Acts 1:8 (ESV Strong's)
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Subject: Holy Spirit and Power
The Greek word used in the above verse for "power" is the word, "dynamis", where we get the English word "dynamite." The point of the word is to convey an attribute of the Spirit and He is about to provide the disciples. The Spirit is going to give the power because the Spirit has the attribute of power. When someone comes to Christ they are given the Holy Spirit as a comforter, guide, and source of strength and power in our lives. When we have sin trying to usurp our commitment to Christ, it is this power of the Holy Spirit that is at our disposal to defeat sin. We don't defeat sin from our habits, our good intentions or our own strength. We defeat sin because the Holy Spirit enables us and gives us power to do so. He is our power. He is dynamite in our lives. As we yield to Him we can find the source of strength to defeat sin in our lives. Sin is very powerful. But, the wages of sin, death, could not contain Jesus. We are given the same power through the ministry of the Spirit.
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