“The Last Days” refers to the period between Christ’s past bodily resurrection and His future bodily return. Why is it termed “The Last Days?” Because it is the last period of God’s redemptive work in the earth. The Last Days is the consummation of redemptive history–when we bask and work within the victory of Christ’s [...]
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I Cor 15:24: “Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the father, when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.” Leave a comment
Luke 24: 49: “Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye…until ye be endured with power from on high.” Leave a comment
Jesus was saying, in essense, “If you try and evangelize in your own strength, you’ll fall on your face in a short time. You can’t do anything for me unless you’re full of the Holy Ghost.
Matt 28:18: And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” Leave a comment
Authority over all things, including disease, is given to Jesus. These are perilous times. They are also times of great opportunity for the extension and application of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He reigns now.
John 19:11: Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. Leave a comment
I Cor 1:18: For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. Leave a comment
A man must be sinking into the blackness of final despair who thinks Gods methods of salvation is “foolishness.” He might as well call it foolishness to expect light from the sun.
Rev 4:8-11: And the four creatures, each having six wings…….and cast their crowns before the throne saying ‘You are worthy, O Lord, to recieve glory honor and power; for you created all things, and by your will they exist and were created.” Leave a comment
Notice the submission made by falling down and casting their crowns before the throne. “They worship..saying” and then folows a beuatiful and majestic verbal expression of adoration. By definition, worship is directed to God, yet the glorification or God is magnified when words of adoration are heard by others.
I Cor 9:18: “What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel of Christ without charge. that I abuse not my power in the gospel.” Leave a comment
So whats with all the “charges” required by some “biblical” counselors? I’ve known some people who have gone through some hurts and pains, and not knowing anyone to turn to, attempted to find a biblical counselor…..only to find they could not afford it. There is nothing in the Bible anywhere to suggest that a bill [...]
II Cor 12:7-9: And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Leave a comment
Paul, e.g., recognizes that his “thorn in the flesh” is under God’s sovereign control. But the “thorn” is “a messenger of Satan”. The same phenomenon may be viewed from two aspects. The peirasmon is a trial of one’s faith controlled and, even in some sense, sent by God. But God is not the author of [...]
Jer 32:17: Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.” Leave a comment
Man at his greatest is so very small in comparison to this description of God. Man has absolutely no capacity to create anything outside of an idea gleaned from another or seen elsewhere. I recollect, a scientist announced to God one day that he was able to duplicate everything that God could and so he [...]
Acts 1:8: you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Leave a comment
There are two Greek words in the New Testament, both which are rendered by our word “power.” The one refers to power in the sense of rule or authority and the other means ability, strength, or force. It is the latter of those that are used here. We are not to think that the Spirit [...]
II Tim 3:5: “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” Leave a comment
Biblical Christianity is an all or nothing proposition. But men want the form of godliness, not God. They attempt to use the church as a hiding place from God. The modern church, however, modernist and fundamentalist, is bent on pleasing all such rather than turning away from them. Preachers Who Don’t Believe — The Scandal [...]
Eph 3:20-21: Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen 2 comments
This is a rich verse. For brevity, I would zone in on what I think is the phrase that binds this together and that is “according to the power that is at work with in us.” The key to our power is Gods word itself. As Isaiah states “….so Shalt My Word be that goeth [...]



