The Bible has quite a lot to say about the power of God. Here are some selected verses.
. . . and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. (Rom 1:4)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. (Rom 1:16)
. . . but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. (1 Cor 1:24)
And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. (1 Cor 2:4-5)
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Cor 1:18)
I’m sure that you’ve noticed the recurring theme in these verses that Jesus is called the power of God or the verse may state that power comes through His good news. How did Jesus access His Father’s power? He accessed it through the Holy Spirit, for our Lord said:
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Ac 1:8) Jesus spoke this to His disciples, and told them that they would receive power through the Holy Spirit.
Further on in the New Testament, we read:
For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake. (1 Thes 1:5)
Each believer receives power in the same way that Jesus did, through the Holy Spirit and His presence in us. We must learn to cooperate with the Lord and the Holy Spirit through our knowledge of the Word and through our obedience to it. As we obediently serve Him and allow Him to lead and guide us, we will move and operate in His mighty power.
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