The Power of Light

Reading Scripture: 1 John 1:5 

Verse to Memorize: Acts 1:8 

Reference: Psalm 62:11 Goal: To help believers, as God's children, clearly understand the power of God who is Light and let them long to receive the power and lead countless souls to the way of salvation Psalm 62:11 says, "Once God has spoken; twice I have heard this: that power belongs to God." If one manifests the power that only God can perform, it clearly reveals that the person belongs to God. 

When the light of power comes upon people through such a person of God, the enemy devil and Satan and any forces of darkness have no choice but to go away, all kinds of life's problems are resolved, and diseases and infirmities are healed by the light of power. God's power has a few different levels and each different level of power shines different lights, and thus, the kinds of work that are manifested according to its level also varies.

• 1. Differences between God's 'Strength', His 'Authority', and His 'Power'

Many Christians consider authority, strength, and power to be the same, but the meaning of each one and work of each is different. 'Strength' is the power of faith that makes anything possible with God, which is impossible with human ability and knowledge. 'Authority' is the purposed, dignified, and glorious power of God. In the spiritual realm, power stems from being 'sinless'. From this it follows that these spiritual powers are given to God's sanctified children. 

Then, what is this 'power'? It refers to the authoritative power that is bestowed by God to those who have cast away every form of evil and become sanctified. Speaking allegorically, a driver has 'ability' to drive his car and a police officer has 'authority' to stop the car. Thus, power is different from authority, and when authority is given to him who can perform miracles, we can say he has received power from God.

• 2. Differences Between the 'Gifts of Healing' and 'Power'

Then, what are the differences between gifts of healing and power? The 'gifts of healing' as recorded in the 12th chapter of 1 Corinthians heal diseases primarily caused by germs. This gift cannot heal people whose body features have degenerated or those who cannot hear and speak due to damage to nerve cells. But with the 'power' of God any kind of diseases and infirmities can be cured. If one has received power its works can always unfold, but it is not the case for the gift of healing. God may give the gifts of healing to those who have accumulated a great deal of prayer with love for souls and are proper in the sight of God, although they have not become completely sanctified yet. 

But if they stop seeking God's glory and use the gifts improperly seeking their own benefits, God will take the gifts of healing away. Unlike such gifts, the power of God is given only to those who have already achieved sanctification and accumulated a great deal of fiery prayers. Because they have no evil in their hearts, the power of God that was once given to them will neither weaken nor disappear. It means that they never take advantage of the power to show themselves off or for their benefits. After they have accomplished sanctification, they come to endeavor to reveal only God's glory and try all the more to achieve the heart of the Lord. That is why they can perform great works.

• 3. The Four Levels of Power of God Who Is Light

Level 1: Red light, the power of burning diseases with the fire of the Spirit The fire of the Spirit works with red light, which heals diseases by burning germs, viruses, and bacteria. That is, it cures diseases like cancer, lung diseases, diabetes, leukemia, kidney diseases, joint inflammation, heart diseases, and AIDS. But this fire of the Spirit that belongs to the first level of power can seldom heal such diseases as late-stage cancers or lung diseases that went beyond the limit for life God has set by His justice. In order to heal such diseases and to regenerate the dead or degenerated body parts whose abilities and functions were lost, the higher level of power is needed in which the work of creation can happen. However, even in such a case, the work of God can take place for those who have final stage of diseases or the degenerated body parts if the sick person shows faith and his family is united as one in love and faith.

Level  2: Blue light, the power to drive out darkness The blue light of the second level of the power drives away darkness from those who are possessed by demons and suffer from Satan's work. It can heal all neurological diseases or mental diseases including autism, mental disorder, neurosis, and nervous breakdowns caused by the dark forces. Sometimes signs can be manifested in this level of power then the cases are diseases or infirmities caused by demons or the forces of darkness. Here, 'infirmities' include the inability to see, hear, and talk that the blind, deaf, and mute suffer and the degeneration of body function such as the result of polio. The ninth chapter of Mark shows us that a deaf-mute boy was made whole after Jesus drove out an evil spirit from him. This second level of power, in accordance with the will of God, can summon spirits of people that have died or take away souls of people who are alive. Such works are recorded in Acts chapter 20, chapter 5, and 2 Kings chapter 2: the apostle Paul revived Eutychus who had been dead; Peter cursed Ananias and Sapphira, who had deceived the Holy Spirit, and they breathed their last; and evil young lads were killed by bears by Elisha's curse. 

Level 3: White light, the power of the work of creation The third level of power brings forth the work of creation and all kinds of signs through its white light. 'Signs' are the works that cause the blind to see, the mute to speak, the deaf to hear, the lame to walk and jump, and those with polio or cerebral palsy to be made whole. Additionally, the third level of power makes possible the body parts that were deformed or crippled since birth to be regenerated; it makes degenerated parts whole; causes broken bones to set and mend; let missing bones be created; and connects severed tendons. The third level of power results in signs and the work of creation. So, through this level of power eyes of the blind recover their vision, impaired ears come to hear, and rotten or malfunctioned internal organs can be recreated. 

Level 4: Golden light, the completion of power that allows for the powerful works to happen transcending space and time The golden light of the fourth level of power brings about the works that change the weather because the light rules over and controls all things. Even nonliving things obey this level of power. Even the winds and the surging waves became calm when the Lord Jesus rebuked them. Nature and nonliving creatures such as the winds and the sea obeyed Jesus' words as recorded in the eighth chapter of Matthew. Jesus walking on the water also shows that all things are under His authority. The fourth level of power causes the works transcending space and time to take place. 

A Canaanite woman implored Jesus to heal her demon-possessed daughter. Then, when she returned home the demon had been driven away by His power. In Manmin Central Church, the works of the fourth level of power have been unfolded. By prayer a torrential downpour stopped, carbon monoxide was driven away from those who were suffering from the effect of carbon monoxide poisoning and they become normal without any aftereffects. Heat was also dissipated from a person who had been severely burned at the command, "Heat, go away!" The Pakistani girl, Cynthia, had been on the doorstep of death due to Celiac Disease. She was healed of it through Dr. Jaerock Lee's prayer on her picture.

• 4. The Most High Power of Creation

The works Jesus performed belong to a higher level of power than the fourth level of power. It is the power of God the Creator called the 'Most High Power of Creation'. It is not the power that creatures can receive from God but is the power that comes from the original light that God gave out when He was alone before the beginning. The power unfolded when Jesus revived Lazarus who had been dead for four days as written in John chapter 11. If we cast away every form of evil, achieve the heart of whole spirit, and keep filling ourselves with spiritual knowledge that is limitless, we can attain to the level of the Most High power of creation that is shown at the divine level beyond the four levels of the power. After the accomplishment of the power, amazing works of creation can be manifested just as when God created the heavens and the earth and all things in them by the Word of God. 

When one with such power commands the crippled to get up and walk, they can immediately rise, walk, and jump. Even wounds that have become rotten or gangrenous can be instantly renewed. This is because the light and sound of God, who existed alone before the beginning, works. When the boundless power of creation mingled with the light is exercised, even people who have already exceeded their life limits and people who couldn't be healed by the fourth level of power can be cured.

Nguvu ya Nuru

Usomaji wa Maandiko: 1 Yohana 1:5

Mstari wa Kukariri: Matendo 1:8

Rejea: Zaburi 62:11. Lengo: kuwasaidia waumini, kama watoto wa Mungu, kuelewa wazi nguvu za Mungu aliye Nuru, kutamani kupokea nguvu hizo na kuwaongoza roho nyingi kwenye wokovu. Zaburi 62:11 yasema, “Mungu amesema mara moja, nami nimeyasikia haya mara mbili, ya kuwa nguvu zina Mungu.” Mtu akidhihirisha nguvu ambazo Mungu pekee anaweza kufanya, inaonyesha wazi kuwa mtu huyo ni wa Mungu.

Nuru ya nguvu inapowajia watu kupitia mtu wa Mungu, adui Ibilisi na Shetani pamoja na nguvu zote za giza hulazimika kuondoka, matatizo ya maisha ya kila namna hutatuliwa, na magonjwa na udhaifu huponywa kwa nuru hiyo. Nguvu za Mungu zina viwango kadhaa; kila kiwango huangaza nuru tofauti, na matendo yanayodhihirika hutofautiana kulingana na kiwango chake.

• 1. Tofauti kati ya “nguvu,” “mamlaka” na “uwezo” wa Mungu

Wakristo wengi hufikiri kwamba mamlaka, nguvu na uwezo ni kitu kimoja, lakini maana na kazi zake hutofautiana. “Nguvu” ni imani inayowezesha yote kwa Mungu, hata yale yasiyowezekana kwa uwezo na maarifa ya wanadamu. “Mamlaka” ni nguvu ya Mungu yenye kusudi, heshima na utukufu. Katika ulimwengu wa kiroho, nguvu hutokana na kutokuwa na dhambi. Kwa hiyo, nguvu hizi za kiroho hupewa watoto wa Mungu waliotakaswa.

Basi “uwezo” huu ni nini? Ni nguvu yenye mamlaka ambayo Mungu huwapa wale walioondoa kila aina ya uovu na kutakaswa. Kwa mfano, dereva ana “uwezo” wa kuendesha gari, na polisi ana “mamlaka” ya kulisimamisha gari. Kwa hiyo, uwezo ni tofauti na mamlaka; mtu anapopewa mamlaka ya kufanya miujiza, tunaweza kusema kwamba amepokea nguvu kutoka kwa Mungu.

• 2. Tofauti kati ya “karama za kuponya” na “nguvu”

Basi tofauti kati ya karama za kuponya na nguvu ni nini? “Karama za kuponya,” zinazotajwa katika 1 Wakorintho sura ya 12, huponya hasa magonjwa yanayosababishwa na vijidudu. Karama hii haiwezi kuponya watu ambao sehemu za miili yao zimeharibika au wale wasioweza kusikia na kuzungumza kwa sababu seli za neva zimejeruhiwa. Lakini nguvu za Mungu zinaweza kuponya ugonjwa na udhaifu wa kila aina. Matendo ya nguvu yanaweza kudhihirika daima kwa mtu aliyezimpokea, lakini sivyo ilivyo kwa karama ya kuponya. Mungu anaweza kuwapa karama za kuponya wale ambao wamejikusanyia maombi mengi kwa upendo wa roho na wanastahili mbele Zake, hata kama hawajatakaswa kikamilifu bado.

Wakikoma kutafuta utukufu wa Mungu na kutumia karama hizo vibaya kwa manufaa yao wenyewe, Mungu anaweza kuziondoa. Tofauti na karama hizo, nguvu za Mungu hupewa tu wale ambao tayari wametakaswa na kujikusanyia maombi mengi ya bidii. Kwa kuwa hawana uovu mioyoni mwao, nguvu za Mungu wanazopewa hazidhoofiki wala kutoweka. Hawawezi kuzitumia kujionyesha au kutafuta manufaa yao. Baada ya kutakaswa, hujitahidi kuudhihirisha utukufu wa Mungu pekee na kuupata moyo wa Bwana zaidi. Ndiyo maana wanaweza kufanya matendo makuu.

• 3. Viwango vinne vya nguvu za Mungu aliye Nuru

Kiwango cha kwanza: Nuru nyekundu, nguvu ya kuchoma magonjwa kwa moto wa Roho. Moto wa Roho hutenda kwa nuru nyekundu, inayoponya magonjwa kwa kuchoma vijidudu, virusi na bakteria. Hupambana na magonjwa kama saratani, magonjwa ya mapafu, kisukari, leukemia, magonjwa ya figo, uvimbe wa viungo, magonjwa ya moyo na UKIMWI. Lakini moto wa Roho wa kiwango hiki cha kwanza hauwezi mara nyingi kuponya magonjwa kama saratani ya hatua ya mwisho au magonjwa ya mapafu ambayo yamevuka kikomo cha maisha kilichowekwa na haki ya Mungu. Ili kuponya magonjwa hayo na kuumba upya sehemu za mwili zilizokufa au kuharibika na kupoteza uwezo na utendaji wake, kunahitajika kiwango cha juu zaidi cha nguvu, ambacho kinaweza kuumba. Hata hivyo, hata katika hali hizo, Mungu anaweza kutenda kazi kwa wagonjwa wa hatua ya mwisho au walioharibika sehemu za mwili ikiwa mgonjwa ataonyesha imani na familia yake itaungana katika upendo na imani.

Kiwango cha pili: Nuru ya buluu, nguvu ya kufukuza giza. Nuru ya buluu ya kiwango cha pili hufukuza giza kutoka kwa wale waliopagawa na pepo na kuteswa na kazi za Shetani. Inaweza kuponya magonjwa yote ya neva au akili, yakiwemo tawahudi, matatizo ya akili, neurosis na kuvunjika kwa neva kunakosababishwa na nguvu za giza. Nyakati nyingine ishara hudhihirika katika kiwango hiki, katika hali za magonjwa au udhaifu unaosababishwa na pepo au nguvu za giza. “Udhaifu” hapa unatia ndani kutoweza kuona, kusikia au kuzungumza kwa vipofu, viziwi na mabubu, pamoja na kuharibika kwa kazi za mwili kama kunakotokana na polio. Marko sura ya 9 inaeleza kwamba mvulana kiziwi na bubu aliponywa Yesu alipomfukuza pepo mchafu ndani yake.

Kulingana na mapenzi ya Mungu, kiwango hiki cha pili cha nguvu kinaweza kuziita roho za watu waliokufa au kuzichukua roho za walio hai. Matendo hayo yameandikwa katika Matendo sura ya 20 na 5, na 2 Wafalme sura ya 2: mtume Paulo alimfufua Eutiko aliyekuwa amekufa; Petro akawalaani Anania na Safira, waliokuwa wamemdanganya Roho Mtakatifu, nao wakafa; na vijana waovu waliuawa na dubu baada ya laana ya Elisha.

Kiwango cha tatu: Nuru nyeupe, nguvu ya uumbaji. Nuru nyeupe ya kiwango cha tatu huleta kazi ya uumbaji na ishara za kila namna. “Ishara” ni matendo yanayowawezesha vipofu kuona, mabubu kuzungumza, viziwi kusikia, vilema kutembea na kuruka, na watu wenye polio au kupooza kwa ubongo kupona. Zaidi ya hayo, nguvu za kiwango hiki huweza kuumba upya sehemu za mwili zilizoharibika au kupooza tangu kuzaliwa, kurejesha sehemu zilizoharibika, kuunganisha na kuponya mifupa iliyovunjika, kuumba mifupa iliyokosekana na kuunganisha kano zilizokatika. Kiwango cha tatu huleta ishara na kazi ya uumbaji. Kwa hiyo, kupitia kiwango hiki macho ya vipofu huanza kuona, masikio yaliyoharibika husikia, na viungo vya ndani vilivyooza au kushindwa kufanya kazi vinaweza kuumbwa upya.

Kiwango cha nne: Nuru ya dhahabu, ukamilifu wa nguvu unaowezesha matendo kuvuka nafasi na wakati. Nuru ya dhahabu ya kiwango cha nne huleta matendo yanayobadili hali ya hewa kwa sababu nuru hii hutawala na kudhibiti vitu vyote. Hata vitu visivyo hai huitii nguvu hii. Upepo na mawimbi makali vilitulia Bwana Yesu alipovikemea. Viumbe vya asili visivyo hai, kama upepo na bahari, vilitii maneno ya Yesu, kama inavyoandikwa katika Mathayo sura ya 8. Yesu kutembea juu ya maji pia kunaonyesha kwamba vitu vyote viko chini ya mamlaka Yake. Kiwango cha nne huleta matendo yanayovuka nafasi na wakati.

Mwanamke Mkanaani alimwomba Yesu amponye binti yake aliyekuwa amepagawa na pepo. Aliporudi nyumbani, pepo alikuwa amefukuzwa kwa nguvu za Yesu. Katika Kanisa Kuu la Manmin, matendo ya kiwango cha nne cha nguvu yamedhihirika. Kwa maombi, mvua kubwa ilisimama, kaboni monoksidi ikaondolewa kwa watu waliokuwa wameathiriwa na sumu hiyo nao wakawa wazima bila madhara ya baadaye. Joto lilitoweka pia kutoka kwa mtu aliyeungua vibaya Yesu alipoamuru, “Joto, ondoka!” Msichana wa Pakistani aliyeitwa Cynthia alikuwa karibu kufa kwa sababu ya ugonjwa wa seliaki. Aliponywa baada ya Daktari Jaerock Lee kuiombea picha yake.

• 4. Nguvu ya juu kabisa ya uumbaji

Matendo aliyofanya Yesu ni ya kiwango cha juu zaidi kuliko kiwango cha nne cha nguvu. Ni nguvu ya Mungu Muumba inayoitwa “Nguvu ya Juu kabisa ya Uumbaji.” Si nguvu ambayo viumbe vinaweza kupokea kutoka kwa Mungu, bali ni nguvu inayotoka katika nuru ya asili ambayo Mungu alitoa alipokuwa peke Yake kabla ya mwanzo. Nguvu hiyo ilidhihirika Yesu alipomfufua Lazaro aliyekuwa amekufa kwa siku nne, kama Yohana sura ya 11 inavyoandika. Tukiondoa kila aina ya uovu, tukapata moyo wa roho kamili na kuendelea kujaza mioyo yetu maarifa ya kiroho yasiyo na kikomo, tunaweza kufikia kiwango cha Nguvu ya Juu kabisa ya Uumbaji, kinachodhihirika katika kiwango cha uungu kilicho juu ya viwango vinne. Nguvu hiyo ikikamilika, matendo ya ajabu ya uumbaji yanaweza kudhihirika kama Mungu alivyoumba mbingu, dunia na vitu vyote kwa Neno Lake.

Mtu mwenye nguvu hiyo akimuamuru kilema asimame na kutembea, anaweza kuinuka mara moja, kutembea na kuruka. Hata vidonda vilivyooza au kupata gangrini vinaweza kufanywa vipya mara moja. Hii hutokea kwa kuwa nuru na sauti ya Mungu, aliyekuwapo peke Yake kabla ya mwanzo, hutenda kazi. Nguvu ya uumbaji isiyo na kikomo iliyochanganyika na nuru inapotumika, hata watu waliovuka kikomo cha maisha yao au wasioweza kuponywa kwa kiwango cha nne cha nguvu wanaweza kuponywa.