Apostolic Reformation

Nothing shall be impossible

God’s omnipotence

Luk 1:37  For with God nothing shall be impossible.

It certainly is not possible for us to be in a position where omnipotence cannot assist us.
God hath servants everywhere; and, where we think He has none, His word can create a multitude. There are “ treasures hid in the sand,” and the Lord’s chosen shall eat thereof. (C. H.Spurgeon.)


The scorn of impossibility

It is not a lucky word, this same impossible: no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouth. Who is he that says always, There is a lion in the way? Sluggard, thou must slay the lion, then; the way has to be travelled. In art, in practice, innumerable critics will demonstrate that most things are henceforth impossible; that we are got, once for all, into the region of perennial commonplace, and must contentedly continue there. Let such critics demonstrate; it is the nature of them: what harm is in it? Poetry once demonstrated to be impossible, arises the Burns, arises the Goethe. Unheroic commonplace being now clearly all we have to look for, comes Napoleon, comes the conquest of the world. It was proved by fluxionary calculus, that steamships could never get across from the farthest point of Ireland to the nearest of Newfoundland: impelling force, resisting force, maximum here, minimum there, by law of Nature and geometric demonstration. What could be done? The Great Eastern could weigh anchor from Bristol Port; that could be done. The Great Eastern, bounding safe through the gullets of the Hudson, threw her cable out on the capstan of New York, and left our still moist-paper demonstration to dry itself at leisure. “Impossible” he, cried Mirabeau, “ne me dites jamais ce bete de mot” (Never name to me that blockhead of a word). (Thomas Carlyle.)

Act 1:8  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 

The Church is undergoing a radical transformation and reformation. There is a growing hunger for supernatural encounters with God and for more of the supernatural power of God to be released. We are in a season where revelatory experiences are increasing in frequency. More and more people are experiencing and talking about their encounters with the Lord.
Until recently, if a Christian had a vision, a supernatural encounter or an experience from God, they might not have shared their experience for fear of not being believed or understood. The Bible is filled with testimonies of people who had supernatural visions and encounters with God both in the earthly and heavenly realms. These experiences with God did not stop when the New Testament was completed. Valid experiences with God have carried on throughout church history and are increasing in these days.
God is doing amazing things in the world! We need to understand what the Word of God says about what is happening today, so we can know how to co-operate with Him and not be deceived.
In the past, the Church has been very fearful about being deceived in relation to experiencing the supernatural realms. Because of what we have seen in the occult and in the New Age


movement, we have wrongly assumed that supernatural occurrences originate with the devil. It is important to understand that revelation, truth, and the supernatural realm originated with God and not the devil. Satan is not a creator. He counterfeits what is true in order to bring many into bondage through his deceptive ways.
We have often reacted with unhealthy extremes because of failing to understand all that God made available to us. We often labelled as “deception” things that were true. We have sometimes had more faith in the devil’s ability to deceive than in God’s ability to keep us in the truth.
Some experiences that Holy Spirit will lead us into may feel unfamiliar and out of our comfort zone. This may mean that we need to work through an initial phase of awkwardness as we get used to the different ways that God reveals Himself to us. We can however, definitely expect to hear and recognize His voice more clearly over time.
Because many things we experience are often subjective, it is wise to have some guidelines that will help us understand and negotiate those experiences. Hence, this book and others like it are being released to give good foundations to build on. Close study of Scripture is also very essential for correct interpretation of what we experience.
                                                            Experiencing God
We are sometimes taught that we should not be experience oriented. But the truth is we cannot be alive without experience. Every single thing we do in life is an experience, whether combing our hair, reading a book, or praying. To live is to experience.


It cannot be otherwise. Even when we pass from this life, we continue to experience the reality of the Kingdom of God for all eternity.
Why is it said, “Don’t seek experience” when it comes to relationship with God? Many have bought into a lie perpetuated by the enemy that intends to dumb down its prey until their relationship with God is nothing more than reading a historic book. You cannot have relationship without experience. It is impossible. Although we are not to worship experience itself, it is only by experience we come to learn and know the one we are in relationship with. We know each other by experiencing things together - good and bad; by talking, observing and sharing our hearts with each other.