Breath of Power - Week 14/05

Week 14: April 4 - 10, 2005

WHERE WE STAND Part 2

Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 15: 3-6

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.

How foolish it was for Satan and the demons of Hell to think they were winning when Jesus died and was buried in a sealed tomb. The Scripture says, “Had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” 1 Cor 2:8. Through his death, Christ destroyed Satan who had the power of death (Heb 2:14). He “disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it” Col 2:15. On the third day of his death and burial, Jesus conquered death, broke the grave and came up alive.

When he arose, Jesus showed himself alive to many of his disciples who were earlier hopeless and afraid. Within a period of 40 days, he made at least twelve separate appearances to not less than 500 disciples. They saw him, talked with him, touched him and ate with him. He said to the doubting Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at my hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing" Jn 20:27. By his several appearances, he armed his disciples with an unmistaken conviction that he is alive, that he has defeated Satan and his cohorts, and that all authority belongs to him.

Once when he appeared to them, Jesus told his disciples, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit” (Jn 20:21). He then mandated them to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” Mk 16:15. He enjoined them to wait in Jerusalem for the enduement of power of the Holy Spirit. In their very eyes, Jesus ascended into Heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father. The power came on the disciples on the day of Pentecost, and they went out and preached the Gospel as Jesus commanded them, and God was with them confirming their words with signs.

We all as Christians are called to believe as the early disciples believed and walk in the power of the Holy Spirit as they did. The Lord will be with us confirming our words with signs. That is were we stand.

Pray: Lord, help me to live in the full conviction of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; fill me with your Holy Spirit and enable me to preach the Gospel with Power.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi



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	Week 14: April 4 - 10, 2005 WHERE WE STAND Part 2 Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 15: 3-6 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. How foolish it was for Satan and the demons of Hell to think they were winning when Jesus died and was buried in a sealed tomb. The Scripture says, “Had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” 1 Cor 2:8. Through his death, Christ destroyed Satan who had the power of death (Heb 2:14). He “disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it” Col 2:15. On the third day of his death and burial, Jesus conquered death, broke the grave and came up alive. When he arose, Jesus showed himself alive to many of his disciples who were earlier hopeless and afraid. Within a period of 40 days, he made at least twelve separate appearances to not less than 500 disciples. They saw him, talked with him, touched him and ate with him. He said to the doubting Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at my hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing" Jn 20:27. By his several appearances, he armed his disciples with an unmistaken conviction that he is alive, that he has defeated Satan and his cohorts, and that all authority belongs to him. Once when he appeared to them, Jesus told his disciples, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit” (Jn 20:21). He then mandated them to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” Mk 16:15. He enjoined them to wait in Jerusalem for the enduement of power of the Holy Spirit. In their very eyes, Jesus ascended into Heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father. The power came on the disciples on the day of Pentecost, and they went out and preached the Gospel as Jesus commanded them, and God was with them confirming their words with signs. We all as Christians are called to believe as the early disciples believed and walk in the power of the Holy Spirit as they did. The Lord will be with us confirming our words with signs. That is were we stand. Pray: Lord, help me to live in the full conviction of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; fill me with your Holy Spirit and enable me to preach the Gospel with Power. Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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