Seed for Mar 12

John 14:18
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
(KJV)

Acts 1:8
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
(KJV)

If we put these two verses together, I will not leave you comfortless, and you will receive power after the Holy Ghost comes upon you, then we should be able to say: I will not leave you powerless. When the Comforter comes you will have power!

I am amazed at those that confess themselves Christian who live “powerless” lives. They have no power over sin. They confess they have no power over sin, and that they sin daily. They confess they cannot quit sinning, because everyone sins daily. My question to them is, “Of what use then is the gospel ?” If I must sin everyday, if I am powerless over sin, that sin is my master, then where is the power of God, when Jesus promised to not leave me powerless?

I agree with Jesus, “Go and sin no more.” I agree with Paul, “How can you that are dead to sin, continue to sin?” I agree with John, “My little Children I write these things to you that you sin NOT!
Jesus did not leave us powerless over sin, but came to live inside us by His Spirit, to guarantee the victory. Jesus inside me has no “sin problem” and as long as I walk in the Spirit, I enjoy a trouble free conscience. I have no condemnation, even though some try to tell me I have no power over sin, that I sin daily, and sinning is just part of life. I declare, by the power of God, who promises not to leave me powerless, that I can live the life that is well pleasing to God, every day, all day long, and day by day. How? I have the power of the Living God resident in my mortal body and I do not obey the dictates of sin.

Be Blessed from a recovering Pharisee,
Billy and Jan Wells