The Operation of God
“Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead.” -Colossians 2:12 [KJV]
You who believe the gospel know that you were the patient who
was unable to effect a spiritual cure for your malady of sin. It was
the almighty God who wrought a work within you; He is the great
Physician of sin-sick souls. What a glorious Surgeon He is and what
abilities He has!
Note the phrase “the operation of God.” “Operation” is from the original word energes from which we get our English word energy.
Earthly surgeons operate on patients who are alive, but the heavenly
Surgeon of sinners operates upon patients who are spiritually dead and
resurrects them by His almighty energy!
If men are merely running a
spiritual temperature, then perhaps a man-made cure might suffice, but
if men are dead in sin, then all the supposed cures of the wisest
religious leaders in this world will avail nothing.
Lifeless
sinners
need to be born again, regenerated, resurrected from spiritual death and
no one can do that except that One Who is Life. The same power which
resurrected our Savior from the tomb raises spiritually dead sinners.
Praise God for His operating grace!
--preacher Jim Byrd of Thirteenth Street Baptist church
located in Ashland, Kentucky USA
Sermon Audio site: https://www.sermonaudio.com/broadcasters/13thstbaptist/
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