The bible says: The kingdom of God is not in word but in power. (1 Corinthians 4:20) This post is not another teaching or doctrine of man. It is about the power of God to transform your life. It is power to bring welfare, prosperity, deliverance, preservation, salvation and safety to your life.
Saint Paul said: For I am not ashamed of the gospel (Good News) of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” (Romans 1:16-17)
In the year 2009, I experienced the power of God. In that year, I believed the Good News about how Jesus Christ died, was buried and rose again on the third day for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a great peace come upon me that day and received a strong desire to learn more about my God and Lord who gave His life for me.
As I began to study the bible the first thing that God showed me was that He died for all my sins - past, present and future. How great and liberating it is to know that all my sins, even my future sins have been washed by the blood of Jesus Christ once and for all.
Then God showed me that He not only forgave my sins but also made me the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21) A simple word for righteousness is 'right'. When I believed in Jesus, God made me right in His sight and gave me an eternal position of son ship before Him. Today, I know that I am right with God. It is not my obedience that made me right with God but the obedience and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The Good News is not about what you need to do but it is about what Jesus did for you.
You would imagine that when a sinner like me was told that all my sins are forgiven - past, present and future, that I would use that freedom as a license to sin. But the opposite happened. I began to serve God and worship him with all my heart, full of joy and thanksgiving.
I experienced the life-transforming power of God when I saw the power of sin die in my life. I stopped smoking cigarettes, hookas and marijuana. I stopped intoxicating myself with alcohol. I stopped desiring a physical relationship with my girlfriend before marriage. I no longer wanted to watch pornography. I began to bear fruit of love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. I began to spend hours studying the bible and listening to bible teaching everyday. Nobody, not even God forced me to do these things. It was the power of God that is present in the Good News that brought about these changes in my life.
God also delivered me from allergies. I saw the power of sickness die in my life. The blessing of God began to work in my life and in the life of my family members and we began to prosper financially. All this did not happen overnight. But it all began in the year 2009 when I believed on the Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. There is great power in the Good News of Jesus Christ.
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