Gen. 1:26 – “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’”
We were created to be God’s image-bearing creations having creative ability through partnership with Holy Spirit. Because of sin, man lost this sense of creativity and dominion as the illegal alien, satan, usurped man’s authority and buried the spiritual creativity in men, except for his evil purposes. When the light of creativity was lost, the darkness of depression, despair, and disease filled the void. The Last Adam, Lord Jesus Christ, through His finished work restored lost dominion and creativity to those who by faith would receive forgiveness of sin and become new creations in Him. This truth was introduced by Jesus as He preached and demonstrated the gospel of the kingdom. Paul preached the reality of being “in Christ”. Both the gospel of the kingdom and the gospel of Christ refer to new life found in Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ demonstrated both dominion and creativity all through the gospels as our example. Paul taught of Holy Spirit’s ability and character which are ours by faith. Creativity came back into earth available to men in the Person of Holy Spirit.
Most believers have yet to discover this kingdom truth. Satan, through the spirit of religion and his deceptive nature has kept most believers ignorant and in the dark regarding both dominion and the creative anointing of Holy Spirit. Except for rare outbursts of revival, renewal and reformation, creativity has been stifled in the church. This is about to change!
The coming move of Holy Spirit will initiate new levels of creativity rarely seen. For many, the days of religious bondage which has stifled creativity and promoted conformity and mediocrity will soon come to an end. As the reality of the power of Holy Spirit breaks out in the church; the powerless, dead replica of what used to pass for church will be abandoned for Christ. The religious perversion which has kept people from discovering Christ (the Anointed One and His Anointing) is about to be exposed for the doctrine of demons that it is.
Hebrews, chapter 11 is known as the faith chapter of the Bible. Those mentioned demonstrated profound faith with their common denominator being they did what had never before been done – creative acts of power through faith. Their faith actions were not anything which could have been accomplished through man’s abilities or some committee analysis (most often leading to paralysis)! These people were enabled to “see” with God’s vision beyond earthly possibilities into the potentiality and creativity of the Spirit of God. They all discovered another realm without earthly limitations. They discovered what is about to become common knowledge – that life in Holy Spirit is full of wonder, awe, amazement and creative power.
Creativity has been considered by some to be an “in your face” act of non-conformists. Those operating in rebellion are not creative; only lawless. True creative lifestyle is for life; it is not against anything, nor a reaction to ungodly conformity. Creativity is all about life in Christ. As important as truth and knowledge are, their ultimate purpose is to lead to Life Himself! Jesus was not a revolutionary because of His reaction to the Pharisees, but because of His creativity and how the Pharisees reacted to Him. The Pharisee’s legalistic religious attitudes have survived through the centuries and thrive today attacking any true creative life. Legalism is the contributing factor for the “rhinoceros syndrome” by which these modern Pharisees operate. The rhinoceros has extremely poor vision and attacks anything it cannot see. Modern Pharisees are blinded by the religious spirit and have no spiritual vision, therefore attacking anything they don’t understand or that doesn’t conform to their standard of complacency. Both legalism and lawlessness are ditches on the “narrow way that leads to life” (Matt. 7:14). Both are to be avoided.
Christians are the new creations who should be the most creative people on earth. Indeed, history has proven the church to be the platform from which the greatest creativity has been generated. Too often though, because of the religious spirit of anti-Christ which opposes creativity, these creative ideas have been captured and put to use by the enemy for his demonic purposes. The arena of music is one such example. When the religious spirit is cast out, the knowledge and understanding of dominion as well as partnership with Holy Spirit will unleash dramatic creativity in the form of new ideas, economic strategies, clever inventions, medical & technological advancements as well as advancements in music and arts that have never been seen before. New levels of faith will produce new levels of creative power and manifestations. The lost – or pre-Christians – will finally see what they have longed to see – authentic Christianity on display, and they will want it!
Isa. 43:18-19 – “Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” What I have seen in the Spirit is not just revival or renewal. Many seasoned believers remember the Jesus Movement and the Charismatic Renewal Movement of the 60’s And 70’s with their marvelous manifestations and resurgence of the gifts of Holy Spirit. Many more experienced the River Movement in the mid 90’s when thousands of backsliders were restored to the church and a new fire of compassion for the lost was released. These were wonderful and powerful moves of Holy Spirit, but what I’ve seen goes beyond those moves into a complete reformation of the church from a religious institution to the living, breathing body of Christ it was intended to be where continuous revival is the norm!
Hab. 2:14 – “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” This prophecy will soon come alive with new restored meaning to many believers who will be awakened to the creative power and wonder of Holy Spirit. Glory manifestations will become commonplace as well as gifts of healings and working of miracles through those who believe (Mk. 9:23). Creative tools of harvest will be implemented by those in partnership with Holy Spirit. New fellowships will spring up spontaneously to demonstrate the love of God through His power in areas where Holy Spirit has been neglected and ignored. Those fellowships embracing this new move of Holy Spirit will expand their borders and become apostolic centers which will impact entire cities and regions of the country through the operation of the fivefold ministry gifts of Christ (Eph. 4:11).
I have seen through the Spirit, new levels of scriptural understanding restored to the church that had been lost during the dark ages. With this new understanding we will begin to see “the same and greater works” of Jesus Christ being done by believers (Jn.14:12) and a new definition of normal Christian lifestyle come forth. These works will not just be accomplished by a few anointed ministers, but by all those who believe – especially children.
Many reading this have had creative ideas squashed in the past by church leaders and clearly understand what I’ve seen in the coming move of God. Now is the time to begin to intercede for believers to embrace the truth and cast off the spirit of religion and all other debilitating barriers to fullness of life in Christ, from whom all creativity flows! Amen.
We were created to be God’s image-bearing creations having creative ability through partnership with Holy Spirit. Because of sin, man lost this sense of creativity and dominion as the illegal alien, satan, usurped man’s authority and buried the spiritual creativity in men, except for his evil purposes. When the light of creativity was lost, the darkness of depression, despair, and disease filled the void. The Last Adam, Lord Jesus Christ, through His finished work restored lost dominion and creativity to those who by faith would receive forgiveness of sin and become new creations in Him. This truth was introduced by Jesus as He preached and demonstrated the gospel of the kingdom. Paul preached the reality of being “in Christ”. Both the gospel of the kingdom and the gospel of Christ refer to new life found in Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ demonstrated both dominion and creativity all through the gospels as our example. Paul taught of Holy Spirit’s ability and character which are ours by faith. Creativity came back into earth available to men in the Person of Holy Spirit.
Most believers have yet to discover this kingdom truth. Satan, through the spirit of religion and his deceptive nature has kept most believers ignorant and in the dark regarding both dominion and the creative anointing of Holy Spirit. Except for rare outbursts of revival, renewal and reformation, creativity has been stifled in the church. This is about to change!
The coming move of Holy Spirit will initiate new levels of creativity rarely seen. For many, the days of religious bondage which has stifled creativity and promoted conformity and mediocrity will soon come to an end. As the reality of the power of Holy Spirit breaks out in the church; the powerless, dead replica of what used to pass for church will be abandoned for Christ. The religious perversion which has kept people from discovering Christ (the Anointed One and His Anointing) is about to be exposed for the doctrine of demons that it is.
Hebrews, chapter 11 is known as the faith chapter of the Bible. Those mentioned demonstrated profound faith with their common denominator being they did what had never before been done – creative acts of power through faith. Their faith actions were not anything which could have been accomplished through man’s abilities or some committee analysis (most often leading to paralysis)! These people were enabled to “see” with God’s vision beyond earthly possibilities into the potentiality and creativity of the Spirit of God. They all discovered another realm without earthly limitations. They discovered what is about to become common knowledge – that life in Holy Spirit is full of wonder, awe, amazement and creative power.
Creativity has been considered by some to be an “in your face” act of non-conformists. Those operating in rebellion are not creative; only lawless. True creative lifestyle is for life; it is not against anything, nor a reaction to ungodly conformity. Creativity is all about life in Christ. As important as truth and knowledge are, their ultimate purpose is to lead to Life Himself! Jesus was not a revolutionary because of His reaction to the Pharisees, but because of His creativity and how the Pharisees reacted to Him. The Pharisee’s legalistic religious attitudes have survived through the centuries and thrive today attacking any true creative life. Legalism is the contributing factor for the “rhinoceros syndrome” by which these modern Pharisees operate. The rhinoceros has extremely poor vision and attacks anything it cannot see. Modern Pharisees are blinded by the religious spirit and have no spiritual vision, therefore attacking anything they don’t understand or that doesn’t conform to their standard of complacency. Both legalism and lawlessness are ditches on the “narrow way that leads to life” (Matt. 7:14). Both are to be avoided.
Christians are the new creations who should be the most creative people on earth. Indeed, history has proven the church to be the platform from which the greatest creativity has been generated. Too often though, because of the religious spirit of anti-Christ which opposes creativity, these creative ideas have been captured and put to use by the enemy for his demonic purposes. The arena of music is one such example. When the religious spirit is cast out, the knowledge and understanding of dominion as well as partnership with Holy Spirit will unleash dramatic creativity in the form of new ideas, economic strategies, clever inventions, medical & technological advancements as well as advancements in music and arts that have never been seen before. New levels of faith will produce new levels of creative power and manifestations. The lost – or pre-Christians – will finally see what they have longed to see – authentic Christianity on display, and they will want it!
Isa. 43:18-19 – “Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” What I have seen in the Spirit is not just revival or renewal. Many seasoned believers remember the Jesus Movement and the Charismatic Renewal Movement of the 60’s And 70’s with their marvelous manifestations and resurgence of the gifts of Holy Spirit. Many more experienced the River Movement in the mid 90’s when thousands of backsliders were restored to the church and a new fire of compassion for the lost was released. These were wonderful and powerful moves of Holy Spirit, but what I’ve seen goes beyond those moves into a complete reformation of the church from a religious institution to the living, breathing body of Christ it was intended to be where continuous revival is the norm!
Hab. 2:14 – “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” This prophecy will soon come alive with new restored meaning to many believers who will be awakened to the creative power and wonder of Holy Spirit. Glory manifestations will become commonplace as well as gifts of healings and working of miracles through those who believe (Mk. 9:23). Creative tools of harvest will be implemented by those in partnership with Holy Spirit. New fellowships will spring up spontaneously to demonstrate the love of God through His power in areas where Holy Spirit has been neglected and ignored. Those fellowships embracing this new move of Holy Spirit will expand their borders and become apostolic centers which will impact entire cities and regions of the country through the operation of the fivefold ministry gifts of Christ (Eph. 4:11).
I have seen through the Spirit, new levels of scriptural understanding restored to the church that had been lost during the dark ages. With this new understanding we will begin to see “the same and greater works” of Jesus Christ being done by believers (Jn.14:12) and a new definition of normal Christian lifestyle come forth. These works will not just be accomplished by a few anointed ministers, but by all those who believe – especially children.
Many reading this have had creative ideas squashed in the past by church leaders and clearly understand what I’ve seen in the coming move of God. Now is the time to begin to intercede for believers to embrace the truth and cast off the spirit of religion and all other debilitating barriers to fullness of life in Christ, from whom all creativity flows! Amen.