1 Corinthians 2:1-5, “(1) And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. (2) For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. (3) And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. (4) And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: (5) That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”
The Lord is seeking people who will press into Him: (12) Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. (13) Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, (14) I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.[1]
Daniel 11:32, “…but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.”
Albert Barnes says, “The word exploits…is supplied by the translators, but not improperly. The meaning is, that they would show great prowess, and perform illustrious deeds in battle.”
<you have held back and been held back long enough>
When you visit Jerusalem they will take you to:
- The site of the Last Supper in the Upper Room
- The Mount of Olives
- Gethsemane
- You’ll see the Eastern Gate
- They’ll take you to Caiaphas’ Palace ans you’ll see the prison and pit they Jesus in there.
- You’ll pass by Pilate’s Hall
- You’ll see Golgotha and the probable area where our Lord was crucified
- Just a little over a 100 yards you’ll see the empty tomb
- They’ll take you to the Pool of Siloam
- You’ll walk up the pilgrimage road from Siloam in the City of David up to the Temple walls
- They’ll take you through a tunnel and when you exit you’ll be at the western wall of the temple
- Just around the corner of the temple you’ll walk along the southern wall of the temple, you’ll see mikvah pools in front of the steps southern wall.
- As you walk up the steps to the southern gate – the gate beautiful – you find an elevated area many call “the upper room,” and this is where the Holy Ghost was poured out on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2.
- It’s where they waited…
Acts 1:8 – they had to wait, we don’t. We have the power, it’s already been poured out: “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”[2]
Hab 1:5, “Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.”
So easy to look outside yourself, but the power or God is in you.
[1] Philippians 3:12-14
[2] Acts 1:8
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