Breath of Power - Week 15/05

Week 15: April 11 - 17, 2005

THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL

Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 1: 18-19, 21

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

The story was told of Smith Wigglesworth, an uneducated English plumber who became a renowned evangelist. He had the privilege of traveling by ship to Australia. He was offered to be included in the evening entertainment program, which he gladly accepted, expecting to use that opportunity to proclaim the gospel to those on board the ship. Just before the dance, which was the highlight of the evening, Wigglesworth sang a solo from Hymn No. 809 of Redemption Songs. His song rang:

If I could only tell Him as I know Him,
My Redeemer who has brightened all my way.
If I could tell how precious is His presence,
I am sure that you would make Him yours today.

If I could tell you how He loves you,
And if we could through the lonely garden go.
If I could tell his dying pain and pardon,
You would worship at His wounded feet I know.

After the song, the audience was so sober that no one could go on with the dance. Few people, including a clergyman on a missionary trip to India however walked up to him and accused him of ruining the evening. But Wiggleswoth was not moved. He knew he had sown a powerful seed and was expecting to receive the fruit of repentance and righteousness. And he got it. The next day, the old plumber and his song were the talk in the ship. He was soon led to the bedside of a dying Christian Science teacher who got miraculously healed and saved. She could no more continue with her drinking and smoking habits as she became overwhelmed with the joy of salvation. The clergyman later got convicted and challenged, and his perspective of ministry changed. He said, “The book of Acts of the Apostles was written because the apostles acted; that plumber surely acted but I did not.”

Pray: Lord, will help me to realize the potentials I have in Christ through the Gospel and give me the grace to tap from it to draw people to the Lord. Declare, “Lord, I will no longer slumber, I will begin to act like the people of Acts of the Apostles.”

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi



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	Week 15: April 11 - 17, 2005 THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 1: 18-19, 21 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. The story was told of Smith Wigglesworth, an uneducated English plumber who became a renowned evangelist. He had the privilege of traveling by ship to Australia. He was offered to be included in the evening entertainment program, which he gladly accepted, expecting to use that opportunity to proclaim the gospel to those on board the ship. Just before the dance, which was the highlight of the evening, Wigglesworth sang a solo from Hymn No. 809 of Redemption Songs. His song rang: If I could only tell Him as I know Him, My Redeemer who has brightened all my way. If I could tell how precious is His presence, I am sure that you would make Him yours today. If I could tell you how He loves you, And if we could through the lonely garden go. If I could tell his dying pain and pardon, You would worship at His wounded feet I know. After the song, the audience was so sober that no one could go on with the dance. Few people, including a clergyman on a missionary trip to India however walked up to him and accused him of ruining the evening. But Wiggleswoth was not moved. He knew he had sown a powerful seed and was expecting to receive the fruit of repentance and righteousness. And he got it. The next day, the old plumber and his song were the talk in the ship. He was soon led to the bedside of a dying Christian Science teacher who got miraculously healed and saved. She could no more continue with her drinking and smoking habits as she became overwhelmed with the joy of salvation. The clergyman later got convicted and challenged, and his perspective of ministry changed. He said, “The book of Acts of the Apostles was written because the apostles acted; that plumber surely acted but I did not.” Pray: Lord, will help me to realize the potentials I have in Christ through the Gospel and give me the grace to tap from it to draw people to the Lord. Declare, “Lord, I will no longer slumber, I will begin to act like the people of Acts of the Apostles.” Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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