THE POWER OF GOD
1. Psalm 66:1-8
2. Mark 5:25-34
3. Acts 16:15-18
Power in Greek means dunamis (dynamite).
Power is the authority that one holds over another person or a group of people.
Power is an inherent characteristic of God that cannot be compared to any other power.
Truly, there are other powers but there is a power greater than every other powers which is the power of GOD ALMIGHTY manifested in
In the School of life, people go through
• Challenges -- Savalka?
• Tribulations--- Sodanaigal
• Affliction ---- Tu?pa?ka?
• Reproaches ---Ninta?aika?
But most times they go for solutions in wrong places, which will eventually make the problem worse or even sometimes, it could lead to death.
Mark 5:25-34
The case of the woman with the issue of blood revealed that she suffered for 12years from unstoppable flow of blood. She went to many places looking for solution, with all the stress involved but it was merely a waste of money. Thank God, she heard about JESUS; the Son of God. With faith, she went to have a contact with Jesus with only one thing in her heart. Considering the multitude around Jesus, she said to herself "if only she can just touch the garment of Jesus, she will be healed". With her thought and faith in her heart, she was made whole by the mercy and grace of God. As the woman with the issue of blood touched the garment of Jesus, the power of God located the very root of her problem and healed her permanently.
(Acts 2: 1-11)
- The power that descended on the day of Pentecost like a cloven tongue gives authority to our tongues to decree a thing and it is established. The power of God is in JESUS Christ.
What do you have in your heart as solution to your problem? Our hearts determine our decisions and steps to breakthrough or breakdown in the journey of life.
I. WHY GOD DOES GIVES US HIS POWER?
1. God gives power to be witness for Him: (Acts 1:8).
“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth”.
A. Jerusalem – Which is your family.
B. Judaea – your Neighbors
C. Samaria – People whom you in your locality who don’t know Christ.
2. God gives power for his signs and wonders in a right way (Acts 16:15-18).
Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi
11 From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. 12 From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district[a] of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. 15 When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us
Paul and Silas in Prison
16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.” 18 She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.
Paul and Silas in Prison
19 When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. 20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar 21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”
22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
The Jailer and Household are save Paul and Silas in Prison
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”
29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.
3. God gives us power to exploit good deeds (Acts 10:38. Daniel 11:32b).
Acts 10:38
38 And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
Daniel 11:32b
32 Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall [a]corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.
