Oxford Bible Church - Living in the Last Days

Ephesians 1:17-19 is a prayer for revelation of God's Mighty Power available to us (3:20, 6:10). This same Power raised Christ from death, giving Him victory and dominion over all things (1:20-21). This Power, when released in our spirit, caused its rebirth by imparting life, victory and dominion to it (2:4-6)

Derek presents his book: 'Live Long and Strong', originally 'The Keys to Long Life' in which he shows that the Biblical measure of a full human lifespan is 120 years (Genesis 6:3), not 70-80. He gives the keys to receive your Youth Renewal and Long Life, as well as the things which will shorten you life.

Jesus' 1st Sign of transforming water into wine (John 2) is a picture of the 1st Miracle He does in us when we trust in Him - the New Birth, changing our spirit from death to life, making us children of God. Then in John 3, through 3 pictures, He described the work of the Father, Son & Spirit in the New Birth.

Sin made our spirit unclean, unable to have God's Spirit dwelling within. When we received Jesus, He applied (1) His BLOOD and (2) the OIL of His Spirit to our spirit to (1) cleanse us, and (2) make us holy - so we can be indwelt by God. This NEW BIRTH only became available through the New Covenant.

Derek presents his book: 'Joshua's Jericho' which shows how the archaeology of Jericho confirms the Biblical account of its destruction, and how the story of Jericho reveals the way Jesus, the Greater than Joshua, leads us into our Promised Land, and how we can pull down the strongholds in our way.

Derek's book: 'Growing up spiritually', describes the stages of growth from babyhood to maturity, and the keys to growth (the means of grace, 3 baptisms, rebounding from sin and setbacks, the love-walk), especially the need for good spiritual food, as seen in 3 pictures of growth (bodies, buildings & plants).

Derek presents his book 'Getting Healed' -a guide to help you receive your healing from God. It reveals the 4 key things you need to understand in order to obey Mark 11:24: (1) God's Will is to heal you, (2) God's Nature is that He is a liberal Giver, (3) God's Gift is His Healing Power, and (4) God's Method.

Temples have 3 parts (Holy of Holies, Holy Place, Outer Court), because they are all pictures of Man, God’s ultimate Temple, consisting of 3 parts (spirit, soul, body). Christ came as the perfect Prototype Temple, filled with the Holy Spirit. Then through His death and resurrection He multiplied Himself in us.

In this short video, Derek presents his book 'Daniel's 70 Weeks' which gives God's Countdown to the Messiah. It reveals how God fulfilled the first part of this Prophecy right on time proving that Jesus is the Messiah, and how the rest of the Prophecy is about to be fulfilled in the Tribulation.

The heavenly Temple and all earthly Temples of God, starting with Eden, are pictures of God’s ultimate Temple = Redeemed Man. God’s ultimate Purpose for us is to be His Temple, so He would dwell IN us, and we would carry His Presence and Glory, and God’s Spirit would flow through us as Rivers of Life.

God's ultimate Purpose for MAN is revealed through His TEMPLES, for we are made to be indwelt and filled by God. Earthly temples (starting from Eden) are made from the blueprint of the heavenly temple, but all these temples are just pictures of God's ultimate eternal TEMPLE - redeemed MAN in Christ.

God has put His song in our heart and He wants us to sing it (Psa 40:3). God desires to hear our voice as part of the great symphony of praise rising up from all His creation (Psa 148). God sung His song of love & forgiveness through Jesus. He gives the melody and He wants us to sing in harmony with Him.

The aim of Fasting is to help get ourself in position to hear and receive from God and be a channel for His Power. It changes us, not God, by helping to remove our unbelief. In fasting we subject our natural desires to our desire for God. 3 Purposes of Fasting are to aid Repentance, Guidance & Intercession.

Jesus fasted and taught on Fasting. It boosts and reinforces Prayer. It does not impress God, but is a means to change us, to help humble our soul before God (Psa 35:13), reducing the dominance of our flesh, so we can be more sensitive to the Spirit. Prayer & fasting removes natural unbelief (Matt 17:21)

Queen Esther is an example of a true intercessor, who shaped the course of history. She is a picture of the Church, called to reign with Christ and release His power through intercession. Then Derek describes the qualities of intercessors, especially their persistence in prayer (Luke 11:8, Ephesians 6:10-18, 2Kings 13:14-18).

James 5 gives ELIJAH as our example for how to PRAY for the RAIN of the SPIRIT, necessary to bring the SEED of the WORD in men's hearts to fruition, resulting in a harvest of precious fruit (souls). His prayer posture was as one in labour (1Kings 18:42), giving birth to the revelation in his womb (v41).

Through His Blood, Jesus has brought us into a new and better Covenant with God, which is the basis for our prayer-life. It includes the gift of praying in tongues, whereby the indwelling Holy Spirit helps us to pray God’s perfect will into the earth, by giving us the utterance (Acts 2:4, Rom 8:26-27, 1Cor 14:2).

Intercession involves Spiritual Warfare, for we are bringing God’s will into the earth by the power of His Spirit, released through our prayers, against the opposition of the kingdom of darkness which rules this world-system. EPHESIANS is the key book on God’s mighty Power released through our Prayers.

We are a royal priesthood with authority to rule with Christ through prayer. The Intercessor discovers the will of God and then sets himself to pray it into the earth, even against spiritual opposition. We see how Daniel's prayers were the key that determined the outcome of the angelic conflict in the heavens.

One of the greatest ever INTERCESSORS was MOSES. Exodus 17 shows that the VICTORY is won in the place of INTERCESSION. Moses is a picture of Christ, the ultimate Intercessor, who stood in the gap for His people, so they came under God's mercy, not judgment (Exodus 32, Numbers 14,16).

Intercession starts by coming into God’s Presence, seeking His Face and dedicating ourselves to carry out His will in the earth. We receive His burden (will) into our heart (womb), and then pray it out & thru to victory. We get vital keys from Abraham, as he gives us the first example of intercession in the Bible.

Our life and ministry is the outflow of our ministry before God in worship and prayer. Intercession for authorities is essential for the spread of the Gospel. Brexit is vital in view of Biblical Prophecy of the Revived Roman Empire, and was predicted 100 years ago: "Britain will be saved by praying women."

The UK has a call & destiny as a Christian nation to preach the Gospel to the nations, but came under Divine Discipline for forsaking her promise to Israel (Gen 12:3), not only losing her Empire, but also her Sovereignty to the EU. Brexit is a sign of God's hand of blessing coming back upon us to fulfil His Plan.

We are all called to the Ministry of Intercession. Christ ever lives to make Intercession (Hebr 7:25), to release the blessings that He procured for us by His intercession for us on the Cross. As His Body we share in His present priestly ministry. He needs us to do this for He has given us authority in the earth.

“The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. He is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works” (Psalm 145:8-9). God delights in mercy (Micah 7:18). He is eager to pour out all His blessings upon us. Jesus perfectly revealed the compassionate heart of God.