The eWORD – Believe the Power
10 July 2011 @ STC / Galilee
Dr Stanley L Scott
Introduction:
Your attitude about the things of God, will always impact your ability to receive from God’s Word. CHECK IT!!!
A good testing place is to take note of how you deal with “church” or “hearing the Word”. Ask yourself or think about how important is it? How easily do you allow “other things” to make you choose them?
The main point, challenge, encouragement, today is that I invite you to accept (believe) the power that the Father gives us through Jesus.
THEN:
Study all you can about it, to know what it is.
Receive it.
Put it into action in your life!
Main Text:
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: {power: or, the right, or, privilege}
Support Texts:
2Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
(KJV)
Webster’s 1828 Dictionary Definitions
POW’ER, n. [The Latin has posse, possum, potes, potentia. The primary sense of the verb is to strain, to exert force.]
1. In a philosophical sense, the faculty of doing or performing any thing; the faculty of moving or of producing a change in something; ability or strength.
3. Force; strength; energy; as the power of the mind, of the imagination, of the fancy.
4. Faculty of the mind, as manifested by a particular mode of operation; as the power of thinking, comparing and judging; the reasoning powers.
5. Ability, natural or moral.
8. That quality in any natural body which produces a change or makes an impression on another body;
9. Force; strength; momentum;
10. Influence; that which may move the mind; as the power of arguments or of persuasion.
11. Command; the right of governing, or actual government; dominion; rule, sway; authority.
13. One invested with authority; a ruler; a civil magistrate.
14. Divinity; a celestial or invisible being or agent supposed to have dominion over some part of creation; as celestial powers; the powers of darkness.
16. Legal authority; warrant; as a power of attorney; an agent invested with ample power.
18. In Scripture, right; privilege.
RIGHT, a. rite. [L. rectus, from the root of rego, properly to strain or stretch, whence straight.]
2. In morals and religion, just; equitable; accordant to the standard of truth and justice or the will of God.
3. Fit; suitable; proper; becoming.
PRIV’ILEGE, n. [L. privilegium; privus, separate, private, and lex, law; originally a private law, some public act that regarded an individual.]
1. A particular and peculiar benefit or advantage enjoyed by a person, company or society, beyond the common advantages of other citizens.
2. Any peculiar benefit or advantage, right or immunity, not common to others of the human race.
3. Advantage; favor; benefit.