From the moment we trusted in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ for our salvation, we became beneficiaries of God's power to us. For at that moment God by His own power and grace forgave us our sins; justified us; reconciled us unto Himself; sanctified us in Christ; made us members of His "new creation"; worked the exceeding greatness of His power towards us by "delivering us from the power of d...arkness, and translating us into the kingdom of His dear Son"; seated us together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus; and more. We have already been the beneficiaries of God's tremendous power to us. However, the power of God doesn't stop there. Rather, there is a Divine power source available to us which God has designed for us to be partakers of on an ongoing basis, and from which we are to derive the strengthening of our inner man in our daily lives.That power source is the word of God to us. It is the excellency of the power of God's word operating in our souls. As Hebrews 4:12 (KJV)says, ... "The word of God is quick and powerful ..." God's word, because it is God's word, is "powerful," with the capacity not only to bring things into existence and uphold all things, but also to work within our inner man and effectually work there to produce proper motivation, encouragement, comfort, joy, along with stability and peace in the face of the most trying circumstances. God's word is able to function within us, as the verse says, ... "to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." As such, God's word is to be an effective worker within our inner man. It has the power to do things with, and within, our soul and spirit. Paul understood this and spoke about it to us in I Thessalonians 2:13. (KJV) "For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH EFFECTUALLY WORKETH ALSO IN YOU THAT BELIEVE."
2 Chronicles 32:20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. 32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. 32:22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. Shared via Bible KJV http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyc.ace.kjv
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