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Living Now is to our Advantage!

Filed under: Blogging, Christianity, Intimacy, Knowledge of God, Power on the Gospel, Prayer

The generation we are living in right now is more important and more significant than we know. Many have said that it would be so much better if we could have lived in the time when Jesus was on the earth; oh to be a disciple and to walk in his footsteps and see the miracles He did and to get to talk to Him face to face. And while those things seem desirable, Jesus disagrees.

“Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.” John 16:7

It is “TO YOUR ADVANTAGE”, to my advantage, to our advantage that He no longer be here on the earth with us. How is this possible? Wouldn’t be so much easier to witness to people about the man who is fully God and fully man, who’s name is Jesus of Nazareth if He was here on the earth and we could introduce Him? Wouldn’t it be so much easier for people to believe that He was God if people could see Him?

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Permalink Comments (1) Adam Parker Sep 16, 2007

Power on the Gospel

Filed under: Evangelism, Intimacy, Power on the Gospel, Prayer

Acts 2:37 “Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart.” As I was reading this verse today I realized that this is what we are really talking about when we say “we want to see power on the gospel.” Peter was speaking to the multitudes that gathered when they all had apparantly heard the sound of something like a powerful wind. Then they were cut to the heart and 3,000 souls were added to the kingdom that day.

Where did this come from? How did Peter get this boldness and confidence before God? Was it the power that they recieved from an instantaneous moment when the spirit came on them in the upper room? Was it something more? I’d like to share my thoughts on this and am interested in what you have to say as well.

I do not believe that the power that was on the gospel at that gathering was due ONLY to the instantaneous enduing of power from on high that occured in Acts 2. I believe that was only part of it.

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Permalink Comments (0) Adam Parker Feb 24, 2007