The Full Benefits Package
“there all yours, every single one”
Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked a young accountant who was fresh out of school,
"What starting salary were you thinking about?"
The Accountant said, "In the neighborhood of 100 to 150,000 a year,
depending on the benefits package, of course."
The interviewer sat up straight and said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation,
17 paid sick days, in addition to every federally paid holiday as well, including Valentines day,
full medical and dental, Company Retirement Fund to match 50% of your salary every year,
Executive Share Option Scheme to boot, Profit Related Pay and a company car leased every 2 years -
With your choice of a BMW, Mercedes, or a Cadillac?"
The Accountant sat up straight, could hardly believe what he was hearing and said,
"Wow! What a benefits Package!
Are you kidding?"
The interviewer replied, "Yes, but you started it."
In the real world, sometimes things sound to good to be true and they usually are.
But in Gods world, as an heir and a part of the kingdom of God,
As a believer, even though you may not be using them, you are entitled to all of the benefits and promises, that the Lord has given to all of us,
That are abundantly stated in, the last will and testament He also gave to you, called the Holy Bible.
66 books, penned by 40 authors, most of them we know, but there are anonymous writers too.
Some of the authors wrote one book, some wrote several,
The first five books of the Old Testament (called the Pentateuch) were written by Moses.
He lived about 1,500 years before Jesus was born and John wrote the last book of the New Testament (Revelation).
Most scholars believe that he had finished this book by about 96 A.D.
The time from when Moses wrote the Pentateuch until John completed Revelation is about 1,600 years.
Quite an amazing document, by anyone’s standards, can you even imagine, all the preparation, thought and time,
that went into sharing the Gospel message of God’s own Son, Jesus?
And the all the promises of God He fulfilled, when He came, lived and sacrificed His own life for the sin of the world,
Ultimately becoming victorious over death, when He arose three days later,
and took away the keys to the gates of hell from satan forever.
Praise God Forever, Amen?!!
So as a believer, you could be and are entitled to all of the benefits and promises,
that God has promised you, delivered by Jesus, Completed and Finished Work!!
2nd Corinthians 1:20-22 NKJ.
20. For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
21. Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,
22. who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
The MSG. says I this way,
20-22. Whatever God has promised gets stamped with the Yes of Jesus. In him, this is what we preach and pray, the great Amen, God’s Yes and our Yes together, gloriously evident. God affirms us, making us a sure thing in Christ, putting his Yes within us. By his Spirit he has stamped us with his eternal pledge—a sure beginning of what he is destined to complete.
And TBS. He is always faithful to complete the work He starts, Praise God!
“always faithful” not sometimes faithful, or every other time faithful, but always faithful!
So many times, we hear God’s tremendous word like this with our ears, but not with our hearts!
You see, promises can go through our ears and be forgotten like idle words,
but when your heart gets a hold of a promise, that’s when it becomes real to you,
Whatever God has promised gets stamped with the Yes of Jesus! And brother let me tell you, that’s as real as it gets! Praise God!!
Its not that we don’t believe, that God can do, what the scripture says He can do,
We just have a hard time believing, that His promises can be applied to our lives and our situations and our sicknesses.
Its easy to believe for some one else’s miracles and needs to be met,
but when you’re the one, that every one is gathered around praying and believing for,
For some insane reason, you think it’s a completely different story,
But you see, that’s a trick and a lie from the father of all lies and contrary to what God’s word proclaims,
Recognize it for what it is, rebuke it and remind him of some victorious facts of history,
#1. Jesus has already defeated you and everything you represent to threaten me with, so get out of the way of my miracle now and forevermore!
You see, the bible doesn’t say that every believer except for you, is entitled to Jesus Grace and God’s Promises.
It says, and I quote “For all the promises of God in Him,
(were talking about Jesus Grace and Unmerited Favor right here, child of God this is for you! This is where the rubber meets the road)
are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.”
That means you!….I want you to say it out loud right now….That means me!….Say it, That means me!! Give God Praise!!
But you say, I don’t feel like it is….What do you mean, you don’t feel like?
It ain’t got nothing to do with how you feel, (repeat) It ain’t got nothing to do with you at all!!
As long as you feel that it has something to do with you and your involvement,
that doesn’t make it about Jesus capabilities, it only makes it about yours!!
No wonder you don’t feel like its for you!
*Quit trying to feel anything,
*Quit trying to be anything,
*Quit trying to see everything in the natural,
*Quit trying to figure it all out!
Take yourself out of the equation all together,
You may not know, exactly what God is up to, but one thing you can be sure of,
He is constantly working behind the scenes on your behalf.
Psalms 121:1-4 NKJ.
1. I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
2. My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
3. He will not allow your foot to be moved;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
4. Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
God is more than capable of meeting every need that you will ever have!
Just Believe it and receive it, that’s what you should be focused on, Amen?
There’s a song to sing in this situation, there’s always a song to sing in every situation,
Because words and music towards God, equals praise and our praise TBS.(the bible says) is what God inhabits! Praise God!!
Whose report, Will you believe?
We shall believe The report of the Lord
His report says, I am healed
His report says, I am filled
His report says, I am free
His report says victory
Does the program that you’ve been listening too, broadcast a report like that?
Then change the program, change the content and change the message, if you want to effect the outcome!
and change the messenger while your at it, better yet fire the messenger,
because he has been lying to you and giving you, the wrong information, for far to long!
The accuser, has brainwashed mankind with a condemnation focused message of “unworthiness” for so long,
that we have come to believe it, more than we believe Gods “authoritive” word on the subject!
Its time to reread the document God gave us to stand on and hold fast too,
His Promises, His Will…. you know His Word…. the final authority on the subject, the Bible!!
1 Corinthians 3:21-22 NKJ
"Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come--all are yours."
This says it so clear; the Lord is holding nothing back from us, He wants the best for His Children, He wants us to have it all.
It doesn’t get any clearer,
*mankind can’t get it done for you,
*your efforts, are not getting it done for you,
*But God says, whatever it is you need done, I can get it done!
And when you trust me and depend on me instead of yourself, all things,
I repeat ALL THINGS, are possible! There is nothing He will withhold from you.
Why? Because He loves you, the same way He loves His Son Jesus!
It’s a love that were not capable of giving, a love so pure, so giving, so forgiving and understanding,
With a “love that knows no end,” that’s how much He loves us,
Its like He says, I know everything about you and I mean everything and I still love you the way I love my Son!
Surely healing is included in the claim of "all things" and certainly is included in the word "life."
1 Corinthians 3:21-22 NKJ
"Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come--all are yours."
Begin to praise the Lord for your healing which is a gift to you from the Lord,
No your not worthy to receive it, none of us are, but if Jesus is your savior, He has abundantly qualified you to receive healing in your body,
You are important to the Kingdom of God, What Jesus did on the cross, He did for you!
Isaiah 53:1-6 MSG.
1. “Who believes what we’ve heard and seen? Who would have thought God’s saving power would look like this?
2-6. The servant grew up before God—a scrawny seedling,
a scrubby plant in a parched field.
There was nothing attractive about him,
nothing to cause us to take a second look.
He was looked down on and passed over,
a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand.
One look at him and people turned away.
We looked down on him, thought he was scum.
But the fact is, it was our pains he carried—
our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us.
We thought he brought it on himself,
that God was punishing him for his own failures.
But it was our sins that did that to him,
that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins!
He took the punishment, and that made us whole.
Through his bruises we get healed.
We’re all like sheep who’ve wandered off and gotten lost.
We’ve all done our own thing, gone our own way.
And God has piled all our sins, everything we’ve done wrong,
on him, on him.”
His victory on the cross, is what makes every promise to us possible from Gods word.
He took the sin of the world, all the ugliness, all the grief, all the pain,
every decease that has been or ever will be a threat to our mind, body or soul and crushed it victoriously once and for all!!
We don’t have to wonder if what we will come up against was covered, “by His Stripes it has been covered, forever”!!
When you made the choice to follow Jesus, I want you to know
That it came with the most fabulous benefits package, there has ever been thought of, has been recorded, or will ever be!
Its does not have a set dollar amount, cap, or ceiling amount that can be exceeded!
It has been funded by the inexhaustible riches of heaven, by the Grace of God constantly extended to us through His Beloved Son, Jesus!
Eph. 2:4-8 NKJ.
4. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
5. even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6. and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7. that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God
When we read the word save, it’s important to remember that the word "save" in the Greek is the word "sozo"
which literally means to heal, preserve, save, do well, be (or make) whole.
Praise God, Thank You Jesus!
It means deliverance in the present as well as in the future or in eternity, physical as well as spiritual.
Jesus used this word to denote healing of the body as well as forgiveness of sins, aren‘t you glad that He did?
Every time you come across it, think about it and remember how much it means and how much power Jesus placed on it!
And know that His words, will accomplish everything that He intends for them to.
Genesis 1:28 NKJ
"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."
Did you know, that everything as we know it, is encompassed by the dominion that God gave us over it.
Everything about your physical makeup, your nerves, your muscles, even the very fiber of your being, is encompassed by the dominion that God gave to us.
The red blood cells in your body already obey this verse, did you know they are being multiplied and replenished every 4 to 6 weeks!
Look at the rest of what God said to mankind - subdue and have dominion... over every living thing!
Every living thing,... everything that statement encompasses is almost to hard to grasp a hold of!
Let me ask you,
*is cancer, a living thing?
*is bacteria, a living thing?
* is a foriegn organism in your body, that’s making you sick, a living thing?
God Himself, gave the us the authority and dominion over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."
He gave you the right, its your blood bought right, what are you waiting for?
Put your foot down and proclaim,
I’m not going to take it anymore!
Sickness and disease, I command you by the authority in Jesus name, that God has given me, to go!
And it has to flee, because God’s word says it does, and that’s more than enough reason to believe for me! Praise God!!!
No matter what you are facing today, know this: God is there with you every step you take.
You are not alone, and you are just walking through on your way to the other side.
The accuser will try to tell you otherwise, But you don’t have to stop, set up camp and live in the tough times!
They are only temporary, Praise God!!
Thank you Jesus, that they are only
temporary!
I encourage you today; don’t let fear paralyze you in the middle of “the valley of the shadow of death.”
Remember, God is with you.
*He is walking beside you.
*He is strengthening you.
*He is healing you.
*He is making a way for you, because He is the way-maker!
Look to the future, don’t give up, keep praising and thanking God for the healing you have already been given,
Keep pressing on and trust God at His word, your next breathe just may be the one, proclaiming victory in the winners circle!
Keep moving forward and walking through, you will get to the other side and walk in the victory God has prepared for you!
Amen? Lets pray!
*thanks to Dan Downey, for the scripture references
