Power Belongeth Unto God

Now what is this telling us, that Power belongs to God and so do we!

We are heirs of that power, we are heirs of everything that belongs to God, and we are joint-heirs with Christ.

Let’s look in Ephesians 2:4-6

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, ( meaning, by grace ye are saved;)

6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Friends God wants the church to be lifted in the same powerful position that He stood in when He was here on the earth!

Now everyone agrees that Power Belongs to God, but when we begin to talk in terms of bringing it down for your and my disposal,

For us to use in our lives, people begin to wither.

But friends we want you to see this morning that the Bible makes very plain, ( last week we proved to you, that God is a prayer hearing, and a prayer answering God.)

And now we want to go on just a little farther and get you to see that all that belongs to God, You can have for the asking!

Now you might ask, how can we have it?

That’s easy, we are all heirs, it belongs to us.

Thank God thru the perfection of God’s great plan of salvation, we become heirs of it.

Jesus in teaching the law, of the Kingdom in Matthew the 7th chapter, and beginning with the 7th verse, a very familiar scripture, but we are going to use it here in this text to lay a foundation for what we are talking about this morning,

Matthew 7:7-11

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Now we need to see here this morning that God was talking to His children.

Not to sinners, a lot of people read that scripture and then blame God when they don’t get their prayers answered!

Now we need to make clear once again, that you must first seek God’s face, let’s read, Matthew 6:33

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

This is the first and foremost thing that needs to happen in our lives!

Just like it says in the scripture Jesus is talking to children of God, and when we the children of God ask, we will have.

Have what? Have the things that you ask for!

Let’s go on to James 4:2

2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

I want you to see the poverty and the powerlessness, of far too many Christians this morning.

We find this explanation in James 4:2 you have not, because you ask not.

Now we could ask the question, why do I make such poor progress in my Christian life?