The Jonah Principle 1 D

Jonah 1:2-3
The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me.”

Once again focusing on the word of lord that has been given to all believers. The first word was grace, and it looked at the grace that has been extended to all of us regardless of where we came from. The second word we looked at was a word of love, unconditional given to each of us as an aspect of all that God is. The third word was a word of mercy, I was singing the song "Mercy Came Running" this morning by Gold City and it really made my day start off in a better light. 

The last word I want to look at before really divining into the principle is a word of power. We as believers are not called to just get saved and get ready for Heaven, but we are to live an empowered Christian life. Didn't Jesus say in Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Power to witness, power to pray, power to live the life, power to make demons flee, and power to speak with new tongues. You can that last part two ways, my Pentecostal family believe in speaking in a language not known to the speaker, and I believe that it is part, but secondly it should mean that we change the way we talk. Our talk should be uplifting, and wholesome, and I'll leave that right there for you to decide what all that means.

Taken together these words should form the basis of who we are as believers. The early church turned their world upside down, yet today the church has almost blended in to the society as a whole. The distinctive lifestyle of the Christian has become so non-distinctive that its hard to see it any more. This word of power should change us and draw people to Christ. 

We will next move into the main principle of Chapter 1, God has a plan for your life. 
Prayer: Heavenly Father, help me to live in the power of Christ and the Holy Spirit. Make me unique for your glory. Amen

Grace and Peace be multiplied to you my friends. 
Eric