(A Good Battery But A Weak Connection

1 Cor. 1:18 (KJV) For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish

foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

VERY BRIEFLY WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD AND

THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE

PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS I WANT TO REASON

WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

(A GOOD BATTERY BUT A WEAK CONNECTION)

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER EACH OF US HAVE

SEEN

THE ENERGIZIER BATTERY COMERICAL ON TV

YOU KNOW THE COMERICAL --WHERE THE

BUNNY APPEARS SAY --

HE`S GOING -GOING -GOING -GOING

NOTHING SEEMS TO STOP THE BUNNY

BUT IT`S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THE

COMERICAL IS NOT ABOUT THE BUNNY

BUT THE FOCUS ON THE COMERICAL IS ABOUT

THE BATTERY THAT’S IN THE BUNNY

AND I NEED TO PAUSE AND SAY

IT`S A GOOD THING TO HAVE STRONG BATTERIES

BECAUSE WEAK BATTERIES CAUSES PROBLEMS

CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT

YOU SEE A TAPE RECORDER WITH WEAK

BATTERIES WILL DRAG

A FLASH LIGHT WITH WEAK BATTERIES WILL

GIVE YOU A DIM LIGHT

A CELL PHONE WITH A WEAK BATTERY WILL

SHUT OFF

EVEN A CAR WITH A WEAK BATTERY WON`T

EVEN START

AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THE BATTERY

IS THE POWER SOURCE

IN THE TEXT BEFORE US

PREACH BROTHER PAUL REVEALS TO US THAT

THAT THE CROSS OF CHRIST REPRESENTS THE

POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION

BUT NOT ONLY IS IT THE POWER OF GOD UNTO

SALVATION

BUT THE CROSS OF CHRIST IS ALSO THE POWER

OF GOD FOR EVERY BELIEVER TO LIVE IN THE

SPIRIT OF GOD

BUT LIKE THE BATTERY WE MUST HAVE A GOOD

CONNECTION TO KEEP THE POWER FLOWING

AND WHAT REV DR PREACH BRO PAUL IS TELLING

US IS THAT

WE MUST HAVE A GOOD CONNECTION WITH GOD

TO BENEFIT FROM THE POWER THAT IS

AVAILABLE TO US

AND I NEED TO PULL OVER AND LET YOU KNOW

THAT CORROSION CAUSES A BAD CONNECTION

THAT WHY SOME OF US ARE GOING THROUGH

LIFE HEARING A CLICKING SOUND

THAT SUGGEST THAT THERE IS POWER UNDER

THE HOOD BUT YOU HAVE A WEAK CONNECTION

AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD

GOD HAS PREORDIAN ALL OF US TO ACHIEVE

GREATNESS IN LIFE THROUGH OUR GIFTS

BUT BECAUSE OF THE BAD CONNECTIONS

EVERYTIME SOME OF US TRY TO GO FORWARD

ALL YOU HERE IS A CLICKING SOUND

BUT AS WE EXAMINE THE TEXT

PAUL IN THIS 1ST LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT

CORINTH

REVEALS TO THE CHURCH IN VERSE 18

THAT the preaching of the cross is to them that perish

foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of

God.

AND HE TELL THEM ABOUT THE WISDOM OF

PREACHING AND THE TRUTH OF THE CROSS OF

CHRIST

PAUL -PAUL TELL THE CORINTHIANS THAT THOSE

OF US WHO ARE SAVED

RECONIZE THE CROSS AS A SYMBOL OF THE

POWER OF GOD

BUT TO THOSE WHO DON`T KNOW JESUS AS LORD

AND SAVIOR TO THEM IT IS FOOLISH

PAUL IN HIS LETTER TO ALL WHO BE AT ROME

THE 10TH CHAPTER -VERSE 14

REVEALS TO US THE FRIST STEP OF RELEASING

THE POWER OF GOD IS THROUGH HEARING THE

WORD OF GOD

Romans 10:14- (KJV) How then shall they call on him in

whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe

in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they

hear without a preacher?

AND THE KEY TO RELEASING THE POWER CAN BE

FOUND IN VERSE 17

Romans 10:17 (KJV) So then faith cometh by hearing,

and hearing by the word of God.

YOU SEE SINGING IS GOOD AND PRAYING IS

GREAT

BUT IT`S THE WORD OF GOD THAT CONNECTS US

TO THE POWER SOURCE

AND IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT

WHEN PREACH BROTHER PAUL TALKS ABOUT

THE CROSS

HE`S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE POST OR WOODEN

STAKE IN THE GROUND THAT WAS USED IN

CAPTIAL PUISHMENT

BUT WHEN HE SPOKE OF THE CROSS AS THE

POWER SOURCE FOR CHRISTIANS

HE REFERRED TO WHAT THE CROSS SYMBOLIZES

THE DEATH BURIAL AND RESSURECTION OF

JESUS CHRIST

AND THIS BRINGS US TO THE 1ST SPIRITUAL

NUGGET REV PAUL REVEALS TO US IN THE TEXT

IS THAT THE CROSS IS OUR POWER SOURCE

AND THE REASON WHY IS

THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST TRANFORMED THE

CROSS FROM A SYMBOL OF EMBARASSMENT AND

SHAME

TO A SYMBOL OF THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD

AND THE CROSS EMBODIES THIS SYMBOL

BECAUSE

CHRIST DEATH ON THE CROSS BLOTTED OUT ALL

THE SINS OF MANKIND AND THE FOOLISH LAW

FROM WHICH THERE COULD BE NO REDEMPTION

PAUL REVEALS THIS TO US IN HIS LETTER TO THE

CHURCH AT COLOSSE

Col. 2:14 (KJV) Blotting out the handwriting of

ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us,