Bill Johnson teaches how to step beyond the impossibilities we face and into the supernatural realm. God often asks us to do what is naturally impossible, because it’s His desire to co-labor and empower us by His Holy Spirit to live beyond what is natural. When the disciples were concerned about the hungry crowds, Jesus said “You feed them”, which was impossible without a miracle. Yet, as they followed Jesus’ instruction, they saw the food supernaturally multiplied to where there was even leftovers! Today, Jesus is still inviting us to follow Him beyond the impossible into the supernatural, we just need to trust and obey as He leads us each step of the way. This is an excerpt from Bill’s message “Living in Heaven Now”. You can find the full message here:    • Living in Heaven …   Subscribe for weekly videos: https://bit.ly/bjmYoutube Connect with Bill Johnson Ministries: Website: http://bjm.org/ Facebook: https://bit.ly/bjmFacebook Instagram: https://bit.ly/bjmInstagram Additional Resources: https://shop.bethel.com/collections/b… Scripture References: Luke 9 John 9: 7 1 Kings 17 Matthew 18: 19-20 Bill Johnson is a fifth-generation pastor with a rich heritage in the Holy Spirit. He is senior leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California, and is passionate about seeing Revival and God’s Kingdom established and revealed in the lives of individuals, families, communities, and nations. Bill’s teaching on the Kingdom of Heaven, hosting the Presence, and the renewed mind has helped thousands around the world to step into their true identity in Christ, God given purpose, and walk in a supernatural lifestyle displaying both purity and power. #BillJohnson #BethelChurch #Supernatural

it’s mostly not to let us know what’s

going to happen

it’s mostly to let us know what just

happened he already knew about

that was much better than their response

well that was excellent

it’s it’s true

mistakes are made when we hear the

prophetic and we draw our charts on

what’s about to happen because we’re

almost always wrong

there’s supposed to be a prophetic sense

and an appetite for the future the

prophetic is to stir that provoke that

in us that we pay a price for what God

is wanting to do but we also approach it

knowing

we see through a glass Darkly

and when something unfolds and we see it

in scripture we realize the Sovereign

one knew all along that this was going

to happen

it’s to build a confidence in a father

who is in charge

let’s move on

to verse 12.

now if Christ is preached

that he has been raised from the dead

how do some among you say there is no

resurrection of the dead so here’s the

PO the deal that Paul is dealing with

he’s talking to a group of people that

may accept that Jesus was raised from

the dead but they don’t think there’s a

resurrection for people so he’s

confronting that and he’s basically

telling them listen if you don’t think

you’re going to raise from the dead then

neither did Jesus raise from the dead

because his resurrection is your

Resurrection

the resurrection of Christ is so Central

to everything we are and do and believe

it is not negotiable

it is not a peripheral issue it is the

issue the cross and Resurrection

all right

verse 13 but if there’s no resurrection

of the dead then Christ is not risen and

if Christ has not risen then our

preaching is empty and your faith is

also empty

yes and we are found false Witnesses of

God because we have testified of God

that he raised up Christ whom he did not

raise up if in fact the dead do not

raise

for if the dead do not rise then Christ

is not risen

and if Christ has not risen your faith

is futile you are still in your sins

then also those who have fallen asleep

in Christ have perished

if in this life only we have hope in

Christ we are of all men the most

pitiable

that kind of cuts to the chase doesn’t

it

I like just the reading of scriptures of

the public reading of scripture is so

essential and

and some of this I I I’m just I’m

wrecked by just reading it

verse 20 says but now Christ is risen

from the dead and has become the first

fruits of those who’ve fallen asleep

first fruits another term that is used

many times in scripture is that Jesus is

the firstborn of the Dead

Jesus is not the first one to be raised

from the dead he raised many

the Old Testament had resurrections my

favorite of all time that I want to get

the video on is what that army of drug

that valley of dry bones

I gotta see that one where All Them

Bones come back together and flesh grows

on it and then there’s breath that one

sets the record

and that was Old Testament

go God that was awesome

but all of those who were raised from

the dead died again Jesus is the first

born from the dead and that he is never

to die again

now remember as as God that was an

unnecessary Journey

it’s never been God versus Satan

there there is no contest there Satan is

not the opposite of God he’s a

by comparison he’s hardly a blip on the

radar screen

is limited and finite that God uses as a

chess piece to demonstrate his glory and

his Sovereign will

you know the devil has power he doesn’t

have any Authority unless we give it to

him unless we give him ours he has power

but even that if you cut a tree a branch

off of a tree the leaves are still green

it just doesn’t know it’s been separated

from its source

and that’s the devil they’re still

green leaves but it is fading as we

speak

that’s why he’s in the open so often

right now it’s not his best card it’s

his last card

so this whole idea first fruits

Jesus endured what he did

as a human

eternally God but as a human to win for

us what we couldn’t win for ourselves

and so in his resurrection the first

fruits the firstborn of the dead he

became what every one of us will become

he is the first so he’s the first born

from the dead but he’s first also in

preeminence

he will always be the reigning son of

man

verse 21. for Since By Man Came Death by

man also came the resurrection of the

Dead

for as in Adam all die so in Christ all

shall be made alive

the next portion of scripture here talks

about that The Last Enemy

is death

and that will be put under the feet of

Jesus