Luke 5:17 (NKJV) Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
The opening Scripture says that when the Lord was teaching, “the power of the Lord was present to heal them”. Jesus was present with them and He was teaching them, but at the same time, the power of the presence of the Lord was there to heal them. It is referring to His anointing.
His anointing can also be referred to as His manifested presence. It is in the anointing where burdens will be removed and the yoke will be broken. It is in this anointing and the manifested presence of God where people are healed, set free and ministered to because God in this grace and mercy reaches out to us.
Many things can and will happen in the manifested presence of God. Even though Luke was a medical doctor, he wasn’t too overwhelmed by his own intellectual mind but was humble enough to document that the presence of God was there to heal people.
We have read about Jesus going about ministering to the multitudes, the demon possessed and the sick. In this case, Luke talks about the presence of God healing people. Therefore, there are times when the presence of God or the anointing is present to minister to people, and when we find ourselves in God’s manifested presence, this is the time for us to reach out to God and receive what we need!
The manifested presence of God is a powerful witness to us all, demonstrating that God inhabits in the praise and worship of His people. In His manifested presence, people can be saved, healed, filled with the Holy Spirit, gifts of the Holy Spirit can manifest, people can be delivered from addictions and backsliders come back to the fold.
We cannot make these things happen by ourselves but God chooses to minister by His spirit through us. When the Lord was teaching, “the power of the Lord was present to heal them”. He was glorified through the healings and miraculous signs. Therefore, let us continue to desire and be in God’s manifested presence so that we can be a blessing to others because it is in this realm of the Spirit where the gifts of the Holy Spirit begin to manifest itself in the midst of us.
Sermon Series: ICS Worship Culture (Part 3)
祂的膏抹将成为祝福
路加福音5:17有一天，耶稣教训人，有法利赛人和教法师在旁边坐着，他们是从加利利各乡村和犹太并耶路撒冷来的。主的能力与耶稣同在，使他能医治病人。
开篇的经文说，当主教导的时候，“主的大能显现，要医治他们”。耶稣当时正与他们同在并且教训他们。而在同一时间，主同在的大能就在那里医治他们。那指的是祂的膏抹。
祂的膏抹也可以被称为祂显现的同在。在膏抹中，重担将被挪去，轭将被折断。正是在这种膏抹和上帝的显现的同在中，人们得到了医治、被释放和服侍，因为上帝在这恩典和怜悯中向我们伸出了援手。
在上帝的显现的同在中，许多事情能够而且将会发生。虽然路加是一名医生，但他并没有倚仗自己的智慧，而是谦卑地记录下上帝的同在是为了医治那里的人们。
我们已经在圣经上读到耶稣周游四方服事众人、释放被鬼压的、医好有病的。在这个例子中，路加讲到上帝的临在医治人。因此，当神的同在或恩膏彰显服事人群的时候，当我们发现自己在神彰显的同在中，这就是我们向神伸出手，领受我们所需要的东西的时候!
上帝彰显的同在对我们所有人都是一个强有力的见证，表明上帝居住在祂子民的赞美和敬拜中。在他显明的同在里，人可以被拯救，被医治，被圣灵充满，圣灵的恩赐可以显现，人可以从习瘾中被拯救出来，背道的人可以回到神的怀抱。
我们不能靠自己使这些事情发生，但是神选择用祂的灵藉着我们来服侍。当主教训人的时候，“主的能力显现，要医治他们”。祂因医治和神迹得荣耀。因此，让我们继续渴望并进入上帝的同在，这样我们才能成为他人的祝福，因为圣灵的恩赐只有在祂的领域里才开始把自己彰显在我们中间。
讲章系列:ICS敬拜文化(第三部分)
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