BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER (0)

Now, I've been thinking lately about that interesting conversation Jesus had with His disciples after His resurrection (Acts 1:6-8). While it appears Jesus downplayed their question and changed topic, what we have there as Jesus’ response is actually the divine strategy for restoring the kingdom. I could hear Jesus saying to them (and us now), “The restoration of the kingdom is not My business exclusively; I’ll need you to be my witnesses. And when this gospel of the kingdom is preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, then the end will come; ushering in the New Jerusalem!”

The role of a witness is to give a testimony of what s/he knows about an issue under contention with the hope of getting his/her audience to believe him/her, and judge the issue according to his/her testimony. To be highly successful in witnessing, you need two things: Credibility and Platform. Platform, because you need people to hear you; and Credibility, because you need them to believe you. That’s why Jesus talked about receiving Power before witnessing.

In the series, we will be shedding a lot of light on several aspects of power we've neglected so much as Christians, but are highly critical to effective witnessing. We'll start with (in no particular order) Economy, Education and Politics.

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