Daily Bread 2/14/2025

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Email from Abiding Place     Daily Bread – February 14, 2025 (The Sixth Day – Genesis 1:24-31) Acts 2:32-33 – This Jesus has God raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Therefore, God exalted Him to His right hand. And having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this, which you now see and hear. The Promise of the Father Jesus told His disciples they should wait to receive the power that would be given after the Holy Spirit had come upon them which effectively would qualify them to be His witnesses (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8). Now that they have been endued with the power of the Holy Spirit, Peter boldly proclaims how they are the witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus. Jesus told a general audience at the Feast of Tabernacles that rivers of living water would flow out of their lives if they would receive the gift of God He had to give. However, the gift of God (or the promise the Father) would only be available after Jesus paid for the sin of mankind, destroyed Satan’s stronghold, and then was raised up from the dead by the power of the Holy Ghost. After having spoiled principalities and powers, He would then be exalted to the right hand of the Father and would give His redeemed saints the executive power to administer His government through the preaching of the Gospel (John 7:37-39; Luke 24:49; Ephesians 1:19-20; Colossians 2:15; Isaiah 9:7). After Jesus had completely defeated Satan and destroyed his claim and authority over mankind, He was exalted to the highest place of authority – the Father’s right hand! The absolute reign of Satan was over, and proof had been provided that the reign of Jesus Christ had begun (John 12:31, 16:11; Hebrews 2:14; 2 Timothy 1:10). Through baptism in the Holy Ghost, the Church was given the power to execute the authority and ministry of Jesus on the Earth, which is the proof of His resurrection (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8; Mark 16:20). The saints were given all power over all of the works of Satan – to cast out devils, cure those oppressed with sickness and disease, and to have all authority over sin and iniquity and every work of darkness (1 John 3:7-8, 4:4, 5:18; Luke 10:19; Mark 16:17-18; Ephesians 6:10-18; John 14:12). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen