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======The power at work in us ...======
Wednesday, Nov 3, 2010. Power is something which is extremely important
for us humans. Who is in charge? Who has power? Who is governing a state,
some society? Who can do what he wants and impose his will onto others?
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**What type of power? ...**
There are many levels of power, though. We can think of the power of police
or military. They exercise physical power. But there is also the power of
brands and business. Some big companies have gained power. Their products
sold well ... and they lead a whole business. Today, google has a lot of
power. Microsoft has power. It is not military power, but still it is a form
of this important quantity "power", "might", "potency", "influence" ...
There is another power. The power to change hearts. The power to influence
the life of people by words, by ideas, by guidance which is more than force
or business. This power of transformation, of deep personal change, the
power of a dimension beyond the visible, is another type of power. In the
biblical text of Ephesians the apostle Paul addresses all of these powers
in one sentence.
19 I also want you to know how amazingly great is his power which is at work
in those of us who trust in him a mighty power 20 which he used to raise
Christ from death and to place him at his right hand in heaven.
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**Power in us ...**
Paul talks about the power of God in us. Here, he starts with the last type
of power we talked about above. He talks about the power to change our
hearts. It is the power to transform our life, to move us into a different
direction. It is the power of what the bible calls "a new creation". We
are a new creation "in Christ". Things are completely different after we started
to life in and by faith.
It is very interesting that Paul puts this particular life-changing power
into one sentence with the death and resurrection of Jesus. The death of
Jesus at the cross has a deep meaning. It is the death of our "old life".
It is the death of sin, the death of all what is not what it should be. The
cross is a symbol for God's judgment. Then, the resurrection is the sign
and symbol of new life. Jesus has been risen. It is a symbol, but more than
that, it is a fact. It is reality. It is God's power to do something
absolutely fundamental and completely unbelievable. He started a new creation
with the resurrection of Jesus. This "new creation power" is the same power,
which is now changing the life of those who believe. Paul draws a line, the
line of the New Testament gospels. The line of faith!
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