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,
and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
AND WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY AND TIME WHERE A
LOT OF FOLKS ARE HOOK UP TO THE WRONG
POWER SOURCE
TRYING TO USE A 6 VOLT TRANSISTOR TO
REGULATE A 12 VOLT UNDERSTANDING
INSTEAD OF BEING HOOK UP TO THE POWER
SOURCE THAT HOLDS THE WORLD IN THE PALM
OF HIS HAND AND LIGHT UP THE NIGHT WITH THE
MOON AND STARS
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WELL THE 2ND SPIRITUAL NUGGET I WANT TO LIFT
UP IS
IN ORDER TO GET THE NEEDED ENERGY FROM
THE POWER SOURCE YOU MUST HAVE THE RIGHT
CONNECTION
SEE YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD BATTERY -BUT IF
YOU DON`T HAVE THE RIGHT CONNECTION YOU
CAN`T GET NO POWER
AND THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF CONNECTIONS
AN ALTERNATING CURRENT AND A DIRECT
CURRENT
LET ME PULL OVER AND TELL YOU WHAT I`M
TALKING ABOUT
WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY AND TIME WHERE A LOT
OF CHURCH FOLKS ARE OPERATING ON AN
ALTERNATING CURRENT
YOU SEE THEY ATTEND CHURCH ON
ALTERNATING SUNDAYS
THEY PRAY ON ALTERNATING OCCASIONS
AND SOME ONLY COME TO CHURCH ON MY
SUNDAY
YOU KNOW MY SUNDAY TO SING
MY SUNDAY TO USHER
MY SUNDAY TO LEAD DEVOTION
AND I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT GOD IS NOT
LOOKING FOR NO ALTERNATING CURRENT
CHRISTIANS
BUT GOD IS LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECT
CURRENT CHRISTIANS
GIVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AN HIGH 5 AND TELL`EM
GOD IS LOOKING FOR YOU
YOU SEE A DIRECT CURRENT CHRISTIAN IS A
DEDICATED CHRISTIAN
AND WHEN YOU USE THE PREACHER
TERMINOGLY --IT`S A FAT CHRISTIAN
FAITHFUL TO THE LORD
AVAILABLE TO THE CHURCH
AND THEY REMAIN TEACHABLE IN THE WORD
THEY ARE WILLING TO GO ALL THE WAY
REGARDLESS OF HOW ROUGH THE JOURNEY GET
OR HOW HIGH THE MOUNTIANS SEEM TO BE
THEY ARE WILLING TO GO ALL THE WAY FOR THE
LORD
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WELL NOT ONLY DO YOU NEED TO BE
CONNECTED TO THE POWER SOURCE AND MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT CONNECTION
BUT THE 3RD SPIRITUAL NUGGET I WANT TO LIFT
UP IS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR
CABLES ARE TIGHT
AND THE REASON WHY THERE MUST BE NO
EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE SEPERATING THE
CABLE FROM THE BATTERY POST
I THINK PAUL DECLARED IT BEST WHEN HE
DECLARED THAT
Romans 8:38-39 (KJV) For I am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come,
[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be
able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
AND WHEN YOUR CABLES ARE TIGHT YOUR HOT
WIRE IS CONNECTED AS WELL AS YOUR GROUND
WIRE
YOU SEE SOMEBODY HERE UNDER THE SOUND OF
MY WEAK VOICE IS TRYING TO GET A PRAYER
THROUGH BUT YOU`RE NOT PROPERLY
GROUNDED
TRYING TO SING A MELEDY BUT YOUR LIFE IS
OUT OF TUNE BECAUSE YOUR HOT WIRE IS NOT
CONNECTED
WELL I`M GLAD I HEAR SOMEBODY SAYING REV
HOW DO I GET CONNECTED
I`M GLAD YOU ASK -BECAUSE I HEARD PAUL SAY
IN THE 10TH CHAPTER IN HIS LETTER TO ALL WHO
BE AT ROME
Romans 10:9-10 (KJV) That if thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart
that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved.
[10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
BUT I`M GLAD THIS MORNING THAT I HEARD
PAUL SAY
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.
BUT AS I CLOSE I JUST NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT
THIS POWER SOURCE
IT`S THE OLDEST POWER SOURCE IN THE WORLD
AN THE REASON WHY I KNOW IT`S THE OLDEST
BECAUSE I HEARD JOHN SAY
John 1:1 (KJV) In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.
BUT NOT ONLY IS IT THE OLDEST POWER SOURCE
BUT IT`S A POWER SOURCE THAT WON`T FAIL
YOU
FOR I HEARD JESUS SAY ---, lo, I am with you alway,
even unto the end of the world. Amen.
BUT IT IS ALSO A POWER SOURCE WITH GREAT
BENEFITS
I HEARD ISAIAH SAY -WHEN YOU HOOK UP WITH
THE POWER SOURCE
Isaiah 54:17 PART -A No weapon that is formed against
thee shall prosper;
I HEARD DAVID SAY - I ONCE WAS YOUNG BUT
NOW I`M OLD NEVER SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS
FORSAKEN OR HIS SEED BEGGING FOR BREAD
AND THE REAL REASON WHY I KNOW IT HAS
GREAT BENEFITS IS
BECAUSE JOHN SAYS -
John 3:16 (KJV) For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have everlasting life
