Was The Resurrection Only For Our Fire Insurance?

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QUESTIONS

Without Jesus’ resurrection  our faith would be for nothing, we would die in our sins.  We know the significance this event has on our eternal life and deliverance.  I think that is what we most often think about when we think of the resurrection, but this is not all He died to give us.  He bought us the restoration of the Breath of God that died, departed from man, at the garden of Eden, that the Holy Spirit of God would again dwell in man.

2 Tim. 3:4 says that there are those, “Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof:”  The word deny here is Strong’s 720, meaning: contradict, reject, refuse, disregard.

“I speak in tongues,” we say, “some of us prophecy and pray for the sick, I believe in all of the Pentecostal stuff.  I would never deny the power!!”

Though we agree that it is real and valid, do we agree that the POWER is for us personally?  To what extent?  Are we seeking it for ourselves?  Are we actively seeking the Kingdom of God so that all these things can become a part of us, including the power?  If we deny “the power thereof” does that mean we are denying it all?  What if we deny some of it?  If we believe the power part is mostly for others, not for us, is it denying it in our own lives?  Some argue that God gives the gifts to people as and when He chooses.  What about the part that says to “earnestly desire the greater gift’s?” 1 Cor 12:31 NAS.   If we deny any part of the power, are we denying it or Him, the possessor of the power.  The Holy Spirit is in you and He has all power in Him.  Not for someone else’s use, yours.  He is in you.  If we neglect, or even reject, what God has given us – any part – what are the consequences in that non-action?  If God has given it to us, is He expecting us to use it?  And if we don’t, is it rebellion?

The Holy Spirit is in you to equip you.  Are you equipped or are you scraping along?  The bottom line is, are we taking advantage of what, with such a price, has been given to us?  Have we even taken the time to get to know this astonishing Gift we have freely been given?  To seek the potential the majesty, the awesome-ness, the depths?    We don’t have to – but what if we don’t?

Winona Cole

Winona Cole

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