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Schizophrenic Christianity Healed by a Second
Touch
June
2007
by
Peter Youngren
Seeing, but not seeing, is a common problem.
Christians see that Jesus carried their
sins, but they still don't see themselves
righteous; Jesus bore their sickness, but
they have a difficult time to see themselves
healed. We see that Jesus has become our
righteousness, redemption, wisdom and sanctification,
but somehow we still look for all of the
above. Out of one side of the mouth we say,
"God has given us everything in Christ,"
and out of the other side we claim to be
a very "needy people". On the one hand we
agree with Jesus that if we drink the water
He gives we'll never thirst again, while
on the other we say, "Lord, I'm so thirsty
for you". Do you see the contradictions?
Is this schizophrenic life normal Christianity?
Could it be that our dilemma is mirrored
in the story of the blind man touched by
Jesus? Suddenly he could see, but his vision
was not clear; the Scripture says he saw
people as "trees walking" (Mark 8:22-25).
It is evident the man had received something
miraculous from God, but his sight was impaired.
Jesus gave the man a second touch and he
saw everything clearly.
I
believe the world is yet to experience the
greatest revelation of Jesus ever. The Holy
Spirit's mandate to reveal Jesus to the
world has never changed. What hinders this
from happening? Please, don't say "the devil",
because that's an answer that glorifies
Satan. Yes, I know Satan blinds people's
eyes, but only if we are ignorant of the
Gospel. In fact, the devil is nothing but
a fraud and deceiver; Jesus has stripped
him of all legal authority. The only hindrance
is believers not seeing Jesus as He is;
seeing but not seeing. When we see Jesus
as brilliant and as great as He is the crutches
of human wisdom, legalism and man-made traditions
are discarded at the sight of Jesus, our
sufficiency.
Simon
Peter had been touched by Jesus, but he
still didn't see that the Gospel was to
reach beyond his Jewish nation; he saw,
but he didn't see. Jesus touched Simon Peter
again (Acts chapter 10).
Millions
of Christians are begging God for blessings,
when in fact these blessings have already
been given to us. The problem is not that
we have so many needs, but that we don't
see what we have. The Ephesian Christians
were born again, but Paul still prayed,
not for more blessings, anointing and power,
but that their spiritual eyes would open
to see what Jesus has already provided.
How about it? Are you ready for Jesus to
touch your eyes again?
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Celebration Ministries. Used by permission.
Passion
for the unreached has taken Peter
Youngren to more tan 70 nations. He
has led evangelistic Festivals with
crowds up to 600,000 attending a single
service. In addition, hundreds of
thousands of pastors and leaders have
attended his training seminars.
As founder of Celebrate Jesus International,
Celebration Bible College, Way of
Peace and the Celebration Churches
in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara,
Canada, Peter and his wife RoxAnne
are committed to equipping believers
to fulfill their purpose before the
return of Jesus Christ.
Peter
was born in Sweden, where he was raise
by strongly missions-oriented parents.
His grandparents were missionaries
to China where his mother was born.
From early childhood, Peter learned
and desired to live by God's will
as revealed in the Word. He has lived
in North America since his later teen
years.
Offices
– Peter Youngren’s ministry maintains
offices the United States, Canada,
Sweden, Finland, Thailand, Indonesia,
England, Norway and Singapore.
Read
more about his ministry:
http://mycelebrationministries.com/mycm/index.php?option=com_content&task=
view&id=162&Itemid=43.
Main
Ministry website:
http://mycelebrationministries.com
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