Instant Healing
August 6, 2009
It was the first time I had been to youth group at our home church in Springfield, Missouri because we had been gone all Summer – it wasn’t a out of normal meeting despite the fact it was great to reunite with all our friends. God was already at work behind the curtain.
Chase, a boy in our youth group has always been one whom could naturally relate to me. We meet up as I walked into the the building. Youth service was soon to start and we all entered right into worship – it was a great time for myself personally, I don’t know about anyone else because I was lost in God’s presence. About half way through worship my left knee started to ache terribly, and I didn’t know what to do about it. I prayed and then tried to kneel down to see if it would stop hurting – then I recognize maybe God was trying to speak to me or get my attention.
I sensed that God was telling me about someone’s knee that was injured and he was going to heal it, but I didn’t know who. I really wanted to interrupt the worship service because I felt so strongly about God’s direction – I waited though for more instruction from God. Worship continued for the rest of the time – God was doing big things in the hearts of the youth.
When everyone started to settle the pastor dismissed us all. Chase quickly came to me and wanted to know if I would pray for him. I almost stopped him before he finished his sentence to ask him if it was for his knee. Wouldn’t you believe it, he asked me to pray for his knee! He hurt it during football practice, and was worried he wouldn’t be able to play.
I told him what had been going on in my heart and said I’m going to pray right here and your going to get healed right here. We prayed together, and instantly Chase’s knee was healed. I instructed him to do something that he wasn’t able to do before – he did so. It surprised him, yet, it wasn’t the fact that he was healed that surprised him, but it was the fact that it happened so quickly in his words.
God is doing big things! He sees healing as a priority, and we all can be apart of the power of heaven! Do you think when you get to heaven broken bones, or amputated legs are still going to be damaged? Or how about blind eyes, and cold? Of course not – as soon as we pass over into the glorious land we will be as good as new and never to be broken again. But Jesus said pray that God’s kingdom would come on earth as it is in heaven(Mt. 6:10). If heaven invades how can you not be healed?!
Seek Jesus.
Michael’s Testimony
July 20, 2009
“I can’t believe you’re still alive” – Alias
Chapter 1
Captured by Hell
Michael grew up in a typical American family. It had it’s troubles, laughs, pain, and love. He grew up being taught to follow Jesus Christ, and even had a prophet call spoken over him that through him God’s people would know that He was alive and well after his paralyzed arm was healed as a baby.
There are spiritual forces of good and evil in the world, and Michael says he has strongly felt them both.
In Michael’s earliest memories of his childhood he can remember living in fear in the dark. Yet, this wasn’t your average childhood boogy monster in the closet causing fear in the young Michael. He believes to this day there was a demonic assignment after his life. Michael continued to age and the fear never left him. He never made Jesus his personal Lord and Savior in his teen years, but attended a few youth services to be with girls.
Michael’s heart grew hard and sick as he plunged into pornography and further from God. This lifestyle of feeding his desires increased rapidly as he literal was falling into sin. The next step was drugs and alcohol – there surly was a plot to destroy Michael’s life, yet even in the midst of living in sin God chose to use Michael. He went to a church with his family and the pastor said there was a problem with a baby. Michael to this day doesn’t even remember this happening clearly because of the drug abuse, but he gave a word of knowledge that he felt burning within him that the baby would be healed. Surly enough it was healed!
You would think this would slow someone down or turn them around, but this was not the case. Michael began to use harder drugs, such as cocaine, crack, ecstasy, and acid. Yet some how these drugs didn’t fascinate Michael rather it was the money to be made by selling them that caught his attention. He began doing the devil’s work in his words by selling ecstasy. He recalls praying to Satan, he said that he would ask him to keep him safe so that he could continue to do his work. For some time he had no problems with anything, and life was easy and exhilarating, but a season of drought was soon upon his life that the Lord was sending to bring Michael back to him.
He found himself with thousands of dollars worth of drugs, yet he couldn’t sell them to anyone. It was as if he was invisible to the drug addict. It wasn’t long until he began to use again, but this time the drugs would take a hold of him. His life quickly spiraled to hit bottom at age 19. He made money, made friends, had girls, yet simply was empty.
“In October of 2005 I had done more drugs, spent more money, overdosed, been with more women than I’ve have ever had in my entire life, yet I was utterly empty and lonely. I really needed help or I was going to die.”
A couple weeks later one of Michael’s friends was home from Teen Challenge – a faith based drug rehab. Michael went to see him give his testimony and that night the Holy Spirit gently instructed Michael to return to the Lord and to go into the drug rehab as well.
Michael went into the rehab, but there again was that fear in the night tormenting him. Michael says one night when this was happening he began to cry out to Jesus late in the night hours, and suddenly a serge of energy from all limbs of his body meet at one point and was released from him – something had literal came out of him.
Michael’s life was demoniacal possessed, and the next night would be his complete healing!
God literal lead him to his councilors for help just like in the Bible when the demons came running to Jesus. For three hours evil spirits were cast out of him, and he experienced freedom that he had never felt in his entire life. He was captured by Hell, but set free by Jesus! Michael made up his mind that night to committed his life to do anything the Lord Jesus ask him to do.
Chapter 2
The Fire and Grace Came With the Call
Later that week the program went to a Sunday night church service and Michael was desperate to have more of God. With little knowledge of church doctrine, gifts of Holy Spirit, or just about the Lord in general he set out to know more with a deep passion. He said that it was never a competition between him or another brother or sister in the faith, but he secretly wanted to be like Moses or Job when the Lord look upon a community of people and saw them. The Lord saw a righteous humble man; someone he could trust to do his work we he saw Moses and Job. Michael wanted to stick out for the Lord to please him. That night during the worship service Michael began to quiet himself before the Lord, and he felt a power and heat that sent a jolt through his body like electricity. Michael was baptized in the Holy Spirit with evidence of speaking in tongues and he literally drowned in God’s Spirit that night. He didn’t want to come up or away from his presence.
For 16 months he was trained in the drug rehab to live according to the principles of the Bible. He said that he had to learn to live all over again like a newborn baby.
In the eighth month he recalls having a revelation of God’s grace. He read many times about the work of Jesus on the cross in that he forgave all his sin and he trusted in that, but it was very hard for him to forgive himself from his past life to experience God’s grace.
“I laid on my bed for hours on a Saturday afternoon just smiling and meditating about the Lord’s love for me. For the first time I actually felt fully forgiven – in was a inner experience that change my whole perspective of how to treat others.”
“I knew that I was called to preach and take the gospel to the ends of the Earth, and I wasted so much of my life doing the Devil’s work in an extreme way that I wanted to be even more fanatic for the Lord!”
“There would be days that I would plain to do nothing so that I could read through the entire New Testament in one sitting.”
In Teen Challenge Michael learn to pray. He learn about making it a lifestyle and not just a duty. God began to awake him 3 am & 4 am to pray, and this was the driving force that kept him teachable and pure for the days to come. All he wanted to do was tell people about Jesus.
In 2006 he preached his first sermon to a church congregation at two Sunday morning services. Michael says, “I preached how I interpreted the Bible, all I had was simply faith and passion, and in looking back this message was the worst I’ve ever preached, yet God moved so mightily!”
Chapter 3
Getting Theological with my Parter King Jesus
Michael went to Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri after he completed Teen Challenge. It wasn’t long after that he fell in love Amanda who is his wife now. Interesting enough Michael put his body in much harm when he was a drug user, yet he lived without sickness. In the first year at Bible college he was stricken with a very serious staph infection inside his knee, which require immediate surgery. The infection returned a couple weeks after the surgery, and another surgery was scheduled. Michael cried out to God in his room while anointing his knee with oil. That night all the infection came out by the power of the Holy Spirit and it was instantly healed! The next year at school Michael was sick with mysterious ailments such as the swelling of the intestines, throbbing back pains, palpitations, and again another staph infection. God miraculously healed him from every sickness!
In the midst of all the trails God began to increase the burden within Michael and Amanda to evangelize, and they sought out that winter in the midst of everything to follow the call. Michael is an evangelist preacher being trained in God’s glory to lead many to the Lord. He talks about the end-time revival that is among the church before the coming of Christ.
“God is calling a desperate priesthood to follow in his ways – to seek him in the midst of darkness surrounding us. It is true wickedness will increase in the end days, but also true, so will the power and glory of the mighty King Jesus, which will be reveal through His bride the church!”
Michael has a yearning to have Heaven on Earth! He craves a fresh dose of the Holy Ghost, and believes God must work in you to work through you. He travels the United States preaching the word of God with fervor and faith. They are based out of Springfield, Missouri and are members and serve at New Vision Ministries. Michael and Amanda are finishing up there degrees at Central Bible College, and from there plan to go to the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary for their master work.
God has been gracious in sending them into the ministry even while in Bible school. Their ministry is centered around Jesus – only He has the power to unlock life over death and free the world of its decay.
“There are no other gods above Jesus!”
Breaking out of the Mundane
June 29, 2009
A couple of days ago a hawk swoop down right in front of me. It was so close I thought it was going to hit me. It quickly caught my attention. It left me just as quick as it came to me and it soared with out any struggle to a higher place. The Holy Spirit spoke to me very softly right at that instance and told me to watch the bird fly. I notice how it traveled in circles as it soared, yet the more it traveled in circle the higher it actual rose in the atmosphere. The air pressure was lifting it higher! The Lord then spoke to me about the mundane and routine life.
I want to encourage you in that you may feel as if you’re moving in circles seeing the same views over and over again. Possible you are a mother struggling to raise her son and you don’t know what you’re going to do next, or perhaps you are a student facing the pressure of life learning who you are and want you want to be in the midst of peer pressure. Maybe your are like me, a minister seeking God’s doors day by day.
God told Elijah to go and that he had already prepared someone to provide for him in 1 King 17. God raised up and humble widow to help Elijah, and she didn’t even know she was able within her resources, in fact, Elijah encouraged her in her faith and let her know she would not go without food if she provided the last of her bread for him. God has already raised up all the resources you need!
Your faith can affect your surroundings just like Elijah’s assurance of God’s word would provide for him that this widow would be a God given tool for his provision. His faith encouraged her to walk in faith and it saved her life. She would have most likely ran out of food leaning on her own wisdom. It not only saved her life, but also the life of her son. Your faith in your situation will effect everyone around you, including generations to come!
Isaiah 40:31: but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
It is of no surprise of what you’re facing today to God. Know he is underneath you lifting you higher just like an eagle or hawk soaring in circle. You are not just going in circles, yet you are being lifting to another level! Put faith in that God has provided already for you, and the resources are already raise up like Elijah was taken care of through a widow who did not have any food.
The Issue
June 3, 2009
This summer has been like none other. Already it has been a great time while being in Ohio. Amanda my wife has been working with Women’s Teen Challenge – God has been using her in great measures. Myself, well I have been on wall watching and listening for the Lord’s voice in where he would like to take our ministry to. I’ve put a lot of time into the promoting ministry of evangelism networking, yet I’ve felt the hand of the Lord to wait and listen for a door. I believe Evangelism is done in a couple ways: direct, and indirect. For instance, if your talking to a friend and the conversation of eternal life, God, and life has not come up you must make an attempt to make it come up, and this called, direct evangelism. If they open the door themselves and ask you question about the Lord this would be indirect. They are both biblical, and we must be ready for both strategies. Yet, being an Evangelist is some what similar in the approach with relation with church fellowships. Sometime God has a seasons of direct contact making in where doors are actively sought for, and then at others indirect in where doors are just there. Yet, in both approaches all opportunities, wisdom, and results are from the Lord’s hands, and when one is dependent on him the glory returns to God. When I walk into a church from an invitation I’m thinking…Evangelize the nations, Go and make disciples, Revial of the nations! For the time being I am in an indirect mission in where I’m not knocking on doors or making phone calls, but rather waiting. God is good.
Last sunday was a incredible time in the Holy Spirit. We ministered for the first time in Ashville, Ohio at Village Chapel. I spoke on Psalm 92:10, David says that God has made him strong like that of an wild ox, and that he has anointed him with fresh oil. The wild ox is the picture David gives for overcoming spirit that the Lord sustains him with. The unpredictable, untamable, uncontainable Spirit of God was released upon David in that day, which was lead him into an adventurous passion filled journey after Father God. It is still the plan of God today – that we would be filled with the joy of God’s Spirit that we would be like that of a wild ox on the journey of God’s highway.
Many came for prayer, and God supernatural broke down life controlling bondages.
This issue is many are falling into hell today and they do not know about the plan of God.
Wont you tell them?
iEvangelize
May 4, 2009
iEvangelize. The dreams that burn in my heart come to my mind very often through the day. I don’t know the effectiveness or the complete outcome of them, and I do not fully understand how to do it. I don’t know how I will get there, yet it is a dream. The same way I dreamt as a young child I again repeat that progress. Is it faith, or mere untenable thoughts that sooth the soul? I think both, but I do know one thing for sure, and that is; the only way to be an evangelist is to spread the gospel where ever you are at, and do impossible things for God.
The Pastor and Church need a spark, an open heaven, a nuclear blast that will expose the schemes of the enemy. They need something that will awaken self to Christ. That is my objective to bring them to Christ. I must do that to the one has been saved from evil’s grips for 20 years or 1, I must bring them closer to Christ. Most assuredly I pray to lead the one who is not in the family of God to the Son Jesus. I want to be the place where humanity must make their final answer while they live on Earth.
All I am is a vessel that the Lord of Heaven and Earth pours through. I’ll fast and pray for the miracle – Salvation. I’m weak and not in love with this way of living, but I’m in love with life and have it more abundantly than anyone who does not depend upon the Creator. I may sound arrogant or straight forward to some, but that is the nature in which I must be because I am not promised tomorrow, and neither is this world or humanity. I lay down everything to be a vessel for God. I’m an Evangelist, iEvangelize…. you are called to as well. If you not spreading seeds for the Kingdom, what are you spreading? I’d rather spread a thousand seeds than make a thousand dollars. iEvangelize. ______________________________________________________________
© 2009 Michael Krysty Ministries
Hey Friend, I just pick up a new book called “Confessions of an Insignificant Pastor: What Pastors Wish They Could Tell You”,and I believe it would be extremely beneficial to your ministry as well. I had the change to meet the author Dr. Mark Elliott, and I could sense a hunger and fire within him inspired by God to train! 
Take a couple of minutes to read some excerpts and pray to see if God would have you use this material in your churches and own heart at………………
http://docmarkelliott.com
“Mark Elliott is on to something here. No one is speaking to our churches on behalf of pastors…UNTIL NOW! This book is filled with the courageous words that many thousands of pastors need to convey to their congregations but lack the space or gifting to capture. Mark does it for you in this breakthrough book! Pastors you need to get this book into the hands of ALL your congregants!”
-Steve Sjogren, Author and Founding Pastor, Vineyard Church, Cincinnati
Blessing to ya all, and were praying for ya!
Michael and Amanda Krysty
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© 2009 Michael Krysty Ministries | www.michaelkrysty.org
What’s Your Story?
April 15, 2009
Everyone has a story or better said, a dream. Though we can slumber into a place and find joy while we think about this story that plays through are imagination, what separates it from fact or fiction? Many will never achieve the vision God has lay upon theirheart because many never lay hold of the suffering that is on the road of glory. Jesus was raised above all rule, power, authority, and dominion after he went to the cross. Before Jesus went to the cross he was on the move. He went from leader to leader as they tried to prove Him as a lier. He then was sentenced to death in trade for a murderer, in the meantime, He didn’t hurl one insult to defend Himself because He knew His defense would come through the object of His scorn. Jesus was beaten, spit on, and literal tortured even before He was nailed to the cross for death. While He was on the move to the cross His blood was already being shed – strips were tattooed upon his back by a whip and holes pieced into His forehead from a crown of thorns. The road of glory is filled with much suffering. Many times as we began to move for the Lord we receive this spiritual torture, and for some they are counted worthy of physcial. When we begin to receive a vision and act upon it the whip and crown of thorns is right there. Will you keep going? Jesus said, “Deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow me.” Sometimes we are givin a task to go through to get to the task the Lord has laid upon us, and we are given the option to move ahead. We must keep going!
Jesus made it to the cross, but there He was stationed through the nails drove into Him. There was no leaving now as He hung in view of all the spectators. The guards mocked Him, as well as one of the thieves who was place on a cross did. If we go and follow the Lord down the road of Glory there is a point of no return! A place were I am crucified with Christ never the less I live, yet not I but Christ lives in me…. A place in which all can see that which looks like foolishness, yet it is a place where love overflows from the heart to all the spectators. Its a place that is completely sold out to the gospel. A place that is called, a slaves of righteousness. This is a realm that the vessel becomes and honorable one prepared for the Master for any good work. Jesus was lifted high on the cross, for he was literally raised above His companions…
You have love righteousness and hated weaknesses, therefore, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy. – Hebrews 1:9
He is the author and finisher of our faith, and I like to say He’s my Publisher. Your story must be written…. Yes, it’s ahead of you…. Will your story be fact or fiction? Just as Jesus was lifted above His companions you will be as well when you seek Him, For He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Though you give everything for this cross it’s important to note that Jesus tasted death so you didn’t have to. Get ready for the elevation of His Glory! The Glory is the the intimacy of His relationship.
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. – 2Cor. 3:18
Take up your cross and follow Jesus.
© Michael Krysty Ministries | www.michaelkrysty.org
His Yoke.
April 4, 2009
Hey everyone! Well, it has been two days since I’ve been out of the hospital – if you didn’t know I was there, I “bought my ticket” according to my Doctor Tuesday at 1 o’clock pm. Prior to that I was in the E.R. three times. I was diagnosed with MRSA. MRSA is a staph infection that doesn’t respond to most antibiotics, and it spreads very rapidly. I had it on my nose, which was first thought to just be cellulitis. This in itself is very dangerous because of the location of the infection. I was told after I was released by the nurse that it was in the “triangle of death”. If the infection were to spread it would go through the nasial cavity and into the brain – making side effects greater, and possibly even being fatal.
I got very sick. This acutely is the third time I’ve gotten staph, but the first time I’ve gotten MRSA. God is faithful – I know my work here on earth is not done. I received many insightful words from friends and family, and also I received encouragement through God’s Spirit. I felt His voice roaring over me; the same breath that will destroy the Antichrist in the end of time, is destroying sickness in my life. He raises me up everyday – I’m thankful for the time He allows me to have on earth to do promote Him.
We are not promised tommorrow, the psalmist says we are mere phantoms – here one day then gone the next.
What will you do with the time God has allotted for you on this earth?
When will you become motivated to seek God while He may be found?
Righteousness is not derived from laws, yet it come through faith in Jesus Christ.
Here is an alter call from Jesus….
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (mt. 11:28-30).
While I laid in the hospital bed, I did wonder if the infection would spread to my brain. For a moment I shivered inside, but I felt His hand that yoked Him and I together. It became easy.
His gospel bears fruit. Preach it alone.
God’s love: In the Ugly Times, and in Sinful People
March 27, 2009
Destruction has fallen into the world, which has grown into higher difficulty; people struggle all over the earth. Agriculturaly we face dilemmas, and economical epidemics cover our ground. In America our leadership raises their voices to try to comfort the people – it reminds me of a child crying because of danger around and closing in which the mother sees, but decides to play it off in hope to calm the young one. All of these things would be predicted by a man named Jesus, in fact, he said when you see these things know that the end is outside your door. Many people are hurting even in this present time, yet it will escalate in the future. Many ask, “Why would God love me if I am a sinful and wicked person and He is perfect and good?” If God loves and is present for those in the tribulation, how much more is he ready to rescue one right now? The tribulation: we are in the last hour and, perhaps the last second, repentance is God’s will for humanity – even in the tribulation the gospel will be spread, and since His love reaches to those in the tribulation, it also reaches out to you now.
According to Stanley Horton in Systematic Theology, “Most pre-millennialists, including both dispensationalists and non-dispensationalists, identify the tribulation is the seventh week (period of seven years) of Daniel 9:27″(1). This will be a time which is unmatched in its severity of trails in the agriculture, economy, and world religion. The prophet Joel describes it in this way, “There has never been anything like it, nor will there be again after it” (Joel 2:2). Horton also says, “It will be a time of great distress. In the present world many believers are already suffering distress, but the Great Tribulation will be marked by the wrath of God beyond anything the world has ever known, as Revelation 6 to 18 indicate. It will also see the rise of a world dictator, the Antichrist.”
We are in the last hour, perhaps the last seconds. Scripture teaches, “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; so you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door (Mt. 24:32, 33). Therefore, when his disciples see “all these things” (i.e., the beginning of the increase of distress and the accomplishment of the worldwide proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom), they should be alert that the end may be imminent (2). These have all been increasing in measure throughout history and now it has come to a point which I believe is giving the sign that Christ is at the door – His return is soon. He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus (Rev. 22:20).
Man was created to have relationship with God; essentially man was always created to have eternal life – that we would know God (Jn. 17:3). Yet because of the state that man is in called “inherited depravity” we have to turn back to this relationship in which we were created for. We are utterly disfigured from birth and there is no hope in doing perfect, for our very existence brings with it rebellion. The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies (Psalms 58:3).The word iniquity as used here, cannot under any circumstances refer to actual sin, but carries with it the thought of a perverted or twisted nature from the very inception of life (3). We have to repent.
Repentance is God’s will for humanity – even in the tribulation the gospel will be spread. To repent means to turn. “In the New Testament repentance means to turn from sin. We were called by God to turn from sin. In fact, all men everywhere are commanded by God to repent of their sins (Acts 17:30). God’s longsuffering leads us to repentance (2 Pet. 3:9) as does His kindness (Rom. 2:4). There is true and false repentance,”For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but the sorrow of the world produces death” (2 Cor. 7:10) (4).” Again, as stated before, we need forgiveness on the basis of our evil nature, which produces personal sin. Sin can be defined in a shallow sense of ‘missing the mark’, yet moving deeper it is the act of rebellion against God; it is the deviation from the perfect plan of God. We fall into sin because we were wired to, or rather dissembled to do so – inherited depravity. We seem to be floating in an open ocean without any hope because of the flesh. Jesus Christ delivers the captives of this terrible flesh by fulfilling the righteous requirements of the law through a pure sacrifice of himself when we repent. “God in Christ has already assumed the initiative for reconciliation, but the fulfillment of Christ’s sacrifice in our lives depends on our response. Openness to God is the precondition for God’s dwelling within us”(5). God’s grace is on earth, and the gospel will be preached, and when people repent to call upon the Lord they will be saved. Yet, during the tribulation will this grace still be offered?
Many extreme pre-tribulationalist believe that once Christ comes back for His church those who are left on earth will never again have another chance to be saved from the eternal damnation which is to come. The supporting scripture verse for this view is 2 Thessalonians 2: 9-12, “that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.” This activity and power of Satan is warned of in these verses, yet they are not given to bring fear only awareness. Paul is defining the ending image that would usher in the Day of the Lord, and within this painting he points to the spiritual atmosphere to the reactionof the gospel. Those who reject the gospel in the tribulation will be turned over to thier own disies – reprobate. The examination of scripture which teaches everyone in the tribulation will not be saved is bias and unbiblical.
Scriptures has much to say about this event in the tribulation, “After these thing I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the Lamb…. Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?” I said to him, “My lord, you known.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation…” (Rev. 7:9; 13, 14). John was the man who was looking upon these things in heaven, and his experience and sight which would encourage him for the future events. He saw a great multitude which no one could count, and this mean that the gospel had been spreading and growing! “It is striking that Christians appear here as groups “no one could count” (numbering at minimum in the millions), since the number of Christians, both Jews and Gentiles, living toward the end of the first century A.D. cannot have been very large. This vision would encourage John of the success of Christian witness”(6). This family of believers is biblical poof for God’s grace extending in the great tribulation, for they were Gentiles. Keener says, “These people refused to deify the enthroned emperor; now they are before God’s throne (7:15); they suffered economic deprivation for refusing to serve the world system (13:17); now they are freed from suffering and sorrow, and all their needs are provided” (7:16-17).
God loves you no matter what situation you are in. How does this all apply to the question, “Why would God love me if I am a sinful and wicked person and He is perfect and good?” God grace is so powerful it can reach into the most difficult, filthy, mangled time – the tribulation. Because God cares for those who live in the darkest hour the world has ever known, and is able and will save those who turn to them, He cares and loves you even in your sinful and wicked state – He is able to save you. How much more can He also save anyone who calls on Him from their own despair and sin? The tribulation: we are in the last hour and, perhaps the last second, repentance is God’s will for humanity – even in the tribulation the gospel will be spread, and since his love reaches to those in the tribulation, it also reaches out to you now.
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© Michael Krysty Ministries
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