He learned only God has the power to resurrect the dead. It was in the third congregation where he saw God resurrect the dead. He began to focus on what God was doing in impossible circumstances. God's power can resurrect dead churches. We can think whatever we will ourselves to think, but unless our thinking is focused on God s power to salvage, our potential will never be reached.
Christ resurrection is the central focal point of the gospel.
The resurrection makes a statement about God's powerful ability in circumstances as impossible as death. My cousin died this past week. His mom tried to resuscitate him after an apparent heart attack. She was as unsuccessful as the man in the beginning of the lesson that was told by God he had to create his own dirt in the man-making contest. The limitation of our powers without God is obvious.