THE POWER  

Why do I say “power” as if it is singular?  Aren’t there many powers?  Aren’t there good powers and evil powers?  I doubt it.  Aren’t we – the good guys [Jesus, us and the angels] – at war with the bad guys [satan and his demons]?  Isn’t it a toss-up who wins?  If we don’t fight we lose, right?  Sounds like nonsense right?  Sometimes, however, on Sunday morning it sounds real.

Is power a “thing” or is power a Person?  Does anyone control “power”?  Can anyone control “power”?  I think there is much confusion about what exactly “power” is and who controls it.  The church is largely confused on this point and so are many who “attend” church. 

Before we actually talk about “power” let’s discuss why there is so much confusion about this and really, about so many topics of such great interest. 

There is one created being whose has a specific job to confuse and lie – satan.  We are first introduced to satan in the Garden - he appears as a serpent.  He is described as “… the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.”  Gen 3.1 

More on this in Part II