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I like to put a sermon on while I'm doing things in my room. I heard one on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?...;feature=related from Paul Washer. This could be by far one of the greatest things I've ever heard him preach (besides the 10 Indictments sermon) thus far from listening to maybe a hundred or more of his sermons. "My dear friend, he [Paul] says that the Gospel is the power of God! ... Is there any of God revealed in your life? And I'm not talking about the power to heal, or the power to do miracles, or the power to call down fire from the sky. I'm talking about the power of a godly life! I am talking about the power of loving your brothers and sisters in Christ. I'm talking about the power of sacrificial generosity. I'm talking about the power of kindness. I'm talking about the power of covering over sensuality. Is there any power of God in your life, or is Christianity just something you do? Can you point to the power of God changing you? It is the power of God. Now here is the word for the day - the power of God for salvation, to everyone who believes. Not to *some* who believe, but to *everyone* who believes the Gospel there is a promise of salvation. ...Now what type of salvation are we talking about? Salvation, yes, from the condemnation of the law, the wrath of God - yes. ...It doesn't just mean that. ...It is salvation and deliverance from the power of sin in your present life! Is God manifesting His power in your life so as to deliver you from the sins, and the darkness, and the falleness of this age? ...Do you see an ever-increasing deliverance from the power of sin and temptation? Are you being conformed to the image of Christ? Are you being separated from the world? You see, that's what it means!" Cheers, Isaac D.
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