THE HOLY SPIRIT SO CLEAR AS NEVER BEFORE. *Born of the Spirit and of the Word of God.”

September 6th 1978  (Message by Brother Matthew in Mandarin.)

Tonight we had  the first night of Evangelistic Campaign in Chinese. Brother Matthew Khoo preached in Mandarin. The attendance was good. Brother James Tan remarked that the Chinese side was  (more) united then the English. Went to Craig Road  Mission with James Tan and prayed.  Returned at about 9 pm. Salvation came upon lost souls again tonight. Went out for dinner with Brother Matthew Khoo.

September 7th 1978.

Tonight attended the Evangelistic Meeting in Cantonese. The place was filled again tonight. Felt worn out in my body by tonight. Listened to the message delivered by Brother Matthew. Felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit.  When the invitation was given souls responded but many held back. I believe this was due to the lack of travailing prayer. The children are come to birth but there was not enough strength to bring forth. In future we need to recruit more agonizers. Counseled a Chinese who engaged in mediumistic work.

September 8th 1978 (FRIDAY)

Tonight brother Matthew spoke a Hokkien message on HEAVEN AND HELL. Again felt the power of God in the Meeting. There was a better response tonight to the message.

There was a glorious liberty of prayer at Mt. Faber to-night.

WE STORMED THE THRONE OF GRACE & CLAIMED PSALM 2:8 AGAIN.  The Meeting seem to be terminated in a very short time. When we are truly in GOD’S PRESENCE we are unconcious of time.  To GOD time is not applicable, for He is Eternal.

Note: Every Friday JSM conducts An All Night Prayer Meeting on Mt. Faber lasting from 10 pm to 4 am – a 6th hour long Marathon Prayer. There’s where we get our power from God. Prayer Meetings are power meetings. A prayerfull   christian is a powerful christian and a prayerless christian is a powerless christian. Same goes for preachers and Churches. However, the prayers at Mt. Faber have ceased.

SEPTEMBER 9th 1978 (Final Day of Campaign; Saturday)

Awakened this morning in the Mission. Was alone by myself because the students went for outing. To-night the whole Mission was packed with saints and sinners. The stairs were filled.  Many others stayed outside the Mission to hear the Messages. On the last minute chaired the Meeting in the place of James Foo. Felt a little liberty as we sang, “IN TIMES LIKE THESE”. Sister Lai Siong gaves her testimony. The Choir sang “SPRINGS OF LIVING WATER “. Brother Bee Hin spoke on “IS THIS THE LAST GENERATION?” Felt the chill of deep conviction in the message. Many souls were saved to-night.

The eight nights of Evangelistic Campaign closed with a glorious power of God’s Presence in the midst of His Children. Amen & Amen.

.Note: Brother Bee Hin went on to become one of the Highest Ranking Officer in the Singapore Military – COL(RET) Png Bee Hin.

In early 1990 my family attended  a camp at AWANA, Genting Highland  (Malaysia)held by CALVARY PANDAN BP CHURCH(S’pore). A sister approached us and said, “I was a convert of the Evangelistic Campaign more than a decade ago in Singapore.

Sometime in 1993 after preaching for Worship Service in CALVARY JAYA BP CHURCH, Petaling Jaya (Malaysia) a brother came to me and asked,  “Do you still remember the Evangelistic Meeting held in BHS Jesus Saves Mission in 1978?”. I replied, “Of course I do. How could I forget.” He said, “I was saved during your preaching that night.” It filled my heart with very warm and fond memories as I relate WHAT GOD HAD DONE FOR US IN ANSWERS TO PRAYER.

Epilogue:-

According to Sister Rhoda Chang there were 20 converts in the Chinese Services & 48 converts in the English Services – giving a total combined conversions of 68 people during the eight days of Soul Winning.

One LORD’s Day after attending Worship at Mt Calvary Batist Church in Singapore, my family decided to visit Malacca, a historic town on the west coast of  Malaysia. It was to be a journey of 3 hours one way.

As it was already pass noon time and we intent to return to Singapore by nightfall, we needed to start our journey immediately, as we only have time for a short visit – for sight-seeing, food and to make some purchases.

As our family custom, we always (Yes ALWAYS, ALL THE TIME) PRAY FOR JOURNEY MERCIES  before and  during our journey – whether by car, train or plane.

After driving pass the undulating and winding road near the town of Ayer Itam we finally reached  the section of the highway which is flat and straight  as far as the eye can see. So it is time to accelerate and pick up speed.

We were on MAXIMUM SPEED when suddenly a car cut  in front of us in a double lane highway.  The car in front of us was overtaking a slower car – we followed behind the car on the faster lane, expecting the driver to either move over or speed up. All this was done at a very slow speed – should I say  – snail speed. Both cars infront of us traveled slowly side by side in a 2 lane road – blocking us for miles after miles- it was a test on our patience. In a time we needed  to hurry up to reach our destination urgently.

After a very long wait the driver finally gathered speed and moved to  the slower lane. As we started to accelerate we saw a big puddle of water in front of us – the water was about 5 inches deep and to our horror we saw a Mercedes  Benz overturned into a ditch on the right as we drove past it. Thank God for sending the car to block us and slowed  us down as we drove past the flooded part of the highway. If not the fate of the Merc Benz that turned turtle might befall us.

The traveler’s Psalm promised >”The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psalm 121: 8″

The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them (Psalm 34: 7)

A father once told his quarreling sons to break a bunch of arrows. Try as they might they could not. However when they divided the arrow one by one they broke them with ease.    

Look  at  your  little  fingers, individually they are have little strength.  Clench your fingers tightly together into a fist – it is now a weapon of great force.

Look at the sunlight. Now get a magnifying glass. Use it to focus the rays of light on a piece of paper. In no time a fire is started. So is a tiny atom – by itself it is invisible and insignificant. But combine many small little atoms together it becomes a formidable atomic boom. Likewiise, the powerful tsunami is made of tiny drops of water in the ocean.

On the day of Pentecost the greatest power on earth was revealed to mankind. The 3rd  Person of the Godhead  -Holy Spirit came upon the Church with  great power. In O.T. it was God for us, In Jesus(Emmanuel) we have God with us, but now we have God in us.  “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me,and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me (john 17:21)”

On the day of Pentecost the church was in ONE ACCORD IN ONE PLACE. The greek word for one accord is ‘ homothumadon’ which means same mind, or one mind. They have one intention and one united purpose – to be filled with power from on high and be winesses for Christ.

In 1977 during a time of great revival I was in a prayer meeting. On our knees were about 150 people; prayers were offered individually but the congregation sing collectively. It was a time when God came down and we prayed more than 10 hours a day. Daily we searched our hearts and confessed our sins both publicly and privately.

While I was waiting for a brother to finish his prayer there was a song was in my heart called “There’s A Fountain Filled with Blood” byWilliam Cowper. As the brother concluded his prayer “In Jesus’ Name we prayer, Amen.” Just when I was about to open my mouth to sing William Cowper’s hymn, to my glad surprise I heard someone sing, ‘There is a Fountain Filled with Blood…”

The next song that came to my mind was “I Serve A Risen Saviour He’s In The World Today,  Just when the congregation finished singing I heard a sister’s voice singing “I SERVE A RISEN SAVIOUR HE’S IN THE WORLD TODAY. I KNOW THAT HE IS LIVING WHATEVER MEN MAY SAY. I SEE HIS HAND OF MERCY I HEAR HIS VOICE OF CHEER ” I started sing and say hallelujah! The next item on my mind was a particular brother in need of prayer. When the song “I Serve A Risen Saviour draw to a close as a was about to pray for bother Peter I heard a brother prayed for the same brother Peter that I intended to pray for. By then I started to shout and should I say I was estatic. And so it went on and on, day after day of united praying in the Holy Spirit.  It seems to me that we sing as one pray as one and think as one and act as one! We are no longer an organisation, we are a spiritual organism – WE MOVE AS ONE IN CHRIST JESUS, AMEN!

The nearest equivalent in the OT is found in 2 Chronicles 5:13 -14.  “It came to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were AS ONE, to MAKE ONE SOUND to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.”

This is the 1st symphony of Solomon’s Temple. When Jesus promised that if two shall agree on earth as touching anything they shall ask, it shall be done for them..  The greek word agree  used here is sum-phoneo (a compound of 2 words,  sum means with and phone means sound}  which is symphony in English. In a great orchestra  all the different musical  instruments blend their sound as ONE.

When the singing and music blend into ONE the glorious Presence of GOD descended uopn the Temple like a cloud so that the temple priests could not do any work but stood in awe (awesome wonder) in the Shekinah Glory!

My dear fellow brothers and sisters, Pastors or Evangelists, the secret to great power in your lives and ministry is  in Christian unity- be it a home, a Church or a nation!

Just as graceful swans will not land on turbulent waterfalls, the Heavenly Dove will not land on a divided Church or people. Psalms 133 tells us that God COMMANDED HIS BLESSING on brethren that DWELL IN UNITY!

On August 13th 1727 the SPIRIT OF GOD came down upon a group of Moravians under the leadership of Count Zinzendorf. The group called themselves Unitas Fratrum or the Unity of the Brethren. A great revival started and a daily 24 hour Prayer Cycle continued for 100 years. This little Church sent forth more missionaries than all the other denominations combined. Among the converts of the Moravian movement are John and Charles Wesley. They were the founders of the Methodist Church. In turn William Booth a methodist founded the Salvation Army. Still many years later a methodist from China called John Sung, known as “The Flame of God in The Far East” brought hundred of thousands of souls to Christ Kingdom in the Fast East.

After his evangelistic campaigns in Singapore he wrote letters to his converts to stay united. He also forcast a great revival, “As I prayed, God gave clear indications that the time for great revival in China has come…The Holy Spirit will move within and stimulate the hearts of general workers so that they will integrate and WORK AS ONE…”.The Journal Once Lost pp.495,  4 paragraph.

The 2nd stanza of the hymn “The Church’s One Foundation” says,

   ” Elect from every nation, Yet one over all the earth,   Her charter of salvation One Lord, one faith, one birth, One holy name she blesses, Partakes one holy food, And to one hope she presses, With every grace endued.”     The word one is mentioned 7 times.      

It was this Unity in Power that usher in the calling of more than 30 young men and women to Chiristian Service in 1977. In 1978 September God gave us tremendous power in a soul-winning evangelistic campaign. God willing we shall relate in a coming article. Meanwhile we have an extremely busy year.

One evening I brought my son David up to Gasing Ridge for prayer. Overlooking the beautiful city lights of Petaling jaya is a hilly area  called Gasing Ridge. Petaling Jaya is a satellite town of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.

On this occassion I told David, just about 3 years old, just out of his infancy but know how to pray to God. I told him not to make any request but to thank God for whatever God has done for him. He nodded. I started to thank God for His protection, His provision and also His dear divine presence with us.

Then it was his turn to pray. He said, “Thank you God for ice-cream, chocolate and sweet. Thank you God for Yaohan and 7-Eleven.” When I heard that from his little sincere heart I almost laughed aloud but I restrained myself. It was unexpected from the heart of a 3 year old child.

By Calvin E.Y. Tan

 

There is a false assumption :- “I only believe in that which my eyes can see.”  There are many things which we believe even though we cannot see.   For  example , oxygen: light a small candle fire, then cover it with an empty glass.

 

The fire will soon dies off when the oxygen in the glass is used up. Can we see oxygen? No. Does oxygen exists? Yes, definitely! So  is  the Holy Spirit,  gravity, electricity, wind, thoughts, music, etc. et.

In his immortal poem on “SAINT PAUL”, Frederic W. H. Myers wrote:

  Whoso has felt the Spirit of the Highest   

             Cannot confound nor doubt Him nor deny:

       Yes, with one voice, O World, tho’ thou deniest,

            Stand thou on that side, for on this am I.

“Certitude is a great thing. I am absolutely  certain of the power of the Holy Spirit.”

By “The Marecale“,  daughter of General William Booth.

The greek word “anggelos” translated as angel in the New Testament is also translanted as messenger. A true messanger like a true angel, living  momoent by moment as if in the very presence of the living God. Therefore, he is fully conscious of the operative power of the Godhead thru’ the Holy Spirit.

 

Hear their testimonies:-

 

“As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand…(1 Kings 17:1) Prophet Elijah

“As the LORD of hosts liveth,  before whom I stand…” {1 Kings 18:15) Prophet Elijah

“As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand…” {2 Kings 3:14} Prophet Elisha

“As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand…” {2 Kings 5:16) Prophet Elisha

 

 

 

Notice how close is the prophet Elisha’s relationship with the LORD?  He did not even mention Israel or hosts (angels).

 

“And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show thee glad tidings.(Luke 1:19).”

 

 

“I  bless the Lord, I have nothing to do with earth, but to labour honestly in it for God… I think I do not desire to live one minute for any thing which earth could afford. Oh that I could live for none but God, till my dying moment!”  Life & Diary of David Brainerd, letters.

“Heaven is, dear LORD,

Where ever You are.

For to me ’tis hell to be;

But one moment void of Thee.”

…..Evangelist George Whitefield

”  A  true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of the external situation.  Such were Moses and David and the O.T. prophets.

 

I think there was  hardly a great leader from Paul to the present day but was drafted by the Holy Spirit  fot the task, and commissioned bythe Lord of the Church to fill a position  he had little heart for.

 

I believe it might be accepted as a fairly reliable rule of thumb the man who is ambitious to lead is disqualified as a leader. The true leader will have no desire to lord it over God’s heritage, but will be humble, gentle,  self-sacrificing and altogether as ready to follow as to lead, when the Spitit makes it clear that a wiser and more gifted man than himself has appeared.”

 

A. W. Tozer. “The Reapeer, Feb. 1962, pp. 459.

Everything rises or falls on Leadership. 

Leadership is priceless’

 

It took God 40 years to prepare Moses – a man of great conviction, to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt.  Moses delivered the entire nation of Israel from the slavery and bondage of Egypt.

 

Joseph was sold as a slave to Egypt at age 17. It took God 13 years to prepare him for the office of a Prime Minister. Pharoah officially appointed Joseph over the affairs of Egypt when Joseph was 30 years old. Joseph saved his entire family  and the Egyptian nation from the seven years of great famine.

 

“A true witness (Leader} delivereth souls…” {Proverbs 14:25)

The measure of success in the Christian Service is according to the degree of Holy Spirit fillings in us.

There are seven levels.

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Level One

Those that have not the Spirit

These consist of the majority of the seven billion people on planet earth – earthly people who pursue only the things of this world.

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Level Two

Those that have the Holy Spirit

These are born-again Christians who are saved. The Holy Spirit has opened their eyes of faith in the Living God through the saving death of Jesus on the cross for all their sins. The Spirit of God called them out of this world to form the invisible, universal Church Triumphant. They may join like-minded believers in local Churches like Baptist, Presbyterian, Anglican, Methodist, Lutheran or any other name.

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Level Three

Filled with the Spirit

These are Christians who live the victorious lives like the Ephesians and Colossians, unlike the carnal Corinthians. They daily feed on the Bible, the living bread from heaven. They have joy in prayer and delight in the singing of hymns or spiritual songs. They sing , “Thy Word our Law Thy path our chosen way”

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We are told not to be drunk with wine….. BUT BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT (Eph.5:8) To be filled with the Spirit is a command – not an option.

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Level Four

Full of the Holy Spirit

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These are men and women who have consecrated and dedicated their lives and their all to the service of Jesus Christ. They may be Preachers, Pastors, Evangelists, Missionaries, Soul winners, Teachers or just ordinary simple plain people. They may or may not be employed by Churches or Institutions, but their supreme loyalty is to God Almighty. God’s Church requires such Spirit-filled men.

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“Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.” (Acts 6:3)

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“A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God. A word spoken by you when your conscience is clear, and your heart full of God’s Spirit , is worth ten thousand words spoken in unbelieve and sin.”  – Robert Murray McCheyne

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Level Five

A Double Portion of the Spirit

When the prophet Elijah was about to be taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire he told the young prophet Elisha to make a parting request.  “And Elisha said, I pray thee , let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.” (2 Kings 2:9)  In Israel’s darkest apostasy God raised up these two miracles-working prophets.  Elijah prayed and the fire of God fell upon the sacrifice. The people who halted between two opinions cried out, “The LORD, He is THE GOD! The LORD, He is THE GOD!” While prophet Elijah performed eight major miracles the prophet Elisha performed sixteen miracles – twice that of Elijah’s. Furthermore, Elisha was given the ability to perceive human thoughts and see angelic forces.

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When his covetous servant Gehazi took silver and garments from Naaman and hid them in covert action, Elisha said unto him, “Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?”(2 Kings 5:25&26) Elisha saw not only the outward action of Gehazi in taking the silver and garments, but also the inward thoughts of his intention to acquire oliveyards, vineyards, sheep, oxen and servants.

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Elisha knowing the military plan of the king of Syria warned the king of Israel and saved him from harm more than twice.

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Frustrated and very troubled by his constantly twarted purposes and failed missions he said to his servants, “Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?” He suspected a spy in their midst.

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“And  one of his servants said, None my lord, O king, but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speaketh in thy bed chamber. [(2 Kings 6: 11&atmp;1

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Aha! the culprit is the all knowing prophet Elisha which must be apprehended at all cost.

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In Bible seminaries we were taught that there are the communicable attributes and the incommunicable attributes of God.

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The communicable attributes are love, kindness, joy, anger, peace etc. The incommunicable attributes are Divine Omnipotence (All Powerful} Omniscience {All Knowing} and Omnipresence (All Present -God is Everywhere at the same time.}

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In December 1977, I attended a Church Camp held by the Jesus Saves Mission on Penang Hill, an island on the West Coast of Malaysia. It was a time of great revival, on hindsight, after seeing its lasting fruit more than 33 years now in August 2011. On the very first day of the Camp the Spirit of God came with convicting power. All over the congregation, people got up and confessed their faults one to another and also confessed publicly their sins against men and God. A powerful spirit of prayer descended upon us and some prayed for as long as 18 hours a day. More than 30 young men and women out of a congreagation of over 150 people responded to the call of full time Christian Service. Many among these are still serving the LORD in various different churches and some have become missionaries to foreign lands. The men have become pastors and many sisters have become pastor’s wives.

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While many others are still serving the Good LORD faithfully in one way or another. Let me relate an experience I had there and then. After having confessed our sins in a protracted way and having spent countless hours on our knees in prayer, praise and supplication we received an unction, an anointing of the Holy Spirit (though not all experience this). Suddenly our clarity of perception become so intensifiedth and sharpened that it seems that we could see each other’s thoughts and intents. I am unable to describe my feelings, which is rejoicing and glorifying God on the one hand and trembling with divine awful fear on the other. While we briefly experienced this on the mountain, the prophet Elisha experienced much of his life and our blessed Lord Jesus being God, the very God, knows men’s thoughts and everything all the time everywhere.

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The Syrian king having located the prophet Elisha in Dothan sent a great army with horses and chariots and compassed the city by night. The servant of Ehisha got up early and saw that they were surrounded by the enemy soldiers cried, “Alas, my master! how shall we do? And Elisha answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they be with them. And Elisha prayed and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he  saw: and behold, the nountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha And when they (the army) came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness, And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.” (2 Kings 6:15-17)

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While Elijah had a chariot of fire and horses of fire, Elisha had an entire mountain full of horses and chariots of fire round about!

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In THE JOURNAL ONCE LOST (Extracts from the Diary of John Sung) I quote, “On the infilling of the Holy Spirit: He who has such an infilling will have an army of heavenly soldiers with him. The size of this army will depend upon his faith. It could be 10,000 or a few thousand or maybe just two soldiers.” (Page 384, 4th to 8th lines)

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Herein is the secret of success in the ministries of prophet Elisha, Dr. John Sung, George Whitefield, Apostle Paul and you too, if you would give up your life to the total infilling and control of the Holy Spirit. God doesn’t want partnership. He wants total and complete ownership.

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Level Six

God giveth the Holy Spirit Without Limit

“For Jesus whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.” (John 3:34)

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In our Glorious Lord Jesus the fullness of the Holy Spirit dwelleth bodily. Jesus could see and perceive human thoughts and being God, could forgive sins.

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In the Garden of Gathsemane Jesus said, “Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?” A legion in the Roman army is about 6 thousand soldiers. 12 legions equal to 72,000 angels. Jesus did not say only 12 legions. He says, more than 12 legions. If Jesus wanted to he could pray and the heavenly Father will send him the Entire Army of all the angels to fight the devil and win. BUT BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT LOVE FOR US HE Lay down His life for us. “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” (1 John 3:16)

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Level Seven

Filled With The HOLY SPIRIT BEFORE BIRTH

Willian Guthrie, the great Puritan author, wrote in his book “THE CHRISTIAN GREAT INTEREST” said that John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit before he was even born. Therefore saving grace will preserve him by a special protection.

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The Holy Spirit who is selfless and self-effacing always point men to Christ. John the Baptist is known as the “preacher who lost his congregation”. He says, He must increase, but I must decrease (John 3:30) “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” Among the disciples of John the Baptist was Andrew who broght the Apostle Peter to Christ. In a sense John Baptist, through the infilling of the Holy Spirit, helped Jesus to form His core group of Apostles in His first Coming. Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, let us seek to be fully filled with the Holy Spirit in preparation for His Second Coming.

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Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKETH IN US. Unto Him BE GLORY in the Church by CHRIST JESUS throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

 

As Martin Luther said, “And though this world with devils filled;

Should threaten to undo us. We will not fear for God has will: His truth to triumph through us:

 

Those Christians who are filled to the Fullness of Elisha & Elijah’s power will have God Almighty Angels encamp around them with protection. And so they are invinsible.

See the Invisible Angels & Chariots of Fire that protected Prophet Elisha in his time

 

Elisha after given Double Portion of the Spirit has Invinsible Power Against All

 

Elijah has only One Chariot of Fire

But For Elisha an entire mountain is surrounded by the fiery Chariots of God with His Angels

 

 

 

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By Calvin E.Y.Tan

While having supper with my son David,
a medical student, he posed me this question,
“Why do crabs turn red when cooked?”

As I searched the world wide web I found this answer and a message: –

The red colour pigment is originally present in crab shells but because of the presence of protein chains which is blackish in colour the red pigment is hidden. However, when the crab is cooked the protein strands unravel to reveal the red pigment in the shell.

 

Likewise the leaves that turn red or orange are covered by the green chorophyll during summer. But in autumn when there is little water & sunlight the chorophyll disappears to reveal the wonderful bright color of the red maple leaves.

 

Because of Satan who sows tares. Who deceives by transforming his workers into angels of light & the sinful nature of fallen men, the christian is often slighted, marginalised, belittled & spoken against here on earth”.

 

It seems that the devil want to choke and to snuff out the light of the christians’   But the day will definitely come when the LORD Sabaoth shall remove all things that offend and ONLY THEN will the true Christians shine forth like Moses, Elijah & Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matt. 17)

 

Jesus answered and said unto them, “He that soweth the good seed is the Son of  man;  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of  the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;   The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels’  As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

 

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and them which do iniquity;  And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing  of  teeth.  THEN SHALL THE RIGHTEOUS SHINE FORTH as the Sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear  (Matthew 13:37-43)

“Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend.
When I kneel in prayer and with Thee my God
I commune as friend with friend”

– Fanny Crosby

“A life spent in communion with God is the pleasantest
life in the world”

– Matthew Henry

A prophet speaks to men on behalf of God while the
priest speaks to God on the behalf of men.

The true prophet is often rejected and persecuted by men,
but the priest is moment by moment filled with the
perfect peace of God.

– Calvin E.Y.Tan.

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
WHOSE MIND is STAYED ON THEE ,
because he trusteth in Thee ”

Isaiah 26:3