Now in Deuteronomy 27:15-26 we have twelve curses pronounced and when Israel went into the Promised Land they had to pronounce all these curses upon themselves. If they disobeyed the Law they automatically came under these curses. They couldn’t get [...]

From Psalm 94, verses 12-13 And I trust it will prove appropriate to the message which I'm going to be bringing. Psalm 94, verses 12-13: Blessed is the man whom you instruct, O Lord, and teach out of your law, that you may give him relief from [...]

My own conviction is that there is no more important theme for the church of Jesus Christ today than this theme of husbands and fathers. Dr. James Dobson is probably known by name to a good many of you. He’s probably the foremost interpreter of [...]

The scriptures that we are going to proclaim tonight are James chapter 1 verses 2, 3 and 4 But, when we make a proclamation if it says: 'you do that.' We say 'we do it', you understand? We make it personal. We line ourselves up [...]

All right, now. Let’s consider what’s implied in what I’ve been teaching. What I want to say in essence is this. The husband’s success is seen in his wife. The wife’s success is seen in her husband. I heard about an experienced minister once who was [...]

Now the proclamation that we’re going to make today is taken from Titus 2:11–14. The grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly [...]

All right, now we come to the really important climax which is how to be released from a curse. I want to give you some simple instructions. There’s a basic pattern which I teach people that consists of four words, each of which begins with RE. [...]

There is nothing in the Bible more important than the revelation of fatherhood. It really is the central theme of the whole Bible. To discover this, let’s turn to a beautiful prayer of the apostle Paul recorded in Ephesians 3:14–15. This is only the [...]

But let us consider briefly how this satanic kingdom came into being. I want to turn to Isaiah Chapter 14 and read a few verses there. These verses deal with a being called Lucifer. The word Lucifer, which is from a Latin root, means the one who [...]

Now we come to the next important practical issue. If you have laid the foundation, how do you proceed to build on it? You remember that the metaphors we used at the beginning all spoke about building. So here’s the next vitally important and [...]

Now we need to consider the attitude of Jesus Himself toward the Bible. Because for us who are His disciples He is the pattern. How did He relate to the Bible? Well, we looked at a Scripture this morning but we’ll look at it again in John chapter [...]

Now you might say, and very reasonably, but the men that wrote the Bible, were in many cases very weak and fallible. And the Bible even records a lot of their sins. I think that’s a mark of the Bible’s accuracy that it records the sins of the people [...]

Now let’s study briefly the principles of covenant that apply to all the covenants in the Bible, Psalm 50:5. Psalm 50, we have to read verse 4 as well. This is God speaking to the world, to the earth. It says: He [the Lord] shall call to the heavens [...]

The rod of God. Before I speak of that, I feel it would be appropriate for me to say something about what I've been feeling in these meetings here these last two days. Tauranga is a special place for me because it was here in 1967, that my [...]

What we are going to deal with in essence is two kingdoms, two opposing kingdoms that are at war with one another. But they are not natural kingdoms, such as Britain and Sweden or other nations, but they are invisible spiritual kingdoms. One is the [...]

I’d like to go on a little further. Go back to Isaiah for a moment, chapter 24. This is a staggering chapter. Isaiah chapter 24. I’ll read the first six verses and then I’ll read a little further on in a minute. Behold, the Lord makes the earth [...]

Then let’s think about institutions. Any institution that is not founded on the teaching of Jesus can be shaken. Banks can be shaken. Do you believe that? Believe me, in America we are seeing a shaking of the banks. There’s a personal debt of five [...]

I’d like to go back and just take some Scriptures that cover this whole purpose of God that we should share the throne. I’ll turn, first of all, to Exodus 19, and read, from verse 3, through verse 6. In these words, the Lord instructs Moses, as to [...]

Then we’re going on in the next common cause of curses. It’s what I call unscriptural covenants. Exodus 23:32, in relationship to the people whom Israel was to dispossess from the land of Canaan; that is, all of them, idol worshipers, people who [...]

We have laerned by experience that there is no more effective way to release Gods power into a situation than by proclaiming His Word in faith. In fact I've told people many times but I'm never tired of saying it. I doubt whether either [...]

Let’s move on. The next and sixth point in my outline is: We must apply the power of jubilant praise and bold proclamation. And there is one Scripture has become a favorite with me, in Jeremiah, chapter 31 and verse 7. Jeremiah 31:7 This is [...]

There is nothing in the Bible more important than the revelation of fatherhood. It really is the central theme of the whole Bible. To discover this, let’s turn to a beautiful prayer of the apostle Paul recorded in Ephesians 3:14–15. This is only the [...]

We’ve spoken already about the seal of the baptism in the Holy Spirit: speaking with another tongue or a new tongue. That really is not the gift of tongues. The gift of tongues is called here and elsewhere “kinds of tongues” or “varieties of [...]

And then the third phrase is: Against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenlies. Whole armies of wicked, powerful, rebellious spirit beings in a realm which is called the heavenlies. It has been a sort of accepted tradition in the church that [...]

I want to turn now to the book of Daniel which contains a great deal of useful information in these areas. And I want to take an incident in the life of Daniel which, I believe, illustrates the principals that I'm trying to bring out. The [...]

The enemies that we face are not persons of flesh and blood but they are invisible spirit beings. The theme that we are going to deal with in these talks concern things which are not discerned by human senses. The Bible speaks about things which Eye [...]

Paul was talking to Timothy, as a minister. He says if people are not willing to change, leave them to themselves. How much time is wasted in contemporary Christianity by counseling people who will never change? I have a friend who was a minister in [...]

Now I want to go on to other sources of curses. The next one is very important and very little understood by contemporary Christians. I call it persons with relational authority. That is, persons who have authority because of a relationship. Now, [...]

And then, prophesying just goes one step further. Prophesying is speaking in a language that is known words that are given by the Holy Spirit. They do not proceed from human understanding, they are given supernaturally by the Holy Spirit. The [...]

The gift of interpretation has no meaning apart from the gift of tongues. But, if someone has spoken in an unknown tongue by the Holy Spirit, the gift of interpretation enables either that person or another person by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, [...]

But we'll go on to the next which is discerning of spirits. Actually, both parts are plural. It's discernings of spirits. Like gifts of healings, workings of miracles, kinds of tongues; there are several of the gifts which are plural in [...]

Now, there are also in the Bible a number of different sources and specific causes for curses. We’ve dealt with the general one, now we’ll deal with some specifics. The first source of curses — and this may surprise some of you — is God Himself. [...]

And then there are curses pronounced by servants of Satan. And there are various different words for such servants in different languages. In English I think we call them witch doctors. In America they call them medicine men. In Swahili it’s called [...]

What I’m going to do now is explain to you the nature of curses and blessings. These are two major themes of Scripture. I think the word bless in various forms occurs about 600 times in the Bible. And the word curse probably nearly half that number [...]

The Bible is a model of good teaching and it follows various principles of teaching. One in particular is that you start from the known to lead people on to the unknown. You never start with the unknown, you start with what is known and you proceed [...]

So Satan, fallen from being Lucifer, having set up his rival rebellious kingdom in the heavenlies, rules there over a host of rebellious angels. The key word to describe Satan and those who are with him is the word rebel. Rebellion against God. Now [...]

It’s been common amongst Bible teachers to divide up those nine gifts into three groups of three. This is not doctrine, it’s just convenience. I’ll do it briefly before we focus on the particular gifts that I want to deal with in this session. There [...]

You know, somebody said everybody is born either an optimist or a pessimist. And I know full well what I was born. I was born a pessimist. Furthermore, I was brought up to be a pessimist. I mean, my parents were good people but in my home if you [...]

The third requirement, I think, is very important and it is stated in 1 Peter chapter 5, verses 5 and 6. 1 Peter 5:5-6 Likewise, you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Now, being over 70, of course I can say a hearty AMEN to that. But [...]

Now, bearing in mind that these two happen to be in the wrong order, I said that’s just to keep you alert, we’re going on to what is number three on the outline is number two for me. Specifically to interpret. Okay? We’re going to come now to the [...]

And then in Revelation 3, speaking to the church at Laodicea, Jesus says: I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, and white raiment. That’s not bought with money but it’s bought. And as I understand it, here in Luke Jesus says you have to [...]

2 Peter 3:11-12 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God. We’ll stop there. Peter asks a very sensible question, [...]

Then we’ll go back to 2 Peter chapter 3 and look at the second requirement: looking for the coming of the day of God. I just want to turn to two Scriptures. The first is in Titus, chapter two, verses 11, 12 and 13. Titus 2:11-13: For the grace of [...]

Another specific source of curses is men who speak on behalf of God as God’s mouthpiece. There are many examples of this in the Bible. We’ll only look at just a few. the first is found in Joshua 6:26 after Israel had captured and destroyed Jericho. [...]

All right, we’re coming to the next, this is number three. This is worse still! Do you know what it is? It’s waiting. The importance of waiting is almost totally overlooked in the contemporary church, at least by the kind of people I mix with. And [...]

Then the second thing we have to do, and this is tremendously important, is to know and proclaim the whole of God’s Word. Now I want to turn to 2 Timothy, chapter 3. This has become a very significant chapter for me recently, because I think it is a [...]

All right, now let’s go to the wife’s responsibilities. First of all, why was a wife given to a man? Let’s turn to Genesis 2:18. Genesis 2:18: And the Lord God said: It is not good that man should be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to [...]

Now let’s consider briefly the husband’s responsibilities in this relationship. I suggest five things. What’s the first one, husbands? Love, that’s right. This is not an option, it’s not a recommendation; it’s a commandment. Look in Ephesians 5:25. [...]

I would like to suggest to you four successive phases through which Peter passed in this encounter. First of all, confrontation. Jesus and Peter met face to face. There was no mediator, no priest, no one in between them. It was a direct, personal [...]