Few believers have any inkling as to “what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward WHO BELIEVE, according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places!” (See Ephesians 1:19-20).
Yes, it has ever been “according to YOUR faith be it unto you.” (See Matthew 9:29). If you don’t believe you can be freed from sin’s power in the here and now, you can’t! Notice the POWER available to those who believe IN THE HERE AND NOW. It is that same power exerted by God when He raised His Son from the dead when all the forces of Satan were mustered and concentrated together in one place and at one moment in time to kill the Son of God AND KEEP HIM DEAD! Yes, that exact same power that brought Jesus back to life and raised Him to God’s throne, THAT SAME POWER IS NOW AVAILABLE TO EVERY BELIEVER TO KEEP US FROM ALL SIN!
“God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, ALWAYS HAVING ALL SUFFICIENCY in all things, may abound to every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8). Believer, you will always have all you need to say, “NO!” to each and every temptation that comes your way! “There has no temptation taken you (seized your mind or will) but such as is common to man (we have ALL had such temptations sometime in our lives), but God is faithful, who will not suffer (allow) you to be tempted above that (which) you are able (to bear), but will WITH THE TEMPTATION (yes, at that exact same moment in time) also make a way to escape (a GOD-MADE WAY OF ESCAPE, hence a perfect escape route) that you may be able to bear it” (I Corinthians 10:13). (All words in parentheses are my own in order to make the meaning of the text clearer and easier to understand). Now obey your Lord, and “Go, and sin NO MORE!”
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley