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********** ADVERTISEMENT ********** Watch Terri Savelle Foy on bvovn® BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY NETWORK REAL. LIFE. FAITH.® Send us your testimonies about how BVOVN has blessed you. kcm.org/testify watch on dish® CHANNEL 265 apple tv® 4th Generation Roku® bvovn.com YouTube® amazon fire TV ********************************************** * * * * * * * * article continues * * * * * * * Outpourings like the Ulster Revival have occurred in recent years, too. The power of God showed up in the Brownsville Revival in Pensacola, Fla., and the Toronto Blessing in Canada. And while those outpourings were good and Spirit-led, I believe we’re in a new time. In this latest move of God, I sense that you and I, as believers, are to be conduits of God’s outpouring right where we are, wherever we are. Instead of going somewhere else in search of the move of God, we’re to bring His presence with us. How do we do that? I believe it starts by understanding who Jesus really is. Who Is Jesus—to You? In the Gospel of Matthew, there was an encounter between Jesus and His disciples in which Jesus posed two important questions. They’re the same questions we should ask ourselves today. Matthew 16:13 ("New King James Version") says, “When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, ‘Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?’” The disciples didn’t hesitate to respond: “So they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some, Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets’” (verse 14, "NKJV"). As you read through this chapter, you’ll notice that Jesus did not respond immediately to those words. He knew His disciples didn’t believe it. They were merely repeating what others had said. Instead, Jesus followed up with a second, more important question. “But who do you say that I am?” (verse 15, "NKJV," emphasis mine). Jesus began by asking His disciples what others called Him, but He ended by asking what they called Him. As believers, we often point to the world and ask, “Who do they say Jesus is?” But a much more important question is “Who do I say Jesus is?” How we answer this question determines who we allow Him to be in our lives. We know what Scripture says about Jesus, and we know Scripture is truth. But each of us determines whether we allow the Word of God and the revelation of who Jesus is to change our lives. How we answer the question “Who do I say Jesus is?” determines who we allow Him to be to us. • He is the Savior to those who receive and declare Him to be their Savior. • He is the Healer to those who declare Him to be their Healer and their healing. • He is the Baptizer in the Holy Spirit to those who declare Him to be that. But He is none of those until we declare Him to be so. For Every Member God wants to reveal who Jesus is to the Body of Christ as a whole, but all believers must lay hold of the truth. It’s not enough for pastors or spiritual leaders to believe. The Church must believe. For example, many Christians believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit such as the manifestation of tongues, prophecy and others. But sadly, they also believe these gifts operate only through certain persons—like their pastor, a worship leader, a spiritual mentor or a teacher. They don’t understand or realize they can operate in those gifts themselves. 10 : BVOV

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