9TH AUGUST, 2021
PASTOR OLUBI JOHNSON
RIGHTEOUSNESS, PURITY AND POWER; MANIFESTING GREAT POWER
Revelation 3:8,12 (KJV)
I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God,
In the ministry of the Lord Jesus, for the first 30 years, it wasn’t that there was no power.
There was very little external demonstration of power, because the power was working internally to endow a righteousness and purity that is permanent, that will never change!
The Lord wrought righteousness and purity within Him, by using the Word and the Spirit in the preceding years to establish Himself in righteousness and purity. This is why God could testify of His pleasing character at John’s baptism before He had done any miracle.
Luke 3:22 NET
…and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight.”
The Church has experienced a little of the power of God, but certainly not as much as God desires. The Body of Christ must demonstrate the same godly power that Christ did after he was anointed at John’s baptism.
God wants us to have great power, but only in this order: righteousness, purity and then power. The initial enduement of power given by the Holy Spirit is for the internal development of righteousness and purity.
It is after it has done its work internally for righteousness and purity, that the power will then manifest outwardly as healing and prosperity and other miracles.
The purpose and will of God for His Body, the Church, at this kairos moment, is that we grow up into Christ in all things, to the measure and stature of the fullness of Christ, speaking the truth in love (Eph. 4:15) in righteousness, purity and power.
Why has God has not released power into the Church?
God has not found a people who are sufficiently righteous and pure.
The miracles of the Lord Jesus were done without publicity or fanfare. The challenge for us, the Church today is, can we do the same and not roll out the cameras and iPhones to record and transmit to social media platforms?
If we work on our personal righteousness and purity, we will be trusted with abiding power like the Lord Jesus!
Once we have developed sufficient internal purity, we will only use such manifestations of power when God says so, and when it is necessary to be used; not to show off and certainly not to take up an offering!
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