Galatians 3:5

"Does God give you His Spirit and work miracles among you because you do the works of the law or because you believe what you heard?".

Paul asks a very direct question there. What qualifies you for a life of the supernatural of the Spirit and for the working of miracles? The Greek language there is the present, continuous tense - the on-going giving of His Spirit and the on-going working of miracles. He says is it by the observing and doing of the law - your performance, your holiness, what you have earned or deserved or because you have simply believed the message? The message he has preached is that you are righteous in Christ apart from the law. He said is the Spirit of God moving among you because you believed the message or because you are doing the works of the law?He is writing to a church that once had great miracles but now the miracles had dried up and the supernatural diminished radically.

And now they had fallen into all kinds of terrible works of the flesh and all kinds of sin because they had gone back into the law and the law was bringing destruction on them. He is saying that you once had joy, you once had the moving of the Spirit, does God do these miracles because of your works of the law and your performance or because you believed the message of grace? That is a very direct question and deserves a very direct answer! Paul gives such a direct answer that it should shut the mouthes of the Pharisees and the critics of this grace message once and for all eternity through all the earth!This direct question deserves direct answers. Paul gives it very direct. The very next verse in (v6);

"Consider Abraham. He believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness. Understand then that those who believe are children of Abraham. The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and announce the gospel in advance to Abraham. All nations will be blessed through you so those who have faith are blessed".

Those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham - the man of faith! (v10);

"All who rely on observing the law are cursed - for it is written; 'Cursed is everyone who does not do everything that is written in the book of the law".

The relying on the law will bring a curse because the works of the law are not of faith - but those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham the man of faith. Why is faith so important? Because faith connects you with the blessing. Faith gives you confidence that you are the righteousness of God. Faith - when you stand to pray and this gets into your spirit and into your heart and the seed gets in there and you lift your hands to pray and say; "Father, I thank you that I am a man or woman of faith and I am the righteousness of God and I praise you - yes I did some mistakes yesterday but I praise you that I am the righteousness of God". Immediately the grace and the power will come upon you.His Presence will always come because I know that I am the righteousness of God!

"The law is not based on faith - on the contrary the man who does these things will live by them. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us - for it is written; 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree'. He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles who come to Christ Jesus so that by faith we may receive the promise of the Spirit".

The relying on the law will bring a curse because the works of the law are not of faith - but those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham the man of faith. Why is faith so important? Because faith connects you with the blessing. Faith gives you confidence that you are the righteousness of God. Faith - when you stand to pray and this gets into your spirit and into your heart and the seed gets in there and you lift your hands to pray and say; "Father, I thank you that I am a man or woman of faith and I am the righteousness of God and I praise you - yes I did some mistakes yesterday but I praise you that I am the righteousness of God". Immediately the grace and the power will come upon you.

His Presence will always come because I know that I am the righteousness of God!

Reference: Rob Rufus - "The Struggle For The Authentic Part 3 - "Qualifications For The Blessings - Faith or Works?"" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 21st September 2008.

Romans 10:1-4

"Brothers, my hearts desire and prayer for the Israelites is that they may be saved".

I believe that every Christian should have a desire for the people of Israel - the native Jews - the people of the Old Covenant lineage that brought the Messiah. The Jewish people - the Messanic race that brought the Messiah into the earth and I believe that we should pray for the peace of Jerusalem and stand in faith for Israel while loving Arabs and hoping and praying for reconciliation. There are many hundreds of thousands of Jewish people coming from the ex-Soviet Union and coming into Israel in these last few years and many of them are coming to Christ - they didn't grow up in the land of Israel - but many of them are coming to Christ and we do believe that the people of Israel - their eyes are going to be opened and they will see their Jewish Messiah Jesus Christ and be born again and gain righteousness by faith and not by works of the law.

"For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God - but their zeal is not based on knowledge since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own".

What is that? It is self-righteousness. It is seeking to establish it by the law - it's self-righteous.

"Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes".

What is the basis for the blessing of God? When I get a Christian come upto me and say; "I need healing - I have served in the church all my life, I've been good, I've done this and that" - I know that person is not going to get healed. Because they are hoping to get healed on the basis of their self-righteousness instead of being healed on the basis of the gift of God's righteousness. They are not submitting to God's righteousness - they are promoting their works of righteousness. Then none of the blessings will come their way and Galatians 3 says the curses come on those who are self-righteous.

Reference: Rob Rufus - "The Struggle For The Authentic Part 3 - "Qualifications For The Blessings - Faith or Works?"" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 21st September 2008.

Romans 8:28-30

"And we know that in all things, all things work together for good to those who love God - to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He forknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son that He might be the first born among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called".

I want to read that to you again because it's that line I want to close this message on by unpacking the revelation in that one line. (v30); "Moreever whom He presdestined, these He also called".

Everyone is predestined by the way. I've studied Calvinism and Arminianism for decades - those He predestined He also called. Let's read on; "Whom He called - these He also justified". God called you and when He called you before you were born, He already justified you and declared that you were righteous - no more sin in His eyes. He doesn't see your sin! He just sees you as righteous. That's pretty powerful! "Those He called, He also justified and those He justified He also glorified". This is all past tense now. "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us - who can be against us?". Now that Greek word "Called" - those He predestined, He also called. The called according to His purpose.

The New Testament was originally written in Ancient Greek - not the modern Greek. The Greek word is; "kaleo". The word actually means that God "screamed". He screamed in time; "You can do it! You can do it! You may have felt overwhelmed but you can do it! You may have been overlooked but you can do it! You may have been misunderstood and failed many times but you can do it!".

The "kaleo" is the scream of God".

Rob Rufus - "The Struggle for the Authentic - Part 2" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 14th September 2008.

Hebrews 11:4

"By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks".

"Their son Abel understood the blood and Hebrews 11:4 says that by faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain through which he obtained witness that he was righteous. God testifying to His gifts and through it "He being dead speaks today". That's an amazing Scripture! That through blood Abel FELT righteous but Cain brought just fruit from the land and God was not pleased with his sacrifice so at the beginning of humanity, we see that Abel though he is dead, still speaks today. That without blood there can be no approach to God, no favour of God, you cannot know God experientially, you cannot walk with God - there is no grace, no blessing, no power in your life without the blood - the manifest Presence of God is absent".

Rob Rufus - "The Blood - Substance or Shadow?" - City Church International, Hong Kong.

John 16:14-15

"He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. That is why I said, 'He will take what is mine and declare it to you.'".

"In other words, He will take what I have and He will manifest it to you. The next verse He says, "All that the Father has is mine. That is why I said, 'He will take what is mine and declare it to you" - in other words, you are about to become brothers, joint equal heirs seated in the heavenly realms in Me and with Me. What is your identity Christian? You are identified with everything Jesus is, where Jesus is seated, what Jesus can do, Who Jesus is - His righteousness, the glory that shines in His face - you are a co-equal heir! This is the truth of the New Testament denied to millions of Christians around the world who think that God will reject them. He will never reject you - why? He will never reject those identified with Jesus and He will never reject you because all He sees is the light that shines in the face of Jesus. He doesn't see your sin so come boldly into the throne room! Come boldly and be concious of where you are seated right now! Be concious of that heavenly realm - that is your identity!".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Attitudes That Attract The Empowering Grace Of God - Part 4" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 10th August 2008.

John 1:17

"For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ".

"The law was given through Moses but grace came through Jesus Christ".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Media (2007) - (p28).

John 1:16

"For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace".

"God has grace in abundance, totally unlimited waiting for us to tap into. God pours out one blessing after another and before one blessing has finished the next one is already on its way. His will for us is to receive blessing upon blessing, going from one degree of glory to the next degree of glory".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Media (2007) - (p88).

Luke 22:31-32

"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers."

"Understand this - failure is okay! Somehow in the mystery of God's economy He expects and allows for our failure. He knows there is going to be a greater dimension of the grace of God in our lives as a result".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Media (2007) - (p66).

Luke 15:28-30

"But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him. "But he answered and said to his father, 'Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends; but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him".

(On the older brother’s response to the Father’s grace to the
prodigal son) – “Now that is a commentary on the tragedy of the modern Church. There are millions of churchgoers who know all ABOUT God and are working hard to IMPRESS God but have never let the Father impress them. They are missing party after party and divine encounter after divine encounter and supernatural manifestation after supernatural manifestation because they are
working so hard to impress God”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Invading the Impossible - Part 10" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 15th March 2008.

Luke 11:42

"But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others".

"If you knew anything about Hebrew culture that is the most insulting thing you can say to a Jewish person. He was saying you guys so obsessed with exterior performance and religion and you don't deal with the supernatural dimension of internal life. You are so full of death that when people come under your ministry and touch you - you bring death to vision and you kill their dreams".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Grace-Hating Spirit - Part 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 22nd August 2004.

Luke 11:13

"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?".

"The Father gives the Holy Spirit to people who don't deserve Him but He will give the Spirit in abundance!".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Holy Spirit - His Names, Titles and Operations - Part 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 9th September 2007.

Luke 9:1

"And He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases".

“Power and authority to drive out ALL demons and to cure diseases and He sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick". People say that is the 12 apostles. Rubbish - every Christian is a
priest” .

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Invading the Impossible – Part 5" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 17th February 2008.

Luke 7:36-50

"Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them".

"Father help me to be real and help me to treat every person I meet with grace just like Your Son".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Media (2007) - (p50).

Luke 4:14, 17

"And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district".

(“In the power of the Spirit”) – (“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me because He has anointed Me”) – “1. What does the anointing of God do? (Acts
19:11-12) – It heals, it liberates, it lifts burdens, it drives out demons, it
expands us, it increases our expectation of God. 2. What is the
anointing? It is the Presence and power of God made manifest. God’s
Presence is not manifest all the time but as soon as you put faith in the
anointing of God and start talking about the anointing – it starts
manifesting. The anointing is tangible – perceptible – detectible to the senses.

It is heavenly materiality. In the anointing the Father’s love is extravagantly lavished over your soul. You cannot love Him with
all your strength until you have experienced Him loving you with all His strength. 3. How is the anointing conducted to you? It is not
only tangible but also transferable and conducted just like electricity.
The anointing flowed into Paul’s handkerchief so it became like a battery of power which when laid on the sick healed them. The anointing protects you from being crippled by condemnation and guilt; it opens prison doors and enables us to live in a power coming from another age. The anointing primarily is for faithfulness to the Father so we can minister it to a lost and hurting world”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - “Increasing in the Anointing” City Church International, Hong Kong – 29th April 2007

Luke 1:34-35

"Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?". The angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God".

"The power of the Most High will come on us and in the womb of our spirit we will see dreams and visions conceived. We will see millions and millions of people saved. We will see stadiums packed with people. We were raised to bring a revolution in the earth. The power of the Most High will come on us and effect the social climate of Hong Kong - prisons, education, the poor, China! Nations!". Church is not just a church sitting in a building but a people called to change society - "Let Your Kingdom Come - Let Heaven come into the earth realm". The only way that can be done is through the Holy Spirit".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Holy Spirit Names, Titles and Operations - Part 2 - City Church International, Hong Kong - 16th September 2007.

Mark 6:53-54

"When they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him, and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was".

“People recognised Jesus and ran to Him placing the sick in marketplaces and begged Him to touch them and "ALL who touched Him were healed". This was 100% results! This proves that it is God's will to heal ALL!”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Newfrontiers Prayer and Fasting – Session 2" – May 2007.

Luke 10:5

"Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'

"Shalom" - "Nothing is broken - nothing is missing".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Session 6 - "Extending the Level of Anointing in Your Life" - "Glory and Grace Conference, Hong Kong" - Wednesday 24th October 2007.

Mark 6:5

"And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them".

"He could there do NO miracles". Jesus marvels at unbelief and the only two He said had great faith were non-Jews outside of the covenant. This was because they weren't labouring under the condemnation of the Law. They weren't trying to merit the anointing of God! Yet in His own home town He couldn't do any miracles. The time is coming when we find it easier to do miracles among the heathen rather than churches”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Newfrontiers Prayer and Fasting – Session 2" – May 2007.

Mark 5:30

"Immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My garments?".

“Jesus knew how this power worked because He knew the love of His Father within Him so He was capacitated to use this power even when He wasn’t praying. It wasn’t difficult to pull the power of God from Jesus because He understood the secrets of its working. “Daughter your faith has healed you” … The power is that tangible it doesn’t matter whether you shake or fall, you can feel it leaving and if it doesn’t leave you know they won’t get healed. The power has to flow out of us and into the body. If it goes into the body the power will go like a heat seeking missile to the problem if it is big enough”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - “Competent Ministers of the Spirit!” - Seminar at "Together on a Mission 2007" - July 2007.

Mark 4:1-20

"And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching, "Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow ...".

(Parable of the Sower) – “Many evangelists today believe that it is acceptable to lose 75% of “converts” to a backslidden lukewarm style’s of living because they incorrectly assume that Jesus is legitimizing it in the parable of the sower in Mark 4. The seed of the gospel falls on: 1) Hard soil, 2) Rocky soil, 3) Thorny soil and 4) Good soil Now Jesus said this parable unlocks the mystery of all the other parables! Of the first 3 types of people they believe the message but there is no regeneration because their heart condition was wrong so that when satanic pressure or hardship comes they fall away or just keep a hypocritical pretentious form of Godliness.

But the parable of the sower was never given by Jesus to console, comfort or legitimize disappointing evangelistic results! It was given for instruction. The purpose of the law is to turn the soil of a person’s heart. The law is to prepare the soil of a person’s heart before you sow the seed of the gospel! Jesus said the good soil represents the hearts of those who have understanding (Mark 4, Matthew 13 and Luke 8). Is Jesus saying there are some lucky ones in society who just happen to have good understanding hearts?

No, not at all! Romans 3:10 to 11 says, “As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one; There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God”. So what made the difference? The law of God, the school Teacher gave them understanding, convicted them, and showed them their danger and their desperate need of a saviour. They agonized over their sin and entered through the narrow or small gate in a depth of repentance. They were wonderfully saved, justified in Christ, never to backslide, but to keep on producing fruit year after year 30, 60 or even a 100 times what was sown!”

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Which Gospel are You Preaching?" - “Let’s Talk” – NCMI Magazine – Issue 64.

Matthew 9:20-22, Mark 5:26-34, Luke 8:43-48

"And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak; for she was saying to herself, "If I only touch His garment, I will get well." But Jesus turning and seeing her said, "Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well." At once the woman was made well".

“I find this passage extraordinary. It is the best passage to demonstrate the transference of the anointing. Anointing is tangible, transferable and can be conducted like electricity. It can flow out of our hands, it can flow through our words, it can super-charge handkerchiefs, Jesus’ clothing, Elijah’s clothing – he threw that coat over Elisha and Elisha got a transference of power and doubled the anointing from then on. He then went to an open grave and his body rotted till his bones of the prophet were there. Then some people dropped a corpse into the tomb of Elisha and when it touched his dead bones, the body was raised from the dead because there was so much power in the bones of Elisha. We see this throughout Scripture – there is so many examples”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "How to Have Jesus Single You Out in the Crowd" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 20th May 2007.

Matthew 25:1-13

"Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. "Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. "For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps".

(five [were] foolish) – “No urgency. They didn’t bother taking any oil, keeping topped up with anointing, staying filled with the Spirit to overflow. No urgency! Ignorance through lack of revelation”. (Lord, Lord, open to us) – “Now urgency has arrived but it is too late. Now they are urgent! Some people wake up too late”. (Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh) – “Now whatever your interpretation of this parable is – whatever you think Jesus was trying to say here, one thing you cannot deny is that the theme is a theme of urgency.

He is talking about a preparation for a visit of the Bridegroom and there are 5 wise and 5 foolish. They are all obviously believers because they have been justified – they have a gift of righteousness. They are virgins. They are clean! They are righteous in terms of a gift. The five un-wise are called stupid! They miss a visitation. I do not believe this is talking about those who are going to heaven and those who are going to hell. You do not go to hell for not having enough anointing. You go to heaven and miss hell because you are a virgin, spiritually speaking and because you have been given a gift of righteousness. The theme is the Bridegroom comes for a visitation for those who have made themselves exclusively ready for Him with a clear urgency”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Urgency of Elijah Anointing – Part 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 21st May 2006.

Matthew 17:19-20

"Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not drive it out?". And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you".

“I look at the disciples and they were men of faith before the Cross but one day they stepped out to pray for a boy with a demon and they couldn't get the demon out. Jesus came and cast it out proving it was the will of God to get that demon out. Today if we try to get someone healed and they don't, we say it wasn't the will of God to heal that person. The disciples were shocked and asked why couldn't we cast that demon out? Why were they shocked? Because they had some success before in casting demons out but then they hit a disappointment.

But Jesus said; "This type only come out by prayer and fasting". He DID NOT mean this type of demon only comes out by prayer and fasting. Every demon has lost authority and must come out in the Name of Jesus. There is no hierarchy of demon that can resist you unless you have fasted and prayed. If you believe that lie, every demon will tell you; "I am the kind that only come out by prayer and fasting and you haven't fasted". So you wait for a week fasting and in that time the demon kills the person. Jesus was saying this kind of unbelief comes out by prayer and fasting. You can have faith to cast out demons but if you have disappointment that will hinder your faith”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Invading the Impossible – Part 5" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 17th February 2008.

Matthew 17:1-7

"Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him".

“When you come through the New Covenant cloud of baptism into Christ, you will look up and see no Moses, no Elijah but just the New Covenant in Christ Jesus. Peter is wanting to make Jesus equal with Moses and Elijah. Moses represents the Law – Elijah represents the Old Covenant prophets of judgement. Jesus represents grace and Peter wants to mix together and balance and make compatible and honour equally grace and law and Old Covenant prophetic judgement …

The law came on tablets of stone and 2 Corinthians 3 says it is a ministry of fading glory. Peter means “stone”. Every Hebrew name has a meaning. James means “Jacob” or “supplanter” and John means “grace”. So on the Mount of Transfiguration the ministry of stone was supplanted by grace. Elijah represents that under Old Covenant prophets, the sacrifice was never enough. The sacrifice was always far less than the judgement (for instance Elijah on top of Mount Carmel – the fire consumed everything). Under Jesus the sacrifice was far greater than the wrath. Condemnation is perfectly over. The curse of the law is permanently over! How could the Father call you righteous without you doing righteous acts? Because Jesus who knew no sin was made sin without Him doing sinful acts”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - “You cannot see the Glory while in the Land of Slavery” - City Church International, Hong Kong – 1st July 2007.

Matthew 10:7

"And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

“"Tell people the Kingdom of Heaven is near". The Kingdom of heaven is not a distant place that you will get to one day where you will be safe, secure, healed and whole. The Kingdom of heaven is near. It is tangible, it is touchable, and it is manifesting right here! Then tell them; "The Kingdom of heaven is near - heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received - freely give". He never said "Pray for the sick" - He said; "HEAL the sick"! And He said; "Do it the way I did it".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "The Power of the Authoritative Command – Part 1" – Sunday 10th September 2006

Matthew 10:7

"And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

“Jesus said when you go and preach the Gospel this is what you do; "You heal the sick, cast out devils, raise the dead and cast out lepers - that is your message". Then He said go in and look for a man of peace and then you walk into that home and say "Shalom" (nothing missing - nothing broken) - the peace of God be upon this home. If your peace is not received then withdraw your peace, shake the dust of your feet and leave. Because you see if they will not receive your peace then they will not receive the signs and wonders and miracles”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Session 4" - "Grace and Glory Conference in Dubai" - 31st January 2008.

Matthew 8:16

"When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill".

“With a word” – “Your voice is a carrier of the power on the inside of you. You must listen to the nuances of the voice. 99% of miracles in the New Testament were done not by asking God to heal but by declaring the authorative commands of power. You must release something! “Stand up on your feet!”. Sometimes there must almost be an aggressive tone in your voice”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - “Competent Ministers of the Spirit!” - Seminar at "Together on a Mission 2007" - July 2007.

Matthew 7:21-23

"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS".

“Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the
Kingdom of heaven but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophecy in your name and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘ I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers! (lawless)” What are the characteristics of these many who think they are saved? 1) They expect heaven 2) They call Jesus Lord 3) They prophecy in His name 4) They cast out demons in His name 5) The perform miracles 6) They are lawless They are lawless. They are evildoers. They never got saved and then backslid because Jesus said, “I never knew you”. They entered in by a counterfeit gospel”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Which Gospel are You Preaching?" - “Let’s Talk” – NCMI Magazine – Issue 64.

Matthew 1

"A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham".

"The reproductive organs that conceived the child of death, disappointment, disaster and sin were the same organs that conceived a child of destiny, of kings, of royalty and of the lineage of Christ".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Media (2007) - (p74).

Malachi 3:8

"Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings".

"Do not tithe under Malachi 3 - how can failing to tithe reverse the Cross?".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Session 2 - The Ministry of Life" - "Glory and Grace Conference, Hong Kong - Tuesday 23rd October 2007.

Zechariah 4:6

"Not by might nor by power but by My Spirit says the Lord".

"Not by might nor by power but by My Spirit says the Lord". The Hebrew word for "might" means it is not by what you have got in your hand - not by your resources. Can be translated as "wealth". The word "power" means "to stretch" - to take a war bow and stretch it to its absolute tightness, yet the arrow would still fall short of the vision - but by MY Spirit that the restoration to glory will happen. My Spirit will make the provisions!”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Authorised/Unauthorised Fire" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 22nd September 2004.

Zechariah 4:6-7

"Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts".

“Not by might” – military power or by human strength. “by My Spirit” – How do we ministries of the Spirit? The two verses should go together! “Grace – grace – grace to the cornerstone” – and when the prophets spoke grace to the weary tired people, they all rose up in a supernatural anointing and built the temple and finished the wall. So there must be a foundation of grace in our lives!”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "The Presence of the Glory" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 11th March 2007.

Zechariah 4:5

"So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."

"By My Spirit says the Lord of hosts". We can't win China by ourselves - but by My Spirit it can be done. Your Spirit can do all things".

Ref: Rob Rufus - ""Knowing the Person of the Holy Spirit - His Names, Titles and Operations - Part 2" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 16th September 2007

Haggai 2:6

"For thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land".

"It is a New Testament promise because in Hebrews 12 He repeats that
promise".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Prayer Meeting and Conference Debrief " - City Church International, Hong Kong - 1st November 2007.

Haggai 2:6 (Hebrews 12:26)

"For thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land".

"This is actually an oath, he's swearing there, taking an oath in the Hebrew language - the shalom of God, means nothing missing nothing broken, peace, the completeness of God. There is full provision where the glory is, and supply in the glory".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "The Presence of God - Part 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - June 30th 2004

Joel 2:28

"It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions".

"I will pour out My Spirit on ALL flesh". This dear Person has not yet been poured out on all flesh. On the Day of Pentecost Peter stood up and showed the 120 and the 3000 that received the Holy Spirit. 3000 are in the Kingdom of Heaven because the Father poured out His Spirit on them.

"The Day of Pentecost wasn't "all flesh" - it was 3000 but the day is coming when ALL FLESH will receive this pouring out of the Spirit and billions will come into the Kingdom of God. The Greek word for "pour" is a word that a lover would use for their lover. "Pour out all my affections upon you".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Knowing the Holy Spirit - His Names, Titles and Operations - Part 2" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 16th September 2007.

Isaiah 60:1

"Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you".

"The light of grace HAS come but the church isn't rising and
shining! The nations need healing!".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Session 2 - The Ministry of Life" - "Glory and Grace Conference, Hong Kong" - Tuesday 23rd October 2007.

Isaiah 55:12

"For you will go out with joy, And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands".

“(Isaiah 53-55) - this is about the gospel and the New Covenant coming into the earth. Isaiah 55:12; "You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace and the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you and the trees of the fields will clap their hands". Now in prophetic language, mountains refer to nations. They can also refer to problems. Nations will burst into song for the people who go out in joy and be led forth in peace. Zion the joy of the whole earth is led out in joy and goes forth in peace, nations will burst into songs of praise or mountains of problems will have to give way to the song of joy and peace in the earth”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Session 4" - "Grace and Glory Conference - Dubai" - 1st February 2008.

Isaiah 54:10

"For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken," Says the LORD who has compassion on you".

(v10) "My unfailing love for you will not be shaken". The Hebrew for "love" means "favour, kindness, fondness, grace towards you". He is saying I will give you preferential treatment. My fondness and My affection to bless you to give you supernatural advantages in life will never be shaken. In the Scriptures, mountains often refer to problems. Yet here it says that the mountains will become level plains and the cry will be "Grace-grace-grace!". With this oath in your heart that God will never be angry and rebuke you again - His unfailing love for you will never change - you can see the mountains facing you be removed".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Face to Face Intimacy with God" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 5th August 2007.

Isaiah 53-55

"Isaiah 53 is a description of the finished work of the Cross - the full victory we have. Isaiah 54 is God announcing the New Covenant coming. Isaiah 55 is the fruit of people living in the New Covenant. "Mountains" speak of opposition. When you go forth in peace and joy, mountains of opposition will break forth in song".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Invading the Impossible - Part 4" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 3rd February 2008.

Proverbs 4:23

"Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life".

"Guard your heart" - "You must monitor what is going on in your subconscious (dreams) because if you are not monitoring it, your innocence is being invaded by something that pollutes that innocence and brings a jaded sense of cynicism again and defensiveness and then you are building your life on that foundation. But if you build your life on a foundation of child-like innocence you are building a structure that will inavde the impossible and the supernatural".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Invading the Impossible - Part 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 13th January 2008.

Psalm 119:77, 97

"May Your compassion come to me that I may live, For Your law is my delight".

"The law is good, pure, lovely and beautiful. It reveals the beauty of God's character - but they must be used properly".

Ref: Ref: Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Media (2007) - (p79).

Psalm 99:5

"Exalt the LORD our God. And worship at His footstool; Holy is He".

“Worship at His footstool” – “What is His footstool? A footstool in the Bible is a resting place of someone who is sitting on a throne. Jesus said in the Gospels that the earth is His footstool so worshipping God is worship Jesus Christ because He is already exalted to the highest place … Where He is making His/our enemies to be under His feet in reality and in experience”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "The Presence of God" - City Church International, Hong Kong - June 30, 2004

Psalm 91:1

"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High. Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty".

“Psalm 91:1; "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High" - that is the Hebrew word; "Most High" = "El elyon". "Will rest in the shadow of the Almighty". "Shelter" means that intimate place, that close place, that secret place of the Most High God. "Will rest" - wonderful word that. "Shadow" - that word is the "Hovering Presence of God" - it is not just a static Presence. It is a Presence like we see when the Presence of God was hovering over the deep in Genesis 1:2. This is like a helicopter over you and there is a down-draft of the Presence of God. The hovering Presence of God - the shadow of the Almighty will be over your life”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Session 3" - "Glory and Grace Conference - Dubai" - 31st January 2008.

Psalm 16:11

"You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand".

“Don't seek deliverance but the Deliverer! Miracles radiate easily in His Presence! Those who seek miracles are always living in fear and taboo of what not living like Jesus. In His Presence is fullness of joy! The more heavenly minded we are, the more earthly good we will be. Why invest in something that will not last?”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "The Presence of God - Part 2" - City Church International, Hong Kong -

2 Chronicles 5:13-14

"The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one voice, to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, they raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: "He is good; his love endures forever." Then the temple of the LORD was filled with a cloud, and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the temple of God".

“Can you see the difference there between the anointing and the glory - the anointing consecrates us to go into the glory - the anointing is wonderful, but sadly the flesh can still exalt itself under the anointing. When the power of the anointing is on you - you can start showing off a bit - sadly - and drawing attention to yourself. BUT when you go into the glory - NO flesh will exalt in itself. In the glory realm, at those times, we don't need anointed ministers, anointed priests- because in the glory, it says, the priests could not perform their service anymore. It says they couldn't even stand (in some other translations). God wants to take the church on being man centred, man operated, man driven under the anointing and take the church into the cloud of His glory - with God's weight of His importance in that place(the church) and people are not saying, by faith, God's here -but they are on their faces because God is there in manifestation, that's the Hebrew word for glory, kabod which means the essence and substance of God's weighty presence, or doxsa in the Greek”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "The Presence of God" - City Church International, Hong Kong - June 30, 2004

2 Chronicles 5:11

"The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions".

“The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions.If you study the Old Testament, God's will was to have a nation of priests. God's will today is that every Christian is a priest. If you study how OT priests consecrated themselves, you will see they did it primarily in 2 ways. They applied the blood of a sacrifice to their right ear, their right thumb and their right big toe. They applied blood, they also applied anointing oil, (that's a type and a shadow)

The substance in the New Testament is we apply the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ- the justifying power of the blood - we apply the supernatural heavenly anointing oil - I want viscosity in that oil, I want lubrication, I want that glistening supernatural divine enablement of anointing because the anointing always follows the blood, wherever the blood of Jesus is applied the anointing is applied. Consecration, biblically is not pledging our promise - "I promise I won't sin again Lord, I promise, I promise....." strength of resolution, fasting for 40 days, going through external religion- that is flesh consecrating flesh! It will not go into the glory - the way we are consecrated is from heaven, through the blood of the Lamb and the fresh anointing oil”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "The Presence of God" - City Church International, Hong Kong - June 30, 2004

2 Samuel 6:13

"When those who were carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf".

“After they walked 6 steps, David made sacrifices and danced. Why does it say 6? That's the number of man, man was made on the 6th day- the crowning climax of God's creativity - MAN- without connection to the glory of God though, man is nothing. We are NEVER meant to live in self-sufficiency. We don't have self-sufficiency. We are meant to live in the presence of God -24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That's why the cross split the veil from top to bottom, so the presence of God could come out and be on us 24/7.

The #666, which is the mark of the beast, triple 6- triple means the # of completeness - the # means a religion will form in the last days which will exalt man as the measure of all things and man is complete in himself and they will worship the beast and the anti-Christ(anti-anointing) and worship a religion of self-sufficiency and self grandeur - so for the glory to come back it had to be, that they stepped every 6 steps and worshipped God. For us to bring the glory back every priest must have a lifestyle of worshipping and blessing Him, making sacrifices to God. Just believe that you're justified, step in through the blood, through the anointing - don't try and work this up in your own strength, don't try and earn it! JUSTIFICATION- that's how you enter the glory!!”

Ref: Rob Rufus - "The Presence of God" - City Church International, Hong Kong - June 30, 2004

Joshua 5:9

"Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." So the place has been called Gilgal to this day".

"the reproach of Egypt" - "the stigma of slavery".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Grace Hating Spirit - (4)" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 1st September 2004.

Joshua 5:12

"The manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan during that year".

"God says He will roll it off and when that happens the manna will stop and they will eat of the produce of Canaan. Manna represents what God feeds you while you are going round in circles with the reproach. When that is off you will start eating of your inheritance".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Grace Hating Spirit - (4)" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 1st September 2004.

Joshua 5:9

"Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." So the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day".

"You will not possess your inheritance unless you let God roll away your reproach".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Grace Hating Spirit - (4)" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 1st September 2004.

Deuteronomy 29:2

"And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, "You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants and all his land".

"Your eyes have seen" - "The tragedy was that they did not discern God. We have a people come into this church and they are blind to the supernatural. They do not see the invisible but they talk about it and decide whether or not they will get excited about Jesus".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Everything Happens in a Cloud of Glory" - Church of Christ the King, Brighton - Sunday 8th July 2007.

Deuteronomy 28

"Deuteronomy 28 is the pivotal issue in the church right now. Grace will always make you confident to draw near to God - law will always make you shrink back. Romans 5:19 satisfies Deut 28!".

Rob Rufus - "Question and Answer Session" - "Glory and Grace Conference, Hong Kong" - Thursday 25th October 2007.

Deuteronomy 6:5

"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might".

"When we put the law on people who are already believers we weaken them. We cripple people when we say ... come on - how much do you love God? But the New Testament has nothing to do with that! "We love because He first loved us"

Ref: Ref: Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Media (2007) - (p5).

Exodus 33:22

“I will hide you in the cleft of the rock”

“I believe in the New Testament that is referring to Jesus
Christ”

Ref: Rob Rufus - "The Presence of the Glory" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 11th March 2007.

Exodus 33:13

"Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people."

“A leader when he is feeling the pressure reminds God that his people are His people and when the Presence of God comes there is peace and serenity because His yoke is easy and His burden light. Religion's yoke will crush you and cripple you with condemnation and will drive you”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - "The Presence of God - Part 2" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 4th July 2004.

Exodus 32:28

"So the sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day".

"As Moses came down the mountain with the two tablets of stone, he saw that the people below were worshipping a golden calf. On that day the law arrived and at Moses command 3, 000 people were executed for their sin. When grace arrived on the Day of Pentecost, Peter came down from the Upper Room to announce the New Covenant. He didn't say "We're scrapping OT laws and bringing in some NT laws".
No he came down with grace and the people below were not worshipping a golden calf. They had done something far worse. They had crucified the Lord of glory. But on that day the Bible says that 3, 000 were saved!".

Ref: Ref: Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Media (2007) - (p28-29).

Exodus 30:22-33

Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty ... "You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil".

“Great types and shadows study on the anointing - this is the sacred
anointing oil. This anointing is so sacred and fragrant and wonderful that we need to stay fresh in it - daily!”

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Newfrontiers Prayer and Fasting - Session 2" - May 2007.

Exodus 12:7

"Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it".

"The blood of Jesus is not for our examination but for God's! When God told Israel to put the blood of the lamb on the sides and tops of the door-frames, this was outside the house. The people were inside the house and could not touch, see or feel the blood. But the blood wasn't there for them - it was for God to examine. And when He saw it, He caused the Angel of Death to pass over".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Media (2007) - (p18).

Genesis 15:6

"Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness".

"God always wants to relate to us on the basis of grace. God called Abraham on the basis of grace".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Media (2007) - (p8).

Genesis 3:5

"For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil".

“Adam should never have eaten from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to be “like God” – he was ALREADY like God! The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was symbolic of the law. The law gives you knowledge of good and evil and makes you conscious of sin. The law never shows you a knowledge of righteousness and holiness – the law says it will show you that you are sinful. Once you come to Christ the law is taken off your life TOTALLY!”

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Fully Free From Guilt In Order To Be Fully Covered By The Glory" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 27th April 2008.

Genesis 3:6

"When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate".

"We read how Satan caused Eve to fall it was not just by the power of
temptation because she had enough grace to resist. But once again Satan undermined the integrity of God's character - Eve was instantly vulnerable to fall".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Media (2007) - (p34).

Genesis 2:7

"Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being".

"Dust of the earth" - "The Hebrew means "glory particles" - before the earth was cursed, man was formed by glory particles and the God of glory breathed into the shape of man, made of glory particles - man then stood up in the glory, clothed in the glory and full of the glory manifesting the glory".

Ref: Rob Rufus - "Everything Happens in a Cloud of Glory" - Church of Christ the King, Brighton - Sunday 8th July 2007.