The Power that Works in Us
Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us…
God specializes in Workable Simplicity. He is a Specialist in making things work and making them work efficiently and effectively… with no waste and with the least expenditure of energy. He perfects creation. He perfects creations operation. What He does perfectly He also does efficiently and economically… that is He gets the Very Most out of the Very Least.
We are New Creation People… He has created us and equipped us so that we can accomplish the impossible without outside help. He has imparted to every one of His Children the Power that taps into and connects with His Ability; His ability to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think…. This power is in us. Now. This minute. The primary purpose God has imparted this Power to us is so that we might take Dominion over all things.
Psalm 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalm 8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Psalm 8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
What is this Powerthat is supposed to work in us? Where is it? Where does it come from? What does it do? How does it function and work? Do I have it? How can I get it and be sure I have it? These are some of the questions we will be addressing in this study regarding the power and the authority possessed by those who are Born again and in Partnership with God.
The purpose and plan of God is for His Children to Reign in Life.
Romans 5:17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
The word “reign” comes from a word that means: to be the king, to exercise kingly power, to reign, to exercise the highest influence, to control. This is a place I definitely want to be. Don’t you? The Word also calls Believers “overcomers.” Listen:
1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1 John 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
To “overcome” is to conquer… to carry off the victory, come off victorious. To win. All the time and every time. This is what the Bible says about you and me. Us. Believers. The Bible also says that we are “more than conquerors.” We are not just winners, but MORE than winners. The outcome is not even close… the Bible says we win by a wide margin.
Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
The Bible declares that we can do all things through Christ and that nothing shall be impossible to us. That if we ask, we will receive. If we knock it will open. If we seek we shall find and that with God, all things are possible. We can live in the Supernatural. We are who He says we are. We have what He says we have. We can do what He says we can do. These wonderful things He has promised us come out of Partnership. They come out of His Word. They come out of His Covenant with us. These are His promises to everyone who will dare to believe. This is absolutely awesome. The Bible says that He always causes us to triumph in Christ… this means that we always win. Every time. God even says that we shall do even greater works than Jesus did because He has gone to the Father and sent the Holy Ghost. God promises to supply all of our need according to HIS riches in Glory by Christ Jesus. He even tells us that we can Choose Life and Refuse death. And that by choosing Life both we and our seed shall live. These are profound promises and awesome declarations… and they are to come to pass according to the Power that is working in us.
How do we do this? Where do the power and the ability to overcome, to win and to reign come from? Most would say “from God.” However, according to the Bible, it comes from what God has done inside the believer. This power or ability to reign in life and overcome the world comes from inside the New Creation Man. Then something must happen to a person to make this possible.
The initial Transaction takes place at the time of the New Birth. It happens when one gets Born Again. At this particular instant, the moment of Regeneration, God Himself comes into the heart (spirit) of the believing sinner. When one believes with the heart and confesses with the mouth that Jesus Christ is the Son of God Who came from heaven, was crucified for our sin, was was miraculously raised from the dead and Who is now Alive and sitting at the Right Hand of God… that person is Born Again. Saved. Redeemed. Regenerated. Re-gened… his sins are forgiven and forgotten and he becomes a New Creation.
2Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
The Nature and Character of God Himself takes up residence inside the heart of the believer. The believer becomes, through his faith and through the Grace of God, Born Again. He becomes A Child of God. We actually, factually and literally become “partakers” of the divine nature of God, our Father. We have His character and His nature imputed to us.
2 Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
The word for “partakers” in this context means: a partner, associate, comrade, companion… a sharer, in anything and everything. So, according to the Bible, at the time of Conversion, the believer becomes a sharer, a partner, or an associate with God. This experience affects the recipient, spirit, soul, and body. The spirit is quickened and brought to life, the soul (mind and emotions) is renewed by the Word and the body becomes the Temple of the Holy Ghost… the very dwelling place of God Himself. The Believer is also made Righteous.
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Righteousness and sin are totally incompatible. Just as darkness is incompatible with light, sin is incompatible with righteousness. If one is Just and Righteous, there is no possibility of sin, failure, weakness or death in his spirit. (It is the Spirit of Man that is made Righteous… not necessarily his mind and or his body). Where there is no sin, there is no possibility of weakness and failure. There is no place for condemnation and guilt.
What is the seat of God’s Power? We know He is Omnipotent (all-powerful). But just where in God does His power reside? Our concept and understanding of the Nature of God is essential if we are to comprehend anything at all regarding His power. He is Creator. Out from Him (by His Power) everything that is made was made. Out from Him (by His Power) everything that is made is sustained and upheld.
Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power…
What is it that makes God all powerful? I believe it is His Righteous Nature. His power comes out of His Righteousness. Righteousness means Just and Right. His power comes out of His Justice and His Rightness. He is “Just Right.”
“He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness (“Just-rightness”) for His name’s sake…” Psalm 23:3. Just what does this mean? If God leads me… He takes me somewhere. He is in front and He takes me by the hand and He goes somewhere with me. We are together. And we are going to the same place. We go along the path of Righteousness. The road of “Just Right.” (Justice and Rightness). As long as I walk with Him in this place… along this path, then I bring honor and glory to His Name. (For “His Name’s sake”). To bring Honor and Glory to His Name is to receive and walk in all that His Name provides. This is walking in Covenant or Partnership with Him. The power to do this is in and by and through the Power of Righteousness; the Force of Righteousness. Where is this Force and where is this Power? Paul tells us in Ephesians 3:20.
Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able (dunamai; Present Tense… a simple statement of FACT or REALITY viewed as happening in actual present time.) to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according (Kata: down from… through) to the power (Dunamis: power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature) that worketh (Energeo:to be operative, be at work) in us…
On close examination, this verse tells us some very important facts:
- God is Able.
- God is Able to do something.
- The Something God is able to do is far beyond our ability to ask or think.
- He is able to do this According to something that works kata… “down from” “through” the Power.
- Power that is Energized in us (energeo) “to be operative, to be at work…
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made (caused) him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made (become) the righteousness of God in him.
The PRIMARY purpose of the Substitutionary Sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross is that those who believe might be made Righteous. This verse declares that God, the Father, caused… was the Author of… Jesus becoming sin even thought He never knew sin… IN ORDER THAT we (believers) might BECOME (be made) the Righteousness of God. Paul speaks of the possibility of us becoming filled with all the fullness of God…
Ephesians 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
I believe the “fullness of God” has to do with the Righteousness of God. The force and energy and power of being Just Right. Justified and Righteous.
In order to understand the principles of Righteousness and the Power of Righteousness, we need to define some terms.
Righteousness: Dikaiosune. “The virtue or quality or state of one who is Righteous.” Equity. Equality. Justified. Justification. Innocent. Guiltless. Faultless. Free. “The state of him who is such as he ought to be….” The only condition that is fully acceptable to God.
2 Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Partakers. Koinonos. Partner. Associate. Comrade. Companion. Sharer. “To be the partner of one doing something.”
Divine. Theos. Deity. Divine nature, power, providence.
Nature. Phusis. Natural lineal descent.
God’s Nature is a Nature of Authority and Power, a Nature of Abundance and a Nature of Righteousness. As Believers we are partakers of this very Divine Nature or the very Essence of God. This study will attempt to reveal the How and the Why of the believer’s Righteous Nature. We will look at where we get this nature and how we get it. We will discover what this nature is and what it will do for us. We will learn how most religious teaching and religion teachers have failed to tell us the truth about Who we Are. They have become experts at telling us what is wrong with us but few have received the Revelation concerning what is Right with us.
This teaching will dispel all guilt and condemnation. This truth will set us free from legalism and works-oriented salvation. This message will magnify our appreciation for God and His Provision for all His children. We will discover more about the Grace of God and the Mercy of God… we will see God and Know God in a new and deeper way. We will feel His Heart and know His Mind. We will enter into a Higher Dimension of Spiritual living and be better prepared for what God has in store or us in this hour. Hallelujah.
“…and they who receive abundance of grace and the GIFT of RIGHTEOUSNESS shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ…” (Rom. 5:17)
“But seek ye FIRST the Kingdom of God and His RIGHTEOUSNESS; and all these things shall be added unto you…” (Mat 6:33)
“For He (God) hath made Him (Jesus) to be sin for us (you and me), Who (Jesus) knew no sin; that we (you and I) might be made the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in Him.” (2 Cor 5:21)
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