CHURCH:
POWER OF GOD

The Church must be a witness to powers beyond the earthly and the human; and because I know this, it is a source of great grief to me that the church is trying to run on its human powers.…

Now, a plain word here about the Christian Church trying to carry on in its own power: that kind of Christianity makes God sick, for it is trying to run a heavenly institution after an earthly manner.

For myself, if I couldn’t have the divine power of God, I would quit the whole business. The church that wants God’s power will have something to offer besides social clubs, knitting societies, the Boy Scout troops and all of the other side issues.

Zechariah 4:6; Acts 2:14; Acts 3:10; Acts 4:31–33

The Counselor, 4, 5.