Triumphant Life Church

By Apostle Isidore Agoha

Everything the Lord Jesus did in ministry was purposeful.with God the Father and out of their relationship He got to know the Father’s purposes and the strategies adopted by the Father to meet such needs. In John’s Gospel, Jesus says, "The Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing" John 5:19. In other words, when the Father initiates His purpose in heaven, Jesus the Son implements the purpose on Earth. This principle guided all of Jesus’s ministry action and strategies.

One immediate purpose of God id to undo Satan’s work of corruption in humanity that began in the Garden of Eden and to restore us to our place of glory, authority, victory, prosperity and dominion through fellowship in fellowship with Christ. It can be safely said that this was a major purpose of the ministry of deliverance as revealed in many verses in both the Old and New Testaments. John, in his first epistle, clearly indicates this purpose, "The Son of God (Jesus) appeared for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the devil" 1 John 3:8. The manifesting of Jesus from divinity and eternity to humanity and time was not a random demonstration of God’s counsel and miraculous power. It was a purposeful, sovereign act. The purpose was to destroy all the works of darkness being perpetrated by Satan and his forces.

Satan himself is also very purposeful and strategic. Jesus exposed Satan’s purpose, saying, "The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy" John 10:10. This evil purposed expressed as stealing, killing and destroying inspires and motivates all of Satan’s forces to carry out diabolic activities against humanity. However, within the same verse of Scripture, God’s glorious purpose for us is also revealed: "I (Jesus) have come, that they might have life and have it more abundantly."

The Lord Jesus also elaborated on this aspect of Hid deliverance ministry when He appropriated the prophecy of Isaiah concerning the coming Messiah and His Ministry. On a visit to a synagogue in His hometown of Nazareth on a Sabbath day, the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Jesus. In that context, he found where His purpose was expressed in the following words, "The spirit of the Lord is upon me because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are downtrodden and to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord."

The above declaration in all its ramification speaks of deliverance. This was of such importance that the Father by the Holy Spirit anointed Jesus in order to fulfill such a ministry. The purpose of Jesus’s ministry is summarily reviewed by Peter after Jesus had ascended and poured out the Holy Spirit, "God anointed Him (Jesus of Nazareth) with the Holy Spirit and with power and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him." - Acts 10:38.

The above is a clear indication that Jesus was invested with the Holy Spirit and divine power for the purpose deliverance. This mostly resulted in the practical manifestation of God’s goodness and diverse provisions, especially healing of sicknesses and freedom from demonic bondage.

Apostle Isidore Agoha is the Senior Pastor at Triumphant Life Church in the Bronx, N.Y.

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