Stored Up in Heaven
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people - the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heart in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. (Colossians 1:3-6a)
The Faith and Love that spring from the Hope stored up for you in Heaven.
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who,by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. (Philippians 3:20-21)
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
You will receive Power when the Holy Spirit comes on you.... Thy Kingdom Come... Your will be done as it is in Heaven...
When the Holy Spirit comes to our lives, then we can receive the Power which God promised. The Kingdom of God is God’s Sovereign Reign in the midst of our lives. The Holy Spirit is God and Jesus. When the Holy Spirit comes,we can be empowered and equipped to a true witness for the Kingdom of God.
God has a grand plan to rescue people in all around the world, so that He can be glorified as He manifests Himself among the Nations and People.
In the Book of Acts, we can see how God transformed His people through His power. When the disciples were filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, then they could be effective and powerful witness for the Gospel. Because of the power of the Holy Spirit, they could perform the signs and wonders in the name of Jesus. It was the Power of God that the disciples could perform all kinds of miracles.
In The Book of Acts, we can see how God’s Kingdom comes and transform the world with His own Power. This is the reason why we call it “ the Power of the Kingdom of God.
This is the reason why we should seek for the Kingdom of God every moments in order for us to be filled with His Power..
This is what Jesus spoke to His disciples through angels when His disciples watched His ascending into Heaven. “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking into the Sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven... “
Then how can we receive the Holy Spirit and how can be filled with the power of the Kingdom of God?
“Brothers, what shall we do ?”
“ Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off- for all whom the Lord our God will call.” Acts
This was the result when they were filled with the Power of the Holy Spirit.
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, the the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles..
All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Everyday they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
So let us seek for the Power of the Holy Spirit by seeking for the Kingdom of God .
God has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us in the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:13.14)
