POWER PRINCIPLES.
Chapter 7: POWER PRINCIPLE ONE: THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL.
Gospel means good news of the kingdom of God and of salvation through Jesus Christ. Gospel is so powerful in that it is the revelation of God’s power to man, it brings salvation to all men, it reveals that which may be known by men about God, it reveals the judgment and wrath of God against sin, it reveals the righteousness of God, It shows how to be justified by faith and It is the basis of the faith by which we live. The power of the gospel is inseparable from the power of the cross and the bloodshed upon it. The power of the cross is NOT in the wooden structure itself, not in any symbol of the cross which we wear or put on our church buildings. The power of the cross is in what happened on that cross. It is in the BLOOD OF JESUS WHICH WAS SHED ON THE CROSS for the sins of all mankind. The enemies of Jesus did not have greater power. Jesus chose to give His life for the sins of all mankind according to God’s plan. He had the power to deliver Himself from the cross but He willingly laid down His life. The death of Jesus on the cross was not the end of the story. 3 days later, Jesus was resurrected from the dead. This was the greater illustration of God’s power. Through His resurrection, Jesus triumphed over the power of the enemy. We even have power over death, because our mortal bodies will also experience resurrection.