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Rapture Fever

by Gary North

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Foreword xvii<br />

There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto<br />

Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with<br />

unclean spirits: and they were healed every one (Acts 5:16).<br />

Benefits<br />

When men are saved by grace, they are given power<br />

through the Holy Spirit. “But ye shall receive power, after that<br />

the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses<br />

unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,<br />

and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8). This is<br />

what enables the Church to overcome the power of Satan in<br />

history “And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your<br />

feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.<br />

Amen” (Rem. 16:20). In the early days of the Church, this<br />

grant of power included the power to do signs and wonders,<br />

but long-term, the most important aspect of this power is wisdom:<br />

the ability to discern truth from falsehood.<br />

costs<br />

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may<br />

give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge<br />

of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;<br />

that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the<br />

riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is<br />

the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe,<br />

according to the working of hIs mighty power, Which he<br />

wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set<br />

him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all<br />

principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every<br />

name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that<br />

which is to come: And bath put all things under his feet, and<br />

gave him to be the head over all things to the church (Eph. 1:17-<br />

22; emphasis added).<br />

With power always comes responsibility. We must obey God.<br />

We are empowered by the Holy Spirit to obey God.

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