JANUARY 20
POWER OF GODLINESS
OLUBI JOHNSON
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
(2Timothy 3:1-5) Paul, by the Holy Spirit, tells us that in these last days, there will be perilous spiritual conditions in the Church: covetousness, pride, love of pleasure and such like that will cause the Church to simply have a form of Godliness but not the power of Godliness.
What is the power of Godliness?
It is the power of God that enables you to be like God: in nature, character, wisdom and ability. All born-again Christians have the nature of God in their spirits (Jn. 3:3-6) by virtue of the new birth, but many have not developed the character, wisdom and ability of God in their souls: will, mind and emotions. The Lord Jesus describes this condition in, (Matthew 15:8).
So, it is crucial NOW to make sure you have the power of Godliness in your life, because Christians that remain without it will be removed from the Church by pre-mature physical death (1 Cor. 3:10-15; 5:5 Jn. 15:2, Is. 57:1), and be replaced by others who will have the power of Godliness.
How then do we get the power of Godliness? By faith!
We generate the power of God by faith by travailing prayer in the Spirit to ‘birth’ the power of God from our spirits by the Holy Spirit into our souls, bodies and circumstances as a daily habit like the Lord Jesus did (Heb 5:7-8, Gal 4:19).
We release the power of Godliness by faith by confessing the Word of God on the love of God and praying in tongues after each confession to ‘distribute’ the released power in specific details to overcome infirmities we do not know by the Holy Spirit (Rom 8:26-27).
We receive the power of Godliness by ‘washing our feet’ frequently throughout the day (at least once every six hours (2 Sam. 6.13, Dt. 6.7, Mk. 13.35). In other words, by faith receiving the life of God, praying in tongues and acknowledging the Lord (Pr. 3.6) in our thinking for mercy to be faithful to do all things with love (1 Cor. 16.13, 14).
Generating the power makes it available to you like money in your bank account. Releasing it makes it available to you like money on your atm card. Receiving it makes sure its available to you at every POS.
As we practice this by faith, our souls, bodies and actions will be dominated by the power of Godliness and not the sin nature in the soul, body and in the air, causing us to be godly: God-like in nature and conduct!
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