The Power of The Gospel
Believers all over the world gathered through various means to worship the Most High on this blessed Sunday. This Spirit-filled Ekklesia consisted of people in-person and online via ZOOM and YouTube Live with the Holy Spirit in their midst as the scriptures says where 2 or 3 believers are gathered in the name of the Lord, He is in their midst. The evangelists led the congregation into prayers of thanksgiving unto the Lord and of unforgiveness of sins. They went to pray for the activities of the day and asked God Almighty to continue to enable His faithful servant Apostle Éloge to do more for His Kingdom.
The Power of the Gospel
Apostle Éloge stated that to understand the power of the Gospel, one must first understand the mystery of the Gospel. Taking his reading from Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost”, the Man of God said the Gospel of Christ Jesus does two things. It first seeks those who are in the darkness and brings them to salvation. Once you encounter the good news of Christ, there is supposed to be a radical transformation in your life. A change from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of Light, from the old man to the new man living in Christ Jesus. He said you cannot encounter the gospel of Christ and remain the same as you were. The Gospel of Jesus Christ challenges and changes everything - This is the power of the Gospel. He said once the Gospel comes into your life, there is supposed to be a “you before the Gospel” and a “you after the Gospel”.
The Man of God said the mission statement of Christ Jesus is to seek and save the lost. He said for one to be a beneficiary of the power of the Gospel, a beneficiary of the saving Grace of the Gospel, they must be willing to be found. From John 3:16, he stated that when God sends out His Good News, it is up to us to open our hearts to receive His Good News. That the Power of the Gospel will remain ineffective in your life if you are unwilling to receive it, the saving Grace of the Gospel will not save you if you are unwilling to receive it. He added that it takes our genuine willingness and openness of heart to receive the power and saving Grace of the Gospel.
The man of God further went on to elaborate the mystery of the Gospel. The Man of God stated that the Gospel God gave to us, is not just to bring salvation to Mankind but also to teach Mankind how to live for God. He reminded the congregation of the dominion Mankind possessed over the earth before the fall of Man. Man being separated from God lost his dominion over the earth. With the coming of Jesus Christ, Jesus taught us what a man filled with the Holy Spirit is able to do and at the same time showed us what a man filled with the Holy Spirit should live by. He stated that is the dwelling of the Holy Spirit within a man that will give him dominion again over the earth.
Going back to the power of the Gospel, Apostle Éloge stated that the Gospel has the power to bring salvation to those who receive it and condemnation to those who reject it. He stated that God did not send His Son to condemn the world but that through Him salvation will be brought to Mankind. Standing on John 3:16, he said that those who believe in the Gospel will not perish but that those who have refused and rejected the Gospel have subjected themselves by themselves to condemnation.
Giving the example of the man at the pool of Bethesda, he said Jesus Christ knew the condition of the man. Jesus knew the man has been yearning for healing over the years but went on to ask the man if he wanted to get well. He emphasized that before the saving Grace of Christ Jesus finds you, you must be willing to receive the saving Grace, before the healing power of Christ finds you, you must be willing to be found. He said that the power in the Gospel of Christ cannot operate in our lives if we are unwilling to receive His power. If we are unwilling to receive that power, the saving Grace of the Gospel will not save us, heal us nor deliver us. Our genuine willingness is the key to unlock the power of the Gospel.
Distance is not a barrier
Stretching his hand across the screen and the camera, the Man of God prayed for members of the congregation who were on ZOOM and those who were watching through YouTube Live. He then led the congregation during the mass prayer commanding the Light of God to shine in their lives and that whatever they have eaten from the table of the enemy through their dreams that is causing them sickness and failure to be flushed out in Jesus Christ’s mighty name.
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