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Dear Christian: What happened to your power???

One of the reasons why Christianity harps more on 'love' than they do on 'power' these days is because love is a very nebulous concept. Anyone can define love in any way they choose to. It's difficult to quantify.

So the modern Christian, lacking true spiritual power and without any idea on how to obtain any, uses clever reasoning and persuasive arguments to preach the concepts of love and grace as a substitute for the real gospel message.

But when we study the Bible, it wasn't Jesus' love that won folks over to the Kingdom of God. It was His message of POWER! He didn't walk up to Peter or Andrew, Thaddeus or Bartholomew and say:

"Hey you gruff fishermen - do you know how loved you are? Put down those fishing nets; come from underneath that fig tree, and learn about My great love for you!"

Somehow I'm not convinced that's how the story went. Those men forsook all to follow Jesus because Jesus taught and preached with POWER - the likes of which neither had ever witnessed before.

"When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. "Where did this man get these things?" they asked. "What's this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing?" Mark 6:2

Even the disciples of Jesus who followed after Him operated in this power:

"Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, performed amazing miracles and signs among the people." Acts 6:8

"Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them. The crowds gave their undivided attention to Philip’s message and the signs they saw him perform. With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed." Acts 8:5-7

Paul said in Romans 15:19 about his own ministry - "I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by WORD AND DEED, by the POWER of signs and wonders, and by the POWER of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ."

How did Paul fully proclaim the gospel? Was it in word alone, like we often do today? No - it was in word AND power! Again he said:

"And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." 1 Corinthians 2:4-5

Paul was about that life! This is the thing that today's Christian must understand: no matter how persuasive your speech or arguments are, they can never take the place of the supernatural raw power of God!

It's the POWER of God that convinces the non-believer that you hold the truth - not your attempts at convincing them how loved they are.

"For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of POWER." 1Cor 4:20

Until they have a living encounter with the power of God, people can never understand the depths of His love. Many of you have been following a fraudulent Christianity; because it lacks any real teeth or power. It looks official on the surface - but it lacks one thing that makes it 100: POWER.

This fake Christianity we've been living can't even stop us from living a lifestyle of sin! So if I'm a sinner observing your life, why should I give up my fun enjoyable sins just to still end up as powerless as the Christians I see around me?

Christians can barely even keep their marriages together these days! So how can we preach against adultery, gay marriage and divorce when we're one of the biggest offenders ourselves?

At least the gays are willing to fight to get married! Christian folk won't even fight to stay together to save their own marriages.

And the main reason for this is because we've been relying on worldly power, clever reasoning, college degrees and general psychology - instead of putting our faith in the Living God. It's time to turn back to real authentic Christianity - the kind that comes with tremendous POWER.

Folks need to live a clean life and start seeking for the power of the Holy Ghost once again. Because if it doesn't have any power, it's not genuine Christianity.

Stop following that counterfeit Christianity and listening to that Gummy-bear gospel. That stuff is spiritually neutering you. The true gospel message releases power into the lives of the believer that causes transformation and change.

"I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek." Romans 1:16

If you're sick and tired of that gummy bear gospel and that weak powerless Christianity, refuse to settle any more! You have a right to God's power; you have a right to see the miraculous; you have a right to experience the book of Acts right now in your life today.

All that's needed is the determination to have the real thing. God bless.

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