Hello and welcome to Living Supernaturally, our daily devotion, where we spend time in the word of God, study the word of God and apply the revelation daily in our life; for in application there is power and transformation. Today, we are going to take some time to meditate on the fact that the gospel is the message of the cross. In 1 Corinthians chapter 1, verses 17 and 18, this is what we read, ‘For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.’ Paul says that Christ had sent him to preach the gospel and what is this gospel? It is the message of the cross. He also goes on to say that the message of the cross, this gospel is foolishness to those who are perishing. If you look at it, it talks about someone who lived a good life, someone who died a horrible death and someone who rose again, it seems to go beyond our imagination and reasoning. Our faith in this death, burial and resurrection results in transformation. So, to those who do not believe, to those who are perishing, it is foolishness, but to the ones who put/ extend their faith, it is the power of God, to those who are being saved, it is the power of God. That is why Paul declares in Romans chapter 1, verses 16 and 17, he says, ‘For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”’ The message of the cross is the gospel of Christ and the gospel of Christ is the power of God to salvation. It is not just a good message, it is not just a good philosophy, it is not something which is noble and good that we can appreciate and carry on with our lives, but it is in fact, the raw power of God. When we look at the raw power of God, we see that He is all powerful, He is the creator and He is the one who put things in place, the entire universe. This gospel is the power of God for salvation. It is the power to snatch us out of darkness and to release us into the kingdom of light. We understand that the power of the cross or the power of God is required for each and everyone of us. The power of God is required to break the power of sin because nothing else would do that. We can try as we might to live a good life and we will succeed to some extent and we can do everything to help ourselves and there are a lot of self-help techniques which are available but to break the power of sin, the cycle of sin and defeat, going back into sin, it is only the power of God which is contained in the gospel. That is why the message of the cross is the power of God for salvation. Let’s pray, Father, we thank you for this message is wisdom, and your power directed towards us and we receive it gratefully. We thank you for breaking the power of sin, the curse of sin over our lives. Even as we have received, may we experience this manifest power in all areas of our life, that we might live a life of victory, and dominion over sin as your word declares, that we might live a life living as examples to the world outside. We thank you and give you all the praise and glory, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

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