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Excerpted from: The Right Use of Power

What were they going to use their powers for? It was a really carnal reaction, was it not?

Jesus extended at least a measure of friendship here to His enemies. They rejected Him, but He did not respond in kind. Jesus used His powers rightly in every circumstance. Every word—I am sure even every expression of His face—every action He took was in the image of His Father in exactly the way God intended all the way back there at Adam.

By contrast, His disciples wanted to use their powers to destroy. They were being influenced by a destroying spirit and they did not know it. "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of." Very interesting. There is another player on the scene, is there not?

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Laying Aside Every Weight (Part Two)
Sons of Thunder (Part One)
Sons of Thunder (Part Two)

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Have You Become an Example to All Who Believe?
Jesus and the Feast (Part Three): Light of the World
Gentle and Lowly in Heart
How to Be a Bad Disciple
How to Be a Bad Disciple
Four Views of Christ (Part 5)
By This Shall All Men Know You
The Two Witnesses (Part 2)
The Meekness and Gentleness of Christ
Anger (Part 2)
Our Part in the Sanctification Process (Part Nine): Cultivating the Fruit of Gentleness

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