Today we are dealing with the power of the holy spirit verses KJV. The holy spirit is God in man. That means everything that makes God God is inside a man, including His power. The scripture said in the book of Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. This means the natural nature of man is weak. But power comes when the Holy Spirit comes upon a man.
The apostles didn’t get power while working with Jesus. All the years they worked with Christ, they could not perform any miracle. They could not even cast out demons or heal the sick. They were just following Christ. Recall when they were on the boat and it was about to be wrecked by the storm, Christ was asleep and there was nothing the Apostles could do to salvage the situation. Until Jesus came and stopped the wind. This is proof that they were without the power of the holy spirit.
Apostle Peter denied Christ thrice because he was scared. The remaining apostles went back to their former profession after the death of Christ. But on the day of Pentecost, the day they received power, their voice went out to the utmost part of the earth. Peter that could not stand with Christ in the face of tribulations stood in front of thousands of people to defend the gospel and through his sermon souls were converted. Apostle Peter healed the lame man at the beautiful gate, all these were done through the power of the Holy Spirit. Little wonder Jesus told his Apostles to wait in Jerusalem until they receive power. Jesus knew they would not be able to do much until they receive the power of the Holy Spirit. It was after the Apostles received the holy spirit that they were sent abroad.
The holy spirit is powerful. The power of the holy spirit can be better explained via these bible verses.
1. Luke 1:35
The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.
2. 1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
3. Romans 8:11
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
4. Romans 15:19
in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
5. 1 Thessalonians 1:5
for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
6. Zechariah 4:6-7
Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”
7. Mark 13:11,
“But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.”
8. Luke 4:14
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.”
9. Luke 24:49
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.”
10. John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
11. Acts 1:8,
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
12. Acts 8:19
“Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.”
13. Acts 10:38
“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”
14. Romans 1:4
And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:”
15. Romans 15:13-19
“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost . . . Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.”
16. 1 Corinthians 2:4-5
“And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”
17. 2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”
18. 1 Thessalonians 1:5
“For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.”
