Text: Matthew 27:63
From our text, we see the example that Jesus set for us. Several times, He
spoke privately and publicly that He was going to be killed and that after
three days, He said, I Will Rise Again! He said it in Matthew 16:21;
17:23; 20:19. Then the people said it in Matthew 26:61 and in our text.
What He said about Himself privately was what He said about Himself
publicly. What He said to His disciples was what He said to the people.
Jesus was consistent in His speaking. It is this consistency that He is
teaching us by His example.
Christianity has been defined as the great confession of our faith in the
Person of Jesus Christ. Why is it a great confession? It is because of the
content of the confession. You say what is not possible because you have
the One who makes it possible. He is the Greater One who resides in each
of us. Everyone knows that when a man dies, he does not rise again. He is
gone. Jesus came on the scene and said what was not practicable and
possible. To the people, He was a deceiver because what He said He would
do was not possible. Today, more than two thousand years, we have
evidences that what He was came to pass. More than two billion living
human beings today cannot be wrong: Jesus is alive!
Nothing happens to you in Christianity without you saying some things long
enough for them to work for you. Before a man experiences the new birth,
He must confess the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Rom. 10:9-10. No one can be
saved without making that confession. The power is released when you say
it out loud. Even for healing, many times, I have seen healing miracles
when the individual or groups of persons have publicly confessed it. You
must say it before you see it. This is the secret to mass miracles when a
crowd is led by the preacher to say after him, God does mass miracles. It
is so simple you need a theologian to confuse you.
Jesus said it severally, I will rise again. He said it privately and
publicly. He said it consistently and courageously. He never waivered in
His confession. The lesson here today is that you and I must speak
consistently what we want to see in our marriages, family, businesses,
offices, ministries and churches. Speak consistently what you want to see
in your city or country. What you say is what you will see. If what you
are seeing is not what you want to see, change it by saying what you want
to see. Speak it until people say what you have said about yourself.
Yes, when they have heard what you have said, they will take you up on
that like they did Jesus. He did not try to prove to them anything. He
lived His life based on what was written. So, you are not trying to prove
to them anything. You are living your script. Do it well. Do it with
courage because eventually, they will say what you said when it comes to
pass.
I remember preaching at Bomadi town. For decades, no electricity, no
meaningful development. One night when I preached on Let There Be Light.
At the crusade grounds, I asked everyone to face the four corners of the
town and call for light. The town people heard us.
After many governments have made promises to give them electricity with no
fulfillment. That night after the crusade, the electricity company of
Nigeria gave Bomadi electricity for the first time. Guess what? The news
went into town that last night when those church people were shouting let
there be light, now the light has come. Someone said that they have to
take these church people seriously. Listen to me when you speak and God
confirms your word, people will take you seriously the next time they
listen to you. Now, you visit that town and you will find several
developmental projects by the government. It is happening because we
spoke: let there be light. Now, you speak what you want to see because it
shall come to pass.
Copyrights© Bishop Michael O. Amamieye, 2011. www.aggressivefaith.org