Tap Into The Power

2-9-2010
Tap Into The Power

I had an interesting conversation with a man in his mid-thirties that didn’t believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. He believed in God, but not in Jesus. I explained the significance of the resurrection, and that many witnessed this event, yet this gentleman still wasn’t convinced. I then explained the amazing prophesies from the old testament describing what the savior of the world would do and say, and how that correlates perfectly to the life of Jesus as described in the new testament (the old testament stories about the coming savior were written hundreds of years before the birth of Christ), yet he still wasn’t convinced. He seemed to think the Bible was nothing more than written words by human beings. When I explained to him that the book of John was written about 30 years after Matthew, Mark, and Luke were written, his thoughts remained the same. Then it hit me, he has never experienced the power of the Holy Spirit!

What this man didn’t care to learn, yet so desperately needs to know is there’s only one way to Heaven, and that can be told by Jesus Christ in John 14:6. "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” WOW!!! Jesus doesn’t say “most” come to the Father through me. He said, “No one comes to the Father except through me.”

The power of the Holy Spirit makes the Bible real, and it’s what inspired the Bible writer. Anyone can obtain knowledge and read off information, but the power source of living an authentic Christian life is the Holy Spirit. Many know and even speak of Jesus, but very few experience the power of Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the spirit of truth, and guides us to the true understanding of who Christ is, thus enabling us to be transformed. The power of the Holy Spirit is the difference between the person that says they know Christ, and the person that shows they know Christ!

Application:
1.Are you plugged in to the Holy Spirit?
2.Are you open to allowing the Holy Spirit to work in and through you, or do you want to control things?