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Discipleship Focus: Power
- Power: This is the natural outcome when we truly get our authority from the king. When our authority is from God, we are equipped with His power to accomplish His will. We act on His behalf in a world that He desperately loves.
What happens when we recognize that God is indeed the king of the
universe? When God is king of our life,
we gain His authority. When we gain His
authority, we gain His power. But this
doesn’t mean that that we will have our way with the world. We have the power to bring about the kingdom
of God. But we do not have the power to
force people to recognize it.
Look here at Peter and John.
These were two of Jesus’ closest disciples. They are filled with the power of God. The lame walk. A miracle is performed. It seems like a glorious day. For Peter, John, the lame man, and a few
others I’m sure that it is!
However, we’ll also get to look at the reaction of the people –
and we’ll get an especially close look tomorrow. But today we hear how the people were
filled. But with what were they filled? They were filled with awe and wonder and
amazement. But when we look at Peter’s
reaction we can tell that they weren’t inherently filled with belief.
When they gather around Peter, he begins to talk to them about
their need for repentance. He tells them
about their need to put their trust in God and believe in Jesus the
Messiah. Peter chastises them,
proclaiming faith boldly. We would
imagine that the power of God would lead to greatness and faith. But that is not always so – especially in the
masses. As we shall see all throughout
Acts, the power of God actually leads to proclamation of the need for
repentance and the rejection of the world.
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