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The Power of God Flows into the Church through the Gifts

Episode Notes

 

Kingdom of God not words but Power

20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. 

” (1 Corinthians 4:20, NKJV)

God has given us a Spirit of Power

6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

” (2 Timothy 1:6–7, NKJV)

 

Four Points

  1. There mut be Power - Power is an integral part of the Gospel, The Kingdom of God and of Christlikeness
  2. Power in The Kingdom of God flows through the Gifts.
  3. Not Angels 
  4. Sometimes but very seldomly directly by the Holy Spirit into a Human
  5. Obviously through People but then in specific order of their gifts
  6. The Gifts Differ from one another and each must be diligent to show himself approved a work
  7. Think Parable talents and 1 Tim 4
  8. The Church must teach and facilitate this
  9. Lip service will not suffice
  10.  

What is Power?

Authority

Dominion

Greek words

New Testament Power

Word Search Count 136 thus power if a very big theme in the New Testament.

Kingdom

13    And do not lead us into temptation,

But deliver us from the evil one.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

” (Matthew 6:13, NKJV)

Demons

And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

” (Matthew 10:1, NKJV)

Scripture and Power

29 Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

” (Matthew 22:29, NKJV)

Healing Power

29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”

” (Mark 5:29–30, NKJV)

The Cross as Power

18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

” (1 Corinthians 1:18, NKJV)

Christ as Power

24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

” (1 Corinthians 1:24, NKJV)

Preaching Power

3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

” (1 Corinthians 2:3–5, NKJV)

Power of God to Salvation

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

” (Romans 1:16, NKJV)

Power of Death Satan broken through Death

14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

” (Hebrews 2:14–15, NKJV)

Power of the Baptism of Holy Spirit 

8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

” (Acts 1:8, NKJV)

Power of God

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

” (Acts 10:38, NKJV)

4 For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.

” (2 Corinthians 13:4, NKJV)

6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

” (2 Timothy 1:6–7, NKJV)

 

How does power flow

The Gifts

 

Exhortation to Young Men

12 Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. 15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

” (1 Timothy 4:12–16, NKJV)

 

Gifts of the Father

3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. 4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

” (Romans 12:3–8, NKJV)

 

Unity and Diversity in One Body

12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.

15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 18 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. 19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be?

20 But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 23 And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, 24 but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, 25 that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. 28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.

” (1 Corinthians 12:12–31, NKJV)