1:8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. You shall receive power! What an incredible promise. Jesus has granted His followers authority over Satan and all of his demonic hordes. He has promised that He would enable us to do greater works that He Himself did. Not that there could be greater works in quality for all that He did was the perfect demonstration of Heaven's power manifested on earth, but greater in number because His disciples would multiply and spread to the uttermost part of the earth as His witnesses. While some are content to believe that the days of miracles have past away, we believe that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. We claim without a blush of shame the glorious promise of Acts 2:39; that the promised Holy Spirit is for you, for your children, for all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. It is fullness of power; power to witness, power to overcome temptation, power to serve God and others with boundless supernatural energy. Pentecostal people claim as their birthright the very power of the kingdom of God right here in this sin cursed earth. We talk with power, we walk with power, we sing with power, we live and move and have our being in divine, supernatural, Holy Ghost anointed Power. Count my name among those who are hungry and thirsty, We will not rest content to preach in word only with no demonstration of the Spirit and Power. Count my name among those who preach everywhere the Lord working with them and confirming His precious Word with signs following. Until the trumpet sounds and the archangel shouts the clarion call of His second coming, with the Holy Ghost sent down form Heaven, Let me be found faithful to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ the crucified Lamb and Risen Savior with Pentecostal Power to a lost and dying world. |