"Grace and Glory" Blank Bible

Hebrews 6:1

2011-02-16T14:26:00.000-08:00

"Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment" - Hebrews 6:1-2 (English Standard Version).

"Hebrews 6:1 is NOT the elemental teaching to put the church on. It will make the church dull if you put the church on that.

Repentance from Dead Works:

So I am going to show you - repentance that leads to death, or repentance from dead works. Repentance from dead ceremonies, or repentance from dead works - is doing things to earn God's favour. Doing things over and over again to get God to love you. The question under the law - was; "Lord - am I pleasing enough to you?". The question under our High Priest who represents us is; "Father - is Jesus pleasing enough to you?". The answer is obviously; "Yes!". Then we are okay - because we are in Him! Repentance from dead works is literally trying to do good things to get a result of God liking and loving you. We are not to be living our lives constantly in repentance; "Oh I did that; I am sorry". We are not to live in this constant state; "I did this; I did that; I am so sorry!". That is Old Covenant.

Faith towards God:

I want to say that faith in God of the Old Covenant is completely different to faith in God in the New Covenant. Old Covenant faith is me trying to please God. New Covenant faith is something God gives to me and something that Jesus has on my behalf. Jesus has faith for you. And Jesus has faith IN you ... The Old Covenant had great emphasis on faith in God. The New Covenant's emphasis is on God's faith in you and for you. The Old Covenant lays the burden on you to have faith in God. The New Covenant lays the burden on our Great High Priest to have great and perfect faith on our behalf so you are not examining yourself all the time to see if you have faith - but your eyes are on Jesus all the time - the author and perfector of faith.

Baptisms:

Now what about baptisms? Surely that is a New Covenant thing. Of course baptism is New Covenant. We are baptised in water not to get our sins forgiven. You don't bury people to kill them. You bury them because they are already dead.

So when you are baptised in water as a believer in Christ that is not to get your sins forgiven - it is because your sins HAVE been dealt with! Baptism into the body of Christ and baptism in the Holy Spirit. This word "baptism" (you can check it out in the Greek) it is talking about water purification ceremonies done by the Old Covenant people. It is to wash sins away. It is to be done regularly because you are constantly feeling condemned so they go through washing rituals.

Laying on of Hands:

What about the laying on of hands? Listen - laying on of hands on the sick to impart healing is New Covenant stuff. He isn't talking about that! He is talking about the great type of the High Priest of the Old Covenant laying his hand on the scapegoat! And transfer the sins symbolically (only symbolically - not literally) and then let it out into the wilderness and that was symbolical covering.

The Resurrection from the Dead:

What about the "resurrection from the dead Rob? Are we not going to be raised from the dead in the New Covenant?". Of course we are going to be raised from the dead in the New Covenant! But the Old Covenant is - if you are good enough, one day you may be raised from the dead. One day! You don't know for sure, but if you are good enough - one day you will be raised from the dead and then you will go to heaven and you will experience life. He is saying - stop teaching that stuff. Tell them according to Romans chapter 6 and many other passages - you were united with Christ in resurrection! You were raised with Christ! Romans 6 says we were raised with Him so that we may know new life with Him - we are already seated in the heavenly realms!

Eternal Judgement:

Eternal judgement was finished at the Cross! Gone forever! People need to know that! Never again will they be judged by the Father - He took an oath in Isaiah 54; "Never again will I be angry with you - I swear by Myself, I will NEVER withdraw My love from you, I will never rebuke you, I will never condemn you, I will never take My covenant of peace from you - I swear by Myself!".

Reference: Rob Rufus - "Hebrews 6:4-6" - Glory and Grace Conference 2010 - Hong Kong.

Hebrews 12:1

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" ... let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles".

I have heard a thousand speculations about what it is that hinders us. Habits. Sin. That weight - we must get rid! No! Read the Bible in context! He has spent 10 chapters talking about how useless and what a hindrance the LAW and religious system is! He is saying that they couldn't obtain it through that system! You have got something better - now obtain perfection in Christ Jesus and throw off what THEY had and what hindered them and don't carry on your back the weight that couldn't get these people of faith to where you have got in Christ Jesus in the New Covenant!

That is NOT what is hindering you! It is that very condemnation of the Law that is hindering you! We are not encouraging sin but when you are hindered - then you probably will sin a whole lot more! He has just given a whole book on faith. "They did not enter because of faith".

What is this sin? It is not generic sin but specific sin - it is the sin of unbelief in the goodness of God and in the goodness of our high priest".

Rob Rufus - "Hebrews 6:4-6 - Grace and Glory Conference 2010" - Hong Kong.

Hebrews 8:7

2009-08-04T23:13:00.000-07:00

"For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second".
"Hebrews 8:7 says; “For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant” (talking about the law covenant) “no place would have been sought for another”. There was something wrong with that first covenant. That’s why another covenant had to come. The grace covenant that had already been established in eternity! (v8); “For God found fault with the people”. The law covenant is a faultfinding covenant. It is based on you and your performance and so God scrutinises your performance through the law. There is no way you can please God because we are always falling short and always messing up. God always must find fault with us through the law. That covenant is a terrible covenant and that is why Jesus said; “Come to Me those that are heavy-laden, weighed down and crushed”. Why? Because they were living under a faultfinding covenant".
Reference: Ryan Rufus - "God's Eternal Covenant" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 28th October 2008.

2nd Timothy 1:8-10.

2009-07-30T23:10:00.000-07:00

"Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel".
“So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord or ashamed of me His prisoner but join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God who has saved us and called us to a holy life”. Remember that is not a holy life that we try to live. That is a holy life that He has called us to and given us in Christ before the foundation of the world. When He said “Be holy as I am holy” – He never meant try to be as holy as Me. That is impossible for mankind to be as holy as God. God never said be holy with your own holiness. He said “Be holy as I am holy - With MY holiness!
(v9); “Who has saved us and called us to a holy life” – that’s His holiness. “Not because of anything we have done but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus who has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel”. This grace was given us in Christ before time began!".
Reference: Ryan Rufus - "God's Eternal Covenant" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 28th October 2008.

1 Corinthians 4:17

2009-07-14T22:26:00.000-07:00

‘I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord’
"Of course, Paul did communicate through epistles full of objective truth, set out in clearly stated propositions, but he wanted to send a living letter. He wanted to sustain the incarnational aspect of the glorious gospel with its emphasis on personal relationship and example".
Reference: Terry Virgo - "Firstline" - Newfrontiers Magazine - July - September 2009 issue.

James 2:10

2009-07-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

"For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all".
"James 2:10 says if we keep the whole law and yet fail in one part then we are guilty of breaking all of the law. The law is a composite unity and integrated. So if I look at someone with lust in my heart that is not my wife then I have committed adultery and if I hate someone then I have committed murder and even the intent is equal to the crime by the law. No one is justified by the law and no one impresses God by the law indeed no one’s performance impresses God at all. It doesn’t please Him or make Him want to bless you. All the good things you do does not make God want to bless you. That is an Old Covenant law mentality".
Reference: Rob Rufus - "We are God's Workmanship" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 24th May 2009.

Ephesians 1:3, 2:6

2009-06-10T08:40:00.000-07:00

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing that is in Christ Jesus ... God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in heavenly realms in Christ Jesus".
"You are seated in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus! That is where you are! That is your heavenly position seated in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus! What else is true about this heavenly position? Your heavenly position is that you have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus. God cannot bless you anymore in the heavenly realms - He has fully blessed you in Christ Jesus! You have received every blessing in the heavenly realms! Your heavenly position in Christ is that you have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ!".
Reference: Ryan Rufus - "Re-defining Holiness by Ryan Rufus" - City Church International, Hong Kong on Sunday 2nd May 2009.

1 John 4:17

2009-05-25T09:57:00.000-07:00

" ... as He is, so also are we in this world".
"The Bible says in 1st John 4:17; "As Jesus is in heaven, so are you in this earth". As He is so are you in this earth! God doesn't examine you to see whether you are good enough or holy enough - He looks at Jesus to see if He is good enough and holy enough and He says; "Yes! As He is so you are in this earth!". He looks at Jesus to see whether Jesus needs to repent of any sins and says; "No! He doesn't!" - and THAT is how He sees you! As He is so are you in this earth!".
Reference: Rob Rufus - "Stress-Free Living" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 17th May 2009.

The Book of Acts

2009-03-31T16:25:00.001-07:00

"The most lyrical book in the world! Live in that book I exhort you!".
Reference: Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Quenching The Spirit (1)" - Martyn Lloyd-Jones Recording Trust CD.

Galatians 3:15-17

2009-03-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

"Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect".

"Galatians 3:15-17 brings good news however! When the law was introduced - the covenant of Moses did not nullify the covenant that God made with Abraham which is grace and faith. So now God has got two covenants that Israel can relate to Him through. 1. A covenant of grace and faith and be blessed along with Abraham with faith like Abraham that God is good all the time. 2. The law. (Israel) chose primarily to relate to Him through the law. Every now and then you see prophets of faith rising up and you see seasons of revival - temporary seasons but then a whole long period of low level anointing. You know what little seasons of revival are? Not the fasting that they went through or the warfare and the beating themselves up. Somewhere in the middle of that they got a glimpse of grace and they believed in the goodness of God and that pulled heaven down and for a year or two there were miracles and you then you watched while every revival STOPPED. It was because legalism came in. The law is not based on faith and without faith it is impossible to please God".

Reference: Rob Rufus - "Established in the Gift of Righteousness - Part 3" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 18th January.

Galatians 3:9

2009-03-30T12:38:00.000-07:00

"So those who have faith"

"What is faith again? Faith is a recognition that God's whole being and desire is one of TOTAL goodness to you and His desire is to heal you, give you blessing, give you health, establish you, strengthen you and give you success in the destiny that He has called you for".

Reference: Rob Rufus - "Established in the Gift of Righteousness - Part 3" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 18th January.

Galatians 3:5-6

2009-03-30T12:34:00.000-07:00

"Does God give you His Spirit"

"The Greek word there is "supply" which is the present, continous tense. "Does God continually keep moving in power by His Spirit and work signs and wonders among you - because you observed the law or because you believed what you heard?". This faith currency in grace and not being under law is about the moving of the Spirit andthe working of miracles that God KEEPS (present, continous tense) supplying. We shouldn't have occasional miracles! There should be daily healings of the sick, daily miracles of financial provision, daily deliverance from depression, daily miracles in marriages, daily miracles of people being saved, of people living in joy, of acts of love and kindness and service! But when you go back under law then it is not based on faith and without faith it is impossible to please God".

Reference: Rob Rufus - "Established in the Gift of Righteousness - Part 3" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 18th January.

Deuteronomy 28:1,15

2009-03-30T12:32:00.000-07:00

"If you obey these laws and commands THEN I will fully bless you ... IF ... all these curses will come and overtake you".

"It is not about how much you try or how good your intentions are. It is to FULLY obey. That is 100% and there is no room to drop! (Galatians 3:10); "All who rely on observing the law are under a curse". ONE fully obeyed on our behalf. One fully did it as last Adam on our behalf. One FULLY redeemed us from the curse of the law that the blessing given to Abraham can come tous. That means that NONE of the curses in Deuteronomy 28 belong to us - not even one. Christians should not be living under any curse of poverty, sickness, disease or broken relationships. Many Christians are living under the curse as people not in Christ because they are trying to pursue righteousness rather than submitting to the gift. None of the curses belong to us but ALL the blessings belong to us because in Christ we have FULLY obeyed the law! God wanted to relate to His people on grace and faith - not on our performance but HIS!".

Reference: Rob Rufus - "Established in Righteousness - Part 2" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 11th January.

Colossians 3:13

2009-03-30T12:29:00.000-07:00

"Forgive one another just as Christ HAS forgiven you!".

"He has TOTALLY forgiven you past, present and future and it is not conditional on you forgiving others - it has already taken place at the Cross! You can't mess it up! You have got full forgiveness! And because I know that even if I don't forgive them I am still already forgiven past, present and future then that empowers me to WANT to forgive them. People fear; "If I don't forgive them then God will not forgive me and He will hand me over to the tormentors". That is Jesus preaching before the Cross and before the New Covenant! That is a terrible motive! I forgive so easily because I have been totally forgiven by the Father and nothing bad I am sowing out there can get me to reap bad stuff today".

Reference: Rob Rufus - "Established in Righteousness - Part 2" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 11th January.

Ephesians 3:20

2009-03-30T12:28:00.000-07:00

"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine according to His power that is at work within us".

"The Bible has just said that God is able to do immeasurably more than our greatest prayer meetings could ask or think or imagine according to the power that is at work within US! Not at work just within a prophet or an apostle! But is at work within US! The Church! US! The Bible is saying that this power that can do immeasurably more than we can ask is not going to work from heaven. There is a power at work within us that is going to do immeasurably more than all we could ask or imagine!".

Reference: Rob Rufus - "The Authoritative Command for Healing - Part 2" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 17th September 2006.

Ephesians 3:14

2009-03-30T12:22:00.000-07:00

"For this reason I kneel before the Father, from His family in heaven and on earth derives it's name. I pray that out of His glorious riches, He may strengthen you with power by His Spirit in your inner being so that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith and I pray that you being rooted and established in love, may have power with all the members of all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ and to know this love that goes beyond knowledge - that you may be filled to all the measure of all the fullness of God".

"Not just for the early church! "Throughout all generations for ever and ever!". It says height, length, width and breadth of the love of God! A four-dimensional understanding of God's love! Why does he use all four? Hebrew people understood what a cube was! They understood that a cube represented perfection in all dimension! When God told Moses how to build the Holy of Holies He gave him the exact dimensions. 10 metres by 10 metres by 10 metres. When Solomon built the Temple he built it as a cube but expanded it to 20 metres height length and depth. The New Jerusalem in Revelation is 200, 000 km in a perfect cube! What does it represent?

It means that the love of Christ is not short in one area towards you. It is a PERFECT cube - a full perfect total love towards you! In other words in some area in your life you are more holy and have got success in that area - you are tempted to believe that in that area God's love for you is a bit longer but in that area where you are still struggling with sin or failure or problems - in that area God's love is a bit shorter. What Paul is saying by revelation is that the love of God for you has to surpass knowledge and you have to get revelation that He has a perfect cube of love for you. He loves you in all four dimensions and His love for you is not short in one area towards you! He loves you unconditionally!".

Reference: Rob Rufus - "The Authoritative Command for Healing - Part 2" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 17th September 2006.

Luke 13:6-17

2009-02-06T08:08:00.000-08:00

(Luke 13:16) "And this woman, a daughter of Abraham" - Abraham had been dead for near 2, 000 years. "... as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years" - Jesus could have said '18 years' - but He said 'long' - He is making a point. " ... should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?" - now that is the law.

How did this woman find out that she was a daughter of Abraham? Those synagogues would have been full when Jesus was preaching. The woman would have sat at the back and she was bowed over and crippled for 18 long years! It wasn't by God but by Satan. As a woman in a chavanistic society - Jesus wouldn't have even been able to see her. But while He is preaching, He is preaching about Abraham.

Jesus would have preached the law to the self-righteous and would have preached Abraham to the broken and to the hungry.

How did she find out that she was a daughter of Abraham? It was the content of His message. He would have been telling them about the covenant of grace. He preached first to remove unbelief and wrong thinking. That is why long preaching is good! Thinking needs to be changed!

(vv7-9); "'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down!" - He is talking about a fig tree that needs to be cut down because it is not producing any fruit. The fig tree represents Israel under law. There are two trees that represent Israel. The olive tree and the fig tree. The fig tree represents the death under law. The abscence of the supernatural, dead religion. Adam and Eve covered themselves up with fig leaves. Jesus cursed a fig tree in Mark 11. If you want to talk about the supernatural and the line of Abraham in Israel - then look at the olive tree.

The olive tree is the life of God. If you go to Romans 9:7, 11:1 - you will see it talks about the descendents of Abraham - not all are descended from Isaac. He had Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael was born through human effort and the flesh and Isaac was born through the power of the Spirit in the supernatural of God. In Romans 11:17-24 he says we Gentiles have been grafted into the olive tree.

The olive tree is the anointing - the life of God.

If you read the context going back to Romans 9 then he is saying about not the law - the olive tree is a result of Abraham!

True Israelites are descendents of Abraham - not descendants of the law but the faith that Abraham had! We are not grafted into the fig tree but the olive tree. We have got Christians today trying to get grafted into the fig tree. How will Israel get saved if we get grafted into the fig tree of law?! They will envy us and get saved when we get saved and grafted into the inheritance of Abraham - the olive tree!

So Jesus is preaching Abraham! But when He gets with the arrogant self-righteous He lays the law on them big time to expose how arrogant they are. That they are NOT keeping it!

Don't take the outlandish things that Jesus says in the Gospels and say I have got to live by that. See the context is that He is saying it to arrogant people! Christians say; "That is the new law of the New Covenant! Jesus is preaching under the Old Covenant that you must not commit adultery but under the New Covenant even if you look at someone with lust then you have committed it!". Oh pleaseeeeeee! There is no faith in that! We are ALL dead if that is the case!

He was preaching Abraham however to the broken and hungry for God.

(v10); "He was teaching in one of the synagogues" - Jesus taught, explained and unpacked truth! (v11); " ... she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all" - You will never be able to straighten up under the law. (v12); "When Jesus saw her" - How did Jesus see her? She was sitting at the back, crippled and bent over! "Woman, you are freed from your sickness" - He is speaking in past tense but she is still bent over! (v13); "immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God".

As Jesus was preaching the wonder of Abraham, suddenly in this woman's mind she realised this - "I don't have to be a daughter of the law! Abraham's covenant is still available! I don't have to go to God through the law - I can come to God through Abraham!". And I can imagine that she got a little bit angry. She probably thought; "I have never heard the synagogue rulers tell me that I am a daughter of Abraham. All they told me is that I am a daughter of the law. They told me that to get the blessing I have got to keep the law and deserve it and be good enough and they told me the reason I am sick is that God is against me and punishing me!".

But she said; "Today I realise I am a daughter of Abraham - and this means I can get healed today without deserving it!". Today I can get out of financial debt without deserving it! Today I can get out of depression without deserving it! Today I can get out of bondage and addiction without deserving it!

When you reason in your heart that I can get the blessing without deserving it then you are thinking the thoughts of faith - you are thinking faith! The law is not based on faith. The law would tell you to forget about faith; "Just get good enough to deserve it!".

When you preach Abraham - people realise they can get the blessing without deserving it! That is what produces faith!

Her FAITH got Jesus' attention!

Smith Wigglesworth said that God will ignore 10 million people that don't have faith and find the one in the crowd that does have faith. There was a whole synagogue full but Jesus found the one woman. She was sitting there thinking; "Wow I am a daughter of Abraham - I am not a daughter of the law! I can get things from the Father who loves me - things I don't deserve! They are available NOW!".

This is the tragedy although the story ends well. On the first day that this daughter of Abraham got sick - healing was available that day. The 2nd year healing was available. The 3rd year, the 4th year. Because only when she had a clear message on grace did healing kick in.

For 18 "long" years she had no capacity to have faith for her healing because the law is not based on faith.

She saw herself now as a daughter of Abraham. 18 years of bondage ended the day she understood grace. 18 years of bondage ended the day she understood I am no longer a daughter of the law but He is calling me a daughter of Abraham.

I HATE it when I hear people saying that miracles are only for a certain time - one day in the right time. The right time for this lady was 18 "long" years ago! Why did Jesus say "18 long years"? Isn't it amazing that Grace Himself said; "Should not this daughter of Abraham be healed on the Sabbath?". Why is He saying that? And who is He saying that to?

He is saying that to the synagogue rulers. Jesus is saying it to the law people who have robbed the church of faith. Should not this person have come out of financial debt? Should not this person have a healing in their body? Should not they get a better job? Should not they prosper? He is saying that they SHOULD but you are saying that they should NOT!

All heaven is obligated once they come out of law and rise up in faith - then heaven can't help but be obligated to heal! Those who are of Abraham's faith are blessed along with Abraham - when the law is taken off people then we can get them all healed.

18 long years. 18 is the number of bondage. It is the number in Scripture for captivity. In the book of Judges it says Israel went into captivity for 18 years. 6 - 6 - 6 = 18. 3 = perfection. 6 = human pride and human effort. What is the mark of the Beast? Legalism. Babylonian religion and dead works. Not the Gospel or the Old Covenant! This woman was "bowed over" by a demonic spirit. She attended that church for years and the Pharisees didn't help her. They made her a daughter of the law. When Jesus came she discovered she was a daughter of Abraham.

What was she looking at for 18 years? Dust. The Bible says in the book of Genesis - He says to the serpant Satan - "Dust shall you eat". The woman spent 18 years looking at the food of Satan. 6 - 6 - 6. All she saw was human effort. People's feet. The food of Satan. When Jesus touched her with grace, the first face she saw in 18 "long" years was Jesus the Messiah! When you live under law you spend your life psychologically looking at dust - human effort - condemnation - disappointment and struggle.

When the revelation comes that you are a daughter of Abraham - when that comes, you will see that lovely Face every day shining on you and you will move in a new realm of freedom and glory.

Can you believe these synagogue rulers tried to oppose Jesus and stop Him bringing a member of their congregation out of bondage?! That is how the religious demon has opposed us as we preach this message consistently!

A pastor in that synagoguee tried to oppose grace to keep a member of his congregation crippled in the name of religion!

(v14); "But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath". (v15); "But the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites!".

Don't you like Jesus' attitude to religious people?! He doesn't get sweet and back off! He just says; "You hypocrites!". This is the Jesus we love! I love Him!

(v17); "As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him" - In any culture Jesus was not afraid of humiliating people that oppose grace because His eyes were on the broken multitudes that need grace. He didn't hold a board meeting and discuss law and grace - He just preached grace and produced faith in the people.

I promise you this lady would not have got healed if Jesus had preached the law there - because the law is not based on faith. He preached Abraham and she realised in that flash of revelation - that I am a daughter of Abraham and that God will give me what I DON'T deserve!

Reference: Rob Rufus - "Established in the Gift of Righteousness - Part 3 - The Law is Based on Faith" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 18th January 2009.

Isaiah 54:9

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" ... so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee".
"The emotion of anger is gone forever but the emotion of surging love abides".
Alec Moyter - "Tyndale Old Testament Commentary on Isaiah" - IVP, Leicester (1999) - (p341).

1 Corinthians 15:56

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"Now death's stinger is sin, and sin's power is the law".
"How did it (the Law) do so? How does it still do so? How does sin use the Law of God to deceive us? How is it that 'the strength of sin is the law'? First sin deceives us into mis-using the Law. It persuades us that nothing matters but actions and that desires, imaginations and so on do not count at all. It persuades us to believe that if we have not performed an actual evil dead we remain free from sin ... As long as I am not committing those actions I am keeping the Law and I am therefore justifying myself in the sight of God".
Reference: Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Exposition of Chapter 7:1 - 8:4 - The Law: It's Functions and it's Limits" - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (1995) - (p155).

Romans 5:20

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"The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more".
"The Law not only increases our knowledge of sin and not only strengthens our conviction of sin but because of what sin has done to us, it actually makes us sin and incites us to sin.
Because of what sin has done to us, because it has perverted our very nature and because it has such a grip on our hearts, the very Law that tells us not to do things creates within us a desire to do them all the more".
Reference: Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Exposition of Chapter 5 - Assurance" - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (1998) - (p293).

Romans 5:20

2009-01-30T10:28:00.000-08:00

"The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more".
"It (the Law) came alongside, says Paul, 'in order that the offence might abound'. The word 'offence' refers to Adam's offence. And that ... includes our offences also ... so when he says, 'that the offence might abound' - he is referring to the sin of Adam and to all the sins of men ever since. The Law has come in alongside in order that this sin, these actual sins and offences might abound - that is to say 'might increase' or 'be augmented'.
What then is the function of the Law according to the Apostle? It has been brought in alongside in order that the offence, the sins might abound".
Reference: Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Exposition of Chapter 5 - Assurance" - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (1998) - (p285).

Isaiah 53 and Isaiah 54

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"Isaiah 54:14; "In righteousness you will be established". You cannot believe that anything apart from what Isaiah 53 speaks about - that you were declared righteous because He carried your iniquity and He was punished for you.

Isaiah 53 speaks about the Cross and all that Jesus bore for you so Isaiah 54 can say; "Therefore God took an oath NEVER to be angry with you again!". He is talking about not your righteousness but the righteousness of God".
Reference: Rob Rufus - "Established in Righteousness - Part 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 4th January 2009.

Isaiah 53:11

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"(v11); "After the suffering of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied" - that is the resurrection".
Reference: Rob Rufus - "Established in the Gift of Righteousness - Part 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 4th January 2009.

Colossians 2:6

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"Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him".
"Paul says just as you received Christ so walk in Him. Or the NIV says just as you received Christ, "live in Him"! How did you receive Christ? Did you have to earn or deserve or keep the law or be good enough? No - you received Him by grace through faith - He declared you righteous. So just as you received Christ - so walk in Him and live in Him.
There is a major theological heresy in this earth that is a very dangerous heresy and is more serious than any other deception in the Church today. It is this idea that there are two types of righteousness. The free gift of righteousness that God gives you and the righteousness that you have to perform after you are saved.
That's not only bad theology - that is confusing because that means that God's righteousness is not good enough. And how can you be established in the gift of righteousness if you don't know where God's gift of righteousness ends and where your performance of righteousness has to begin?
No! The truth of the matter is that the gift of righteousness is the only righteousness that you live by. You receive Christ by the gift of righteousness and you continue to live by grace through faith that "I am the righteousness of God". That gives you the power to change - but you are always righteous and are constantly righteous!".
Reference: Rob Rufus - "Being Established In The Gift Of Righteousness" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 4th January 2009.

Romans 8:15-17

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"(v15); " ... did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear but you received a spirit of sonship and by Him we cry "Abba! Father!". The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit ...".

The Holy Spirit is telling you that you are a son of the Father and is in you and through you is crying; "Abba! Daddy! Father!".

(v17); "If we are children then we are heirs - heirs of God and co-heirs". Co-heir is an equal heir. "with Christ". (v19); "For the sons of God to be revealed". It didn't say that the world is waiting for Christians to be revealed but for sons to be revealed - led by the Spirit who only do what they see the Father doing and are not led by circumstances".
Reference: Rob Rufus - "Sonship vs Christianity" - City Church International, Hong Kong - Sunday 30th November 2008.

Galatians 3:5

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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)

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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“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

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"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

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"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

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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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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.