the power of God

I used the following excerpt as the conclusion to the sermon God graciously allowed me to give this morning. It's been running through my heart and head for most of the weekend. Our God continues to remind me He is far greater than anything I can possibly imagine!

Outside of heaven, the power of God in its highest density is found inside the gospel. This must be so,for the Bible twice describes the gospel as the “power of God.” Nothing else in all of Scripture is ever described in this way, except for the Person of Jesus Christ. Such a description indicates that the gospel is not only powerful, but that it is the ultimate entity in which God’s power resides and does its greatest work. Indeed, God’s power is seen in erupting volcanoes, in the unimaginably hot boil of our massive sun, and in the lightning speed of a recently discovered star seen streaking through the heavens at 1.5 million miles per hour. Yet in Scripture such wonders are never labeled “the power of God.” How powerful, then, must the gospel be that it would merit such a title! And how great is the salvation it could accomplish in my life, if I would only embrace it by faith and give it a central place in my thoughts each day!

~Milton Vincent, Gospel Primer, pp. 14-15