It is mentioned here that the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power. When revival comes, there will not only be signs and wonders, but more importantly the word of the Lord will spread out. Besides work of God being preached everywhere, it will also spread widely and grow in power.
The Word of God can overcome the world, overcome enemies, and overcome all powers of darkness because the Word of God has great spiritual au authority and power. Many people preach the Word of God only by reasoning and intellect. In reality, reasoning and intellect cannot convert the hearts of man. The Bible clearly tells us that knowledge puffs up; it causes those who do not believe to be even more arrogant, and causes hearts to drift further from God.
The problem of the church today is that we rely solely on logic, human reasoning and intellect, but we do not use these together with the spiritual power. Seminaries teach preachers how to put together a beautiful message, but do not teach students how to weave them together with the power of the Holy Spirit. As a result, we only preach empty theories, which are without the Holy Spirit's power and authority.
Today we need to repent, because God's way has the ability to change lives and societies. In fact, verse 19 mentions that even those who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. Think about it, what a wonderful testimony would this be if this happened in our time! Hence, let us stop blaming other religions that are drawing people away from Christianity. What we need to do is to return to God and pray that His power will come upon us. May we truly preach His Word with power, so that it may spread widely and it may grow in power. When people see the ability of God's Word to bring about change, their lives, societies and countries will be changed too. May the Lord bring about such revival in our lives!
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