INTRODUCTION:<\/p>\n
A. Many different things have been invented by man to harness great destructive power.<\/p>\n
1. TNT is one of the most powerful man-made explosives.<\/p>\n
2. It has been a great labor saving device, enabling men to literally move the mountains aside for railways and roads.<\/p>\n
3. Regretfully, man has also used his knowledge of destructive power to wage war.<\/p>\n
B. The word “power” in the New Testament is many times translated from the Greek word dunamis.<\/p>\n
1. The word dunamis is from where we get our English word dynamite.<\/p>\n
2. God’s power, His TNT if you will, is supreme and without limitation.<\/p>\n
3. The word of God framed the worlds and by His word they are preserved<\/p>\n
4. There is coming a day when at His word the world and all things in it will be destroyed<\/p>\n
C. The power of God’s word for us today is in the New Testament.<\/p>\n
DISCUSSION:<\/p>\n
A. THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE POWER<\/p>\n
1. Romans 1:16<\/p>\n
a. The gospel – the New Testament – is God’s power<\/p>\n
b. It is God’s power to save<\/p>\n
2. The New Testament’s power is described as:<\/p>\n
a. A devouring flame … Jeremiah 5:14<\/p>\n
b. A crushing hammer … Jeremiah 23:29<\/p>\n
c. A defensive weapon … Ephesians 6:17<\/p>\n
d. A probing instrument … Hebrews 4:12<\/p>\n
B. THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE ORIGINAL<\/p>\n
1. Acts 2:4<\/p>\n
2. The Gospel, the New Testament, first began to preached on the day of Pentecost after the resurrection of Christ<\/p>\n
a. It was given to the apostles by the power of God through the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n
b. It is the original word from God under the Christian age<\/p>\n
3. The New Testament is the original, there is no other, there is no other testament of God given to us today that we are to follow in our religious practices.<\/p>\n
C. THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE ONLY SOURCE<\/p>\n
1. 2 Timothy 3:16-17<\/p>\n
2. The New Testament is the only source of power from God available to us today<\/p>\n
3. It gives all that we need to be complete before God (2 Timothy 3:17)<\/p>\n
4. It contains all that pertains to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3)<\/p>\n
5. 2 Peter 1:21 … is true of the New Testament writers as well.<\/p>\n
D. THE NEW TESTAMENT INVOLVES A NEW LAW<\/p>\n
1. Hebrews 8:6-13<\/p>\n
2. The New Testament is the law that we are under today<\/p>\n
a. The old law was nailed to the cross … Colossians 2:14<\/p>\n
b. Ephesians 2:15<\/p>\n
3. It is a more excellent covenant<\/p>\n
a. Hebrews 7:22<\/p>\n
b. Why? Because it was established upon better promises (Hebrews 8:6)<\/p>\n
c. Hebrews 10:1-10<\/p>\n
E. THE NEW TESTAMENT INVOLVES A NEW PRIESTHOOD<\/p>\n
1. Hebrews 7:12<\/p>\n
2. Why did the priesthood have to be changed under the New Testament or Covenant?<\/p>\n
3. Under the old law the priests had to come from the tribe of Levi, but Jesus was from the tribe of Judah<\/p>\n
a. Thus, for Jesus to be our High Priest, there had to be a changing of the law<\/p>\n
b. Under the New Testament – Jesus is our High Priest in heaven<\/p>\n
F. THE NEW TESTAMENT INVOLVES A NEW MEDIATOR<\/p>\n
1. Hebrews 9:11-15<\/p>\n
2. It is no longer the levitical high priest and the blood of bulls and goats that mediate for us – but it is Jesus, who obtained our eternal redemption by His own blood<\/p>\n
3. Jesus is now our go between, the one who can bring back into the proper relationship with His Father.<\/p>\n
G. THE NEW TESTAMENT IS NOW IN FORCE<\/p>\n
1. Hebrews 9:15-17<\/p>\n
2. A will or a testament is only in force after the one who made it is dead, and after death the covenant is sealed – it cannot be changed<\/p>\n
3. Our Lord died on the cruel cross of calvary, and with His death brought into force the New Testament<\/p>\n
H. THE NEW TESTAMENT IS TO BE UNCHANGED<\/p>\n
1. Galatians 3:15<\/p>\n
2. The New Testament will not change – it is the last will and testament of our Lord and Savior<\/p>\n
3. There will be no other laws forth coming<\/p>\n
4. Matthew 24:35<\/p>\n
5. 1 Peter 1:24-25<\/p>\n
I. THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE FINAL WORD FROM GOD<\/p>\n
1. As God’s final word – these are those that will judge us in the last day … John 12:48<\/p>\n
2. We are not to be looking for any more revelation from God<\/p>\n
a. There will be no amendments<\/p>\n
b. There will be no footnotes<\/p>\n
c. The New Testament is God’s final word<\/p>\n
3. There will be no second chances at the judgment<\/p>\n
a. There will be no excuses excepted<\/p>\n
b. No pleading or crying that we will do will change our fate at the judgment<\/p>\n
4. We have the final word from God so there will be no excuses<\/p>\n
CONCLUSION:<\/p>\n
A. God’s power is:<\/p>\n
1. Greater than all the evil in the world<\/p>\n
2. More powerful than Satan<\/p>\n
3. More powerful than the grave<\/p>\n
B. This power is available to us if we will but trust and obey – for there is no other way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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