“Not by Might nor by Power”

“My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and of power …” (
1 Corinthians 2:4).

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In preaching the Gospel we are not to highlight how knowledgeable we are and how articulate and persuasive we are with words as if by doing so we will be able to bring people to the Lord. We must concentrate on making sure that we are grounded by faith in God, while we proclaim the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. As we make sure that our proclamation is clear we must not depend on that effort alone. We must depend and rely on the Holy Spirit.  We must rely on the certainty of God’s redemption power. God will create His life in people, we can not.

Once you are rooted in the reality of redemption nothing can shake you.  If you put your trust in experiences, anything is likely to upset your faith. Nothing can ever change God or the reality of redemption.  If you base your faith on that, you are eternally secure as God Himself.  Once you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, you will never be moved again. That is what is meant by sanctification. God disapproves of human efforts to cling to the concept that sanctification is merely an experience, forgetting that even our sanctification must also be sanctified.

And for their sakes, I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth (John 17:19).

Once you are rooted in reality, nothing can shake you. If your faith is in experiences, anything that happens is likely to upset that faith. But nothing can ever change God or the reality of redemption. Base your faith on that, and you are as eternally secure as God Himself. Once you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, you will never be moved again. That is the meaning of sanctification. God disapproves of our human efforts to cling to the concept that sanctification is merely an experience while forgetting that even our sanctification must also be sanctified (see
John 17:19). I must deliberately give my sanctified life to God for His service so that He can use me as His hands and His feet.