SPIRITUAL POWER

How to Prepare Sermons and Gospel Addresses (Theme: Spiritual Power)

Theme: SPIRITUAL POWER

Text:

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8.

Introduction.

I. WHAT IS MEANT BY SPIRITUAL POWER? (What?)

1. Not personal magnetism, eloquence, learning; not a human attainment.

2. A divine gift—the possession of the Spirit of power. (The Greek word for “power” is “dynamite.”)

II. THE EVIDENCES OF THE NEED OF SPIRITUAL POWER. (Why?)

1. The sad condition of the Church.

2. The defeated Christian lives, as shown in

a) Lack of victory over sin.

b) Lack of testimony for Christ.

c) Lack of influence for Christ.

III. HOW TO GET SPIRITUAL POWER. (HOW?)

1. Earnestly desire it.

2. Put away sin.

3. Enthrone Christ.

4. Obey the Spirit.

5. Accept it by faith.

IV. THE RESULTS OF HAVING SPIRITUAL POWER. (What then?)

1. Victory over sinful self.

2. Boldness in testimony.

3. Transfigured and influential life.

4. A quickened Church.

Conclusion.