It is a glorious treasure that God has placed in these earthen vessels. He has made us a royal priesthood, a peculiar people, holy nation that we should shew forth the praises of Him who has called us out of darkness and into His marvelous light. It wasn t the message of self-help or message of democracy that brought peace to this troubled soul, it was the simple message of the love of God displayed in the sacrificial death of His only Begotten Son. It was the message of a healing stream that flowed from Emmanual s veins, and sinners plunged beneath the flow, lose all their guilty stain, lose all their guilty stain, and sinners plunged beneath the flow lose all their guilty. Power to open prison doors of sin and set the captive free.
Power lift the condemnation.
Power to overcome the guilt. Behold I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy. He didn t give the church power simply to shout around the altars. He didn t give the church power to speak cars and houses into existence. He didn t give the church power to sit around and tell others how much more power we got than anybody else.