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Great Power

August 21, 2022

Overview

With great power comes great responsibility! Famously quoted in one of the spider-man movies by the late Stan Lee. He definitely got a heavenly download, he didn’t think of that on his own.

One of the secrets to great power in the God’s Kingdom is dying to ourselves. Now we hear this all the time but what exactly does it mean, to die to oneself.

Life of Jesus

Looking at the life of Jesus, the secret to his power was this:

John 5:19

“Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”

This is the key. Jesus did nothing on his own. Take this into further consideration. Jesus didn’t wake up and feed the chickens but instead only did what he saw the Father do. Can you imagine the amount of discipline this takes. 

Take our lives for example. How many things are we doing daily just automatically? Checking email, going to work, visiting a friend, going on vacation, traveling. Did Jesus say to do that? I know this sounds extreme but scripture says Jesus didn’t do a thing without the Father! Jesus could have called upon a legion of angels at any time but he did not. Why? Because the Father did not. But here we are, myself included doing practically what we please. Want to go to the park? We just go without giving it much thought.

Your Neighbor

My cousin told me he came home from work late one afternoon and his neighbor began to chew him out about something that had nothing to do with my cousin. In this moment of someone using profanity against you, it is sooo easy to shift into our flesh and give it right back to them! But you see now you have gone down to their level, a level where they are probably more adept at than you are! The secret is to go to a level where YOU ARE MORE ADEPT AT!!! SPIRITUAL WARFARE!!!

Before any engagement

But before any engagement takes place, make sure you yourself are dead.

1. Basic training buddy-see video
2. Coworker profanity-see video

Galatians 2:20

Amplified Bible

20 I have been crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

1 Corinthians 15:31

“I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.”

As long as we live, God is going to let us through our free will. And the situation with the neighbor we will have to deal with on our own. The above verse is the secret to marriage.

However

However when we die to ourselves is where true power begins! When you die to yourself and your neighbor comes at you with those profanity. They are no longer cussing you out, they are using profanity against our very Lord Jesus! You see when we lay down and die to ourselves guess who rises up inside of us? Yes Jesus! But now you have a huge responsibility on your hands as described in: 

Luke 9:52-56

52

And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

53

And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

54

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

55

But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

56

For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

Jesus is our Great Physician, a doctor is to save lives not destroy them. So in this level we have a great responsibility and just because your neighbor just cussed out you(Jesus) now you must intercede for them! Just like Stephen did:

Acts 7:58-60

58

And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

59

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

60

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Can you intercede as rocks and stones are hitting you in the head? As people are using profanity against you? As a crazy person is going off about a parking space can you intercede for them?

You have to know when to call down fire and when to intercede, saints. 

Psalms 46:5

“God is in the midst of her(the city); she(the city) shall not be moved(or fail): God shall help her, and that right early.”

In my last example you see here in this verse in Psalms 46 describes a city that God inhabits and that this city WILL NOT FAIL(because God is there). What more is that we are a temple and 

God resides in US MEANING WE ARE NOT GOING TO FAIL(not because you’re smart, not because you’re strong but for the very reason God is in you! You can’t fail because God is in you!. IT MAY FEEL LIKE IT AT TIMES We can go through some shhtuff BUT THAT’S A FALSE NARRATIVE OF THE ENEMY. TRUTH IS WE ARE A CITY A TEMPLE OF GOD AND GOD IS UNDEFEATED ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE UNDEFEATED. THIS UNDEFEATED NATURE IS WHAT WE HAVE INSIDE!!!!! Now let this knowledge go from your head and into your heart and spirit!

Failure is an illusion from the enemy.

Why do you think we are here? Jesus came down to earth because it pleased the Father. We are here because it pleases our Father. We are here for unselfish reasons. Our deepest desire is to please the Father. In this desire we are all contributing to the expansion of the Kingdom of God. Each of us will eventually see how we affected the Kingdom of God. Our finite minds cant fully comprehend right now. But we will see opportunities where we excelled and we will hear those most precious words one can ever hear” Well done, good and faithful servant”. 

Revelation 21:4

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”

We will also witness where we were given an opportunity and we missed it. Although Jesus forgives us and we are welcome into the Kingdom of God, the thing is, we love the Father sooo much and to see where we missed an opportunity for our Dad will cause us to weep and he will wipe away our tears and he will make it all better just like all good dads do right? They make it better and we will forget about our misses and we will enjoy an eternity with a being that is just pure Love, the origin of Love itself is our Father.

Glory be to our Father, to our Jesus, to our Holy Spirit! 

When we allow God to BE GOD IN OUR LIVES WE ARE UNDEFEATED!

I truly love you all,

Pastor/Coach Jeno