Thursday, March 1, 2012

The Power and Wisdom of God in you

UV 338/10,000 Amazing Principles of the Uni-verse revealed verse by verse I Corinthians 1 v 24 The Power and Wisdom of God manifested in Christ 1Co 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God Jews grew up on a diet of miracles having witnessed miracles from the birth of their nation out of one man whose wife was barren to their being freed from the bondage of Egypt through the signs and wonders performed through Moses. The Greeks grew up on a diet of wisdom having been nurtured by a host of philosophers led by Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. The former represented an extreme faith in the supernatural power of God to provide breakthroughs in impossible situations. The latter represented an extreme faith in the ability of human rationality or reason to find the answers to perennial questions of life and living. But , Christ Jesus represents both the power of God to intervene effectively, powerfully and positively in the affairs of human beings as also the wisdom of God in reconciling the requirements of justification of humanity that His own attributes implied in terms of His absolute holiness, justice, love, mercy and grace. The Jews wanted to nationalize God while the Greeks wanted to rationalize Him. But, God in His wisdom and grace reached out to all nations and all generations through the person, teachings, life, death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ. He reached out with a love that cannot be comprehended by a sophisticated mind but can easily be understood with a child-like faith. Man’s quest for conquest ends and begins in Jesus, the focal point of history and your story. At this focal point, the light of time and space will break into the seven colours of the spectrum or the rainbow, reflecting the glory of the power and wisdom of God, our Creator-Father. Miracles were done for the Jews but today, with Christ in us , miracles are done in us , through us and for us. When we receive Jesus Christ into our hearts and lives by faith, the power and wisdom of God will be manifest in our lives in diverse ways. It will be manifest in finding answers to the questions of life that the Greek philosophers could not adequately explain. It will be manifest in our finding our purpose and fulfilling our potential. It will be manifest in miracles of healing and deliverance. It will be manifest in our relationships. It will be manifest in our creative problem-solving abilities. It will be manifest in a near divine ability to forgive those who offend us. It will be manifest in our reflecting the same manner of love to those around us. Unlike the Greek, we will no longer focus on winning the argument but on winning the man. Unlike the Jew, we will no longer focus on gloating about a miracle but in exulting in the love of God and in exalting Him in and through our lives. Indeed, with the power and wisdom of God working in us, who or what can oppose us? Who or what can withstand us? With Christ in us, can kings and armies, bombs and threats, curses and insults, death and disease or powers and principalities prevail against us? Prateep V Philip

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