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By the Spirit of God
(Mt12:22-28)

God is Spirit (Jn4:24).
He is from everlasting to everlasting and (Neh9:5) and
He surpasses all principles (Ps150:2).

Faith is trusting Him and
The life of this faith is living and moving and having our being in Him (Ac17:28).

Through advancements in cutting-edge information and technology and AI
The world dreams of improving qualify of life, extending the human lifespan, and
Expanding territories as humans strive to challenge the impossible and reach the realm of the divine.

The Bible states that God is the only surpassing being:
Temporally – eternal – without beginning or end (He7:3);
Spatially – omnipresent – fills heaven and earth (Jer23:24);
Perceptually – omniscient – knows all things (Jer23:24);
Powerful – omnipotent – nothing is impossible for Him (Gen18:14).

At creation, He brought all things from nothing by His word (Rm4:17) and
At the end of ages, He will turn them into nothing by the same word (2Pe3:7-10).

Although the living being Adam could enjoy all things in the Garden (Ge2:7),
He was deceived by the devil to want to be like God (Ge3:4-6) and
He disobeyed the commandment regarding the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Ge2:17).
As a result, he was driven out of the Garden and could never return there,
Because it was guarded by a flaming sword (Ge3:24),
Demonstrating the limitations of the human domain.

The sanctuary reminded Israel that in the name of Jehovah, supernatural things were done (Is25:1).
Abraham who at the age of 100 received a son (Rm4:19);
Moses who with his staff delivered Israel from Egypt (Ex4:2, 16-17),
Samson whose strength came from his hair (Jdg14:6-19),
Elijah and Elisha who performed signs with their cloak (1Ki17:9-16; 2Ki2:9-10) etc
All did supernatural things by the Spirit of the LORD.

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would show that He is the all-surpassing God (Jn14:9).
For that, the infinite God came in the finite flesh (Jn1:1-3, 14).
As such, He did countless supernatural things such as
His conception, healing the sick, driving out demons, calming the storm,
Multiplying two fish and five loaves of bread, walking on water etc.

As His body tore and He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Surpassed the limitations of the Son of Man who must be born and die, and entered the Father's eternity
(Lk23:46);
2) Judged the devil who forgot the limits of the created (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) By His death redeemed and set free those who fear death, and with His blood delivered all mankind so
whoever believes can also become surpassing (Eph1:7; He2:14-15).

He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne.
He is the Lamb who eternally keeps His scars of overcoming death (Rev5:9).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent is the surpassing God from heaven.

The man of the Spirit is he who by the Spirit of God
Challenges the infinite, that is, challenges eternal life,
Challenges the faith by which nothing is impossible.
Therefore, he testifies Yeshua with boldness (Ac4:31),
Drives out demons in the name of Yeshua (Mt12:28) and
Lays his hand on the sick in the name of Yeshua and heals (Mk16:17),
Until he can finally enter the infinite place called the Father’s house in heaven.

O Lord,
Though I am still limited in this flesh
Inside my spirit is the all-surpassing power of God (2Co4:7).
Though I am nothing but a piece of trash, lowly and weak
Because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Yeshua (Php3:8), I can challenge the infinite.
Please give me the power to pray so
By the power of the Spirit I can break through whatever obstacle before me! Amen.