May 2, 2019

Jesus released into His disciples truth – spiritual knowledge – that would establish them – the Church, truth that would give them success in their mission to produce eternal fruit, and truth that would keep the Church in its darkest hour, in its most trying times, against all the wiles of the Devil. What could be so potent?  What could be so compelling?  What was it that Jesus taught that caused men and women to yield their all to Him and live daily on His words?  What truth could be so powerful that the gates of hell could not prevail against the Church? What truth could be so powerful that persecutions, spiritual attacks, trials, nor suffering could stop the success of the Church? What truth could be so trenchant that men and women would give up their lives rather than deny their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ? It had to be something that was real to them. It had to be something that worked. It had to be something that they could experience from day to day. It had to be something that they could use and see results. It was the abiding life of Christ. They believed that He was still with them through the Holy Spirit.