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Topic: Power

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2024-03-01
Authority in Christ on Earth: What is the extent of the authority we have as believers on earth? [Romans 1:4, Romans 8:23, Psalm 2:9-11].



2024-02-28
Evidence of "Filling of the Holy Spirit" (without Tongues): What would be evidence of one being "filled with the Holy Spirit" if they do not speak in tongues? Power ... or what? [2 Corinthians 3:18].



2024-02-07
Horns of the Altar: What was the significance of the horns of the altar? [1 Kings 1:51, 1 Kings 2:28, Exodus 21:14].
The Resurrection of Christ: By whose power was Jesus raised from the dead? [Galatians 1:1, John 2:19, Romans 8:11, 1 Peter 3:18].


2023-11-13
Called to Holiness: What does this verse mean, "Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it?" [1 Thessalonians 5:24, 1 Thessalonians 6:16].



2023-09-15
"Novo" Organization & "Divine Counsel": What do you think about an organization that is drawing its doctrine from rather unestablished & presumptuous material like the "divine counsel"("Unseen Realm" by Michael Heiser, Bible Project). [Genesis 6, Deuteronomy 32:6, Psalm 82].
Power from the Spiritual Realm: What do we need to know from scripture about how to pray effectively and powerfully? Do we need to claim authority to make our prayers work (as with healing, and authority over demons)?


2023-08-22
Satan's Ability in the Physical World: Can Satan and his allies enter into our physical realm? [Job 1-2].
Jobs (Tasks) in Heaven: Will we have work or tasks to do in heaven? [Revelation 7:15, Luke 19:17, Genesis 2:15].


2023-07-25
Words Have Power: What about when scripture says we can move a mountain and "cast it into the sea?" [James 5:16-17, James 4:15].



2023-07-25
Positive Thinking & Speaking: Do you think speaking positive words has legitimate power in one's life? [Mark 11:22-23, Zechariah 4:7].



2023-07-06
Our Authority & Power Over Illness: Do we have authority over and have the power to heal our physical illnesses? [Luke 10:17-19, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Matthew 19:24].



2022-12-22
God's Power: What is God's power-in His hands, His words, or what? [1 Thesslonians 2:13].



2022-12-22
Power to Call Down Fire: Did James and John actually have the power to call down fire from heaven to consume the Samaritans in Luke? Were they upset and angry? [Luke 9:52-55].



2022-03-23
Empowered by the Holy Spirit: Are there two separate events in the Christian experience, where one accepts Christ and then later we empowered by the Holy Spirit? [Ephesians 5:18, Acts 19, Matthew 7:11, Luke 11:13].
Spiritual Warfare: How do you know when you are in the middle of spiritual warfare? [I Peter 5:8, 2 Peter 2:11, Ephesians 6:10-18].


2022-03-16
Walking in the Spirit: Do you think that "walking in the Spirit" is more practical, rather than solely mystical? Recommends "Empire of the Risen Son-Vol 2" {Romans 8:14].



2022-03-15
Adoption & Redemption, Now & Later Regarding adoption and redemption, both now and future, can this be attributed to the "already/ not yet" concept? [Romans 8:11, Romans 8:15, Romans 8:23, Hebrews 6:5, Philippians 3:21 ].
Power Over Sin in Our Current Unredeemed Bodies: Can on have power over sin in this unredeemed body? [Romans 8:1-4, Romans 7:14-25].
Our Bodies Inherently Evil: Are our bodies inherently evil and not able to be used for God? [Psalm 103:14, Matthew 26:41].

2022-03-09
God's Sovereignty & Importance of Prayer: Why is prayer so important if we are to rest in our faith, believe in His sovereignty, and He is going to work everything out His way anyway? [James 4:2-3].



2022-03-08
Word of Faith Movement & the Power of Prayer: What do you think about the relationship between faith and prayer and if prayer is not a force, what is the alternate?
Healing, Word of Faith, and Refusing Help From Doctors Relative to the Word of Faith movement, atonement and healing-what do you think about refusing medical care? [Isaiah 53:5, I Peter 2:24].


2022-02-14
The Holy Spirit in Our Lives: What is the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives? Recommended lecture; "Charisma & Character". [Colossians 3:14, Philippians 1:21, Romans 8:14].
Leading of the Holy Spirit: How does one determine when it is your own thoughts versus the Holy Spirit leading you? [Acts 16].


2021-12-23
Feeling Overwhelmed: Could you encourage me as I am feeling overwhelmed and am struggling, even after I put on the whole armor of God? [2 Timothy 2:3, Ephesians 6:10, Isaiah 40:31].
Grace & Power: How do we actually get the grace and power of the Holy Spirit? [Ephesians 2:8, Romans 5:2, I Corinthians 15:10, I Corinthians 3:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Hebrews 4:16].


2021-12-06
Gospel Coming in Word & Power: What is meant by the gospel coming "not only in word, but in power"? [I Thessalonians 1:5].



2021-10-12
The Role of the Holy Spirit in Jesus: What was the role of the Holy Spirit have in Jesus' life? [Matthew 3:16, Philippians 2:7, Matthew 12:28].
The Holy Spirit Enables Us: Is the reason the Holy Spirit comes upon us, is it to enable us to live the Christian life in obedience? [Galatians 5:16, Galatians 5:22-23, Romans 8:2-4].


2021-08-30
Re-Baptism: Is it biblical to get re-baptized for to gain more power of the Holy Spirit?
Re-baptism in the Lutheran Church: Should I get re-baptized in the Lutheran church, even if they believe in infant baptism.


2021-04-22
The Authority of the Christian: What kind of power and authority does Christian actually have, such as commanding things to happen, directing angels, binding demons, etc.? [Romans 4, Matthew 16:18-19, Matthew 18:18].
Praying for Someone Who Wants to be Healed: What should we do if we are not sure if God wants to heal someone, since it really is up to God and His will, when we are asked to pray for their healing?
Lecture About "Speaking in Tongues": Where do I go on your website if I want to know more about "speaking in tongues"? Recommended topical lecture: "Charisma and Character".

2021-03-26
Walking in the Spirit: How does one achieve walking in the Spirit and living a holy life? Recommended Gregg's new books; "Empire of the Risen Son" (Vol 1 & 2) and Lecture series; Charisma & Character [Isaiah 11:2, Colossians 3:15, Luke 12:11, I Peter 4:11].



2021-01-06
God's Sovereignty Putting Those in Power in Governments: Since it is God who puts people in power, can you comment on the current controversy with the election? [Hosea 8:4, Daniel 2:21, Revelation 13, John 12:31, Psalm 115:16, Hebrews 13:17, James 3:1, Romans 13].



2020-12-28
Speaking Positive Things into Existence (Power of Positive Thinking): Do you think there is some power in what we speak, partially because we are made in the image of God and when He spoke it was powerful (The Power of Positive Thinking).



2020-09-17
Former Membership in Cults: Should one who once belonged to a cultic group, should they have their name taken off the rolls?
War in Heaven: How can there be war in heaven? [Revelation 12:7, Daniel 10].


2020-09-09
Cigarettes and Jesus: Am I wrong to be smoking a cigarette while I am holding up a sign for Jesus? Am I denying the power of Christ in my life? [2 Timothy 3:5].



2020-09-03
Declaring Outcomes & Demands in the Lord's Name: What do you think of those who "declare" or "cut-off" something or insist that we have the power to make demands? [Luke 10:19, Jude 9, Zechariah 3:2].



2020-07-13
Power No Longer Manifested in the Church: Is not the church not manifesting the power of God today as it should be? [Luke 24:49, Acts 1:8, Acts 2:4, I Corinthians 4:20].
Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Is the power lacking in the church today because many may not have experienced the "Baptism of the Spirit"? [Acts 10, Acts 19].
Believers Not Experiencing the Power of the Holy Spirit: What do you say to a believer who has not experienced the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives?[Hebrews 8:10, Ezekiel 36:25, Ezekiel 11:19, Ephesians 1:13, Ephesians 5:18].

2017-10-03
Power of Satan: What was the power that Satan had prior to the cross? [Hebres 2:14-15]



2017-08-07
Power to Become the Sons of God: What does "become" mean it says that "we have the power to become the Sons of God"? [John 1:14]



2017-06-05
Rebuking the Devil: Is it okay to rebuke the Devil? [Luke 10:19]



2017-04-12
Eternal Power & Godhead: "Eternal power & Godhead", what did those words mean in that verse? [Romans 1:20]



2017-01-30
Claiming Jesus' Power: Bill Johnson, in his book, "When Heaven Invades Earth", says that Jesus performed the miracles by being in right communion w/ God, not because He WAS God, & since there's no cancer in heaven we can say no cancer down here as well, & what does it mean that He emptied Himself? [Philippians 2:5-8]



2017-01-23
Crushing Satan's Power on the Cross: Did Jesus take care of sorcerers & occultists & their power when He died on the cross?



2017-01-19
Death having no power over resurrected saints in the 1000 years: What's this talking about when it talks about the 1000 year reign millennium? [Revelation 20:4-6]



2017-01-10
Power in Christ: Our "authority" in Christ, being saved, prayer, word of faith



2016-12-13
Jesse Duplantis: Does Steve know anything about him, God has power to take human life, but doesn't have the authority to take them.



2016-09-26
Authorities & Church Leadership: What is the Biblical foundation for obeying the authorities? {Romans 13, 1 Peter 2}



2016-09-07
Jesus Can Call 12 Legions Angels: Caller is converned that preachers misquote the verse about Jesus calling Legions of Angels or having His father doing it. [Matthew 26:53]
Jesus the Son of God: Jesus had to have been fully human (& not the Son of God) because otherwise how could He fully rely on the Father and expect us to?


2016-08-08
Power to Become Sons of God: "...to them gave He power to become the sons of God..." is that now or later? [john 1:12]



2016-07-27
Tower of Babel: Is everything that happened in these chapters true, including the Tower of Babel?
Confusion of Language in Babel: Why did God scramble the languages during the Tower of Babel?
Uniting Europe: What about trying to unify Europe?

2016-06-02
Cutoff Analogy: Caller makes a humorous analogy about the word "cutoff" that was talked about in the previous show.
Grace-Favor or a Power: What is grace? Is it unmerited favour or is it a power we are given?


2015-12-16
David Segal - David Beaudry: A few comments about the passing of a musician by the name of David Segal/Beaudry.
Powers & Principalities & Healthy living: Do we have to obey the government about man-dated vaccines?


2015-12-10
Sitting on the right hand of God: Is this literal or symbolic/anthropomorphic of something else, Christ sitting on right hand of God? [1 Peter 3:22, Acts 5:31, Acts 2:33, Hebrews 1:13, Luke 22:69, Hebrews 10:12, 1 Timothy 2:1-15]
Right hand of God: What is the significance of being on the "right hand of God"?


2015-11-13
Randy Alcorn & Crowns of Heaven: What does Randy Alcorn believe involving heaven, & do you align yourself w/ whatever he believes, & what are the Crowns we will be receiving in heaven since they represent power & glory here on earth, will we be receiving that in heaven also?



2015-09-28
JW's & Satan: What has Steve heard about Jehovah's Witnesses thinking that Satan is almighty?



2015-01-22
Power of God: How can or does a person rely on the Power of God?



2013-12-04
Household Conduct (Wives Submissive to Husband): Caller wondering if Paul got his household rules of conduct from the culture of the day & so it no longer applies for today. [Ephesians 5:22-24, Ephesians 6:1-8, Colossians 3:18-24]



2013-09-11
Fruit of the Spirit & Filled with the Holy Spirit: How does one know when they are filled the Baptism of the Holy Spirit? What about Christians who have the Holy Spirit, but aren't baptized with it, don't they also have the fruits of the Spirit?
Ministers Being Filled with the Spirit: What about ministers who were raised Christians but might not be filled with the Holy Spirit? (Steve recommends the Lectures, Charisma & Character)


2013-09-05
Proclaiming the Gospel: Doesn't Paul say that we need to proclaim & confess Jesus to people besides just being a good example?
Churches lacking the Holy Spirit: There still seems to be a lack of the power of the Holy Spirit in churches to tell people about Jesus.


2013-07-09
Saul & Obeying the Government: Would you comment on the fact that David refused to harm Saul because he was God's annointed, and how that relates to God putting government leadership in power and our response?



2013-06-13
Praying for the Power of the Holy Spirit: What do you think about praying for more of the Holy Spirit?



2013-04-26
The Power of the Occult: Why does God empower the occult? [2 Thessalonians 2:9-10, Luke 17:1].



2012-01-13
Satan's Power Over Earthly Events: How much influence does Satan have over the weather? Can he cause car accidents? [Mark 4:39, Luke 4:39].



2012-01-10
Power in Prayer: Can we change God's mind through the power of prayer? [James 4:3, Genesis 4:1-2, Genesis 4:7].
God Changes His Mind: Do you think that Moses' prayer actually changed God's mind? [Exodus 32:14, James 5:16, 1 Kings 17].
Systematic Theologies: What about the dangers of systematic theologies, such as "Dispensationalism" and "Calvinism?"
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