Monday, July 11, 2016
Luke
4:14 (NKJV)
14Then
Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out
through all the surrounding region.
Note: The word for "power" is the root
word for "dynamite", but I don't think that the power of the Holy
Spirit is always demonstrated in an explosive manner. Also, note that it remains the "power of
the Holy Spirit". We can yearn for
power, but it is not our power to control.
That is to seek witchcraft. The
Holy Spirit controls the power.
According to 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, we should be glad when we are
weak. That is when we are strong. Consider also Colossian 1:11, in which we are
told that we are strengthened with power in order to patiently endure
longsuffering with joy. I suspect the
joy is when the power can be discerned by others.
2
Corinthians 12:9-10 (NKJV)
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Colossians
1:9-12 (NKJV)
9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
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