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POWER

(See AUTHORITY)

of God:

(See GOD, attributes of)

human:

natural strength

♦ physical

• Judges 16:6; Proverbs 20:29; 1 Samuel 14:52; 23:8-10

♦ emotional

• Solomon 8:6

♦ less value than other virtues

• Psalms 147:10, 11; Proverbs 16:32; Ecclesiastes 9:16; Jeremiah 4:23, 24

negative effects

♦ leads to pride

• Leviticus 26:18-20; Deuteronomy 8:17, 18; 2 Chronicles 25:8; Ezekiel 7:24; 30:6

♦ used for evil

• Job 35:9; Psalms 10:10; Ecclesiastes 4:1

♦ not source of doing God's work

• Psalms 33:16, 17; Zechariah 4:6

power through God (spiritual)

♦ given by God

• Exodus 15:2; 2 Samuel 22:40; Psalms 28:7, 8; Isaiah 40:31; 41:10; Daniel 11:32; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Philippians 4:13; 2 Timothy 1:7; 4:17

♦ associated with Holy Spirit

• Micah 3:8; Zechariah 4:6; Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8; 4:31, 33; Romans 14:13

♦ especially with apostles

• Matthew 10:1; Luke 9:1; Acts 3:12; 4:7; Romans 15:19; 1 Corinthians 2:4; 5:4; 2 Corinthians 6:7; 12:12; Ephesians 3:7; I Thessalonians 1:5

purposes of

♦ general spiritual life

• Ephesians 1:18, 19; 1 Corinthians 4:20; Romans 14:17

♦ faith

• Ephesians 3:16

♦ steadfastness, perseverance

• Colossians 1:11; 1 Peter 1:5; 2 Timothy 1:8

♦ hope

• Ephesians 1:18, 19; Romans 14:13

♦ witness

• Acts 1:8; 4:33

♦ godliness

• 2 Peter 1:3

♦ good works

• 2 Thessalonians 1:11

♦ spiritual warfare

• Ephesians 6:10-17; 2 Corinthians 10:4

♦ prayer

• Romans 8:26

♦ works miracles

• Acts 6:8; 1 Corinthians 12:10; Hebrews 6:5

♦ belongs to true religion

• 2 Timothy 3:5

♦ manifest through outward weakness

• Psalms 8:2; 1 Corinthians 1:24-27; 2 Corinthians 12:9, 10; Hebrews 11:33, 34

♦ anti-God

• Matthew 7:21-23; Acts 8:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 13:2; 17:13

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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