{"id":93560,"date":"2022-09-29T17:07:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T22:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/weakness-power\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T17:07:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T22:07:23","slug":"weakness-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/weakness-power\/","title":{"rendered":"WEAKNESS-POWER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>WEAKNESS-POWER<\/h2>\n<p><strong>   (A) HUMAN WEAKNESS<br \/>(1) Manifested in All Men<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Num 11:14<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mat 26:40<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 16:12<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Co 3:2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;SEE<\/strong> Frailty, TRANSIENT<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) Renders Men Dependent upon God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>2Ch 20:12<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 127:1<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jer 10:23<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 3:27<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 15:5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Co 3:5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(B) HELPLESSNESS,<\/strong> physical and spiritual of man<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Luk 13:11<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 5:7<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 6:44<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 15:5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Act 3:2<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rom 5:6<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rom 7:18<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;SEE<\/strong> Human Limitations, LIMITATIONS, HUMAN<\/p>\n<p><strong>(C) MAN&#8217;S EXTREMITY,<\/strong> of weakness, becomes God&#8217;s opportunity to help,<\/p>\n<p>examples of<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Psalmist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Psa 116:6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Disciples in the Storm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mar 4:38<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mar 6:48<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sick Woman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mar 5:25<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mar 5:26<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Father of the Demoniac<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mar 9:17<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mar 9:18<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 5:7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Disciples Facing a Hungry Multitude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Joh 6:9<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter in Prison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Act 12:6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul and his Companions on the Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Act 27:20<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;SEE<\/strong> Deliverance Sought, DELIVERANCE<\/p>\n<p><strong>(D) POWERLESSNESS<\/strong> of men, often due to sin and unbelief<\/p>\n<p>Israel could not stand before their enemies<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Lev 26:37<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Deu 28:32<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jos 7:12<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jdg 1:21<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jdg 2:14<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A broken covenant stripped Samson of his strength<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Jdg 16:17<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apostasy produced a nation of cowards<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>1Sa 17:24<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Babylon enervated by idolatry<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Jer 51:30<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unbelief rendered the apostles helpless to contend with Satanic forces<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mar 9:18<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 15:5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(E) EFFEMINACY,<\/strong> general references to<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Isa 19:16<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jer 50:37<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jer 51:30<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Nah 3:13<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(F) POWER SPIRITUAL,<\/strong> general references to<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gives Men Courage to Rebuke Sin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mic 3:8<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mightier than Physical Forces<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Zec 4:6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesus the Supreme Example of<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Luk 4:14<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Accompanies the Baptism of the Holy Spirit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Act 1:8<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Act 2:2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enables Men to Speak with Authority<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Act 4:33<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Act 6:8<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fills Life with Healing Influences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Act 19:11<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Act 19:12<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Co 2:4<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Eph 3:16<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Th 1:5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Ti 1:7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;SEE<\/strong> Holy Spirit, HOLY SPIRIT<\/p>\n<p><strong>(G) STRENGTH,<\/strong> moral and spiritual promised<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>2Sa 22:40<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Isa 28:5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Isa 28:6<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Isa 40:31<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Isa 41:10<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Dan 11:32<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Eph 3:16<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Col 1:11<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;SEE<\/strong> Invincibility, BATTLE OF LIFE<\/p>\n<p><strong>(H) STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS,<\/strong> promised<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Psa 8:2<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Co 1:27<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Co 12:9<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Co 12:10<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Co 13:4<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Heb 11:33<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Heb 11:34<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(I) GOD OUR STRENGTH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Exo 15:2<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Sa 22:33<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 28:8<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 46:1<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 73:26<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 81:1<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 84:5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 89:21<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;SEE<\/strong> Confidence in God, FAITH<\/p>\n<p><strong>(J) CHRIST&#8217;S POWER<br \/>Saving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Isa 63:1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pardoning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mat 9:6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Infinite<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mat 28:18<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Over Nature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Luk 8:25<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Over his own Life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Joh 10:18<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Life-giving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Joh 17:2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wonder-working<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Act 10:38<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Demonstrated by his Resurrection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Rom 1:4<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Heb 1:3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;SEE<\/strong> Christ, Creator, CHRIST JESUS<\/p>\n<p>Christ&#8217;s Touch, ASSOCIATION<\/p>\n<p><strong>(K) POWER OF GOD<br \/>(1) General References to<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>1Ch 29:12<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Ch 25:8<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Job 26:12<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 62:11<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 65:6<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 93:4<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Nah 1:3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Rom 16:25<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rom 16:27<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;SEE<\/strong> Divine Ability, POWER<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) Is Infinite<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Job 42:2<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 115:3<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 135:6<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Isa 43:13<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Hab 3:6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mat 19:26<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mar 14:36<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Luk 1:37<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rev 19:6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) Special References to Divine Ability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Able to Deliver<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Dan 3:17<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; to raise up children from stones<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Luk 3:8<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; to fulfil promises<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Rom 4:21<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; to make grace abound<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>2Co 9:8<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; to do exceeding abundantly<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Eph 3:20<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; to subdue all things<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Phi 3:21<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; to guard the soul&#8217;s treasures<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>2Ti 1:12<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; to save to the uttermost<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Heb 7:25<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; to keep from falling<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Jud 24<\/span><span class=''>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(4) Enables God to use Weak Instrumentalities<\/strong> to accomplish Great<\/p>\n<p>Results<br \/>A rod<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Exo 4:2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A jaw-bone<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Jdg 15:15<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Five smooth stones<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>1Sa 17:40<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A handful of meal and a little oil<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>1Ki 17:12<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A cloud the size of a man&#8217;s hand<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>1Ki 18:44<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Small things<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Zec 4:10<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The mustard seed<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mat 13:32<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Five barley loaves<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Joh 6:9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>God&#8217;s Instrument Case<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>1Co 1:27-29<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(L) DIVINE POWER OVER NATURE<br \/>(1) Exhibited by Christ,<\/strong> general examples of<\/p>\n<p>In multiplying the loaves<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mat 14:20<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; walking on the sea<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mat 14:25<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; discovering the tribute money<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mat 17:27<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; blighting the fig-tree<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mat 21:19<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; stilling the tempest<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mar 4:39<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; turning water into wine<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Joh 2:7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) The Sea Controlled<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Job 26:10<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Job 38:8<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Job 38:11<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 33:7<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 104:9<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Pro 8:29<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jer 5:22<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) The Tempest Stilled<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Psa 65:7<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 89:9<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 107:29<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jon 1:15<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mat 8:26<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mat 14:32<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(4) The Wind ruled<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Psa 148:8<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Pro 30:4<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mar 4:39<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>(5)<\/strong> General References to the Control of the Elements<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Gen 7:4<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Exo 9:33<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Deu 11:17<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Job 37:6<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 148:8<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jer 10:13<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEAKNESS-POWER (A) HUMAN WEAKNESS(1) Manifested in All Men Num 11:14; Mat 26:40; Joh 16:12; 1Co 3:2 &#8211;SEE Frailty, TRANSIENT (2) Renders Men Dependent upon God 2Ch 20:12; Psa 127:1; Jer 10:23; Joh 3:27; Joh 15:5; 2Co 3:5 (B) HELPLESSNESS, physical and spiritual of man Luk 13:11; Joh 5:7; Joh 6:44; Joh 15:5; Act 3:2; Rom &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/weakness-power\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WEAKNESS-POWER&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}