{"id":36,"date":"2010-09-27T17:56:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T22:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/?p=36"},"modified":"2010-09-27T17:56:15","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T22:56:15","slug":"power-of-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/27\/power-of-the-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"“Power of the Cross”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday AM sermon – “Attributes of God – Omnipotent”<\/a><\/p>\n

A. – God has limitless power.
\nB. – Sovereignty and omnipotence go together.
\nC. – God can do everything consistent with His character, goodness and love.
\nD. – God’s use of power is qualified by His other attributes.
\nE. – God’s power is self-limited to make room for our choice.
\nF. – God has the power to save AND sustain me AND to keep HIS promises.<\/p>\n

I Cor 1:17-18 ESV
\nFor Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and\u00c2\u00a0not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.\u00c2\u00a0For the word of the cross is\u00c2\u00a0folly to\u00c2\u00a0those who are perishing, but to us\u00c2\u00a0who are being saved it is\u00c2\u00a0the power of God.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My friend Shelly Johnson<\/a> wrote the song below. You can find it on Natalie Grant’s latest CD as well as on Shelly’s CD. I can only call her my friend because we spent a few days serving together in 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa. We were both staying at the Team House<\/a> and working on projects for Living Hope<\/a>. I first heard Shelly sing this song in morning worship at King of Kings Church and it captured my heart.<\/p>\n

There are other songs with the same title that are wonderful proclamations of God’s power, but the lyrics of this song speak to the freedom that comes through Christ!\u00c2\u00a0It’s a beautiful song, with very powerful lyrics. Freedom – seeing chains fall – the message of transformation that the cross brings! Shelly captured it in this song. She was inspired watching the changed lives at a shelter in Nashville where she volunteers. And that transformation happens around the world – in shelters, and churches, and in the wilderness, and the slums – on the continents of Africa, Europe, Asia and even in North America.<\/p>\n

“Power of the Cross” by Shelley Johnson<\/p>\n

Once in darkness now in light
\nOnce blind now you see
\nOnce a sinner now a saint
\nOnce bound now free.<\/p>\n

[CHORUS:]
\nThat’s the power of the Cross See the chains fall
\nThat’s the power of the Cross See the chains fall<\/p>\n

Once a stranger now a child
\nEmpty now filled
\nOnce condemned now reconciled
\nBroken now healed<\/p>\n

[CHORUS:]
\nThat’s the power of the Cross
\nSee the chains fall
\nThat’s the power of the Cross
\nSee the chains fall<\/p>\n

Once a prodigal now home
\nOnce lost now found
\nOnce an enemy now a friend
\nOnce poor now crowned<\/p>\n

[CHORUS:]
\nThat’s the power of the Cross See the chains fall
\nThat’s the power of the Cross See the chains fall
\nSee the chains
\nSee your chains fall!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday AM sermon – “Attributes of God – Omnipotent” A. – God has limitless power. B. – Sovereignty and omnipotence go together. C. – God can do everything consistent with His character, goodness and love. D. – God’s use of power is qualified by His other attributes. E. – God’s power is self-limited to make … <\/p>\n

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