When you are totally chained to Christ’s chariot, then everywhere you go, you share in His triumph. Your victory in Christ begins with His victory over you. You have only as much victory in your life as Jesus has victory over you. If I want to be a conqueror, I must first be conquered.
If Paul had been born and bred in Georgia, verse 12 might read something like this: These boys who are making such a fuss about a trim job ought to go ahead and cut the whole thing off! If they think God is impressed with minor surgery, then surely, He would be overwhelmed…
One of the characteristics of the movement initiated by Christ is found is the word power. In like fashion, an essential characteristic of the movement today is power. That has not changed, and it will not change. Do you have it? Can you get it? Can you keep it?
God offered salvation first to the Jews. The opportunity to partner with God as a light to the nations came first to the Jews. Via the Jews God would present Himself to the nations. If so, why does He need us? Perhaps, we have been wasting our time for 2,000 years. Maybe the moment has come to stop the work of the church.
The USA is the greatest nation on earth. The United States has done more than any other nation in history to help other nations and people the world over.