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Jesus Couldn’t Heal People? What in the World Happened?

Gary Keesee • May 23, 2019

An inmate in a Colorado prison filed a lawsuit against the National Football League for over $88 billion.

Yes, you read that right—a prison inmate is suing the NFL for $88 billion .

It gets even better.

The suit stems from a ruling made by officials during a play-off game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers. In that game, the officials determined that a catch made by Dez Bryant (of the Cowboys) was incomplete. The inmate disagrees with the officials. So, his lawsuit alleges that NFL officials acted negligently and breached their fiduciary duty.

Okay, but why $88 billion? Simple, Dez Bryant’s jersey number is 88.

That’s crazy right? I think everyone can safely assume that lawsuit isn’t going anywhere.

But what really determines if a lawsuit is valid or not?

Well, according to law.com, the two main reasons a case is thrown out of court is because it has a jurisdiction issue or it has no legal ground to stand on as far as the law goes.

Why does this matter to you?

Because if you want to see the Holy Spirit move in your life, you need to be clear on what the law says.

God’s Kingdom is just that, a kingdom , and it operates within the boundaries of the laws of the Kingdom.

You can read the basics of how the Kingdom of God works in regard to jurisdiction and law in Your Financial Revolution: The Power of Allegiance and Your Financial Revolution: The Power of Rest , but to understand what I’m saying about the Holy Spirit, we should go back and at least remind ourselves of these principles.

Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor.” He could not do any miracles there , except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their lack of faith. —Mark 6:4-6

Read that again, friend.

Jesus couldn’t do any miracles in His hometown.

Why?! Why couldn’t Jesus heal the people in His own hometown?

The standard religious answer is that it must’ve been God’s will to not heal them. After all, God knows best, right? If He really wanted to heal them, He could have, right? I mean, He is God.

But you don’t want the standard religious answer, right? You want the truth.

So, go back and read those Scriptures again.

Did you see it?

Jesus says it was the people’s lack of faith that hindered them from receiving.

To sum it up, it wasn’t a lack of power , or willingness , on Jesus’s part. It was a jurisdiction issue.

Basically, heaven didn’t have the legal ground to move in that situation for most of the people there.

Why?

To understand that, we need to go back even farther—to Adam and Eve.

When Adam and Eve were placed on the earth, they had complete and absolute authority over the earth realm. But Adam handed the spiritual jurisdiction of the kingdom of men over to Satan, so God can’t just come bursting in here whenever He wants. That would be illegal.

Now, don’t get what I just said confused with who owns the earth itself. The Bible is clear that God owns the earth and the fullness thereof. But God doesn’t have legal jurisdiction over mankind. We can find this in Luke 4:5–7:

The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.   And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.   If you worship me, it will all be yours.”

Adam gave Satan the legal jurisdiction over the kingdoms of the world. Because of this, God can’t just do whatever He wants to in the earth realm.

But if God can find a man or woman who believes Him, and is totally persuaded of heaven’s authority, then God can exercise His authority through that person.

That’s how Satan gained access into the earth realm in the beginning, through the one that had the legal occupation of the earth—Adam. When God lost His man Adam, He had to find another entrance back into the earth to put His rescue plan in place—Abram.

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave from your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you .” —Genesis 12:1-3

Abram, or Abraham, was the door that God used to gain access back into the earth realm and bring His plan of salvation to mankind. God made a covenant with Abraham and his descendants, and through this legal agreement, God had access to bring Jesus Christ into the world, but only through Abraham’s lineage.

Note: This is why Jesus had to be a descendant of Abraham and why Israel wasn’t allowed to intermarry with the neighboring nations. It is also the reason the first book of the New Testament is nothing but a genealogy. It is proving that Jesus is, in fact, a legal descendant of Abraham, thus proving to Satan that it was legal for Jesus to come and pay the price of sin.

So, the bottom line is that since men and women still have legal control of the earth, God and Satan must both use people to get things done.

Just as Satan gained access through Adam and Eve believing what he said, God must find people who will believe what He says to gain access in the earth.

When a man or woman is totally persuaded in their heart of what heaven says instead of what Satan’s kingdom says, it’s called faith, and it gives legal jurisdiction to heaven to move through that person into the earth and bring the will of God to bear against Satan’s kingdom.

The Real Key

Since Satan is here on the earth, he is always defending his kingdom and always trying to overtake God’s plans. Because of this, God works undercover to get His plans and strategies into the earth realm. And it’s knowing how God works undercover that you will find the greatest key to your success and victory in life. I call it the Power of Strategy.

Have you been missing out on the power of strategy in your life?

I don’t know about you, but I can’t get enough of God’s help in my life.

If you’re anything like me, and want to know as much as you can about the power of strategy, I’ve got great news for you! I just finished an entire book about it. It’s called, Your Financial Revolution: The Power of STRATEGY , and it’s BRAND NEW.

I’m SO EXCITED to get this book in your hands!

Understanding how God works undercover using THE POWER OF STRATEGY is one of the single greatest keys to your success and victory in life.

It’s critical that you understand this if you want to capture the opportunities God has for you.

No more missing out on the great things God has for you!

5 Steps to Release the Kingdom in Your Life

By Gary Keesee • 10 Apr, 2024
Reading Time 2 mins 13 secs – In John 6, we read the story of Jesus feeding 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish. Do you know it? It’s where we see Jesus teaching the disciples how to release the Kingdom of God into the earth realm. Basically, a large crowd was following Jesus, listening to Him teach, and watching Him perform miracles. It got to a point where the people needed to eat, and Jesus asked the disciples what they planned to feed the people. Of course, Jesus knew the disciples would freak out. They couldn’t feed 5,000 people. In fact, they started talking about how it would take more than half a year’s wages to buy just a bite for that many people. Jesus was teaching the disciples, and He was teaching us— the Kingdom of God has all the answers you need . How can you release the Kingdom of God into your life? Here are the five steps Jesus took. 1. Look at what you have. Jesus asked the disciples what they had to feed the people. What do you have in your life that you can give God to work with? Jesus multiplied bread into bread and fish into fish. What do you need multiplied in your life? Find some of it. That’s your seed. Also, remember that money can be named. You don’t sow money to believe for more paper or digital money. Money represents your life and can be named to be the thing you need multiplied. 2. Make sure you’re in faith. “To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see” (Hebrews 11:1, GNT). You have to know how to judge whether or not you’re in faith. How? Do you have the right picture? When you close your eyes, what do you see? Do you see yourself with the thing you’re believing for? Can you defend your position? Why do you believe it? Prove it! Because you can be sure that between the “Amen” and the “There it is!” the enemy is going to contend for it, so you better be able to defend it. Do you have joy, expectancy, and peace? Are you in agreement with your spouse? 3. Confess over what you have, and release it in faith. Be specific. Say exactly what you’re believing for and release the seed to God. 4. Get the plan from God. Be ready for new direction, new ideas, and new concepts by revelation from the Holy Spirit. Carry a notepad and a pen. Write everything down. 5. Act quickly! When God gives you the plan, MOVE! It’s wise to have counselors and get wisdom, but you need to act swiftly on any direction you receive from the Holy Spirit.

Want Growth and Success? Here Are 10 Steps to Help Take You There

By Gary Keesee • 13 Mar, 2024
Reading Time 2 mins 34 secs – How can you make sure you’re equipped for the growth coming your way this year? Here are my 10 steps to posture yourself for opportunity and success. 1. Ask yourself how you’re handling your current responsibilities. Don’t run from your responsibilities. No matter where you are or what you’re doing, you should be a success. People will still see the evidence of God even if you think you’re in the wrong spot. 2. Detox your life of the things that keep you from having time to think. We live in a fast-paced world. There are plenty of things that can keep you distracted. But it’s in the moments that you stop to think that you’ll find ways to solve problems, and that’s where the opportunities are. So figure out what is consuming your time. Start saying no to some things. Find time to think. 3. Don’t hang around people who are always losing. I know people hit rough spots, but if the people in your life are chronically losing, it’s time to expand your circle. Hang around people who are better than you are, who don’t see things as impossible, and who have vision. It may be uncomfortable for you, but their influence will cause you to think differently. 4. Write down EVERY idea that you have, no matter how strange it seems. Most people filter opportunities and ideas through what they perceive their ability to be. This means most people discard ideas by the dozens because they don’t think they can do them. But God isn’t limited to what you know how to do. The ideas He gives you might seem so weird to you that you can’t process them fully. Write them down so you have time to think about them. 5. Research. Research. Repeat. You don’t need to know how to do something; you need to know how to learn how to do it. Research until you find what you’re looking for. 6. Count the cost before you jump. A lot of Christians hear God and jump out too soon, resulting in catastrophe. There are seasons for everything. God will prepare you for where He wants you to go. Be patient. 7. Always be in agreement with your spouse. Never, ever march out into battle without your spouse being in total agreement and your faith aligned. 8. Ask God for direction. Ask Him to help you, to show you where to go, and what to do. And always remember that prophecy from other people shouldn’t lead you; it should only confirm what God has already said to you. 9. Commit to never quit. Quitting is not an option. Once you’ve moved, don’t move again until God speaks to you. Stay with it. Walk it out. Don’t quit. So many people have so much potential, but they get uncomfortable and they quit. If you want to win, you should always be stretching. 10. Get ready to embrace bigger things. Your ability to see the big picture will keep growing as you change and grow on the inside. You’ll pick up on even more opportunities. For more principles, check out this FREE video on success.

The Consequences of Strife: Why You Should Never Allow It in Your Life

By Drenda Keesee • 14 Feb, 2024
Reading Time 2 mins 59 secs – A stuffed toy laid in the road at the scene of the accident. As we passed, the Lord spoke to me, “ Okay, this is your last warning. Are you going to continue this? You know you are opening the door to the enemy.” Gary and I had had a disagreement just before we had left the house for our family road trip. And there we were six hours in and we’d barely said a word to one another. Six hours. You think driving from Ohio to Tennessee is a long stretch of highway? Try doing it while giving someone the silent treatment. One word: torture. Then we passed the accident. Gary and I both felt the same conviction when we passed it, especially because it clearly involved children. But... pride. We knew what we were doing wasn’t good. (What kind of example is it to your children to ignore each other?) But neither of us wanted to lay down our pride. I kept hearing the voice of the Lord, and I’d think, No, I’m not going to fix this thing, because then I’ll have to talk to him. It was almost a competition to see who could hold our grudge for the longest. But strife is dangerous stuff. What is strife? Drama, conflict, friction, disagreement, bickering, arguing, bad blood, disputes… whichever words you use to describe it, it’s dangerous. Whether it’s between you and your spouse, you and your child, you and a friend, you and a family member, or you and a coworker, you don’t want to let strife remain in your life. The Bible says that where there is strife, there is confusion and there is every evil work (James 3:16). Our small argument between Gary and I had gone unchecked and had escalated, and neither one of us were listening to the voice of the Lord. And there were consequences for our strife and outright disobedience. About an hour after we passed the accident, a car pulled out in front of our vehicle, and we were in what could have been a very serious car accident. I started yelling the name of Jesus, and God supernaturally protected our entire family. Initially, it looked as though there were going to be serious issues. They told us our son’s spleen might rupture. I was pregnant, and the doctors worried that I might lose the baby. Through all of these things, we stood on the Word of God, and we all came out unharmed, including the young preacher’s son who had pulled out in front of us (he was in disobedience at that moment too). Even in the midst of this difficult situation, through our prayers, standing on God’s Word, and our children’s words to the medical personnel, we had opportunities to minister and impact the little county hospital we had to visit. The enemy tried to take us out, but he lost. We were responsible for opening the door to the enemy. But the name of Jesus is more powerful than our mistakes and circumstances, and that is what kept us protected. You MUST stay on guard and not allow strife in your life, with anyone. How? Here are just three quick tips: Bite your tongue. You don’t have to say everything you think. Don’t lash out or give the silent treatment. Work on communicating with others in a healthy way. Repent quickly and forgive quickly. Take responsibility; admit when you’re wrong. Say you’re sorry and ask for forgiveness. Don’t hold onto hurts. Forgive as you’ve been forgiven by Jesus.
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