The Kingdom of God Comes in Power

What Paul said in Romans, is that the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ, is the power of God for salvation. (Romans 1:16)

The disciples experienced this first hand. During the feast of Pentecost they were praying when all of a sudden they were filled with the Holy Spirit. There was a sound of a mighty rushing wind, and individual flames of fires were over each one. Each of these is a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

After they were baptized in the Holy Spirit, as Jesus promised they would be (Acts 1:5), they rushed out into the street speaking in all these different languages proclaiming the wonderful works of God. And that day 3,000 was saved from the message given by Peter.

The Kingdom of God is power, and what makes a person a Christian is something that God does within them. It isn’t that a Christian takes up Christianity; rather Christ takes a hold of them. The power of God comes over, upon, and within them making them into a new creation and delivers them out of the power of sin and death, giving them eternal life instead. That’s power

So the Holy Spirit comes in the power of God, not through intellectual consent or pursuit; rather He comes with the rule and reign of Jesus Christ in the lives and hearts of those who believe. It’s the power of God and there’s no limit to that power.

The Kingdom of God is God coming in power to rescue people out of the kingdom of darkness, the kingdom of Satan’s rule, and into the kingdom of light, His own eternal kingdom. Now that’s power.

The Kingdom of God is not a philosophy or some good advice; rather it’s the power of a new life, and raises us up from the dead making us more than conquerors.

“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” (Romans 8:37)