A thought by Craig Groeschel from his book, Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are (p. 78). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) This is so important for us to see as Christ followers. Craig says, “First-century believers understood that their power was in Jesus and not in themselves, that they had that authority to use his name. They would say, ‘Sick person, I’ve got no power to heal you, but in the name of Jesus Christ, be healed,’ and sick people were healed. They would say, ‘Demon-possessed person, I’ve got no power over demons, but in the name of Jesus Christ, come out!’ Or, and this is freaky, they would say, ‘Dead person, you’re dead; in the name of Jesus come back to life.’” He goes on, “Even crazier is that the New Testament says that we, as believers, can do even greater things. (See John 14:12.) Why? Because there’s no such thing as a regular Christian. You are an ambassador of Christ. You were not elected by
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