Potential Power for Christ

With Christ we can do all things, without Christ we can do nothing (see Philippians 4.13). Five Potential Powers in Christ: 1) We can be delivered by God (Romans 3.10, 23; 5.12; 6.23; 10.9-10, 13) from sin and Satan. 2) We can be dedicated to God. Dedicated as living, holy children of God through purity and priority. We are acceptable to God and reasonable (logical in action of worship). We must be willing to do what God wants us to do; where God wants us to go. 3) We can be different for God. We must stop masquerading in the costume of the world. The world is the system of this age. We struggle with it; we are not satisfied by it (Colossians 2.8; 1 John 2.15-17). The lust of the flesh is pleasure and hedonism. The lust of the eyes is possessions and materialism. The pride of life is popularity and humanism. Don't be poured or pressed into the mold of the world. 4) We can be diligent for God. We are transformed into a new creation of God (2 Corinthians 5.17). We are sanctified by diligently renewing our minds and by feeding upon the Word. We move from sinner to saint, sanctification to glory. God's Word is the hammer that does the shaping. (Hebrews 4.12; Psalm119.9-11; Jeremiah 15.16; 2 Timothy 3.16). We do what we do because we believe what we believe (Colossians 3.16). 5) We can be discerning for God. True discernment makes the unclear clear. Many believers never get discernment because they do not feed on the Word and depend upon the Spirit.