The "Problem" With Revivals Part 1

Why do revivals have to end?

Why have many revivals gotten off?

Why have some revivals ended in shipwreck?

Was it Gods original purpose in Christ to build a Church that would need to be revived? 

I wanted to share with you something that I talk to The Lord about often and something that I believe is of great importance to all of us that call ourselves Christians. In doing so, I pray that in some way all these questions above will be answered in your heart. The Lord loves you very much, He loves The World far more than we can imagine. He paid a high price so that we could become partakers of His Divine Nature and Ambassadors of His Great Commission He gave us to complete.

(2Peter 1:1-10) (Mark 16:14-20) (John14:7-18)

You have heard the statement "Revivals are not meant to last, they come and go".

Honestly when people say that there is something in my heart that understands that is true, but also I get a check , not really a check but bit of an asterisk in my spirit when I hear that.

I absolutely have seen how people try and prolong what God was doing for a season and it is never good. I have been there personally in my walk with God. Trying to carry an anointing far past its intended season can wear out every system of the body and mind. However, does that mean that God moving in miraculous and wonderful ways to heal, deliver and set free has a time limit on it, or does it reveal something in us, that needs to change?

This has been my question to The Lord in the many years I have been praying and walking with The Lord over these things:

"Lord, do you just decide enough people have been set free and delivered? Enough people have been healed? Enough people have had life changing interactions with you and your LIFE giving Spirit? "

The answer is always the same, "No it is my great desire to continue My ministry on earth through my church. To go about doing good and healing all who are oppressed of The Devil. To give beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, sight to the blind, to set the captives free and declare the time of The Lords Favor."

I have come to believe that what we know as "revival" isn't really The Lords best for His people. He truly does not want to have to revive us. He wants us to abide in Him, with Him and do all things through Him, as He works The Works of The Father through us. We have been given all these great and precious promises so we can always live in Gods favor as we have become partakers of His divine nature. We can dwell with Him, we can walk with Him, we can be fully authorized Ambassadors of His Kingdom every day of our lives. If we choose to make that our only goal and agenda. If we choose to abide in Him and fellowship in unity with His Church.

John 17:20-26

20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. 

24 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. 26 And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

He said He would build His Church and the Gates of Hell would not prevail against it. He didn't say He would build men, in different times to revive His Church . He said He would build His Church. His Church are His People gathered. His called out ones coming together in unity under His Banner and Great Commission to take The Gospel of His Kingdom to all creatures, making disciples of all nations.

When we are engaged in that, operating together for His Purpose, following his path, obeying His command for us to love one another. We build a people who can continually walk in all His precious promises, as Ambassadors of His Kingdom, and empowered with authority to demonstrate His Love. Not just as planned services in the building we gather, but as we walk in the park, go to the store, work in our jobs.

The Lord is not going to place a time limit on how close His people walk with Him. He isn't going to limit the access we as his children have to His presence. He isn't going to withhold His love, compassion and Spirit from those who continually, as an act of thier will, draw close to Him everyday. If we learn, and decide to dwell in Him and with Him and for Him, we will see His Great Love spill out of us and powerfully effect those around us. Demons will be irritated and even manifest themselves , only to be cast our, just as Jesus did. He hasn't set a limit on the deliverance He wants to bring to hurting humanity and lost souls. He will move us with compassion when we see see somebody bound by sickness, disease and evil spirits and as we are obedient to do as He instruct, how He instructs He will heal and set people free.

This abiding in Him , so that we could ask what we will and have it done unto us, was, is and will always be His plan until this age ends. To think He limits the love He wants to pour out through His Church , shows a great misunderstanding of what Christ was manifest for. That type of thinking limits the scope of The Finished Work of Christ.

The Love of Christ operating through us toward others carries an anointing in it that we have just scratched the surface of. Love never fails. Many times, apart from his "scheduled ministry" Jesus saw the plight of people lost and without a Shepheard, hungry without food, thirsty without drink and was moved with Compassion. A compassion unlike normal human compassion, but a compassion that came up from His Own Spirit and through that compassion, unique only to Jesus at that time. He did signs and wonders in order to draw the people to what they needed the most, Him.

(Matthew 9)

I believe this is why Paul prayed so often and earnestly prayed that we would know The Love of Christ, the fullness of The Love of Christ. (Ephesians 3) The depth, the width and the breadth of His Great Love.

I believe we can get to a place as individuals where we are walking in this revelation and reality everyday. I believe we can dwell in His presence and abide in Him in such a deep close way that we will be moved by His Compassion and Love to continue His work of healing and delivering those whom He brings by our path to show His Kingdom to. (Matthew 9:35-38)

I have faith, that we will enter a time, and are already beginning to step into it, in which we will be more aware of spiritual things than natural things. That we will abide in Him and walk with Him so closely that this world and its chaos will be like the temporal puff of smoke it is. We will begin to walk in the spirit and truly be able to say , it is no longer I that live, but Christ who lives through me.

It is a truth in God that He allows His people to walk in certain lesser truths in order to get them to keep moving forward toward the fullness of truth He wants them to walk in. I believe this is where we are at concerning "revival" . What was once accepted in one season has now become something The Lord will no longer, allow. Not revival as we have come to see it. He wants us, I would even be bold enough to say He requires us, to come back to Him. He so desires true ands close relationship with us that He is no longer able to allow us to just be revived for a season, only to have us build idols in His Sanctuary.

Don't we understand how we have so hurt The Lord? How we have been like and unfaithful wife. He reaches His arms out to us, calling us back to Himself and we choose worldly things instead. He welcomes us into His arms and presence , only to have us then walk away into the arms of another. Even then He still calls out to our hearts to return to our first love, only to have us ignore Him, reject His arms and commit adulteries against Him in His very presence. He has created in us a holy temple where He abides. When Jesus prayed for us, He prayed that we would be one with Him and each other. That The AGAPE Love He and The Father had, would remain as we dwelt with Him , He with us and We with Each other. His intent was never to stay distant from us, be secondary to our "ministries" and lives. He calls unto us daily. He paid the highest price to be in us, and move through us. He never intended for us to need revival, His intent is clear. Abide in me even as I abide in you. Draw close to me and I will draw close to you. I am the vine m you are the branches, apart form me you can do nothing. His Love was always meant to flow continuously through us. His Spirit guiding us and growing us, directing us and giving us LIFE and Peace.

John 15:7-12

7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

9 “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

I hear saints wanting revival to return, and saying it may return, but wont remain. In all of that conversation we can see where we have forsaken our first love. Where we have believed something that was just not true. We look back at revivals with such fascination and longing , wanting to see then again, and I get it, but that time is over. The Lord wants His Children to gather to Him, to abide with Him, to be guided and taught by Him. He wants YOU to know The Love of Christ. He wants you to get a revelation of The Depth and The Width and The Breadth of The Love of Jesus.

Revivals were never meant to last, because revivals were never meant to be needed. Revivals have almost become something like a husband calling his unfaithful wife to come back to her first love, showering her with gifts and demonstrations of his love, only to have her be enamored by the gifts and attention, but not really interested in him. She doesn't even really receive him back anymore, she just wants the gifts ,attention and excitement. Once they go away, there was never any real love her part, even though He loved her with all his heart.

Help us Lord to return to our first love. To rest, abide and like John The Apostle , lay our head on your chest, to hear your heartbeat, to sense your love for us, and the world you were sent to save.

As your word says: So let it be so:

Ephesians 3:14-21

14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 

17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height

— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Jesus Is Lord Over All Creation!

 

 

  

 Life is a journey from a mysterious beginning, through shadowed present, and to an unknown future in this world. Everyone has a journey. Everyone has a past, present and future.  

 There are almost eight billion people on the planet that are traveling somewhere on the path and journey of life, creating their own stories. Many having children who will create another endless supply of stories and paths. There are billions more that have passed on whose stories now live on in their descendants.  

 I say all that to say, each human being on the planet has been born into Life, the never ending story of mankind.  From the child in poverty who dies of starvation with almost nobody noticing but his mother, to a homeless person panhandling,  to a world leader, famous celebrity or  wealthy businessman, all have been given a story in this mysterious thing called Life. 

 No wonder it is so easy for us to feel like our story isn't that important. No wonder it is so hard for us as humans to navigate this life with a sense of purpose and vision. No wonder it is difficult for us to find a common purpose outside of nationalism, ethnicity, family, or in some cultures just common survival.

Is mankind really stuck on a planet with no common purpose, no common love and no common beginning and future? It would seem so. It would seem that the human race is cursed to just exist with a haunting sense that we are born only to start a journey toward death. No matter how much we do good. No matter how rich or how poor we are, death and purposelessness is always trying to take Life from us. 

BUT GOD!!!!!

I know it is hard to see this in the wicked , painful world we live in, but every person born on this planet has been born into a Common Life. We have all been born into a common purpose. We have all been born into a plan that was set in motion before the foundations of this planet were laid.  

The Creator of all things actually created all things from a common source, with a common destination and a common ending. He is called the Alpha and Omega, because all things, including Life and Time itself, were created by Him, Through Him and for Him. He Himself holds all things together, from the foundations of creation to the Eternity, He alone holds all things together for a common purpose. 

God created man in His very own image and His very own likeness and breathed His very own LIFE into him.  Every human that has ever been born has that common point in the past. All humans have a common point in the future to come. All of mankind, past, present and future, will stand before The Great White Throne, together as one to be judged.  So if we had a common point in the beginning and we have a common point in the ending, we must have a common purpose now.

If we had a common point in the beginning and we have a common point in the ending, we must have a common purpose now.

It takes faith to see this common purpose. It takes a miracle of the heart to be able to see and take an important part in this common purpose that mankind was created for. The Bible put it this way. Lest a man be born again he can not see The Kingdom of God.  

Even creation itself , the animals, the trees, the birds of the air are all part of this mysterious Divine and Eternal purpose that was set in motion in ancient times.  In Romans 8 we see that creation itself is groaning for the redemption of itself and the rejoining to The Life of God. In the same chapter we get a glimpse of how God is making sure those who have been born again, those who love Him and are called according to His Purposes, can be sure He is watching and making sure all things work together for their good.  He has filled us with His own spirit. He joins with us and empowers us to pray into this earth His Perfect Will.  He gave those who have been born again and redeemed a common language, a common spirit, to effectively serve a common purpose, working toward a Common Day. 

I have chosen my words carefully in this post. It is not the way I usually write. However, my purpose was to paint a picture of where most of mankind finds itself. Unfortunately it is also where most of the very people God created to be One find themselves, lost to the lie that we are somehow separated from our brothers and sisters across the planet and across time. We are not. We are one. We serve one God, One Spirit and One Lord. We can connect in a very real, very powerful way with other members of The Kingdom of God in the world. We are no longer members of our nations, ethnicity or tribes. We are very real new creations. A new people that have been commissioned to bring in a harvest until The Common Day of Our Lord. 

The Bible says The Earth is The Lords and the fullness thereof. He owns all things for He created all things.  He fills all things, He gives all things Life.

Why were we born into this Life?  Why was the rich man born into this life? Why was the starving child born into this Life.  Why was the woman born into Islamic Extremism born into this Life? Why was the boy that would someday become a wicked dictator that kills millions of people born into this Life?   Jesus came to redeem that woman, to move on the heart of that rich man to feed that starving child, and to put that would be evil dictator on the path to be a benevolent mighty ruler. 

 These are all part of the never ending stories and paths of fallen mankind. But this we know. Redemption has come in Christ for all men. Jesus came to undo the knots the devil has tied into the fabric of mankind's original paths. We as His Ambassadors now are commissioned to go and proclaim the good news to all creation. That The Kingdom of Heaven has come. 

 The Kingdom of Heaven has been spreading across the globe for over 2000 years. Like seed sown into the earth, The Lord has been setting in place , sowing seed, and even allowing the blood of the saints to be sown into the ground of all nations tongues and tribes. This seed in incorruptible. No matter if it was sown  by the first Apostles or sown by the blood of the martyred saints that China's Chairman Mao executed,  the Islamic Hoards killed or the seed of blood of the true saints that the false church murdered in the dark ages. These precious seeds of The Lords  are incorruptible and they have, and will, produce a harvest for His Kingdom. 

His Word has gone forth and shall produce what it was sent forth to produce. It will not return to Him void. 

The Bible says that The Lord is waiting for the precious fruit of the earth before He returns and brings and end to this age. So we can say that all things, from ancient past to the end of this age are being formed together, are working together, for one Day , one Purpose and that is for The Great Day of Harvest. The day where The Wheat, Gods people and all that is from Him, and The Tares, those who follow the devil and all that kills, steals and destroys, will be separated. The wheat into The Barns of The Lord and The Tares into the fire to be burned and removed forever. 

What were you created for? What is Gods intent for your life, your path and your story? What was His plan for you before you were born?  Have you allowed Him to redeem you and your life, so that you can really find out what you were truly created for, and placed on this earth for, in this time, so that your story would interact with and be part of His Story? What wonders has He prepared for you , if you allow Him to place you in a common story, on a common path, with others all over the world and throughout time , past present and future?  

The scripture says God alone knows the end from the beginning. He is the Alpha and Omega. The Beginning and The End. The First and The Last. Jesus was the lamb slain before the foundations of the world. We were called before the foundations of The World. 

What am I trying to say to you in this? What do I want to encourage you with? What is it that I have in my heart for you the reader? What was the purpose of me writing this, as I travel my path and interact with your path in the Life we were born into? 

 It is this:

 You are important to God. The Gospel to you is this: Jesus came to save that which was lost. He came to redeem and restore your Life and your story. He came to take you off the path of darkness that all mankind is born into, and place you on the path of Light.   Redemption Through Jesus Christ is the very heart of  Gods plan for you. Redemption of His Creation. Redemption of Time.

For those already born again through faith in Christ and washed by His Blood: He commissions you to be discipled and through His Word and Fellowship of the Saints in order to find His plan for you, His path for you, His Purpose for you. In that new journey of your new Life, He empowers you to lead others out of darkness and into His Light. 

To those who are called to ministry and service to The Kingdom of God. Do not limit God. He has dominion over all space , time and substance. There is nothing He can not do. He is not limited by our understanding. He is not limited by time. He is almighty and everlasting. He has knit His Kingdom together in One Body, One Blood, One Spirit saved by One Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

There is a day dawning upon us that we will have to meet the false signs and wonders of darkness with the Glory of God and His Word. We will not be moved by whatever we see coming from the false ones, the reprobate ones, the apostate ones. Whatever false signs they show, we will cast down with His Word and spirit showing them to be utterly void of Light.  

Even more incredible than that, as the darkness of these false ones spreads among the deceived: The Light of Christ and The Love of God will be revealed in ways that can not be matched or mimicked by the the devil and his puppets. The seeds of The Church and The Gospel that has been spread and sown throughout the world will sprout in a season at the end of all time, that will cause all of creation to worship The King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Every knee, ever to have been formed, throughout all creation and time, shall bow and every tongue that was ever created, throughout all ages,  shall confess, Jesus Is LORD. 

You can be a part of this great harvest. You can be a worker worthy of the call. You can join arms with believers throughout all time and all nations , to be a part of this Great Commission. 

Some poems:

The Power Of The Christ!

The Redemptive Plan of The LORD!
The Eternal Attributes of His WORD!

Not bound by Time or Space
All Eternity! Before His Face!

All forces Seen & Unseen!
Bound to The Destiny of The Redeemed!

He Is Lord of All! Alone He Reigns!
He Is 

God Almighty! All Authority is In His Name!

Beneath His Feet! The Earth Quakes!
Before His Presences Demons Shakes!

The Elements Obey His Commands!
At His Will, His Children Seize The Land!

The Battle, Behind The Curtain!
Has Raged, since The Ancient Creation!

But, Of The Christ, it was Foretold!
That, All Authority He Would Hold! 

Satan's Head, He Crushed, His Power Disarmed!
The Christ Cried Out, It Shook The Ground!

It Is Finished!
Lucifer's Power Banished!

The Christ Risen!
His People Filled by Him!

To Enforce His Rule On Earth!
To Preach The  New Birth!

To Demonstrate His Glory!
To Live in Kingdom Authority!
Until Time Meets Eternity!

In The Worlds Darkest Hour.


In the worlds darkest hour
Will you call upon My Power?
Or will you fall asleep on Me? 

When men's hearts grow dark and cold
Will you just sit with hands fold?
Or will you cry out to me? 

I am calling My sons, and my daughters
To stand in a place of Prayer and Power!!
Oh PLEASE!! Don’t fall asleep on Me!! 

For in a short time, I will close The Door
This Age of Grace, will be no more!
You must not fall asleep on Me! 

If you, like I, had tasted Hell, and Death
You would cry out for the lost, with every breath!!
And would not allow yourself, to fall asleep on Me! 


So rise up in My Strength and Authority!
Call upon My Mercy, Might and Sovereignty!
Great miracles and salvation's, you will see!!
If you will not fall asleep on Me!!! 

The World is Standing At Eternity's Door!

Stand Strong! Stand Firm!
His Promises, and Favor, can not be earned!

The World is standing at eternity's door!
The World is standing at eternity's door!

Be Silent, and Know, that He is The LORD!
He shall fulfill His Word!!!!!!    

The World is standing at eternity's door!
The World is standing at eternity's door!

He soon will move His Mighty Hand
And bring ,His People, into a New Land!

The World is standing at eternity's door!
The World is standing at eternity's door!

He soon will shout, through the voice of  Thunder
And the enemies kingdom will fall to plunder!

Soon there will be time no more!
The World is standing at eternity's door!

Soon there will be time no more!
The World is standing at eternity's door!

Soon there will be time no more!
The World is standing at eternity's door!

Destiny!

There are specific times in Gods plan
Like The Exodus, The Birth of Christ and the Creation of Man

That The LORD God Almighty Reveals His Glory
Reveals that He stands, not in time, but in His very own eternity

The LORD reveals, that in His Word
He Has given Himself authority to rule as LORD

He is not bound by the whims of man
And against His council, no argument can stand

There is a time set apart in His Will
That every voice will be quieted, every accusing mouth stilled.

The Last Days ,The Latter Days, The Fulfillment of All Things
The Revealing of His sons and daughters, The Time Creation Will Sing

This time is labeled with many names
But it is really just The Time that The Church of Jesus Christ Begins to Rule and Reign

A great revealing of His Sovereignty and Might
Against all the enemies of God and Man He will wage The Righteous Fight

So get in your place , Oh warriors of The Lord
What is about to be revealed in you, will shake the world

He will use your tongue to smash the lies
To proclaim the Gospel, and to Save Lives

He will use your hands to heal the sick and help the poor
No eye has seen, nor ear heard, what He has in store

He will use your life to show His Grace and Power
To demonstrate His Love, Provision, and Truth in this, His finest Hour

Ask of The LORD expecting to receive
He is returning soon…ONLY BELIEVE!

DESTINY!

There are some voices that are about to go out!
That will raise in The Body a Victory Shout!
The forces of darkness are shaking in fear!
They know that The Final Harvest is here!
Jesus Our LORD, has risen The Banner of His Word
The Power of His Spirit is about shake the nations of this world…
Jehovah is preparing, by calling His elect into The Light
So they can join His Army, and Engage in The Fight
From the North and the South: The East and The West
The called out ones are coming into their rest!
The voice of The Shepard, The Message of His Blood and The Truth of His Cross
Gleaning the Kings Garden, separating the Silver from The Dross
His name being Exalted, above all that would offend
As The Almighty, All Powerful God…His children He will DEFEND!
This is a battle of His Making and Choice
A separated time for The Triumphant Church to Overcome and Rejoice!
GLORY..GLORY..GLORY….
TO THE LORD, GOD ALMIGHTY!

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Joshua 5:13-15

13 When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?” 14 “Neither one,” he replied. “I am the commander of the Lord’s army.” At this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. “I am at your command,” Joshua said. “What do you want your servant to do?” 15 The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did as he was told.

You dont need a conspiracy theory, the illuminati, or some QAnon Shaman to explain the wickedness around you. God already revealed the hidden instigator behind all the evil we see. He also revealed His way to deal with it, to crush it and to nullify its influence over you and your family. He paid a high price and offered the ultimate sacrifice to once and for all bring His enemies to nothing.

Stop committing the sin of King Saul or The Zealots by trying to help Him because you really do not believe He is able to do what He said He would do or you dont like the way He is choosing to do it.

The whole earth will be filled with The Knowledge OF THE GLORY OF GOD. Not your political ideology or nationalistic knowledge. Only one Banner (Flag) flies in The Kingdom of God and it isn't yours. There is only one ruling party in The Kingdom of Heaven and you will not find your idols, nor your false savior in it.

I will let THE WORD say the rest.

1 John 5:19-21

New Living Translation

19 We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.

20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.

21 Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.

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2 Corinthians 10:4

New Life Version

4 We do not use those things to fight with that the world uses. We use the things God gives to fight with and they have power. Those things God gives to fight with destroy the strong-places of the devil.

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Mark 16:15-20

New King James Version

15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Christ Ascends to God’s Right Hand

19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.

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Hebrews 10:12-16

New Living Translation

12 But our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Then he sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 13 There he waits until his enemies are humbled and made a footstool under his feet. 14 For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.

15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. For he says,

16 “This is the new covenant I will make

with my people on that day, says the Lord:

I will put my laws in their hearts,

and I will write them on their minds.”

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Matthew 11:1-6

New Living Translation

1 When Jesus had finished giving these instructions to his twelve disciples, he went out to teach and preach in towns throughout the region.

2 John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus, 3 “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?”

4 Jesus told them, “Go back to John and tell him what you have heard and seen— 5 the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.” 6 And he added, “God blesses those who do not fall away because of me."